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- Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.
- Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
- Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
- Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
- Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
- Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
Idioms:
- By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
- put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
- Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
- Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
- Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
- Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.