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strait-laced  /adj/ আঁটো করিয়া ফিতাবাঁধা;
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Nearby Words:

straddle straddled straddles straddling strafe strafed

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Appropriate Preposition:

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  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.

Idioms:

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  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.