101. Skin and bone = body without any flesh
102. Well to do = rich
103. Between the devil and deep sea = between two equal danger /difficult situation
104. Backstairs influence = secret and unfair influence
** Although he has failed in written examination, he is using backstairs influence to get the job.
** Although he has failed in written examination, he is using backstairs influence to get the job.
105. By no means = কোন প্রকারেই নয়
106. By rights = ন্যায্য দাবি অনুসারে
107. A round dozen = 12 pieces
108. A baker’s dozen = 13 pieces
109. Break the record = do something that has not been done before
110. By heart = to speak from memory
** Quote this poem from memory/ by heart
** Quote this poem from memory/ by heart
111. Break the ice = to speak first after long silence/ to be the first to begin
112. Bon voyage = wish a good trip / a good journey to you
113. Bona fide = good faith/ genuine
114. B.C = before Christ
115. Crocodile tears = false sorrow
116. Carry out = পালন করা
117. Catch sight of = see for a moment
118. Cry wolf = give a false alarm
119. To cry for the moon = to want something that is impossible to get
120. Crack the whip = to use one’s authority to make someone work harder or to make someone good mannered person
121. Cupboard love = show of affection
122. Cooking the accounts = Cooking the books = to make fake account
123. Call it a day = to finish work or stop work since enough has been done
124. A cock and bull story = absurd and unlikely story/ a false story
125. Culpable homicide = not mounting to murder
126. Capital punishment = death penalty/ death sentence
127. Cut to the quick = to hurt intensely/ be hurt
128. Catch a tartar = meet a powerful opponent
129. Call a spade a spade = speak plainly
130. Carry the day = win
131. Cats and dogs = heavily
132. Cat’s sleep = pretension of sleep
133. Called in a question = doubt
** His honesty cannot be called in question
** His honesty cannot be called in question
134. Call to mind = remember
135. Come into force = make effective
136. Call names = rebuke/ blaspheme
137. Come to light = become known / to publish
138. Cut and dry = already decided
139. Cry in wilderness = অরণ্যে রোদন
140. To cut a fine figure = giving a fine impression of oneself
141. Catch off guard = to get someone when he/she is careless
142. To catch one’s eye = to attract attention
143. Cul-de-sac = dead end / a street closed at one end
144. CV = Curriculum Vitae = brief account of one’s education, career etc
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