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good books

good books noun: favorable regard; personal approval; kindly treatment.

Noun

good books pl (plural only)

  1. (idiomatic, plural, plural-only) Favorable regard; personal approval; kindly treatment.
    • If you want to stay in his good books, just don't be lazy or dishonest.
    • We managed to stay in their good books by keeping our noses clean.
    Synonyms:
    good graces

good books meaning in Bengali

good books in Bengali

অনুকূল সম্মান, ব্যক্তিগত অনুমোদন, সদয় ব্যবহার

Examples of good books in a sentence

  • "[…] [D]o you like him?'" / "Not at all, just now: his name is entirely blotted from my good books." / "What is the matter?1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Fieldhead”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC...
  • [U]nfortunately, I was out of her good books, and had orders not to speak to her.1870, Charles Reade, chapter 6, in Put Yourself in His Place:
  • [H]e has a cold way of looking at me which makes me think I am not in his good books.1876, Anthony Trollope, chapter 2, in The Prime Minister:
  • Neil Smith, the president and general manager, said Momesso "was not in our good books" with no goals, no assists and frequent benchings for lethargic play.1996 November 14, Joe Lapointe, “Rangers Go Quiet Into a Bad Night”, in New York Times, retrieved 01 Jan 2013:

Synonyms of good books

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Questions about good books

What does good books mean?
Good books means favorable regard; personal approval; kindly treatment.
What is good books in Bengali?
Good books in Bengali is অনুকূল সম্মান, ব্যক্তিগত অনুমোদন, সদয় ব্যবহার. See Good books meaning in Bengali.
How do you use good books in a sentence?
"[…] [D]o you like him?'" / "Not at all, just now: his name is entirely blotted from my good books." / "What is the matter?
What part of speech is good books?
Good books is a noun.

Words near good books in the dictionary

  1. good bishops
  2. good black don't crack
  3. good boi
  4. good bois
  5. good book
  6. good books
  7. good boy
  8. good boys
  9. good boys deserve fudge always
  10. good breath
  11. good breaths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: good books (page history and authors); good books (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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