Context:

"Here, do you remember David Bedlington from school."

"Bedlington. The name rings a belll, but I can't put a face to him."

"He won the lottery last week. 3 million pounds. Just like that."

"You're joking."

"No, straight up. I was talking to him only yesterday. He's already left his job. He's going to buy a house in the Caribbean."

"Lucky sod. I've never won anything in my life."

"What about me. You won my friendship all those years ago."

"Oh God, I'm so depressed. Get me a drink."

Explanation: To seem familiar, or to make someone remember something.

Notes: Church bells used to be much more useful than they are today. In the days when ordinary people didn't have clocks or watches, they had to rely on the church bell ringing out to tell them when it was time to go to church or school. They therefore acted as a reminder.

The Iran Language Institute was founded in 1979. According to its constitution the ILI has been assigned with the national mission of developing foreign language learning. The institute is a state-owned, non-profit organization with headquarters in Tehran and teaching schools in 25 cities across the nation. The ILI offers language courses in Farsi, English, French, German and Arabic. It enrolls around 100,000 students every term, and 4 terms every year. Classes are taught by around 1,000 carefully trained and selected instructors, with degrees in Farsi, English, French, German and Arabic. The ILI director is Mr. Ghasem Haghighat Talab.

       ILI  Website: www.kanoonzaban.com

Mnemonics are devices to help us remember (aide memoire or memory aide). They come in many varieties and flavours, and can aid memorisation of many types of information............