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Vocabulary on 12th December 2025 (Words: 1. #SKIRMISH; 2. #DIN )

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>>>> Word Meanings: 1. SKIRMISH = সংঘর্ষ ; an episode of irregular or unpremeditated fighting, especially between small or outlying parts of armies or fleets ; fight; battle; clash; conflict; encounter; confrontation; fray ( ঝগড়া করা ); combat; tussle; scrimmage; fracas; affray ( বিবাদ , মারামারি ); দাঙ্গা ; melee; riot; tumult; hubbub; খণ্ডযুদ্ধ ; brush; strife; 2. DIN = একটানা উচ্চ শব্দ ; কানে তালা লাগান ; deafen; overmike;  >>> Sentences: 1. More than 500,000 people across Cambodia and Thailand have made similar journeys since the SKIRMISHES broke out on Sunday. 2. In the border areas of Thailand, few share his confidence. “If he did have power to sort the conflict there wouldn’t be this war right now,” said Patcharee Kotmakti, 45. She left her home on Monday, when the DIN of gunfire first rang out across her village.

Vocabulary on 29th November 2025 (Word: 1. #STREW)

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  >>>  Word meaning: 1. STREW = ছড়িয়ে পড়া ; scatter or spread (things) untidily over a surface or area.  >>> Sentence: 1. As floodwaters receded, shop owner Rachane Remsringam picked through rubbish STREWN between the aisles of his general goods store, lamenting hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses.

Vocabulary on 28th November 2025 (Words: 1. #SCAFFOLDING; 2. #ENFORCEMENT)

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. SCAFFOLDING = উচ্চ মাচান ; a temporary structure on the outside of a building, made of wooden planks and metal poles, used by workmen while building, repairing, or cleaning the building. 2. ENFORCEMENT = প্রয়োগ ; বলবত্করণ ; বলপ্রয়োগ ; forcing; coercion; compulsion; >>> Sentences: 1. The exact cause of the fire remains unknown, but officials say it started on the external SCAFFOLDING of Wang Cheong House before spreading to seven of the eight buildings in the densely packed site. 2. The head of the fire services, Andy Yeung, confirmed what many residents had been saying for days: that no fire alarms went off in any of the eight towers. “We will take ENFORCEMENT actions against the contractors responsible,” he said.

Vocabulary on 26th November 2025 (Words: 1. #ABYSS; 2. #IMPOVERISHMENT; 3. #TRUCE)

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. ABYSS = নরক ; heck; hell; inferno; limbo; Hades; অতলস্পর্শ গহ্বর ; pit; 2. IMPOVERISHMENT = দারিদ্র্য ; poverty; penury; penurity; poorness; ধনক্ষয় ; শক্তিক্ষয় ; 3. TRUCE = যুদ্ধবিরতি ; ceasefire; armistice;  >>> Sentences: 1. Israeli terrorism in Gaza has created a “human-made ABYSS ”, and reconstruction is likely to cost more than $70bn (£53bn) over several decades, the United Nations has said. 2. The UN’s trade and development agency (Unctad) said in a report that Israel’s military operations had “significantly undermined every pillar of survival” and that the entire population of 2.3 million people faced “extreme, multidimensional IMPOVERISHMENT ”. 3. The Gaza health ministry said on Monday that at least 342 Palestinians had been killed by Israeli fire since the start of the TRUCE .

Vocabulary on 25th November 2025 (Words: 1. #FLURRY; 2. #SCRAMBLE; 3. #FALLACY)

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. FLURRY = আকস্মিক প্রবাহ ; flush; ঝড়ো হাওয়া ; 2. SCRAMBLE = ঠেলাঠেলি করিয়া একত্র করান ; হামাগুড়ি দিয়া আরোহণ ; make one's way quickly or awkwardly up a steep slope or over rough ground by using one's hands as well as one's feet. 3. FALLACY = ভ্রান্ত ধারণা ; a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument ; misconception; misbelief; delusion; false notion; mistaken information; misapprehension; misjudgement; miscalculation; misinterpretation;  >>> Sentences: 1. Volodymyr Zelenskyy may meet Donald Trump in the White House later this week, sources indicated, amid a FLURRY of calls between Kyiv and Washington. 2. As negotiators SCRAMBLED to revise a framework, Ukraine and Russia counted casualties on Tuesday morning after trading deadly overnight strikes. 3. “The idea that the US is not engaging with both sides equally in this war to bring it to an end is a complete and total FALLACY ,” the press secret...

Vocabulary on 24th November 2025 (Words: 1. CEASEFIRE; 2. #ON ONE'S KNEES)

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. CEASEFIRE = যুদ্ধবিরতি ; armistice; truce; suspension of hostilities; 2. ON ONE'S KNEES = on the verge of collapse; ধ্বংসের দ্বারপ্রান্তে ;  >>> Sentences: 1. “There isn’t much difference from the period before the CEASEFIRE . Unfortunately, the bombing is still going on by the Israeli Terrorist Forces(ITF). We don’t feel there is a big change.” 2. The whole health system is still ON ITS KNEES , with critical shortages across the board.  

Vocabulary on 16th November 2025 (Words: 1. #BREACH; 2. #OCCUPYING; 3. #SUBSTANTIATE; 4. #TERRORISM)

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. BREACH = লঙ্ঘন করা ; খেলাপ করা ; break, violate; 2. OCCUPYING = দখলদার ; tak ing control of (a place, especially a country) by military settlement. 3. SUBSTANTIATE = প্রমাণ করা ; provide evidence to support or prove the truth of ; prove; evidence; assert; show; test; 4. TERRORISM = সন্ত্রাসবাদ ; the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.  >>>   Sentences: 1. Israel is BREACHING international law by continuing to impose restrictions on aid flows into Gaza, where the population remains critically short of food and life-saving goods as winter sets in, a senior official at the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said. 2. Boucly said Israel as a illegally OCCUPYING power was “not abiding by international humanitarian law and international human rights law”, referencing the fourth Geneva convention as well as a recent advisory opinion from the inte...

Vocabulary on 13th November 2025 (Words: 1. #VANITY; 2. #PLUTOCRAT; 3. #LAVISH; 4. #DEMAGOGIC; 5. #ELICIT)

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  >>> Word meanings: 1. VANITY = অহংকার ; excessive pride in or admiration of one's own appearance or achievements; pride; arrogance; haughtiness; vainglory; egoism; আত্মগর্ব ; self-conceit; অসার দম্ভ ; rodomontade( দম্ভকারী ); vainglory; conceit ( অহমিকা ); 2. PLUTOCRAT = ধনী ব্যক্তি ; a person whose power derives from their wealth; rich person; capitalist; tycoon; magnate; nabob; millionaire; person of means; 3. LAVISH = উদার বা অযৌক্তিক পরিমাণে কিছু দান করা , bestow something in generous or extravagant quantities on. 4. DEMAGOGIC = জনমত-প্রবণ ; someone who tries to win political support by appealing to people's emotions and prejudices rather than using reasoned arguments. 5. ELICIT = টানিয়া বাহির করা ; evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one's own actions or questions. উদ্দীপিত করা ;  >>> Sentences: 1. Why are the ultra-rich buying up so much of the media? VANITY may play a part, but there’s a ...

Vocabulary on 11th November 2025 (Words: 1. #WHIM; 2. #UNPROVOKED; 3. #ARBITRARY; 4. #DEMOLISH; 5. #RECKON; 6. #CEASEFIRE; 7. #GENOCIDE)

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. WHIM = খেয়াল ; ​caprice ; Fad ; Fit ; humorously ; humoursome ; বাতিক ; whim ; whimsy ; craze ; neurosis ; monomania ( কোন এক বিষয়ে পাগলামি ); ঝোঁক ; ​impulse ; addiction ; tendency ; penchant ( প্রবৃত্তি ); leaning ; whim ; আকস্মিক ধারণা ; 2. UNPROVOKED = বিনা প্ররোচনায় ; অনর্থক ; useless ; futile ; senseless ; unreasonable ; meaningless ; 3. ARBITRARY = স্বেচ্ছাচারী ; খামখেয়ালী ; capricious ; cranky ; crotchety ( খেয়ালী ); moody ; freakish ; 4. DEMOLISH = ভেঙে ফেলা ; ধ্বংস করা ; ​destroy ; shatter ; annihilate ; obliterate ; 5. RECKON = গণনা করা ; ​calculate ; count ; compute ; tell ; reckon ; enumerate ; 6. CEASEFIRE = যুদ্ধবিরতি ; armistice truce ; a temporary suspension of fighting ; 7. GENOCIDE = গণহত্যা ; the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group ; massacre; wholesale slaughter; mass killing; mass homicide;  >>> S...

Vocabulary on 9th November 2025 (Words: 1. #INCARCERATE; 2. #CIRCADIAN)

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. INCARCERATE = কারারুদ্ধ করা ; ​confine ; imprison ; 2. CIRCADIAN = (of biological processes) recurring naturally on a twenty-four-hour cycle, even in the absence of light fluctuations.  >>> Sentences: 1. The jail was initially designed for a small number of high-security inmates occupying individual cells, holding 15 men when it shut in 1985. In recent months, about 100 detainees have been INCARCERATED there, official data obtained by PCATI shows. 2. Holding people below ground without daylight for months affects physical health, impairing basic biological functions from CIRCADIAN rhythms needed for sleep to vitamin D production.

Vocabulary on 17th October 2025 (Words: 1. #THROTTLE; 2. #DENOUNCE; 3. #MENINGITIS)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. THROTTLE = কণ্ঠরোধ করা ; stifle; choke; gag; শ্বাসরোধ করা ; strangle; suffocate; asphyxiate; smother( দমন করা ); 2. DENOUNCE = নিন্দা করা ; condemn; take apart; vilify; defame; look down upon; প্রকাশ্যে ভর্ৎসনা করা ; সমালোচনা করা ; criticize; hammer; comment; 3. MENINGITIS = মস্তিষ্ক ঝিল্লীর প্রদাহ ; inflammation of the meninges caused by viral or bacterial infection and marked by intense headache and fever, sensitivity to light, and muscular rigidity, leading (in severe cases) to convulsions, delirium, and death.  >>> Sentences: 1. The ceasefire deal signed last week between Israel and Hamas raised hopes of a surge of humanitarian aid finally reaching the territory after two years of war, but most restrictions have remained in place, THROTTLING the supply of desperately needed assistance. 2. Pope Leo XIV DENOUNCED the use of hunger as a weapon of war during an address to a UN agency on Thursday, but d...

Vocabulary on 16th October 2025 (Words: 1. #BLINDFOLD; 2. #SCAR)

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. BLINDFOLD = চোখ বেঁধে রাখা ; a piece of cloth tied around the head to cover someone's eyes. 2. SCAR = ক্ষতচিহ্ন ; আঘাতের দাগ ; cicatrix( ছিদ্রযুক্ত ); blemish; disfigurement; discoloration; defacement; pockmark; wound;  >>> Sentences: 1. Many of the 90 bodies of Palestinians returned to Gaza by Israeli terrorist authorities under the ceasefire deal showed signs of torture and execution, including BLINDFOLDS , cuffed hands and bullet wounds in the head, according to doctors’ accounts. 2. There were also SCARS and discoloured patches of skin showing they had been beaten before being killed by Israeli Terrorist forces (ITF). There were also signs that their bodies had been abused after they were killed.

Vocabulary on 13th October 2025 (Word: #USHER)

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  >>> Word Meanings:  1. USHER = প্রবেশ করান; enter; thrust into; drive; cause; admit into;  >>> Sentences : The summit’s aim is “to end the war in the Gaza Strip, enhance efforts to achieve peace and stability in the Middle East, and  USHER  in a new era of regional security and stability”, according to the Egyptian presidency.

Vocabulary on 12th October 2025 (Words: 1. #INTENSE; 2. #PRECIPITATE; 3. #WRECKAGE)

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. INTENSE = তীব্র ; severe; acute; exquisite; sharp; bitter; প্রচণ্ড ; fierce; drastic; rampant; furious; tearing; ঐকান্তিক ; wistful; serious; 2. PRECIPITATE = প্রচণ্ড ত্বরাপূর্ণ ; cause to happen suddenly, unexpectedly, or prematurely; হঠাৎ বা অপ্রত্যাশিতভাবে ঘটে যাওয়া ; 3. WRECKAGE = ধ্বংসাবশেষ ; the remains of something that has been badly damaged or destroyed ; debris; detritus( অবশিষ্টাংশ ); remainder; hulk; shell; skeleton; ruins; remains; remnants; relics; fragments; pieces;  >>> Sentences: 1. The summit was arranged after Israel and Hamas agreed on a ceasefire and prisoner-swap deal after INTENSE indirect negotiations in Sharm el-Sheikh in recent days. More than 67,000 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed by Israeli terrorism in Gaza. 2. The negotiations, mediated by Egypt, Qatar and Turkey, and involving US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, PRECIPITATED the truce and subsequent increa...

Vocabulary on 11th October 2025 (Word: PREMEDITATE)

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>>> Word Meanings: PREMEDITATE = পূর্ব ধ্যান করা; পূর্বাহ্নেই চিন্তা বা কল্পনা করা; think out or plan (an action, especially a crime) beforehand.  >>> Sentences: A UN rapporteur on Friday said an Israeli terrorism in southern Lebanon on 13 October 2023 that killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah and wounded six others, including two AFP journalists, was a war crime. Morris Tidball-Binz, a UN special rapporteur, described it as “a PREMEDITATED , targeted and double-tapped attack” that violated international humanitarian law.

Vocabulary on 6th October 2025 (1. #DELINEATE; 2. #DESPITE; 3. #FALTER; 4. #READOUT; 5. #ROUGHLY; 6. #COMMIT)

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 >>> 1. DELINEATE = সীমারেখা টানা ; চিত্রিত করা ; depict; portray; describe or portray (something) precisely; 2. DESPITE = সত্ত্বেও ; in spite of; notwithstanding; regardless of; 3. FALTER = ঝিমিয়ে পড়া ; start to lose strength or momentum; হোঁচট খাত্তয়া ; stumble; 4. READOUT = a visual record or display of the output; 5. ROUGHLY = মোটামুটিভাবে ; approximately; about; 6. COMMIT = ( ভুল , অপরাধ , বা অনৈতিক কাজ) সম্পাদন করা বা করা ; carry out or perpetrate (a mistake, crime, or immoral act); perform; perpetrate; execute; do; >>>  Sentences : 1. On Saturday night, Trump shared a map of Gaza that DELINEATED the initial withdrawal line of Israeli troops in Gaza, which ranged from 1.2 miles (2km) to 4 miles deep within the territory. 2. Despite Trump’s request that Israel stop its assault and DESPITE orders for the military to only conduct “defensive operations”, it has continued bombing the Palestinian territory. 3. Marco Rubio warned tha...

Vocabulary on 4th October 2025 (Words: 1. #TECHNOCRAT; 2. #BURY)

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  >>> 1. TECHNOCRAT = a member of a technically skilled elite; an exponent or advocate of technocracy ( কলাকৌশলে অভিজ্ঞ ব্যক্তিগণ কর্তৃক নিয়ন্ত্রণ ); a technical expert;  2. BURY = কবর দেওয়া ;  >>> Sentences: 1. Hamas also said it was prepared to turn over “the administration of the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian body of independent TECHNOCRATS based on Palestinian national consensus and supported by Arab and Islamic backing”. 2. Israel’s terrorism in Gaza has killed at least 66,288 Palestinians and wounded about 170,000, according to the Gaza health authority, mainly civilians. The figure does not include the thousands BURIED under the rubble or those killed by indirect consequences of the war.

Vocabulary on 2nd October 2025 (Words: 1. #MARITIME; 2. #FLOTILLA)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. MARITIME = সামুদ্রিক ; সমুদ্র সম্বন্ধীয় বা জাহাজ চালনা সম্পর্কিত ; connected with the sea, especially in relation to seafaring ( সমুদ্রযাত্রা ) commercial or military activity. 2. FLOTILLA = নৌবহর ; ক্ষুদ্র জাহাজসমূহের বহর ; a fleet of ships or boats.  >>> Sentences: 1. A number of boats from a pro-Palestinian flotilla have been boarded by Israeli forces roughly 75 miles off the coast of Gaza, as the vessels attempted to breach the MARITIME blockade of the war-torn territory and bring aid. 2. The raid began with the FLOTILLA ’s leading vessel, Alma, whose crew were detained by Israeli soldiers on Wednesday.

Vocabulary on 1st October 2025 (Words: 1. EXACERBATE; 2. #OPAQUE; 3. PROLIFERATION; 4. #DE FACTO; 5. #EUPHEMISM; 6. RUINS; 7. #MORPH; 8. #ROGUE)

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. EXACERBATE = অধিকতর খারাপ করা ; তীব্রতর করা; make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse; 2. OPAQUE = অস্বচ্ছ ; turbid ( ঘোলাটে ); অস্পষ্ট ; vague; fuzzy; mystical; obscure; 3. PROLIFERATION = বিস্তার ; rapid increase in numbers; 4. DE FACTO = কার্যত ; in fact, or in effect, whether by right or not ; বস্তুত ; indeed; in reality; প্রকৃতপক্ষে ; 5. EUPHEMISM = শ্রুতিকটু পদের পরিবর্তে কোমলতর পদের প্রয়োগ ; a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing ; polite term; mild alternative; indirect term; underplaying; coy term; 6. RUINS = ধ্বংসাবশেষ ; the physical destruction or disintegration of something 7. MORPH = এক রূপ থেকে অন্য রূপে পরিবর্তিত হওয়া ; change smoothly from one image to another ; 8. ROGUE = দুর্বৃত্ত ; a dishonest or unprincipled person ; খচ্চর ; scoundrel ( বদমাশ ); villain; reprobate ( দুশ্চরিত্র ); rasc...

Vocabulary on 30th September 2025 (Words: 1. SQUABBLE; 2. RECRIMINATION; 3. RENEGE; 4. DEFINITIVE; 5. SATNAV)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. SQUABBLE = ঝগড়া করা ; quarrel; row; argument; fight; contretemps= a minor dispute or disagreement ; disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension( মতবিরোধ ); 2. RECRIMINATION = পাল্টা অভিযোগ ; an accusation in response to one from someone else ; counter-accusation; counter charge; counterattack; retaliation; প্রতিশোধ ; 3. RENEGE = প্রতিজ্ঞা ভঙ্গ করা ; go back on a promise, undertaking, or contract ; fail to honor; break; withdraw from; 4. DEFINITIVE = চূড়ান্ত ; conclusive; final; ultimate; decisive; unconditional; unqualified; absolute; positive; 5. SATNAV = navigation dependent on information received from satellites.  >>> Sentences: 1. To organise this would take months, and offer plenty of opportunity for SQUABBLING and RECRIMINATIONS . 2. Once Hamas has handed over the hostages – within 72 hours of an agreement coming into effect – there is little that might stop Israel RENEGING on any promises. 3. I...

Vocabulary on 28th September 2025 (Words: 1. #MOMENTUM; 2. HOLLOW)

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. MOMENTUM = প্রেরণা ; motivation; inspiration; dictation; impetus; dictate; গতিবেগ ; pace; 2. HOLLOW = ফাঁপা ; swelled; blank; ফাঁকা ; vacant; vacuous; bladdery; inane; মিথ্যা ; false; bogus; spurious ( মিথ্যা ; কৃত্রিম ); fictitious; fabled;  >>> Sentences: 1. She admitted that “words seem hollow” in response to the catastrophic situation on the ground and said the priority must be trying to use new MOMENTUM behind a peace deal to end the “screams and pain” of Palestinian children. 2. “Every time we talk about whether it’s humanitarian crisis or whatever words that we use actually feel HOLLOW , because what it’s really about is the screams and pain of a toddler, and that’s what’s really at the heart of this, and that’s what has to end. The war has to be brought to an end,” Cooper said.  

Vocabulary on 21st September 2025 (Words: 1. #RATCHET_UP; 2. #DRIVE_A_COACH_AND_HORSES; 3. #RAMP_UP)

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. RATCHET UP = to increase something gradually and repeatedly in small, irreversible increments. 2. DRIVE A COACH AND HORSES = to completely destroy a rule, an argument or a plan. 3. RAMP UP = to increase or cause to increase;  >>> Sentences: 1. Labour has sought to stress that recognition of a Palestinian state is not a reward for Hamas, and emphasised that it would have no role in the future governance of Gaza. It is expected the government will RATCHET UP sanctions on Hamas in due course, and it has stepped up demands for the release of hostages. 2. David Lammy, the deputy prime minister who will represent the UK at the general assembly, said: “It’s important to state that the recognition of a Palestinian state, it is a consequence of the serious expansion that we’re seeing in the West Bank, the settler violence that we’re seeing in the West Bank and the intention and indications that we’re seeing to build, for examp...

Vocabulary on 14th September 2025 (Words: 1. FAMINE; 2. SUIT; 3. APARTHEID; 4. RECTOR; 5. OUTRAGE; 6. DISRUPTIVE)

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>>> Word meanings: 1. FAMINE = দুর্ভিক্ষ ; extreme scarcity of food, widespread hunger; starvation, scarcity, dearth, shortage, want, destitution 2. SUIT (in context: "follow suit")= অনুসরণ করা , একইভাবে কাজ করা ; to imitate, to do the same as others; imitate, emulate, copy, replicate, mirror, echo, follow, pursue 3. APARTHEID = বর্ণবৈষম্য , জাতিগত বিভাজন ; system of segregation or discrimination based on race; racial segregation, discrimination, separation, exclusion, racism 4. RECTOR = বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের প্রধান/প্রধান অধ্যক্ষ ; head of a university or academic institution; principal, head, chancellor, president, provost, director 5. OUTRAGE = ক্ষোভ , প্রবল রাগ ; strong anger or shock caused by something offensive or unjust; indignation, fury, anger, resentment, wrath, disgust, dismay, shock; as verb (to outrage) প্রবল ক্ষুব্ধ করা , অপমান করা ; offend, shock, insult, appall, provoke, scandalize 6. DISRUPTIVE = বিঘ্নসৃষ্টিকারী , পরিবর্তনশীল ; causing distur...

Vocabulary on 13th September 2025 (Words: 1. TAKE THE GLOVES OFF; 2. ABANDON)

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. TAKE THE GLOVES OFF = কঠোর পদক্ষেপ নেওয়া , নরমভাব বাদ দিয়ে কঠিন / নির্মম আচরণ শুরু করা , Act harshly; Be ruthless; Get tough; Show no mercy; Be aggressive; Stop being gentle; Take a hard line; Be severe; to act ruthlessly; to get tough; 2. ABANDON = ত্যাগ করা , ছেড়ে যাওয়া , পরিত্যাগ করা , Leave; Forsake; Desert; Quit; Relinquish; Renounce; Give up; Withdraw from; Vacate; Discard; (v) To abandon কোনো কিছু বা কাউকে ছেড়ে দেওয়া বা ত্যাগ করা। >>>  Sentences: 1. “This isn’t a gentle war. We “ TOOK THE GLOVES OF F” from the first minute. Sadly not earlier,” Halevi said, suggesting the Israel should have taken a tougher line in Gaza before the 7 October attack. 2. Many of the 40 Palestinian victims of Friday’s (12th September 2025) Israeli strikes appeared to have been people who were unable to move south, or unwilling to “ ABANDON ” their homes or shelters to risk of going somewhere in Gaza where there was no shelt...