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Vocabulary on February 27, 2022 from The Guardian [Word: 1. #SABOTEUR]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. SABOTEUR = অন্তর্ঘাতমূলক ; a person who engages in sabotage; নাশকতাকারী; one that practices sabotage[ নাশকতা] ;   Sentences: 1. Mykola Povoroznyk, first deputy head of Kyiv City State Administration, says there were a few clashes with SABOTEURS overnight.

Vocabulary on February 26, 2022 from The Guardian [Words:1. #RETRO, 2. #SPURIOUS, 3. #BLEARY]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. RETRO = বিপরীতমুখী; old-fashioned; backward-looking; retrogressive; পিছন দিকে; পিছনে - অবস্থিত; nostalgic; evocative; 2. SPURIOUS = কৃত্রিম ; artificial, simulated, synthetic, pretended, false, ভেজাল ; adulterated, drossy; মিথ্যা ; false, bogus, fictitious, fabled, mistaken; ঝুটা ; false, dissembling, artificial, sham, pinchbeck; জাল - করা ; false, forged, 3. BLEARY = ঝাপসা ; fuzzy, murky, bleary, obscure, blear, black; অনির্দিষ্ট ; indefinite, undefined, bleary, ambiguous, vague, loose; অস্পষ্ট ; dim, obscure, vague, fuzzy, mystical, bleary; অনিশ্চিত ; uncertain, precarious, erratic, problematic, insecure, bleary;  >>> Sentences: 1. For this is a grimly RETRO war. 2. But underneath the SPURIOUS defences lay the Putin worldview. 3. We think we know which side we’re on. We want to stand with those BLEARY -eyed children, clutching their colouring books as they bed down in a Kyiv subway station.  

Vocabulary on February 25, 2022 from The Guardian [Word: #VET]

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 >>> Word Meaning: 1. VET = সতর্ক এবং সমালোচনামূলক পরীক্ষা করা ; make a careful and critical examination of (something); to evaluate for possible approval or acceptance; screen; assess; evaluate; appraise; weigh up; examine; look over; review; consider; scrutinize; study; inspect; investigate; censor; check; redact[ সংশোধন করা ]; check out; check up on; probe; research; look into; delve into; dig into; search into; >>> Sentence: 1. Reached late Thursday night in Ukraine, Aushev said he already had received hundreds of applicants and was going to begin VETTING to ensure that none of them were Russian agents.

Vocabulary on February 23, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #RESERVIST, 2. #RULE OUT, 3. #MOBILISATION, 4. #REPLENISH]

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  >>> Word meanings: 1. RESERVIST =সংরক্ষিত সৈনিক; a member of the military reserve forces; অতিরিক্ত বাহিনীভুক্ত সৈনিক; 2. RULE OUT =বাদ দেত্তয়া; leave out, cut out, except, exclude, eliminate, বাতিল করা; set aside, cross off, abolish, reject, invalidate; 3. MOBILISATION =সৈন্যযোজন; impressment; marshaling (পরিচালিত করা, শ্রেণীবদ্ধ করা), rally, rallying; the action of a country or its government preparing and organizing troops for active service. 4. REPLENISH =পূর্ণ করা; impregnate; ভর্তি করা; refill, admit, take in; আবার ভরে নেওয়া; >>> Sentences: 1. Ukraine’s president has called up the country’s RESERVISTS after Russia began moving troops into the country’s east, and warned that Ukraine could face a battle for its very existence. 2. Volodymyr Zelenskiy RULED OUT a general MOBILISATION in an evening address to the nation. But the decision to bring reservists back into active duty was a further sign that Ukraine was bracing for a possible military cl...

Vocabulary on February 22, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #MINION, 2. #SQUIRM, 3. #HAWKISH, 4. #STUTTER, 5. #SMIRK, 6. #ELONGATE, 7. #HARANGUE, 8. #DRILY, 9. #FEALTY, 10. #NIBBLE,]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. MINION = চাটুকার ; flatterer, adulator, groveller, parasite, encomiast; রাজার প্রি়পাত্র ; প্রি়পাত্র ; favorite, dear, deary, pet, joy; অনুগ্রহপাত্র ; favorite, favourite; underling; তাঁবেদার ; অধীন ব্যক্তি ; চামচা ; sycophant, Flunkey, yes-man; 2. SQUIRM = কিলবিল করা ; wriggle; নাড়াচাড়া করা ; wiggle; মোচড় খাওয়া ; writhe; মনে মনে ভীষণ কষ্ট পাওয়া ; 3. HAWKISH = বাজপাখি ; resembling a hawk in nature or appearance; having a militant attitude (as in a dispute) and advocating immediate vigorous action; 4. STUTTER = তোতলান ; falter, to speak with involuntary disruption or blocking of speech (as by repetition or prolongation of vocal sounds); 5. SMIRK = কৃত্রিম হাসি ; to smile in a smug( দৃষ্টিকটুভাবে আত্মতৃপ্ত ) or condescending(feeling superiority) way. 6. ELONGATE = দীর্ঘতর করা ; make (something) longer; প্রসারিত করা; extend, reach, stretch, enlarge, prolong, 7. HARANGUE = বাগাড়ম্বরপূর্ণ বক্তৃতা দেত্তয়া; a lengthy a...

Vocabulary on February 21, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #WARY, 2. #IN PRINCIPLE, 3. #RESCIND, 4. #CHINK, 5. #INTERLOCUTOR]

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. WARY = সতর্ক ; alert, aware, discreet, watchful, guarded; সাবধান ; mind your eye, vigilant; cautious; careful; circumspect (সবদিকে নজর রাখে এমন); alert, chary, conservative, considerate, gingerly, guarded, heedful, safe; 2. IN PRINCIPLE = ধারণায় ; in theory; তাত্ত্বিকভাবে; theoretically;   কাগজে, অব্যবহারিক; on paper; as a general idea or plan, although the details are not yet established; used to indicate that although something is theoretically possible, in reality it may not actually happen. 3. RESCIND = বাতিল করা ; set aside, rule out, cross off, abolish, reject, invalidate; কাটিয়া ফেলা ; shred, chop, excise, exscind, flench, flense; রদ করা ; annul, revoke, annihilate, quash, cancel, abrogate; 4. CHINK = ছিদ্রপথ ; loophole; ফাঁক ; cavity, cleft, haitus, Interstice, rift; 5. INTERLOCUTOR = সংলোপ বা কথাপকথনে অংশগ্রহনকারী ব্যক্তি; a person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation. >>>   Sentences...

Vocabulary on February 18, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #DRAWDOWN, 2. #CRISSCROSS]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. DRAWDOWN = আকার হ্রাস; a reduction in the size or presence of a military force; the process of depleting; a decline in an investment or fund; absorb, burn, consume, deplete, devour, drain, exhaust, expend, play out, spend, use up; 2. CRISSCROSS = আড়াআড়িভাবে; to mark with intersecting lines; to pass back and forth through or over;  >>> Sentences: 1. Russia has repeatedly said it has no intention of invading Ukraine and on Tuesday announced a DRAWDOWN of troops from Crimea, accompanied by videos of tanks being loaded on to transport trains. 2. Ukraine is CRISSCROSSED with rivers, which has been highlighted as a possible hindrance to any potential Russian ground invasion unless they used pontoon bridges.

Vocabulary on February 17, 2022 from The Guardian [Word: 1. #PULLBACK]

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  >>> Word Meaning: 1. PULLBACK = পেছনে টানা, an act of withdrawing troops; pullout, recession, retirement, retreat, withdrawal;  >>>  Sentence: 1. Western nations warned on Wednesday that there is a growing Russian military presence at Ukraine’s borders, contradicting Moscow’s insistence of a PULLBACK .

Vocabulary on February 16, 2022 from The Guardian [Word: 1. #CALIBRATE, 2. #SPOOK]

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 >>> Word Meaning: 1. CALIBRATE = শক্তির পরিমাপ করা ; to ascertain the caliber of (something); সঠিকভাবে পরিমাপ করা ; to measure precisely; mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings; 2. SPOOK = ভীত করা ; FRIGHTEN, appall, appal, menace, fray, daunt; ঘাবড়ান ; frighten, be afraid, lose balance, be panicky; আতঙ্কিত করা ; frighten, terrify, scare, dismay, horrify; UNNERVE; সাহসশূন্য বলশূন্য করা ; শক্তিহীন করা ; devitalize, নিবীর্য বা দুর্বল করে দেওয়া ; ঘাবরে দেওয়া ; >>> Sentence: 1. Following the recent name change, Zuckerberg said that he wanted to RECALIBRATE company policies and values – which had not been updated since 2007. 2. Employees are not the only ones SPOOKED by the changes: investors seem wary as well.

Vocabulary on February 15, 2022 from The Guardian [Word: 1. #CUT_SHORT, 2. #PRECIPICE]

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  >>> Word Meaning: 1. CUT SHORT = প্রত্যাশিত সময়ের আগে শেষ করা; to end (something) earlier than expected; 2. PRECIPICE = খাড়া ও উঁচু গিরিচূড়া ; a very steep rock face or cliff, especially a tall one.   Sentence: 1. The continued buildup of forces in excess of 150,000 prompted Johnson to CUT SHORT a trip to Cumbria to chair a Cobra emergency meeting on Tuesday. 2. Earlier, Johnson said: “This is a very, very dangerous, difficult situation. We are on the edge of a PRECIPICE , but there is still time for President Putin to step back.”