Vocabulary on February 11, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #ICY, 2. #DISSUADE]

 

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Word Meanings:

1. ICY= আদরশূন্য; স্নেহশূন্য; loveless, বরফতুল্য; algid, arctic, bitter, bone-chilling, chill, chilly, cold, coldish, cool, coolish, freezing, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, ice-cold, nipping, nippy, numbing, polar, shivery, snappy, wintry;

2. DISSUADE= বুঝিয়ে নিরস্ত করা; discourage; কাউকে ফিরিয়ে আনার চেষ্টা করা; deter; prevent; disincline; turn aside; divert; sidetrack; talk out of; persuade against; persuade not to; argue out of; put off; stop; scare off; warn off; advise against; urge against; advise/urge not to; caution against; expostulate against;

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 Sentences:

1. During an ICY press conference in Moscow that exposed the gulf between the two sides over Ukraine, Sergei Lavrov, a veteran of 18 years as foreign minister, said they had found little common ground and that the talks contained “nothing secret, no trust. Just slogans shouted from the tribunes.”

2. France’s Emmanuel Macron travelled to Moscow this week on a similar mission to try to DISSUADE Vladimir Putin from launching an attack.