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 and aggressive speech;

8. DRILY= শুকনো; lacking precipitation or humidity;

9. FEALTY= সামন্তপ্রভুর প্রতি প্রজার আনুগত্য বা আনুগত্যের স্বীকৃতি; the fidelity(আনুগত্য, বিশ্বস্ততা) of a vassal (মুখাপেক্ষী ব্যক্তি) or feudal tenant to his lord;

10. NIBBLE= খুঁটিয়া খুঁটিয়া খাত্তয়া; take small bites out of;

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Sentences:

1. This was not a politician convening his team for discussions, this was a supreme leader marshalling his MINIONS and ensuring collective responsibility for a decision that, at minimum, will change the security architecture in Europe, and may well lead to a horrific war that consumes Ukraine.

2. But at the security council meeting on Monday, when a long table for once would have seemed appropriate, Putin sat alone, surveying his subordinates from absurdly far away, as they SQUIRMED awkwardly in chairs waiting their turn to be grilled by the boss.

3. Sergei Naryshkin, the HAWKISH head of Russia’s spy service, known for making aggressively anti-western statements, STUTTERED uncomfortably as Putin grilled him on whether he supported the decision.

4. From behind his desk, frequently SMIRKING, Putin listened one-by-one to his security council.

5. Valentina Matviyenko, the only woman on the security council, gave an ELONGATED HARANGUE cobbled together from the more outlandish talking points of Russian news bulletins: innocent Russia facing down the nefarious west, which was backing the “genocidal” Kyiv regime.

6. Not everyone was so enthusiastic: the prime minister, Mikhail Mishustin, spoke briefly and DRILY, looking visibly uncomfortable.

7. Not willing to let him off the hook without swearing FEALTY to the decision that was already inevitably on the way, Putin asked him directly whether he supported it; Mishustin mumbled that he did.

8. But it seems likely that Putin has much more in mind than simply taking a NIBBLE out of Ukraine’s east and taking formal responsibility for territories he already de facto controlled.