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Vocabulary on May 31, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #INCENDIARY, 2. #PLUME, 3. #TANTAMOUNT]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. INCENDIARY = অগ্নিসংযোগকারী; combustible; দাহ্য; inflammatory, জ্বলনশীল; explosive; burnable; ignitable; 2. PLUME = শিখা; flame, crest, fire, top, চূড়া; pinnacle, turret, top, summit, acme, apex 3. TANTAMOUNT = সমতুল্য   similar, uniform; equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as; equivalent to; equal to; amounting to; as good as; more or less; synonymous with; virtually the same as; much the same as; comparable to; on a par with; একই; same, one, very same, identical, equivalent,  >>> Sentences: 1. INCENDIARY artillery shells fired by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) hit the large Khudair Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Tools warehouse in the north of the Gaza Strip on 15 May 2021, setting fire to hundreds of tonnes of pesticides, fertilisers, plastics and nylons. 2. The strike created a toxic PLUME , which engulfed an area of 5.7 sq km and has left local residents struggling with health issues, includin...

Vocabulary on May 30, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #TURRET]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. TURRET = চূড়া ; pinnacle, top, summit, acme, apex; ক্ষুদ্র গম্বুজ ; কামান রাখিবার ঘূর্ণিমান মঞ্চবিশেষ ;  >>> Sentences : 1. About 3,000 Israeli police were deployed throughout Jerusalem on Sunday, with snipers patrolling the TURRETS of the Damascus Gate.

Vocabulary on May 28, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #QUADCOPTER, 2. #UPTICK]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. QUADCOPTER =   A helicopter having four rotors, 2.   UPTICK = ক্রমবর্ধমান বা ঊর্ধ্বমুখী প্রবণতা;  an increase, rise, or upward trend;  >>> Sentences : 1. The New York Times reported on Friday that it was an attack using QUADCOPTER suicide drones, that fitted a pattern of Israeli operations against Iranian military and nuclear infrastructure. 2. If confirmed, the attack on Parchin would mark a sharp UPTICK in the covert drone war between Iran and Israel.

Vocabulary on May 27, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #HORDE, 2. #REBUKE]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. HORDE = দল; বড় দল; shoal; a loosely knit small social group typically consisting of about five families. 2. REBUKE = তীব্র তিরস্কার; গালি; obscenities, bad language; an expression of sharp disapproval or criticism; reprimand; তিরস্কার; reproach; নিন্দা; reproof; scolding; admonishment; admonition; reproval; remonstration; upbraiding; castigation; lambasting; criticism; censure; 3. ATTRITION = ক্ষয়; decay, corrosion, erosion, deterioration, wasting;  >>> Sentences: 1. “It is clear that our boys are slowly retreating to more fortified positions – we need to hold back this HORDE ,” Haidai said.  2. Meanwhile the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, issued a bitter REBUKE to the west for not doing enough to help Kyiv win the war. 3. The heavy ATTRITION on Ukrainian defenders in the east – where between 50 and 100 soldiers are dying every day, according to Zelenskiy – has also led to claims by Russia of la...

Vocabulary on May 26, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #COMMUNIQUE]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1.  COMMUNIQUE = প্রজ্ঞাপন ; notification, propaganda, publicity; সরকারী ইস্তাহার ; সরকারি কাগজপত্র , dispatch; সরকারি বিজ্ঞপ্তি ;  >>> Sentences: 1. In a letter to 21 Pacific leaders seen by Reuters, the president of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), which is not one of the countries Wang will be visiting or meeting with, David Panuelo, said his country would argue the “pre-determined joint COMMUNIQUE ” should be rejected, because he feared it could spark a new “cold war” between China and the west.  

Vocabulary on May 25, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #CARNAGE, 2. #POTENT]

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>>>  Word Meanings: 1. CARNAGE = গণহত্যা ; হত্যাকাণ্ড ; killing, massacre, bloodshed, battue; ব্যাপক হত্যালীলা ; the killing of a large number of people. 2. POTENT = ক্ষমতাশালী ; powerful, mighty, strong, capable, potential; শক্তিশালী ; strong, potential, dynamic, brawny, main; having great power, influence, or effect.  >>> Sentences : 1. Salvador Romas ran into the school and all this CARNAGE proceeded to unfold after that time. 2. The second US mass shooting in 10 days at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday, led to an outpouring of disbelief and POTENT rage at America’s persistent failure to tackle its epidemic of gun violence.

Vocabulary on May 24, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #RULE OUT]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. RULE OUT = বাদ দেত্তয়া; leave out, cut out, except, exclude, eliminate, বাতিল করা; set aside, cross off, abolish, reject, invalidate; বাদ দেওয়া; omission, deduct, Eliminate, Except, omit, উড়িয়ে দেওয়া; Flout; কোনো কিছুর বিরোধিতা করা; হেয় জ্ঞান করা; >>> Sentences: 1. Kristalina Georgieva predicted that 2022 would be a tough year and declined to RULE OUT a global recession if conditions worsened markedly.

Vocabulary on May 22, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #SWATHE, 2. #ONRUSH]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. SWATHE = a piece or strip of material in which something is wrapped; আচ্ছাদন উপাদান ; an enveloping medium; 2. ONRUSH = বেগে অগ্রগতি; a surging rush forward; ধেয়ে চলা;  >>> Sentences: 1. Assam authorities said on Saturday that more than 850,000 people in about 3,200 villages had been affected by the floods, triggered by torrential rains that submerged SWATHES of farmland and damaged thousands of homes. 2. Hossain, the chief administrator, said the flooding was driven by both rains and the ONRUSH of water from across the border in Assam.

Vocabulary on May 20, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #INCINERATE, 2. #BELITTLE]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. INCINERATE = পুড়িয়ে ছাই করে ফেলা ; destroy (something, especially waste material) by burning; burn; burn up; reduce to ashes; consume by fire; carbonize; cremate; scald, singe, afflict, burn, calcine, 2. BELITTLE =তুচ্ছতাচ্ছিল্য করা; bypass, ignore; খর্ব করা ; diminish, detract, belittle, reduce, play down, pare; খাট করা ; shorten, reduce, abbreviate, lower, humble; অপ্রশংসা বলা ; অবজ্ঞাচ্ছলে বলা ; ছোট করা ; make small, abbreviate; খেলো করা ; humiliate; ছোটো করে দেখানো , lessen; তুচ্ছজ্ঞান করা , make nothing of, neglect; disparage; denigrate; run down; deprecate; depreciate; downgrade; play down; trivialize; minimize; make light of; treat lightly; undervalue; underrate; underestimate; make (someone or something) seem unimportant.  >>> Sentences: 1. Yuri Borisov, Russia’s deputy prime minister, told the country’s Channel One television station that the new Zadira directed-energy weapon could destroy targets...

Vocabulary on May 18, 2022 from The Guardian [Word: 1. #SWAP]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. SWAP = বিনিময় করা ; commute, exchange, barter, deflect, trade; বদলাবদলি করা ; বিনিময় করা ; >>> Sentences: 1. Ukraine’s deputy defence minister said they would be SWAPPED in a prisoner exchange, but some Russian officials said on Tuesday they could be tried and even executed.

Vocabulary on May 17, 2022 from The Guardian [Word: #UNANIMITY]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. UNANIMITY = সর্বসম্মতি ; agreement by all people involved; ঐকমত্য ; assent; মতৈক্য ;; অবিসন্বাদ ; amity, unity; consensus; accord; harmony; concord; unity; union; solidarity; unison; like-mindedness; uniformity; consistency; congruence; concertedness;   Sentences: 1. The Nato secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, has repeatedly said the two Nordic countries would be “welcomed with open arms”, but the process requires UNANIMITY among the alliance’s 30 existing members.

Vocabulary on May 16, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #ARRAIGN, 2. #REPUGNANT, 3. #VESTIBULE, 4. #RECONNAISSANCE, 5. #SURVEIL]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. ARRAIGN = অভিযুক্ত করা , call or bring (someone) before a court to answer a criminal charge; বিচারের জন্য আদালতে হাজির করা ; indict; আইন অনুযায়ী অপরাধী বলে গণ্য করা ; prosecute; আদালতে অভিযুক্ত করা ; put on trial; bring to trial; denounce; sue; take to court; bring an action against; lay charges against; file charges against; prefer charges against; summons; cite; accuse of; charge with; impeach; 2. REPUGNANT = ঘৃণ্য; abhorrent; পরিপন্থী ; অরুচিকর ; stink, unlovely,repellent, unpalatable, unsavoury; আপত্তিকর ; offensive, undesirable, noisome, unspeakable; অপ্রীতিকর ; unacceptable, crummy, bete noire, not very nice, ungrateful; বিরোধী ; antagonist, contradictory; 3. VESTIBULE = প্রবেশদ্বার হল; an antechamber, hall, or lobby next to the outer door of a building; প্রবেশ-কক্ষ; entrance hall; hall; hallway; entrance; porch; portico; foyer; reception area; lobby; anteroom; antechamber; পার্শ্বকক্ষ; খাসকামরার বাইরের ঘর; outer room; w...

Vocabulary on May 14, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #CIRCUMVENT, 2. #HEARSE]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. CIRCUMVENT = পরিবেষ্টন করা; encompass, surround, enclose, orb, environ, encircle; অবরোধ করা; blockade, besiege, obstruct, lay siege, beset, invest; ফাঁদে ফেলা; ensnare, complicate, entangle, decoy, gin; প্রতারণা করা; outwit, hype, juggle, cheat, defraud; বোকা বানান; befool, fool, bamboozle, monkey, stultify; বাধার উপায় খুঁজে পাওয়া; find a way around (an obstacle); avoid; get around; evade; get past; bypass; sidestep; dodge; overcome; outfit; outmaneuver; foil; end-run; 2. HEARSE = শবযান ; bier; শবাধার ; কফিন রাখার বা বয়ে নিয়ে যাবার ফ্রেম ; a vehicle for conveying the coffin at a funeral.  >>> Sentences: 1. Palestinian flags – which are rarely seen – were openly waved by many of the thousands of people who CIRCUMVENTED roadblocks in occupied East Jerusalem to join the funeral procession on Friday for Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Aqleh. 2. Footage showed the coffin on mourners’ shoulders outside St Jos...

Vocabulary on May 12, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #MULL, 2. #DEMUR]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. MULL = গভীরভাবে চিন্তা করা ; think about (a fact, proposal, or request) deeply and at length. Ponder; consider; Think over/about; contemplate; reflect on; deliberate; chew over; weigh up; consider the pros and cons of; cogitate on[ মনোনিবেশ করা] ; meditate on; muse on; ruminate over/on; brood on; have one’s mind on; give some thought to; evaluate; examine; study; review; revolve; গরম করা; warm up, 2. DEMUR = সংকোচ করা; constraint, দ্বিধা করা; Fluctuate; raise doubts or objections or show reluctance; গম্ভীর করা; deprecate; বিনয়ী করা;  >>> Sentences: 1. Boris Johnson has promised to support Sweden and Finland against potential Russian threats in any way necessary as he travelled to both countries to sign mutual security agreements, with their governments MULLING Nato membership in the wake of the Ukraine invasion. 2. Questioned about what the UK-Sweden agreement might mean in practical terms, Johnson remained la...

Vocabulary on May 11, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #DASH, 2. #FORINT, 3. #SACROSANCT]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. DASH = [Verb] বেগে ছুটিয়া যাত্তয়া ; run or travel somewhere in a great hurry; [Noun] বেগে ধাবন ; scuttle; an act of running somewhere suddenly and hastily. 2. FORINT = the basic monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 filler. 3. SACROSANCT = পবিত্র; sacred; অলঙ্ঘনীয়; unbreakable, taboo, inviolable, tabu; পুত; অলঙ্ঘ্য; inextricable,  >>> Sentences: 1. Meanwhile, Ursula von der Leyen said there had been progress after making a last-minute DASH to Budapest to discuss the plans with Orbán on Monday night. 2. Hungary says it needs five years and hundreds of billions of FORINTS to convert its Százhalombatta refinery near Budapest, which can only take Russian oil. 3. Orbán said he opposed imposing sanctions on church leaders “because that would affect the religious freedom of communities in Hungary, which is SACROSANCT ”.

Vocabulary on May 10, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #IMMACULATE, 2. #SULLY, 3. #DESECRATION; 4. #DISQUIET]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. IMMACULATE = শুচি ; clean, pure, holy ; অকলঙ্ক ; , unblemished, spotless, unspotted, taintless, clean; পরিপাটি ; tidy, prim, orderly; পবিত্র ; holy, sacred, pure, blessed, clean; অনিন্দ্য ; , unimpeachable, impeccable, unblamable; নিখুঁত ; fine, accurate, flawless, blameless, faultless ; বিশুদ্ধ ; pure, fresh, authentic, true, correct ; নিষ্কলঙ্ক ; spotless, unblemished, stainless, taintless, impeccable; নির্মল ; lucid, clean, cleanly, pellucid, limpid ; পরিষ্কার ; clean, fair, pure, tidy, coherent ; নিরঁজন ; stainless, clean, pure, ; দাগশূন্য ;   stainless; পরিচ্ছন্ন ; neat, tidy, elegant, cleanly; অনিন্দনীয় ; blameless, irreproachable, unblamable, impeccable ; নিটোল ; chubby, flawless, perfect, having no dimples, having no depressions; নির্দোষ ; innocent, harmless, innocuous, guiltless, irreproachable; 2. SULLY = নোংরা করা; damage the purity or integrity of; mess, bedraggle, foul, grime, muck, নোংরা হত্তয়া; become dirty, become...

Vocabulary on May 9, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #GAUNT, 2. #BERATE, 3. #BARBARIAN]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. GAUNT = জীর্ণশীর্ণ ; haggard; বিশুষ্ক চেহারাবিশিষ্ট ; কৃশ ; thin, emaciated, দুর্বল ; attenuate, হ্রাসপ্রাপ্ত ; peaked, lean; অস্থিচর্মসার ; skinny, রোগা , poorly, meager, ill; কঠোর ; harsh, stringent, rigorous, severe, stern, রোগাটে , sickly, pimping; 2. BERATE = তীব্র ভর্ৎসনা করা; scold severely ; চোপা করা; criticize (someone) angrily; rebuke; reprimand; reproach; reprove; admonish; remonstrate with; chastise; chide; upbraid; 3. BARBARIAN = অসভ্য ; savage, uncivilized, uncultured, bearish, brusque; বর্বর ; brutal, barbarous, Gothic, savage, heathen; অভদ্র ; bearish, vulgar, indecent, discourteous, uncivil, অমার্জিত ; rugged, vulgar, hillbilly, crude, uncouth, অশিক্ষিত ; illiterate, uneducated, unlearned, ignorant, unlettered,  >>> Sentences : 1. Speaking to the media from inside the besieged steelworks, an Azov commander and lieutenant, looking GAUNT and pale, said they had defended the city for the people of...

Vocabulary on May 7, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #CONSCRIPTION, 2. #HELLSCAPE, 3. #COMMISSAR]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. CONSCRIPTION = বাধ্যতামূলকভাবে সৈন্যদলে নিয়োগ; compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces. 2. HELLSCAPE = অতিশয় অপ্রীতিকর জায়গা বা পরিবেশ;   an extremely unpleasant place or scene or environment. 3. COMMISSAR = প্রতিনিধি; representative, delegate, surrogate, deputy, lieutenant,  >>> Sentences: 1. Wives of Ukrainian soldiers under siege in Mariupol who gathered in Kyiv to demand the evacuation of their husbands have been dispersed by police who gave army CONSCRIPTION notices to men who joined the protest. 2. The UN has opened a fresh attempt to rescue the remaining 200 civilians trapped in the Russian-besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, which the UN secretary general has described as a series of “ HELLSCAPES ”. 3. There were military COMMISSARS present at the event who had the authority to check men’s documents. Some of the men in their 30s were taken to the draft boards...

Vocabulary on May 6, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #ANEW, 2. #SPRY]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. ANEW = নতুনভাবে ; in a new or different and typically more positive way; নতুন করে; afresh, newly wed, over again; পুনরায়; 2. SPRY = active; lively; প্রাণবন্ত ; animated, vivid, brisk, elastic, buoyant; চট্পটে ; swanky, quick, prompt, swift, nimble; প্রাণোচ্ছল ; blithesome, blithe;  >>> Sentences: 1. US military strategists dream ANEW of opening a Nato franchise for the Pacific, while EU bureaucrats plan a new Nato for the internet. 2. The old sheriff of the cold war has regained its focus, and, to the surprise of many, has proved itself to be a remarkably SPRY and capable force in the fight against Russia.

Vocabulary on May 5, 2022 The Guardian [Words: 1. #INSTINCT, 2. EXTRICATE]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. INSTINCT = সহজাত প্রবৃত্তি; an innate, typically fixed pattern of behavior in response to certain stimuli. 2. EXTRICATE = নিষ্কাশন করা; free from a constraint or difficulty; মুক্ত করা; free, liberate, set free, rid, get rid of, উদ্ধার করা; rescue, deliver, recover, relieve, reprieve,  >>> Sentences : 1. With state-level and national politics, moral outrage among the public and Biden’s own foreign policy INSTINCTS , all pointing in the same direction, the administration has sharply raised its stake in the Ukraine conflict, asking Congress for an extraordinary $33bn in military, economic and humanitarian support for Kyiv. 2. Biden, who has made EXTRICATING the US from “forever wars” his signature foreign policy, has repeatedly said he will not send US troops into Ukraine, and has cancelled routine missile tests to reduce any risk of misunderstanding and miscalculation between the two nuclear superpowers