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Vocabulary on June 30, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #SWAP]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. SWAP =   বিনিময় করা; commute, exchange, barter, deflect (বদল করা), trade; বদলাবদলি করা; take part in an exchange of; bandy; trade; reciprocate; pas back and forth; give and take;  >>> Sentences: 1. A Pro-Russian separatist head confirmed the prisoner SWAP , saying that 144 Russian and separatist soldiers were returned to Russia.

Vocabulary on June 28, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #CONSUL, 2. #EN ROUTE]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. CONSUL = দূত; envoy, ambassador, apostle, courier, Mercury; রাষ্ট্রদূত; Excellency; 2. EN ROUTE = পথে; in transitu, on the road, via; পথিমধ্যে; Enroute,  >>> Sentences: 1. Mexican foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard said the Mexican CONSUL was EN ROUTE to the site Monday.

Vocabulary on June 26, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #DUPE]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. DUPE = প্রতারণা করা; deceive; trick; victimize, chicane, illude, jew, sting; hoodwink; hoax; swindle; defraud; cheat; double-cross; gull; mislead; take in; fool; delude; misguide; lead on; inveigle,  >>> Sentences: 1. The mayors of several European capitals have been DUPED into holding video calls with a deepfake of their counterpart in Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko.

Vocabulary on June 25, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #SHEARS, 2. #INCURSION, 3. #ENCLAVE]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. SHEARS = বৃহদাকার কাঁচি ; a cutting instrument in which two blades move past each other, like scissors but typically larger. 2. INCURSION = অনুপ্রবেশ ; বহিরাক্রমণ , invasion, raid; পরদেশাক্রমণ ; inroad; শত্রুর অনুপ্রবেশ ; হঠাৎ আক্রমণ হানা ; an invasion or attack, especially a sudden or brief one. 3. ENCLAVE = ছিটমহল ; a portion of territory within or surrounded by a larger territory whose inhabitants are culturally or ethnically distinct; রাষ্ট্রের যে অংশ অন্য রাষ্ট্রদ্বারা পরিবেষ্টিত  >>> Sentences: 1. About 2,000 migrants approached Melilla at dawn on Friday and more than 500 managed to enter a border control area after cutting a fence with SHEARS , the Spanish government’s local delegation said in a statement. 2. Moroccan officials said late on Friday that 13 migrants had died of their injuries sustained in the INCURSION , in addition to five who were confirmed dead earlier in the day. 3. Melilla and Ceut...

Vocabulary on June 24, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #IMPOTENCE]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. IMPOTENCE = পুরুষত্বহীনতা ; impotency, imbecility[ অক্ষমতা] ; দুর্বলতা ; weakness, failing, debilitation, languish, attenuation; অক্ষমতা ; disability, inability, incapacity, default, incapability, disqualification; ধ্বজভঙ্গ ; শক্তিহীনতা ; weakness, powerlessness, languish, disability, laxness, laxity; বলহীনতা ; laxness, laxity, languish, emasculation, কলহীনতা ; অহায়তা ; দৌর্বল্য ; debility, valetudinarianism, disability, disablement, emasculation; inability to take effective action; helplessness; inability in a man to achieve an erection or orgasm. >>> Sentences: 1. “It’s a disgrace that a Nato country, Bulgaria, kidnaps two other Nato countries, namely, Albania and North Macedonia, in the midst of hot war in Europe’s back yard with 26 other countries sitting still in a scary show of IMPOTENCE ,” Rama said.

Vocabulary on June 23, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #IMPOVERISHED]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. IMPOVERISHED = দরিদ্র ; poor, bad, penniless, unprivileged, গরিব ; impecunious [having little or no money],   bankrupt; জীর্ণ ; dilapidated, decayed, seedy, ragged, ramshackle, দরিদ্রি ; নির্ধন ; indigent, নি : স্ব ; destitute, bare;  >>> Sentences: 1. A powerful earthquake in a remote area of Afghanistan’s Paktika province has killed at least 1,000 people and injured at least 1,500, with the toll expected to rise in the IMPOVERISHED country.

Vocabulary on June 22, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #EXCLAVE]

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  >>> Word Meanings : 1. EXCLAVE = a portion of territory of one state completely surrounded by territory of another or others, as viewed by the home territory. >>>  Sentences: 1. The head of the Kremlin’s security council has threatened the “population of Lithuania” in an escalation of the row over Lithuanian railway’s refusal to allow some goods to cross to the Russian EXCLAVE of Kaliningrad.

Vocabulary on June 21, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #RECONNAISSANCE]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. RECONNAISSANCE = পুনরুদ্ধার; শত্রুকবলিত এলাকার কাছাকাছি জায়গা পরিদর্শনের দ্বারা শত্রুর শক্তি নির্ণয়; military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features; পরিদর্শনকরণ; প্রাথমিক নিরীক্ষণ; Preliminary survey; survey; exploration; observation; investigation; examination; inspection; probe; scrutiny; scan; patrol; search; expedition; reconnoitering; প্রাথমিক নিরীক্ষণ; scouting; spying out; >>> Sentences: 1. The three offshore platforms, the Boyko towers, had previously been seized by Moscow from Ukraine in 2014. Kyiv believes they are used for military RECONNAISSANCE and to help assert control of a larger portion of the Black Sea.

Vocabulary on June 20, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #RAMIFICATION]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. RAMIFICATION = প্রসারণ ; শাখাপ্রশাখা ; শাখাবিস্তার ; শ্রেণীবিভাগ ; classification, arrangement, range, kingdom; শাখাবিন্যাস ; branching, ফল ; Consequence; result; aftermath; outcome; effect; upshot; issue; sequel; complication; development; implication; product; byproduct; outgrowth; spin-off;  >>> Sentences : 1. Vanuatu is leading a campaign to have the international court of justice issue an opinion on climate change – which could have huge legal RAMIFICATIONS .

Vocabulary on June 18, 2022 from The Guardian [Word: #BLITZKRIEG]

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. BLITZKRIEG = ঝটিকা অভিযান ; an intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory;   দ্রুত জয়লাভের উদ্দেশ্যে প্রবল ঝটিক আক্রমণ; war conducted with great speed and force; barrage, blitz, bombardment, cannonade, drumbeat, drumfire, flurry, fusillade, hail, salvo, shower, storm, volley;  >>> Sentences: 1. Vladimir Putin has delivered a combative speech repeating his critique of the west and saying the sanctions “ BLITZKRIEG ” against Moscow never had any chance of succeeding.

Vocabulary on June 17, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #COMPLICATE, 2. #RENDEZVOUS]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. COMPLICATE = জটিল করা ; entangle, foul up, involve; ফাঁদে ফেলা ; circumvent, ensnare, entangle, decoy, gin; বিজড়িত করা ;, engage, beset, intertwine, embarrass, involve; জট বাঁধা ; mat, tangle, become complicated; একত্র পাকান ; intertwine, implicate, একত্র জড়ান ; implicate; একত্র মোচড়ান ; গোল পাকান ; muddle, make (something) more difficult or confusing by causing it to be more complex. 2. RENDEZVOUS = সাক্ষাতের পূর্বনির্দিষ্ট স্থান; meeting; appointment; মিলনস্থল; a meeting at an agreed time and place, typically between two people. >>> Sentences: 1. Captive Americans would COMPLICATE the US’ approach to the Ukraine-Russia war. 2. Huynh’s fiancee, Joy Black, told Alabama news station WAAY-TV that she got a message from a soldier telling her that the two Americans were in an area that was hit “pretty hard” before they missed their RENDEZVOUS point.

Vocabulary on June 16, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #EMBATTLE, 2. #SUBSIDE]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. EMBATTLE = যুদ্ধার্থে শ্রেণীবদ্ধ করা ; set in battle array; to arrange in order of battle; prepare for battle; 2. SUBSIDE = হ্রাস পাত্তয়া; diminish, slack, slacken, wane, dwindle; শান্ত হত্তয়া; calm, grow quiet, quieten, quiet, cool down; প্রশমিত হত্তয়া; assuage, lull, fall, sink;  >>> Sentences: 1. Ukraine has ignored a Russian ultimatum to surrender the EMBATTLED eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, as fears grow over the hundreds of civilians trapped in the city’s Azot chemical factory. 2. The evacuation is extremely difficult because the shelling does not SUBSIDE .

Vocabulary on June 14, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #RAUCOUS, 2. #DISAVOWED, 3. #BELLIGERENT]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. RAUCOUS = কর্কশ ; cracked, পাগলাটে ; rude, crusty, চাঁচাছোলা ; খিটখিটে l crabby, hoarse; harsh; strident; screeching; squawky; squawking; sharp; grating; discordant; 2. DISAVOWED = অস্বীকৃত ; deny any responsibility or support for; denied, refused, repudiated, প্রত্যাখ্যান ; gainsaid; 3. BELLIGERENT = যুদ্ধভাবাপন্ন ; hostile and aggressive; threatening; antagonistic; বিরোধী ; pugnacious; কলহপ্রিয় ;  >>> Sentences: 1. The latest protests were a continuation of a fortnight of sporadic demonstrations by Muslims that began when the BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma made derogatory comments about the prophet during a RAUCOUS television debate. 2. The BJP last week suspended Sharma and expelled another senior member for the remarks. The government also DISAVOWED the comments as it attempted to quell a diplomatic storm that had broken out in the Middle East. 3. Given the acute dilemma Muslims find themselves in, there are differ...

Vocabulary on June 13, 2022 from The Guardian [Word: #HOWITZER]

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  >>> Word Meaning: HOWITZER = ক্ষুদ্র কামানবিশেষ ; a short gun for firing shells on high trajectories at low velocities;  >>> Sentence: Ukraine has called on the west to supply 300 rocket launchers, 500 tanks and 1,000 HOWITZERS before a key meeting on Wednesday amid concern in some quarters it is pushing its demands for Nato-standard weapons to the limit.