Vocabulary on June 11, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #INVOKE, 2. #STATUS QUO, 3. #SMITHEREENS, 4. #TACIT]

 

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Word Meanings:

1. INVOKE= ডাকা; call, summon, pray to, bid, bray; আবাহন করা; invite,

2. STATUS QUO= স্থিতাবস্থা; Equilibrium position; existing state of social or political issues;

3. SMITHEREENS= কণা; particle, grit, Fleck, grain, atomy; কুচি; granule, grain, Flake; ক্ষুদ্র টুকরা; snip, scrap, bit, small pieces.

4. TACIT= মৌন; implicit; ঊহ্য; সোজাসুজি বা স্পষ্ট বলা হয় নাই এমন; indirect; নীরব; silent, mum, dumb, wordless, noiseless; অকথিত; wordless, unspoken, untold, unsaid, unvoiced

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Sentences:

1. Wei Fenghe issues threat at Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, while Japan PM INVOKES Ukraine in announcing defence strengthening.

2. The US defence department said Austin “reaffirmed the importance of peace and stability across the [Taiwan] Strait, opposition to unilateral changes to the STATUS QUO, and called on [China] to refrain from further destabilising actions toward Taiwan”.

3. Earlier, Wei Fenghe reportedly told Austin that Beijing would “smash to SMITHEREENS any Taiwan independence plot and resolutely uphold the unification of the motherland”.

4. As well as on Taiwan, China and the US have been at loggerheads over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with Washington accusing Beijing of providing TACIT support for Moscow.