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Vocabulary on November 30, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #APART, 2. #BOUT, 3. #OUTCAST, 4. #FIZZLE OUT]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. APART = পৃথক্ , separately, aloof, severally, differently; দূরে সরাইয়া ; একান্তে , confidentially, in private, aloof, aside; দূরে সরিয়া ; বিচ্ছিন্ন করিয়া ; 2. BOUT = লড়াই ; a short period of intense activity of a specified kind; পালা ; turn, dice, offshoot, branch, story; খেপ ; casting, round; দফা ; point, clause, round, item, time; উপলক্ষ ; occasion, purpose, aim, instance, turn; উত্সব ; festival, gala, feast day, fete, fiesta; পর্যায় ; stage, period, echelon, generation, turn; 3. OUTCAST = নির্বাসিত ; সমাজচু্যত , castaway; পরিত্যক্ত ; abandoned, desert, derelict, forsaken, forlorn; সামাজিকভাবে পতিত , low; সামাজিকভাবে অনুন্নত , low; ব্রাত্য ; অচ্ছুত ; leper; a person who has been rejected by society or a social group; 4. FIZZLE OUT = ব্যর্থ হত্তয়া ; fail, fall through, flop, miscarry, flinch, বাজে হইয়া যাত্তয়া ;  >>> Sentences: 1. It was a very mixed crowd, all ages. Protesters were chanting for the...

Vocabulary on November 27, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #RELENTLESS, 2. #PRECARIOUS]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. RELENTLESS = নিরন্তর ; oppressively constant; incessant; persistent; অবিরাম ; Endless, continuous, a running blow, continual, nineteen to the dozen, non-stop; কঠোর ; adamant, dour, forbidding, gruff, oppressive, rebarbative; নিষ্করুণ ; merciless, pitiless, implacable, cruel, hard-hearted; নির্দয় ; merciless, cruel, brutal, implacable, inexorable; নিষ্ঠুর ; cruel, brutal, bloody, inhumane, heartless; 2. PRECARIOUS = নিরাপত্তাহীন , insecure; অনিশ্চিত ; uncertain, erratic, problematic, insecure, dubious; বিপজ্জনক ; dangerous, risky, hazardous, perilous, breakneck; পরের ইচ্ছাধীন ; দৈবাধীন ; fateful;  >>> Sentences: 1. There are growing fears that Russia’s RELENTLESS targeting of Ukraine’s electricity grid will threaten the safety of the country’s nuclear power plants, in the wake of an unprecedented emergency shutdown on Wednesday. 2. The complete and simultaneous loss of off-site power for Ukraine’s nuclear power plant...

Vocabulary on November 26, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #IMPOSTOR, 2. #OVERHAUL, 3. #VEXATIOUS, 4. #IMPERSONATE]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. IMPOSTOR = ভণ্ড ; hypocrite, pretender, dissembler, Pecksniff, simulant; প্রবঁচক ; cheat, bluffer, deceiver, beguiler, swindler; জাল লোক ; জুয়াচোর ; swindler, faker, fraud, rook, knave; প্রতারক ; cheater, deceptive, tricky, chiseller, Fake; ছদ্মবেশী ; assumed; ঠক ; deceitful; দাগাবাজ ; 2. OVERHAUL = ঢেলে সাজানো ; recast, reshape; ভালো করে সারানো ; take apart (a piece of machinery or equipment) in order to examine it and repair it if necessary. 3. VEXATIOUS = বিরক্তিকর ; pesky, উপদ্রকর ; aggravating, tedious, cursed, drag, 4. IMPERSONATE = ছদ্মবেশ ধরা ; pretend to be (another person) as entertainment or in order to deceive someone. ভূমিকায় অভিনয় করা , act  >>> Sentences : 1. Twitter’s new owner said the platform would launch a new verification service on Friday next week, having pulled an earlier attempt at a revamp that gave blue ticks to accounts paying $7.99 (£6.60) a month after it triggered a flood of IM...

Vocabulary on November 25, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. SOLITARY, 2. #PEDOPHILE]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. SOLITARY = একমাত্র ; only, sole, alone, single, solo, নির্জন ; secluded, lone, lonely, lonesome, retired; একাকী ; solo, lonely, lone, unaccompanied, lonesome; নিরিবিলি ; secluded, lonely, solitary; 2. PEDOPHILE = a person who is sexually attracted to children.  >>> Sentences: 1. “The idea we still allow semi-automatic weapons to be purchased is sick. It’s just sick. It has no, no social redeeming value, zero, none. Not a single SOLITARY rationale for it except profits for gun manufacturers,” Biden said. 2. A month later, references online to “ PEDOPHILES ” and “grooming” in relation to LGBTQ+people rose 400%, according to a report by the Human Rights Campaign.

Vocabulary on November 24, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #SCAMMER, 2. #REMAND, 2. #RECOUP]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. SCAMMER = প্রতারক ; a person who commits fraud or participates in a dishonest scheme. 2. REMAND = তদন্ত - সাপেক্ষে অভিযুক্ত ব্যক্তিকে আদালত থেকে হাজতে পাঠানো ; place (a defendant) in custody, especially when a trial is adjourned; 3. RECOUP = ক্ষতিপূরণ করা ; make amends, compensate, recompense, pay, restore; খেসারৎ দেত্তয়া , piece out, make up, expiate, ransom; ক্ষতিপূরণ দেত্তয়া ; piece out, countervail, offset,  >>> Sentences: 1. Scotland Yard shuts down iSpoof website, which helped SCAMMERS steal using fake bank phone calls. 2. Teejai Fletcher was REMANDED in custody and is next due to appear at Southwark crown court on 6 December. 3. The police force said it plans to use the Proceeds of Crime Act to RECOUP the money where possible.

Vocabulary on November 23, 2022 from The Guardian [ Words: 1. #SELFLESSNESS, 2. #CONTRAVENTION, 3. #OUTCRY, 4. #SLEAZE]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. SELFLESSNESS = পরার্থপরতা ; self-renunciation; concern more with the needs and wishes of others than with one's own; নিঃস্বার্থতা ; 2. CONTRAVENTION = লঙ্ঘন ; breach, infringement, fasting, break, crossing; ভঙ্গ ; breaking, breach, violation, infringement, dissolution; আপত্তি ; objection, challenge, exception, protest, dissent; খণ্ডন ; rebuttal, refutation, dividing, disproof, vindication; বিরোধ ; conflict, odds, controversy, friction, antagonism; 3. OUTCRY = ক্ষোভ ; an exclamation or shout; হৈচৈ ; scurry, hue, fuss, ado, fluster; চীত্কার ; cry, exclamation, clamor, call, bellow; উচ্চ চিত্কার ; কোলাহল ; racket, row, ruction; রোল ; roll, sound, noise; হাল্লা ; কোলাহল ; noise, turbulence, uproar; চেঁচামেচি , noise, kerfuffle; চিত্কার , noise, vociferation; হট্টগোল ; din, noise, kerfuffle, jaaz, rough music; সোরগোল ; 4. SLEAZE = behave in an immoral, corrupt, or sordid way. >>> Sentences: 1. It also found that Owen Pa...

Vocabulary on November 22, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #DRIP, 2. #RUBBLE]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. DRIP = ফোঁটা ফোঁটা করে পড়া ; জল ঝরা ; টপ্ টপ্ করিয়া পড়া ; ক্ষরিত হত্তয়া ; ooze, exude, drain, deflate; ফোঁটায় ফোঁটায় ঝরা ; weep,   2. RUBBLE = ইট , পাথর ইত্যাদির ভাঙা টুকরো ; ভাঙা পাথর ; পুরোনো বাড়ির ভাঙাচোরা ইটপাথর ; পাথরকুচি , stone chips; debris; ধ্বংসাবশেষ ; remains; ruins; wreckage; broken bricks;  >>> Sentences: 1. At a local hospital, overwhelmed by the number of victims, the injured were treated outside, some lying on mattresses or blankets on the ground as they were given oxygen masks and IV DRIPS . 2. It happened suddenly, he said. “I wasn’t prepared and saw houses reduced to RUBBLE … Some 50 houses are damaged, with around 10 being heavily damaged.”

Vocabulary on November 21, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #CAPITULATION, 2. #URGE]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. CAPITULATION = আত্মসমর্পণ ; surrender, সর্তাধীনে আত্মসমর্পণ ; আত্মসমর্পণের চুক্তিপত্র ; submission; yielding; giving in; succumbing; acquiescence; laying down of arms; fall; defeat; 2. URGE = চালনা করা ; drive, wield, govern, helm, move; জিদ ধরা ; persist, insist; তাড়ন করা ; chastise, rule for guidance, control for guidance, beat, flog; প্রেরণা দেওয়া ;  >>> Sentences: 1. On Sunday, a key adviser to the Ukrainian presidency said negotiating with Russia would be “ CAPITULATION ”. 2. Mykhailo Podolyak said attempts by the west to URGE Ukraine to negotiate with Moscow were “bizarre” given the series of major military victories achieved by Kyiv.

Vocabulary on November 20, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #IMPERSONATION]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. IMPERSONATION = ছদ্মবেশ ; an act of pretending to be another person for the purpose of entertainment or fraud; Imitation; Parody; Caricature; Mockery; Burlesque ( হাস্যকর অনুকরণ ); travesty; lampoon ( ব্যঙ্গ কবিতা ); pastiche ( অন্য গ্রন্থকার বা শিল্পীর অনুকরণে রচিত সাহিত্য বা শিল্প) ;  >>> Sentences: 1. But this week, Musk suddenly reinstated comedian Kathy Griffin, who had been banned for changing her profile name to “Elon Musk” which violated his new rule against IMPERSONATION without indicating it was a parody account. There has been no new information about the moderation council or reinstatement process.