Vocabulary on 21st March 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #DREAD, 2. #CHAPLAIN, 3. #PONTIFICATE, 4. #DEPOSITION, 5. #BEHOLDEN]

 

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Word Meanings:

1. DREAD= ভয় করা; be afraid, fear; আশঙ্কা করা; apprehend, suspect, misdoubt; ভীত হত্তয়া; be afraid, be timid, funk, lose one's nerve;

2. CHAPLAIN= ধর্মগুরু; কোন প্রতিষ্ঠানের যাজক; a member of the clergy attached to a private chapel, institution, ship, branch of the armed forces, etc.

3. PONTIFICATE= express one's opinions in a way considered annoyingly pompous and dogmatic; এগিয়ে রাখা; hold forth; ব্যাখ্যা করা; expound;

4. DEPOSITION= জবানবন্দি, attestation; এজাহার, statement; সাক্ষ্য; testimony, witness, testament, attestation, vestige; প্রত্যায়ন; attestation;

5. BEHOLDEN=কৃতজ্ঞতাদিপাশে আবদ্ধ; বাধিত; resisted, obliged, obstructed, thankful, grateful; indebted, obligated; under an obligation; bound; duty-bound; honor-bound; owing a debt of gratitude; appreciative; in someone’s debt; owing someone thanks; owing thanks or having a duty to someone in return for help or a service.

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Sentences:

1. “I was very nervous. I DREADED falling in love – but I knew this would be my last. It better be. I’m happy,” said Murdoch.

2. The pair met when she was working as a prison CHAPLAIN.

3. “A lot of people haven’t gone through a lot, and they PONTIFICATE on stuff they’ve read in a book,” said Ann Lesley Smith.

4. In a DEPOSITION, Murdoch, the chair of Fox News parent Fox Corp, said the TV news outlet’s on-air hosts Jeanine Pirro, Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs and Sean Hannity, had endorsed the idea of a stolen election to varying degrees. But he denied that Fox News itself had endorsed the narrative.

5. Some media commentators claim Fox News corporate chiefs became BEHOLDEN to hosts spreading election fraud claims for fear of losing audience to other rightwing networks.