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Vocabulary on 29th August 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #WRIGGLE, 2. #ROUNDWORM, 3. #FAECES; 4. #THREE-QUARTERS, 5. #ZOONOTIC]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. WRIGGLE = কিলবিল করা ; writhe; ; ছলচাতুরী করা ; ছলনা করা ; deceive; wile; sell; fable; mystify; কিলবিল করিয়া চলা ; পাক খাইয়া পথ করিয়া লওয়া ; মোচড় দেত্তয়া ; writhe; turn;   মোচড় ; Noun; ​ wring; twist; wind; twirl; turn; 2. ROUNDWORM = কেঁচোকৃমি ; 3. FAECES = মল ; ​stool; faeces; excreta; excrement; flux; 4. THREE-QUARTERS = তিন চতুর্থাংশ ; 5. ZOONOTIC = Infectious disease that is transmitted between species from animals to humans  >>> Sentences: 1.   The neurosurgeon certainly didn’t go in there thinking they would find a WRIGGLING worm 2. The surprising discovery prompted a team at the hospital to quickly come together to uncover what kind of ROUNDWORM it was and, most importantly, decide on any further treatment the patient might require. 3. The doctors and scientists involved in her case hypothesise that a python may have shed the parasite via its FAECES into the grass. 4. Acc...

Vocabulary on 28th August 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #CONSERVE; 2. #CRACKDOWN, 3. #SINICISATION, 4. #GENOCIDE, 5. #OPPRESSION, 6. #CREDIBLE, 7. #BENIGN, 8. #DOUBLE DOWN]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. CONSERVE= সংরক্ষণ করা ;   রক্ষা করা ; ​protect; defend; save; maintain; safeguard; 2. CRACKDOWN= কঠোর ব্যবস্থা ; a series of severe measures to restrict undesirable or illegal people or behaviour; clampdown; severe/stern measures; repression; suppression; abolition; elimination; eradication; end; stop; 3. SINICISATION = The process by which non-Chinese societies or groups are acculturated or assimilated into Chinese culture ; 4. GENOCIDE= গণহত্যা ; the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group; racial killing; massacre; wholesale slaughter; mass slaughter; 5. OPPRESSION= নিপীড়ন ; persecution; abuse; maltreatment; ill treatment; tyranny; despotism; 6. CREDIBLE= বিশ্বাসযোগ্য ; reputable; dependable; Feasible; porbable 7. BENIGN= সদয় ; kind; gracious; kindly; genial; good; ক্ষমাপরায়ণ ; merciful; clement; absolvent; beneficent...

Vocabulary on 25th August 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #ISLET, 2. PLEA]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. ISLET = দ্বীপ ; ক্ষুদ্র দ্বীপ ; holm; নদী - তীররস্থ সবুজ সমভূমি ; 2. PLEA = আবেদন ; a request made in an urgent and emotional manner.  >>> Sentences: 1. “We are in contact with 2 groups of around 250 people in total who are stranded on different ISLETS of the Evros River,” the NGO “Alarm Phone” wrote on social media. 2. PLEAS for help had gone unanswered by authorities for days, the NGO added

Vocabulary on 21st August 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #VANITY, 2. #ENVISAGE]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. VANITY = অসারতা ; frothiness; unsubstantiality; nothingness; negligibility; অসারত্ব ; unsubstantiality; nothingness; আত্মগর্ব ; self-conceit;   অহংকার ; pride; arrogance; vanity; haughtiness; vainglory; egoism; ; দম্ভ ; bounce; pride; arrogance; boast; vanity; boastfulness; গুমর ; pride;   আত্মাভিমান ; pride; egotism; quirk; self-conceit; amour-propre; ; অন্তঃসারশূন্যতা ; windiness; ; অহমিকা ; conceit; egoism; self-conceit; দর্প ; boast; pride; vanity; vaunt; challenge;   অসার আত্মাশ্লাঘা ; vainglory; অসার দম্ভ ; rodomontade; vainglory; ; গর্ব ; pride; arrogance; elation; অহংমদ ; arrogance;   আড়ম্বর ; pyrotechnics; grandeur; splendor; pomp; parade; গরম ; heat; summer; haughtiness; morbidity; গরিমা ; glory; greatness; pride; মদ ; vintage; vine; lush; drink; tipple; বিফল বস্তু ; wafer; বাজে বস্তু ; trash; rubbish; nonsense; weed; muck;   মনোমদ ; দেমাক ; ​ conceit; vainness; 2. ENVISAGE = সম্ভাব্যতা যাচাই কর...

Vocabulary on 19th August 2023 from The NZHerald [Words: 1. #JUROR, 2. #MALEVOLENT]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. JUROR = বিচারক ; জুরি ; নির্ণায়ক - সভা ; 2. MALEVOLENT = দূষিত ; দুষ্ট ; ​; evil; mischievous; demonic; virus; naughty; হিংসক ; ​; catty; spiteful; cattish; অমঙ্গলকারী ; ​; malefic; maleficent; ill;   অমঙ্গলকর ; ​; malefic; maleficent;ক্ষতিকর; অপরাধপূর্ণ; ill; পরশ্রীকাতর ; ​; envious;  >>> Sentences: 1. One JUROR was excused well into deliberations for personal reasons, and the judge later gave the remaining 11 jurors the option of reaching a verdict, with 10 people in agreement instead of a unanimous decision. 2. Letby was on duty in all the cases, prosecutors describing her as a “constant MALEVOLENT presence” in the neonatal unit when the children collapsed or died.

Vocabulary on 18th August 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #OFFSHORE

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  >>>  Word Meanings: 1. OFFSHORE = A location outside of one's home country; (The term is commonly used in the banking and financial sectors to describe areas where regulations are different from the home country) >>>  Sentences: 1. For months Evergrande has been working on an OFFSHORE debt restructuring agreement and it unveiled a proposal earlier this year.

Vocabulary on 11th August 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #BARREN, 2. #GRIEVE, 3. #INCONSOLABLE]

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. BARREN = ঊষর ; arid; salty; desolate; jejune; শূন্য ; শুষ্ক ; bare; খালি ; বন্ধ্যা ; infertile, sterile; fruitless; ungrateful; 2. GRIEVE = দুঃখ করা ; কষ্ট পাত্তয়া ; get into trouble; suffer; labor under; be oppressed; mourn; শোক প্রকাশ করা ; feel deep distress; ache; cry; lament; regret; wail; weep; 3. INCONSOLABLE = brokenhearted; ভাঙ্গা হৃদয় ; disconsolate; সান্ত্বনার অসাধ্য ;   unconsolable;  >>> Sentences: 1. The catastrophic fires, which turned neighborhoods into BARREN wastelands and destroyed more than a thousand structures, are expected to become the state’s deadliest natural disaster since 1961 – when a tsunami killed 61 people. 2. “We are GRIEVING with each other during this INCONSOLABLE time,” Richard Bissen Jr said in a recorded statement.

Vocabulary on 10th August 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #ENSHRINE, 2. #QUANTUM_COMPUTING]

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    >>> Word Meanings: 1. ENSHRINE = preserve (a right, tradition, or idea) in a form that ensures it will be protected and respected; cherish; consecrate; preserve; সংরক্ষণ করা ;   revere; গভীর শ্রদ্ধা করা ; hold as sacred; 2. QUANTUM COMPUTING = Quantum computing is a process that uses the laws of quantum mechanics to solve problems too large or complex for traditional computers. Quantum computers rely on qubits to run and solve multidimensional quantum algorithms.   Sentences: 1. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says Congress must ENSHRINE restrictions in law and refine them. 2. Emily Benson said the same was also true for QUANTUM COMPUTING but that it was expected to prohibit certain sensors and other things related to the technology.  

Vocabulary on 5th August 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #SALACIOUS, 2. #RECIDIVIST, 3. #SPURIOUS]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. SALACIOUS = লোভনীয় ; lascivious; লম্পট ; indecent; lewd; obscene; prurient; 2. RECIDIVIST = অপরাধপ্রবণ ;   a convicted criminal who reoffends, especially repeatedly; মজ্জাগতভাবে অপরাধপ্রবণ ব্যক্তি ; 3. SPURIOUS = মিথ্যা ; False; bogus; fictitious; fabled; mistaken; কৃত্রিম ; artificial; simulated; synthetic; pretended; জাল ;  >>> Sentences: 1. Navalny once led street protests against the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, built a nationwide political opposition, and revealed SALACIOUS details of Kremlin officials’ corrupt lifestyles. 2. Judge Andrey Suvorov said he had delivered a “definitive penalty” against Navalny, whom he described as a “ RECIDIVIST ” in the ruling. 3. Navalny was already serving an 11-and-a-half year sentence for fraud and other charges that he has described as SPURIOUS .

Vocabulary on 4th August 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #SURREPTITIOUS, 2. #INDICTMENT]

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. SURREPTITIOUS = গোপনীয় ; sneaky; লুকোচুরি ;   secret; clandestine; চোরাগোপ্তা ; লুক্কায়িত ; covert; furtive; অলক্ষিত ; চোরের মতো ;   hush-hush, unauthorized, fraudulent; hidden; hole-and-corner; on the Q.T, on the sly; private; skulking; sinking; sly; sneaking; stealthy; sub-rosa; undercover; underhand; under-the-table; under wraps; veiled; 2. INDICTMENT = অভিযোগ ; accusation; allegation; arraignment; দোষারোপ ;   bill; charge; citation; detention; impeachment; অভিশংসন =a charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office; prosecution; statement; summons; warrant;  >>> Sentences: 1. Prosecutors say Zhao also SURREPTITIOUSLY recorded information that he handed over. 2. Zhao photographed electrical diagrams and blueprints for a radar system at a US military base in Okinawa, Japan, the INDICTMENT alleges.

Vocabulary on 1st August 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #PATIO, 2. #PENTHOUSE]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. PATIO = বহিঃপ্রাঙ্গণ , a paved outdoor area adjoining a house; a roofless inner courtyard; 2. PENTHOUSE = an apartment or dwelling on the roof of a building, usually set back from the outer walls;   any specially designed apartment on an upper floor, especially the top floor, of a building.  >>> Sentences : 1. Police said the body of a 30-year-old man believed to have engaged in extreme sports was found on a PATIO of an apartment block in the city’s Mid-Levels area. 2. Police said he knocked on the window of a PENTHOUSE apartment on the 68th floor at about 7.30pm local time (1230 BST) on Thursday, asking to be let in.