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Vocabulary on 28th September 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #RELOCATE, 2. #CONCEDE, 3. #ENVISAGED]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. RELOCATE = স্থানান্তর করা ; move to a new place and establish one's home or business there. 2. CONCEDE = স্বীকার করা ; accept; confess; acknowledge; recognize; give; মেনে নেওয়া ; condonation; confession; 3. ENVISAGED = পরিকল্পিত ; predicted; forecasted;  >>> Sentences : 1.   According to an official from a major intergovernmental organisation, Tunisian authorities RELOCATED more than 4,000 people in July alone to military buffer zones at the borders with Libya and Algeria. 2. The new claim comes in stark contrast to the picture painted last month by Tunisia’s interior minister, Kamel Fekih, who CONCEDED that “little groups of six to 12 people” were being pushed back, but denied any mistreatment or form of “collective deportation”. 3. The “strategic partnership” signed between the EU and Tunis in July, reached after weeks of negotiations, ENVISAGED money being sent to the north African country to combat h...

Vocabulary on 27th September 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #SEISMIC, 2. #OUTSET, 3. #UNRAVEL]

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  >>>  Word Meanings: 1. SEISMIC = ভূকম্পীয় ; relating to earthquakes or other vibrations of the earth and its crust; ভূকম্পঘটিত ; ভূকম্পন - সংক্রান্ত ; 2.   OUTSET = শুরু ;   start; beginning; oncoming; প্রারম্ভ ; onset; commencement; আরম্ভ ; launch; opening; 3. UNRAVEL = পাক খুলা ; investigate and solve or explain (something complicated or puzzling); solve; resolve; work out; clear up; puzzle out; find an answer to; >>>  Sentences: 1. Researchers in Norway shared with the Guardian SEISMIC evidence of the four explosions, becoming the first national body to publicly confirm the second two detonations, as well as revealing a detailed timeline of events. 2. From the OUTSET it was mired in controversy in the face of adamant opposition from German allies, in particular the US and Poland, who both believed the Germans were making themselves and much of the rest of Europe hostage to Russian energy supplies. 3. “And that could be ...

Vocabulary on 24th September 2023 from The Guardian [Word: 1. #OVERTURE]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. OVERTURE = আরম্ভ ; beginning; প্রস্তাবনা ; প্রস্তাব ; proposal; offering; proposition; প্রথম প্রস্তাব ; an introduction to something more substantial; introduction, approach; bid; presentation; signal; suggestion;  >>>   Sentence: 1. Lavrov accused the west of a neo-colonial mindset in its OVERTURES to the global south to win backing for Ukraine in the war.

Vocabulary on 23rd September 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #DISSOLVE, 2. #SIESTA, 3. #PRAETORIAN, 4. #PEDAGOGICAL, 5. HARBINGER, 6. #HETEROGENEOUS]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. DISSOLVE = দ্রবীভূত করা ; melt; solve; liquefy; বিলীন করা ; fade; vanish; absorb; অদৃশ্য করা ; disperse; অদৃশ্য হত্তয়া ; অবসান করা ; end; break; break off; determine; 2. SIESTA = মধ্যাহ্নকালীন নিদ্রা ; a nap or rest especially in the afternoon. 3. PRAETORIAN = an elite unit of the Imperial Roman army 4. PEDAGOGICAL = শিক্ষাবিজ্ঞানগত ; শিক্ষা - সংক্রান্ত ; educational; শিক্ষাগত ; 5. HARBINGER = অগ্রদূত ; ambassador; pioneer; precursor; forerunner; vanguard; অপরের আগমন - বার্তাবাহী দূত ;   6. HETEROGENEOUS = ভিন্নধর্মী ; নানাধর্মী ; diverse in character or content;  >>> Sentences : 1. Migration could be “a DISSOLVING force for the European Union” due to deep cultural differences between European countries and their long-term inability to reach a common policy, the EU’s most senior diplomat has said. 2. In a wide-ranging interview with the Guardian reflecting on how the EU had been changed by the ...

Vocabulary on 22nd September 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #UNEQUIVOCAL, 2. #SECESSIONIST]

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>>>  Word Meanings: 1. UNEQUIVOCAL = দ্ব্যর্থহীন , leaving no doubt; unambiguous; indisputable; 2. SECESSIONIST = বিচ্ছিন্নতাবাদী ; a person who favours formal withdrawal from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.  >>> Sentences: 1. “We are not looking to provoke or cause problems, but we are unequivocal about the rule of law and UNEQUIVOCAL about protecting Canadians and standing up for our values,” Justin Trudeau said. 2. Bagchi suggested Canada was a place where “elements linked to organized crime, linked to terrorists, SECESSIONISTS or extremists who are operating freely, are being politically condoned, they seem to have a free run”.

Vocabulary on 21st September 2023 from The Guardian [Word: 1. #STAUNCHEST]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. STAUNCHEST = কট্টর ; most loyal and committed in attitude; most faithful; most trusty; most devoted; most dedicated; >>>  Sentences: 1. Poland has been one of Ukraine’s STAUNCHEST supporters after Russia invaded in February 2022 and is one of Kyiv’s main weapons suppliers.

Vocabulary on 15th September 2023 from The Guardian [Word: 1. #THRIFT]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. THRIFT = মিতব্যয়িতা ; parsimony; frugality;  >>> Sentences: 1. Britons ranked low for prioritizing THRIFT and saving money, and adherence to a religion.

Vocabulary on 14th September 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #RUDIMENTARY, 2. #SPILLWAY, 3. #INFIGHTING]

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>>>  Word Meanings: 1. RUDIMENTARY = প্রাথমিক ; elementary; first; fontal; inceptive; incipient; অপূর্ণাঙ্গ ;   unsound; অপরিণত ; immature; abortive; callow; অপরিস্ফুট ; undeveloped; গোড়ার দিকের ; লুপ্তপ্রায় ; 2. SPILLWAY = A structure used to provide the controlled release of water downstream from a dam; 3. INFIGHTING = অন্তর্দ্বন্দ্ব ; hidden conflict or competitiveness within an organization;  >>> Sentences: 1. The storm has killed whole families and, with the remoteness of some villages and the RUDIMENTARY nature of municipal government, it will take time for the death toll to be confirmed. 2. He said the Wadi Derna dam “retained rainwater and the neglected SPILLWAY for the dam, which had not been cleaned for a long time, failed to drain the water. 3. Political INFIGHTING in Libya has already started, with those in power seeking to avoid blame.

Vocabulary on 12th September 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #ABANDONED, 2. #PERMEATE, 2. 3. #CLAMBER, 4. #ENTOMB]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. ABANDONED = পরিত্যক্ত ; having been deserted or left; forsaken; cast aside/off; jilted; stranded; rejected; dumped; ditched; unused; neglected; idle; unoccupied; uninhabited; empty; 2. PERMEATE = প্রবেশ করা ; enter; go into; আকুল করা ; প্রসারিত হত্তয়া ; be extended; ঘিরে ফেলা ; surround; ছড়াইয়া পড়া ; পরিব্যাপ্ত করা ; put in; 3. CLAMBER = চড়া ; কষ্টেসৃষ্টে আরোহণ করা ; বহু পরিশ্রমে আরোহণ করা ; climb or move in an awkward and laborious way, typically using both hands and feet; scramble; climb; scrabble; move awkwardly; claw one’s way; shin; 4. ENTOMB = কবর দেত্তয়া ; bury; inhume; tomb; earth; sepulchre;  >>>   Sentences: 1. As relief efforts stepped up a gear, the Guardian visited a series of mountain villages that had been almost entirely destroyed, where residents said they felt they had been ABANDONED . 2. While the bodies of the dead had been dug out, remains of animals still lay in the ru...

Vocabulary on 8th September 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #HOBBLE, 2. #DISMANTLE]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. HOBBLE = ব্যাহত করা ; ​impede; thwart; hamper; frustrate; encumber; 2. DISMANTLE = ভেঙে ফেলা ; টুকরো টুকরো করে ফেলা ; demolish; destroy; pull down, knock down; take down;  >>> Sentences: 1. Elon Musk ordered his Starlink satellite communications network to be turned off near the Crimean coast last year to HOBBLE a Ukrainian drone attack on Russian warships, according to a new biography. 2. Preliminary analysis suggests that the reach and influence of Kremlin-backed accounts has grown further in the first half of 2023, driven in particular by the DISMANTLING of Twitter’s safety standards.

Vocabulary on 5th September 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #ARMOURED, 2. #VEHEMENTLY]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. ARMOURED = সাঁজোয়া ; covered with or protected by armour( বর্ম ); having a protective layer or shell; 2. VEHEMENTLY = প্রবলভাবে ; প্রচণ্ডরূপে ; in a forceful, passionate, or intense manner; with great feeling.  >>> Sentences: 1. Kim, who rarely leaves North Korea, is likely to travel from Pyongyang, probably by ARMOURED train, to meet Putin in Vladivostok, on Russia’s Pacific coast, according to military intelligence first reported by the New York Times. 2. The US has previously warned that North Korea could provide more weapons to Russia, whose forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a war that the US and its European allies VEHEMENTLY oppose and which Moscow calls a “special military operation”.

Vocabulary on 3rd September 2023 from The Guardian [Word: 1. #INVIOLABLE]

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   >>> Word Meaning: 1. INVIOLABLE = অলঙ্ঘনীয় ; unbreakable; taboo; sacrosanct; sacred; tabu; অলঙ্ঘ্য ; ​ insurmountable; indissoluble; impassable; অনতিক্রম্য ; Impassable; unsurpassable; insuperable;  >>> Sentence:   Article 22 of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations states that embassy premises are “ INVIOLABLE ” and that agents of the host state “may not enter them, except with the consent of the head of the mission”.

Vocabulary on 1st August 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #SOOT, 2. #PARAFFIN, 3. #SPORADIC, 4. #PRECIPITOUS]

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. SOOT = ঝুল; কালিঝুলি; Smut; কাল দাগ; Inclination; Stoop; Lampblack; বাতির কালো; ভুসাজাত কালি;  2. PARAFFIN = মোমবাতি; taper; wax candle; bougie; খনিজ তৈল; খনিজ মোম;  3. SPORADIC = বিক্ষিপ্ত; scattered; distraught; dispersed; effuse; অসংহত; 4. PRECIPITOUS = দ্রুত; dangerously high or steep; (of an action) done suddenly and without careful consideration; hasty; overhasty; rash; hurried; rushed; impetuous;  দ্রুতবেগে ধাবমান; impulsive; আবেগতাড়িত;  5. INTERDICTED = নিষেধাজ্ঞা; Verb: Interdict= prohibit or forbid; ban; bar; veto; proscribe; নিষেধ;  make illegal;  >>> Sentences: 1. The walls were blackened with SOOT and all the windows were broken, some by the inferno itself and others by desperate people trying to jump to safety. 2. An unreliable electricity supply meant that PARAFFIN lamps and candles were used for lighting, and portable gas stoves for cooking. 3. The water supply was SPORADIC . 4. Baleni estimated that ...