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Vocabulary on 31st October 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #DEHUMANISED, 2. #GLIMMER, 3. #RECKLESS]

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. DEHUMANISED = অমানবিক; deprived of positive human qualities. 2. GLIMMER = ক্ষীণ আলো; glimpse; glim; মিটমিট করে জ্বলা, ক্ষীণভাবে দীপ্তি পাওয়া; 3. RECKLESS =বেপরোয়া; Rash; careless; thoughtless; incautious; heedless; unheeding;  >>> Sentences : 1. The entire population of Gaza is becoming “ DEHUMANISED ”, the commissioner general for the main UN agency in Palestine has told the UN security council, saying a ceasefire has become a matter of life and death for millions. 2. “My UNRWA colleagues are the only GLIMMER of hope for the entire Gaza Strip … but they are running out of fuel, water, food and medicine and will soon be unable to operate,” said the Swiss-Italian official. 3. Dangerous and unrealistic evacuation orders had to end, she said, describing them as “cruel and RECKLESS , and so is our delay as a security council”.

Vocabulary on 30th October 2023 from Aljazeera [Words: 1. #TRICKLE, 2. #QUIBBLE]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. TRICKLE = ফোঁটা ফোঁটা পড়া ; ফোঁটায় ফোঁটায় নির্গত করান ; 2. QUIBBLE = আসল কথাটি এড়াবার জন্য কথার মারপ্যাঁচ ; কৌশলে পরিহার করা ; evade; avoid; blench; elude; obviate; enigma; riddle; দ্ব্যর্থক কথা ; equivocation; >>> Sentences: 1. Palestinians in Gaza have been deprived of food, water and medicine, especially since Israel announced a complete siege on the enclave, blocking the entry of all essential supplies before the recent TRICKLE of aid. 2. So what are the differences in the words that the world’s nations are QUIBBLING over, as Gaza awaits help?

Vocabulary on 23rd October 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #REGRESSIVE]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. REGRESSIVE = পশ্চাদ্গামী ; returning; subsequent; laggard; উদ্যমহীন ব্যক্তি ; lagger;  >>> Sentences: 1. We observed children becoming more anxious – sleep disturbances, nightmares, night terror, REGRESSIVE behaviour such as clinging to parents, bed wetting, becoming more restless and hyperactive, refusal to sleep alone, all the time wanting to be with their parents, overwhelmed by fears and worries.  

Vocabulary on 22nd October 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #FRAUGHT]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. FRAUGHT = বিপদের সম্ভাবনাপূর্ণ অভিযান ; আশঙ্কাময় ; causing or affected by anxiety or stress;    >>> Sentences: 1. For Tawfiq, leaving the family home in central Gaza to move south – alongside her parents, brother, sister-in-law and nieces – was FRAUGHT .

Vocabulary on 17th October 2023 from The Guardian [Word: 1. #DURESS]

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     >>> Word Meanings: 1. DURESS = বলপ্রয়োগ ; coercion; compulsion; force; pressure; intimidation;  >>> Sentences: 1. It is unclear when it was filmed and if she was under DURESS during filming.

Vocabulary on 14th October 2023 from The Guardian [Word: 1. #EERIE]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. EERIE = ভয়ঙ্কর ; uncanny; sinister; ghostly; spectral; unnatural; unearthly; ভীতিজনক ; fearful; terrible;  >>> Sentences : 1. Farther from the border, after three days of attacks and counterattacks between Hezbollah fighters and their Palestinian allies on one side and Israeli forces on the other, an EERIE quietness settled over the hills of south Lebanon.              

Vocabulary on 13th October 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #SIFT, 2. #RESTIVE]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. SIFT = চালুনির সাহায্যে আলাদা করা ; examine (something) thoroughly so as to isolate that which is most important. 2. RESTIVE = অস্থির ; troubled; unstable; hectic; choppy; অশান্ত ; untamed; restless; uneasy; ceaseless; worried; অবাধ্য ; rebellious; recalcitrant; naughty; disobedient; fractious; বশ মানে না এমন ;  >>> Sentences: 1. In some areas, residents were SIFTING through rubble with their bare hands looking for survivors and bodies. 2. Blinken’s visit coincides with the arrival of a US aircraft carrier in the region, amid fears that the events of the last week could escalate, drawing in Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group, and Palestinian factions in the occupied West Bank and the RESTIVE city of Jerusalem.

Vocabulary on 5th October 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #ORDNANCE, 2. WAR_OF_ATTRITION]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. ORDNANCE = কামান ; artillery; cannon; gun; firearm; আগ্নেয়াস্ত্র ;   gunstock; বন্দুক ; 2. WAR OF ATTRITION = the sustained process of wearing down an opponent so as to force their physical collapse through continuous losses in personnel, equipment and supplies or [wearing] them down to such an extent that their will to fight collapses. ATTRITION ( ক্ষয় )  >>>   Sentences: 1. The transfer of the ORDNANCE followed a civil forfeiture case pursued by the justice department to gain ownership on the grounds that the bullets were seized as they were being smuggled to Yemeni Houthi forces in violation of a UN arms embargo. 2. The transfer of seized Iranian weapons to Ukraine has come at a time of concern among western defence ministries over their continuing capacity to arm Kyiv in the face of a relentless WAR OF ATTRITION being waged by Russia.