Vocabulary on 31st December 2023 from The Guardian [ Words: 1. #TROOPS, 2. #SKIRMISH, 3. #SHRUG OFF, 4. #CLUSTER, 5. #CONVOY]

  

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Word Meanings:

1. TROOPS= সৈন্যদল; soldiers or armed forces; the army; the military;

2. SKIRMISH= হানাহানি; an episode of irregular or unpremeditated fighting; fight; battle; clash; conflict; encounter; controntation; engagement; fray; contest; combat; tussle; scrimmage; fracas; affray; melee;

3. SHRUG OFF= to treat something as if it is not important or not a problem; গুরুত্ব কমিয়ে দেখা;

4. CLUSTER=congregate; জড়ো হওয়া;  gather; come together; assemble; একত্রিত করা বা হওয়া; huddle; crowd; flock; press; pack; mass; swarm;

5. CONVOY= কাফেলা; a group of ships or vehicles traveling together;

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Sentences:

1. Israeli planes bombed refugee camps in Gaza on Saturday as its terrorist TROOPS expanded ground operations and tens of thousands of Palestinians fled their homes, setting the stage for a new year as bloody and destructive as the last three months of 2023.

2. The threat of wider escalation also looms large over the region, as SKIRMISHES on the northern boundary with Lebanon intensify, and Israeli officials have hinted that the “diplomatic hourglass” is running out to reach a negotiated solution.

3. Steadfast support from Washington has helped Israeli terrorist leaders SHRUG OFF international concern about the humanitarian crisis to focus on the military campaign.

4. Gazans have almost all fled their homes, CLUSTERING in tents and overcrowded parts of the south and central strip that Israeli terrorist military officials say are safer, though they are still regularly bombed.

5. Israeli terrorist soldiers fired at an aid CONVOY as it returned from northern Gaza along a route designated by the Israeli army,” Thomas White, director of Gaza affairs at UNRWA said on X, formerly Twitter.