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Vocabulary on 30th May 2024 [Words: 1. #EMBROIL]

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  Word Meanings: 1. EMBROIL = কলহলিপ্ত হত্তয়া , ঝামেলায় জড়ান , embrangle; entangle; পেঁচান ; spire; spiral; curl; intertwist; >>>  Sentences: 1. Earlier this month, Israel and Egypt became EMBROILED in a diplomatic row after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) seized control of the Rafah crossing.

Vocabulary on 27th May 2024 (Words: 1. #STAUNCHEST, 2. #FOUNDER)

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>>>  Word Meanings: 1. STAUNCHEST = কট্টর ; loyal and committed in attitude; stalwart; অটল ; সাহসী ; বলিষ্ঠ ; অদম্য ; loyal; faithful; trusty; committed; devoted; dedicated; dependable; reliable; steady; constant; hard-working; vigorous; stable; firm; steadfast; redoubtable; resolute; unswerving; unwavering; unhesitating; unfaltering; 2. FOUNDER = ধসে পড়া; ভেঙে পড়া; collapse;  >>>   Sentences: 1. Israel’s long-threatened plan to attack the border town had drawn intense opposition from even the country’s STAUNCHEST allies, such as the US, which said the overcrowded conditions in Rafah could lead to thousands of civilian casualties. 2. Several attempts at brokering a new truce, after a week-long cessation of hostilities in November, have FOUNDERED .

Vocabulary on 26th May 2024 [Word: 1. #COALESCE]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. COALESCE = সমবেত হত্তয়া, convene; come together to form one mass or whole; unite; join together; combine; merge; fuse; mingle; meld; blend; intermingle; knit; amalgamate; consolidate; integrate; affiliate; homogenize;  synthesize; সংশ্লেষিত করা;  একসঙ্গে জন্মান, একসঙ্গে বেড়ে ওঠা, সংযুক্ত হওয়া, link up;  >>> Sentences: 1. Despite international pressure and a global solidarity movement supporting Palestine, the former Palestinian negotiator argues, the Palestinian national movement is not COALESCING , and Palestinians are “leaderless” on the world stage. Note: Vocabulary from Aljazeera

Vocabulary on 23th May 2024 [Words: 1. #DRIFT, 2. #BICAMERAL, 3. #MOOT]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. DRIFT = তাড়াইয়া নেত্তয়া ; drive; চালান ; run; lead; conduct;   move; চালনা ; steering; guidance; exercise; movement; 2. BICAMERAL = দ্বিকক্ষ বিশিষ্ট ; (of a legislative body) having two branches or chambers; দুই বিভাগযুক্ত ; 3. MOOT = তর্ক করা ; argue; traverse; dispute; expostulate; balk; তর্কযোগ্য ; subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty; বাদানুবাদ করা ; controvert; altercate;  >>>   Sentences: 1. “As a country that stands strong in defense of Israel in international forums like the United Nations, we certainly have seen a growing chorus of voices, including voices that had previously been in support of Israel, DRIFT in another direction. 2. “We’re in consultations on a bipartisan, BICAMERAL basis with [Capitol] Hill on all of the options for how to respond to what the ICC has just done. We haven’t made any determinations,” Sullivan said. 3. Republicans in the Senate and House of Represe...

Vocabulary on 19th May 2024 [Words: 1. #APOCALYPTIC]

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    Word Meanings: 1. APOCALYPTIC = momentous or catastrophic ( বিপর্যয়কর ); describing or prophesying the complete destruction of the world; ominous( অশুভ , ভীতিজনক ); portentous( লক্ষণীয় , পূর্বলক্ষণসূচক ; অস্বাভাবিক ); life-and-death; জীবন এবং মৃত্যু ; serious; grave; epic;; huge; earth-shattering; world-shattering; earth-shaking; world-shaking;  >>> Sentences: 1. UN’s humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths has warned of “ APOCALYPTIC ” consequences of aid shortages in Gaza as key Rafah and Karem Abu Salem crossings remain “effectively blocked”.  

Vocabulary on 16th May 2024 (Word: #FESTERING)

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. FESTERING = (of a wound or sore) forming pus( পুঁজ ); septic; পচনশীল ; জীবানু - পচিত ; পেকে - যাওয়া ;  >>> Sentences: 1. A long- FESTERING split at the heart of Israel’s war cabinet has burst into the open with the defence minister, Yoav Gallant, challenging the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to come up with plans for the “day after” the war in Gaza, and saying he would not permit any solution where Israeli military or civil governance were in the territory.  

Vocabulary on 15th May 2024 from The Guardian [Word: 1. #DISCERN]

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 >>>  Word Meanings: 1. DISCERN = উপলব্ধি করা ; grasp; access; appreciate; understand; perceive; ঠাহর করা ; visualize; notice; invent; think out; see; দেখিতে পাত্তয়া ; come into view; find; get; sight; behold; প্রভেদ বুঝতে পারা ;  >>> Sentences: 1. “There was nothing but dust and sand ... The only thing I could DISCERN was the archway that marks the entrance to the Rafah crossing, otherwise everything else destroyed beyond recognition,” Dr James Smith, a British medic said in a voice note.

Vocabulary on 12th May 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #SEAR, 2. #PRECURSOR, 3. #BREACH]

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>>>  Word Meanings: 1. SEAR =ছেঁকা দেত্তয়া; cauterize; দগ্ধ করা; singe; পুড়ান; scald, afflict; burn; calcine; incinerate; পুড়িয়ে ফেলা; ঝলসান; dazzle; broil; তাপপীড়িত করা; 2. PRECURSOR = ঘটনার পূর্বাভাস; Predicting events; 3. BREACH =খেলাপ করা; break; violate; ভঙ্গ করা;  >>>   Sentences: 1. Many walked, carrying their belongings, under a SEARING summer sun. 2. The attack last week now seems only to have been a PRECURSOR to the wider assault long threatened by Israel, despite repeated calls for restraint from the UN, humanitarian agencies and close allies. 3. On Friday the US said there was reasonable evidence that Israel had BREACHED international law protecting civilians in its conduct of the war against Hamas.  

Vocabulary on 11th May 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #WITH_ITS_FINGERNAILS, 2. #ON_A_KNIFE’S_EDGE]

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  Word Meanings: 1. WITH ITS FINGERNAILS = Continuing to do something in a very difficult situation; 2. ON A KNIFE’S EDGE = In a difficult or worrying situation of which the result is very uncertain; in a dangerous or important situation in which two very different results are possible;  >>> Sentences: 1. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, vowed to defy US objections, saying that Israel would fight on “ WITH ITS FINGERNAILS ” if necessary. 2. “A massive ground attack in Rafah would lead to [an] epic humanitarian disaster and pull the plug on our efforts to support people as famine looms,” the UN secretary general, António Guterres, warned during a visit to Nairobi, adding that the situation in the southern Gaza city was “ ON A KNIFE’S EDGE ”.

Vocabulary on 5th May 2024 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #EXACERBATE, 2. #ENSUE]

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. EXACERBATE = বৃদ্ধি করা; বর্ধিত করা; enhance; belly; increase; promote; develop; অধিকতর খারাপ করা; 2. ENSUE = অনুসরণ করা; happen or occur afterward or as a result; ফলস্বরূপ ঘটা,  >>> Sentences: 1. Any Israeli offensive in Rafah is likely to bring many new civilian casualties and EXACERBATE the acute humanitarian crisis in Gaza. 2. More than 34,600 have died in Gaza, mostly women and children, in the ENSUING Israeli military offensive.

Vocabulary on 3rd May 2024 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #FORTIFIED, 2. #ARRAIGN]

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. FORTIFIED = সুরক্ষিত; 2. ARRAIGN =অভিযুক্ত করা; মকদ্দমার আসামী করা; প্রকাশ্যে অভিযুক্ত করা; বিচারের জন্য আদালতে হাজির করা; দোষ দেত্তয়া; accuse; decry; denounce; censure; blame; >>> Sentences: 1. More than 200 students were arrested at the University of California, Los Angeles, as police cleared a FORTIFIED encampment, and more than 90 students were arrested at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. 2. “Many protesters who were arrested earlier this week and ARRAIGNED last night were ultimately charged with criminal trespass, a low-level offense, and at that point, they should have been immediately released from custody,” said Tina Luongo, Legal Aid Society chief criminal defense practice attorney.

Vocabulary on 2nd May 2024 from The Guardian[Words: 1. #SURREAL]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. SURREAL = পরাবাস্তব; bizarre; unreal; অবাস্তব; unusual; weird; strange; freakish; unearthly; uncanny; dreamlike; phantasmagorical; কল্পনাপ্রসূত;  >>> Sentences: 1. Harris said he thought at the time, describing the experienced of masked counter-protesters marching through campus as SURREAL .    

Vocabulary on 1st May 2024 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #STANDOFF, 2. #DIVESTMENT, 3. #FEBRILE]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. STANDOFF = স্থবিরতা ; a stalemate or deadlock between two equally matched opponents in a dispute or conflict; deadlock; stalemate; impasse; standstill; dead end; draw; tie; dead heat; 2. DIVESTMENT = বিয়োগ ; the action or process of selling off subsidiary business interests or investments. 3. FEBRILE = জ্বরভাবাপন্ন ; having or showing the symptoms of a fever; feverish; fevered; hot; burning; burning up; fiery; flushed; sweating;   in a cold sweat; shivering; delirious; উন্মত্ত ; প্রলাপ ;  >>>   Sentences : 1. The Associated Press is reporting that just blocks away from Columbia, at the City College of New York (CUNY), demonstrators are in a STANDOFF with police outside the public college’s main gate. 2. Nothing less than Columbia’s DIVESTMENT from companies they say profit from Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians. 3. In a FEBRILE atmosphere, protesters dismissed it as insufficient.