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;

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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.

 

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