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Vocabulary on 31st October 2024 (Words: 1. #OFFENSIVE, 2. #NIGHTMARE)

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. OFFENSIVE =আক্রমণ; attack invasion; onslaught; foray; raid; 2. NIGHTMARE = দুঃস্বপ্ন; পীড়াদায়ক প্রভাব; incubus (অত্যাধিক উদ্বেগ); প্রচণ্ড আতঙ্ক; fright(ভয়);  >>> Sentences: 1. Israel’s recent terrorist OFFENSIVE in northern Gaza has killed more than 700 people in a little over three weeks, with nearly 300 of those deaths, mainly in the north, occurring in the past nine days alone. 2. The UN special coordinator for the peace process in the Middle East, Tor Wennesland, said after the airstrike: “The NIGHTMARE in Gaza is intensifying … Horrifying scenes are unfolding in the northern strip amid conflict, relentless Israeli terrorist strikes and an ever-worsening humanitarian crisis.”

Vocabulary on 30th October 2024 (Words: 1. #AERIAL, 2. #BLACKOUT, 3. #CLING, 4. #IMPUNITY)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. AERIAL =বিমান-সংক্রান্ত; existing, happening, or operating in the air. 2. BLACKOUT = বৈদ্যুতিক ব্যর্থতা, যার ফলে কম্পিউটার বন্ধ হয়ে যায়; a failure of electrical power supply; a suppression of information, especially one imposed on the media by government. 3. CLING = আঁকড়ে থাকা; hold on tightly to; hold onto; clutch; grip; grasp; clasp; attach oneself to; hang onto; hold tightly; clench; embrace; hug; cuddle; entwine oneself around; লেগে থাকা; জডাইয়া ধরিয়া থাকা; 4. IMPUNITY =দায়মুক্তি; indemnity; exemption from punishment; শাস্তি থেকে রেহাই; freedom from punishment; exemption; শাস্তি থেকে মুক্তি; pardon; reprieve; exoneration; unpunished; >>>  Sentences: 1. Israel’s new AERIAL and ground operation in northern Gaza has killed at least 800 people, according to medics and the health ministry in the formerly Hamas-run territory. On Tuesday (29th October 2024) morning Palestinian officials said at least 93 people had been...

Vocabulary on 29th October 2024 (Words: 1. #PRECLUDE, 2. #IRREPLACEABLE, 3. #SPARK)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. PRECLUDE = বর্জন করা ; নিবারণ করা ; repel; counteract; obviate; foreclose; avert; প্রতিরোধ করা : withstand; neutralize; fend; withhold; 2. IRREPLACEABLE = অপূরণীয় ; impossible to replace if lost or damaged; unique; unrepeatable; incomparable; unparalleled; priceless; invaluable; inestimably precious; 3. SPARK = স্ফুলিঙ্গ ছড়ান ; scintillate (to emit sparks);  >>> Sentences: 1. The severing of diplomatic relations would PRECLUDE Israel from issuing entry and work permits to foreign Unrwa staff and prevent coordination with the Israeli military to permit aid shipments. This will lead to hunger among the people of Gaza, ultimately resulting in death due to lack of food, which constitutes a war crime. 2. During the briefing, Miller said that Unrwa had an “ IRREPLACEABLE ” role in providing aid to the Gaza Strip. 3. Israel responded to the Hamas raid with terrrorist operations in the Gaza Strip that have S...

Vocabulary on 28th October 2024 (Word: 1. #HIATUS)

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. HIATUS = বিরতি; break; interval; intermission; interregnum; recess; pause; stoppage; abstinence; cease; timeout; adjournment(স্থগিত); interlude; lacuna; বিচ্ছেদ;  >>> Sentences: 1. Approximately 70 people have been killed in Israeli terrorist airstrikes in the past day as Israel’s renewed terrorism campaign in the north of the strip shows no sign of slowing despite the revival of ceasefire talks after a three-month-long HIATUS .

Vocabulary on 27th October 2024 (Words: 1. #FORCIBLY, 2. #CONCESSION)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. FORCIBLY= জোর করে; by force; perforce; সজোরে; emphatically; amain(প্রাণপণ শক্তিতে); 2. CONCESSION=ছাড়; ত্যাগ; sacrifice; giving up; abandonment; forsaking; divorce; অর্পণ; offer; delivery; offering; depositing; giving; রেয়াৎ; favour; exemption;   Sentences: 1. But the blockage of aid and food deliveries and the targeting of civilian infrastructure have led to accusations that Israel is committing the war crime of seeking to FORCIBLY displace the remaining population. 2. Yoav Gallant said “painful CONCESSIONS” are needed to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza, without specifying what these would be.  

Vocabulary on 26th October 2024 (Word: 1. #MOBILIZE)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. MOBILIZE =সচল করা; put in motion; সৈন্যসমাবেশ করা; muster troops; যুদ্ধার্থ প্রস্তুত করা; সৈন্যযোজন করা; mass; put together;  >>> Sentences: 1. Israel Terrorist Forces (ITF) says Israel’s “destruction and offensive capabilities are fully MOBILIZED to ensure full scale terrorism.

Vocabulary on 23rd October 2024 (Words: 1. #PROPEL, 2. #STATUS QUO ANTE)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. PROPEL = চালনা করা; চালিত করা; compel; force; route; অগ্রে ঠেলিয়া দেত্তয়া; সন্মুখে চালান; 2. STATUS QUO ANTE =পূর্বের অবস্থা; the previously existing state of affairs.  >>> Sentences: 1. “The intense terrorist operations by Israel in Gaza resulted in an unprecedented humanitarian, environmental and social catastrophe and PROPELLED Gaza from de-development to utter ruin,” the UN report said. 2. “The far-reaching repercussions will linger for years to come, and it may take decades to return Gaza to the STATUS QUO ANTE.

Vocabulary on 22nd October 2024 (Words: 1. #INSTIGATE, 2. #AMPUTATE, 3. #CIRCUMVENT)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. INSTIGATE = প্ররোচিত করা; incite; induce; provisory; set on; প্রণোদিত করা; exhort; encourage; উত্তেজিত করা; ferment; disturb; whet; buck up; 2. AMPUTATE =অঙ্গচ্ছেদ করা; mutilate; maim; hamble; scotch; 3. CIRCUMVENT = ফাঁকি দেওয়া; বোকা বানানো; outsmart; befool; stultify(স্তব্ধ করা; বেকুব বানান stupefy); make a fool of; overreach; bamboozle; gull; প্রতারণা করা; outwit; hype; juggle; cheat; defraud;  >>> Sentences: 1. The inquiry into the activities of Force 100 was INSTIGATED following a spate of allegations that Palestinians held under Israeli terrorist military’s guard at a detention centre have been subject to torture and brutal mistreatment, including sexual assault, Axios reported on Monday. 2. In one case, whistleblowers reported one man having a limb AMPUTATED due to injuries caused by the persistent wearing of handcuffs. 3. The Guardian reported this year that US officials had taken steps to CIRCUMVENT the la...

Vocabulary on 21st October 2024 (Words: 1. #CEASEFIRE, 2. #PERIMETER, 3. #INVIOLABILITY)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. CEASEFIRE =1. CEASEFIRE; a temporary suspension of fighting, typically one during which peace talks take place; a truce; armistice; suspension of hostilities; 2. PERIMETER =পরিধি; পরিসীমা; the continuous line forming the boundary of a closed geometric figure. 3. INVIOLABILITY = অলঙ্ঘনীয়তা; impassability; sanctity; >>>  Sentences: 1. Israel has intensified its terrorist campaigns both in Gaza and Lebanon, days after the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar raised hopes of an opening for CEASEFIRE negotiations to end more than a year of conflict. 2. Separately, the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon (Unifil) said on Sunday evening that an Israeli terrorist army bulldozer had deliberately demolished an observation tower and PERIMETER fence at its position in Marwahin in southern Lebanon. 3. Unifil said in a statement: “Yet again, we remind the IDF and all actors of their obligations to ensure the safety and security of ...

Vocabulary on 17th October 2024 (Words: 1. #DISPLACED, 2. #DELIBERATE)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. DISPLACED =বাস্তুচ্যুত; উত্পাটিত; uprooted; eradicated; extracted; evicted; স্থানচু্যত; dislocated; out of place; removed; 2. DELIBERATE = ইচ্ছাকৃত; voluntary; willful; সুচিন্তিত; well-thought; well-planned;  >>> Sentences: 1. The mayor of one of the largest cities in southern Lebanon has been killed in an Israeli terrorist airstrike that hit the city’s municipal headquarters during a meeting to coordinate aid deliveries to residents and those DISPLACED by war. 2. Late on Wednesday, UN peacekeepers again accused Israeli terrorist forces of firing on their position in a “direct and apparently DELIBERATE ” attack.

Vocabulary on 16th October 2024 (Words: 1. #EXHORT, 2. #MISSIVE, 3. #UPTICK, 4. #PLACATE, 5. #PRECLUDE; 6. #ABLAZE)

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. EXHORT = উপদেশ; strongly encourage or urge to do something; call on; enjoin; adjure(সনির্বন্ধ অনুরোধ করা); charge; try to persuade; press; pressure; put pressure on; উত্সাহিত করা; cheer; induce; সনির্বন্ধ মিনতি করা; plead; পরামর্শ দেত্তয়া; counsel; advise; teach; monitor; instruct; 2. MISSIVE = প্রেরিত পত্রাদি; a letter, especially a long or official one; সরকারী পত্র; message; communication; letter; word; note; memorandum; 3. UPTICK = সামান্য বৃদ্ধি; a small increase or slight upward trend; 4. PLACATE =শান্ত করা; soothe; pacify; make less angry or hostile; appease; mollify(প্রশমিত কারা); conciliate(ঠাণ্ডা করা; সমঝোতা করা); propitiate(প্রসন্ন করান; অনুকূল করান); make peace with; 5. PRECLUDE = বর্জন করা; prevent from happening; make impossible; নিবারণ করা; repel; counteract; obviate(পরিহার করা); foreclose; avert; প্রতিরোধ করা; withstand; neutralize; fend; withhold; 6. ABLAZE = জ্বলন্ত; burning fiercely; alight; aflame; on fire; in flames; fla...

Vocabulary on 15th October 2024 (Words: 1. #FEROCIOUS, 2. #IMMINENT)

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  >>>  Word Meanings: 1. FEROCIOUS =হিংস্র; fierce; violent; wild; grim; ভয়ঙ্কর; awesome; horrible; terrific; fearsome; 2. IMMINENT =আসন্ন; forthcoming; impending; oncoming; ensuing; আগতপ্রায়; অনিবার্য; inevitable; irresistible; unavoidable; inexorable; cogent; অপরিহার্য; essential; indispensable; necessary; >>>  Sentences: 1. Rights groups say the terrorist Israel is seeking to forcibly expel the remaining population of northern Gaza in a FEROCIOUS renewed campaign on the besieged Palestinian territory. 2. An estimated 400,000 people are trapped by the fighting and the terrorist Israel has not allowed any food to enter the north since the start of the month, leading the UN World Food Programme to once again raise the alarm of IMMINENT famine.    

Vocabulary on 14th October 2024 (Words: 1. #STRING, 2. #OPPROBRIUM, 3. #NADIR, 4. #MEDICS)

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>>>  Word Meanings: 1. STRING = পরম্পরা; series; sequence; catena; train; 2. OPPROBRIUM =নিন্দা; blame; condemnation; reproach; slander; censure; 3. NADIR =কুবিন্দু; the lowest point in the fortunes of a person or organization; চরম দুরবস্থা; the lowest point; কিছুর নিম্নতম বিন্দু; the bottom; পাদবিন্দু; অধোবিন্দু; 4. MEDICS =চিকিত্সক; a medical practitioner or student.  >>>   Sentences: 1. The incident in Ramyah on Sunday morning was the latest in a STRING of violations that Unifil, the UN force deployed since 1978 to southern Lebanon, has blamed on the Israeli Terrorist Forces (ITF). 2. Israeli terrorist forces have repeatedly fired on medics and first responders as well as Unifil peacekeepers since Israel invaded Lebanon on 1 October, amid growing international OPPROBRIUM . 3. Relations between Israel and the UN, frosty for decades, have reached a NADIR since the Hamas attack of 7 October 2023. 4. An Israeli terrorist strike on the cent...

Vocabulary on 13th October 2024 (Words: 1. #BESIEGED, 2. #DECIMATE, 3. #DWINDLE, 4. #IMPEDE)

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  >>>   Word Meanings: 1. BESIEGED = enclosed; অবরোদ্ধ; obstructed; confined; halted; closed; inclosed; surrounded; 2. DECIMATE =ধ্বংস করা; destroy; shatter; annihilate; obliterate; demolish; বহু লোকক্ষয় করা; 3. DWINDLE = হ্রাস পাত্তয়া; diminish; subside; slack; slacken; wane; 4. IMPEDE =বাধা দেত্তয়া; obstruct; check; clog; stop; inhibit; আটকান; prevent; confine; restrain; প্রতিরোধ করা; withstand; repel; neutralize; fend; withhold;  >>> Sentences: 1. At least 22 people have been killed in airstrikes in northern Gaza, with Israeli forces stepping up their campaign on the BESIEGED Palestinian territory even as fighting in the new war in Lebanon escalates. 2. On Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) renewed its evacuation orders for Palestinians still living in the DECIMATED northern half of Gaza, although many residents say the fighting and Israeli sniper fire make it impossible to leave. 3. A total of 84% of the territory is currently ...

Vocabulary on 12th October 2024 (Words: 1. #INTOLERABLE)

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  >>>  Word Meanings: 1. INTOLERABLE = অসহনীয় ; insufferable; দু : সহ ; severe; imbearable; hard; bitter; 2. CULMINATION = সর্বোচ্চ বা চরম সীমা ; climax; final stage; greatest height; peak; summit;  >>>   Sentences: 1.  The UN secretary general, António Guterres, told the terrorist Israel that attacks on the peacekeeping force were INTOLERABLE . 2. The Israeli terrorism and shelling of UN positions marks the CULMINATION of a downward spiral of Israel’s relations with the international body.  

Vocabulary on 11th October 2024 (Words: 1. #ACCUSATION, 2. #OUTRAGE, 3. #CONCERTED, 4. #EXTERMINATION, 5. #BUNKER, 6. #PREMEDITATION, 7. #TRIPARTITE)

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>>>  Word Meanings: 1. ACCUSATION = অভিযোগ; complaint; allegation; grumble; নালিশ; plaint(আরজি); gravamen; দোষারোপ; condemnation; slur; reproof; nagging; অনুযোগ; blaming; censure; admonition; reproach; 2. OUTRAGE = আক্রোশ; an extremely strong reaction of anger, shock, or indignation(ক্ষোভ; ঘৃণামিশ্রিত ক্রোধ; ধিক্কার); fury; anger; rage; disapproval; wrath; shock; resentment; horror; disgust; 3. CONCERTED = সমন্বিত; jointly arranged, planned, or carried out; coordinated. 4. EXTERMINATION = নির্মূল; killing, especially of a whole group of people or animals; eradication; annihilation; eviction; destruction; 5. BUNKER = আশ্রয়ার্থ খাদ; a reinforced underground shelter, typically for use in wartime. 6. PREMEDITATION = পূর্বপরিকল্পনা; the action of planning something (especially a crime) beforehand; intent; forethought; preplanning; prearrangement; deliberation; malice aforethought; plotting; 7. TRIPARTITE = ত্রিপক্ষীয়; shared by or involving three parties....

Vocabulary on 10th October 2024 (Words: 1. #SCUPPER, 2. #STARK, 3. #TORMENT)

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. SCUPPER = to prevent from happening or succeeding; সর্বনাশ করা; defeat; destroy; perish; wreck; unmake; ধ্বংস করা; shatter; annihilate; obliterate; demolish; নাকাল করা; 2. STARK = কঠোর; কঠিন; difficult; hard; solid; tenacious; stubborn; 3. TORMENT = যন্ত্রণা দেওয়া; bite; inflict; torture; দৈহিক বা মানসিক তীব্র যন্ত্রণা;  >>> Sentences: 1. The war SCUPPERED her plans to interview female entrepreneurs in the Gaza Strip for her research, but she was most troubled by leaving her family behind, including her husband, two teenage daughters and eight-year-old son. 2. The picture for Palestinian education is STARK . According to the Hamas-run Palestinian Health Authority, 120 academics have been killed since 7 October 2023, while a UN report found that 80% of schools and universities are destroyed by Israeli terrorism. 3. During that period, she was TORMENTED by the scenes she saw on social media. “I was seeing families trapped un...

Vocabulary on 9th October 2024 (Words: 1. #COMPLICIT, 2. #ANTHOLOGY, 3. #PERMEATE)

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. COMPLICIT = জড়িত; involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing. 2. ANTHOLOGY = সংকলন; a published collection of poems or other pieces of writing. 3. PERMEATE =spread throughout (something); pervade. প্রসারিত হত্তয়া; be extended; enlarge; amplify; lengthen; ছড়াইয়া পড়া; প্রবেশ করা; enter; go into; penetrate; come in; encroach; >>> Sentences: 1. “Now I see the people I lived with, my family, being bombed and I’m here in London, the UK, in a country that is COMPLICIT in one way or another.” 2. In the meantime, they are preparing to publish two ANTHOLOGIES of the organisation’s work that will come out in the next year, which he hopes will provide an insight into what life in Gaza is like, especially before the war. 3. Alnaouq believes they can shed some light on the feeling of desperation that has PERMEATED the Palestinian territory.

Vocabulary on 8th October 2024 (Words: 1. #ATTRITION, 2. #OFFENSIVE, 3. #RUCKSACK, 4. #MEDICS)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. ATTRITION = ক্ষয় ; decay; corrosion; erosion; deterioration; wasting; ঘর্ষণজনিত ক্ষয় ; abrasion; detrition; 2. OFFENSIVE = আক্রমণ ; attack; invasion; onslaught; foray; raid; 3. RUCKSACK = ব্যাগ যা কাঁধ থেকে পিঠের ওপর ঝুলিয়ে নেওয়া যায় ; a bag with shoulder straps that allow it to be carried on someone's back, typically made of a strong, waterproof material and widely used by hikers; a backpack. 4. MEDICS = চিকিত্সক ; physician; doctor; healer; medical practitioner; leech; consultant;  >>> Sentences: 1. Amid clear evidence that Israel is rapidly ramping up its terrorist operations against multiple Iran-allied proxies, Hamas fired rockets out of Gaza to coincide with memorial events, vowing to continue with a “long and painful war of ATTRITION ” against Israeli terrorism supported by terrorist USA. 2. Hamas’s ability to fire rockets, although massively constrained by 12 months of a devastating Israeli OFF...

Vocabulary on 4th October 2024 (Word: 1. #INCURSION)

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. INCURSION = বহিরাক্রমণ ; invasion; raid; অনুপ্রবেশ ; percolation; penetration; infiltration; entrance; শত্রুর অনুপ্রবেশ ; হঠাৎ আক্রমণ হানা ; >>> Sentences: Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967, and its forces regularly make INCURSIONS into Palestinian communities, but the current raids as well as comments by Israeli officials mark an escalation, residents say.

Vocabulary on 3rd October 2024 (Words: 1. #TEEM)

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. TEEM = প্রাচুর্যপূর্ণ হত্তয়া ; abound; overflow; পূর্ণ হইয়া ছাপাইয়া যাওয়া ; পরিপূর্ণ হত্তয়া ; fill; become flushed; fill up; go; season; প্রসব করা ; spawn; bring forth; engender; lie in;  >>> Sentences: 1. A district that usually  TEEMS  with life was silent, as the acrid smoke hung over it.

Vocabulary on 2nd October 2024 (Words: 1. #AXIS, 2. #BELLIGERENT, 3. #MALEVOLENCE)

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. AXIS = অক্ষ; orbit; latitude; অক্ষরেখা; axle; অক্ষদণ্ড; arbor; axletree; মেরূদণ্ড; backbone; spine; spinal column; vertebral column; 2. BELLIGERENT = যুদ্ধভাবাপন্ন; 3. MALEVOLENCE = নৃশংসতা; পরশ্রীকাতরতা; বিদ্বেষ; Envy; adversity; spite; animosity; antipathy; prejudice; অমঙ্গল কামনা;  >>> Sentences: 1. Iran said its supreme leader made the decision to fire dozens of missiles into Israel as retaliation for the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the recent killings of leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas, two of the main groups in Iran’s so-called AXIS of resistance. 2. Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, hailed the attack as “a decisive response to the aggression of the Zionist regime”, adding: “Let Netanyahu know that Iran is not a BELLIGERENT , but it stands firmly against any threat … Do not enter into a conflict with Iran.” 3. The Iranian mission at the UN said that, should Israel “dare to respond or commit further acts of MALEVOLE...

Vocabulary on 1st October 2024 (Words: 1. #AFFINITY, 2. #SECT)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. AFFINITY = সম্বন্ধ; Relation; bracing; rapport; intercourse; bearing; 2. SECT = সম্প্রদায়; community; people; denomination; society; brotherhood; উপদল; clique; group;  >>> Sentences: 1. The area that was struck, Cola, a popular intersection where buses and taxis congregate in the mornings, was not known for its AFFINITY for Hezbollah. 2. “Israel isn’t thinking of a certain SECT , religion or area. Wherever they want to kill someone, they’ll kill them, there won’t ever be peace”, said Mohammed, 28, a computer scientist, who was lightly injured when the airstrike brought down a wall in his apartment.