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Vocabulary on 28th December 2024 (Words: 1. #VICINITY; 2. #DEMOLITION; 3. #RAZE; 4. #TERRORISM)

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. VICINITY = কাছাকাছি; nearness; presence; oncoming; contiguity; approach; proximity; neighborhood; closeness; vicinage; juxtaposition(পাশাপাশি অবস্থান);  2. DEMOLITION = ধ্বংস; destruction; bale; depredation; rack; ruination; decimation; spoil; abolition; annihilation; ejection; extermination; obliteration;  3. RAZE =ধ্বংস করা; perish; overturn; nip; destroy; exterminate; annihilate; extirpate;  4. TERRORISM = সন্ত্রাসবাদ; the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims. >>> Sentences: 1. Unverified video footage from the hospital’s VICINITY showed a group of men in their underwear walking past Israeli troops. 2. Kamal Adwan hospital has been working under siege since October, when Israeli forces began a third military operation in the Jabaliya refugee camp that involved the mass DEMOLITION of buildings and infrastructure. 3. Much of the area around the northern towns of J...

Vocabulary on 26th December 2024 (Words: 1. SQUALID; 2. INVASION; 3. #OFFENSIVE; 4. #RAMPANT; 5. #HYPOTHERMIA)

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. SQUALID = দারিদ্র্যপীড়িত; poverty-stricken; নোংরা; messy; dirty; foul; filthy; unclean; 2. INVASION = আক্রমণ; attack; onslaught; foray; offensive; raid; বহিরাক্রমণ; incursion; 3. OFFENSIVE = আক্রমণ; attack; onslaught; foray; raid; 4. RAMPANT = ব্যাপক; প্রচণ্ড; fierce; drastic; intense; furious; tearing; প্রসারণশীল; protrusive; তেজস্বী; spirited; plucky; lively; mercurial; vigorous; উন্মত্ত; furious; riotous; desperate; bacchanal; rip-roaring; উত্তেজিত; hot-blooded; perturbed; unquiet; 5. HYPOTHERMIA = the condition of having an abnormally low body temperature, typically one that is dangerously low.  >>> Sentences: 1. The deaths underscore the SQUALID conditions there, with hundreds of thousands of Palestinians crammed into often ramshackle tents after fleeing Israeli terrorism. 2. Israel’s bombardment and ground INVASION of Gaza has killed more than 45,000 Palestinians, more than half of them women and children, according to G...

Vocabulary on 25th December 2024 (Words: 1. #BARISTA, 2. #ESPRESSO, 3. #CAPPUCCINO)

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. BARISTA= বারিস্তা; a person whose job involves preparing and serving different types of coffee. 2. ESPRESSO=strong black coffee made by forcing steam through ground coffee beans. 3. CAPPUCCINO=coffee made with milk that has been frothed(ফেনায়িত) up with pressurized steam. >>> Sentences: 1. It’s an average working day for a BARISTA in Italy, but Possi is in one key respect far from the average barista: aged 100, she is the country’s oldest. 2. This has been Possi’s routine since 1 May 1958 when she opened the bar with her husband, serving ESPRESSOS and CAPPUCCINOS to customers.

Vocabulary on 20th December 2024 (Words: 1. EXTERMINATION)

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. EXTERMINATION =নির্মূল; নাশ; ruin; annihilation; spoiling; destruction; blasting; বিধ্বংস; devastation; eradication; demolition; উন্মূলন; extirpation(বিনাশ); eviction; removal; >>> Sentences: 1. Israel’s restriction of Gaza’s water supply to levels below minimum needs amounts to an act of genocide and EXTERMINATION as a crime against humanity, a human rights report has alleged.

Vocabulary on 17th December 2024 (Words: 1. #UNWAVERING; 2. #JOLT)

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. UNWAVERING =অবিচল; unmoved; firm; faithful; uniform; অটল; steady; constant; resolute; দ্বিধাহীন; doubtless; unhesitating; unshrinking; অবিচলিত; unperturbed; stolid; unfaltering; 2. JOLT = ধাক্কা; shock; push; jog; Collison; thrust; ঝাঁকুনি; shake; flick; jarring; jar; >>> Sentences: 1. North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has pledged UNWAVERING support for Russia’s invasion of its neighbour under a mutual defence pact. 2. The alliance gave a JOLT to international relations, and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, said on Monday that the planned deployment of US intermediate-range missiles to Europe and Asia had brought new threats.

Vocabulary on 15th December 2024 (Word: BLISTERED)

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  >>> Word Meaning: BLISTERED = ফোস্কা পড়া ; having blisters on the skin or another surface.  >>> Sentences: But because chlorine is heavier than air, it sank down through the storeys and street-level gratings into two basements. At least 43 people choked to death, their BLISTERED bodies blue and black when civil defence workers bought the corpses out to the street.

Vocabulary on 12th December 2024 (Words: 1. #FATALITY, 2. #DOOMED, 3. #EMBED)

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. FATALITY = প্রাণঘাতী; an occurrence of death by accident, in war, or from disease; death; casualty; mortality; victim; loss; dead person; dead; fatal accident; tragedy; disaster; catastrophe; calamity; দুর্ভাগ্য; unfortunate; adversity; deuce(অভিশাপ); distress; 2. DOOMED = দণ্ডপ্রাপ্ত; সর্বনাশপ্রাপ্ত; punished; likely to have an unfortunate and inescapable outcome; ill-fated(ভাগ্যহীন/ দুর্ভাগ্য/ দুর্ভাগ্যগ্রস্ত); 3. EMBED = স্থাপিত করা; install; mount; establish; constitute; দৃঢ়ভাবে নিহিত করা; সংস্থাপন করা; establish; set up; situate; fix (an object) firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass; implant; plant; set; fix; lodge; root; insert; place; sink; submerge; immerse; drive in; hammer in; ram in;  >>> Sentences: 1. The estimated death toll in Gaza is more than 44,000 and a recent assessment by the UN Human Rights Office found that 44% of the  FATALITIES  it was able to verify were children. 2. The sense of being D...

Vocabulary on 9th December 2024 (Words: 1. CLING, 2. GLEEFULLY, 3. DISCARD, 4. STAVE OFF)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. CLING= জডাইয়া ধরিয়া থাকা; 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; 2. GLEEFULLY= আনন্দে; in an exuberantly(উচ্ছ্বসিতভাবে) or triumphantly (বিজয়ীভাবে) joyful manner. 3. DISCARD=পরিত্যাগ করা; discontinue; overboard; renounce; get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable; বাতিল করা; dispose of; throw away; throw out; toss out; reject; jettison; scrap; dispense with; cast aside/off; repudiate; abandon; relinquish; drop; have done with; shed; slough off; shrug off; 4. STAVE OFF= প্রতিহত করা; counteract; forfend; repel;  >>> Sentences: 1. In photos and videos of families reunited with loved ones long lost to the dark of the regime’s notorious prison system, people cried and CLUNG to one another in disbelief at their newfound freedom. 2. Others GLEEFULLY ransacked the presi...

Vocabulary on 7th December 2024 (Words: 1. #BACKLOG, 2. #PLUNGE; 3. #VAGUE; 4. #ARBITRARY; 5. INTENSE)

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  Word Meanings: 1. BACKLOG = জমা কাজ; বকেয়া কাজ; an accumulation of uncompleted work or matters that need to be dealt with; logjam (a situation that seems irresolvable.); pileup; pile; heap; mountain; excess; arrears; 2. PLUNGE = নিমজ্জিত হত্তয়া; be submerged; be steeped; go under; 3. VAGUE = অস্পষ্ট; dim; obscure; fuzzy; mystical; of uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning; indistinct; indefinite; indetermine; unclear; hazy; cloudy; lacking definition; blurred; blurry; out of focus; murky; foggy; faint; shadowy; 4. ARBITRARY =স্বেচ্ছাচারী; based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system; capricious(খামখেয়ালী); whimsical(বাতিক/খেয়ালী/অদ্ভুত কল্পনাপূর্ণ); erratic; unpredictable; inconsistent; wild; hit-or-miss; haphazard; casual; unmotivated; motiveless; unreasoned; unreasonable; unsupported; irrational; illogical; groundless; unjustifiable; unjustified; wanton; discretionary; subjective; 5. INTENSE =তীব্র; severe; acute; exquisite(...

Vocabulary on 6th December 2024 (Word: ALIGHT)

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. ALIGHT = জ্বলন্ত; afire; aflame; প্রজ্বলিত; on fire; burning; ablaze; in flames; flaming; blazing; raging; fiery; lighted; ignited; >>> Sentences: 1. In Gaza, at least 39 people were killed by Israeli fire in the preceding 24 hours, according to medics, including at least 20 who died when an overnight airstrike set ALIGHT cooking gas canisters and tents tents housing displaced families in what Israel has dubbed a “humanitarian zone”.

Vocabulary on 4th December 2024 (Words: 1. #FIDUCIARY, 2. #APARTHEID)

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. FIDUCIARY = জিম্মাদার; custodian; বিশ্বাসপূর্বক ন্যস্ত; বিশ্বস্ত; ন্যাসরক্ষক; trustee; keeper; depository; involving trust, especially with regard to the relationship between a trustee and a beneficiary. 2. APARTHEID = জাতিবিদ্বেষ; race-hatred; বর্ণবাদ; a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race.  >>> Sentences: 1. The central issue: the organization’s board and executive director opposed a statement that staff wrote about Israel’s continuing assault on Gaza and tech’s role there and elsewhere, citing concerns such as “ FIDUCIARY responsibility”.  2. “Here’s the thing – I got fired from Google. I thought, ‘I’m not going to fight other organizations; I’m going to start my own,’” Gebru told the Guardian, explaining her thinking when she started Dair. “But what’s the point of trying to create something different, if your existence is predicated on being silent about genocide and APARTHEID ?”

Vocabulary on 3rd December 2024 (Words: 1. #RESUMPTION; 2. #CONTENTION; 3. #DOCILE)

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>>> Word Meanings: 1.  RESUMPTION  = পুনরায় শুরু; পুনরারম্ভ; restart; recommencement; 2.  CONTENTION  =বিবাদ; conflict; strife; quarrel; fighting; তর্ক; argument; debate; discussion; logic; 3.  DOCILE = বিনয়ী; loyal; acquiescent; following faithfully; বাধ্য; bound; obedient; constrained; liable; subject; >>> Sentences: 1. The RESUMPTION of tit-for-tat strikes in south Lebanon and north Israel has caused concern that fully-fledged fighting between Hezbollah and Israel could resume just five days after a ceasefire was announced. 2. A key point of CONTENTION in the ceasefire has revolved around Israel’s right to unilaterally enforce what it deems to be violations of the truce. 3. Analysts have said that Hezbollah, weakened from more than a year of fighting, does not want to reignite a war with Israel but must play a balancing act by not appearing too DOCILE in the face of continuing Israeli strikes.

Vocabulary on 2nd December 2024 (Words: 1. #CONVOY; 2. #DEEPEN; 3. #EXTORTIONATE; 4. #FOMENT)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. CONVOY = কাফেলা; পাহারা দেবার জন্য অনুগমন; বহর; supervision; custody; ward; a group of ships or vehicles traveling together, typically accompanied by armed troops, warships, or other vehicles for protection; 2. DEEPEN =make or become deep or deeper; গভীর করা; গাঢ় করা; ঘোর হত্তয়া; grow; increase; intensify; strengthen; escalate; mushroom; snowball; add to; heighten; reinforce; enhance; boost; magnify; amplify; augment; enrich; promote; encourage; exacerbate(বর্ধিত করা; অধিকতর খারাপ করা); aggravate; inflame; worsen(অধিকতর খারাপ করা বা হওয়া); make/become worse; dig out; make deeper; dig deeper; scoop out; scrape out; hollow out; excavate; 3. EXTORTIONATE = much too high; exorbitant ( অত্যধিক/গলাকাটা দাম); excessive; obsessive; exceeding; undue; unreasonably high; excessively high; extremely high; sky-high; prohibitive; outrageous; preposterous; inordinate; immoderate; inflated; monstrous; 4. FOMENT = প্ররোচিত করা; persuade; motivat...

Vocabulary on 1st December 2024 (Word: #RAGE)

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  >>> Word Meanings: RAGE = express violent uncontrollable anger; be angry; be furious; be enraged; be incensed; be infuriated; seethe( ফুটতে থাকা ); >>>  Sentences : The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah does not address the war in Gaza, where fighting RAGES on.