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;

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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 presidential palace, marvelling at the abundance of luxury goods and designer cars in a country where 90% of the population lives below the poverty line.

3. The major road linking the Lebanese city of Beirut to Damascus was lined with DISCARDED army uniforms on Sunday after Syrian army soldiers discarded them upon realising their leader had abandoned them after 54 years of his family’s rule over Syria.

4. The frontlines had for the most part stayed quiet since a ceasefire between the regime and opposition brokered in early 2020, but roared back to life less than two weeks ago in a push by Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) on Aleppo, supposedly to STAVE OFF an expected regime offensive.

 

 

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