Vocabulary on 18th February 2025 (Words: 1. #SOLITUDE; 2. #STAKE; 3. #BACKSTOP)

  
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Word Meanings:

1. SOLITUDE = একাকীত্ব; নির্জনতা; secrecy; desolation; seclusion; নিঃসঙ্গতা; loneliness; aloneness; নির্জনস্থান; cloister; privacy; নি:সঙ্গতা; offishness; destitution;

2. STAKE= ঝুঁকি; risk; পণ / বাজি; bet; wager; betting; feat; legerdemain(ইন্দ্রজাল / বিভ্রান্তকারী বাক্যজাল / বাজি / হস্তকৌশল);

3. BACKSTOP = সুরক্ষা; সমর্থনকারী বা শক্তিবৃদ্ধিকারী; a person or thing placed at the rear of or behind something as a BARRIER, SUPPORT, or REINFORCEMENT.

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Sentences:

1. Le Monde led with “Europe challenges the Trump-Putin axis” and also carried a sub story headlined “Zelenskyy’s great SOLITUDE”, noting how the US “coup de force” had destabilised the Ukrainian president.

2. In Spain, El Mundo headlined its main story “The European ‘urgency’ on military spending traps Sánchez”, reporting that the Spanish prime minister “admits that ‘European security’ is at STAKE but avoids setting a date for the investment of 2% of GDP”.

3. In the UK, the Guardian splashed on “Starmer: US ‘BACKSTOP’ vital to deter future Russian attacks on Ukraine” and reported that European leaders had also called for a “massive boost in defence spending” at the Paris meeting.

 

 

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