Vocabulary on 3rd June 2025 ( Words: 1. #STRIP; 2. #ROUNDABOUT; 3. #SHRAPNEL; 4. #PIERCE; 5. #UNCONSCIONABLE; 6. #STARVATION; 7. #TOLL)
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Word Meanings:
1. STRIP = দীর্ঘ সংকীর্ণ এলাকা; a long narrow area of land;
2. ROUNDABOUT = গোলচত্বর; circuitous;
3. SHRAPNEL = ছোঁড়রা; fragments
of a bomb, shell, or other object thrown out by an explosion.
4. PIERCE= বিদ্ধ করা; ছিদ্র করা; go into or through; penetrate;
puncture; perforate; prick; spike; transpierce;
5. UNCONSCIONABLE= বিবেকহীন;
unethical; amoral; immoral; unprincipled; wrong;
6. STARVATION= অনাহার; suffering or death caused by hunger; famine;
7. TOLL= সংখ্যা; number;
count;
Sentences:
1. At least 27 people were killed by Israeli fire as they
waited for food at a distribution point set up by an Israeli-backed foundation
in Gaza, according to health officials in the STRIP.
2. The Gaza civil defence spokesperson Mahmoud Bassal told
Agence France-Presse: “Israeli forces opened fire with tanks and drones on
thousands of civilians who had gathered since dawn near the al-Alam ROUNDABOUT in
the al-Mawasi area, north-west of Rafah.” It is the same site where on Sunday
more than 30 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire while they were heading
to the distribution hub.
3. “There were three children and two women among the dead,”
Mohammed Saqr, the head of nursing at Nasser hospital, which received the 27
bodies, told the Guardian. “Most of the patients had gunshot wounds, others had
SHRAPNEL all over the bodies, which means they were targeted with tanks or artillery
munitions.”
4. Ahmad al-Shaer, 22, who went to the aid distribution
point with his friend Hasni Abu Shanab, 35, said the gunfire started at about
5am. “When the shooting began, Hasni lay flat on the ground to avoid the
bullets, but even then a bullet hit him, it PIERCED one of his legs, exited,
and then penetrated the other leg, where it lodged. The gunfire was coming from
all directions and bullets were falling everywhere around him,” he said.
5. “Deadly attacks on distraught civilians trying to access
the paltry amounts of food aid in Gaza are UNCONSCIONABLE,” Türk said. “Attacks
directed against civilians constitute a grave breach of international law and a
war crime.”
7. The total death TOLL from Israel’s war on Gaza has risen
to 54,510 killed and 124,901 injured since 7 October 2023, health officials in
the strip said.
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