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Vocabulary on 30th September 2025 (Words: 1. SQUABBLE; 2. RECRIMINATION; 3. RENEGE; 4. DEFINITIVE; 5. SATNAV)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. SQUABBLE = ঝগড়া করা ; quarrel; row; argument; fight; contretemps= a minor dispute or disagreement ; disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension( মতবিরোধ ); 2. RECRIMINATION = পাল্টা অভিযোগ ; an accusation in response to one from someone else ; counter-accusation; counter charge; counterattack; retaliation; প্রতিশোধ ; 3. RENEGE = প্রতিজ্ঞা ভঙ্গ করা ; go back on a promise, undertaking, or contract ; fail to honor; break; withdraw from; 4. DEFINITIVE = চূড়ান্ত ; conclusive; final; ultimate; decisive; unconditional; unqualified; absolute; positive; 5. SATNAV = navigation dependent on information received from satellites.  >>> Sentences: 1. To organise this would take months, and offer plenty of opportunity for SQUABBLING and RECRIMINATIONS . 2. Once Hamas has handed over the hostages – within 72 hours of an agreement coming into effect – there is little that might stop Israel RENEGING on any promises. 3. I...

Vocabulary on 28th September 2025 (Words: 1. #MOMENTUM; 2. HOLLOW)

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. MOMENTUM = প্রেরণা ; motivation; inspiration; dictation; impetus; dictate; গতিবেগ ; pace; 2. HOLLOW = ফাঁপা ; swelled; blank; ফাঁকা ; vacant; vacuous; bladdery; inane; মিথ্যা ; false; bogus; spurious ( মিথ্যা ; কৃত্রিম ); fictitious; fabled;  >>> Sentences: 1. She admitted that “words seem hollow” in response to the catastrophic situation on the ground and said the priority must be trying to use new MOMENTUM behind a peace deal to end the “screams and pain” of Palestinian children. 2. “Every time we talk about whether it’s humanitarian crisis or whatever words that we use actually feel HOLLOW , because what it’s really about is the screams and pain of a toddler, and that’s what’s really at the heart of this, and that’s what has to end. The war has to be brought to an end,” Cooper said.  

Vocabulary on 21st September 2025 (Words: 1. #RATCHET_UP; 2. #DRIVE_A_COACH_AND_HORSES; 3. #RAMP_UP)

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. RATCHET UP = to increase something gradually and repeatedly in small, irreversible increments. 2. DRIVE A COACH AND HORSES = to completely destroy a rule, an argument or a plan. 3. RAMP UP = to increase or cause to increase;  >>> Sentences: 1. Labour has sought to stress that recognition of a Palestinian state is not a reward for Hamas, and emphasised that it would have no role in the future governance of Gaza. It is expected the government will RATCHET UP sanctions on Hamas in due course, and it has stepped up demands for the release of hostages. 2. David Lammy, the deputy prime minister who will represent the UK at the general assembly, said: “It’s important to state that the recognition of a Palestinian state, it is a consequence of the serious expansion that we’re seeing in the West Bank, the settler violence that we’re seeing in the West Bank and the intention and indications that we’re seeing to build, for examp...

Vocabulary on 14th September 2025 (Words: 1. FAMINE; 2. SUIT; 3. APARTHEID; 4. RECTOR; 5. OUTRAGE; 6. DISRUPTIVE)

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>>> Word meanings: 1. FAMINE = দুর্ভিক্ষ ; extreme scarcity of food, widespread hunger; starvation, scarcity, dearth, shortage, want, destitution 2. SUIT (in context: "follow suit")= অনুসরণ করা , একইভাবে কাজ করা ; to imitate, to do the same as others; imitate, emulate, copy, replicate, mirror, echo, follow, pursue 3. APARTHEID = বর্ণবৈষম্য , জাতিগত বিভাজন ; system of segregation or discrimination based on race; racial segregation, discrimination, separation, exclusion, racism 4. RECTOR = বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের প্রধান/প্রধান অধ্যক্ষ ; head of a university or academic institution; principal, head, chancellor, president, provost, director 5. OUTRAGE = ক্ষোভ , প্রবল রাগ ; strong anger or shock caused by something offensive or unjust; indignation, fury, anger, resentment, wrath, disgust, dismay, shock; as verb (to outrage) প্রবল ক্ষুব্ধ করা , অপমান করা ; offend, shock, insult, appall, provoke, scandalize 6. DISRUPTIVE = বিঘ্নসৃষ্টিকারী , পরিবর্তনশীল ; causing distur...

Vocabulary on 13th September 2025 (Words: 1. TAKE THE GLOVES OFF; 2. ABANDON)

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. TAKE THE GLOVES OFF = কঠোর পদক্ষেপ নেওয়া , নরমভাব বাদ দিয়ে কঠিন / নির্মম আচরণ শুরু করা , Act harshly; Be ruthless; Get tough; Show no mercy; Be aggressive; Stop being gentle; Take a hard line; Be severe; to act ruthlessly; to get tough; 2. ABANDON = ত্যাগ করা , ছেড়ে যাওয়া , পরিত্যাগ করা , Leave; Forsake; Desert; Quit; Relinquish; Renounce; Give up; Withdraw from; Vacate; Discard; (v) To abandon কোনো কিছু বা কাউকে ছেড়ে দেওয়া বা ত্যাগ করা। >>>  Sentences: 1. “This isn’t a gentle war. We “ TOOK THE GLOVES OF F” from the first minute. Sadly not earlier,” Halevi said, suggesting the Israel should have taken a tougher line in Gaza before the 7 October attack. 2. Many of the 40 Palestinian victims of Friday’s (12th September 2025) Israeli strikes appeared to have been people who were unable to move south, or unwilling to “ ABANDON ” their homes or shelters to risk of going somewhere in Gaza where there was no shelt...

Vocabulary on 12th September 2025 (Words: 1. INESCAPABLE; 2. STRANGLE; 3. COLLECTIVE; 4. CLEANSE; 5. PALLET; 6. EXODUS; 7. IMPOSE)

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. INESCAPABLE = অবশ্যম্ভাবী , অনিবার্য ; unavoidable, inevitable, certain, sure, ineluctable, compulsory, fated, inescapably bound 2. STRANGLE = গলা টিপে হত্যা করা , দমন করা , শ্বাসরোধ করা ; choke, suffocate, throttle, stifle, smother, suppress, repress, asphyxiate, stranglehold (n.), curb 3. COLLECTIVE = সমষ্টিগত , যৌথ ; communal, joint, shared, group, common, mutual, united, cooperative 4. CLEANSE = নির্মূল করা ; eradicate,  পরিষ্কার   করা ,  শুদ্ধ   করা ,  purify, purge, wash, sanitize, disinfect, expel, absolve, scrub, rid 5. PALLET = মালামাল বহনের কাঠের প্ল্যাটফর্ম , খাটিয়া বা তক্তা ; platform, skid, baseboard, crate, flat transport structure, wooden frame 6. EXODUS = ব্যাপক প্রস্থান , গণপালায়ন ; mass departure, migration, evacuation, flight, withdrawal, diaspora, emigration, escape 7. IMPOSE = চাপিয়ে দেওয়া , আরোপ করা , বলপূর্বক কার্যকর করা ; enforce, inflict, dictate, decree, establish,...

Vocabulary on 3rd September 2025 (Words: 1. #TERRAIN, 2. #INCLEMENT, 3. #SHROUD, 4. #FAN OUT, 5. #BARELY)

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. TERRAIN = ভূমিরূপ , ভূমির গঠন , ভূখণ্ড ; landform, ground, topography, landscape, geography, countryside, territory, soil, surface, tract 2. INCLEMENT = প্রতিকূল (আবহাওয়া) , কঠোর , অনুকূল নয় ; unpleasantly weather; harsh, severe, stormy, rough, unpleasant, bad, unfavorable, wild, intemperate 3. SHROUD = কাফন , মোড়ানো কাপড় ; শবাচ্ছাদনবস্ত্র ; winding-sheet, burial cloth, cover, veil, wrapping, pall, blanket, sheet (v. মোড়ানো , ঢেকে রাখা ; wrap, cover, cloak, envelop, conceal, hide, mask, blanket 4. FAN OUT = ছড়িয়ে পড়া , বিস্তৃত হওয়া , চারদিকে ছড়িয়ে পড়া ; to spread out or disperse over an area; spread out, disperse, scatter, radiate, expand, deploy, distribute, extend, unfold 5. BARELY = কষ্টেসৃষ্টে , সামান্য মাত্র , অল্পমাত্রায় ; মাত্র ; hardly, scarcely, only just; almost not; just, only, narrowly, meagerly, insufficiently, poorly, thinly  >>> Sentences: Many remained trapped under the debris of mud and sto...