Set 3 Flashcards
Western efforts at mediation” between govt. & brotherhood
A negotiation to resolve differences that is conducted by some impartial party
(Moddhostota)
Urge the army to depose” his successor Morsi
Force to leave (an office)
= force out
(Podochutto kora)
Purportedly” from Canadian security intelligence service
Believed or reputed to be the case • Livingstone then purportedly purchased the Treasury Notes from a listed securities dealer against his account
= putatively, supposedly
(Sarkotha, sharmormo)
Strained” US-Brazilian ties
Lacking natural ease • a strained style of debating
= labored
≈ awkward
Showing signs of mental and emotional tension • her voice was strained as she asked the question
≈ tense
(Antorikotashunno, saka)
VIPs barred” from using govt. facilities
Disallow membership or entry • He was barred from membership in the club
= debar, exclude
Render unsuitable for passage • bar the streets
= barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop
Expel, as if by official decree • he was barred from his own country
= banish, relegate
Education in peril”
Voyaboho bipod, bipod deke ana
Stop attacks on journos”
A writer for newspapers and magazines
= journalist
The eternal” singer
Chironton/ ontohin
Passengers disembark” from a flight
Leave a ship, aircraft or train
Zahaz/ Aero Plane theke nama
Threats from fascist”
Fassibadi/ chorom dokkhinponthi
In a severely malnourished” state
Not being provided with adequate nourishment • it is estimated that at the present time roughly a million children under 5 years of age are severely or moderately malnourished
≈ foodless, ill-fed, starved, starving, underfed, undernourished, unfed, unnourished
(Opishti/ pushtihinota)
Riddle
Dhadha/ prohelica
The outcome of overture” made by the PM
Alochonar prostab
15th amendment is the case of the political gridlock”
A traffic jam so bad that no movement is possible
Buy coffee and muffins”
A sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan
= gem
[British] Round, raised muffin cooked on a griddle; usually split and toasted before being eaten
= English muffin
( choto halka golakar cakebishe ja usually makhon die gorom gorom khaoa hoi)
Utopia” tutors team
Kalponik shorgorajjo
~n : akashkushum
Zombies
A dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
= living dead, zombi
(voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body
= zombi, zombi spirit, zombie spirit
A god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies
= snake god, zombi
Someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way • only a zombie wouldn’t have noticed
= automaton, zombi
Snippets
Kete neoa choto tukra, tukitaki (khoborakhobor)
A plethora” of pristine” melodies
Extreme excess
= embarrassment, overplus, superfluity
( adhikko )
Completely free from dirt or contamination • pristine mountain snow ≈ pure ( Adim )
Golfer clinches” Indian open in style
Secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts • The girder was clinched into the wall
Hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches
Hold in a tight grasp • clinch a steering wheel
= clench
Embrace amorously
Flatten the ends (of nails and rivets) • the nails were clinched
Settle conclusively • clinch a deal
Picketer hurled” a petrol bomb inside
Shojore nikkhep kora
The mob hurled stones at the police
Party ticket aspirants” bought nominations
Kheti/ protipotti etc er jonno lolup bekti/ prottashi
In stark constant”, police barring” leaders’ and activists’ access to the office
Disallow membership or entry • He was barred from membership in the club
= debar, exclude
Render unsuitable for passage • bar the streets
= barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop
Expel, as if by official decree • he was barred from his own country
= banish, relegate
Secure with, or as if with, bars • He barred the door
◑ unbar
AL cheers, BNP jeers’(at)
Upohash/ bidrup/ hashithatta kora
Titkari deoa
