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Shampa Iftakhar:
hone:.
a) sharpen (a blade).
 Example: He was carefully honing the curved blade.

b)
refine or perfect (something) over a period of time.
Example: She has taken numerous workshops to hone her skills over the years.

Shampa Iftakhar:
ephemeral:lasting for a very short time

Afroza Akhter Tina:
The last word is one of my favorites Shampa Madam  :)



Afroza Akhter Tina
Senior Lecturer
Department of English, DIU

Shampa Iftakhar:
Nice to know that Tina Mam  :)

Shampa Iftakhar:
Cherub: a winged angelic being described in biblical tradition as attending on God. It is represented in ancient Middle Eastern art as a lion or bull with eagles' wings and a human face, and regarded in traditional Christian angelology as an angel of the second highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy.

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