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Binoy:
Thanks Sethy, for your encourating comment. The more we learn new words, the more we become confident in using English. Good luck!

Binoy:
Word-57 (09-03-12)

bias (noun) [sb/sth towards/against/in favour of sb/sth]

1. পক্ষপাত; (undue) preference towards something
accusations of political bias in news
The course has a strong practical bias.
She showed a scientific bias at an early age.
The government has accused the media of bias.
There was clear evidence of a strong bias against her.
Reporters must be impartial and not show political bias.
Some institutions still have a strong bias against women.
The radio station was said to have a strong left-wing bias.
There was a clear racial bias in the selection of candidates.
The teacher seems to have a bias towards the girls in her class.
Employers must consider all candidates impartially and without bias.
This is a clear example of the bias found in historical accounts of the war.
There has been a slight bias in favor of employing foreign graduates in the company.
Have you noticed any bias in the reporting of Bangladesh situation in the international media?

2. কাপড়ে কোনাকুনি দিক; a direction at an angle across the threads of woven material
bias-cut cloth
The skirt is cut on the bias.
The dresses in his new winter collection are all cut on the bias.

Derived words:

bias (verb)
পক্ষপাতিত্ব করা; to unfairly influence somebody’s opinions or decisions
The newspapers have biased people against her.
The judge ruled that the information should be withheld on the grounds that it would bias the jury against the accused.

biased/biassed (adjective) [ant. unbiased]
পক্ষপাতদুষ্ট; showing an unreasonable like or dislike for a person based on personal opinions
a biased jury/witness
biased information/sources/press reports
a school biased towards music and art
A teacher cannot afford to be biased in his/her assessment.
The newspapers gave a very biased report of the meeting.
I think she's beautiful but then I'm biased since she's my daughter.

Binoy:
Word-58 (10-03-12)

bigot (noun)
অন্ধবিশ্বাসী ব্যক্তি; a person who has strong, unreasonable beliefs and who thinks that anyone who does not have the same beliefs is wrong
a religious/racial/political bigot
Anyone can be a bigot, in any context.
It is a big shame to be a bigot these days.
He was known to be a loud-mouthed, opinionated bigot.
Many of his political opponents consider him a racist bigot.
Obviously this writer is just another arrogant bigot full of himself.

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bigoted (adjective)
অন্ধবিশ্বাসী; showing strong, unreasonable beliefs or opinions and a refusal to change them
a bigoted person/thought
bigoted comments/views/ideas
She wrote her bigoted notions for the rest of us to read.
The actions of a bigoted policemen should not be taken as representative.
She's so bigoted that she refuses to accept anyone who doesn't think like her.

bigotry (noun)
অন্ধবিশ্বাস; the state of feeling, or the act of expressing, strong, unreasonable beliefs or opinions
religious/racial/political bigotry
We laughed at his bigotry.
A world without bigotry will be a world of peace.
His bigotry irritated his friends and family members.
She recognized that all forms of bigotry and discrimination are equally wrong.

Binoy:
Word-59 (11-03-12)

biography (noun)
জীবনী; the life story of a person written by someone else
The biography was a bit of a rush job.
The biography is an attempt to uncover the inner man.
He wrote a biography of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Her biography revealed that she was not as rich as everyone thought.
This biography offers a few glimpses of his life before he became famous.
The biography is woven from the many accounts which exist of things she did.

Derived words:

biographer (noun)
জীবনীকার; a person who writes biography
Boswell was Dr Johnson's biographer.
A biographer should be truthful to facts.
The president has decided to appoint a biographer to write on his life.

biographical (adjective)
জীবনীমূলক; relating to biography
a biographical sketch of William Shakespeare
The film is based on his biological accounts.
I need some biographical information for records.
There was a biographical note about the author on the back of the book.

autobiography
আত্মজীবনী; life story written by a person himself
An autobiography of a famous writer
In his old age, he has decided to write his autobiography.
His autobiography was published after his death.

Note: Biography of a person is written by someone else while autobiography is written by the person himself.

Binoy:
Word-60 (12-03-12)

blaze (verb)

তীব্রভাবে জ্বলা বা আলোক ছড়ানো; to burn brightly and strongly
The garden blazed with color.
He rushed back into the blazing house.
A huge fire was blazing in the fireplace.
Isaac's eyes suddenly blazed with anger.
The sun was blazing down that afternoon.
The sun blazed down from a clear blue sky.
Firefighters are still trying to control the blaze.
The fire crews had problems fighting the blaze.
Within minutes the whole building was blazing.
Firefighters took action immediately to stop the blaze spreading.

Derived words:

blaze (noun)
প্রজ্জ্বলন বা দীপ্তি; a large strong fire
the bright blaze of the sun
a blaze of lights in the city centre
Five people died in the blaze.
Dry wood makes a good blaze.
The gardens are a blaze of colour.
They got married in a blaze of publicity.
Firefighters took two hours to control the blaze.

blazing (adjective)
প্রজ্জ্বলিত বা প্রচণ্ড; very bright, hot, powerful or fierce
blazing heat
a blazing hot day
We quickly grew tired in the blazing sunshine.
They used to have some blazing rows over money.
She had a blazing row with Manik and stormed out of the house.

ablaze (adjective) [after verb]
জ্বলন্ত বা উজ্জ্বল; burning
The ballroom was ablaze with lights.
The field was ablaze with poppies and wild flowers.
The house was ablaze and the flames could be seen for miles around.

Phrases/idioms:

blaze up
জ্বলে ওঠা বা রেগে যাওয়া; to suddenly start burning or become very angry
The furnace suddenly blazed up.
He just blazed up to see his opponent.

blaze away [about gun]
গুলি ছোড়া; to fire continuous
Blaze away right now!
In the distance machine guns were blazing.

blaze with sth [about eye]
রাগান্বিত দেখানো; look extremely angry
Her eyes were blazing with fury.
His face was blazing with excitement.

blaze sth across/all over sth [about news or information]
ব্যপকভাবে জানানো; to make widely known
The media blazed the news across the country.
The story was blazed all over the daily papers.

blaze a trail
সর্বপ্রথম কিছু করা; to do something that has never been done before
Elvis Presley blazed a trail in pop music.
The department is blazing a trail in the field of laser surgery.

a blaze of sth
শক্তিশালী বা লক্ষ্যযোগ্য কোনোকিছু; something that has a sudden very powerful or noticeable effect
a blaze of glory
a blaze of anger/passion/hate
The garden is a blaze of color in autumn.
His book was launched in a blaze of publicity.

go to blazes  
কাউকে বেরিয়ে যেতে বলা; used to tell someone to go away
Go to blazes!
Thanks to your stupidity, why don’t you go to blazes?

like blazes
খুব কঠোর বা দ্রুত; very hard; very fast
He has worked like blazes.
He has accomplished the task like blazes.

what the blazes...?  
রাগের প্রকাশ ঘটাতে বলা হয়; used to give force to something you feel angry about
What the blazes have you done?
What the blazes did he do that for?

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