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Binoy:
Word-98 (19-04-12)

chatter (verb)

1. বকবক করা; to talk for a long time about things that are not important [+ away/on; +to sb; +about sth]
They chattered away happily for a while.
He chattered on about nothing in particular.
She spent the morning chattering away to her friends.
The children chattered to each other excitedly about the next day’s events.

2. কিচিরমিচির করা; If animals chatter, they make quick repeated noises
The gun shot made the monkeys chatter in alarm.

3. ঠকঠক করা; If your teeth chatter, they knock together repeatedly because you are very cold or frightened
I could hardly talk, my teeth were chattering so much.

chatter (noun)

1. বকবকানি; conversation about things that are not important
idle chatter
I can't concentrate with Ann's constant chatter.
Juli’s constant chatter was beginning to annoy him.

2. কিচিরমিচির শব্দ; the quick repeated noises that some animals make
the chatter of monkeys
He could hear the chatter of birds in the trees overhead.

3. ঠকঠক শব্দ; a series of short sounds made by things knocking together
the chatter of teeth

Phrases:

chatterbox (noun)
বাঁচাল লোক; a person, especially a child, who talks a lot
Your sister is a real chatterbox!

the chattering classes
মতামত প্রদানকারী লোকজন; the people in society who like to give their opinions on political or social issues
He belongs to the chattering classes.

Binoy:
Word-99 (20-04-12)

cheery (adjective) [syn. cheerful]
উতফুল্ল; bright and happy
a cheery remark / smile / wave
He left with a cheery ‘See you again soon’.
She walked in with a cheery "Good morning!"
He gave us a cheery wave as we drove past.

cheerily (adverb) [syn. cheerfully]
উতফুল্লভাবে; in a cheery way
She greeted cheerily.
He waved cheerily at the audience.

cheeriness (noun) [syn. cheerfulness]
উতফুল্লতা; state of being cheery
His cheeriness made me happy.
Her smile increased his cheeriness.

Binoy:
Word-100 (21-04-12)

cherish (verb)

1 যত্ন নেওয়া; to love, protect and care for someone or something
Children need to be cherished.
Although I cherish my children, I do allow them their independence.
Her most cherished possession is a letter from her husband.
Freedom of speech is a cherished right in this country.

2 মনে রাখা; to keep an idea, a hope or a pleasant feeling in mind for a long time
I cherish the memories of the time we spent together.
Do you still cherish the feeling of your first meeting with her?

Binoy:
Word-101 (22-04-12)

chomp/champ (verb) [syn. ‘bite’, ‘munch’] [+ on / through]
শব্দ করে চিবানো; to eat food noisily
He was chomping away on a bar of chocolate.
There she sat, happily chomping her breakfast.
He chomped his way through two hot dogs.
She was chomping away on the bread.

Idiom:

to chomp/champ at the bit
অস্থির হওয়া; to be eager to do something
You might be chomping at the bit to hear the result.

Binoy:
Word-102 (23-04-12)

chronology (noun)
ঘটনাক্রম; সময়ক্রম; the order in which a series of events happened
a chronology of Mozart’s life
I'm not sure of the chronology of events.
Historians seem to have confused the chronology of these events.

chronological (adjective)
সময়ক্রমিক; maintaining chronology
Give me the dates in chronological order.
The facts you presented are not chronological.

chronologically (adverb)
সময়ানুসারে; in a chronological way
Chronologically ordered descriptions
Narrate the events chronologically.

chronological age [ant. mental age]
সময়গত বয়স; the number of years a person has lived as opposed to their level of physical, mental or emotional development
His mental age is much greater than his chronological age.

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