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Binoy:
Word-203 (06-08-12)

drowse (verb)
হালকা ঘুমানো বা ঝিমানো; to be in a light sleep or almost asleep
The old man was drowsing under a tree.

drowsy (adjective)
তন্দ্রালু; being in a state between sleeping and being awake; sleepy
a drowsy afternoon in the sunshine
The tablets may make you feel drowsy.
The room is so warm it's making me feel drowsy.

drowsily (adverb)
তন্দ্রালুভাবে; in a drowsy way
a drowsily cozy atmosphere
He answered drowsily.

drowsiness (noun)
ঘুম ঘুম ভাব বা তন্দ্রাভাব; drowsy condition
The drugs tend to cause drowsiness.
Seasickness tablets often cause drowsiness.

Binoy:
Word-204 (07-08-12)

dwarf (noun)
বেঁটে; a person who is much smaller than the usual size; in stories for children, a creature like a little man with magical powers
He feels ashamed of being a dwarf.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

dwarf (adjective)
ছোট; very small
dwarf conifers
You can grow dwarf plants in pots on the patio.

dwarf (verb)
খাটো করা; If one thing dwarfs another, it makes it seem small by comparison
The new skyscraper will dwarf all those near it.
This new crisis may well dwarf most that have gone before.
The old houses were dwarfed by the huge new tower blocks.

Binoy:
Word-205 (08-08-12)

dwell (verb)
বসবাস করা; to live in a place or in a particular way
She dwelt in remote parts of Asia for many years.
For ten years she dwelled among the nomads of North America.

dweller (noun)
বাসিন্দা; a person who lives in a city, town, cave, etc.
city/town/cave/apartment dwellers

dwelling (noun)
আবাস; a house or place to live in
The development will consist of 66 dwellings and a number of offices.
There is an estimated shortfall of some five million dwellings across the country.

dwelling (adjective)
বসবাসের জন্য; meant to be lived
a dwelling house/place

Phrase:

dwell on sth
চিন্তা করা বা বলা; to think or talk a lot about sth, especially sth it would be better to forget
So you made a mistake, but there’s no need to dwell on it.
In his speech, he dwelt on the plight of the sick and the hungry.

Binoy:
Word-206 (07-08-12)

dwindle (verb)
কমে যাওয়া; to become smaller in size or amount, or fewer in number
Support for the party has dwindled away to nothing.
Membership of the club has dwindled from 70 to 20.
The community has dwindled to a tenth of its former size in the last two years.
Her hopes of success in the race dwindled last night as the weather became worse.

dwindling (adjective)
কমে যাচ্ছে এমন; becoming gradually less or smaller
dwindling audiences
dwindling numbers/supplies

Binoy:
Word-207 (08-08-12)

dynamics (noun)
1. গতিশক্তি; forces that produce movement
This software is used for modelling atmospheric dynamics.

2. গতিশীলতা; forces or processes that produce change inside a group or system
group dynamics
the dynamics of political change
The fight for the leadership gave a fascinating insight into the group's dynamics.

3.  গতিবিদ্যা; the scientific study of the forces that produce movement
fluid dynamics
He took a test in dynamics.

dynamic (adjective)
1. গতিশীল; having a lot of energy and a strong personality
a dynamic force
a dynamic personality

2. পরিবর্তনশীল; always changing and making progress
a dynamic situation

dynamically (adverb)
গতিশীলভাবে; in a dynamic way
dynamically stable

dynamism (noun)
উদ্দীপনা; energy and enthusiasm to make new things happen or to make things succeed
The measure caused dynamism in their activities.

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