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Binoy:
Word-50 (02-03-12)
audio (adjective) [before noun]
শব্দ বা শ্রুতি; connected with sound that is recorded
an audio cassette/tape/signal
an audiobook
Derived words:
audio-visual (adjective) [before noun]
শ্রুতিদর্শনমূলক; describes something that involves hearing and seeing
audio-visual equipment/aids/software
audio-lingual (adjective)
শ্রুতিভাষিক; relating to a method of language teaching that teaches speaking and listening rather than reading or writing
We were taught English in audio-lingual method.
audiology (noun)
শ্রুতিবিজ্ঞান; the science and medicine that deals with the sense of hearing
He studied audiology in a medical college.
audible (adjective) [ant. inaudible]
শ্রবনযোগ্য; able to be heard
She gave an audible sigh of relief.
Her voice was barely audible above the noise.
The lecturer spoke so quietly that he was scarcely audible at the back of the hall.
audibly (adverb)
শ্রবনযোগ্যভাবে; in an audible way
He spoke audibly in the hall.
auditory (adjective)
শ্রুতিমূলক; of or about hearing
auditory stimuli/phonetics
It's an artificial device which stimulates the auditory areas of the brain.
audience (noun)
1. শ্রোতামণ্ডলী; group of people gathered in one place to watch or listen to something
an audience of 10,000
TV/cinema/movie audience(s)
She lectures to audiences all over the world.
The audience was/were clapping for 10 minutes.
The debate was televised in front of a live audience.
The audience was/were clearly delighted with the performance.
The secret to public speaking is to get the audience on your side.
The magic show had a lot of audience participation.
An audience of millions watched the wedding on TV.
The play shocked audiences when it was first performed.
The audience clapped and cheered when she stood up to speak.
The target audience for this advertisement was mainly teenagers.
She announced the winner of the competition to an excited audience.
She is a confident and practiced speaker who always impresses her audience.
2. পাঠক; readers
Her latest book should appeal to a large audience.
His book reached an even wider audience when it was made into a movie.
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Binoy:
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Binoy:
Word-51 (03-03-12)
baffle (verb)
হতভম্ব করা; to confuse sb completely
His comment baffles me.
I’m baffled why she hasn’t called.
Many computer terms can baffle the users.
The vastness of creation baffles imagination.
The new findings baffle the scholars in the field.
She was completely baffled by his strange behavior.
Economic statistics bemuse and baffle in equal measure.
Tareq is notorious for its power to baffle the rational mind.
He was baffled by the technical language of the instructions.
Dark matter, the substance no one has ever seen, continues to baffle cosmologists.
To baffle opponents, grandmasters create new, unexpected openings not found in chess literature.
bafflement (noun)
হতভম্ব অবস্থা; state of being baffled
His reaction was one of bafflement.
The comment came completely to his bafflement.
baffling (adjective)
হতভম্বকর; having the effect of bafflement
I found what he was saying completely baffling.
It is baffling to find him engaged in such silly argument.
baffled (adjective)
হতভম্ব বা হতবিহ্বল; extremely confused
a baffled look
The science fiction left me baffled.
Binoy:
Word-52 (04-03-12)
banal (adjective) [syn. trite, mundane]
তুচ্ছ; ordinary and uninteresting
banal pop songs
Their interest is just banal.
Background music need not be banal.
The architecture is, for the most part, banal.
He just sat there making banal remarks all evening.
The session turned sometimes raucous, sometimes banal.
The script is freighted with a mighty load of banal incidents.
Only a banal solution to the mystery spoils an otherwise engrossing read.
Derived word:
banality (noun)
তুচ্ছতা; the state of being banal
the banality of everyday business
the banality of modern city life
His words are full of banality.
They exchanged banalities for a couple of minutes.
We sat around the dinner table exchanging banalities.
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