A Word A Day

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Word-183 (17-07-12)

disrupt (verb)
বিঘ্ন সৃষ্টি করা; to make it difficult for sth to continue in the normal way
Demonstrators succeeded in disrupting the meeting.
Bus services will be disrupted tomorrow because of the bridge closure.
A heavy fall of snow had disrupted the city's transport system.
The meeting was disrupted by a group of protesters who shouted and threw fruit at the speaker.

disruption (noun)
বিঘ্ন; hindrance
disruptions to rail services
The strike caused serious disruptions.
We aim to help you move house with minimum disruption to yourself.
The accident on the main road through town is causing widespread disruption for motorists.

disruptive (adjective)
বিঘ্ন সৃষ্টিকারী;  causing trouble and therefore stopping something from continuing as usual
She had a disruptive influence on the rest of the class.
His teacher described him as a noisy, disruptive influence in class.

disruptively (adverb)
বিঘ্নকরভাবে; in a disruptive way
He talked in the meeting disruptively from time to time.

[Binoy]

Word-184 (18-07-12)

disseminate (verb)
ছড়িয়ে দেওয়া; বিস্তার করা; to spread information, knowledge etc. so that it reaches many people
Their findings have been widely disseminated.
One of the organization's aims is to disseminate information about the disease.

dissemination (noun)
ছড়ানো বা বিস্তার; the act of disseminating
the dissemination of information
The dissemination of the secret message worried people.

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Word-185 (19-07-12)

distort (verb)
বিকৃত করা; to change something from its usual, original, natural or intended meaning, condition or shape
a fairground mirror that distorts your shape
The loudspeaker seemed to distort his voice.
Newspapers are often guilty of distorting the truth.
My original statement has been completely distorted by the media.

distorted (adjective)
বিকৃত; changed in a bad way
His face was distorted in agony.
This report gives a somewhat distorted impression of what actually happened.
The music just gets distorted when you play it so loud.
The article gave a distorted picture of his childhood.

distortion (noun)
বিকৃতি; the act of distorting
distortion of history 
a gross distortion of the facts
modern alloys that are resistant to wear and distortion

[Binoy]

Word-186 (20-07-12)

distract (verb) [+ sb/sth from sth]
মনোযোগ নষ্ট করা; to make someone stop giving their attention to something
Don't distract her from her studies.
He tried to distract attention from his own illegal activities.
You’re distracting me from my work.
Don’t talk to her—she’s very easily distracted.
It was another attempt to distract attention from the truth.

distracting (adjective)
মনোযোগে বিঘ্ন সৃষ্টিকারী; diverting attention
distracting thoughts
a distracting noise
Please turn your music down - it's very distracting.

distraction (noun)
মনোযোগে বিঘ্ন সৃষ্টিকারী কোনোকিছু; মনোযোগ বিনষ্টি; উদ্বেগ; something that diverts attention or the process of diversion of attention
cinema audiences looking for distraction
I can turn the television off if you find it a distraction.
I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions.
The children are driving me to distraction today.
His lessons bore me to distraction.
That dreadful noise is driving me to distraction.

distracted (adjective)
উদ্বিগ্ন; অমোযোদী; nervous, anxious or confused because you are worried about something
Gill seems rather distracted at the moment - I think she's worried about her exams.

[Binoy]

Word-187 (21-07-12)

distress (noun)
উদ্বেগ, যন্ত্রনা বা কষ্ট; a feeling of extreme worry, sadness or pain
a distress signal
economic / financial distress
The way she had been treated at work had caused her extreme emotional distress.
Many of the horses were showing signs of distress at the end of the race.
Six people were rescued by helicopter from a fishing boat in distress.
It is a rule of the sea to help another boat in distress.

distress (verb)
উদ্বেগ, যন্ত্রনা বা কষ্ট দেওয়া; to make someone feel very upset or worried
I hope I haven't distressed you with all these personal questions.
She was deeply distressed by the news of his death.
It was clear that the letter had deeply distressed her.
Don’t distress yourself.

distressed (adjective)
যন্ত্রনাক্লিষ্ট; full of distress
He was too distressed and confused to answer their questions.
The government is taking steps to stimulate business development in (economically) distressed areas.

distressing / distressful (adjective)
যন্ত্রনাকর বা যন্ত্রনাদায়ক; making one feel extremely upset
The television reports about the famine were particularly distressing.
It was deeply distressing for him to see his wife in such pain.

distressingly (adverb)
যন্ত্রনাকরভাবে; in a distressing or distressful way
He was behaving with me distressingly.

[Binoy]

Word-188 (22-07-12)

diverge (verb) [ant. converge] [+ from]
পৃথক হওয়া বা ভিন্নদিকে যাওয়া; to separate and go in different directions
to diverge from the norm
He diverged from established procedure.
Opinions diverge greatly on this issue.
The parallel lines appear to diverge.
Many species have diverged from a single ancestor.
The coastal road diverges from the freeway just north of Santa Monica.
We went through school and college together, but then our paths diverged.
They walked along the road together until they reached the village, but then their paths diverged.
Although the two organizations have worked together for many years, their objectives have diverged recently.

divergence (noun)
ভিন্নতা; difference
a wide divergence of opinion
The divergence between the incomes of the rich and the poor countries seems to be increasing.
Recently published figures show a divergence from previous trends.

divergent (adjective)
ভিন্ন; different
divergent paths / opinions
They hold widely divergent opinions on controversial issues like abortion.

[Binoy]

Word-189 (23-07-12)

divulge (verb)
গোপন কথা প্রকাশ করা; to make something secret known [syn. reveal]
Journalists do not divulge their sources.
Police refused to divulge the identity of the suspect.
The managing director refused to divulge how much she earned.

[Binoy]

Word-190 (24-07-12)

dizzy (adjective) [syn. giddy]
1. মাথা ঘোরানো অনুভূতি; feeling as if everything is spinning around you and that you are not able to balance
Climbing so high made me feel dizzy.
I suffer from dizzy spells.
Going without sleep for a long time makes me feel dizzy and light-headed.
I felt quite dizzy with excitement as I went up to collect the award.

2.  দ্রুত ও বিভ্রান্তিকর; confusing and very fast
the dizzy descent from the summit
the dizzy pace of life in Hong Kong
Who could have predicted the dizzy pace of change in the country?

3. বোকা; silly or stupid
a dizzy blonde
In the film, she played the part of a dizzy shopkeeper.

dizzily / dizzyingly (adverb)
মাথা ঘুরিয়ে দেয় এমনভাবে; in a dizzy way or a way that makes you feel dizzy
The skyscrapers towered dizzily above us.

dizziness (noun)
মাথা ঘোরা; a state of dizzy feeling
The dizziness forced him to consult a doctor.

dizzying (adjective)
মাথা ঘুরিয়ে দেয় এমন;  causing you to feel dizzy
a dizzying display of acrobatics
The dizzying pace of political change in the country caught many people by surprise.

Idiom:

the dizzy heights of sth 
গুরুত্বপূর্ণ অবস্থান; a very important position
Do you think Tess will reach the dizzy heights of Senior Editor before she's 30?

[Binoy]

Word-191 (25-07-12)

doleful (adjective) [syn. mournful]
খুব বিষন্ন; very sad
a doleful expression / face / song
a doleful looking man

dolefully (adverb)
খুব বিষন্নভাবে; in a doleful way
He looked at me dolefully.
She sang the song dolefully.

dolorous (adjective)
বিষাদময়; sad, or causing sadness or emotional suffering
Their dolorous acting moved the audience.

[Binoy]

Word-192 (26-07-12)

doodle (verb)
আঁকিবুকি করা;  to draw pictures or patterns while thinking about something else or when you are bored
She'd doodled all over her textbooks.
I often doodle when I’m on the phone.

doodle (noun)
আঁকিবুকি; the act of doodling
He is engaged in his doodle.
The doodle gave her much pleasure.

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Word-193 (27-07-12)

douse (verb)

1. ভিজিয়ে দেওয়া; to make something or someone wet by throwing a lot of liquid over them
The car was doused in petrol and set alight.
We watched as demonstrators doused a car in/with petrol and set it alight.

2. আগুন নিভানো; to stop a fire or light from burning or shining, especially by putting water on it or by covering it with something
dousing the burning hut
The firefighters have at last doused the fire.

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Word-194 (28-07-12)

dowry (noun)
যৌতুক; an amount of money or property which a woman's parents give to the man she marries
a dowry of two lakh taka
The family is dead against dowry.
Dowry is a great curse in Bengali society.
The woman was tortured as her parents could not pay the dowry.

[Binoy]

Word-195 (29-07-12)

doze (verb)
অল্প সময়ের জন্য ঘুমানো; to sleep lightly for a short time
My cat likes dozing in front of the fire.

doze (noun)
অল্প সময়ের জন্য ঘুম; a short light sleep
He's just having a little doze on the settee.

dozy (adjective)
ক্লান্ত ও তন্দ্রালু; tired and wanting to sleep
Drinking a beer at lunchtime makes me feel dozy all afternoon.

dozily (adverb)
তন্দ্রালুভাবে; in a dozy way
He finished his dinner dozily.

Phrase:

doze off
দিনের বেলা ঘুমানো; to go to sleep, especially during the day
The office was so hot I nearly dozed off at my desk.
She dozed off in front of the fire.

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Word-196 (30-07-12)

drab (adjective)
বিরক্তিকর; সাদামাটা; boring, especially in appearance; lacking colour and excitement
a cold drab little office
drab women, dressed in brown and white
I feel so drab in this grey uniform.
She walked through the city centre with its drab, grey buildings and felt depressed.

drabness (noun)
বিরক্তিকর বা সাদামাটা ভাব; the state of being drab
the drabness of her performance
It's the unrelieved drabness of big industrial cities that depresses me.

Idiom:

in dribs and drabs
একটু একটু করে; in small amounts, a few at a time
The charity was coming in dribs and drabs.
She paid me in dribs and drabs, not all at once.

[Binoy]

Word-197 (31-07-12)

dread (verb)
ভয় পাওয়া; আশঙ্কা করা; to be very afraid of sth; to fear that sth bad is going to happen:
I dread being sick.
She dreads her husband finding out.
I'm dreading having to meet his parents.
This was the moment he had been dreading.
He's dreading his driving test - he's sure he's going to fail.
I dread to think what would happen if there really was a fire here.

dread (noun)
ভয় বা আশঙ্কা; a strong feeling of fear or worry
She has an irrational dread of hospitals.
I live in dread of bumping into her in the street.
The prospect of growing old fills me with dread.
My greatest dread is that my parents will find out.
The prospect of working full-time fills me with dread.
The committee members live in dread of anything that may cause a scandal.

dreaded (adjective)
ভীতিকর; causing fear
The dreaded moment had finally arrived.
I've got my dreaded cousin coming to stay!
Did I hear the dreaded word ‘homework’?

dreadful (adjective)
ভয়ঙ্কর; বাজে; very bad, of very low quality, or shocking and very sad
a dreadful accident
How dreadful!
Jinat looked dreadful.
What dreadful weather!
What a dreadful thing to say!
They suffered dreadful injuries.
It’s dreadful the way they treat their staff.
The food was bad and the service was dreadful.
I was beginning to think I'd made a dreadful mistake.
The news report was so dreadful that I just had to switch it off.
She’s making a dreadful mess of things.
I’m afraid there’s been a dreadful mistake.

dreadfully (adverb)
ভয়ঙ্করভাবে; in an extreme way
I’m dreadfully sorry.
I miss you dreadfully.
She behaved dreadfully.
He was dreadfully upset.
I'm dreadfully sorry - I really am.
They suffered dreadfully during the war.

Idiom:

dread to think
চিন্তা করতে ভয় পাওয়া; used to say that you do not want to think about something because it is too worrying
I dread to think what would happen if he was left to cope on his own.