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This flashcard set helps learners improve their English vocabulary at a university level. The vocabulary flashcards focus on complex words and phrases, such as "recrimination," "array," and "invoke," which are essential for academic and professional communication. The platform supports backward learning, allowing users to practice translating from English to their native language and vice versa. This set is ideal for advanced learners, including students and professionals, who want to enhance their language skills for exams, presentations, or everyday use.
Cartes-fiches
38
Utilisateurs
1
Langue
Anglais
Catégorie
Anglais
Niveau
Université
Créé / Mis à jour
11.06.2016 / 24.06.2016

Cartes-fiches

 squirm

If you want to see German efficiency, go to Switzerland.” While it has German engineers squirming.

overrun

Most of the country’s recent high-profile construction schemes have become great national embarrassments, beset by massive delays and huge cost overruns

decrepit

there is the decrepit state of roads and bridges

detour

there is the decrepit state of roads and bridges, some of which are in such a state of disrepair that commuters are forced to take huge detours to avoid them.

tempt

frenzied

The attack on Professor Rezaul Karim Siddiquee was so frenzied that its traces remain more than a month later

spatter

arcs of dried blood spattered up a pink wall and a pile of sand covering bloodstains

barrack

alley

Neighbours in the narrow alley where Siddiquee was murdered

lay down

1 : to give up : surrender 2 a : establish, prescribe b : to assert or command dogmatically 3 a : store, preserve b : record

spree

observant

Siddiquee was an observant believer who regularly attended prayers and even paid for the renovation of the mosque in his ancestral village

ancestral

Siddiquee was an observant believer who regularly attended prayers and even paid for the renovation of the mosque in his ancestral village

piggyback

noun: 1. a ride on someone's back and shoulders. adjective: 1. on the back and shoulders of another person. adverb 1. on the back and shoulders of another person. verb:1. carry by or as if by piggyback.

in no way/not in any way

not at all. কোন অবস্থাতেই নয়/ You use in no way or not in any way to emphasize that a statement is not at all true. [emphasis] ⇒ In no way am I going to adopt any of his methods. ⇒ A spokesman iShe added that she had in no way intended to offend anybody.

spring into action

হঠাৎ কাজে ঝাঁপিয়ে পড়া। ( to suddenly begin moving or doing something) উদাহরণ: As soon as the boss came in the door, everyone sprang into action. Every morning, I jump out of bed and spring into action.

archetype

আদর্শরূপ, An archetype is something that is considered to be a perfect or typical example of a particular kind of person or thing, because it has all their most important characteristics. [formal] ⇒ He came to this country 20 years ago and is the archetyp

theocracy

allegiance

Your allegiance is your support for and loyalty to a particular group, person, or belief. [+ to] ⇒ My allegiance to Kendall and his company ran deep. ⇒ ...a community driven by strong ties and allegiances.

xenophobia

discretion

if someone in a position of authority uses their discretion or has the discretion to do something in a particular situation, they have the freedom and authority to decide what to do. [formal] ⇒ This committee may want to exercise its discretion to look in

abrasive

রূক্ষ/কর্কশ: Someone who has an abrasive manner is unkind and rude. ⇒ His abrasive manner has won him an unenviable notoriety.

instigate

The violence over the last forty-eight hours was instigated by ex-members of the secret police.

recoil

It shows at least four rounds of spanking, with one woman recoiling each time, apparently in pain.

forthcoming

আসন্ন , আসন্নপ্রকাশ , প্রয়োজনে ব্যবহারোপযোগী. his opponents in the forthcoming elections.

emulate

If you emulate something or someone, you imitate them because you admire them a great deal. [formal] [V n] ⇒ Sons are traditionally expected to emulate their fathers. One reason America can’t emulate Australia is purely political.

confiscation

If you confiscate something from someone, you take it away from them, usually as a punishment. [V n + from] ⇒ There is concern that police use the law to confiscate assets from people who have committed minor offences.

scoope

কোনকিছু আঁজলা ভরে তোলা । If you scoop something from a container, you remove it with something such as a spoon. They scooped out and ate the elephants’ brains.

stow

I helped her stow her bags in the boot of the car.

Loathe

If you loathe something or someone, you dislike them very much. [V n] ⇒ The two men loathe each other.

uncharted

1. The EU is in shock and entering uncharted territory. 2. "These shoes are not for trekking across uncharted territory filled with rocks and bugs.

Rile

To annoy or anger; irritate. Ex.- Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher was a cheerleader for EEC membership, but after becoming prime minister from 1979 she was soon riling her European colleagues.

sketchy

Sketchy information about something does not include many details and is therefore incomplete or inadequate. ⇒ Details of what actually happened are still sketchy.

acrimonious

invoke

cite or appeal to (someone or something) as an authority for an action or in support of an argument.synonyms: cite. call on (a deity or spirit) in prayer, as a witness, or for inspiration.

array

Ex- An array of laws and EU entitlements will cease to apply to British business and citizens.

recrimination

The recriminations flew fast, not least at Mr. Cameron, who had made the decision to call the referendum on membership.

not least

বিশেষ করে, বিশেষত, in particular; notably. Ex- The recriminations flew fast, not least at Mr. Cameron, who had made the decision to call the referendum on membership

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