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Verbs ক্রিয়ার ৩টি রুপ। Right form of Verb II JSC II SSC II HSC II Class 04 Verb মনে রাখার সহজ উপায়। Learn the 3 forms of verbs in Bengali in this educational video for JSC, SSC, HSC, and Class 04 students. Easy tips on remembering the right form of verbs!So...

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Appropriate Preposition

11. Afraid of: She is afraid of working there.
12. Allot to: Sixty shares were allotted to him.
13. Amazed at: We are amazed at his manners.
14. Ambition for: We should have ambition for attaining higher point.
15. Ambitious 0f: He is ambitious of distinction.
16. Anxious about: I am anxious about the outcome.
17. Anxious for: I am anxious for the reward.
18. Apologize to: You all must apologize to him for your conduct.
19. Appetite for: They have no appetite for food.
20. Apply to (person): I applied to him for the position.

আজকের Appropriate Preposition:-

1. Aware of: People should be aware of their right.
2. Aim at: He aimed at the lion.
3. Annoyed at: My brother is annoyed at our plan.
4. Annoyed with: My mother is annoyed with us.
5. Access to: We have free access to the information.
6. Accuse (somebody) of: We should not accuse him of the robbery.
7. Approve of: I cannot approve of your misconduct.
8. Adhere to: We should adhere to our strategy.
9. Admit of: His conduct admits of no defense.
10. Affix to/on: Please, affix this hallmark to/on the envelop.

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1st Assignment for Class-xi

Read the text.
REUTERS
15 December 2013
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters)-Nelson Mandela guided South Africa from the shackles of apartheid to a multi-racial democracy, as an icon of peace and reconciliation who came to embody the struggle for justice around the world.

Imprisoned for nearly three decades for his fight against white minority rule, 5 Mandela never lost his resolve to fight for his people's emancipation. He was determined to bring down apartheid while avoiding a civil war. His prestige and charisma helped him win the support of the world.

"I hate race discrimination most intensely and in all its manifestations. I have fought it all during my life; I will fight it now, and will do so until the end of my days," Mandela said in his acceptance speech on becoming South Africa's first black president in 1994,... "The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come."

"We have, at last, achieved our political emancipation."

In 1993, Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, an honor he shared with F.W. de Klerk, the white African leader who had freed him from prison three years earlier and negotiated the end of apartheid.

Mandela went on to play a prominent role on the world stage as an advocate of human dignity in the face of challenges ranging from political repression to AIDS.

He formally left public life in June 2004 before his 86th birthday, telling his adoring countrymen: "Don't call me. Til call you." But he remained one of the world's most revered public figures, combining celebrity sparkle with an unwavering message of freedom, respect and human rights.

"He is at the epicenter of our time, ours in South Africa, and yours, wherever you are," Nadine Gordimer, the South African writer and Nobel Laureate for Literature, once remarked.

The years Mandela spent behind bars made him the world's most celebrated political prisoner and a leader of mythic stature for millions of black South Africans and other oppressed people far beyond his country's borders.

Charged with capital offences in the 1963 Rivonia Trial, his statement from the dock was his political testimony.

"During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination.

"I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities," he told the court.

"It is an ideal I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."

Friends adored Mandela and fondly called him "Madiba," the clan name by which he was known.

People lauded his humanity, kindness and dignity.

A. Each of the following questions has a word with four alternative meanings. Choose the word which is closest in meaning in the context that has been used in the text.
i. What does apartheid refer to in the title?
a. apart
b. distance
c. discrimination
d. dialogue

ii.The word icon in the text means (line 3)
a. portrait
b. image
c. symbol
d. idol

iii. What does shackles refer to (line 3)?
a. restraints
b. sick
c. stigma
d. spur

iv. race discrimination (line 9) refers to —
a. differences on the basis of caste, creed and colour
b. competition among the members of a race
c. demoralization of people
d. domination of others

v. The word manifestation (line 9) means
a. presentation
b. right
c. change
d. sign

vi. The word healing (line 12) means
a. curing
b. heating
c. soothing
d. ailing

vii. The word chasm (line 13) refers to
a. cleft
b. top
c. hatred
d. border

viii. The word emancipation (line 13) is
a. participation
b. encouragement
c. expectation
d. liberation

B. Answer the following questions:
a. The text is a report prepared by a news agency. A newspaper here is interested to publish it in a shortened form. Write a summary of the report for the newspaper.

b. What do the following dates refer to?
1963 1993 1994 2004

c. Why did Nadine Gordimer remark that "He (Mandela) is at the epicenter of our time, ours in South Africa, and yours, wherever you are."?

d. What emancipation did Mandela hint at by saying "We have, at last, achieved our political emancipation."?

e. Mandela is quoted in the report as saying, "It is an ideal I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die." What ideal is he talking about? Do you support his ideal?

5. Read the text below and fill in the gaps with the right use of verbs:
Mandela................... (be) among the first to advocate armed resistance to apartheid, going underground in 1961 to form the ANC's armed wing. He ........................ (leave) South Africa and................... (travel) the continent and Europe, studying guerrilla warfare and building support for the ANC.
Branded a terrorist by his enemies, Mandela................... (sentence) to life imprisonment in 1964, isolated from millions of his countrymen as they ................................. (suffer) oppression, violence and forced resettlement under the apartheid regime of racial segregation. He ........(imprison) on Rohben Island, a penal colony of Cape Town, where he.................... (spend) the next 18 years before being moved to mainland prisons.