Correct Answer

গ) Reduce ✅

Explanation:

• Alleviate (Verb)

  • Bangla Meaning: লাঘব করা, উপশম করা।

  • English Meaning: relieve, lessen.

• Reduce

  • Bangla Meaning: কমানো, হ্রাস করা।

  • English Meaning: to diminish in size, amount, extent, or number.

Other Options

ক) Intensify → তীব্রতর বা অধিক গাঢ়তর করা।
খ) Magnify → অতিরঞ্জিত করা; গুরুত্ব বা তীব্রতা বৃদ্ধি করা।
ঘ) Complicate → জটিল বা কঠিন করা।

Source: Accessible Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary

Correct Answer: খ) Cheerful

Elated (Adj)

• Bangla Meaning: অনুপ্রাণিত হওয়া

• English Meaning: marked by high spirits; exultant

Cheerful (Adj)

• Bangla Meaning: আনন্দদায়ক বা আনন্দব্যঞ্জক; মনোরম

• English Meaning: full of good spirits; merry

Other Options:

1. Sad – দুঃখজনক; affected with or expressive of grief or unhappiness

2. Angry – ক্রুদ্ধ; feeling or showing anger

3. Slow – ধীর, মন্থর; mentally dull

Source: Cambridge Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Accessible Dictionary

Macbeth’s “Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow” Soliloquy – Act 5, Scene 5

• Context:

  • Macbeth has just learned of Lady Macbeth’s death.

  • He is trapped in his castle, facing an invading army, and his reign is collapsing.

• Meaning:

  • The soliloquy reflects complete despair and nihilism.

  • Life is portrayed as meaningless, brief, and insignificant:

    • Like a shadow with no substance

    • Like a bad actor who has a dramatic moment on stage but is quickly forgotten

  • Concludes with:
    "Life’s a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing."

• Significance:

  • One of the most powerful expressions of hopelessness in literature

  • Marks the absolute low point of Macbeth’s tragic journey