Lesson-9
The Miller of the Dee
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Word Note-
Miller- A person who owns a mill for making flour.
āĻŽিāϞাā§°- āĻāĻা āĻŦāύোā§ąাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻŽিāϞ āĻĨāĻা āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি।
Hale- Strong and healthy even in age.
āĻšেāϞ- āĻŦāϝ়āϏāϤো āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āĻā§°ু āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āĻ¯ā§ąাāύ।
Morn- Morning
ā§°াāϤিāĻĒুā§ąা- ā§°াāϤিāĻĒুā§ąা
Blithe- Happy not anxious
āĻŦ্āϞিāĻĨ- āϏুāĻী āύāĻšāϝ় āĻāĻĻ্āĻŦিāĻ্āύ
Burden- The meaning (An old English use of the word)
āĻŦোāĻা- āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ (āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻāĻা āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻংā§°াāĻী āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§°)
Thou'rt- You are (Old English use)
āϤুāĻŽি āĻāĻা- āϤুāĻŽি (āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻংā§°াāĻী āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§°)
Thine- Yours (Old English use)
āϤোāĻŽাā§°- āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° (āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻংā§°াāĻী āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§°)
Doffed- To take off hat to show respect
āĻĄāĻĢāĻĄ- āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύ āĻĻেāĻুā§ąাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻুāĻĒী āĻুāϞি āĻĻিāϝ়া
Sighed- To take and then let out deep breath to show that one is disappointed sad, tried
āĻšুāĻŽুāύিāϝ়াāĻš āĻাāĻĸ়ি- āĻšāϤাāĻļ āĻĻুāĻী āĻŦুāϞি āĻĻেāĻুā§ąাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĻীāĻāϞāĻৈ āĻāĻļাāĻš āϞোā§ąা āĻā§°ু āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āĻā§°ি āĻĻিāϝ়া, āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻā§°া
Mealy- Covered With flour
āĻāĻšাā§°- āĻŽāϝ়āĻĻাā§°ে āĻāĻŦৃāϤ
Boast- To talk proudly, to be proud of
āĻৌā§°ā§ą- āĻৌā§°ā§ąেā§°ে āĻāĻĨা āĻোā§ąা, āĻৌā§°ā§ą āĻā§°া
Comprehension
1. What did the miller say to others?
(āĻŽিāϞাā§°āĻāύে āĻāϞāĻ āĻি āĻŦুāϞি āĻā§?)
Tick the answerঃ
(āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰āĻো āĻŦাāĻি āĻāϞিāĻā§ąা)
a) Nobody loves me
(āĻŽোāĻ āĻোāύেāĻ āĻাāϞ āύাāĻĒাā§)
b) Every body envies me
(āĻŽোā§° āϞāĻāϤ āϏāĻāϞোā§°ে āĻļāϤ্ā§°ুāϤা āĻāĻে)
c) Nobody envies me
(āĻŽোā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻাā§°ো āĻļāϤ্ā§°ুāϤা āύাāĻ)
Ans: Nobody envies me.
2. How many times is the word 'wrong' used? What is the opposite word?
('wrong' āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻো āĻেāĻāĻŦাā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে ? āĻā§াā§° āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻো āĻি?)
Ans: The word 'wrong' is used three times. The opposite word for wrong is right.
('wrong' āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻো āϤিāύিāĻŦাā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ ৷ āĻā§াā§° āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻšৈāĻে right)
3. Make a table about the two : The King and the Miller
(āĻĻুā§োā§°ে āĻŦিāώā§ে āϤাāϞিāĻা āĻŦāύোā§ąা)
Ans:
The King The Miller
a. The king is sad. a. The miller is happy
(ā§°āĻা āĻĻুāĻীāϤ āĻāĻিāϞ) (āĻŽিāϞাā§° āϏুāĻী āĻāĻিāϞ)
b. He doesn't sing. b. He sings the whole day
(āϤেāĻঁ āĻাāύ āύাāĻাā§) (āϤেāĻঁ āĻোāĻেāĻ āĻĻিāύāĻো āĻাāύ āĻাāĻ āĻĨাāĻে)
c. His heart is heavy c. His heart is light
(āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŽāύāĻো āĻāϧুā§° āĻšৈ āĻĨাāĻে) (āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŽāύāĻো āĻāύāύ্āĻĻিāϤ āĻšৈ āĻĨাāĻে)
Working with the Text :
1. How did the miller work?
(āĻŽিāϞাā§°āĻāύে āĻেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: The miller worked singing songs from morning till night.
(āĻŽিāϞাā§°āĻāύে ā§°াāϤিāĻĒুā§ąাā§° āĻĒā§°া ā§°াāϤিāϞৈāĻে āĻাāύ āĻাāĻ āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ)
2 . Why did he say he was happy in the first stanza?
(āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻāĻŖ্āĻĄāϤ āϤেāĻঁ āĻিā§ āϏুāĻী āĻŦুāϞি āĻৈāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: He says he was happy in the firat stanza because nobody envies him and he envies nobody.
(āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻāĻŖ্āĻĄāϤ āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻāĻে āϏুāĻী āĻŦুāϞি āĻৈāĻিāϞ āĻাā§°āĻŖ āϤেāĻঁ āĻাāĻো āĻšিংāϏা āύāĻā§°ে āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁāĻো āĻোāύেāĻ āĻšিংāϏা āύāĻā§°ে)
3 King Hal wanted to change positions with the Miller. Why?
(ā§°āĻা āĻšāϞে āĻŽিāύাā§°ā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻিā§ āĻ াāĻ āϏāϞাāĻŦ āĻুāĻিāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: King Hal wanted to change positions with the Miller because he is happier and his heart is light and voice is bold and free than the king.
( ā§°āĻা āĻšāϞে āĻŽিāύাā§°ā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻিā§ āĻ াāĻ āϏāϞাāĻŦ āĻুāĻিāĻিāϞ āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻŽিāϞাā§° āϤেāĻঁāϤāĻৈ āϏুāĻী āĻāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻ āύ্āϤ⧰āĻāύো āĻāύāύ্āĻĻিāϤ āĻā§°ু āĻŽুāĻ্āϤ āĻāĻিāϞ।)
4. "I owe no penny,I cannot pay." What does the Miller mean here?
(āĻŽোā§° āĻšাāϤāϤ āĻŽāĻ āĻĻিāĻŦ āύোā§ąā§°া āĻোāύো āϧāύ āύাāĻ" āĻā§াā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻŽিāϞাā§°ে āĻি āĻŦুāĻাāĻāĻে?)
Ans: "I owe no penny I cannot pay". Here the Miller means that he doesn't have any loan or borrowed any money that he is unable to pay.
(āĻā§াā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻŽিāϞাā§°ে āĻŦুāĻাāĻŦ āĻুāĻিāĻে āϝে āϤেāĻঁ āĻেāϤিā§াāĻ āϤেāύে āĻāĻা āϧাā§°āϞৈ āύāϞ⧠āϝাā§° āϤেāĻঁ āϧাā§° āĻŽাā§°িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে।)
5. What did the King want to exchange with the Miller?
(ā§°āĻাāĻ āĻŽিāϞাā§°ā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻি āϏāϞāύি āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻুāĻিāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: The King want to exchange his heart with the Miller.
(ā§°āĻাāĻ āĻŽিāϞাā§°ā§° āϏৈāϤে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻšৃāĻĻā§āĻāύ āϏāϞāύি āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻুāĻিāĻিāϞ)
Working with language:
Find adjectives which describe the Miller and the King.
(ā§°āĻা āĻā§°ু āĻŽিāϞাā§°ā§° āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻĻিā§া āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻŖāĻŦোā§° āĻŦাāĻি āĻāϞিā§াāĻ āϞিāĻা)
Ans:
The king: Good, sad (āĻাāϞ, āĻĻুāĻিāϤ)
The Miller: Hale, bold, blithe, happy. (āϏুāϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝ,āύিā§°্āĻীāĻ,āĻāύāύ্āĻĻিāϤ,āϏুāĻী)
Write:
1. Six (6) words starting with mill and ending in mill (use the dictionary)
(Mill āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§°ে āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻšোā§ąা āĻā§°ু āĻļেāώ āĻšোā§ąা āĻāĻা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āϞিāĻা)
Ans: Words starting with mill: miller, milling, million, milligram, millimeter, millivolt
āĻŽিāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻšোā§ąা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ: āĻŽিāϞাā§°, āĻŽিāϞিং, āĻŽিāϞিāĻ্ā§°াāĻŽ, āĻŽিāϞিāĻŽিāĻাā§°, āĻŽিāϞিāĻāϞ্āĻ।
Words ending with mill: Sawmill, treadmill, windmill, jutemill.
āĻŽিāϞ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āϏāĻŽাāĻĒ্āϤ āĻšোā§ąা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ: āĻাāĻāĻŽিāϞ, āĻ্ā§°েāĻĄāĻŽিāϞ, āĻāĻāĻŖ্āĻĄāĻŽিāϞ, āĻĒাāĻāĻŽিāϞ।
2.The Mill in the poem is powered by the waters of the river Dee. What are the other mills powered by other sources?
(āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻিāϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻŽিāϞāĻো āĻĻী āύৈā§° āĻĒাāύীā§° āϏāĻšাā§āϤ āĻāϞে। āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিā§া āĻ āύ্āϝ āĻŽিāϞāĻŦোā§° āĻিāĻšā§° āϏāĻšাā§āϤ āĻāϞে āϞিāĻা) ।
Wind Mill (āĻŦāϤাāĻš āĻŽিāϞ)
Saw Mill (āĻ’ā§ą āĻŽিāϞ)
Jute Mill (āĻŽā§°াāĻĒাāĻ āĻŽিāϞ)
Oil Mill(āϤৈāϞ āĻŽিāϞ)
Ans: Wind mill: Wind
Saw mill: wind/electricity
Jute mill: elecrticity
Oil mill: oil
Word meaning:
Dwelt- āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°া।
Bold- āϏাāĻšāϏী।
Beside- āĻāĻā§°āϤ।
Morn- ā§°াāϤিāĻĒুā§ąা।
Burden- āĻŦোāĻা।
Forever- āĻিā§°āĻĻিāύ।
Envy- āĻā§°্āώা।
Gladly- āĻāύāύ্āĻĻā§°ে।
Earn- āĻāĻĒাā§°্āĻāύ āĻā§°া।
Quoth- āĻāĻĻ্āϧৃāϤি।
Owe- āĻāĻŖী āĻšোā§ąা।
Turns- āĻূā§°ি āϝাā§।
Feed- āĻোāĻāύ।
Sigh- āĻšুāĻŽুāύিā§াāĻš।
Farewell- āĻŦিāĻĻাā§।
Worth- āĻŽূāϞ্āϝ।
Crown- āĻŽুāĻুāĻ।
Fee- āĻŽাāĻুāϞ।
Boast- āĻৌā§°ā§ą āĻā§°āĻ।
Word meaning by- Punya Hazarika.
Check by- Mukesh Borah
Himadri Borah
(M.A in English)