Lesson- 12

 The Little Orphan

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Word Note:

Raggedly (adv) : in old and ripped clothes

ā§°েāĻ—āĻĄāϞি (āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāĻĒāύ) : āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āφ⧰ু āĻ›িāĻ™ি āϝোā§ąা āĻ•াāĻĒোā§°āϤ

Festive (adj) : suitable for a festival

āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸ā§ąāĻŽুāĻ–ā§° (adj) : āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸ā§ąā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āωāĻĒāϝোāĻ—ী

Eve (n) : the day or evening before an event, e-g Christmas Eve (24th December), New                 Year Eve (31st December)

āχāĻ­ (āĻāύ) : āĻāϟা āĻ…āύুāώ্āĻ াāύ⧰ āφāĻ—āĻĻিāύা āĻŦা āϏāύ্āϧিāϝ়া, āχ-āϜি āĻ–্ā§°ীāώ্āϟāĻŽাāĻ› āχāĻ­ (24 āĻĄিāϚেāĻŽ্āĻŦā§°), āĻ¨ā§ąāĻŦā§°্āώ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻ•āĻ•্āώāĻŖ (31 āĻĄিāϚেāĻŽ্āĻŦā§°)

Caught sight of : saw

āϚāĻ•ুāϤ āϧ⧰া : āĻĻেāĻ–িāϞে

Sizeable (adj) : fairly large

āφāĻ•াā§°ā§° (adj) : āĻŽোāϟাāĻŽুāϟি āĻĄাāϙ⧰

Seized (v) : grabbed suddenly or violently

āϜāĻŦ্āĻĻ āϕ⧰া (v) : āĻšāĻ াāϤে āĻŦা āĻšিংāϏ্ā§°āĻ­াā§ąে āϧ⧰া

Soothing (adj) : relaxing, pleasant

āĻļাāύ্āϤ āϕ⧰া (adj) : āĻļিāĻĨিāϞ āϕ⧰া, āϏুāĻ–āĻĻাāϝ়āĻ•

Corpse (n) : dead body

āĻŽৃāϤāĻĻেāĻš (n) : āĻŽৃāϤāĻĻেāĻš


(Working with the text)

1.How old was the boy?

(āϞ’ā§°াāϜāύ⧰ āĻŦ⧟āϏ āĻ•িāĻŽাāύ āφāĻ›িāϞ?)

Ans: The boy was six years old. 

(āϞ’ā§°াāϜāύ⧰ āĻŦ⧟āϏ āĻ›āĻŦāϛ⧰)


2.What was the weather like? 

(āĻŦāϤ⧰āϟো āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ুā§ąা āφāĻ›িāϞ?)

Ans: The weather was bitterly cold.

(āĻŦāϤ⧰āϟো āĻ…āϤিāĻļ⧟ āĻ াāĻŖ্āĻĄা āφāĻ›িāϞ)


3.What was the festival being celebrated?

(āĻ•ি āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸ā§ą āωāĻĻāϝাāĻĒāύ āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ?) 

Ans: The festival being celebrated was the Christmas eve .

(āĻ–্ā§°ীāώ্āϟāĻŽাāĻ› āχāĻ­ āωāĻĻāϝাāĻĒāύ āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ)


4.What did the boy wish when he saw the beautifully decorated shops and people?

(āϞ’ā§°াāϜāύে āϏুāύ্āĻĻā§°āĻ•ৈ āϏāϜাāχ āĻĨোā§ąা āĻĻোāĻ•াāύāĻŦোā§° āĻĻেāĻ–ি āĻ•ি āĻ­াāĻŦিāĻ›িāϞ?) 

Ans: He wished he could get some food for him and his mother when he saw the beautifully decorated shops and people.

āϧুāύীāϝ়াāĻ•ৈ āϏāϜাāχ āĻĨোā§ąা āĻĻোāĻ•াāύ-āĻĒোāĻšাā§° āφ⧰ু āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§° āĻĻেāĻ–ি āϏি āϤাā§° āφ⧰ু āĻŽাāϕ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝ āĻĒাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāϞে āĻ­াāϞ āϞাāĻ—িāϞ।


5.Why did he enter the hall? What did he get? 

(āϏি āĻ•ি⧟ āĻšāϞāϟোāϤ āϏোāĻŽাāχāĻ›িāϞ? āϤাāϤ āϏি āĻ•ি āĻĒাāϞে?)

 Ans: He entered the hall to get some food. He got a coin. 

(āĻ…āϞāĻĒ āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝ āφāύিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻšāϞāϘ⧰āϤ āϏোāĻŽাāχ āĻ—’āϞ। āϏি āĻāϟা āĻŽুāĻĻ্ā§°া āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ।)


6. Why was he hit on the head and what happened after that? 

(āϏি āĻŽূā§°āϤ āĻ•ি⧟ āĻĻূāĻ– āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āϤাā§° āĻĒাāĻ›āϤ āĻ•ি āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ?)

Ans: A big rough boy hit him on the head. After that he fell down. Then he sprang up and started running. 

(āĻāϟা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•াāĻŖ্āĻĄ āϞ’ā§°াāχ āϤাāĻ• āĻŽূā§°āϤ āĻŽাā§°িāĻ›িāϞ। āϤাā§° āĻĒাāĻ›āϤ āϏি āĻĒā§°ি āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āϏি āωāĻ ি āĻĻৌā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āϧ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।)


Comprehension check:

Complete the following sentences with parts given in the story 

(āĻĒাāĻ āϟিāϤ āĻĻি⧟া āĻ…ংāĻļāϏāĻŽূāĻšেā§°ে āϤāϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāĻŦোā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϕ⧰া)

Ans:1. His mouth was filled with water

(āϤাā§° āϞোāĻ­ā§° āĻĒাāύী āĻĒā§°িāĻ›িāϞ)

2.The day was the eve of Christmas.

(āϏেāχāĻĻিāύা āĻ–্ā§°ীāώ্āϟāĻŽাāĻ› āχāĻ­ āφāĻ›িāϞ)

3. All of them were nicely dressed. 

(āϏāĻ•āϞোāĻŦোā§°ে āϧুāύী⧟া āϏাāϜ-āĻĒাā§° āĻĒā§°িāϧাāύ āϕ⧰ি āφāĻ›িāϞ)

4.The coin had fallen from his hsnds . 

(āϏিāĻ•িāϟো āϤাā§° āĻšাāϤ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻĒā§°ি āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ)

5. He was struck dumb

(āϏি āĻ…āϤিāĻļ⧟ āφāϚ⧰িāϤ āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ)

6. The owner of the soft voice gave him delicious food to eat

(āĻ•োāĻŽāϞ āĻŽাāϤ⧰ āĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী⧟ে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āϏুāϏ্āĻŦাāĻĻু āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝ āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ)


7. Now all the children were under the umbrella of God's blessings. 

(āĻāϤি⧟া āϏāĻ•āϞোāĻŦোā§° āĻļিāĻļু āĻ­āĻ—ā§ąাāύ⧰ āφāĻļীā§°্āĻŦাāĻĻā§° āĻ›āϤ্ā§°āĻ›া⧟াāϤ āφāĻ›ে)


Q. Complete the following with appropriate clause

(āωāĻĒāϝুāĻ•্āϤ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāĻ–āĻŖ্āĻĄā§°ে āϤāϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāĻŦোā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϕ⧰া)

a) If l had a spaceship... 

Ans: If I had a spaceship I would have explored the universe. 

(āϝāĻĻি āĻŽোā§° āĻāĻ–āύ āĻŽāĻšাāĻ•াāĻļāϝাāύ āĻĨাāĻ•িāϞ āĻšেāϤেঁāύ)


 b) If I  knew he had taken it..

  Ans: If I knew he had taken it I would stopped him to do that 

(āϝāĻĻি āĻŽāχ āϏি āϏেāϟো āϞ’āϞে āĻŦুāϞি āϜাāύিāϞোāĻšেāϤেঁāύ āĻŽāχ āϤাāĻ• āĻŽাāύা āϕ⧰িāϞো āĻšেāϤেāύ)


c) If l get the money...  

Ans: If I get the money, I will buy a big house. 

(āϝāĻĻি āĻŽāχ āĻĒāχāϚাāĻ–িāύি āĻĒাঁāĻ“ āĻŽāχ āĻāϟা āĻĄাāϙ⧰ āϘ⧰ āĻ•িāύিāĻŽ)


d) If it had not been so hot...

Ans: If it had not been so hot I might went to the market.

(āϝāĻĻি āχāĻŽাāύ āĻ—ā§°āĻŽ āύāĻš’āϞāĻšেঁāϤেāύ āĻŽāχ āĻŦāϜাā§°āϞৈ āĻ—’āϞোāĻšেঁāϤেāύ)


e) If I had a ticket for the world cup football.

Ans: If I had a ticket for the world cup football I would definitely went there.

(āϝāĻĻি āĻŽোā§° āĻšাāϤāϤ ā§ąā§°্āϞ্āĻĄāĻ•াāĻĒā§° āϟিāĻ•েāϟ āĻĨাāĻ•িāϞāĻšেāϤেঁāύ āĻŽāχ āύিāĻļ্āϚ⧟ āϤাāϞৈ āĻ—’āϞোāĻšেঁāϤেāύ)


Comprehension 

1. Answer the following questions. 

(āϤāϞ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻি⧟া)

a) Why was the little boy walking along the street? 

(āϏ⧰ু āϞ’ā§°াāϟো āĻ•ি⧟ āĻ…āĻ•āϞে āĻ…āĻ•āϞে ā§°াāϏ্āϤাāϤ āϘুā§°ি āĻĢুā§°িāĻ›িāϞ?) 

Ans:  The little boy was walking along the street in search of food.

(āϏ⧰ু āϞ’ā§°াāϟো āĻ–োā§ąাāĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি  āĻ…āĻ•āϞে āĻ…āĻ•āϞে ā§°াāϏ্āϤাāϤ āϘুā§°ি āĻĢুā§°িāĻ›িāϞ)


b) What did he see around him?

(āϏি āύিāϜ⧰ āϚাā§°িāĻ“āĻĢাāϞে āĻ•ি āĻĻেāĻ–িāĻ›িāϞ?)

Ans: He saw around him the roadside shops were full of colourful dresses, beautiful toys, balloons, Christmas trees, golden papers, plenty of food and drinking items.

(āϏি āύিāϜ⧰ āϚাā§°িāĻ“āĻĢাāϞে āĻĻোāĻ•াāύāϤ āϏāϜাāχ āĻĨোā§ąা ā§°ং-āĻŦিā§°āĻ™ী āϏাāϜ āĻĒোāĻ›াāĻ•, āϧুāύী⧟া āĻĒুāϤāϞা, āĻŦেāϞুāύ, āĻ–ীāώ্āϟāĻŽাāĻ› āĻ—āĻ›, āϏোāĻŖাāϞী āĻ•াāĻ—āϜ, āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻ–োā§ąাāĻŦāϏ্āϤু āφ⧰ু āĻĒাāύী⧟ āĻĻেāĻ–িāĻ›িāϞ।)


c) What did he do when he saw the big hall?

(āĻĄাāϙ⧰ āĻšāϞāϟোāϤ  āĻĻেāĻ–ি āϏি āĻ•ি āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ?) 

Ans: When he saw the big hall he peeped through the glass and saw some children of his age were playing together.

(āĻĄাāϙ⧰ āĻšāϞāϟোāϤ āĻĻেāĻ–ি āϏি āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϞৈ āϜুāĻŽি āϚাāχāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āϤাā§° āϏāĻŽাāύ āĻŦ⧟āϏ⧰ āϞ’ā§°া-āĻ›োā§ąাāϞী āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύে āĻ–েāϞি āĻĨāĻ•া āĻĻেāĻ–িāĻ›িāϞ।)


d) What thought came to his mind, when he saw the eatable things inside the hall?

(āĻšāϞāϟোā§° āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϤ āĻ–োā§ąাāĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻŦোā§° āĻĻেāĻ–ি āϏি āĻ•ি āĻ­াāĻŦিāĻ›িāϞ?)

Ans: When he saw the eatable things inside the hall he thought if he can enter the hall he will get something to eat.

(āĻšāϞāϟোā§° āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϤ āĻ–োā§ąাāĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻŦোā§° āĻĻেāĻ–ি āϏি āĻ­াāĻŦিāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āϝāĻĻিāĻšে āϏি āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϞৈ āϏোāĻŽাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে āϤেāϤি⧟া āϏিāĻ“ āĻ–াāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒাāĻŦ)


Word meaning:

Orphan- āĻ…āύাāĻĨ।

Novelists- āĻ”āĻĒāύ্āϝাāϏিāĻ•।

Military- āϏৈāύিāĻ•।

Suffer- āĻ­োāĻ—া।

Recurring- āĻĒুāύ⧰াāĻŦৃāϤ্āϤিāĻŽূāϞāĻ•।

Epilepsy- āĻŽৃāĻ—ীā§°োāĻ—।

Guilt- āĻ…āĻĒā§°াāϧāĻŦোāϧ।

Despair- āĻšāϤাāĻļা।

Magazine- āφāϞোāϚāύী।

Condemn- āύিāύ্āĻĻা āϕ⧰া।

Belong- āĻ…āύ্āϤ⧰্āĻ—āϤ।

Revolutionary- āĻŦিāĻĒ্āĻ˛ā§ąী।

Fortunately- āϏোāĻ­াāĻ—্āϝāĻ•্ā§°āĻŽে।

Restore- āĻĒুāύ⧰ āϏāĻž্āϚ⧟ āϕ⧰া।

Brutal- āύিāώ্āĻ ুā§°।

Prison- āĻ•াā§°াāĻ—াā§°।

Camp- āĻļিāĻŦিā§°।

Tragic- āĻĻুāĻ–āϜāύāĻ•।

Influenced- āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ­াā§ąিāϤ।

Debt- āϧাā§°।

Achieve- āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻĒ্āϤ āϕ⧰া।

Bitterly- āϤিāĻ•্āϤāĻ­াā§ąে।

Shiver- āĻļিāĻšā§°āĻŖ।

Sick- āĻŦেāĻŽাā§°ী।

Able- āϏāĻ•্āώāĻŽ।

Festive- āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸ā§ąāĻŽুāĻ–ā§°।

Plenty- āĻĒā§°্āϝাāĻĒ্āϤ।

Wish- āĻŦাāĻž্āϚা āϕ⧰া।

Hopeful- āφāĻļাāĻŦাāĻĻী।

Street- ā§°াāώ্āϟা।

Neat- āϚাāĻĢা।

Joyful- āφāύāύ্āĻĻāĻŽā§Ÿ।

Cought- āϧ⧰া।

Sight- āĻĻৃāώ্āϟি।

Varieties- āϜাāϤāϏāĻŽূāĻš।

Sizeable- āφāĻ•াā§°ā§°।

Shaky- āϞ⧰āϚ⧰ āϕ⧰া।

Approach- āĻĒāĻĻ্āϧāϤি।

Frightened- āĻļংāĻ•িāϤ।

Fallen- āĻĒāϤিāϤ।

Wear- āĻĒিāύ্āϧা।

Delicious- āϏুāϏ্āĻŦাāĻĻু।

Lonely- āύিā§°্āϜāύāϤা।

Rough- āĻ–āĻšāϟা।

Blow- āĻĢুā§ąাāχ āĻĻি⧟া।

Struck- āφāϘাāϤ āϞāĻ—া।

Dumb- āĻŦোāĻŦা।

Courtyard- āϚোāϤাāϞ।

Breathless- āωāĻļাāĻš āĻŦāύ্āϧ।

Relief- āϤ্ā§°াāĻŖ āĻĒোā§ąা।

Severe- āĻ…āϤিāĻļ⧟।

Warm- āωāώ্āĻŖ।

Stretched- āϟাāύি āϞোā§ąা।

Affection- āϏ্āύেāĻš।

Soothing- āĻļাāύ্āϤ āϕ⧰া।

Decorated- āϏāϜোā§ąা।

Fact- āϤāĻĨ্āϝ।

Owner- āĻŽাāϞিāĻ•।

Miseries- āĻĻুāĻ–-āĻ•āώ্āϟ।

Heartily- āφāύ্āϤ⧰িāĻ•āϤাā§°ে।

Famine- āĻĻুā§°্āĻ­িāĻ•্āώ।

Corpse- āĻŽৃāϤāĻĻেāĻš।

Lying- āĻŽিāĻ›া āĻŽāϤা।

 


Check by - Mukesh Borah

Word meaning by- Punya Hazarika.

Himadri Borah

(M.A in Hindi)