Lesson- 12
The Little Orphan
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Word Note:
Raggedly (adv) : in old and ripped clothes
ā§°েāĻāĻĄāϞি (āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāĻĒāύ) : āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻā§°ু āĻিāĻি āϝোā§ąা āĻাāĻĒোā§°āϤ
Festive (adj) : suitable for a festival
āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ąāĻŽুāĻā§° (adj) : āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ąā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻĒāϝোāĻী
Eve (n) : the day or evening before an event, e-g Christmas Eve (24th December), New Year Eve (31st December)
āĻāĻ (āĻāύ) : āĻāĻা āĻ āύুāώ্āĻ াāύ⧰ āĻāĻāĻĻিāύা āĻŦা āϏāύ্āϧিāϝ়া, āĻ-āĻি āĻ্ā§°ীāώ্āĻāĻŽাāĻ āĻāĻ (24 āĻĄিāĻেāĻŽ্āĻŦā§°), āĻ¨ā§ąāĻŦā§°্āώ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻāĻ্āώāĻŖ (31 āĻĄিāĻেāĻŽ্āĻŦā§°)
Caught sight of : saw
āĻāĻুāϤ āϧ⧰া : āĻĻেāĻিāϞে
Sizeable (adj) : fairly large
āĻāĻাā§°ā§° (adj) : āĻŽোāĻাāĻŽুāĻি āĻĄাāĻā§°
Seized (v) : grabbed suddenly or violently
āĻāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻā§°া (v) : āĻšāĻ াāϤে āĻŦা āĻšিংāϏ্ā§°āĻাā§ąে āϧ⧰া
Soothing (adj) : relaxing, pleasant
āĻļাāύ্āϤ āĻā§°া (adj) : āĻļিāĻĨিāϞ āĻā§°া, āϏুāĻāĻĻাāϝ়āĻ
Corpse (n) : dead body
āĻŽৃāϤāĻĻেāĻš (n) : āĻŽৃāϤāĻĻেāĻš
(Working with the text)
1.How old was the boy?
(āϞ’ā§°াāĻāύ⧰ āĻŦā§āϏ āĻিāĻŽাāύ āĻāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: The boy was six years old.
(āϞ’ā§°াāĻāύ⧰ āĻŦā§āϏ āĻāĻŦāĻā§°)
2.What was the weather like?
(āĻŦāϤ⧰āĻো āĻেāύেāĻুā§ąা āĻāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: The weather was bitterly cold.
(āĻŦāϤ⧰āĻো āĻ āϤিāĻļā§ āĻ াāĻŖ্āĻĄা āĻāĻিāϞ)
3.What was the festival being celebrated?
(āĻি āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ą āĻāĻĻāϝাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: The festival being celebrated was the Christmas eve .
(āĻ্ā§°ীāώ্āĻāĻŽাāĻ āĻāĻ āĻāĻĻāϝাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ)
4.What did the boy wish when he saw the beautifully decorated shops and people?
(āϞ’ā§°াāĻāύে āϏুāύ্āĻĻā§°āĻৈ āϏāĻাāĻ āĻĨোā§ąা āĻĻোāĻাāύāĻŦোā§° āĻĻেāĻি āĻি āĻাāĻŦিāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: He wished he could get some food for him and his mother when he saw the beautifully decorated shops and people.
āϧুāύীāϝ়াāĻৈ āϏāĻাāĻ āĻĨোā§ąা āĻĻোāĻাāύ-āĻĒোāĻšাā§° āĻā§°ু āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§° āĻĻেāĻি āϏি āϤাā§° āĻā§°ু āĻŽাāĻā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻিāĻু āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ āĻĒাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāϞে āĻাāϞ āϞাāĻিāϞ।
5.Why did he enter the hall? What did he get?
(āϏি āĻিā§ āĻšāϞāĻোāϤ āϏোāĻŽাāĻāĻিāϞ? āϤাāϤ āϏি āĻি āĻĒাāϞে?)
Ans: He entered the hall to get some food. He got a coin.
(āĻ āϞāĻĒ āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ āĻāύিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻšāϞāĻā§°āϤ āϏোāĻŽাāĻ āĻ’āϞ। āϏি āĻāĻা āĻŽুāĻĻ্ā§°া āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ।)
6. Why was he hit on the head and what happened after that?
(āϏি āĻŽূā§°āϤ āĻিā§ āĻĻূāĻ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϤাā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻি āĻšৈāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: A big rough boy hit him on the head. After that he fell down. Then he sprang up and started running.
(āĻāĻা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻŖ্āĻĄ āϞ’ā§°াāĻ āϤাāĻ āĻŽূā§°āϤ āĻŽাā§°িāĻিāϞ। āϤাā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āϏি āĻĒā§°ি āĻৈāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϏি āĻāĻ ি āĻĻৌā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āϧ⧰িāĻিāϞ।)
Comprehension check:
Complete the following sentences with parts given in the story
(āĻĒাāĻ āĻিāϤ āĻĻিā§া āĻ ংāĻļāϏāĻŽূāĻšেā§°ে āϤāϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻā§°া)
Ans:1. His mouth was filled with water.
(āϤাā§° āϞোāĻā§° āĻĒাāύী āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ)
2.The day was the eve of Christmas.
(āϏেāĻāĻĻিāύা āĻ্ā§°ীāώ্āĻāĻŽাāĻ āĻāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ)
3. All of them were nicely dressed.
(āϏāĻāϞোāĻŦোā§°ে āϧুāύীā§া āϏাāĻ-āĻĒাā§° āĻĒā§°িāϧাāύ āĻā§°ি āĻāĻিāϞ)
4.The coin had fallen from his hsnds .
(āϏিāĻিāĻো āϤাā§° āĻšাāϤ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻĒā§°ি āĻৈāĻিāϞ)
5. He was struck dumb
(āϏি āĻ āϤিāĻļā§ āĻāĻā§°িāϤ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ)
6. The owner of the soft voice gave him delicious food to eat.
(āĻোāĻŽāϞ āĻŽাāϤ⧰ āĻā§°াāĻীā§ে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āϏুāϏ্āĻŦাāĻĻু āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ)
7. Now all the children were under the umbrella of God's blessings.
(āĻāϤিā§া āϏāĻāϞোāĻŦোā§° āĻļিāĻļু āĻāĻā§ąাāύ⧰ āĻāĻļীā§°্āĻŦাāĻĻā§° āĻāϤ্ā§°āĻাā§াāϤ āĻāĻে)
Q. Complete the following with appropriate clause
(āĻāĻĒāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻāĻŖ্āĻĄā§°ে āϤāϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻā§°া)
a) If l had a spaceship...
Ans: If I had a spaceship I would have explored the universe.
(āϝāĻĻি āĻŽোā§° āĻāĻāύ āĻŽāĻšাāĻাāĻļāϝাāύ āĻĨাāĻিāϞ 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 āĻŽāĻ āϏি āϏেāĻো āϞ’āϞে āĻŦুāϞি āĻাāύিāϞোāĻšেāϤেঁāύ āĻŽāĻ āϤাāĻ āĻŽাāύা āĻā§°িāϞো āĻšেāϤেāύ)
c) If l get the money...
Ans: If I get the money, I will buy a big house.
(āϝāĻĻি āĻŽāĻ āĻĒāĻāĻাāĻিāύি āĻĒাঁāĻ āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻা āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻā§° āĻিāύিāĻŽ)
d) If it had not been so hot...
Ans: If it had not been so hot I might went to the market.
(āϝāĻĻি āĻāĻŽাāύ āĻā§°āĻŽ āύāĻš’āϞāĻšেঁāϤেāύ āĻŽāĻ āĻŦāĻাā§°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§°্āϞ্āĻĄāĻাāĻĒā§° āĻিāĻেāĻ āĻĨাāĻিāϞāĻšেāϤেঁāύ āĻŽāĻ āύিāĻļ্āĻā§ āϤাāϞৈ āĻ’āϞোāĻšেঁāϤেāύ)
Comprehension
1. Answer the following questions.
(āϤāϞ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিā§া)
a) Why was the little boy walking along the street?
(āϏ⧰ু āϞ’ā§°াāĻো āĻিā§ āĻ āĻāϞে āĻ āĻāϞে ā§°াāϏ্āϤাāϤ āĻুā§°ি āĻĢুā§°িāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: The little boy was walking along the street in search of food.
(āϏ⧰ু āϞ’ā§°াāĻো āĻোā§ąাāĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻ āĻāϞে āĻ āĻāϞে ā§°াāϏ্āϤাāϤ āĻুā§°ি āĻĢুā§°িāĻিāϞ)
b) What did he see around him?
(āϏি āύিāĻā§° āĻাā§°িāĻāĻĢাāϞে āĻি āĻĻেāĻিāĻিāϞ?)
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 āύিāĻā§° āĻাā§°িāĻāĻĢাāϞে āĻĻোāĻাāύāϤ āϏāĻাāĻ āĻĨোā§ąা ā§°ং-āĻŦিā§°āĻী āϏাāĻ āĻĒোāĻাāĻ, āϧুāύীā§া āĻĒুāϤāϞা, āĻŦেāϞুāύ, āĻীāώ্āĻāĻŽাāĻ āĻāĻ, āϏোāĻŖাāϞী āĻাāĻāĻ, āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻোā§ąাāĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻā§°ু āĻĒাāύীā§ āĻĻেāĻিāĻিāϞ।)
c) What did he do when he saw the big hall?
(āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻšāϞāĻোāϤ āĻĻেāĻি āϏি āĻি āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: When he saw the big hall he peeped through the glass and saw some children of his age were playing together.
(āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻšāϞāĻোāϤ āĻĻেāĻি āϏি āĻিāϤ⧰āϞৈ āĻুāĻŽি āĻাāĻāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϤাā§° āϏāĻŽাāύ āĻŦā§āϏ⧰ āϞ’ā§°া-āĻোā§ąাāϞী āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύে āĻেāϞি āĻĨāĻা āĻĻেāĻিāĻিāϞ।)
d) What thought came to his mind, when he saw the eatable things inside the hall?
(āĻšāϞāĻোā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻোā§ąাāĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻŦোā§° āĻĻেāĻি āϏি āĻি āĻাāĻŦিāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: When he saw the eatable things inside the hall he thought if he can enter the hall he will get something to eat.
(āĻšāϞāĻোā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻোā§ąাāĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻŦোā§° āĻĻেāĻি āϏি āĻাāĻŦিāĻিāϞ āϝে āϝāĻĻিāĻšে āϏি āĻিāϤ⧰āϞৈ āϏোāĻŽাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে āϤেāϤিā§া āϏিāĻ āĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒাāĻŦ)
Word meaning:
Orphan- āĻ āύাāĻĨ।
Novelists- āĻāĻĒāύ্āϝাāϏিāĻ।
Military- āϏৈāύিāĻ।
Suffer- āĻোāĻা।
Recurring- āĻĒুāύ⧰াāĻŦৃāϤ্āϤিāĻŽূāϞāĻ।
Epilepsy- āĻŽৃāĻীā§°োāĻ।
Guilt- āĻ āĻĒā§°াāϧāĻŦোāϧ।
Despair- āĻšāϤাāĻļা।
Magazine- āĻāϞোāĻāύী।
Condemn- āύিāύ্āĻĻা āĻā§°া।
Belong- āĻ āύ্āϤ⧰্āĻāϤ।
Revolutionary- āĻŦিāĻĒ্āĻ˛ā§ąী।
Fortunately- āϏোāĻাāĻ্āϝāĻ্ā§°āĻŽে।
Restore- āĻĒুāύ⧰ āϏāĻ্āĻā§ āĻā§°া।
Brutal- āύিāώ্āĻ ুā§°।
Prison- āĻাā§°াāĻাā§°।
Camp- āĻļিāĻŦিā§°।
Tragic- āĻĻুāĻāĻāύāĻ।
Influenced- āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাā§ąিāϤ।
Debt- āϧাā§°।
Achieve- āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻĒ্āϤ āĻā§°া।
Bitterly- āϤিāĻ্āϤāĻাā§ąে।
Shiver- āĻļিāĻšā§°āĻŖ।
Sick- āĻŦেāĻŽাā§°ী।
Able- āϏāĻ্āώāĻŽ।
Festive- āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ąāĻŽুāĻā§°।
Plenty- āĻĒā§°্āϝাāĻĒ্āϤ।
Wish- āĻŦাāĻ্āĻা āĻā§°া।
Hopeful- āĻāĻļাāĻŦাāĻĻী।
Street- ā§°াāώ্āĻা।
Neat- āĻাāĻĢা।
Joyful- āĻāύāύ্āĻĻāĻŽā§।
Cought- āϧ⧰া।
Sight- āĻĻৃāώ্āĻি।
Varieties- āĻাāϤāϏāĻŽূāĻš।
Sizeable- āĻāĻাā§°ā§°।
Shaky- āϞ⧰āĻā§° āĻā§°া।
Approach- āĻĒāĻĻ্āϧāϤি।
Frightened- āĻļংāĻিāϤ।
Fallen- āĻĒāϤিāϤ।
Wear- āĻĒিāύ্āϧা।
Delicious- āϏুāϏ্āĻŦাāĻĻু।
Lonely- āύিā§°্āĻāύāϤা।
Rough- āĻāĻšāĻা।
Blow- āĻĢুā§ąাāĻ āĻĻিā§া।
Struck- āĻāĻাāϤ āϞāĻা।
Dumb- āĻŦোāĻŦা।
Courtyard- āĻোāϤাāϞ।
Breathless- āĻāĻļাāĻš āĻŦāύ্āϧ।
Relief- āϤ্ā§°াāĻŖ āĻĒোā§ąা।
Severe- āĻ āϤিāĻļā§।
Warm- āĻāώ্āĻŖ।
Stretched- āĻাāύি āϞোā§ąা।
Affection- āϏ্āύেāĻš।
Soothing- āĻļাāύ্āϤ āĻā§°া।
Decorated- āϏāĻোā§ąা।
Fact- āϤāĻĨ্āϝ।
Owner- āĻŽাāϞিāĻ।
Miseries- āĻĻুāĻ-āĻāώ্āĻ।
Heartily- āĻāύ্āϤ⧰িāĻāϤাā§°ে।
Famine- āĻĻুā§°্āĻিāĻ্āώ।
Corpse- āĻŽৃāϤāĻĻেāĻš।
Lying- āĻŽিāĻা āĻŽāϤা।
Check by - Mukesh Borah
Word meaning by- Punya Hazarika.
Himadri Borah
(M.A in Hindi)