Class VIICLASS VII Seen

Chapter: One (1.3) A Dream School

Faria and Raihan are cousins. Faria lives in a village and Raihan lives in a city.

During summer vacation, Raihan visits his grandparent’s house. Faria is showing Raihan around. Their conversation goes like that –

āĻĢāĻ°āĻŋā§ŸāĻž āĻ“ āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ āĻšāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻ­āĻžāĻ‡-āĻŦā§‹āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻĢāĻ°āĻŋā§ŸāĻž āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ āĻļāĻšāĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ“ āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§€āĻˇā§āĻŽā§‡āĻ° āĻ›ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻž-āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦā§‡ā§œāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¸ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§ŸāĻž āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāĻ¨āĻ•ā§‡ āĻšāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāĻ¨āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻ°ā§‚āĻĒ-

Faria: Hey Raihan, do you like my village?

āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§ŸāĻž: āĻāĻ‡ āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāĻ¨, āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻšā§Ÿ?

Raihan: Very much. I really like the calmness here.

āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāĻ¨: āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨āĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻļ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ‡ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤

Faria: That’s true. Okay, let’s go to our school.

āĻĢāĻ°āĻŋā§ŸāĻž: āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻāĻ¸ā§‹ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•āĨ¤

Raihan: That’s great! I’ll love that.

āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāĻ¨: āĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨! āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ—āĻŦā§‡āĨ¤

Faria: Here is my school. (Standing in front of the school)

āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§ŸāĻž: āĻāĻŸāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§ŸāĨ¤ (āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻĻāĻžāĻā§œāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡)

Raihan: Let’s get inside, will that be all right?

āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāĻ¨: āĻāĻ¸ā§‹ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ‡, āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻšāĻŦā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋ?

Faria: It will be just fine.

āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§ŸāĻž: āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤

Raihan: Look at that!! So nice, I must say. (Pointing to a large body of water)

āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāĻ¨: āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ“! āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°āĨ¤ (āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ āĻœāĻ˛āĻ°āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡)

Faria: That’s a “Dighi”, my dear cousin. Don’t you have one in yours?

āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§ŸāĻž: āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻž “āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˜āĻŋ”, āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋā§Ÿ (āĻšāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§‹) āĻ­āĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡?

Raihan: We have a small one, a pond you can say and it is surrounded by a multistoried school building.

āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāĻ¨: āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻž āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ¯ā§‡āĻŸāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ•ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‹ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ¤āĻ˛āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛ āĻ­āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ˜ā§‡āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤

Faria: This’s our school garden (pointing to a garden), we all love it.

āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§ŸāĻž: āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ (āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡), āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĨ¤

Raihan: We have a tiny one too (smiling).

āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāĻ¨: āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ°ā§‹ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡(āĻŽā§ƒāĻĻā§ āĻšā§‡āĻ¸ā§‡)

Faria: So, what do you like most about your school?

āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§ŸāĻž: āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§‡, āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‡āĻ°?

Raihan: We have a huge library. Do you have a library here?

āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāĻ¨: āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŋāĻŸ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡?

Faria: Yes, but it’s a small one. You know what, here, one thing I don’t like at all.

It is muddy roads in the rainy season.

āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§ŸāĻž: āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸ āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻ°āĨ¤ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨ā§‹, āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻž āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•ā§‡āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ†āĻ° āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻšāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ­āĻ°āĻž āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĨ¤

Raihan: Our school is next to a very busy road. The vehicles and their horns make me crazy. Also, it’s very risky to cross the road. Hey, look how many birds!

āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāĻ¨: āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ–ā§āĻŦāĻ‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§‡ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡ā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ“ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻā§āĻāĻ•āĻŋāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻāĻ‡, āĻĻā§‡āĻ– āĻ•āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋ!

Faria: Yeah, they nest in the nearby trees.

āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§ŸāĻž: āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ†āĻļāĻĒāĻžāĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻŦā§‡āĻāĻ§ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

Raihan: We don’t have too many trees around our school, so unfortunate.

āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāĻ¨: āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§‡ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāĻ› āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡, āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻƒāĻ–āĻœāĻ¨āĻ•āĨ¤

Faria: Let’s go to the playground.

āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§ŸāĻž: āĻāĻ¸ā§‹ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤

Raihan: That’s your playground! Where does it end? If we had such a big one in

our school!

āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāĻ¨: āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ ! āĻ•āĻ¤ā§‹ āĻŦā§œā§‹āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ•āĻŽ āĻŦā§œ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ  āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻ¤!

Faria: A playground is a must in a school. I will love to see your school.

āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§ŸāĻž: āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ  āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻœāĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§‡āĻ“ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ—āĻŦā§‡āĨ¤

Raihan: Sure, visit us on your next vacation. I’ll show you.

āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāĻ¨: āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšā§ŸāĻ‡, āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§€ āĻ›ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ“āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻŦā§‡ā§œāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡ā§Ÿā§‹āĨ¤ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻŦā§‹āĨ¤

Faria: Won’t it be great if we find a school that has all the good things from both

of our schools?

āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§ŸāĻž: āĻ•āĻŋ āĻšāĻŽāĻ¤ā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛ āĻĒā§‡āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸āĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻ¤ā§‹?

Raihan: ‘A dream school’ that will beâ€Ļâ€Ļ

āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāĻ¨: āĻ¸ā§‡āĻŸāĻž āĻšāĻŦā§‡ ‘āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛â€™â€Ļâ€Ļâ€Ļâ€Ļ.

Word Meaning with Synonyms & Antonyms

Main Words Bengali Meaning Synonyms/ Meanings Antonyms
Cousin(n) āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§‹/ āĻ–āĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¤ā§‹/ āĻĢā§āĻĢāĻžāĻ¤ā§‹/ āĻšāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻ­āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻ¨ A child of one’s aunt or uncle
Live (v) āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž Inhabit, reside, abide Quit, abandon, level
City (n) āĻļāĻšāĻ° Urban area, town, metropolis Village, hamlet, countryside
Vacation (n) āĻ…āĻŦāĻ•āĻžāĻļ, āĻ›ā§āĻŸāĻŋ Recess, leisure, holiday Workday, duty, business
Visit (v) āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž/ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻžā§Ž/ āĻŦā§‡ā§œāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ†āĻ¸āĻž Go to see, meet, call on Shy away from, turn away from, stay away from
Show (v) āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹ Display, exhibit Conceal, hide, cover
Conversation (n) āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāĻ¨/ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ˛āĻžāĻĒ Dialogue, talk Silence
Village (n) āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽ Countryside, hamlet City, town, metropolis
Really (adv) āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ‡, āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ‡āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ Actually, certainly, in fact Falsely, doubtingly, doubtfully
Calmness (n) āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ Serenity, tranquility, quietness Excitement, bustle, commotion
Pond (n) āĻĒā§āĻ•ā§āĻ° A small area of still water, tank, pool River, sea, ocean
Surround (v) āĻŦā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻ¨/ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž Encompass, encircle, envelope Let go, free, allow
Multi-storied (adj) āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ¤āĻ˛ Multi-leveled Uni-leveled, single-floor, uni-storied
Building (n) āĻ­āĻŦāĻ¨ Home, house Hut, cottage, cabin
Tiny (adj) āĻ…āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻĻā§āĻ° Very small, slight Huge, large, enormous
Huge (adj) āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ Large, enormous Tiny
Library (n) āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻ° A building in which collections of books are kept
Nearby (adj) āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ•āĻŸāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§€ Neighbouring, close Distant, far, remote
Playground (n) āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ  Field
Dream (n) āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ¨ Reverie, fancy, fantasy Reality, fact, actually