Class VIICLASS VII Seen

Chapter: Two (2.3) Playing With the Words

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I am a great fan of cricket. I am also a member of our local cricket team. Every holiday we play cricket.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϕ⧇āϟ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦ⧜ āĻ…āύ⧁āϰāĻžāĻ—ā§€āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻŋ⧟ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϕ⧇āϟ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻ“ āĻŦāĻŸā§‡, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧇āĻ• āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϕ⧇āϟ āϖ⧇āϞāĻŋāĨ¤

On a summer evening, we all were enjoying our holidays by watching a cricket match with a neighbouring team.

āĻ—ā§āϰ⧀āĻˇā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžā§Ÿ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϕ⧇āϟ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāϤāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

We were very tense about our team’s performance though we had two great players, Nabil and Junayed.

āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϖ⧁āĻŦāχ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ—ā§āύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āύāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϞ āĻ“ āϜ⧁āύāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āĻĻ āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧁āϜāύ āĻ…āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āϖ⧇āĻ˛ā§‹ā§ŸāĻžā§œ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

I still could remember the day we got Junayed as a player in our team. In the evening we were playing.

āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻāϞ⧇ āϜ⧁āύāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āĻĻāϕ⧇ āϝ⧇āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϖ⧇āĻ˛ā§‹ā§ŸāĻžā§œ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ- āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžā§Ÿ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

When it came to Nabil’s turn to bat, we got scared as he was known for his long shots.

āϝāĻ–āύ āύāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻž āφāϏāϤ āϤāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϭ⧟ āĻĒā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āϝ⧇āϤāĻžāĻŽ āϝ⧇āĻšā§‡āϤ⧁ āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āĻļāĻŸā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

He used to bat so hard that we often ended up losing the ball. Today was no different, Nabil hit the ball and it broke a window of the nearly a building.

āϏ⧇ āĻāϤāχ āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϟ āĻ•āϰāϤ āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžā§Ÿāχ āĻŦāϞ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāϤāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āφāϜ āĻŦā§āϝāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻž, āύāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϞ āĻŦāϞāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻ­āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞāĻž āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞ⧋āĨ¤

All of us ran from the spot fearing that we would be given a nice scolding. But Nabil didn’t move and he stood proudly with the bat in his hand.

āϘāϟāύāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āĻ­ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻ⧌⧜āĻžāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞ āϝ⧇āĻšā§‡āϤ⧁ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻŦāϕ⧁āύāĻŋ āϖ⧇āϤāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āύāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϞ āύ⧜āϞ āύāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϟ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻŦ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρ⧜āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞāĨ¤

A few minutes later a young boy came down with the ball. He introduced himself as Junayed and gave the ball to Nabil.

āĻ•ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ• āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ• āĻ•āĻŽāĻŦ⧟āϏāĻŋ āϛ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āĻāϞ⧋āĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āϜ⧁āύāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āĻĻ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚ⧟ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āύāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϞāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤

As Junayed turned around, Nabil said thank you to him but he didn’t respond. Nabil patted his shoulder and said thank you to him once again.

āϝ⧇āĻšā§‡āϤ⧁ āϜ⧁āύāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āĻĻ āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρ⧜āĻžāϞ⧋ āϏ⧇āĻšā§‡āϤ⧁ āύāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϧāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϏ⧇ āϜāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤āύāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāρāϧ āϚāĻžāĻĒ⧜āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦāϞāϞ⧋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϧāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĨ¤

This time the boy read his lips and replied welcome. He then told Nabil that he had lost his power of listening when he was young.

āĻāχ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϠ⧌āρāϟ āύāĻžā§œāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦ⧁āĻāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āϤāĻŽāĨ¤ āϤāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇ āύāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϞāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϞ⧋ āϝ⧇ āϝāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

Nabil asked him if he would like to play with them. He agreed happily.

āύāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞ āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϖ⧇āϞāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤

Since then, he has been giving a tough contest to Nabil in breaking window panes with his long shots.

āϤāĻ–āύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏ⧇ āύāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āĻļāĻŸā§‡ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞāĻžāϰ (āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āϏāĻŋāϰ) āĻ•āĻžāϚ āĻ­āĻžāĻ™āĻžā§āϰ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻž āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤

Prefix Root

Word Meaning with Synonyms & Antonyms

Main Words Bengali Meaning Synonyms/ Meanings Antonyms
Fan (n) āĻ…āύ⧁āϰāĻžāĻ—ā§€, āĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ Admire, supporter, flower Hater, opponent, antagonist
Member (n) āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝ A person that belongs to a particular group, fellow, representative Whole, non member, entirely
Local (adj) āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§€ā§Ÿ Regional, native, provincial National, foreign, non- native
Holiday (n) āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύ Day off, break, vacation Work day, working day
Watch (v) āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž View, observe, follow Ignore, disregard, abandon
Neighbouring (adj) āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€ Nearby, beside, close Remote, far, distant
Performance (n) āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ, āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ Act, work, function Stillness, inaction, inactivity
Remember (v) āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž Recollect, recall, reminisce Forget, disremember, miss
Scared (adj) āĻ­ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ†ā§œāĻˇā§āϟ Terrified, feared, afraid Courageous, bold. Brave
End (v) āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž Conclude, finish, complete Begin, start, commence
Lose (v) āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύ⧋ Mislay, miss, forfeit Find, get back, regain
Different (adj) āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ, āĻŦā§āϝāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ Varying, diverse, distinct Similar, same, identical
Proudly (adv) āϏāĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻŦ⧇ Arrogantly, boldly, pridefully Shamefully, modestly, lowly
Introduce (v) āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚ⧟ āĻ•āϰāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž Acquaint, familiarize, open Anonymize, close, close-up
Respond (v) āϜāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž Reply, react, answer Mute, tone down, ask
Agree (v) āϰāĻžāϜāĻŋ/ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž Accede, accord, comply Disagree, oppose, dissent
Tough (adj) āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ, āĻĻā§ƒā§ Difficult, hard, solid easy
Break (v) āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž Smash, crash, destroy Repair, fix up, patch up

2.1 Look at the following illustration and in pairs/groups ask and answer the following questions. You can choose any option but tell the class why you choose it.

  1. Do you like or dislike cricket?
  2. Are the players spirited or spiritless?
  3. Are the two teams friendly or unfriendly?
  4. Are the audience happy or unhappy?
  5. Are they supportive or unsupportive?
  6. Are the seats comfortable or uncomfortable?
  7. Do you agree or disagree that playing cricket is helpful for making friends? If yes, how?

Answer to 2.1

Friend 1: Hey, Friend! Do you like or dislike cricket?

Friend 2: Of course, I like cricket because it is very thrilling.

Friend 1: Do the players are spirited or spiritless?

Friend 2: Yes, the players are spirited as they are enjoying.

Friend 1: Are the two teams friendly. But, are the audience happy or unhappy? What do you think in this regard.

Friend 2: Certainly, they are friendly. But, are audience happuy or unhappy? What do you think in this regard?

Friend 1: Yes, they are happy because they are clapping their hands.

Friend 2: Are they supportive or unsupportive?

Friend 1: Surely, they are supportive.

Friend 2: I think you are right as they are inspiring the players by clapping their hands.

Friend 1: Are the seats comfortable or uncomfortable?

Friend 2: Yes, I think the seats are comfortable. The gesture and posture of the audience do not show any expression of discomfort.

Friend 1: Do you agree that playing sports like cricket is helpful for making friends? Why?

Friend 2: Yes, I agree. Playing cricket is helpful for making friends because it is played in a group.