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 grandparentâs house. Faria is showing Raihan around. Their conversation goes like that â
āĻĢāĻ°āĻŋā§āĻž āĻ āĻ°āĻžā§āĻšāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ-āĻŦā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻĢāĻ°āĻŋā§āĻž āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ°āĻžā§āĻšāĻžāĻ¨ āĻļāĻšāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§ā§ āĻ°āĻžā§āĻšāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻž-āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻŦāĻžā§āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻŦā§ā§āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĨ¤ āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§āĻž āĻ°āĻžā§āĻšāĻžāĻ¨āĻā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻĨā§āĻĒāĻāĻĨāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĒ-
Faria: Hey Raihan, do you like my village?
āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§āĻž: āĻāĻ āĻ°āĻžā§āĻšāĻžāĻ¨, āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻšā§?
Raihan: Very much. I really like the calmness here.
āĻ°āĻžā§āĻšāĻžāĻ¨: āĻā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤
Faria: Thatâs true. Okay, letâs go to our school.
āĻĢāĻ°āĻŋā§āĻž: āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§, āĻāĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĨ¤
Raihan: Thatâs great! Iâll love that.
āĻ°āĻžā§āĻšāĻžāĻ¨: āĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨! āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Faria: Here is my school. (Standing in front of the school)
āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§āĻž: āĻāĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĨ¤ (āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻĻāĻžāĻā§āĻŋā§ā§)
Raihan: Letâs get inside, will that be all right?
āĻ°āĻžā§āĻšāĻžāĻ¨: āĻāĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻ°ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ, āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŋ?
Faria: It will be just fine.
āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§āĻž: āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Raihan: Look at that!! So nice, I must say. (Pointing to a large body of water)
āĻ°āĻžā§āĻšāĻžāĻ¨: āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ! āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°āĨ¤ (āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻ˛āĻ°āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋā§ā§)
Faria: Thatâs a âDighiâ, my dear cousin. Donât you have one in yours?
āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§āĻž: āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻž âāĻĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋâ, āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋā§ (āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§) āĻāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻā§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§āĻšāĻžāĻ¨: āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻā§, āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ¤āĻ˛āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤
Faria: Thisâs our school garden (pointing to a garden), we all love it.
āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§āĻž: āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ (āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋā§ā§), āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĨ¤
Raihan: We have a tiny one too (smiling).
āĻ°āĻžā§āĻšāĻžāĻ¨: āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻā§(āĻŽā§āĻĻā§ āĻšā§āĻ¸ā§)
Faria: So, what do you like most about your school?
āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§āĻž: āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§, āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸āĻāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°?
Raihan: We have a huge library. Do you have a library here?
āĻ°āĻžā§āĻšāĻžāĻ¨: āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ āĻā§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§?
Faria: Yes, but itâs a small one. You know what, here, one thing I donât like at all.
It is muddy roads in the rainy season.
āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§āĻž: āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ, āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°āĨ¤ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ° āĻāĻāĻž āĻšāĻ˛ā§ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻāĻ°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, itâs very risky to cross the road. Hey, look how many birds!
āĻ°āĻžā§āĻšāĻžāĻ¨: āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦāĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āĻ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļā§āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻā§ā§āĨ¤ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻā§āĻžāĻ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻāĻ, āĻĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ¤ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋ!
Faria: Yeah, they nest in the nearby trees.
āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§āĻž: āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻļāĻĒāĻžāĻļā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻžā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻ§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Raihan: We donât have too many trees around our school, so unfortunate.
āĻ°āĻžā§āĻšāĻžāĻ¨: āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ, āĻā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨āĻāĨ¤
Faria: Letâs go to the playground.
āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§āĻž: āĻāĻ¸ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĨ¤
Raihan: Thatâs your playground! Where does it end? If we had such a big one in
our school!
āĻ°āĻžā§āĻšāĻžāĻ¨: āĻāĻāĻž āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ ! āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻŦā§ā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŽ āĻŦā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻ¤!
Faria: A playground is a must in a school. I will love to see your school.
āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§āĻž: āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Raihan: Sure, visit us on your next vacation. Iâll show you.
āĻ°āĻžā§āĻšāĻžāĻ¨: āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻā§āĻ, āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻŦā§ā§āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯ā§ā§ā§āĨ¤ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Faria: Wonât it be great if we find a school that has all the good things from both
of our schools?
āĻĢāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§āĻž: āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¤ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§?
Raihan: âA dream schoolâ that will beâĻâĻ
āĻ°āĻžā§āĻšāĻžāĻ¨: āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻž āĻšāĻŦā§ âāĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ââĻâĻâĻâĻ.
Word Meaning with Synonyms & Antonyms
Main Words | Bengali Meaning | Synonyms/ Meanings | Antonyms |
Cousin(n) | āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§/ āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¤ā§/ āĻĢā§āĻĢāĻžāĻ¤ā§/ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻ āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¨ | A child of oneâs aunt or uncle | |
Live (v) | āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž | Inhabit, reside, abide | Quit, abandon, level |
City (n) | āĻļāĻšāĻ° | Urban area, town, metropolis | Village, hamlet, countryside |
Vacation (n) | āĻ āĻŦāĻāĻžāĻļ, āĻā§āĻāĻŋ | Recess, leisure, holiday | Workday, duty, business |
Visit (v) | āĻĻā§āĻāĻž/ āĻ¸āĻžāĻā§āĻˇāĻžā§/ āĻŦā§ā§āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻ¸āĻž | Go to see, meet, call on | Shy away from, turn away from, stay away from |
Show (v) | āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ | Display, exhibit | Conceal, hide, cover |
Conversation (n) | āĻāĻĨā§āĻĒāĻāĻĨāĻ¨/ āĻ¸āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻĒ | Dialogue, talk | Silence |
Village (n) | āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽ | Countryside, hamlet | City, town, metropolis |
Really (adv) | āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ, āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻ°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§āĻā§āĻ° | A small area of still water, tank, pool | River, sea, ocean |
Surround (v) | āĻŦā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻ¨/ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°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 āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻĻā§āĻ° | Very small, slight | Huge, large, enormous |
Huge (adj) | āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ | Large, enormous | Tiny |
Library (n) | āĻā§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° | A building in which collections of books are kept | |
Nearby (adj) | āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ | Neighbouring, close | Distant, far, remote |
Playground (n) | āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ | Field | |
Dream (n) | āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ¨ | Reverie, fancy, fantasy | Reality, fact, actually |