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 –

āĻĢāϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž āĻ“ āϰāĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāύ āϚāĻžāϚāĻžāϤ⧋ āĻ­āĻžāχ-āĻŦā§‹āύāĨ¤ āĻĢāϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϰāĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāύ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇ āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ“ āĻ—ā§āϰ⧀āĻˇā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿā§‡ āϰāĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāύ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻž-āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§‡ā§œāĻžāϤ⧇ āφāϏ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĢāĻžāϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž āϰāĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāύāϕ⧇ āϚāĻ°ā§āϤ⧁āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāϰ⧂āĻĒ-

Faria: Hey Raihan, do you like my village?

āĻĢāĻžāϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž: āĻāχ āϰāĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāύ, āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻšā§Ÿ?

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

āϰāĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāύ: āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤

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

āĻĢāϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž: āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇, āĻāϏ⧋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ•āĨ¤

Raihan: That’s great! I’ll love that.

āϰāĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāύ: āĻĻāĻžāϰ⧁āύ! āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

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

āĻĢāĻžāϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž: āĻāϟāĻžāχ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧟āĨ¤ (āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρ⧜āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡)

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

āϰāĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāύ: āĻāϏ⧋ āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāχ, āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ?

Faria: It will be just fine.

āĻĢāĻžāϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž: āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

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

āϰāĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāύ: āϐāĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ“! āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰāĨ¤ (āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ āϜāϞāϰāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡)

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

āĻĢāĻžāϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž: āϐāϟāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž “āĻĻāĻŋāϘāĻŋ”, āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋ⧟ (āϚāĻžāϚāĻžāϤ⧋) āĻ­āĻžāχāĨ¤ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āύ⧇āχ?

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

āϰāĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāύ: āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āφāϛ⧇, āϝ⧇āϟāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āϕ⧁āϰ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻšā§āϤāϞāĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āĻ­āĻŦāύ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ˜ā§‡āϰāĻžāĨ¤

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

āĻĢāĻžāϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž: āĻāϟāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ (āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡), āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋāĨ¤

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

āϰāĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāύ: āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ⧋ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ āφāϛ⧇(āĻŽā§ƒāĻĻ⧁ āĻšā§‡āϏ⧇)

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

āĻĢāĻžāϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž: āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇, āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āύ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏāϟāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ?

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

āϰāĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāύ: āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āĻŋāϟ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ—āĻžāϰ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ—āĻžāϰ āφāϛ⧇?

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.

āĻĢāĻžāϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž: āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ—āĻžāϰāĨ¤ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύ⧋, āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϕ⧇āĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āχ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āύāĻž āφāϰ āĻāϟāĻž āĻšāϞ⧋ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āώāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ­āϰāĻž āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĨ¤

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!

āϰāĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāύ: āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞāϟāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦāχ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āϝāĻžāύāĻŦāĻžāĻšāύ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻšāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻā§‡ā§ŸāĨ¤ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ“ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻā§āρāĻ•āĻŋāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āύāĨ¤ āĻāχ, āĻĻ⧇āĻ– āĻ•āϤ āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋ!

Faria: Yeah, they nest in the nearby trees.

āĻĢāĻžāϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž: āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āφāĻļāĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻž āĻŦ⧇āρāϧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

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

āϰāĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāύ: āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāĻ› āύ⧇āχ, āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āϜāύāĻ•āĨ¤

Faria: Let’s go to the playground.

āĻĢāĻžāϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž: āĻāϏ⧋ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϠ⧇ āϝāĻžāχāĨ¤

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

our school!

āϰāĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāύ: āĻāϟāĻž āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ ! āĻ•āϤ⧋ āĻŦā§œā§‹āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻ•āĻŽ āĻŦ⧜ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ  āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ!

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

āĻĢāĻžāϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž: āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ  āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āϜāϰ⧁āϰāĻŋāĨ¤ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ“ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

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

āϰāĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāύ: āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚ⧟āχ, āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ“āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻŦā§‡ā§œāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ¯ā§‡ā§Ÿā§‹āĨ¤ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇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?

āĻĢāĻžāϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž: āĻ•āĻŋ āϚāĻŽāĻ¤ā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻšāϤ⧋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āύāĻž āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āĻĒ⧇āϤāĻžāĻŽ āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŦ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧋?

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

āϰāĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāύ: āϏ⧇āϟāĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇ ‘āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āύ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āĻ˛â€™â€Ļâ€Ļâ€Ļâ€Ļ.

Word Meaning with Synonyms & Antonyms

Main Words Bengali Meaning Synonyms/ Meanings Antonyms
Cousin(n) āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϤ⧋/ āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻžāϤ⧋/ āĻĢ⧁āĻĢāĻžāϤ⧋/ āϚāĻžāϚāĻžāϤ⧋ āĻ­āĻžāχ āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻŦā§‹āύ A child of one’s aunt or uncle
Live (v) āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž Inhabit, reside, abide Quit, abandon, level
City (n) āĻļāĻšāϰ Urban area, town, metropolis Village, hamlet, countryside
Vacation (n) āĻ…āĻŦāĻ•āĻžāĻļ, āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋ Recess, leisure, holiday Workday, duty, business
Visit (v) āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž/ āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§Ž/ āĻŦā§‡ā§œāĻžāϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻŦāĻž āφāϏāĻž Go to see, meet, call on Shy away from, turn away from, stay away from
Show (v) āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋ Display, exhibit Conceal, hide, cover
Conversation (n) āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύ/ āϏāĻ‚āϞāĻžāĻĒ Dialogue, talk Silence
Village (n) āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ Countryside, hamlet City, town, metropolis
Really (adv) āϏāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝāχ, āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ Actually, certainly, in fact Falsely, doubtingly, doubtfully
Calmness (n) āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋ Serenity, tranquility, quietness Excitement, bustle, commotion
Pond (n) āĻĒ⧁āϕ⧁āϰ A small area of still water, tank, pool River, sea, ocean
Surround (v) āĻŦ⧇āĻˇā§āϟāύ/ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻˇā§āϟāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž Encompass, encircle, envelope Let go, free, allow
Multi-storied (adj) āĻŦāĻšā§āϤāϞ Multi-leveled Uni-leveled, single-floor, uni-storied
Building (n) āĻ­āĻŦāύ Home, house Hut, cottage, cabin
Tiny (adj) āĻ…āϤāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āώ⧁āĻĻā§āϰ Very small, slight Huge, large, enormous
Huge (adj) āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ Large, enormous Tiny
Library (n) āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ—āĻžāϰ A building in which collections of books are kept
Nearby (adj) āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ Neighbouring, close Distant, far, remote
Playground (n) āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ  Field
Dream (n) āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āύ Reverie, fancy, fantasy Reality, fact, actually