Appendix
Class Eight
Appendix
1. Beauty in Poetry
| Words | Meaning | Bangla equivalent | Sentence | Own Sentences |
| cropland | land where crops grow | ফসলী জমি | We have huge cropland in our villages. | 1. The tidal wave inundated vast areas of cropland.
2. The former cropland has been turned into housing developments and shopping malls. |
| hospitality | the act of being friendly and welcoming to guests and visitors | আতিতেয়তা | Bangladeshi are renowned for their hospitality. | 1. I received the hospitality of the family.
2. He welcomed you to enjoy his hospitality. |
| surround | to be all round something/ someone | পরিবেষ্টিত থাকা/হওয়া | Lots of trees surround our school. | 1. Silence and secrecy surround the murder.
2. He likes to surround himself with beautiful things. |
| power cut | failure of power supply | বিদ্যুৎ বিছিন্ন | Nowadays power cut is less than before. | 1. There was a power cut and all the lights went out. 2. Slightly winsomely said yesterday power cut. |
| quiet | without much noise (clam) | শান্ত/নিরব | I need quiet environment for studying. | 1. A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. 2. We live in a very quiet street. |
| remote | far away in distance | দূরবর্তী | The villagers live remote areas. | 1. The bomb was detonated by remote control. 2. They lived in a remote mountain village. |
| landscape | visible feature of an area of land | ভুদৃশ্য | The landscape of the villages is very attractive. | 1. The house stood in a bleak and desolate landscape.
2. The landscape was grey and stark. |
| breeze | gentle wind | মৃদু বাতাস | Morning breeze is fresher in the villages. | 1. A light breeze came off the sea.
2. The leaves rustled in the breeze. |
| harvest | crops | ফসল | Farmers got good harvest due to favourable weather. | 1. The rice is ripe for harvest.
2. It is time to gather in the harvest. |
| sacrifice | endure the loss of | উৎসর্গ করা | Freedom fighters sacrificed their lives for the sake for their motherland. | 1. A mother will sacrifice her life for her children.
2. Touch the soul of the heart not sacrifice. |
| brave | able to face with courage | সাহসী | The brave fighters of our country risked their lives for freeing our homeland. | 1. Every brave man is a man of his word.
2. All are brave when the enemy flies. |
| emblem | a visible symbol representing an abstract idea. | প্রতীক | National Flag is the emblem of independent Bangladesh. | 1. The national emblem of England is a rose.
2. The dove is an emblem of peace. |
| greenery | green leaves | শ্যামালীমা | I like to visit my village to see greenery. | 1. The room was decorated with flowers and greenery.
2, The hall looks more festive with all that greenery in pots. |
| confronted | be face to face with | মুখোমুখি হওয়া | Our freedom fighters confronted Pakistani Army bravely. | 1. She was confronted with severe money problems.
2. The prisoner was confronted with his. |
| blew away | to destroy or remove as if with a current of an air | উড়িয়ে দেওয়া | The warriors blew away the bridge to stop their enemy from entering the village. | 1. It was so windy the tent nearly blew away!
2. The paper blew away. |
| burying | putting under water | সমাহিত করা | People took the dead body to the graveyard for burying. | 1. The old man is burying his money.
2. It was too nice a day to be burying a young life. |
| visualize | to see or from a mental image of | মনশ্চক্ষুতে দেখা | I still can visualise the moments of our prize giving ceremony. | 1. I could visualize the scene in the office.
2. I tried to visualize the house while he was describing it. |
| incident | event/ happening | ঘটনা | I visit Cox’s Bazar last year and it is a memorable incident in my life. | 1. The incident provided the pretext for war.
2. His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. |
| tears | drops of salty water from one’s eyes when someone cries. | অশ্রুজল | I saw tears in her eyes when her father was going abroad. | 1. There were tears in his eyes.
2. The onrush of tears took me by surprise. |
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