The Missing List

📖 CEFR Level: A2 | Bengali

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Anna needed food for the week, so she went to the supermarket.

āφāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϰānnāra āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋purō āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰsaptāhēra āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝjanya āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰkhābāra āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύpraáēÅjana āĻ›āĻŋāϞchila, āϤāĻžāχtā'i āϏ⧇sē āϏ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡supāramārkēṭē āϗ⧇āϞgēlaāĨ¤

āφāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāχ āϏ⧇ āϏ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤

She had a shopping list in her pocket.

āϤāĻžāϰtāra āĻĒāϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡pakēṭē āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋēkaáš­i āĻļāĻĒāĻŋāςśapiᚁ āϞāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟlisáš­a āĻ›āĻŋāϞchilaāĨ¤

āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻĒāĻŋāĻ‚ āϞāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

First, she got milk, bread, and eggs.

āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§‡prathamē, āϏ⧇sē āĻĻ⧁āϧdudha, āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋruáš­i āĻāĻŦāςēbaᚁ āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽá¸ima āύāĻŋāϞnilaāĨ¤

āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§‡, āϏ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āϧ, āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽ āύāĻŋāϞāĨ¤

Then, she looked for apples and bananas.

āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰtārapara, āϏ⧇sē āφāĻĒ⧇āϞāpēla āĻāĻŦāςēbaᚁ āĻ•āϞāĻžkalā āϖ⧁āρāϜāϤ⧇khumːjatē āϞāĻžāĻ—āϞlāgalaāĨ¤

āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ, āϏ⧇ āφāĻĒ⧇āϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•āϞāĻž āϖ⧁āρāϜāϤ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϞāĨ¤

But her list was not in her pocket anymore!

āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁kintu āϤāĻžāϰtāra āϞāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟlisáš­a āφāϰāra āϤāĻžāϰtāra āĻĒāϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡pakēṭē āĻ›āĻŋāϞchila āύāĻžnā!

āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϤāĻžāϰ āϞāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟ āφāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻž!

She felt worried because she forgot the other items.

āϏ⧇sē āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϤcintita āĻŦā§‹āϧbōdha āĻ•āϰāϞkarala āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖkāraṇa āϏ⧇sē āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āĻŋbāki āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏāϗ⧁āϞ⧋jinisagulō āϭ⧁āϞ⧇bhulē āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞgiáēÄ“chilaāĨ¤

āϏ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

Anna walked back through the aisles.

āφāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžÄnnā āĻ—āϞāĻŋāϰgalira āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝmadhya āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇diáēÄ“ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇phirē āĻšā§‡āρāĻŸā§‡hemĖáš­Ä“ āϗ⧇āϞgēlaāĨ¤

āφāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž āĻ—āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āĻšā§‡āρāĻŸā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤

She looked in her shopping cart and on the floor.

āϏ⧇sē āϤāĻžāϰtāra āĻļāĻĒāĻŋāςśapiᚁ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡kārṭē āĻāĻŦāςēbaᚁ āĻŽā§‡āĻā§‡āϤ⧇mējhētē āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϞtākālaāĨ¤

āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻĒāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽā§‡āĻā§‡āϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϞāĨ¤

A little boy pointed under a shelf.

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋēkaáš­i āϛ⧋āϟchōᚭa āϛ⧇āϞ⧇chēlē āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋēkaáš­i āϤāĻžāϕ⧇āϰtākēra āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡nicē āφāϙ⧁āĻ˛Äáš…gula āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇diáēÄ“ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϞdēkhālaāĨ¤

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āϛ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āφāϙ⧁āϞ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϞāĨ¤

Her list was there!

āϤāĻžāϰtāra āϞāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟlisáš­a āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇āχsēkhānē'i āĻ›āĻŋāϞchila!

āϤāĻžāϰ āϞāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇āχ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ!

Anna said thank you to the boy.

āφāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžÄnnā āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇chēlēṭikē āϧāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻdhanyabāda āĻŦāϞāϞbalalaāĨ¤

āφāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϧāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻŦāϞāϞāĨ¤

She finished her shopping with a smile.

āϏ⧇sē āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋēkaáš­i āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋhāsi āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇niáēÄ“ āϤāĻžāϰtāra āĻļāĻĒāĻŋāςśapiᚁ āĻļ⧇āĻˇÅ›Ä“ášŖa āĻ•āϰāϞkaralaāĨ¤

āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻĒāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤

She bought pasta, cheese, and vegetables.

āϏ⧇sē āĻĒāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžpāstā, āĻĒāύāĻŋāϰpanira āĻāĻŦāςēbaᚁ āϏāĻŦāϜāĻŋsabaji āĻ•āĻŋāύāϞkinalaāĨ¤

āϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž, āĻĒāύāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻŦāϜāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāύāϞāĨ¤

Finally, she paid and went home happily.

āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ⧇abaÅ›Ä“ášŖÄ“, āϏ⧇sē āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻžáš­Äkā āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇diáēÄ“ āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇ānandē āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋbāṛi āĻĢāĻŋāϰāϞphiralaāĨ¤

āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ⧇, āϏ⧇ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāϞāĨ¤

📚 Vocabulary

supermarket — a large shop that sells food and other goods for the home

supāramārkēṭa

āϏ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϟ — āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ āϝāĻž āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇
shopping list — a written list of items you need to buy

śapiᚁ lisáš­a

āĻļāĻĒāĻŋāĻ‚ āϞāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟ — āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϝ⧇ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻ•āĻŋāύāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāϤ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻž
pocket — a small bag sewn into clothing for holding things

pakēṭa

āĻĒāϕ⧇āϟ — āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāϕ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇āϞāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ—
items — individual things or objects, especially in a list

jinispātra

āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ — āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻ• āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āĻŦāĻž āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāϤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ
aisles — the passages between shelves in a shop

gali

āĻ—āϞāĻŋ — āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāĻ•āϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻĒāĻĨ
shopping cart — a large basket on wheels used in shops

śapiᚁ kāráš­a

āĻļāĻĒāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϟ — āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āϚāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ
shelf — a flat board attached to a wall or in a cupboard for holding things

tāka

āϤāĻžāĻ• — āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āφāϞāĻŽāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ āϤāĻ•ā§āϤāĻž
pointed — used a finger to show direction or location

āṅgula diáēÄ“ dēkhānō

āφāϙ⧁āϞ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋ — āĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϤ⧇ āφāϙ⧁āϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž
worried — feeling anxious or concerned about something

cintita

āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ — āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ—ā§āύ āĻŦāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž
forgot — past tense of forget; failed to remember

bhulē giáēÄ“chila

āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ — āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āĻ•āĻžāϞ; āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇
finished — completed an activity or task

Å›Ä“ášŖa karala

āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāϞ — āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāϞ
paid — gave money for goods or a service

ᚭākā dila

āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϞ — āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ āĻŦāĻž āϏ⧇āĻŦāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϞ
happily — in a cheerful way

ānandēra sāthē

āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ — āĻĒā§āϰāĻĢ⧁āĻ˛ā§āϞāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇
needed — required something because it is essential

praáēÅjana chila

āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ — āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϤāĻž āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āϝ
looked for — tried to find something

khumːjatē lāgala

āϖ⧁āρāϜāϤ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϞ — āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞ
walked back — returned to a previous place by walking

phirē hemĖáš­Ä“ gēla

āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āĻšā§‡āρāĻŸā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞ — āĻšā§‡āρāĻŸā§‡ āφāϗ⧇āϰ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ
through — moving in one side and out the other side of an opening

mādhyamē

āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ — āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻžāϰ āĻāĻ• āĻĒāĻžāĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϭ⧇āϤāϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž
finally — after a long time or some difficulty

abaÅ›Ä“ášŖÄ“

āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ⧇ — āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ•āĻˇā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇
week — a period of seven days

saptāha

āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻš — āϏāĻžāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻ•āĻžāϞ
smile — a happy or friendly expression on the face

hāsi

āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋ — āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻļāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ