The Night in the Kitchen

📖 CEFR Level: A2 | Bengali

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Anna walked into her kitchen late one night.

āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŋāύēkadina āϰāĻžāϤ⧇rātē āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāύāĻžÄáēÄnā āϤāĻžāϰtāra āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϘāϰ⧇rānnāgharē āĻĸ⧁āĻ•āϞ⧇āĻ¨á¸hukalēnaāĨ¤

āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāύāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϘāϰ⧇ āĻĸ⧁āĻ•āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

She wanted a glass of water because she was thirsty.

āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋtini āĻāϕēka āĻ—ā§āϞāĻžāϏglāsa āϜāϞjala āϚāĻžāχāϞ⧇āύcāilēna āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖkāraṇa āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋtini āϤ⧃āĻˇā§āĻŖāĻžāĻ°ā§āϤtrĖĨášŖáš‡Ärta āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύchilēnaāĨ¤

āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ• āĻ—ā§āϞāĻžāϏ āϜāϞ āϚāĻžāχāϞ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤ⧃āĻˇā§āĻŖāĻžāĻ°ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

She turned on the light and saw a big problem.

āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋtini āφāϞ⧋ālō āĻœā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻžāϞ⧇āύjbālālēna āĻāĻŦāςēbaᚁ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋēkaáš­i āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧbaṛa āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžsamas'yā āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇dēkhatē āĻĒ⧇āϞ⧇āύpēlēnaāĨ¤

āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāϞ⧋ āĻœā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻžāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

Three small, brown roaches ran across the floor.

āϤāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋtinaáš­i āϛ⧋āϟchōᚭa, āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋbādāmi āϤ⧇āϞāĻžāĻĒā§‹āĻ•āĻžtēlāpōkā āĻŽā§‡āĻā§‡āϤ⧇mējhētē āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧ⧇dauṛē āϚāϞ⧇chalē āϗ⧇āϞgēlaāĨ¤

āϤāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ, āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧇āϞāĻžāĻĒā§‹āĻ•āĻž āĻŽā§‡āĻā§‡āϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤

They moved very fast and hid under the refrigerator.

āϤāĻžāϰāĻžtārā āϖ⧁āĻŦkhuba āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤdruta āϚāϞāϞchalala āĻāĻŦāςēbaᚁ āϰ⧇āĻĢā§āϰāĻŋāϜāĻžāϰ⧇āϟāϰ⧇āϰrēphrijārēṭarēra āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡nicē āϞ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇lukiáēÄ“ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞpaṛalaāĨ¤

āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϚāϞāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϰ⧇āĻĢā§āϰāĻŋāϜāĻžāϰ⧇āϟāϰ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āϞ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞāĨ¤

Anna felt scared and a little sick.

āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāύāĻžÄáēÄnā āĻ­āϝāĻŧbhaáēa āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇pēáēÄ“ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύgēlēna āĻāĻŦāςēbaᚁ āĻāĻ•āĻŸā§Ä“kaáš­u āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨasustha āĻŦā§‹āϧbōdha āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύkaralēnaāĨ¤

āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāύāĻž āĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

She did not like bugs in her house.

āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋtini āϤāĻžāϰtāra āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇bāṛitē āĻĒā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧpōkāmākaṛa āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻpachanda āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύkaratēna āύāĻžnāāĨ¤

āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤

The next morning, she went to the store.

āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰparēra āĻĻāĻŋāύdina āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇sakālē, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋtini āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇dōkānē āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύgēlēnaāĨ¤

āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

She bought special traps for the roaches.

āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋtini āϤ⧇āϞāĻžāĻĒā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰtēlāpōkādēra āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝjanya āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώbiÅ›Ä“ášŖa āĻĢāĻžāρāĻĻphāmːda āĻ•āĻŋāύāϞ⧇āύkinalēnaāĨ¤

āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤ⧇āϞāĻžāĻĒā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āĻĢāĻžāρāĻĻ āĻ•āĻŋāύāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

She put the traps in the corners of the kitchen.

āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋtini āĻĢāĻžāρāĻĻāϗ⧁āϞ⧋phāmːdagulō āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϘāϰ⧇āϰrānnāgharēra āϕ⧋āϪ⧇kōᚇē āϰāĻžāĻ–āϞ⧇āύrākhalēnaāĨ¤

āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĢāĻžāρāĻĻāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϘāϰ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āϪ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

She also cleaned everything very well.

āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋtini āϏāĻŦāĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁sabakichu āϖ⧁āĻŦkhuba āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇bhālōbhābē āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰpariášŖkāra āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύkaralēnaāĨ¤

āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻŦāĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

Two days later, the traps were empty.

āĻĻ⧁āχdui āĻĻāĻŋāύdina āĻĒāϰ⧇parē, āĻĢāĻžāρāĻĻāϗ⧁āϞ⧋phāmːdagulō āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋkhāli āĻ›āĻŋāϞchilaāĨ¤

āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻĢāĻžāρāĻĻāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

Anna was happy and felt safe again.

āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāύāĻžÄáēÄnā āϖ⧁āĻļāĻŋkhuśi āĻšāϞ⧇āύhalēna āĻāĻŦāςēbaᚁ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰābāra āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻĻnirāpada āĻŦā§‹āϧbōdha āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύkaralēnaāĨ¤

āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāύāĻž āϖ⧁āĻļāĻŋ āĻšāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

Now she always cleans the kitchen carefully.

āĻāĻ–āύēkhana āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋtini āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧsabasamaáēa āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇sābadhānē āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϘāϰrānnāghara āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰpariášŖkāra āĻ•āϰ⧇āύkarēnaāĨ¤

āĻāĻ–āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϘāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤

📚 Vocabulary

kitchen — a room where you cook food

rānnāghara

āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϘāϰ — āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϘāϰ āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ
late — near the end of a period of time

rātē

āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ — āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇
thirsty — needing or wanting a drink

trĖĨášŖáš‡Ärta

āϤ⧃āĻˇā§āĻŖāĻžāĻ°ā§āϤ — āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻŦāĻž āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž
turned on — made a machine or light start working

jbālālēna

āĻœā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻžāϞ⧇āύ — āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§‡āĻļāĻŋāύ āĻŦāĻž āφāϞ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϞ⧇āύ
roaches — brown insects that sometimes live in houses

tēlāpōkā

āϤ⧇āϞāĻžāĻĒā§‹āĻ•āĻž — āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§‹āĻ•āĻž āϝāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇
ran — moved very quickly on legs

dauṛē

āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ — āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϚāϞāϞ
across — from one side to the other side

diáēÄ“

āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ — āĻāĻ• āĻĒāĻžāĻļ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇
floor — the flat surface you walk on inside a building

mējhē

āĻŽā§‡āĻā§‡ — āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰ⧇ āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ  āϝāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāρāĻŸā§‡āύ
refrigerator — a large cold box for keeping food fresh

rēphrijārēṭara

āϰ⧇āĻĢā§āϰāĻŋāϜāĻžāϰ⧇āϟāϰ — āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϜāĻž āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ
scared — feeling afraid or frightened

bhaáēa pēáēÄ“

āĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ — āĻ­ā§€āϤ āĻŦāĻž āφāϤāĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž
bugs — small insects

pōkāmākaṛa

āĻĒā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧ — āϛ⧋āϟ āĻĒā§‹āĻ•āĻž
store — a shop where you buy things

dōkāna

āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ — āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āĻ•āĻŋāύ⧇āύ
bought — got something by paying money for it

kinalēna

āĻ•āĻŋāύāϞ⧇āύ — āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻĒ⧇āϞ⧇āύ
traps — things used to catch animals or insects

phāmːda

āĻĢāĻžāρāĻĻ â€” āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§€ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§‹āĻ•āĻž āϧāϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ
corners — the points or areas where two sides meet

kōᚇa

āϕ⧋āĻŖ — āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁ āĻŦāĻž āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ
cleaned — made something free from dirt

pariášŖkāra karalēna

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ — āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϕ⧇ āĻŽāϝāĻŧāϞāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ
empty — with nothing or no one inside

khāli

āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ — āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŦāĻž āϕ⧇āω āύ⧇āχ
safe — protected from danger or harm

nirāpada

āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ â€” āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ
again — one more time

ābāra

āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ — āφāϰ āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ
carefully — in a way that avoids harm or mistakes

sābadhānē

āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ — āĻāĻŽāύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻž āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āϭ⧁āϞ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ