PK Dey TRANSLATION: 03

 

1️⃣

Bengali:

এক বাঘের পা খোঁড়া হইয়া গিয়াছিল।

English:

One of the tiger’s legs had become lame.

Better alternatives:

lame → crippled / disabled

had become → had grown / had turned

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2️⃣

Bengali:

বনের মধ্যে তাহার বাসা।

English:

Its dwelling was in the forest.

Better alternatives:

dwelling → den / abode

forest → jungle / woods

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3️⃣

Bengali:

বাসা ছাড়িয়া সে নড়িতে পারে না।

English:

It could not move out of its den.

Better alternatives:

move → stir / go out

den → lair / shelter

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4️⃣

Bengali:

একদিন এক শিয়াল তাহাকে দেখিতে আসিল।

English:

One day, a fox came to see it.

Better alternatives:

came to see → came to visit / came to meet

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5️⃣

Bengali:

সে দূরে দাঁড়াইয়া দেখিতে লাগিল।

English:

It stood at a distance and began to observe.

Better alternatives:

at a distance → from afar

observe → watch / look on

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6️⃣

Bengali:

বাঘ বলিল, “তুমি ওখানে দাঁড়াইয়া আছ কেন? কাছে এসো, গল্প করি।”

English:

The tiger said, “Why are you standing there? Come closer, let us talk.”

Better alternatives:

said → remarked / asked

come closer → come near / approach

let us talk → let us have a chat

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7️⃣

Bengali:

শিয়াল বলিল, “আমার সাহস হয় না।”

English:

The fox replied, “I do not have the courage.”

Better alternatives:

replied → answered / responded

courage → boldness / nerve

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8️⃣

Bengali:

তোমার নিকট অনেক জন্তু আসিয়াছে।

English:

Many animals have come near you.

Better alternatives:

animals → beasts / creatures

come near → approached

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9️⃣

Bengali:

তাহাদের পদচিহ্ন দেখিতেছি।

English:

I can see their footprints.

Better alternatives:

footprints → tracks / marks

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🔟

Bengali:

কিন্তু তাহারা ফিরিয়া গিয়াছে এরূপ কোনো চিহ্ন তো দেখিতেছি না।

English:

But I do not see any sign that they have gone back.

Better alternatives:

sign → trace / indication

gone back → returned

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🧠 Detailed Exam Insight (Very Important)

1️⃣ Use of Animal Fable (Moral Story)

এই passage একটি fable / moral tale। Examiner খেয়াল করেন—

পনি কি hidden danger বুঝেছেন?

শিয়ালের presence of mind ধরতে পেরেছেন কি না

📌 Implied idea:

> The fox understands that animals went in but never came out.

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2️⃣ Logical Observation (Inference)

শিয়াল সরাসরি অভিযোগ করছে না—সে evidence দিয়ে যুক্তি করছে:

Footprints inside ✔️

No footprints outside ❌

👉 Examiner খুব পছন্দ করেন এই ধরনের logical reasoning-কে।

Exam-ready line:

> Absence of evidence of return made the fox suspicious.

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3️⃣ Dialogue Handling (Reported vs Direct Speech)

Dialogue আছে—Examiner দেখেন:

punctuation ঠিক আছে কি না

speech natural হয়েছে কি না

Example:

> “Come closer, let us talk.” ✔️

(not Come near we will talk ❌)

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4️⃣ Vocabulary Expectation

Examiner আশা করেন:

footprints (না যে foot sign)

approached (না যে came)

👉 Simple কিন্তু standard words = বেশি নম্বর।

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⏳ Tense of the Passage

🔹 Main Tense:

✅ Simple Past Tense

🔹 Supporting Tenses:

Past Perfect:

had become lame

Present Perfect (in dialogue):

have come

have gone back

📌 Final Note:

> The passage is mainly written in the Simple Past Tense, with Past Perfect for prior events and Present Perfect used inside dialogue.