Here are some lines from the lesson. Match the meanings of the underlined words with their meanings listed below.
| (a) Then he had a job in a Bengali firm which he gave up in disgust when his boss began to treat him in too high-handed a fashion |
stimulate the imagination |
| (b) A faint memory was stirred up in Patol Babu’s mind. |
to surrender or relinquish |
| (c) At first he opened a variety store which he had to wind up after five years. |
staged |
| (d) In Jatras, in amateur theatricals, in plays put up by the club in his neighbourhood, Patol Babu was always in demand |
to gain control over one’s actions |
| (e) Patol Babu was about to step forward when he was pulled up short by a voice shouting ‘Silence!’ |
shut down |
| (f) Patol Babu pulled himself together. |
stopped |
