| Acknowledgements |
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| Bengali/Bangla, Bengal and Bangladesh |
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| Learning Bangla: Some Guidelines |
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| Grammar Terms |
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| Abbreviations |
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1 The Script: An Overview |
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2 | (1) |
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Bangla Alphabetical Order |
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4 | (1) |
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2 Transliteration and Pronunciation |
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5 | (2) |
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5 | (1) |
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6 | (1) |
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2.4 Dental and retroflex stops |
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3 Bangla Letters, Symbols and Sounds |
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Vowels and vowel signs (overview) |
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7 | (1) |
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8 | (2) |
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10 | (1) |
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4 Sounds and Script of Individual Letters |
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5 Notes on word and sentence formation |
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33 | (1) |
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33 | (1) |
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33 | (1) |
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34 | (9) |
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43 | (8) |
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Dialogue: What's this? Who is he? (Part 1) |
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44 | (3) |
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Transliteration and glosses for dialogue |
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44 | (2) |
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46 | (1) |
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Grammar 1 Sentence construction |
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47 | (2) |
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49 | (2) |
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51 | (12) |
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Dialogue What's this? Who is he? (Part Two) |
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52 | (4) |
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Transliteration and glosses for dialogue |
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52 | (3) |
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55 | (1) |
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Grammar 2 As a Question Marker |
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56 | (1) |
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56 | (3) |
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Idiomatic expressions: like and dislike |
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59 | (1) |
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60 | (3) |
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63 | (18) |
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Dialogue: Where is Saida? |
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64 | (5) |
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Transliteration and glosses for dialogue |
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66 | (2) |
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68 | (1) |
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69 | (1) |
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Narrative: Bimol's village home |
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70 | (4) |
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Transliteration and glosses for narrative |
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71 | (2) |
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73 | (1) |
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74 | (3) |
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77 | (1) |
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78 | (1) |
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78 | (1) |
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79 | (2) |
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81 | (18) |
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82 | (5) |
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Transliteration and glosses for dialogue |
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84 | (2) |
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86 | (1) |
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Grammar 6 Bangla classifiers |
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87 | (4) |
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91 | (2) |
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92 | (1) |
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93 | (1) |
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94 | (1) |
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Additional Vocabulary: Animals and people |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (3) |
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99 | (16) |
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Grammar 9 Bangla verbs complete |
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100 | (9) |
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Verb stems -- Vowel mutation |
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100 | (2) |
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102 | (2) |
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104 | (2) |
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106 | (2) |
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108 | (1) |
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Grammar 10 Making sentences |
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109 | (1) |
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110 | (1) |
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Verbs say, tell, talk, speak |
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110 | (1) |
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111 | (4) |
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115 | (18) |
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Dialogue filial Neighbors |
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116 | (3) |
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118 | (1) |
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119 | (1) |
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120 | (3) |
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123 | (1) |
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Narrative: A village holiday |
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124 | (1) |
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124 | (1) |
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125 | (2) |
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Additional Vocabulary: Time and place words |
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127 | (2) |
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129 | (4) |
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133 | (16) |
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Dialogue: After the invitation |
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134 | (3) |
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136 | (1) |
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Grammar 15 Quantifiers, amounts |
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137 | (2) |
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Narrative: Stupid servants |
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139 | (2) |
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140 | (1) |
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141 | (1) |
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Grammar 17 Verbs of being |
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142 | (2) |
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Grammar 18 Reflexives and reciprocals |
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144 | (1) |
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Additional Vocabulary: Telling the time |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (3) |
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149 | (26) |
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152 | (3) |
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154 | (1) |
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Grammar 19 Perfective participles (PP) -- Verbal sequences |
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155 | (1) |
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Grammar 20 Compound verbs |
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156 | (6) |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (1) |
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Additional Vocabulary: Around the house |
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163 | (2) |
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Grammar 21 Causative and extended verbs |
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165 | (3) |
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168 | (3) |
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171 | (4) |
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175 | (18) |
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176 | (3) |
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178 | (1) |
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179 | (1) |
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179 | (1) |
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Grammar 22 Verbal nouns (VN) |
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180 | (1) |
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Grammar 23 Imperfective participles (IP) |
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181 | (1) |
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Grammar 24 Impersonal structures |
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182 | (2) |
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Additional Vocabulary: Food, drinks, and spices |
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184 | (2) |
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186 | (7) |
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193 | (16) |
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194 | (3) |
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196 | (1) |
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Grammar 25 Conditional participles (CP) |
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197 | (2) |
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Narrative: Untimely punishment |
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199 | (2) |
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200 | (1) |
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Grammar 26 Conditional sentences with if |
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201 | (2) |
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Additional Vocabulary: Common adjectives |
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203 | (2) |
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205 | (4) |
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209 | (16) |
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210 | (2) |
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212 | (1) |
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Additonal Vocabulary: Body and health |
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212 | (1) |
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Grammar 27 Bangla tense use |
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213 | (6) |
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219 | (2) |
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220 | (1) |
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221 | (4) |
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225 | (18) |
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226 | (3) |
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228 | (1) |
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Grammar 28 Compound and complex sentences and conjunctions |
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229 | (3) |
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232 | (4) |
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234 | (2) |
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Additional Vocabulary: Nature words |
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236 | (1) |
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Grammar 29 Correlative structures |
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237 | (4) |
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241 | (2) |
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243 | (36) |
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244 | (3) |
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246 | (1) |
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247 | (2) |
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249 | (3) |
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251 | (1) |
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Additional Vocabulary: Abstract nouns |
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252 | (1) |
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253 | (2) |
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255 | (8) |
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263 | (16) |
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279 | (42) |
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Using Bangla dictionaries |
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280 | (2) |
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Bangla -- English Dictionary |
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282 | (18) |
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English -- Bangla Dictionary |
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300 | (21) |
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321 | (24) |
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Appendix 1 The inherent vowel |
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322 | (3) |
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Appendix 2 Consonant conjuncts |
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325 | (2) |
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327 | (6) |
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333 | (2) |
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Appendix 5 Common compound verbs |
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335 | (3) |
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Appendix 6 Common conjunct verbs |
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338 | (2) |
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Appendix 7 Family relationships, kinship terms |
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340 | (2) |
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Appendix 8 Months and seasons |
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342 | (1) |
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343 | (2) |
| Index |
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345 | (2) |
| Audio Track List |
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