(p. 126) āśā2 hope, expectation; assurance; confidence, reliance, trust (চাকরির উপর আশা, ছেলের উপর আশা); a part of the horizon (পূর্বাশা). আশা করা, আশা রাখা v. to hope, to expect; to place confidence (upon), to rely (upon), to trust. ̃তিরিক্ত, ̃তীত a. beyond expectation, unhopedfor; unexpected. ̃নুরূপ a. up to expectation. ̃ন্বিত a. hopeful, cherishing hope; expectant. ̃পথ চেয়ে থাকা to wait in expectation, to look forward to. আশা পোষণ করা v. to cherish hopes. ̃প্রদ a. that which excites or inspires hope, hopeful. ̃বাদ n. optimism. ̃বাদী a. optimistic. n. an optimist. ̃ভঙ্গ n. disappointment, frustration. ̃ভরসা n. hopes and confidence. ̃শূন্য, ̃হীন a. hopeless; disappointed. ̃হত a. disappointed, frustrated. 115)

(p. 278) khāṭō not long or tall, short (খাটো দড়ি, খাটো গড়ন); of short width (খাটো কাপড়); not loud, low (খাটো গলা); backward (পড়াশোনায় খাটো); inefficient (কাজে খাটো); lacking, short, weak (বুদ্ধিতে খাটো). খাটো করা v. to shorten, to reduce; to shorten the width of; to lower; to humble (কাউকে খাটো করা, কারও মান খাটো করা); to disparage, to belittle. খাটো হওয়া v. to become short; to become less wide or long than what is necessary, to be of short measure (জামাটা খাটো হয়েছে); to be inferior to (কারও চেয়ে খাটো হওয়া); to prove oneself inefficient; to be humiliated, to look small (লোকের কাছে খাটো হওয়া). খাটো গলা a low voice. খাটো নজর (lit.) shortsightedness; (fig.) narrowmindedness, mean-mindedness. কানে খাটো hard of hearing. বুদ্ধিতে খাটো lacking in intelligence or understanding. 2)

(p. 429) ṭhēsa act of leaning; recumbence; anything to lean against (চেয়ারের ঠেস); a prop or support; an insinuating remark (ঠেস মারা). ঠেস দেওয়া v. to lean against; to provide with a prop, to prop; to make an insinuation against. ঠেস মারা v. to insinuate against. 28)

(p. 481) daḍ় strong, hard, steady; stiff; firm; strong; sharp (মুখে দড়); stronger, harder, stiffer (বাঁশের চেয়ে ক়ঞ্চি দড়); able, competent (কাজে দড়). 17)

(p. 633) pā-gāḍ়i a bicycle; (hum.) the foot or the leg (সবচেয়ে ভালো পা-গাড়ি). 47)

(p. 721) bām̐śa the bamboo. বাঁশ দেওয়া (sl.) to take the wind out of one's sails; to ruin. বুকে বাঁশ দেওয়া to make a person lie at full length in between two bamboo-poles and then roll the poles oppressively as a punishment; (fig.) to torment severely. বাঁশের চেয়ে কঞ্চি দড় (fig.) the chip is harder than the old block, the greenhorn is tougher than the veteran. বাঁশ বনে ডোম কানা (fig.) one cannot see the wood for the trees. ̃গাড়ি n. (law) planting a bamboo-pole in the ground of an estate as a sign of taking possession of it. ̃ঝাড় n. a bamboo-clump. 278)

(p. 785) bēta cane; rattan, ratan; a ferule; a stroke of ferule. বেত মারা, বেতানো v. to cane; to flagellate. বেত লাগানো v. to beat with a cane, to cane; to fit or mend with cane or strips of cane (as a chair). বেতের চেয়ার a cane-chair. বেতের ছড়ি a walking-stick made of cane, a rattan, a cane. বেতের ঝুড়ি a wicker-basket.

(p. 1038) sbasti be well, be in weal, (cp.) vale. n. a benedictory incantation; weal, good; contentment; (pop.) freedom from worry or anxiety, peace, relief (স্বস্তির নিশ্বাস) = a sigh of relief) সুখের চেয়ে স্বস্তি ভালো (fig.) peaceful poverty is better than worried affluence. স্বস্তিক n. a fylfot, a filfot,. a swastika; a holy sign of fylfot painted with rice-paste etc.; the Buddhist cross; a posture of sitting in yogic practice (usu. স্বস্তিকাসন); a mansion with a portico or balcony in the front; a place where two roads intersect, a cross road. ̃পাঠ, ̃বাচন n. recital or utterance of the benedictory incantation. ̃বচন n. benedictory words or incantation. ̃হীন a. peaceless, restless; having no respite, without respite, unrelieved. 18)