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. → (i) stimulate the imagination

(b) A faint memory was stirred up in Patol Babu’s mind. → (ii) to surrender or relinquish

(c) At first he opened a variety store which he had to wind up after five years. → (iii) staged

(d) In Jatras, in amateur theatricals, in plays put up by the club in his neighbourhood, Patol BatJu was always in demand → (iv) 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!’ → (v) shut down

(f) Patol Babu pulled himself together. → (vi) stopped