Glossary | Compulsory English XI | 5. Civil Peace | by Chinua Achebe

 

Unit 1: Story

5. Civil Peace

Chinua Achebe

 

 Glossary

akara balls	deep fried balls of ground beans	बदाम जस्तै खाना
accumulated	collected, stored	सञ्चित
agony	misery, pain	पीडा
amenable	responsive, open	जवाफदेही
anini	a small Nigerian coin worth less than one cent	नाइजेरियाको सिक्का
biafran	of the rebellious southeastern region of Nigeria, which declared itself the independent Republic of Biafra in the Civil War of 1967	जाइजेरियाको ठाँउ
biro	British expression for ‘ballpoint pen’	बलपोइन्ट कलम
commandeer	to seize for military use	सैनिक नियन्त्रणमा
commiserate	sympathize with or show sorrow for	सहानुभूति देखाउनु
demijohn	a large bottle with a short neck	जार जस्तो बोटल
derefore	therefore	त्यसकारण
destitute	lacking the basic necessities of life’ poverty-stricken	बेसहारा , गरिब
disreputable	not respectable; having or deserving a bad reputation	विवादास्पद , बदनाम
dissent	disagreement; refusal to accept a common opinion	असहमत
dregs	wastes, remains	बचेकुचेको भाग
edifice	a building, especially a large, important-looking one	भवन
elevation	height, increase	शिखर, उच्च
enduring	surviving, sustaining, withstand	सहनशील
enugu	a city in southeastern Nigeria	नाइजेरियाको ईनुगु शहर
ex-gratia	given as a favour	अनुग्रह, दयाभाव
extremity	extreme, intense	चरम सीमा, पराकाष्ठा
ferrying	passing, transporting	नाउमा खोला तर्दै
fortnight	British English for ‘two weeks’	पाक्षिक
fumbling	handling or doing clumsily	अस्थिर, अनिश्चित
groaned	moaned, grunted	पीडामा छटपटाएको
hazy days	foggy days, misty days	कुहिरो लागेको दिन
hoarsely	gruffly, gruffly	जथाभावी
imperious	arrogant	अभिमानी, उद्धत
independent	individual, autonomous	स्वतन्त्र
katakata	(Nigerian English dialect) confusion, trouble	संकट, दोधार
na tief-man… hopen de door (dialect)	I am a thief of my accomplices. Open the door.
parched	dry, thirsty	सुख्खा, तिर्खाएको
perish	pass away, die	मर्नु
raffia bag	a bag woven from the fibers of the raffia palm tree	राफिया झोला
rags	scraps, cloths	टालो
revealed	uncovered, unveiled	प्रकट भयो
rickety	weak, shaky	कमजोर
rinsing	cleaning, washing	पखाल्नु
rubble	ruins, wreckage	फोहोर
ruffian	gangster, thug	बदमास, ठग
rummaged	searched, delved	खोज्यो
sagging	sinking downwards	चाउरिएको , लत्रिएको
scrounge	cadge, borrow	फिर्ता नगर्ने मनसायले सापट लिनु
scuffle	brawl, fight	झगडा
soggy sheets	wet sheets, damp sheets	भिजेको पत्रहरू
starvation	famine, food shortage	भोकमरी
survival	existence, subsistence	अस्तित्व
tarred road	pitch road	पिच रोड
whispered	murmured, muttered	कानेखुसी ग¥यो