Glossary | Drama | All My Sons | by Arthur Miller | NEB Grade XII | Major English

 

ALL MY SONS

a play in three acts

by Arthur Miller

Glossary

 

Act One

 

abreast	side by side and facing the same way	छेउमा
abruptly	unexpectedly	अचानक
apprehensive	nervous, anxious	डराउने
battalion	division, brigade	बटालियन
beckons	gesture	इशारा गर्छ
calamity	disaster	विपत्ति
Carden	wooden	कार्डेन
chivalric	mannerly	अजष्खबचिष्अ
dast	easily	डस्ट
demote	devalue	अवनति
dredged	remove	ड्रेज गरिएको
effacing	make insignificant	प्रभाव पार्ने
exasperated	intensely irritated and frustrated	आक्रोशित
exonerated	pardoned	निर्दोष
exonerated	release, absolve, forgive	निर्दोष
funereally	very seriously and sad way	अन्त्येष्टिमा
haberdashering	small items used in sewing	टुक्रा
liable	accountable, legally responsible	उत्तरदायी
mystified	puzzle	रहस्यमय
Newfoundland	a dog of a very large breed with a thick coarse coat	कुकुरको प्रजाती
nuisance	irritation	उपद्रव
overriding	more important than any other considerations	बेवास्ता गर्दै
peeved	annoyed	चिन्तित
peevishness	irritable	रिसाहा
penitentiary	prison	प्रायश्चित
reprimanding	rebuke, chide	गाली गर्दै
saunters	walk in a slow and relaxed manner	टहल्दै
scoured	scrub, cleanse, wash	खस्यो
scrawny	unattractively thin and bony	चिल्लो
stolid	calm	स्थिर
toppled	fall down, broken down	ढालियो
triumphantly	victoriously	विजयी रूपमा
wry	funny but also disappointing	धचथ
Wryly	bad situation slightly funny	रुईली

 

Act Two

 

acquainted	familiar, aware with	परिचित
alley	a narrow passageway between or behind buildings	गल्ली
appetite	hunger	भोक
aspersions	an attack on the reputation, vilification, defamation	आशंकाहरू
brainy	bright, intelligent	दिमागी
briskly	in an active, quick or energetic way	द्रुत रूपमा
broach	raise a difficult subject for discussion	गम्भिर छलफल
broadcloth	soft and fine clothes	चौडा कपडा
brooch	badge	मेडल
bum	poor, vagrant, unsatisfactory	बम
crucify	criticize or punish very severely	क्रुसमा टाँग्नु
cut‐throat competition	hard competition	कडा प्रतिस्पर्धा
defectives	faulty, shoddy	दोषपूणर्
deliberation	thinking, contemplation	विचार विमर्श
despises	hate, detest, loathe	घृणा गर्नु
diapered	to put diaper on	डायपर लगाएको
embrace	hug	अँगालो
envy	jealousy	ईष्र्या
Fascism	tyranny, dictatorship	फासीवाद
fella	fellow	साथी
filthy	dirty	फोहोर
forestall	prevent	रोक्नु
God almighty	Oh God	सर्वशक्तिमान ईश्वर
horrified	shocked	आतंकित
hush	quiet	चुपचाप
ignoramus	an ignorant or stupid person	अज्ञानी
indecisively	hesitantly	अनिणर्यपूर्वक
insinuatingly	hardly, loudly	आग्रह गर्दै
joviality	cheerfulness	आनन्द
laundering	conceal the origins of money obtained illegally, wash and iron clothes	धुलाई
lieutenant	rank of soldier/army	लेफ्टिनेन्ट
longingly	willingly	इच्छापूर्वक
mystified	bewildered, perplexed	रहस्यमय
noncommittally	not expressing	गैर प्रतिबद्धतापूर्वक
outburst	explosion, outbrust	विस्फोट
overwhelming	irresistible	भारी
patsy	a person who is easily taken advantage of, especially by being cheated or blamed for something	सोझो
peeved	annoyed) at the man's stupidity	चिन्तित
phony	fake, counterfeit	नक्कली
porch	veranda	पोर्च
relishing	enjoy greatly	रमाइलो गर्दै
reprimand	scolding	गाली गर्नु
resent	hate	रिसाउनु
resenting	begrudge, feel bitterness	आक्रोशित
retract	withdraw, apology for	फिर्ता लिनु
scheming	tricking, cheating	षडयन्त्र
scoffingly	ironically, satirically	गिल्ला गर्दै
solicitude	kindness, concern	एकलता
Somberly	seriously	अन्धकारमय
sprigs	twig, branch	टुक्राहरू
strained	exhausted	तनावग्रस्त
stump	bottom part of a tree	फेद
swell	marvelous, wonderful	फुल्नु
thrusting	aggressively pushing or giving) glass into George's hand	धकेल्दै
unabashed	unashamed, shameless	अविचलित
unyielding	firmly, steadfast	अटल
warts	grown up	हुर्केको
whirling	turning) him around	घुमाउरो
Zeppelin	aircraft	विमान

Act Three

 

apprehensively	anxiously, hesitantly	आशंकित रूपमा
ceaselessly	continuously	निरन्तर
convicted	declared guilty	दोषी ठहरियो
emphasis	stress	जोड
Furiously	angrily	रिसाएर
inaudibly	very slowly, silently	सुन्न नसकिने गरी
intercept	interrupt	अवरोध
mystified	confused	रहस्यमय
persistent	constant	निरन्तर
perspired	sweat	पसिना आएको
sarcasm	mockery	व्यंग्य