Essay
8.
A Black Grandmother
by
Sally Morgan
Glossary
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Aboriginal |
a member of a race of people who were the
first people to live in a country... |
आदिवासी |
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asbestos |
fabrics tiles, fibre cement tiles |
टाएल |
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attuned |
receptive or aware |
मिलाइएको |
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banging |
striking or hitting |
पिटाई |
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Boongs |
an Aboriginal person |
आदिवासी |
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catch tucker |
get food, hunter |
सिकारी |
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chuckled |
laughed quietly or inwardly |
मुस्कुराउनु |
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clenched |
on the fingers or hand closed into a tight
ball |
मुठ्ठी
कस्नु |
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clutching |
taking or trying to take hold of something
tightly |
समात्नु |
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daze |
a state of mental confusion; unable to
think clearly |
चकित |
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deliberately |
intentionally, on purpose |
जानाजानी |
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elated |
extremely happy |
उत्साहित |
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glibly |
in a way lacking careful thought, smoothly |
फर्रर |
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gullible |
easily persuaded to believe something;
easily deceived or tricked |
सोझो |
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heralded |
be a sign that is about to happen;
indicate; signal |
घोषणा, संकेत |
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hoarding |
collecting or accumulating something such
as money or food |
जोहो
गर्नु |
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incessantly |
without interruption; constantly |
निरन्तर |
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moaned |
made a long, low sound of pain or
suffering; groaned |
विलाप
गर्नु |
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mumbled |
spoke quietly and in a way that is not
clear |
गनगन
गर्नु |
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pence |
plural form of penny |
पैसा |
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pester |
trouble or annoy |
सताउनु |
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RSPCA |
Royal Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals |
संस्था |
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rug |
a floor covering of thick woven material
or animal skin; mat |
गलैचा |
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shillings |
a former British coin and monetary unit
equal to one twentieth of a pound or twelve pence |
शिलिंग |
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snorted |
make a sudden explosive sound through
one's nose |
श्वास
फेर्नु |
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squatting |
crouch or sit with one's knees bent and
one's heels close to or touching the back of one's thighs |
बस्नु |
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stigma |
a mark of shame, disgrace or discredit |
कलंक |
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strap |
a strip of leather...used to fasten |
पट्टा |
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straws |
dry stalk/stem of plant |
पराल |
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stunned |
so shocked that one is temporarily unable
to react; astonished |
स्तब्ध |
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summoned |
called for, called upon for specified
action |
बोलायो |
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swamp |
very wet, soft land |
दलदल |
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Trigonometry |
the part of mathematics concerned with the
relationship between the angles and sides of triangles |
त्रिकोणमिति |
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