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Essay

2. An Eastern Journey

by Somerset Maugham

 

Glossary

adorned	make more beautiful or attractive	सजाइएको
ancestry	ancestors, forebears	वंश
annotated	explain, interpret, elucidate	वणर्न
antiquity	ancient, great age	पुरातनता
arduous	difficult to accomplish or achieve	कठिन
august	grand, impressive	भव्य
awe-inspiring	breath-taking, stunning, stupendous	विस्मयकारी
bas-reliefs	relief is a sculptural technique where the sculpted elements remain attached to a solid background of the same material	राहत
bayaderes	sculptures	मूर्ति
Bayon	richly decorated Buddhist temple	बौद्ध गुम्वा
bedraggled	to make limp and soiled, as with rain or dirt	ओछ्यान
beret	a kind of round flattish cap	टोपी
brandishing	raise, swing	उठाइएको
Capitals	main administrative city	राजधानी
causeway	a raised road or track across low or wet ground	मार्ग
champed	make a noisy biting or chewing action	चपाएको
chieftains	leader of a people or clan	प्रमुख
citadel	fortress, fort, castle	किल्ला
clumps	cluster	पंक्ति
commotion	a state of confused and noisy disturbance	हंगामा
conjecture	guess	अनुमान
consummate	perfect	समाप्त
contorted	twist	विकृत
corsair	pirate ship	चोरीको जहाज
countenance	profile, expression, features	अनुहार
crammed into	to shove/push something into something else	भित्र पस्यो
dank	unpleasantly damp and cold	गाँठो
darting	move or run somewhere suddenly or rapidly	भाग्नुु
defile	gorge, ruin	अपवित्र
devised	invent, create	बनायो
devout	pious	भक्त
discern	recognize or find out	बुझ्नु
disconsolately	cheerless, dejected, downcast	निराश रूपमा
dismay	sadness	निराशा
draughts men	architect, designer	इन्जिनियर
edification	improvement	सुधार
eerie	strange	विचित्र
elegance	refinement	भव्यता
enchanting	charming	मनमोहक
enigmatic	difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious	रहस्यमय
epithet	nickname	विशेषण
excite	stimulate	उत्तेजित
fetid	foul, rotten	गलत
frenzied	wildly excited or enthusiastic	उन्माद
frescoes	a painting done rapidly in water-colour on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling	भित्तेचित्रहरू
futile	serving no useful purpose; ineffective	व्यर्थ
gelling	to work well together	सहकार्य
Genoese	from Genoa, Italy	जेनोइस सहर
gorgeousness	loveliness, splendor	भव्यता
hieratic	of or concerning Egyptian or Greek styles of art adhering to early methods as laid down by religious tradition	पसारिनु
hook	clip, detail, attach	गासिनु
husked	remove the husk/shell from	झिक्नु
impassive	not feeling or showing emotion, expressionless	भावविहीन
impetuous	impulsive, vigorous, violent	उत्तेजित
impregnated	to make a substance spread through an area	भरिनु
induce	persuade, effect	प्रेरित गर्ने
indulgence	the action of allowing oneself to enjoy the pleasure of	भोग
ingenuity	the quality of being clever, original, and inventive	चतुरता
ingenuous	innocent, naive, simple	सोझो
innumerable	too many to be numbered, countless	असंख्य
interminable	endless	अनन्त
intrepid	bold	निडर
irresistible	attractive, tempting, enticing	अपरिवर्तनीय
lances	spear, shaft	पाता
leafage	foliage, leaf	पात
lichen and moss	fungi-algae sandwich and simple plant	लेउ, ढुसी
loom	emerge	पैmलनु
looming	appear	देखापर्नु
lugged	lift, drag with great effort	लग्यो
lurk	hang about, skulk	झुण्डिनु
magnificence	glory	भव्यता
malevolent	having a desire to harm other people	द्वेषपूणर्
malignancy	evil, malice	घातकता
mammoth	huge	भव्य
mangroves	a kind of tropical shrub	झाडी
manifest	obvious, visible	प्रकट
masonry	stonework	चिनाई
mediocre	neither good nor bad; barely adequate	सामान्य
mingled	mix, blend, interweave	मिसिएको
minnows	species of fish	माछा
miraculously	in a way that is very surprising or difficult to believe	चमत्कारी रूपमा
moat	a deep, wide trench usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle	खाडल
mosaic	a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small coloured pieces of hard material	तस्विर
mould	matrix, shape	आकार
multitudinous	numerous, vast	बहुसंख्यक
mystic	spiritual	आध्यात्मिक
opulence	wealth, affluence	ऐश्वर्य
pageantry	spectacular display	परम्परा
painstaking	done with great care and thoroughness, careful, meticulous	मेहनती
palpable	that is easily noticed by the mind or the senses	स्पष्ट
parapet	wall, fence, railing	बार
pedestals	base, bed, plinth	आधार
pediments	a triangular structure made generally at the front wall of the building	त्रिकोणात्मक संरचना
pell-mell	in a recklessly hurried manner	हतार हतार
perilously	in a way that is full of danger or risk	खतरनाक रूपमा
perplexed	completely baffled; very puzzled	अलमलमा परेको
Phnom-Penh	capital city of Cambodia	नोम-पेन्ह
pilasters	pillar, support	आधार
plantain	a tropical plant of the banana family	बिरुवा
plausible	reasonable	प्रशंसनीय
poignancy	sadness	मार्मिकता
pompous	self-important	घमण्ड
populous	where a large number of people live	जनसंख्या भएको
primeval	primitive	प्राचिन
rapture	a feeling of intense pleasure or joy	उन्माद
render	furnish, make	बनाउनु
resolution	determination, purpose, intention	संकल्प
reverberating	echo, resound	प्रतिध्वनि गर्दै
reverts	return, retrogress	उल्टाउँछ
sampan	a small boat	साम्पन
sauntered	walk in a slow, relaxed manner	टहल्नु
sculptors	an artist who makes sculptures	मूर्तिकारहरू
shrouded	wrap, cover, envelop	ढाकेको
silhouettes	an unclear image	धमिलो तस्विर
Sir Thomas Browne	17th century English thinker	सर थोमस ब्राउन
slashing	devastating, scorching, vigorously incisive or effective	ध्वन्स मच्चाउदै
slavishly	in a servile or submissive/obedient manner	दासतापूर्वक
solemn	serious	गम्भीर
somber	dull, gloomy	नराम्रो
sophisticated	developed to a high degree of complexity	परिष्कृत
souvenir	memento, keepsake, token	स्मारिका
squelch	make a soft sucking sound such as that made by walking heavily through mud	आवाज
strewn	untidily scattered	छरिएको
stupendous	extremely impressive, extraordinary, remarkable	अचम्मको
subtle	slight, delicate	सूक्ष्म
subtlety	delicacy	सूक्ष्मता
surmount	conquer	विजेता
tangle	knot, interweave, twist	उलझन
tapestries	a piece of thick textile fabric with pictures or designs formed by weaving coloured weft threads	बुनाई
tassel	edging, decoration piece	झोला
torrential	referring to very heavy rain	मुसलधारे
tortuous	full of bends, not direct	कष्टप्रद
tranquility	the quality or state of being tranquil; calm	शान्ति
traverse	crisscross	पार गर्ने
trumpery	showy but worthless	देखावटी
turrets	a small tower on top of a larger tower or at the corner of a building or wall, typically of a castle	बुर्जहरू
unbridled	not controlled	बेलगाम
unobtrusively	not conspicuous/catchy or attractive attention	साधारण
unsubstantial	having little or no solidity, reality or factual basis	अवास्तविक
utensils	tool, instrument, gadget, appliance	भाँडाहरू
varicose	swollen or enlarged	फुल्लेको
vehemence	the display of strong feeling; passion	तीव्रता
vehement	intense, passionate	कडा
veiled	cover, a piece of fine material worn by women to protect or conceal the face	पर्दा लगाएको
vengeance	revenge	बदला
Walter Pater	19th century English essayist	वाल्टर प्याटर
wanton	deliberate and unprovoked, vicious, motiveless	अनावश्यक, गम्भिर
withal	with, in addition	साथमा
wrench	struggle, pull, twist	संघर्ष
writhe	twist, squirming movement, wriggle, flail	बटार्नु
yokes	a wooden crosspiece that is fastened over the necks of two animals and attached to the plough or cart that they are to pull or by people as well, harness	जुवा