Essay
6.
Not Nothing
by
Stephen Cave
Glossary
acquaintances |
familiarity, associate |
परिचितहरू |
allayed |
reduce, diminish |
सिध्यानु |
amateur |
non-specialist, layperson |
सिकारु |
antenna |
either of the two long thin parts on the
heads of insects |
एन्टेना |
appalled |
greatly dismayed, horrified or shocked |
चकित |
australopithecine |
species of early hominid that lived from
4.4 million years 1.5 million years ago |
अस्ट्रेलोपिथेसिन |
bedrock |
solid rock |
चट्टान |
brandished |
flourish, shake |
पैmलिएको |
broth |
soup consisting of meat or vegetable
chunks, and often rice |
सुप |
bulging |
swelling outwards, protruding |
फुल्लिएको |
chalet |
cabin |
क्याविन |
Compliantly |
in an obeying manner |
अनुरूप |
convoluted |
complex |
संकुचित, जटिल |
cork-popping |
open bottle |
बोतल
खोल्नु |
cosmic |
celestial, universal |
ब्रह्माण्ड |
cryonics |
low-temperature freezing and storage of a
human corpse or severed head, with the speculative hope that resurrection may
be possible in the future |
क्रायोनिक्स |
dissonance |
lack of harmony |
असन्तुष्टि |
elixir |
a magical or medicinal potion, supposed to
make the consumer immortal |
अमृत |
embody |
to make a part of a body or system |
मूर्त
रूप दिने |
empathise |
to understand another person's feeling and
experience |
सहानुभूति |
extrapolate |
to estimate something or form an opinion |
अनुमान |
flanks |
thigh, side |
थाई |
fly-swotting |
fly killing |
झिंगा
मार्ने |
frail |
weak, feeble |
कमजोर |
gelatinous |
having the consistency of jelly |
जिलेटिनस |
gory |
involving violence and bloodshed |
रक्तपात |
gut |
the stomach or belly |
पेट |
imminent |
about to happen; ready to take place |
आसन्न |
insecticide |
a substance used for killing insects |
कीट्नाशक |
intricacy |
complicated details; the quality of having
a lot of complicated small parts |
जटिलता |
Jainism |
a non-theistic religion founded in India
in the 6th century BCE by the Jaina Vardhamana Mahavira... |
जैन
धर्म |
lapse |
failure, error |
चुक्नु |
magnitude |
size |
परिमाण |
malevolent |
unkind |
द्वेषपूणर् |
metamorphosing |
change, transform |
परिवर्तन |
mistimed |
done at an inappropriate moment, badly
timed |
गलत
समयमा |
muddle |
confuse, jumble |
अव्यवस्था |
multitudinous |
countless |
बहुसंख्यक |
nihilism |
the belief that nothing in the world has a
real existence |
शून्यवाद |
oaf |
a man who is rough or clumsy and
unintelligent |
भद्दा |
obligate |
restricted to a particular function or
mode of life |
बाध्य |
omnipresence |
widespread |
सर्वव्यापीता |
orgy |
excessive, rave |
अत्याधिक |
penultimate |
second last |
अन्तिम
दोस्रो |
pummelled |
batter, pound, hammer |
पिटिएको |
relentless |
continuing, constant |
अथक |
reminiscing |
thinking about past experiences or events |
सम्झना
गर्दै |
resistance |
the attempt to prevent something by
action, opposition |
प्रतिरोध |
resurrected |
restore (a dead person) to life |
पुनरुत्थान |
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savannah |
a large, flat area of land covered with
grass, usually with few trees |
सभाना |
screeching |
loud, harsh piercing cries or noises |
चिच्याउदै |
secular |
not connected with spiritual or religious
matter |
धर्मनिरपेक्ष |
sentient |
living, conscious |
संवेदनशील |
smudge |
a blurred or smeared mark on the surface
of something |
धब्बा |
spawn |
a soft substance containing the eggs of
fish or frogs, etc. |
अण्डा |
squash |
crush, squeeze |
निचोर्नु |
squidged |
crush |
टुक्रयाउनु |
squish |
a soft squelching sound, squeeze |
टुक्रिएको
आवाज |
storks |
long legged bird |
सारस |
strain |
demands, stress |
तनाव |
streamers-and-all |
floating in the wind |
तैरनु |
stumbled |
trip, stagger |
ठोक्किनु |
summoned |
call for |
बोलाउनु |
swooping |
moving very quickly and easily through the
air |
बत्ताउनु |
symbionts |
an organism living in interdependence with
another |
अैजेरु |
teeming |
be full of |
खन्याउनु |
terrace |
a level paved area or platform next to a
building; a patio or veranda |
टेरेस |
upshot |
result, outcome |
नतिजा |
vegan |
vegetarian |
शाकाहारी |
veganism |
a practice of not eating animal product |
शाकाहारीवाद |
vicinity |
neighborhood |
वरपर |
wanton |
nasty |
अनावश्यक |
whiff |
smell |
गन्ध |
winnowing |
removing, blowing off or away |
जित्दै |