One Act Play
3. The Boor
by Anton Chekhov
Glossary
|
a boor |
lout, rowdy,
a rough and bad-mannered person |
राउडी, बदमास |
|
acquainted |
experienced
something |
परिचित |
|
berries |
coffee beans |
कफी |
|
bridle |
a device used
for leading horses |
लगाम |
|
budge |
move |
हलचल |
|
cloister |
covered walk,
walkway |
पैदल बाटो |
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conceited |
vain, futile |
व्यर्थ, अभिमानी |
|
convent |
call, summon,
religious community |
आह्वान, धार्मिक समुदाय |
|
courtyard |
surrounded
area |
आँगन |
|
dish−rag |
dish cloth |
भाँडा पुछ्ने कपडा |
|
domino |
a loose
cloak, worn with a mask for the upper part of the face at masquerades |
लुगा |
|
duels |
a contest
with deadly weapons arranged between two people in order to settle a point of
honour |
द्वन्द्व |
|
fledgling |
a young bird
that has grown feathers and is learning to fly |
चरा |
|
flinching |
making a
quick, nervous movement as an instinctive reaction to fear, pain, or surprise |
हतार |
|
heathen |
pagan, a
person who does not belong to a widely held religion as regarded by those who
do |
मूर्तिपूजक |
|
hypocritical |
noble, higher
standard, deceitful |
महान, कपटी |
|
ill−bred |
grow up in
mannerless family |
असभ्य नस्ल |
|
impudent |
lacking
modesty, mannerless, rough |
निर्दयी |
|
je vous prie |
please |
कृपया |
|
jilted |
left, break
up with, rejected |
त्याग्नु |
|
kopeck |
a monetary
unit of Russia equal to one hundredth of a rouble |
रुबल को एक सयौं मौद्रिक एकाइ |
|
Kvas |
an alcoholic
drink of low strength made in Russia and E Europe from cereals and stale
bread |
अल्कोहल पदार्थ |
|
magpie |
pain,
suffering |
पीडा |
|
Meditatively
|
thoughtfully |
ध्यानपूर्वक |
|
mourning |
expression of
deep sorrow for someone who has died |
शोक |
|
oats |
grains used
for food; a type of food |
जौं |
|
petticoat |
female
control |
महिला नियन्त्रीत |
|
regiment |
a military
unit |
एक सैन्य इकाई |
|
Resolutely |
bold, steady |
बोल्ड, स्थिर, दृढतापूर्वक |
|
Shilly-shallying |
to show
hesitation or lack of decisiveness or resolution |
हिचकिचाहट |
|
Shudders
|
shiver,
quiver |
काँप्नु, थरथर |
|
solitude |
loneliness |
एक्लोपन |
|
Springing up |
jumping up |
उफ्रँदै |
|
stable |
horse farm,
shed |
तबेला |
|
swore |
promised |
प्रतिज्ञा |
|
tendon |
muscle |
मांशपेशी |
|
toll−gatherer |
tolls or
taxes collector |
कर कलेक्टर |
|
torments |
agony, misery |
पीडा, यातना |
|
unaccustomed |
unfamiliar |
अपरिचित |
|
unharness |
remove,
release |
हटाउनु, बेवास्ता |
|
versts |
1.1 km of
Russian length |
१.१ किमीको लम्बाइ |
|
whiner |
a person who
makes frequent complaints usually about little things |
किचकिचे |
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