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Poem

12. The Bistro Styx

by Rita Dove

Glossary

acrylics	resin materials	रेग्जिनका सामाग्री
anachronism	theory of not matching things	अमिल्दो सिद्धान्त
aplomb	skill or confidence	कौशल वा आत्मविश्वास
arrayed	dressed	लुगा लगाएको
blighted	severely damage	गम्भीर क्षति
cape	shawl	शल, पछ्यौरी
carmine	vivid crimson color	रातो रंग
cashmere	soft woolen	नरम ऊनी
Chateaubriand	a kind of food	एक प्रकारको खाना
cliché	stereotype	रुढीवादी
cowl	hood	हुड, छत
demimonde	area of people who have illegal affairs	अपराधीक क्षेत्र
drapes	wears	लगाउँनु
fringe	edge, periphery	किनारा, परिधि
gargoyle	a strange creature that enters the houses from the top	अनौठो प्राणी
gauntness	pain	दुखाइ
glob	semi liquid substance	अर्ध तरल पदार्थ
insubstantial	light, thin	हल्का, पातलो
lavaliere	ornament	आभूषण
miniature	small scale, tiny	थोरै, सानो
mole	creature	जीव, प्राणी
mucking	rubbish	फोहोर
off-color	not decent, showy but not attractive	असभ्य
oracular	predictive	भविष्यवाणी
parquet	theatre, auditorium	थिएटर, प्रेक्षागृह
parsley sprig	parsley spray	स्प्रे
peruse	read thoroughly	राम्ररी पढ्नु
plusbeared	having much beard	धेरै दाह्री भएको
rabid cocker spaniels	affected with rabies dogs breed	रेबिजबाट प्रभावित
ravishing	delightful	राम्रो, आकर्षक
rebuff	to refuse	अस्विकार गर्नु
rue	bitterly regret	कडा पश्चाताप
shudder	shake	हल्लाउनु
sooty	dark	अँध्यारो
souvenir	gift shop	उपहार पसल
spookily	ghost	भूत
starry	old	पुरानो
strewn	untidily scattered	भताभुङ्ग, छरिएको
tossed off	rub	घिसाउनु, दल्नु
tufted	grassy field	घाँसे मैदान
wobbling	move unsteadily	अस्थिर रूपमा सर्नु