Story
7.
Boys and Girls
By
Alice Munro
Glossary
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arrogant |
having or revealing an
exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities |
अहंकारी |
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Ave |
Latin word for greeting |
अभिवादन
(ल्याटिन शब्द) |
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barricade |
to block off or stop up with a
barricade/barrier |
बन्द
गर्नु |
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Battle of Balaclava |
the Crimean war in 1854 |
क्रिमियन
युद्ध |
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blinds |
screen, shade, curtain |
पर्दा, छाया, पर्दा |
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bronchial |
relating to the bronchi or bronchioles/passages
of the lungs |
फोक्सोको
प्यासेज |
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cellar |
a room below ground level in a
house |
अण्डरग्राउण्ड, तहखाना |
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clinked |
watery noise |
पानीको
आवाज |
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clotted |
cover with sicky matter |
जमेको |
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commotion |
a state of confused and noisy
disturbance |
हंगामा |
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cowered |
crouch down in fear, shrink |
डरले
झुक्नु, संकुचित हुनु |
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cretonne |
a heavy cotton fabric |
सूती
कपडा |
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cutter |
boat |
डुङ्गा |
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dangling |
hanging or swinging loosely |
झुन्डिएको, झुलिरहेको |
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Danny Boy |
a lyric song |
गीत |
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deflected |
divert, avert, turn |
मोड्नु, टार्न, मोड्नु |
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derisive |
expressing contempt, dislike |
अवहेलना |
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despairingly |
helplessly |
असहाय
रूपमा |
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diligently |
in a way that shows care and
conscientiousness in one's work or duties |
लगनशिलता |
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dwindled |
diminish, decrease |
घटाउनु |
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exquisitely |
in an extremely beautiful and
delicate manner |
अत्यन्तै
सुन्दर |
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fern |
a flowerless plant |
फूलविहीन
बिरुवा |
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frail |
weak and delicate |
कमजोर
र नाजुक |
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frenzy |
wild behaviour, uncontrolled
excitement |
जंगली
व्यवहार, अनियन्त्रित उत्तेजना |
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gallantry |
bravery, courage |
बहादुरी, साहस |
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growl |
bark, snarl |
गनगन, भुक्नु |
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gurglings |
to flow in a broken, irregular
noisy current |
अनियमित
प्रवाह |
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halter |
harness, bridle, a strap
placed around the head of a horse |
लगाम |
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haunches |
a buttock and thigh considered
together, in a human or animal |
नितम्ब |
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hooves |
foot of the horse |
घोडाको
खुट्टा |
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hostility |
unfriendliness, hostile
behaviour, combate |
अमित्रता, शत्रुतापूणर्
व्यवहार, लडाइँ |
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ingenious |
clever, original and inventive |
चालाक, मौलिक
र आविष्कारशील |
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Jingle Bells |
a lyric song |
गीत |
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kerchief |
a piece of fabric used to
cover the head |
टालो, कपडाको
टुक्रा |
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knothole |
a hole in a piece of timber
where a knot has fallen out, or in a tree trunk where a branch has decayed |
गाँठो |
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linoleum |
a kind of floor covering
carpet |
कार्पेटले
ढाकेको भुइँ |
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lumber |
move in a slow, heavy, awkward
way, wood |
लोसे
चालमा, काँठ |
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lumpy |
bumpy, knobbly, uneven |
उथलपुथल, असमान |
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lurched |
stumble, stagger, uncontrolled
movement |
ठोकर, डगमगाउने, अनियन्त्रित
चाल |
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malevolent |
having or showing a wish to do
evil to others |
कपट |
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menacing |
threatening |
धम्क्याउने |
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nightmare |
a very unpleasant or
frightening experience |
डरलाग्दो
सपना |
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odour |
smell |
सुगन्ध |
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Orangemen’s Day |
the anniversary of Battle of
Boyne, July 12, parade |
वार्षिकोत्सव |
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pelting |
rush, grow up, survive |
हतार
गर्नु, बढ्नु, बाँच्नु |
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pelts |
an animal's skin with fur |
रौंसंगैको
जनावरको छाला |
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penetrated |
go through or into something
with force or effort |
घुस्नु |
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pens |
fence in, enclosure, compound |
घेराबन्दी, कम्पाउन्ड |
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perversity |
contrariness, unreasonableness |
विरोधाभास, अव्यावहारिकता |
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phlegm |
the thick viscous substance
secreted by the mucous membranes of the respiratory passages |
खकार |
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placidly |
in a calm or peaceful manner,
tranquilly |
शान्त, शान्त
रूपमा |
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plumed |
decorated with or as if with
feathers |
प्वाँखहरूको
सजावट |
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portage |
the carrying of a boat or its
cargo between to navigable water bodies |
पठाउनु, बोक्नु |
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prancing |
to move by springing as a
horse |
उफ्रिदै |
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preserves |
to keep something as it is |
सम्हाल्नु, संरक्षण
गर्नु |
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primitive |
ancient, antique, rudimentary |
प्राचीन, प्रारम्भिक |
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prowled up |
move about restlessly and
stealthily |
बेचैन
भएर हिंड्नु |
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pump |
water pump |
पानी
पम्प |
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rabid |
affected with rabies |
रेबिजबाट
प्रभावित |
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rafts |
a flat structure of timber,
bed |
काठको
ओछ्यान |
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reproach |
rebuke, scold |
गाली
गर्नु |
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ritualistically |
connected with ritual |
संस्कारसँग
जोडिएको |
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scrambling |
to move with urgency or panic |
तर्सिनु |
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scythe |
a tool used for cutting crops
such as grass or wheat |
उपकरण, हसिया |
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smarting and streaming
|
running of the nose and eyes |
रुघा
लाग्नु |
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soldiery |
soldiers |
सिपाहीको |
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sooty |
blackish or brownish black |
कालो
वा खैरो कालो |
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sorrel |
reddish coat color in a horse
lacking any black |
रातो
|
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spectacular |
beautiful in a dramatic and
eye-catching way |
आकर्षक, ध्यान
तान्ने |
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stable |
shelter of the horse |
तबेला |
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streak |
stripe, line |
पट्टी, रेखा |
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strung |
hang, suspend, sling |
झुन्ड्याउनु |
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stubble |
straw, stalks, the cut stalks
of cereal plants left sticking out of the ground after the grain is harvested
|
पराल |
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supplicating |
ask or beg for something
earnestly or humbly |
ईमान्दारीपूर्वक
माग्नु |
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swayed |
move from side to side, swing,
shake |
कोच्चिएर
हिड्नु |
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tacked up |
to prepare a horse for riding
by equipping it with tack as harness, reins, saddle etc. |
घोडालाई
सवारीको लागि तयार गर्नु |
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tarpaulin |
a heavy-duty waterproof cloth |
पानी
नछिर्ने कपडा |
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teepee |
a portable and conical tent
made of cloth, skin etc. |
पाल, टेन्ट |
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treacherous |
guilty of involving betrayal
or deception |
धोखाधडी |
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trotted up |
canter, go briskly, jog |
दौडनु |
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trundled |
move heavily and slowly |
अप्ठेरोसँग
हिड्नु |
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tumbling |
fall over |
लड्नु
|
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unaccustomed |
unusual, unfamiliar |
असामान्य, अपरिचित |
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undercurrent |
underlying feeling or
influence |
अन्तर्निहित
भावना वा प्रभाव |
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unexorcised |
not driven off or expelled,
unexpressed |
व्यक्त
नगरिएको |
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veering |
change direction suddenly,
swerve, swing |
घुमाउनु |
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whinnied |
make a whinny/yell |
चिच्याएर |
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whinny |
to neigh/sound especially in a
low or gentle way |
कोमल
आवाज |
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whistlings |
to make high sound by forcing
air through the lips |
सिठी
बजाउनु |
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wisps |
strand, thread, some strand of
hair |
धागो, कपालको
धर्सा |
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