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Story

9. The Cactus

By William Sydney Porter

 

Glossary

 

abominable	very bad or unpleasant	अप्रिय, घृणित
accomplice	partner in crime	अपराधमा साझेदार
adamant	refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind	अडिग
aisle	passageway, corridor	गलियारे
arid	lacking interest, excitement or meaning	अरुचि
barbarous	cruel, brutal, savage	बर्बर
beckoning	gesture	इशारा
beckoning	gesture, nod, appear attractive or inviting	इशारा
brow	forehead	निधार
Castilian	spoken Spanish language	स्पेनिश भाषा बोल्नु
coax	persuade	मनाउनु
cockroachy	cockroach everywhere	जताततै काक्रोच
conceded	admit that something is true	स्वीकार्नु
conceit	excessive pride in oneself	अहंकार
confronted	challenge, distress, tackle	चुनौती, संकट, सामना
conjecture	an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information	अनुमान
connive	secretly allow to occur, overlook, disregard	बेवास्ता गर्नु, मिलाउनु
conscience	moral sense	नैतिक भावना, विवेक
consent	agreement, assent, concurrence	सहमति
consent	permission for something to happen or agreement to do something	सम्झौता, सहमति
consolation	the comfort received by a person after a loss or disappointment	हानि वा निराशा पछि एक व्यक्ति द्वारा प्राप्त सान्त्वना
convolutions	a thing that is complex and difficult to follow	जटिल
courteous	polite, respectful	विनम्र, सम्मानजनक
coyly	in an outwardly shy or modest way intended to be alluring	लचिलो
crumbled	shattered, fall down, collapse	चकनाचुर, पतन
cue	indication, sign	संकेत, चिन्ह
deuce	devil, evil	शैतान, दुष्ट
drawling	words spoken in a slow, lazy way with prolonged vowel sounds	आलस
egoism	only with self-interest	अहंकार
erudition	the quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning; scholarship	गुणस्तर; विद्वत्ता
exultation	rejoicing	रमाइलो गर्दै
fatuous	foolish, stupid	मूर्ख
folly	foolishness, lack of good sense	मूर्खता
garbs	clothes, garments, attire	लुगा, पहिरन
garlicky	smelling strongly of garlic	लसुनको कडा गन्ध
gauged	calculate, measure, determine	गणना, मापन, निर्धारण
gloom	partial or total darkness	उदासी, अन्धकार
grandeur	splendour and impressiveness, especially of appearance or style	वैभव शैली, भव्यता
homage	special honour or respect shown publicly	श्रद्धाञ्जली, सम्मान
hotchpotch	a confused mixture	भ्रमित मिश्रण
imputation	an accusation	आरोप, अभियोग
incense	fragrance, aroma, scent	सुगन्ध
incontinent	lacking self-restraint; uncontrolled	असंयम, अनियन्त्रित
indulgent	showing overgenerosity to others	उदारता
insistently	in a continuous or repetitive way	जिद्दीपूर्वक
intruding	uninvited, unwelcome	घुसपैठ
irrevocably	in a way that con not be reversed or changed	अपरिवर्तनीय रूपमा
limpid	clear, unclouded	सफा, छर्लङ्ग
nostrils	nose, nasal cavity	नाक
oblation	offered	प्रस्ताव, बलिदान
odorous	having or giving off a smell	दुर्गन्धित
pedestal	idealize, respect, exalt	आदर्श, सम्मान, उच्च
perpetually	constantly, in a way that never ends or changes	निरन्तर
pretence	a claim to have a particular quality	दाबी, बहाना
prick	pierce slightly, stab	छेड्नु, घोप्नु
querulously	in a complaining way	गुनासो, जिज्ञासापूर्वक
rake up	to bring something back into focus or awareness	फिर्ता ल्याउनु, उठाउनु
remarshalled	to bring together and order in an appropriate or effective way	सँगै ल्याउनु, फर्काउनु
reminiscence	remembering past events and experiences	सम्झना
retrospect	a review of the past course of events	समीक्षा
seam	join, stitching, joint	जोड्नु
shuddered	shake, tremble, quiver	काँप्नु, थरथर
snared	trap, catch	जाल, पासो
spurious	fake or false	नक्कली
strove	make great efforts to achieve or obtain something, strive	प्रयास गर्नु
sullen	bad-tempered	रिसाहा
tardily	later than usual or than expected	अपेक्षित भन्दा ढिलो
tenderness	gentleness and kindness	नम्रता, दयालुता
tentacular	a tendril or a sensitive glandular hair	संवेदनशील ग्रंथियुक्त कपाल
threadbare	becoming thin and tattered with age	चकनाचुर, झुत्रो
tremulous	timid, shy, timorous	डरपोक, थरथर
twine	to twist together, interlace, weave	बुन्नु
unbedecked	not clothe with finery, not decorated	नसजाइएको, भद्दा
uncompromising	showing an unwillingness to make concessions to others, especially by changing one's ways or opinions	इच्छुकता नरहेको, असहज
unmitigated	absolute	निरपेक्ष, शुद्ध
Vanity	excessive pride in or admiration of one's own appearance or achievements	अत्यधिक गर्व वा प्रशंसा
virginal	pure, pristine	शुद्ध, पुरानो
wraith	evil, disregard	खराब, बेवास्ता
wrenched	pull, jerk, tear	तान्नु, हिर्काउनु, च्यात्नु