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Story

6. Everything That Rises Must Converge

by Flannery O'Connor

Glossary

 

acquaintance	associate, involvement	परिचित
aisle	a passage	गल्लि
antique	old and often valuable	प्राचिन
atrocious	of very bad quality	क्रूर
battered	to strike repeatedly	कुटपिट
bleakly	hopelessly, miserably	अन्धकार रुपमा
braced	to get ready	तयार हुनु
bristling	aggressively defensive attitude, a short stiff coarse hair	प्रतिरोध
bruised	having one or more blue, brown or purple marks on your skin after falling, being hit, etc.	चोट लागेको
Buck up	to become encouraged, brace up, improve	प्रोत्साहित हुनु
bulbous	fat, round or bulging	गोलु
bulging	swollen, dilated, protuberant	उभिएको
buzzer	an electrical device that produces a buzzing sound as a signal	बजर
chuckle	to laugh inwardly or quietly	हास्नु
comical	comic, funny	हास्यास्पद
condescending	showing or characterized by a patronizing or superior attitude toward others	विनम्र
confrontation	disagreement, argument	टकराव
contagion	infection, impurity	संक्रमण
contempt	open dislike, decipherment, disdain	अवहेलना
conviction	a strong persuasion or belief	विश्वास
creaking	groan, squeak	पिडाको आवाज
cringed	shook, to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust	झस्कनु
crumpling	to cause to collapse	भताभुङ्ग हुनुको कारण
dangled	hang down, droop	झुन्डिएको
darky	black, Negro	कालो जाती
dashed	to go somewhere quickly, run	दौडिनु
deliberately	intentionally, knowingly	जानाजानी
detached	separate, isolated	बाट अलग गर्नु
deterred	diverted, to steer a person from an activity	निरुत्साहित
dingy	dirty	धूलो
discreetly	wisely, fairly, judiciously	सावधानीपूर्वक
disenchanted	disappointed, let down, dissatisfied	निराश
distorted	altered from a normal state, unusual	विकृत
draperies	cloth, curtains, or clothing hanging in loose folds	पर्खालहरू
dumpy	short and fat	डम्पी
elegance	style, grace	भव्यता
encased	caged, enclosed, immured	घेरिएको
entrenched	well-established, plunged	जोडिएको
exaggerated	overstated, inflated	अतिरञ्जित
florid	having a red or flushed complexion	रातो हुनु
foggiest	dim, obscure, vague	कुहिरो लागेको
gaily	merrily, carelessly	खुसीसाथ
glimmer	a very small amount, bit, little	झलक, सानो
Godhigh	great pride of being prosperous and powerful	सम्मानित
gracious	courteous, kind, and pleasant	दयालु
gratuitously	without good reason, unjustifiably	निःस्वार्थ रूपमा
grin	to smile widely	मुस्कान
growling	to complain angrily, rumble	गुर्राइरहेको
grubby	dirty, filthy	गारो, फोहोरी
hag	an ugly old woman	बुढी आइमान
hardened	become solid or stiff	कडा
hideous	awful, disgust, resentment	घिनलाग्दो
hoisted	raise, winch	फहरायो
howled	to emit a loud sustained doleful sound	करायो
idiocy	stupidity, absurdity	मूर्खता
incipient	initial, emerging	प्रारम्भिक
indignation	anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment	आक्रोश
inferior	of little or less importance, value	निम्न
insensitivity	selfishness	असंवेदनशीलता
jaunty	carefree	बेपर्वाह
jerkily	in a way that has quick and sudden movements	झटका
lay off	shutdown, quit, dismiss	खारेज
lumped	to bring together in one body or place, assembled, collected	लुटेको
lunged	to make a powerful forward movement	अघि बढेको
lurched	to hang around, stagger, to roll abruptly	लुकेको
malevolent	malicious, wicked	द्वेषपूणर्
mammoth	enormous, massive	भब्य
miraculous	incredible, extraordinary	चमत्कारी
monstrosities	horror, atrocity	राक्षसीहरू
mortgage	to obligate by prior agreement, troth	बंधक
muttered	as in whispered, mumbled, murmured	गुनगुनायो
numbly	deprived of the power of sensation	बेहोस भएर
obnoxious	extremely unpleasant	घृणित
obscured	hidden, covered	अस्पष्ट
ounce	a unit for measuring weight	नापको एकाई
pained	hurt, feeling pain	दुखेको
pathetic	pitiable	दयनीय
peeped	to utter a feeble shrill sound, spy	हेरे
penetration	breach, saturation	प्रवेश
persecute	to cause persistent suffering to, afflict, torture, rack	सताउने
persisted	carried on, persevered, kept up	कायम रह्यो
pettiness	small-mindedness, the fact of caring too much about small and unimportant matters, especially when this is unkind to other people	क्षुद्रता
plantation	possession, territory, large land	वृक्षारोपण
pleasantries	ceremonies, observances, rites, rituals	सुखद
plow	cut into, open, move forcibly	चिर्नु
ponderous	slow and clumsy because of great weight	विचारशील
preposterous	utterly ridiculous or absurd	अव्यवस्थित
prodded	poke, nudge	उक्साएको
proportions	allotments, features, belonging	अनुपात
protruded	to stick out from a place or a surface	फैलिएको
pursed	knit, close	बुनेको
radiance	dazzle, splendor, brightness	चमक
radius	circumference, area, diameter	क्षेत्र
raked	loosen, placed on a slope	खुकुलो पारेको
rashly	hastily, impulsively	हतारमा
reformatory	amendatory, corrective, remedial	सुधारात्मक
reparation	repairs, indemnification	क्षतिपूर्ति
reproachfully	disapprovingly, wearily	निन्दा गर्दै
retained	possessed, valued	राखिएको
rumbling	general but unofficial talk or opinion often of dissatisfaction, vex	गर्जन गर्दै
rummage	to move things around carelessly while searching for something	भताभुङ्ग पार्नु
rustle	whiz, whirl, blow, breeze	भुमरी
saturated	to fill something completely with something	संतृप्त
savagely	in a violent, cruel, or very severe way	क्रूर रूपमा
scarcely	only just, almost not	विरलै
scowled down	to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure	रिसाए
scrambled	to struggle eagerly	खलबलिएको
segregated	separate	अलग गरिएको
shadowed	to follow and watch somebody closely and often secretly	छायाँ भएको
shins	the front part of the vertebrate leg below the knee	पिंडली
shriveled	withered	सुकेको
slyly	skillfully	धूर्त
solemnity	seriousness	पवित्रता
sonorous	a voice that is imposingly deep and full	मधुर
sparsely	in small numbers	विरलै
squatting	to sit on the heels with knees bent up close to the body	बस्ने
stilted	lacking social grace and assurance, awkward, clumsy	ढालिएको
stolidly	not expressing any emotion, blank, inexpressive	दृढतापूर्वक
stricken	made incapable, overwhelmed by sorrow	मारिएको
Stunned	to shock with noise, senseless, groggy	स्तब्ध
subsided	collapse, sink	कम भयो
surmounted	to be placed on the top of something	शिर्ष स्थानमा
swamp	very wet area	दलदल
swapped	exchanged, changed, commuted	अदलाबदली
threadbare	shabby, very poor	धागो
tilt	slope, lean	झुकाव
torment	agony	यातना
toyed	to engage in activity for amusement	खेलौना
Tyrolean	related Austrian state of Tyrol or its inhabitants	टाइरोलियन
unmoored	unattached, separated	अलग गर्नु
uppity	arrogant, presumptuous	उदारता
vehemently	intensely emotional	कडा रूपमा
vicious	deliberately cruel or violent	दुष्ट
vile	evil	नीच
We-ull	we will	हामी ...नेछ
yanked	to pull hard or suddenly	तान्यो