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STORY

4. Paul’s Case

by Willa Cather

 Glossary

 

abashed	embarrassed and ashamed	अपमानित
abated	become less intense or widespread	घटाइएको
accompaniment	incident, attendant, companion	संगत
accosted	to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way	अभियोग लगाइयो
acquaintance	a person that you know but who is not a close friend	परिचित
adornment	something decorative, or the act of decorating something or someone	सजावट
aggrievedness	feeling of distress or offence	पीडा
ajar	slightly open	अलिकति खोलिएको
alighted	descend, exit, get down	अवतरण गरियो
allurement	to entice by charm or attraction	आकर्षण
alluring	powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating; seductive	आकर्षक
anecdotes	a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident	उपाख्यानहरू
animation	energy and enthusiasm in the way you look, behave or speak	एनिमेसन
appareled	personal attire, clothing of a particular kind	पहिरिएको
attributed	ascribe, credit, assign	श्रेय
auf wiedersehen	seeing again (German)	फेरी हेर्नु
avenue	a broad road in a town or city, typically having trees at regular intervals along its sides	बाटो
aversion	dislike	घृणा
awning	canopy, sunshade, a sheet of canvas or other material stretched on a frame and used to keep the sun or rain off a shop window, doorway, or ship's deck	शामियाना
basking	laze, lie, sunbathe, rejoice	घाम ताप्दै
belladonna	poisonous plant	बेलाडोना
bespattered	covered with spots of liquid	छोपिएको
Blue Danube	a dance by Johann Strauss II, an Austrian composer	नृत्यको प्रकार
boisterous	loud and annoying	घमण्डी
bravado	an open display of courage when needed	बहादुरी
breath-misted	covered with mist	तुवालोले ढाकेको
cab-man	taxi-driver	क्याब मान्छे
carnation	a kind of flower	फुलको प्रकार
Carnegie Hall	concert venue, Manhattan New York	कार्नेगी हल
catechism	Christian religious teaching	धार्मिक शिक्षा
clad	being covered or clothed	पहिरिएको
conjecture	an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information	अनुमान
conspicuous	in a clearly visible way	स्पष्ट
contempt	disdain, dislike	अवहेलना
contemptuous	disdaining, dislike	अपमानजनक
contended	struggle, argue	तर्क गरे
contrite	feeling very sorry and guilty for something bad that you have done	पछुताउनु
cordial	pleasant	सौहार्दपूणर्
cramped	tiny, narrow	साँघुरो
creak	a rasping or grating noise	कर्कश हल्ला
cruising	sailing, travelling	समुन्द्री यात्रा
dandy	glamour, excellent	भव्य
dative	denoting a case of nouns and pronouns, and words in grammatical agreement with them, indicating an indirect object or recipient	व्याकरणात्मक
deadened	knocked out, numb	मृत
deadening	making something such as a sound, a feeling, etc. less strong	मृतक
debauch	corrupt	भ्रष्ट
defer	postpone	स्थगित
defiant	disobedient	विरोध गर्ने
deftly	skillfully, and quickly	चलाखीपूर्वक
despised	detest, hate	अपमानित
destined	certain to meet, scheduled	निश्चित, समय तालिका
dime	a coin of the U.S. worth ¹/₁₀ dollar	पैसा
disenchanting	undeceive, disillusion	निराशाजनक
dissipated	corrupt, debased, sick	फैलिएको, रोग
distrustfully	suspiciously, doubtfully	अविश्वासका साथ
divan	bed	विस्तरा
dreading	to fear greatly	डराउने
drooping	to hang or move downwards	झुकेको
drowsily	sleepy	सुत्दै
ebb	a point or condition of decline	फर्कदै
eddies	a circular movement of water causing a small whirlpool	भुमरी
enamored	in love with often one sided, infatuated	मोहित
entailed	to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment	संलग्न
errand	mission	काम
evinced	demonstrated with clarity and precision	प्रस्ट भयो
exotic	alien, non-native, imported	विदेशी
fabulously	wonderful, marvelous	शानदार रूपमा
faggot	a bundle of sticks bound together as fuel	दाउराको मुठा
ferry	a boat that carries people	फेरी
fervid	intensely enthusiastic or passionate	स्नेही
feverishly	with fever of worry	ज्वरो
flippantly	in a manner lacking proper respect or seriousness	फटाफट
florid	excessively intricate or elaborate	जटिल
floundering	struggle or stagger clumsily in mud or water	हिलोमा हिड्ने
folly	lack of good sense; foolishness	मूर्खता
frayed	worn or shredded at the ends or edges	फ्याँकेको
furnace	hearth, oven, heater	भट्टी
garish	very brightly colored in an unpleased way	चम्किलो रङ्ग्याउनु
gassy	full of or containing gas	ग्यासयुक्त
gauntlet	protective gloves, to invite somebody to fight or compete with you	पञ्जा
gay	merry, comfortable	समलिङ्गी, रमाइलो
geometry conspicuously	to attract attention	ध्यानाकर्षण गर्नु
gilded	covered thinly	सुनौलो, हल्का ढाक्नु
gracious	cordial, sociable	दयालु
grimy	stained, filthy	उदास
grimy toil	dirty work	घिनलाग्दो परिश्रम
guise	a form or style of dress, costume, fashion	भेष
gust	burst, breeze	आँधी
hastily	hurriedly, quickly	हतारमा
hilarious	funny	रमाईलो
hysterically	wildly	उन्मादपूर्वक
impertinent	not showing proper respect, rude	अव्यवस्थित
improvised	created and performed spontaneously or without preparation	सुधारिएको
indescribable	inexpressible, beyond description	अवणर्नीय
indigent	poor; needy	विपन्न
indispensable	essential	अपरिहार्य
inhaled	to draw in by breathing	सास लिने
inquisition	a period of asking questions in a detailed and unfriendly way	सोधपुछ
insolence	rude and disrespectful behavior, bad manner	अपमान
intersected	divide, diverge	प्रतिच्छेदन
interspersed	scatter, sprinkle	छेउछाउ, छर्कनु
itch	an uncomfortable sensation on the skin that causes a desire to scratch	खुजली
John Calvin	French Theologian	जोन क्याल्भिन
jonquils	a Mediterranean daffodil (Narcissus jonquilla) that is widely cultivated for its yellow or white fragrant short-tubed clustered flowers	फुल
jovial	good-humored, cheerfulness, jolly	रमाइलो
juvenile	relating to young people who are not yet adults	किशोर
lain	lie-down	पल्टनु
lethargy	the state of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things, listlessness, inertia	सुस्ती
lime-light	spotlight	लाइम-लाइट
livery	uniform, attire	बस्त्र
loathed	hated	घृणा गरिएको
loathing	repulsion, disgust, aversion	घृणा
locomotive	a powered rail vehicle used for pulling trains	लोकोमोटिभ
loge	a small compartment	सानो कोठा
loitering	hang around, to stand or wait somewhere especially with no obvious reason	घुमफिर गर्दै
loomed	emerge, appear, take shape	देखिएको
Lulled	to cause to sleep or rest, soothe	आराम गर्नु
magnates	the powerful head of an organization	बोस
manifestly	obvious, easily understood	प्रकट रूपमा
Martha	romantic comic opera by German composer Friedrich von Flotow	ओपेरा
medley	mixture of things of different kinds	मिसाउनु
mere	being nothing more than	मात्र
meshes	entangle	जेलिएको
mirthfulness	cheerfulness	आनन्द
misdemeanors	minor wrongdoings	दुष्कर्महरू
moderate	modest, temperate, calm	मध्यम
monotony	tedious, sameness	एकरसता
Monte Carlo	a resort in France	मोन्टे कार्लो
morbid	ill, grisly, chill, forlorn, wretched	बिरामी
multitude	the state of being many	भीड
nausea	a feeling of vomiting	वाकवाकी
nonce	once	एक पटक
oats	a kind of crop	जौं
oblivion	unconsciousness	विस्मरण
omnipotence	with no limitation of power	सर्वशक्तिमानता
opal	clear and colorful precious stone used in jeweler	ओपल
orgies	indulgence, courtesy, secret ceremonial rites	रितिरिवाज
overlords	an absolute or supreme ruler	अधिपतिहरू
Pagliacci	Italian opera	ओपेरा
pantomime	a performance without spoken words	नक्कल गर्नु
parched	very dry, very thirsty	सुकेको
perennially	present at all seasons of the year	बारहमासी
perpetual	continuous, everlasting	चिरस्थायी
perplexity	inability to deal with or understand something complicated	अन्योलता
perverted	distorted, misused	विकृत
pitcher	a container for holding and pouring liquids that usually has a lip or spout and a handle	जग
plagued	torture, harass	पीडित
plausibly	reasonably, conceivably	सम्भवतः
plowing	move in a fast and uncontrolled manner	अनियन्त्रित तवरले
potency	power, potentiality	शक्ति
pretensions	vanity, pretext, excuse	बहानाहरू
pretext	excuse	बहाना
proclivities	a tendency to choose something regularly	प्रचलितताहरू
prosecuting	institute legal proceedings against	अभियोजन गर्दै
prosy	tediously	दिकदार गराउने
protruding	extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary	फैलिएको
radiance	brightness, brilliance	चमक
rancour	bitter anger	रिस
recreation	refreshment of strength and spirits after work	मनोरञ्जन
red carnation	red flower, feeling of deep love and affection	गहिरो प्रेम
reiterated	said or done again or repeatedly	दोहोर्याए
reluctantly	without really wanting to, unwillingly	अनिच्छापूर्वक
remorse	self-reproach, compassion	पश्चाताप
remorsefully	filled with remorse; sorry	पछुताउँदै
reproaches	discredit, disgrace	निन्दा गर्दछ
repulsion	loathing, disgust	प्रतिकर्षण
repulsive	arousing intense distaste or disgust	घृणित
resembled	to be like or similar to	मिल्दोजुल्दो
resplendent	very impressive	चम्किलो
retrospection	thinking about past event or situation	पुनर्निरीक्षण
Rigoletto	a three act opera by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi	रिगोलेटो
ruddy	looking red and healthy	लाली
rumble	echo, make a continuous deep, resonant sound	गुञ्जनु
Sabbath-school	a class for bible study	शबाथ-स्कूल
sagacity	wisdom, intelligence	विवेक
scandalous	dishonorable, sordid, improper	निन्दनीय
scanty	meager, limited, modest	न्यून
scooped	to move something with a quick continuous movement	चलाउनु
scrambled	to move with urgency or panic	खलबलिएको
scrap-book	a blank book in which various items such as newspaper clippings or pictures	स्क्र्याप-बुक
scrubbed	to clean something by rubbing it hard	घोट्नु
serenade	a work to performed	गाउनु, अभिनय गर्नु
shimmering	shining with a soft, slightly wavering light	चम्किरहेको
shovelling off	to remove something by shoveling or digging	फाल्नु
shrug	raise slightly	उठ्नु
shudder	to tremble convulsively, shiver, quiver	थरथर
slatternly	dirty and untidy	भद्दा तरिकाले
slush	partially melted snow	हिउ हल्का पग्लनु
smoke-palled	smoke friendly	धुवाँ मैत्री
snapped	to make a sudden closing of the jaws	चबाउनु
sodden	saturated, soaked	भिजेको
soloist	a person who plays an instrument	एकल कलाकार
soprano	high pitch, shrill	सोप्रानो
spasm	twitch, jerk, a sudden involuntary muscular contraction or convulsive movement	ऐंठन
spigots	any tap faucet, especially one outdoors	स्पीगट्स
splendor	magnificence	शोभा
squabbling	backbiting	झगडा
starry	shining like stars	चमक
stead	substitute	स्थिर
stenographers	a writer of shorthand	लेखक
stiff	rigid, harsh	कडा
stilled	quiet, calm	शान्त
stirred	mix, blend	हलचल
stoops	yield, deign, agree	झुक्छ
struck	strike, beat	प्रहार
suave	charming, confident, and elegant	विनम्र
subterranean	secret, hidden, underground	भूमिगत
succumbing	to fail to resist an attack or illness	आत्मघाती
supposition	an assumption without the benefit of all the facts, assumption	अनुमान
symphony	an elaborate musical composition for full orchestra	सिम्फनी
synopsis	a summarization	सारांश
taboret	a cylindrical seat or stool without arms or back	स्टुल
tangibly	concretely real	ठोस रूपमा
tempest	a violent windy storm	आँधी
tepid	moderately warm, lukewarm	मनतातो
theorems	deductions	सिद्धान्त
throbbing	causing pain in a series of regular beats	धड्कन
thronged	a crowding together of many persons	भीड भयो
tiara	headband, crown	मुकुट
timidity	lack of courage or confidence	डरपोकता
toilettes	formal or fashionable attire or style of dress	औपचारिक पोशाक
tormented	agony, extreme pain or anguish of body or mind	पीडा
treacherous	unfaithful, deceitful	विश्वासघाती
trifle	a thing of little value or importance	तुच्छ
tripping	spring, stumble, slip	झर्नु
trivial	of little value or importance	तुच्छ
turret	a small tower on the top of a wall or building	बुर्ज
twanging	utter with a nasal twang/play	नाके श्वरमा
twirling	to revolve rapidly	घुमाउरो
twitching	jerk, spasm, flutter	हल्लाउँदै
undulating	move in waves, fluctuate	बहाव
unrelieved	not relieved, monotonous	अनिश्चिन्त
usher	show or guide somewhere	निर्देश
vehemence	the display of strong feeling, passion	तीव्रता
veritable	real, genuine	साँचो
vivacious	attractively lively and animated	जीवन्त
vividness	acting clearly and enthusiastically, intense, lively	जीवन्तता
vocation	a type of work or way of life that you believe is especially suitable for you	पेशा
waffles	a crisp flat cake eaten with sweet sauce or cream on top	केक
whirling	rotating	घुमाउरो
wretched	an unfortunate or unhappy person	अभागी