Glossary | Compulsory English XI | 4. The Wish | by Roald Dahl

 

 

Unit 1: Story

4. The Wish

by Roald Dahl

 

Glossary

adder	a type of poisonous snake	विषालु सर्प
anxiously	nervously, impatiently	चिन्तापूर्वक, आत्तिएर
banisters	railings of stairs	भर्याङ्गको रेलिङ्ग
beady	bright and penetrating	सानो चहकिलो
cautiously	carefully, thoughtfully	सावधानीपूर्वक
clenched	make tight	अठ्याउनु
curled off	sat, to sit in a way that your legs and arms close to your body	बस्यो
curling	moving	सर्नु
dazzling	glittering, stunning	चम्किलो
doing the splits	spreading legs widely apart	खुट्टा फट्याउनु
flipped	turn over	फटफटाउनु
frantically	in a panic and frightening way	व्यग्रतापूर्वक
fringe	the front part of the hair which covers the forehead	निधार छोप्ने कपाल
gingerly	carefully	सावधानीपूर्वक
glister	sparkle, glitter	चम्किलो
gravely	seriously	गम्भिररुपले
hesitating	unsure, uncertain	हिचकिचाउनु, अस्थिरचित्त
innocence	goodness, naivety	निर्दोष
instinctively	unconsciously, by instinct	सहजै, स्वाभाविक रुपमा
intent	target, goal	लक्ष्य
jerked	made a sudden sharp movement	धक्का दिइयो
kneecap	the convex bone in front of the knee joint	घुँडाको हाड
metaphor	simile, comparison	रूपक
mysteriously	inexplicably, strangely	रहस्यमय
piercing	stinging, penetrating	छेड्ने
scab	a piece of hard skin which covers a wound or cut	घाँउको पाप्रा
stirring	moving around, showing signs of nervousness	उत्तेजक
strained	stressed, tense	तनावग्रस्त
stuck	trapped	फस्नु, अड्कनु
surge	growing	बढ्दै
tapestry	heavy woven cloth	चित्रपट
tightrope	strong rope	कसीलो रस्सी
tremendous	enormous, immense	अथाह
triumphantly	successfully	सफल्तापूर्वक
uncoiling	become straight by twisting	सीधा पार्नु
vicious-looking	deliberately cruel or violent look	रिसाएर हेर्नु
wobbled	move unsteadily from side to side	हल्लिदै