Story
6.
The Woman on Platform No. 8
By
Ruskin Bond
Glossary
|
agitated |
anxious |
चिन्तित |
|
ambling |
walking at a slow easy pace |
घुमफिर
गर्दै |
|
Apparently |
clearly |
स्पष्ट
रूपमा |
|
beady |
bright and keenly observant,
small round and gleaming eyes |
मोती |
|
browsing |
examining in a casual way |
जाँच
गर्दै |
|
clanged |
ring, resound |
बजाउनु |
|
compartment |
a separate space in a railway
carriage |
रेलको
डब्बा |
|
dismally |
sadly |
निराशाजनक
रुपमा |
|
embarrassed |
state of feeling shame or
awkwardness |
लाज्जित |
|
glared |
stare in an angry or fierce
way |
क्रोधित |
|
heaving |
gasping with short quick
breath |
छोटो
छिटो श्वास फेर्दै |
|
hustling |
push roughly, jostle, bump |
धक्का, टक्कर |
|
inferno |
hell; in the story, the crowd
like in a hell |
नर्क |
|
instinctive |
inherent, natural |
स्वाभाविक |
|
leapt off |
jump off |
हाम
फाल्नु |
|
milling |
moving around in a confused
mass |
भ्रमित, अलमल्ल |
|
nuisance |
a person or thing causing
inconvenience or annoyance |
रिस
उठाउने, उपद्र |
|
patronizing |
showing superiority in a rude
and insulting way |
श्रेष्ठता, घमण्ड |
|
platform |
a raised level surface which
people use go get on and get off the train |
ट्रेन
स्टेसन |
|
reassuringly |
in a way that removes
someone's doubts and fears |
ढुक्क
भएर |
|
resentfully |
angrily |
रिसाएर |
|
serenity |
calmness, the state of being
peaceful |
शान्ति |
|
shunting up |
moving or pushing ahead |
धकेल्दै |
|
spasm |
contraction, jerk, a sudden
involuntary muscular contraction |
संकुचन, झटका |
|
staggered |
to walk unsteadily as if about
to fall |
लर्खराउदै
हिड्नु |
|
sternly |
in a severe manner, harshly |
कठोर
रूपमा |
|
stray |
separated from the group |
समूहबाट
अलग्गिएर, |
|
sweet meat |
bakery items like patties |
बेकरी |
|
thaw |
soften |
नरम |
|
wagging |
swing, shake, move an upwards
pointing finger from side to side to signify disapproval |
हल्लाउदै
|
|
winced |
shrinking movement of the body
out of pain |
चकित, संकुचन |
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