Lost Spring Vocabulary/ Annotations

Ch-2 Lost Spring by Anees Jung 

1-Scrounging = searching, rummaging (तलाशना)

2.encounter = meet, come across (मुलाकात होना

3.Storms = tempest, weather (तूफान),

4.=Mutter- murmur, whisper (बड़बड़ाना),

5-Glibly = speaking in a confident way (धाराप्रवाह)

6-Embarrassed = ashamed, self-conscious (शरमिंदा)

7-Bleak = desolate, (सुनसान)

8-Roams = wanders (घूमना)

9-Universe = cosmos, world (ब्रह्मांड)

10-Barefoot = without shoes (नंगे पाँव),

11-Recognise = identify, know (पहचानना), 

12-Shelf = rack, ledge (अलमारी की खिड़की)

13-Tradition = custom, practice (परंपरा)

 14-Perpetual = continuous, everlasting (शाश्वत) 

15-Panting = gasping, puffing (सांस फूलना)

16-Goddess = deity, divine (देवी)

17-Acquaintance =  familiarity (परिचितता)

18-Metaphorically = symbolically (रूपक रूप में)

19-Squatters = settlers, occupiers (अवैध बसेरा करने वाले) 20-Wilderness = wasteland, barren (जंगल), 

21-Tarpaulin = heavy waterproof sheet (टारपोलिन)

 22-Sewage = waste, effluent (सीवेज), 

23-Drainage = outflow,  (नाली सिस्टम),

24-Identity = recognition,  (पहचान) 

25- Survival = existence, life (अस्तित्व)

 26-Tattered = torn, ragged (फटा हुआ)  

27-Transit = temporary house (अस्थायी)

28-Proportions = scale, size (आयाम), 

29-Drab = faded colour फीका रंग)

30- Fenced = enclosed, barricaded (बाड़ लगा हुआ) 

31.Looms = appears, emerges (उभरता है)

32.Mirage = illusion, optical illusion (मृगमरीचिका)

33.Furnaces = ovens, heaters (भट्टी)

34.Welding = joining (जोड़ना), 35.Dingy = dark, gloomy (मैला) 36-Slog = work hard, toil (मेहनत करना)

37-Beam = shine, glow (चमक), 38-Stinking =  foul-smelling (बदबूदार)

39- Hovels = shacks, small houses (कुटिया),

40-Crumbling = breaking down (टूटता हुआ)

41-Primeval = ancient, primitive (प्राचीन) 

42-Thatched = covered, roofed (छप्पर)

43.Sizzling = frying/boiling (उबालना)

44.Frail = weak, delicate (नाजुक), 45.Veil = cover, mask (घूंघट), 46.Impoverished = poor, destitute (गरीब),

47.Renovate = restore, refurbish (नवीनीकरण)

48.Destiny = fate, future (भाग्य), 49.Lineage = ancestry, descent (वंशावली)

50.Spirals = coils, twists (घुमावदार) 

51.Unkempt = not taken care of (असजा हुआ)

52.Hand Carts = Trolleys (ठेला) 53.Shanty = Hut, Shack (झोंपड़ी), 54.Hutments = Huts, Dwellings (झोंपड़ीयाँ)

55. Flickering = Glinting, Flashing (झिलमिलाती)

56.Sanctity = Purity, Holiness (पवित्रता)

57.Suhaag = Marital, Wedded (सुहाग)

 58.Auspiciousness = Luck, Blessing (शुभता)

59.Veil = Scarf, Cover (घूंघट), 60.Lament = Mourn, Grieve (विलाप)

61.Initiative = Drive, Effort (पहल),

62.Cooperative = Joint, Shared (सहकारी)

63.Vicious circle = Loop, Cycle (अनंत चक्र)

64.Middlemen = Brokers, Agents (दलाल)

65.Forefathers = Ancestors, Elders (पूर्वज) 

66.Hauled up = Dragged, Pulled (खींचकर लाना)

67. Illegal = Unlawful, Forbidden (अवैध), 

68. Poverty = Destitution,  (गरीबी),

69.Apathy = Indifference,  (उदासीनता)

70.Greed = Avarice (लालच) 71.Injustice = Unfairness (अन्याय),

72.Stigma = Disgrace, Shame (कलंक)

73.Sahukars = Moneylenders (साहुकार)

74. Bureaucrats = Officials, Administrators (नौकरशाह), 75.Baggage = Burden, Load (बोझ)

76.Dare = Challenge, Brave (साहस करना),

78. Regret = Remorse, Sorrow (पछतावा)

79. Hurtling = Speeding, Racing (तेजी से चलना) 

80-Periphery = edge, boundary (सीमा),

81. Vicious- cruel 

82. Volunteers- freely offer to do something 

83.Wobbly -unsteady/broken 

84.Mounds-heaps

85.Drab- faded colour 

86- Drape - cover 

87.Bangs-hits