English Confluence By CL Gautam

Ch-1 The Third Level Jack Finney ANNOTATIONS/ Vocabulary 1-Swear- take oath शपथ 2-Stack- pile ढेर 3-Obvious- apparent  स्पष्ट 4-Psychiatrist- mental disease expert मनोचिकित्सक 5-Waking dream- day dream जागते हुए सपने लेना 6-Insecurity- lack of protection असुरक्षा 7-Wander- move here and there इधर-उधर घूमना 8-Refuge- shelter शरण लेना 9-Block- one solid piece ठोस टुकड़ा 10-Uptown- residential area दूर स्थित क्षेत्र 11-Subway- underground way भूमिगत रेल व्यवस्था 12-Tan- yellowish brown हल्का पीला ब्राउन 13-Gabardine- a kind of cloth एक प्रकार का कपड़ा 14-Ducked- dived नीचे जाना 15-Arched- curved ऊपर से ढका हुआ क्षेत्र 16-Bumping into- coming across unexpectedly किसी से टकराकर 17-Lobby-waiting hall प्रतिक्षालय 18-Angling- turning  कोण बना कर घूमती हुई 19-Slanting- sloping ढलान 20-Booth- stall दुकान 21-Flickering - waving टिमटिमाना 22-Spittoon- a vessel to spit into पीकदान 23-Glint- flash चमक 24-Vest- waist coat बनियान 25-Lapels- front coat collars कॉलर 26-Sideburns- whiskers on fa...

Poem-1 A Photograph by Shirley Toulson   ANNOTATIONS/ VOCABULARY  1  1- Photograph -  a perboard, or photograph  2-Paddling - walking with bare feet in shallow water  3 - Still - motionless   4- Transient - momentary, temporary  5- Terribly Transient feet - human life is momentary, short lived 6 - Snapshot - Photograph  7- Wry - to feel disappointed due to the Loss of beloved one  8- Of this circumstances - the present situation of poetess without her mother  9-Its Silence silences - the intensity of the loss has left the poetess speechless  10- There is nothing to say at all - The loss is too big to say anything  Poetic devices / Figure Of speech   1- Rhyming Scheme - Free Verse, Blank verse  Stood still, Through their,My mother,Terribly Transient, Silence silences 3- Transferred Epithet -  Expressing the quality of human beings - Terribly Transient feet, her barred face, identity mask...

Ch-1 First Flight                         Letter To God . G.L. Fuentes.  Annotations   VOCABULARY 1-Entire- whole, taking all together,  2-Valley- an area of low land between hills of mountains - घाटी - 3-Pleasure - happiness आनंद, अच्छा लगना;  4-Expression- show of feelings चेहरे के हाव-भाव ; 5-Crest-top- सिखर 6-Ripe - mature   7-Corn- grain ,  8-Dotted with- spread out here and there  बिखर हुआ । 9-Downpour- heavy rain - मुशलाधार पानी का बरसना ।  10-Shower- light shower of rain   11-Intimately- closely ; 12-Supper - the last meal of the day; 13-Predict - make a forecast भविष्यवाणी करना; 14-Huge- very big,   15-Exclaim - cry with surprise चिल्ला कर बोलना ; 16-Satisfied- contented   17-Regarded- thought - 18-Draped- dressed up लिपटा हुआ या ढका हुआ; 19-Curtain- veil   20-Along with साथ में, के साथ; 21-Hailstones- rain of snow   22-Resemble - to look like ...