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lesson - (n.) 1. cawnnak , cawn awk i chiahmi 2. mah ca ttha dingin cawnpiaktu a simi thil
lest - (conj.) a si sual nakhnga lo; e.g. Be careful lest you fall from the tree = I ralring, cu lo ahcun, thingkung cung khan na tla sual lai
let - (v.) 1. ter , ngeihter, siter; e.g. Let the dog eat the bone = Uico kha saruh kha eiter. 2. u sih; e.g. Let us go to church = Biakinn ah kal u shi.
let alone: chim loin; e.g. There were seven people in the car, let alone a pile of luggage and three dogs = Mawttaka chungah mi pasarih an um, thil
tom pipi le uico pathum kha chim hna hlah. Let him alone, he is reading = Amahte in umter ko, hnahnawh hlah, ca a rel khah. let down: deuh;
e.g. She let us down by not coming = A ra lo i a kan deuh. let off: chuahter; e.g. We were let off early today at school = Nihin cu sianginn in tuan
ah an kan chuahter. let oneself go: sining i langhter. past tense and past participle of let = let.
lethal - (adj.) mi a that khomi; e.g. Lethal weapons = Mi a that khomi hriamnam.
lethargic - (adj.) thazang a ngei lomi , mizaangthu
lethargy - (n.) zaangthutnak , mitkuh i ngut lengmang
let's - (v., contraction) let us = u sih.
letter - (n.) 1. cafang 2. cakuat
letter-perfect - (adj.) a tling khitkhetmi, tling khitkhet tein a tthami
letterhead - (n.) min le umnak khenhmi ca
lettuce - (n.) salat anttam; a hring eimi
levee - (n.) ti liam hlah seh tiah tikam i an sermi ti khamnak
level - (adj.) rawnmi; e.g. The floor is level = Tuang a rawn.
level - (n.) sannak; e.g. The flood water rose to a level of six feet = Tilian cu pe ruk tiang a kai.
level - (v.) rawnhter; e.g. He leveled the ground = Vawlei kha a rawnhter.
lever - (n.) tal (taal)
leverage - (n.) tal in phawh khawhnak
leviathan - (n.) rulhreu
levy - (v.) ngunkhuai khuai
levy - (n.) ngunkhuai pekmi tangka
lewd - (adj.) hurmi
lewdness - (n.) hurnak
lexicographer - (n.) biafang tete sullam a ttialtu, dictionary a tuahtu.
lexicon - (n.) biafang tete sullam ttialnak , Hebru, Grik le Latin holh hna dictionary kha lexicon tiah ti an si khun.
liability - (n.) 1. a si kho 2. leiba pek ding hrumhrim a simi, a bami, hi bia he aa ralchanhmi cu assets a si
liable - (adj.) 1. ttuanvo lak, upadi nih fial; e.g. He stated that he would not be liable for his son's debts = Ka fapa leiba cu ttuanvo ka la lo, tiah a ti.
2. a si kho, duh naloin; e.g. You are liable to get wet if you go out in the rain = Ruahpi sur i naa chawh ahcun na cin kho ko.
liaison - (n.) bu hnih karlak i pehtlaihnak
liar - (n.) milihchim
libel - (n.) cattial in thangchiatnak
libellous - (adj.) mi thangchiatnak ca i ttialmi ca.
liberal - (adj.) 1. mi nunsiang 2. ruahnak thar a la duhmi ; hmailei huncho le thlen a duhmi
liberalism - (n.) ruahnak thar le kau ngeih duhnak
liberalize - (v.) ruahnak thar le kau ngeihter
liberate - (v.) luatter , chuahter
liberation - (n.) luatternak
liberator - (n.) luattertu
libertine - (n.) ziaza lei i duh paoh i luat ngaiin a ummi
liberty - (n.) luatnak
liberty - (adj.) luatnak a simi; e.g. Liberty bell = Luatnak darkhing
librarian - (n.) library zohkhenhtu.
library - (n.) cauk hmun khat i chiahmi , cauk chiahnak inn/khan
lice - (n.) thah, plural of louse.
license - (n.) laisen , thil tuah khawhnak nawl peknak ca
license - (v.) nawlpek; e.g. He was licensed to drive a car = Mawttaw monghnak nawl laisen pek a si
licentious - (adj.) mah duhduh in ummi , aa sum set lomi
lichen - (n.) lungcung khomi bangba
lick - (v.) liah
lid - (n.) 1. a chin 2. mitcuar
lie - (v.) 1. ih , bawh , zau; e.g. He lies down on the grass = Ram cungah a it 2. um; e.g. The book lies on the table = Cauk cu cabuai cungan a um
3. vawlei cung i umnak; e.g. Europe lies north of Africa = Europe cu Afarika chaklei ah a um
lie - (n.) lih; e.g. He told us a lie = Lih a kan chimh
lie - (v.) lihchim
lied - (v.) past tense and past participle of lie, lihchim.
lieu - (n.) in lieu of = amah can ah, aman hmun ah
lieutenant - (n.) 1. ralbawi bo hnih 2. ai rawltu; e.g. Lieutenant Governor = Governor Airawltu
lieutenant general - (n.) general taktak tang major general nak cung.
life - (n.) 1. nunnak 2. nunchung 3. minung; e.g. Five lives were lost in the flood = Tilian ah minung panga an thi 4. nunning , khuasakning; e.g.
City life is more pleasant than village life = Khuapi nunning cu khuate nunning nakin a nuam deuh 5. mi pakhatkhat an konglam; e.g. He enjoyed
reading the life of Churchill = Churchill kong rel a nuam ngaiin a thei
life belt - (n.) nunnak khamhnak ca i hmanmi taisawm
life boat - (n.) nunnak khamhnak lawng
life insurance - (n.) nunnak aamahkhan , kampani pakhatkhat sin i tangka khon i thih tik i a karh he lakmi ; cucu biakam in tuahmi a si
lifeless - (adj.) nunnak a ngei lomi
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