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ore - (v.) 1.vih. 2.nor; e.g. This book bores me = Hi cauk nih a ka nor.
bore - (n.) kua, meithal kua.
boric acid - (n.) esid phun khat.
born - (v.) hrin, chuah.
born - (adj.) chuahpimp; e.g. Eliot was a born poet = Eliot cu hlathiam aa chuahpimi a si.
borne - (v.) past participle of bear, put, in; bear kha zoh.
borough - (n.) khua.
borrow - (v.) tangka cawi , thil cawi
bosom - (n.) tang
boss - (n.) bawi , uktu , zohkhenhtu bawi
botanist - (n.) thingkung ramkung umtuning a cawng i a thiammi
botany - (n.) thingkung ramkung umtuning kong cawnnak
both - (adj.) an pahnih in
bother - (v.) hnahnawhnak pek
bothersome - (adj.) hnahnawh petu a simi , mi hnahnok a simi
bottle - (n.) thawl , thihna thawl
bottom - (n.) tawne
bottomless - (adj.) tawne negi lo , a thuk tukmi dongh hngal lo
bough - (n.) thingnge
bought - past tense and past participle of buy, cawk; buy zoh.
boulder - (n.) lungpi
boulevard - (n.) lam nganpi
bounce - (v.) hlok; e.g. Ngakchia cu ihkhun cungah aa hlok lengmang; e.g. Pumpululh cu sangpi aa hlok.
bounce - (v.) hlok; e.g. The baby bounced up and down on the bed = Ngakchia cu ihkhun cungah aa hlok lengmang. The ball bounces very
high = Pumpululh cu snagpi aa hlok.
bound - (v.) 1. tuam, tem; e.g. His feet are bound with rope = A ke kha hri in an tem. 2. hnek, tuah hrimhrim awk a si; e.g. He is bound to attend
school = Sianginn a kai hrimhrim awk a si. 3. a si hrimhrim lai ti hngalh; e.g. He is bound to win = A tei hrimhrim lai ti kha hngalh a si ko. 4. kal;
e.g.Where are you bound? I am bound for home = Khuazei ah dah na kal lai? Inn ah ka kal lai.
bound - (n.) zuan hnawh, peh, nam; e.g. The lion gave a sudden bound on to the back of the deer = Chiandeih nih sakhi cu a keng ah a hei zuan
hnawh.
boundary - (n.) ramri
boundless - (adj.) donghnak ngei lo , a thuh , a san , a kauh tah khawh lomi
bounteous - (adj.) tampi pek, nunsiangmi.
bountiful - (adj.) tampi
bounty - (n.) 1. laksawng i pekmi. 2. mittha lo siseh sahrang siseh tlaih awkah pekmi tangka.
bouquet - (n.) bukhe , pangpar tom
bourgeois - (n.) burzua, chawdawr chaw tuah pawl a si deuhmi.
bout - (n.) zuamnak, i zuam chung; e.g. A wrestling bout = Paih i zuamnak.
bow - (n.) 1. likuk. 2. tingtang tumnak likuk. 3. tilawng siseh vanlawng siseh a hmailei.
bow - (v.) kun, lukhunpiak.
bowels - (n.) ril , paw
bowl - (n.) khengkuar
bowlegged - (adj.) ngalkual
bowman - (n.) thal kah thiam.
bowstring - (n.) chaiza , liza
box - (n.) thingkuang , kuang
boxer - (n.) boksing thonghthiam
boxing - (n.) kut in i thonghnak lentecelhnak.
boy - (n.) pa ngakchia
boycott - (v.) a bu in duh lonak langhter i i tel duh ti lo
boyhood - (n.) ngakchiat lio caan
brace - (n.) thing vihnak.
brace - (v.) beh chih, tem chih.
bracelet - (n.) kutkhih
bracket - (n.) 1. hrawl dohnak ca i vampang i khenhmi thing asiloah thir fong. 2. breket; e.g. ( ).
brag - (v.) mahfak i biachim , uanthlar
braggart - (n.) mah fak rumro i bia a chimmi
brahman - (n.) India ram miphun thiang; Pung-na
braid - (v.) samphiar , sam i phiar
braid - (n.) samphiar.
braille - (n.) mitcaw carel
brain - (n.) thluak
brake - (v.) khamtu , breik
branch - (n.) thingnge ; ttengnge
brand - (n.) phun, hmelchunhnak; e.g. Do you like this brand of coffee = Hi kawfi phun hi na duh maw?
brand - (v.) hmelchunhnak ser; e.g. Farmers brand their sheep = Lothlo pawl nih an tuu cungah hmelchunhnak an ser hna.
brandish - (v.) nam lek; e.g. He brandishes his sword = A vainam a lek.
brandy - (n.) zureu a thawngmi phun
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