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aa ning lomi. 3. lileng in um; e.g. He felt strange in the city = Khuapi chungah lileng in a um.
stranger - (n.) khual
strangle - (v.) hngawng in dih i thawchuah kho loin umter
strap - (v.) lu mehnak namte saphaw i tat.
strap - (n.) 1. tlah bantuk a simi saphaw i tlap in a ummi, thir tlap zong a si kho; e.g. Put a strap around the trunk = Thingkuang kha thir tlah tlap
in tem. 2. puanchia tlap. 3. saphaw hri tlap. 4. lu mehnak namte tatnak saphaw tlap.
strata - (n.) 'stratum' zoh; a thap a thap in a ummi thil.
stratagem - (n.) hlennak ca ding i ruah ciammam in tuahmi; e.g. The stratagem of having a soldier enter the enemy line in the clothes of a beggar
was successful = Ral an umnak chung i ralkap pakhat, rawlhal thuam in luhternak khuakhannak kha a hlawhtling ngai.
strategic - (adj.) raltuknak ca i umtuning tuaktanning; e.g. That hill lock is a strategic place for our section = Kannih section caah khi tlangbo khi
raltuknak lei in umtuning hmun ttha ngai a si.
strategically - (adv.) raltuknak leiin.
strategist - (n.) raltuknak lei i thiamnak a ngeimi
strategy - (n.) 1. raltuknak lei i thiamnak, khuakhan thiamnak. 2. cu bantukin ttha tein khan i timhmi thil.
stratification - (n.) a thap a thap in umnak/chiahnak
stratify - (v.) a thap a thap in chiah/um
stratosphere - (n.) vanlei vawlei in khan 7 hrawng
stratum - (n.) a thap a thap in a ummi thil, a thap a dot; e.g. In digging the well, men struck first a stratum of sand, then strata of rocks = Tikhor
cawh tikah thetse thap kha an ton hmasa bik, cun lung thap dangdang kha an ton hna.
straw - (n.) 1. capawl. 2. ti dawpnak caku in an sermi. last straw = thil phorh khawh ti lo hnu i chonhmi khi; e.g. The last straw that breaks the
camel's back = Capawl hmanung bik kalauk keng a khiaktu.
straw vote - (n.) zapi ruahnak le lungthin zeitindah a si hnga ti hngalhnak ding ca i me thlaknak tuahmi , hi bantuk hi a fekmi cu a si lo , hngalhnak
sawhsawh ca i tuahmi a si
strawberry - (n.) satrawberi thei
stray - (v.) tlau, lo lak i kal, pial, a ping i kal.
stray - (adj.) a tlaumi.
streak - (n.) aa rinmi, hri bantuk in a saumi; e.g. Streaks of lightning = Nimtlau a lekmi hri bantukin a saumi.
stream - (n.) tiva, a ngan zong a hme zong; up stream = va hna lei i kal; down stream = va sum lei i zuan.
stream - (v.) 1. luang, luan; e.g. Tears stream from her eyes = A mit in mitthli a luang. 2. tampi in rung luh; e.g. Thousands of people stream into
the city = Khuapi chungah minung thong tampi an lut lulhmalh.
streamer - (n.) aa thlai sulhmi puan
streamlet - (n.) tivate
streamline - (v.) thli le ti nih donhnak a tlawm bik dingin a pumrua (mawttawkate hna tilawngte hna vanlawngte hna) nalte le dawh tein ser.
street - (n.) khuachung lampi
streetcar - (n.) khuachung lam i tlanglawng bantukin a kalmi mawttawka
streetlamp - (n.) (streetlight) lampawng i an vanmi meiinn.
streetlight - (n.) (streetlamp) lampawng i an vanmi meiinn.
strenghten - (v.) tthawnter
strength - (n.) 1. thazang. 2. tthawnnak. 3. minung zeizat.
strenuous - (adj.) thazang a tthawng ngaimi.
streptococcus - (n.) zawtnak rungrul rual
stress - (n.) 1. hneknak; e.g. Under the stress of hunger he stole food = A rawltam nih a hnek ruangah rawl cu a fir. 2. biachim tik i fak deuh in aw
chuahnak cafang aw; e.g. In "hero," the stress is on the first syllable "he" = "Hero" ti chim tikah hin aw fahnak cu awfang hmasa bik "he" cungah
khan a si.
stress - (v.) biapi in lak; e.g. The school lays stress on arithmatic = Kan sianginn nih kanaan kha biapi in a lak/a ruah.
stretch - (v.) 1. samh; e.g. The bird stretched its wings = Vate nih a thla a zam hna. 2. rengh; e.g. He stretched the violin strings = Violin hri kha a
rengh hna. 3. aa zam; e.g. Rubber stretches = Khairiat cu aa zam. 4. hmun kaupi a hun; e.g. The forest stretches for miles to the East = Tupi cu
nichuahlei ah khan tampi vawlei kha a huh.
stretch - (n.) aa pehtlai thluahmahmi; a stretch of forest = aa pehtlai thluamahmi tupi.
stretcher - (n.) mizaw putnak lang
strew - (v.) vorh , theh
strewn - (v.) past participle of strew, vorh, theh.
stricken - (adj.) harnak a ingmi; e.g. Fire stricken village = Mei nih a kanghmi khua.
strict - (adj.) mah nih phunglam fel tein zulh i mi dang zong zulhter ve; e.g. He is strict about class attendance = Sianginn kai kong ah a fel ngai.
strictness - (n.) felnak
stricture - (n.) siknak, mawhchiatnak.
stride - (v.) 1. Kal. 2. kar, e.g. He strode over the brook = Tivate kha a kar. 3. kar khumh in dir; e.g. He strides over a fence = Hau kha kar
khumh in a dir.
stride - (n.) kehlan sau , kar sau
strident - (adj.) aw thang , aw thia ttung thang ttung
strife - (n.) i siknak , i relonak
strike - (v.) 1. tuk, fung in tuk. 2. meilah tuk. 3. medal ser; e.g. A medal was struck = Medal pakhat an ser. 4. tum, onh; e.g. The clock strikes
twelve at noon = Chun ah suimilam cu voi hleihnih aa tum. 5. duhnak langhternak ca i nuar; eg. The coal miners strike to demand more pay =
Lung-meihol cotu pawl kha lahkhah kan tthanh deuh u tiin an nuar.
strike - (n.) nuarnak.
strike out - (v.) hloh, hnawh; e.g. Strike out his name = A min kha hei hlo/hnawt
strike up - (v.) ser; e.g. Dick and Bob struck up a friendship = Dick le Bob nih hawikom sinak kha an ser, hawikom an si.
striker - (n.) 1. a tutu. 2. a nuarmi.
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