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apocalypse - (n.) caan donghnak i thil um ding phuanmi
Apollo - (n.) Grikmi Pathian, vancung uktu a si tiah an zumhmi arfi pakhat min
apologetics - (n.) thil pakhatkhat a herhnak kong i chimchung; thil pakhatkhat fianternak
apologize - (v.) ngaihthiam hal , ka palh ti i chim
apology - (n.) ngaihthiam halnak
appall - (v., adj.) a chia lei in khuaruahhar in um , khuaruahharter , lungdonghter; e.g. Her conduct
appalled me = A umtu nih ka khuaruah a ka harter, ka lung a ka donghter
apparatus - (n.) thilri; e.g. We have no heating apparatus = Tisa lumnak thilri kan ngei lo
apparel - (n.) thilthuam
apparent - (adj.) a fiang, fiangin a lang
apparently - (adv.) a leng zohnak i a hman ko a lomi; e.g. Apparently they are good friends = A leng
zohnak ahcun hawi ttha an si ko
appeal - (v.) 1. nawl; e.g. People appealed to us to help the poor = Misifak bawmh kha an kan nawl.; 2.
mi lungthin lak khawh; e.g. His ideas do not appeal to young people = A ruahnak nih mino cu an lungthin
a la kho hna lo; 3.azukhan; e.g. He appealed to a higher court = Biaceihnak zung sang deuh ah azu a
khan.
appear - (v.) 1. mithmai i hung langh; e.g. He appears to be happy = Lunglawm in a mithmai a lang; 2. a
hung chuak; e.g. He appeared from the jungle = Ramlak in a hung chuak; 3. zapi hmai a hung chuah
appearance - (n.) langhning, muisam umtuning
appease - (v.) daihter , remter , a thin a hungmi va hlemh , va nawl
append - (v.) chapchih , thlaih
appendicitis - (n.) ril fonnghlei hmaat zawtnak
appendix - (n.) 1. ril fonghlei; 2. thlaihhleimi
appetite - (n.) rawl duhnak , ka thawtnak
applaud - (v.) thangtthat , kut benghpiak
applause - (n.) thangtthatnak kut bengpiaknak
apple - (n.) epal thei
appliances - (n.) hmanmi thilri; e.g. elektik thilri tehna
application - (n.) 1. sohluah; 2. hmannak, thilri hmannak
apply - (v.) 1. hman; e.g. You must apply your skill in your work = Na thiamnak kha na rian ah na hman
lai; 2. thuh, boih, si thuh; 3. rian sok
appoint - (v.) rian pek
appointee - (n.) rian pekmi
appointment - (n.) rian peknak
appraisal - (n.) a man tuaknak , mi khingthlainak
appraise - (v.) a man tuak
appreciate - (v.) 1. a ttha rak ti, a tthatnak rak hngalh; 2. rak lawmh; 3. rak hngalhpiak
apprehend - (v.) 1. tlaih; e.g. The police apprehended the criminal = Palik nih misualpa kha an tlaih; 2.
hngalh; e.g. He apprehends what he reads = A relmi kha a hngalh
apprehension - (n.) 1. ttihnak; 2. hngalhnak
apprehensive - (adj.) ttih ngai, thinphang ngai i um
apprentice - (n.) rian thawknak i a cawngpahmi
approach - (v.) 1. fuh; e.g. The car approached the town = Mawttawka nih khuapi kha a fuh; 2. fuhpanh,
nawlpat
approachable - (adj.) ton fawimi, hawikom ttha
appropriate - (adj.) aa tlakmi , aa rupmi; e.g. A caan le a hmun he aa tlakin bia a chim
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