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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
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
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 of lie
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.) nunnak ; nunchung
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
lifelike - (adj.) a nungmi a lomi
lifelong - (adj.) nunchung a simi
lifesize - (n.) nun lio pum ngaw
lifetime - (n.) nunchung
lift - (v.) 1. cawi, hler 2. ttian; e.g. When the fog lifts, we shall go = Minmei a ttian in kan kal lai
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