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themhmi an si
beverage - (n.) dinmi thil paohpaoh , kawfi tehna , lakphak tehna , zu tehna
bewail - (v.) tah , zun ngaih
beware - (v.) i ralring , hrial; e.g. Beware of the dog = Uico kha hrial
bewilder - (v.) lung-ar , khuaruahhar in um
bewilderment - (n.) lung-arnak , khuaruahhar in umnak
bewitch - (v.) hamh
beyond - (adv.) pin; khattelei ral, ralchan
bi - (pref.) pahnih; e.g. bicycle = kekual pahnih; saikal
bi-product - (n.) chuahter duhmi chungin a chuak chinmi; e.g. Favai
biannual - (adj.) kum khat chungah voi hnih
bias - (n.) 1. paisah; e.g. Hi puan hi paisah in an tan; 2. lungthin hoihlek rak ngei chung cangmi; e.g. He
has a bias againstthe plan = Khuakhan mi duh lo lei khan lungthin hoihning a rak ngei chung cang
bib - (n.) ngakchia cilthli dawn
bible - (n.) Khrihfa biaknak phung cauk
bibliography - (n.) cauk relmi le hmanmi hna aan min ttialmi
bicarbonate - (n.) biakarboneih; si phun khat
biceps - (n.) banthol
bicycle - (n.) baisikal
bicyclist - (n.) baisikal aa citmi
bid - (v.) 1. nawlpek; e.g. The captain bids his men to go forward = An haotu nih a mi hna kha hmai ah kal
u tiah nawl a pek hna; 2. sawm; 3. ti; e.g. his friends came to bid him farewell = A hawile nih dam tein vaa
kal ko ti awkah an ra.
bide - (v.) nawlpek; e.g. caan rem hngah
biennial - (adj.) kum hnih chung voi khat
bier - (n.) ruakkuang chuannak , ruak kuang thlan i kalpinak leng
bifocal - (adj.) mithman, a nai zohnak le a hla zohnak thlalang pahnih fonhmi
big - (adj.) lian , ngan
bigamy - (n.) nupi pahnih ngeih , va pahnih ngeih
bigot - (n.) mah zumhnak le ruahnak tah i thih ngamh in a cawlmi, a ttha lo lei a si; mah lung lawng aa
rinhmi
bigotry - (n.) mah lung lawng rinh lungthin ngeihnak
bilateral - (adj.) kap hnih rianttuannak; e.g. The bilateral agreement between two countries = Ram
pahnih an pahnih hnatlaknak
bile - (n.) hnit
bill - (n.) 1. vatto hmur; 2. rianttuan man, thil man, ttialnak ca; e.g. electric bills = elektik man; 3. zapi
thawngthanhnak catlap; e.g. Stick no bills on church walls = Biakinn vampang ah thawngthanhnak ca
benh hlah; 4. upadi ah ser siseh ti duhmi bia, upadi sertubu sin i chuahpimi
billiards - (n.) biliat lentecelhnak
billion - (n.) 1.000.000.000
billow - (n.) tilet
bimonthly - (adj.) thla hnih voi khat
bin - (n.) rawl chiahnak kuang , hnawm khonnak kuang
bind - (v.) 1. tem; 2. cauk ser tik i catlap hna kha hmun khat i tlem i tthit; 3. ngerh , tuam
binder - (n.) temtu
binding - (n.) cauk phaw
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