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shop - (n.) 1. chawdawrnak hmun. workshop = thil remhnak hmun. barbershop = sam mehnak hmun.
set up shop = chawleh hram i thawk.
shopkeeper - (n.) chawdawrtu.
shoplifter - (n.) chawdawr i thil a caw bantukin i umter i thil a firmi.
shoplifting - (n.) chawdawr thil fir
shopman - (n.) chawdawr i thil zuartu
shopper - (n.) chaw cawtu, chaw zohtu.
shore - (n.) rilikam, tilikam; off shore = tili/rili chungkei tikam in a hlat lonak hmun.
shore - (v.) doh, tung doh in doh.
shoreless - (adj.) tikam ngei lomi.
shoreline - (n.) ti le tikam vawlei an i tonnak.
shoreward - (adj.) tikam lei a simi.
shorn - (v.) participle of shear; hmul meh, ziah.
short - (n., adj.) 1. a tawimi, a niammi. 2. a tling lo; e.g. The cashier is short in his accounts = Tangka
kengtu kha a tangka a tling lo. cut short = khulrang twin ngol tthan fall short = tlin lo. in short = a
tawinak in. run short = a za in ngeih lo, bau .
short circuit - (n.) a vel cah; e.g. Fire can be caused by short circuit of electricity = Elektrik a sawtnak
nih mei kanghnak a chuahter khawh.
short cut - (n.) lamphawk
short of - (n.) ngeih lo, bau; e.g. I am short of money = Phaisa ke ngei lo.
short wave - (n.) radio chuahnak tahning.
shortage - (n.) ngeih lo, bau, tlin lo; e.g. There is a shortage of fish = Nga a um lo.
shortcoming - (n.) tlin lonak
shorten - (v.) tawiter
shortening - (n.) sathau, thawhpat changreu sernak i humanmi.
shorthand - (n.) a tawinak in ttialmi , sawthen
shorthanded - (adj.) rianttuantu a za in ngeih lo
shorthorn - (n.) cae ki tawi pawl.
shortlived - (adj.) tawite lawng a nungmi.
shortly - (adv.) tunaite ah , tawi tein , bia tlawm tein , khulrang in
shorts - (n.) tawhrolhtawi
shortsighted - (adj.) hmalilei saupi a hmu kho lomi mit tthat lo ruang si loin (mit a tthat lo ruang i lamhla
a hmu kho lomi khi cu near sighted ti a si).
shot - (n.) 1. meithal in kahnak, sichunh. 2. meithal kuan. 3. meithal puah; e.g. I heard two shots =
Meithal puah voi hnih ka theih. 4. meithal kah phak. put the shot = lungcheh i zuamnak.
shot - (v.) past tense of shoot, kah.
shotgun - (n.) meithal a pak/a phir
shotput - (n.) lungcheh zuamnak
should - (v.) 1. lai, shall (present tense form) kha past tense form a si tikah should a si; e.g. I said that I
should come next week, ti cu, I said, "I shall come next week," tinak a si. 2. awk a si; e.g. You should try
to do better = Ttha deuh in tuahnak zuam awk a si. 3. a si hnga maw si lo ti langhter, a si sual ahcun; e.g.
Should it rain I shall not go = Ruah a sur sual ahcun ka kal lai lo. 4. thil a rak um kho ding asinain a um
ttung lomi; e.g. I should have gone if you had asked me = Rak ka fial law cu ka rak kal ko hnga.
shoulder - (n.) liang, lam kam zong khi shoulder ti a si ve. put one's shoulder to the wheel = fak piin
i zuam. shoulder to shoulder = liang le liang i tong in, lungthin i khat tein. turn or give a cold
shoulder = hrial, rem lo, duh lo.
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