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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.
striking - (adj.) a lang ngaimi.
strikingly - (adv.) lang ngaiin.
string - (v.) thil; e.g. She strings the beads = Thi kha a thil hna.
string - (n.) 1. hri, la hri, buri hri. 2. thi rual; e.g. A string of beads = Thi rual khat. 3. tingtang hri.
stringed - (adj.) hri ngeimi (tingtang).
stringency - (n.) fek ngaiin tuahmi , tet ngaiin tuahmi thil
stringent - (adj.) fak ngaimi, aa tet ngaimi; e.g. Stringent laws = Upadi fak/tet ngai.
strings - (n.) tum awk thilri hri ngei pawl. (strings of a guitar or banjo)
strip - (v.) 1. hawng hawh, hnipuan phoih i taklawngin um. 2. fir dih cikcek; e.g. Thieves stripped the
house of every valuable thing = Mifir nih inn chung thilman ngei deuh paoh cu an fir dih hirhiar.
strip - (n.) a tung a sau i a permi; e.g. A strip of paper = Caku sau nawn in thlehmi.
stripe - (n.) ttial sau; e.g. A tiger has stripes = Cakei cu a ttial a sau; The American flag has thirteen
stripes = American alan nih ttial sau hleithum a ngei. 2. fungfek in tuknak.
striped - (adj.) ttial sau a ngeimi; e.g. Zebras are striped = Zebra cu an ttial a sau.
stripling - (n.) tlangval no
stripped of - (v.) past tense of strip, fir dih cikcek; e.g. Thieves stripped the house of every valuable
thing = Mifir nih inn chung thilman ngei deuh paoh cu an fir dih hirhiar
strive - (v.) fak piin i zuam
striven - (v.) past participle of strive, zuam.
strode - (v.) past tense of stride, kal.
stroke - (n.) 1. tuk, den khenh; e.g. He drove in the nail with one stroke of the hammer = Sobul voi khat
den in thir cu pil lakin a khenh ko. 2. suimilam caan a awnh khi; e.g. We arrived home at the stroke of
three = Suimilam pathum a awnh ah inn kan phan. 3. ruahlopi i a cangmi khi; e.g. He got a stroke of
paralysis = Zen zawtnak ruah lopi ah a cungah a tlung ko.
stroke - (v.) muai, chizawh tehna unico tehna muai khi.
stroll - (v.) duhsah tein nuamhnak i i chawh
stroller - (n.) nuamhnak ca i aa chawkmi.
strong - (adj.) a tthawngmi
stronghold - (n.) umnak hmun a fek i a himmi
strop - (v.) nam tatnak sawphaw i nam tat.
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