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team - (n.) bu; e.g. football team = Pumpululh chuih bu.<br />

teamster - (n.) rang leng hnuktu a mawngtu<br />

teamwork - (n.) a bu in tuahmi rian/thil.<br />

teapot - (n.) lakphak sonak um<br />

tear - (v.) thleh; e.g. He tears the paper = Caku kha a thleh.<br />

tear - (n.) mitthli.<br />

tearful - (adj.) a mitthli a tlami.<br />

tease - (v.) dehcawh , tuaitam , nihchuak i saih<br />

teaspoon - (n.) lakphak cawhnak darkeu<br />

teaspoonful - (n.) lakphak cawhnak darkeu khat<br />

teat - (n.) hnukfang<br />

technic - (n.) technique kha zoh.<br />

technical - (adj.) 1. seh lei he aa pehtlaimi thil. 2. thil pakhatkhat fianternak ca i sapesial holh an<br />

hmanmi.<br />

technicality - (n.) seh lei he aa pehtlaimi sinak.<br />

technique - (n.) thil tuah thiamnak<br />

technology - (n.) seh lei thil thiamnak<br />

tedious - (adj.) thadi ngai a simi , a harmi , a nuam lo ngaimi<br />

tedium - (n.) thaditnak<br />

tee - (n.) golf an tuknak i vawlei bo hmete an tuahmi khi.<br />

teem - (v.) a khah in khah, tampi um; e.g. The swamp teemed with mosquitoes = Cerh cu fikfa in a khat.<br />

teenager - (n.) kum 13 in 19 karlak mino<br />

teens - (n.) kum 13 in 19 karlak mi.<br />

teepee - (n.) America ram Indian pawl thlam.<br />

teeth - (n.) ha, pakhat nak tam deuh; by the skin of one's teeth = tlawmte lawnglawng si khawh lonak<br />

ah a duh, a si kho menmen a si.<br />

teethe - (v.) ha hlam keuh.<br />

teething - (n.) ha hlam keuhnak.<br />

teetotaler - (n.) teetotaler ti zongin ttial a si, zu ding lomi.<br />

tegument - (n.) pum khuhtu, minung le saram caah cun cuar a si; e.g. A turtle's shell is a tegument =<br />

Chungkuh phaw cu a pum khuhtu a si.<br />

telegram - (n.) thirhri in kuatmi bia telegraph.<br />

telegram - (v.) thirhri in bia i kuatnak.<br />

telegraphic - (adj.) thirhri in bia kuatnak he aa pehtlaimi; e.g. Telegraphic address = Thirhri tuknak ca i<br />

hmanmi umnak min.<br />

telepathy - (n.) pakhat le pakhat lam hlapi in lungthin i theih khawhnak<br />

telephone - (n.) telifawn a langhlat in i chawnhnak<br />

telescope - (n.) durbing , a hlami thil nai tein hmuh khawhnak<br />

telescopic - (adj.) durbing he aa pehtlaimi.<br />

television - (n.) television, lamhlatpi i a ummi thil hmuh khawhnak.<br />

tell - (v.) chimh; e.g. Tell him to come = Ra seh tiah va chim.<br />

teller - (n.) 1. chimtu. 2. bank i tangka reltu.<br />

telltale - (v., n.) chim awk a si lomi chim le phuan.<br />

telltale - (n., adj.) mi kong caih a duh ngaimi.<br />

temerity - (n.) i hnawhnam tuknak , tla cutmat in umnak<br />

temper - (v.) 1. tuai, hahter; e.g. He tempered the steel by heating and dropping it in water = Thir cu a<br />

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