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drove - (v.) 'drive' zoh
drove - (n.) run khat; e.g. A drove of sheep = Tuu run khat
drown - (v.) ti chung i tlak i thih
drowse - (v.) ngut
drowsiness - (n.) ngutnak
drowsy - (adj.) mitkuh i nam i ngut khi
drudge - (n.) rian har hawi ttuan duh lomi a tuantu
drudgery - (n.) rian har, rian nuam lo
drug - (n.) si tthatnak a chuahtertu a si ahcun si a si, chiatnak a chuahtertu a si ahcun sivai a si
drug - (v.) ritter
druggist - (n.) si zuartu
drum - (n.) khuang , paran
drum - (v.) nolh chih lengmang; e.g. Tom's lessons have to be drummed into him = Tom cu a cawnmi kha
nolh chih lengmang a hau
drummer - (n.) khuangtumtu, paran tumtu
drumstick - (n.) ar pheibom , paran tumnak fung
drunk - (adj.) zu a rimi
drunkard - (n.) zuripa
drunken - (adj.) zu a rimi
drunkeness - (n.) zuritnak
dry - (adj.) 1. a ro , a carmi; 2. Lung a tho lomi, ngaih a nuam lomi; e.g. His sermon was dry = A
phungchim mi lung a tho lo, ngaih a nuam lo
dry - (v.) pho, roter, thil zar
dry clean - (v.) ti tel loin hnipuan suk
dry measure - (n.) thil romi tahnak; e.g. Facang tehna, fangvoi tehna tahnak
dryer - (n.) puan rotertu seh
dual - (adj.) pahnih; e.g. The airplane has dual controls, one for the teacher and the other for the
learner = Vanlawng nih monghnak fung pahnih a ngeih, saya caah pakhat a cawngmi caah pakhat
dub - (v.) min sak, nihchuahnak lei deuh i min sak
dubious - (adj.) zumh awk tlak set a si lomi
duck - (n.) compai
duck - (v.) lu asiloah pum kun tak; e.g. He ducked when I tried to hit him = Thongh ka zalh ah a ka kun
tak
duckling - (n.) compaifa
duct - (n.) tidong
due - (adj.) pek awk a simi; e.g. When is the rent due? = Zeitikdah inn hlan man pek a cut lai? A hmuh
awk a simi a tuanman kha thaizing ah pek awk a si lai 2. aa tlakmi , a hmaanmi , a tthami; e.g. In due
course = Caan ttha caan hmaan a si tikah; 3. a phanh lai can ruah; e.g. When is the plane due? =
Vanlawng cu zeitikdah phak lai?
due - (adv.) hmailei ah ding tein; e.g. The ocean is due east of us = Rili cu kanmah in nichuahlei bak ah
a si
due to - (prep.) ti cu ruangah, ti a si
duet - (n.) pahnih sakmi tummi hla
dug - (v.) 'dig' zoh
duke - (n.) tuavon
dull - (adj.) 1. mi lung a la lomi thil; 2. lung panh lo; e.g. Rainy day is dull day = Khua it cu lung a panh
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