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City by the sea, city of stories – The Hindu (July 24, 2016)

City by the sea, city of stories – The Hindu (July 24, 2016)

One of my earliest memories is from a year of my childhood spent in Faridabad in Haryana. My father used to travel a great deal on work. My mother, a Bombay girl (Mumbai was called Bombay then) who had grown up in a large, chattery family in a large, chattery building in the neighbourhood of Matunga, was alone with my sister and me in a house that felt too big just for the three of us. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

Word List:

  1. Chattery (adjective) – related to talking in a casual manner.
  2. Giggle (noun) – a light & repeated laugh in a childish way; titter, chuckle, snicker, hee-haw, tee-hee.
  3. Grin (verb) – smile broadly, smile from ear to ear.
  4. Twig (noun) – a small branch, offshoot, stem.
  5. Inscribe (verb) – write, carve, mark.
  6. Curl up (verb) – sit with legs bent and drawn up; close nestle, snuggle. cuddle.
  7. Gurgle (verb) – babble, burble, tinkle; (water bubbling sound).
  8. Dilapidate (verb) – make something ruined/decayed.
  9. Crumbling (adjective) – disintegrating, falling down, collapsing, decaying.
  10. Verdigris (noun) – a greenish-blue/ bluish green film on the surface of copper /brass because of oxidation.
  11. Wail (verb) – to make long &  high piched sound.
  12. Heterogeneous (adjective) – diverse, varied, contrasting, different.
  13. Scrawny Kitten (noun) – a young cat that is very thin/ lean.
  14. Pi-dog (noun) – a stray dog that is cross breed.
  15. Cartographer (noun)- one who draws maps.
  16. Regard (noun) – look, observation, examination, inspection.
  17. Gentrify (verb) – Renovate and improve.
  18. Evict (verb) – expel, remove, oust, eject, force out.
  19. Anthology (noun) – a published collection of poems/stories by multiple authors.
  20. Rattling (adjective) – making quick and repeated sound continuously.
  21. Flutter (noun) – a quick and light move or flap.
  22. Haggling (adjective) – bargaining, disputing , arguing (over price).
  23. Macaulian educational system – the system of making English the medium of instruction for higher education is called Macaulian educational system and it was introduced by Lord Macaulay (1800-1859).
  24. Ornithologist (noun) – a person who is an expert on birds.
  25. Mend (verb) – repair, fix, restore.
  26. Ply (verb) –  work at, engage in, practise, pursue.

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