Children at work Class 8 Word Meaning Difficult Words and their Meaning from Class 8 English Supplementary 2nd Chapter Children at work.
Word Meaning with examples :
- Run away (v) से भाग जाना Example. Velu , an eleven year old boy , runs away from home .
- Wander around (v) ramble भटकना Example. He wanders around for hours before getting on a train to Chennai without a ticket.
- Pull in (v) आकर रुकना
- Get off (v) descend from Example. When the Kanyakumari Express pulled in at Chennai Central, it took Velu some time to get off.
- Porter (N) carrier
- Trolley (N) Example. A Porter went by with a loaded trolley .
- Put down (v) lay down
- Bumpe (v) hit टकराना
- Luggage (N) stuff सामान, सामग्री
- Miserable (adj) unhappy
- Exhausted (v ) Example. Velu. Put hishead down on his knees, feeling miserable and exhausted .
- Peanuts (N) मूँगफली
- Stiff (N) गाढा
- Brownish ( N) Example. Her hair was stiff and brownish .
- Sack (N ) Large bag बोरा , बोरी
- Shoulder (N) Example. She had a huge sack on one shoulder.
- Snatch (v) wrest छीनना Example. His father would snatch away all the money.
- Pinch (v) nip
- Grimace (N) Example. He felt hunger pinching him and pressed his stomach with a grimace.
- Glumly (adv) उदास हो कर
- Smoke (N) reak
- Making his head spin (v) giving him a headache Example. smoke and dust flew at him from all sides , making his head spin .
- Hesitate (v) Example. Velu kept hesitating .
- Drag (v) Example. The girl finally dragged him to the other side.
- Squint (v) look askance Example. Velu squinted and read the Tamil sign , central Jail .
- Soak (v) steep भीगना , भीगाना Example. He was soaked with sweat.
- Squashy (adj ) दलदली , नरम Example. The girl picked up a squashy banana.
- Gulp (v) Example. He gulped down the banana and vada.
- Panicked (v ) was very worried घबराया हुआ
- Crookedly (adv) not straight
- Shove (N) push Example. She turned to velu and gave him a shove.
- Blockhead (N) fool
- Rubbish (N) debris रद्दी , अनाप शनाप Example. It’s not any rubbish.
- Posing (v) looking important, hoping to impress others Example. Don’t just stand there , posing .
- Scratch (v) Example. Velu scratched his head and sighed.