Girl in Translation Glossary

Girl in Translation Glossary

Glistening

Shining, Sparkling (Adjective).

Unkempt

Messy, Untidy (Adjective).

Banister

Handrail (Noun).

Protruding

Projecting, Sticking out (Adjective).

Misshapen

Distorted, Malformed (Adjective).

Unfurl

Unfold, Unroll, Open up (Verb).

The Golden Mountain

A Chinese nickname for California, or America as a whole.

Envious

Jealous, Green-eyed (Adjective).

I Love Lucy

An American sitcom in the 1950s.

Swagger

Stride, Parade (Verb).

Illegible

Unclear, Unreadable (Adjective).

Gibberish

Nonsense, Balderdash (Noun).

Clambering

Climbing, Scrabbling (Adjective).

Rubble

Debris, Wreckage (Noun).

Exterminate

Destroy, Annihilate, Obliterate (Verb).

Wiggling

Jiggling, Twitching, Fluttering (Adjective).

Squeamish

Nervous, Panicky (Adjective).

Tong Sing

A Chinese Almanac (Noun).

Kuan Yin

The Goddess of compassion in Chinese Buddhism.

Enunciate

Express, Pronounce, Articulate (Verb).

Extraneous

Irrelevant, Immaterial (Adjective).

Appalled

Shocked, Horrified (Adjective).

Despise

Hate, Abhor, Detest (Verb).

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