The Boarding House | Summary | Word Meanings | Question Answers | Class 12
question answers, summary and word meanings in nepali of the story the boarding house written by james joyce.
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'The Boarding House' Writer : James Joyce
Summary Of 'The Boarding House':
“The Boarding House” is a social story written by James Joyce. The writer deals with the experience of adolescence. The story is about an Irish middle class family living in Dublin. Mrs. Mooney, one of the main characters of the story, was a butcher’s daughter. She was very much confident and independent woman. She was married to her father’s foreman (helper). After marriage she started a butcher’s shop which she ran successfully. But her husband was very stupid and drunkard. He drank all the time and finished most of the property. He fell into a heavy debt. He quarreled with his wife and sometimes attacked her with a cleaver. So she had to go to neighbor's house to sleep. Therefore she got divorced from her husband and opened a boarding house where many tourists, office workers, artists would come to stay.Mrs. Mooney had a son and a daughter. Her daughter, Polly Mooney was a beautiful girl of 19. She fell in love with Mr. Doran, one of the young boys living at the boarding house. Mrs. Mooney suspected their relation but kept quiet watching their activities. One day she asked Miss Polly about went to Mr. Doran’s room and informed him that her mother had known their secret relation.
Mr. Doran fell in confusion not knowing what to do. In fact, he was not in mind of marrying Polly, she was not educated and her language was not good. She was the daughter of a butcher and her boarding house had no good fame. On the other hand, he was from gentle family and he had a good job. He thought that if he married her all his friends would laugh at him. Miss Polly began to weep but he asked her not to lose patience. At the same time maid (servant) came in his room and said that Mrs. Mooney wanted to talk to him. Wearing a coat he went to see her. Miss Polly sat alone in the room thinking about what he and her mother would make the decision. After sometime her mother called her and said that Mr. Doran wanted to speak to her.
Thus, the story ends in suspense. We don’t know what decision has been made. However, we can say that Mr. Doran must have agreed to marry Miss Polly.
Word Meanings in Nepali of 'The Boarding House'
'The Boarding House' Nepali Word MeaningsNepali Meanings 'The Boarding House'
| Word | Meaning |
| foreman | नाईके |
| plunder | steal, डकैत गर्नु |
| till | पैसा राख्ने सानो कन्तुर |
| headlong | fast, छिटो, द्रुत गतिमा |
| pledge | वाचा |
| break out | तुरुन्तै सुरु गर्नु |
| cleaver | छुरी चुप्पी |
| separation | विछोड |
| sheriff | न्याय हेर्ने मानिस |
| shabby | dirty, थोत्राथात्री लुगा लगाएको |
| pink-veined | गुलावी नशा देखिने |
| bailiff | सरकारी पियन |
| imposing | प्रभावशाली |
| artiste | पेशेवर गायक वा नर्तक |
| cunningly | धुर्तताका साथ |
| stern | कडा, कठोर |
| chummy | मीत्रवत प्रेमको |
| hard case | असम्मानित व्यक्ति |
| obscenities | अश्लीलता |
| mits | साथीहरु |
| waltzes and polkas | एक किसिमको नृत्य संगीत वा नाच |
| perverse | नराम्रो, अनुचित |
| sham | वहाना |
| madona | क्राईष्टकी आमा मेरीको अर्को नाम |
| flirt | नखरा देखाउनु |
| shrewd | चलाख, धुर्त |
| persistent | लगातार |
| complicity | खराब काम गर्न मिलेमतो |
| intervene | हस्तक्षेप गर्न |
| breeze | वायु, मन्द हावा |
| evidently | प्रमाणिक रुपले |
| perturbed | आकुल हुनु |
| shashes | झ्याल ढोकाको चौकश |
| peals | ध्वनी |
| belfry | घण्टा राख्ने बुर्जा वा घण्टाघर |
| worshipers | भक्तजनहरु, पूजा गर्नेहरु |
| traverse | cross, पार गर्नु, तर्नु |
| demeanour | व्यवहार |
| morsel | खानाको टुक्रा |
| crust | माम्री, पाप्रो |
| reconstruct | पुनर्निर्माण |
| awkward | असजिलो, अफ्ट्यारो |
| cavalier | विचार नभएको, अविवेकी |
| connive | गलत कुराहरुमा आँखा चिम्लनु |
| mantelpiece | आगो बाल्ने ठाउँ माथी सामान राख्ने ठाउँ |
| reverie | दिवा स्वप्न, ध्यान मग्नता |
| outraged | रिसाएको |
| rakish | कामाशक्त |
| screw (slang) | salary, तलव, वेतन |
| pier-glass | ऐना |
| desist | थामिनु, केही कुरा रोक्नु |
| fringe | छेउ, किनारा |
| magnify | ठूलो बनाउनु |
| loophole | उम्कने ठाउँ |
| brazen it out | कुनै कठिन परिस्थितिको दृढताका साथ सामना गर्नु |
| rasping | कटु, रुखो |
| agitation | चिन्ता |
| celibate | कुमार केटो |
| caress | माया गरेर सुम्सुम्याउनु |
| timidly | डरछेरुवा भएर |
| gust | हावा वा आँधीको झोक्का |
| combing jacket | नुहाउँदा लगाउने लुगा |
| flannel | भित्री लुगा |
| instep | माथिल्लो पैताला |
| wrists | नाडीहरु |
| steady | स्थीर बनाउनु |
| tumbler | पिउने गिलास |
| punch | रक्सी जस्तो पेय वा हल्कासँग तातोपानी, चिनी, कागती हाली बनाइएको पेय |
| reluctant | अनिच्छुक |
| moaning | शोक व्यक्त गर्नु |
| implacable | अशाम्य, निर्दयी |
| discomfiture | पराजय, चिन्ता |
| pantry | भण्डार कोठा |
| blond | गोरो, कैलो कपाल भएको |
| in profile | काँटा, अनुहार एकपट्टि मात्र देखिने |
| amiable | रमाईलो, मिजासिलो, मिलनसार |
| perturbation | चिन्ता |
| cheerfully | खुशीपुर्वक |
| intricate | कठीन |
| banisters | भर्याङ्ग ओर्लंदा र उक्लंदा समाउने डन्डी |
Question and Answers of "The Boarding House"
# Write a ghost chapter of the confrontation of Mr Doran and Mrs. Mooney. Decide what persuasive strategies Mrs. Mooney will employ to win her case, and how much, if any, resistance Mr. Doran will exhibit. Your chapter may be written as a narrative describing what was said by both parties or as a combination of narrative and dialogue. (श्री डोरान र श्रीमती मुनीको भेटघाट कसरि हुन्छ भनेर देखाउन एक काल्पनिक पाठ (ghost chapter) लेख। आफ्नो पक्षलाई बलियो पार्न श्रीमती मुनीले प्रयोग गर्न फकाउने तरिकाहरुको वर्णन गर, र श्री डोरानले आफुलाई कति हद सम्म रोक्न खोज्ला देखाऊ। दुबैले के भने भनेर वर्णन वा संवाद र वर्णन गर।)
Answer: Mrs. Mooney was much more confident that any woman who would act so much cunningly in such a crucial situation. She knew the course of action. She waited patiently. She was reminded of her own youth when Mrs. Mooney was trapped by her own father. But the marriage turned to be a tragic one after Polly's birth. Mr. Doran was already unsteady. He trembled as he entered the room. He bowed down and made some silent gestures of approval. He knew that he was going to be a victim. He thought that it would be shameful before all the friends. It would have been all right if he had been allowed to take her somewhere far away from the sight of his kith and kin. Mrs. Mooney in a very decent manner asked him all about their relationship. He answered like a guilty criminal. He okayed to marry Miss Polly and agreed to spend with her the rest of his life. He also said that he could continue staying with the mother in the same boarding house. Mrs. Mooney smiled at seeing the innocent young man. Immediately, she asked the servant to call Polly. But the servant was not there. So she called her daughter to come to her for setting the affair.
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