again
/əˈɡeɪn/
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ə - ˈɡeɪn -> again
၁။ ထပ်။ ပြန်။ နောက်ထပ်။ နောက်တစ်ကြိမ်။ Try again. ❍ Say that again, please. ❍ Here comes Joe, drunk again. ❍ Do call again. ❍ Don't do that again. ❍ This must never happen again.
၂။ ပြန်၍။ He was glad to be 'home again. ❍ Back again already? ❍ You'll never get the money 'back again. ❍ You'll soon be 'well again. ❍ I'm glad he's himself/his old 'self again (ie that he has returned to his normal state again after an illness, a shock, etc).
၃။ (က) ထို့အတူ။ ပြီးလျှင်။ Again, we have to consider the legal implications. (ခ) သို့တည်း မဟုတ်က။ ဒါမှမဟုတ်ရင် လည်း။ I might, and (there/then) again I might not.
၄။ နောက်ထပ်။ I'd like as many/much again (ie twice as many/much). ❍ half as much again (ie one and a half times as much).
❏ again and again ထပ်တလဲလဲ။ ထပ်ကာတလဲလဲ။ အကြိမ်ကြိမ်။ အဖန်ဖန်။ I've told you again and again (ie repeatedly) not to do that.
- You’ll have to tell me again – I wasn’t listening.
- If you fail the exam you will have to take it again.
- [all over again] : Oh no, now I’ll have to start all over again.
- That friend of yours – what’s her name again?
- I turned over and went back to sleep again.
- The streets of the city are quiet again.
- The law on copyright is still unclear. And again, it’s a complex issue.
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