baulk
/bɔːlk/
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American sound/bɔːlk/
baulk
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US voice -> baulk
Myanmar meaning
(n) တားဆီးသည်။နှောင့်နှေးသည်။ပျက်စေသည်။ (v) တုံ့ဆိုင်းသည်။ တွန့်ဆုတ်သည်။ကဖျက်ယဖျက် လုပ်သည်။ မရအောင်ဟန့်တား နှောင့်ယှက်သည်။
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၁။ ~ (at sth) တုံ့ဆိုင်းသည်။ တွန့်ဆုတ်သည်။
The horse baulked at (ie refused to jump) the high hedge. ❍ His parents baulked at the cost of the guitar he wanted.
၂။ (dated ) (က) ကဖျက်ယဖျက် လုပ်သည်။
baulk sb's plans. (ခ) ~ sb of sth (usu passive) မရအောင်ဟန့်တား နှောင့်ယှက်သည်။ They were baulked of their prey.
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recoil, draw back, hesitate, flinch, pull back, shrink from, baffle, bar, beam, beat, blow, bolt from the blue, bombshell, cantilever, chagrin, cheque, circumvent, counteract, cramp, cramp one's style, crimp, crossbar, crosspiece, dash, defeat, demur, desist, disappoint, disconcert, disillusionment, dodge, evade, foil, forestall, fretfulness, frustrate, hardwood, hinder, ill humor, ill-humor, lath, letdown, lintel, obstruct, prevent, rafter, refuse, rein in, resist, ruin, scantling, shirk, shy, sill, stall, stop, stop short, stringer, throw a curve, throw monkey wrench in, thwart, timber, timberland, turn down, two-by-four, underwhelm, upset apple cart, upset the apple cart, weald, woodlot
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