beef
/biːf/
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American sound/biːf/
beef
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US voice -> beef
Myanmar meaning
(n) အမဲသား။ (v) ညည်းညူးသည်။
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၁။ [U] အမဲသား။ roast beef ❍ beef cattle (ie those bred for their meat).
၂။ [U] (infml ) အားခွန်ဗလ။ He's got plenty of beef.
၃။ [C] (infml ) အတိုင်အတော။ ညည်းသံ ညူသံ။ He came to me with a beef about the noise we'd been making.
v ~ (about sth/sb) (infml ) တိုင်တောသည်။ ညည်းညူ သည်။ What are you beefing about now?
❏ beef tea n [U] (Brit ) (လူမမာအတွက်) အမဲစွပ်ပြုတ်။
❏ beef sth up [PHRV ] (infml esp US ) အားဖြည့်သည်။ The company are taking on more staff to beef up production. ❍ The new evidence beefed up their case considerably.
❏ beefy adj (-ier, -iest ) (infml ) တုတ်ခိုင်သန်မာသော။ beefy arms and legs.
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complain, grumble, moan, bellyache, grouse, gripe, carp, arm, bickering, brawn, chunter, complaint, criticism, dispute, flesh, force, grievance, heftiness, meat, might, muscle, objection, physique, power, protestation, quarrel, rhubarb, robustness, sinew, squabble, steam, strength, thew, vigor, whine, whinge
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