clue
/kluː/
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- 1 syllable
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- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Long vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> clue
၁။ ~ (to sth) သဲလွန်စ။
The only clue to the identity of the murderer was a half-smoked cigarette. ❍ We have no clue as to where she went after she left home.
၂။ (စကားလုံး)ပဟေဠိ မေးခွန်း။
❏ clue sb in (about/on sth) [PHRV ] (US infml ) နောက် ဆုံးအခြေအနေကို သတင်းပေးသည်။
Can you clue me in on the facts of the case?
❏ clueless /'klu:lǝs/ adj (infml derog ) နလပိန်းတုံး။ He's absolutely clueless.
❏ clue sb up (about/on sth) [PHRV ] (infml esp Brit ) (usu passive) သတင်းစုံစုံရသည်။ She's really clued up on politics (ie She knows a lot about politics).
❏ not have a clue [IDM ] (infml )
၁။ ဘာမျှမသိဘူး။ ‘When does the train leave?’ ‘I haven't a clue. ’
၂။ (derog ) နလပိန်းတုံး။ ‘Don't ask him to do it—he hasn't a clue’.
- [search for/look for/find a clue] : Detectives were brought in to help search for clues.
- [clue to/as to/about] : Police still have no clues as to the identity of the killer.
- [clue to/as to/about] : His expressionless face gave her no clue as to what he was thinking.
- These writings provide clues to the crisis in Dickens’ private life.
- ‘Know who I saw in town today?’ ‘Give me a clue.’
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