excuse
/ɛkˈskjuːz/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Long vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
ɛk - ˈskjuːz -> excuse
(n) ဆင်ခြေ။ ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက်။ စောဒက။ အကြောင်းပြချက်။ အခွင့်အလမ်း။ ခွင့်လွှတ် သည်။ ဆင်ခြေပေးသည်။ အကြောင်းပြသည်။ ခွင့်ပန်သည်။ ခွင့်တောင်းသည်။ ခွင့်ပြုသည်။ လွတ်ငြိမ်းခွင့်ပေးသည်။ (v) ခွင့်လွှတ်
၁။ ~ (for sth/for doing sth) ဆင်ခြေ။ ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက်။ စောဒက။ He's always making excuses for being late. ❍ Late again? What's your excuse this time? ❍ There's no excuse for such behaviour. ❍ He made his excuses (ie He said sorry and gave his reasons for leaving early) and left.
၂။ ~ (for sth/doing sth); ~ (to do sth) အကြောင်းပြချက်။ အခွင့်အလမ်း။ a good excuse for a party ❍ The party gave me an excuse to wear my new dress.
/Çk'skju:z/ v
၁။ ~ sth; ~ sb (for sth/doing sth) ခွင့်လွှတ် သည်။ Please excuse my late arrival. ❍ Excuse me for being late. ❍ The audience could be excused for thinking it was an amateur production. ❍ Excuse my interrupting you.
၂။ (က) ~ sth; ~ sb/oneself for sth/doing sth ဆင်ခြေပေးသည်။ အကြောင်းပြသည်။ Nothing can excuse such rudeness. ❍ He excused himself for being late by saying that his car had broken down. (ခ) ~ oneself ခွင့်ပန်သည်။ ခွင့်တောင်းသည်။ She excused herself hurriedly, and ran out of the room.
၃။ ~ sb (from sth) (esp passive) ခွင့်ပြုသည်။ လွတ်ငြိမ်းခွင့်ပေးသည်။ He was excused (from) piano practice. ❍ She excused herself from the walk saying she didn't feel well. ❍ Only pregnant women can be excused.
❏ be excused [IDM ] (often euph ) (ကျောင်းသားများ အပြင်ထွက်လို၍ ပန်ကြားသောစကား)။ ခွင့်ပြုပါ။
Please can I be excused?
❏ excusable /Çk'skju:zǝbl/ adj ခွင့်လွှတ်နိုင်လောက်သော။
Their mistake was excusable. Compare INEXCUSABLE
❏ excuse me [IDM ]
၁။ တစ်ဆိတ်လောက်။ ကျေးဇူးပြု၍။
Excuse me, do you have the right time?
၂။ (ကြားဖြတ် ပြောလိုရာ၌ အယဉ်အကျေးသုံးသောစကား)။ ခွင့်ပြုပါ။
Please excuse me while I answer the telephone. ❍ Excuse me, but I don't think that's quite true.
၃။ excuse me? (esp US ) ပြန်ပြောပါဦး။
- A reasonable/valid/legitimate excuse
- [excuse for] : What excuse did they give for the delay?
- [have an excuse] : Joe was late, but as always he had an excuse.
- [make/give an excuse] : He made some excuse about having a lot of work to do.
- [excuse for] : Birthdays are always a good excuse for a party.
- [an excuse to do something] : Emily was glad of an excuse to change the subject.
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