falter
/ˈfɔːltə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈfɔːltə/
falter
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Aw vowel
- Ending
- Final r is pronounced in US English
fal - ter -> falter
Myanmar meaning
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၁။ လိမ့်လိမ့်လည်းလည်း ဖြစ်သည်။ အခြေ အနေ ယိုင်သည်။ တုံ့ဆိုင်းသည်။ The success of these reforms faltered in the late 1980s.
❍ For a moment he faltered in his purpose.
၂။ တုံ့ဆိုင်းတုံ့ဆိုင်းဖြစ်သည်။ ရွံ့တွံ့တွံ့ဖြစ်သည်။ Jane walked boldly up to the platform without faltering.
၃။ (က) အထစ်ထစ် အငေါ့ငေါ့ ဖြစ်သည်။ မဝံ့မရဲဖြစ်သည်။ Halfway down the first page he faltered and dried up.
(ခ) အသံတုန်ရီသည်။ တိမ် ဝင်သည်။
❏ faltering / 'fↄ:ltǝrÇŋ / adj ယိမ်းယိုင်သော။ ထစ်ငေါ့သော။ signs of faltering confidence in the government ❍ a baby's first faltering steps
❍ She tried to explain in her faltering English.
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hesitate, waver, weaken, fade, tail off, pause, wane, abate, become fainter, vacillate, bad wheel, be undecided, bobble, break, drop the ball, fail, flat wheel, flounder, fluctuate, fluff, fumble, gimp, halt, hem and haw, lameness, limp, lurch, quaver, reel, rock, roll, scruple, shake, speak haltingly, stagger, stammer, stub toe, stumble, stutter, sway, teeter, topple, totter, tremble, trip, trip up, whiffle, wobble
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