guess
/ɡɛs/
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(vt,vi) ခန့်မှန်းသည်။ထင်မြင်ချက်ပေးသည်။ (n) မှန်းဆချက် (v) မှန်းဆ
၁။ (က) ~ (at sth) မှန်းဆသည်။ You don't know. You're just guessing! ❍ guess right / wrong ❍ We can only guess at the murderer's real motives. ❍ "Can you guess her age / guess how old she is?" "I'd guess that she's about thirty. "
(ခ) မှန်းသည်။ မှန်းဖြေသည်။ She guessed the answer straight away. ❍ The next King of France after Louis XIV was __ you've guessed it __ Louis XV. ❍ I knew by her smile that she had guessed what I was thinking. ❍ You'll never guess how they got in! ❍ See also SECOND-GUESS
၂။ (infml esp US ) (no passive) ထင်သည်။ I guess you're feeling tired after your journey. ❍ 'Will you be there?' 'I guess so. '
၃။ ဆိုစမ်း။ မှန်း။ ကြည့်စမ်း။ Guess who I've just seen __ David Bowie! ❍ Guess what! I've just won £5000!
n ~ (at sth); ~ (that …) မှန်းဆချက်။ ယူဆချက်။ ရမ်းဆချက်။ မှန်းချက်။ have/ make a guess (at sth) ❍ If I might hazard a guess, I'd say she was about thirty. ❍ My guess is that it will rain soon. ❍ Your guess is as good as mine (ie I do not know). ❍ "What's for supper?" "I'll give you three guesses (ie The answer is fairly obvious and you should guess it easily)!" See also EDUCATED GUESS
❏ anybody's guess [IDM ] မသေချာ မရေရာသော ကိစ္စ။ တပ်အပ် မပြောနိုင်သောအရာ။ What will happen next is anybody's guess.
❏ at a guess [IDM ] စိတ်မှန်းအရ။ 'How old is she?' 'At a guess, about thirty. '
❏ keep sb guessing [IDM ] (infml ) တွေးရခက်အောင် မရေမရာ လုပ်ထားသည်။ ဇဝေဇဝါ ဖြစ်စေသည်။
- A competition to guess the weight of the pig
- [guess at] : It’s difficult even to guess at the figures.
- [guess something as something] : He guessed her age as 14 or 15.
- [guess what/who/how etc] : Would anyone like to guess what this object is?
- [guess (that)] : She guessed that it was about midday from the position of the sun.
- [guess as to something] : Scientists are really still guessing as to the true cause of ice ages.
- [guess correctly/right] : Whoever guesses correctly will win two tickets to the show.
- He had already guessed the answer.
- Surely she would guess the truth.
- [guess about] : He wondered whether she knew or guessed about Amy.
- [guess (that)] : Tim guessed she was awake.
- I expect you’ve guessed by now that I lost the fight.
- [guess something from something] : She guessed from the noise that her brothers were home.
- [not be hard to guess something] : From his expression, it wasn’t hard to guess what had happened.
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