himself
/hɪmˈsɛlf/
US pronunciation
American sound/hɪmˈsɛlf/
hɪmˈsɛlf
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
hɪm - ˈsɛlf -> himself
Myanmar meaning
(pron) သူ့ကိုယ်သူ။
Full entry
himself /hÇm'self/ reflex, emph pron
၁။ (reflex ) သူကိုယ်တိုင်။ သူ့ကိုယ်သူ။ သူ့ဘာသာသူ။ He cut/ killed/ introduced himself. ❍ Peter ought to be ashamed of himself.
၂။ (emph ) သူကိုယ်တိုင်။ ကိုယ်တိုင်။ The doctor said so himself. ❍ Did you see the manager himself?
❏ be, seem, etc himself [IDM ] နေကောင်းထိုင်သာရှိသည်။ He doesn't feel quite himself this morning.
❏ (all) by himself [IDM ]
၁။ တစ်ကိုယ်တည်း။ အထီးတည်း။ He lives all by himself in that large house.
၂။ ကိုယ်တိုင်။ သူ့ဘာသာသူ။ John managed to repair his car by himself. See also HAVE SB/STH TO ONESELF ❍ GENDER
More examples
- William slipped once, but he didn’t hurt himself.
- That man ought to be ashamed of himself.
- Lester’s book is mostly about himself.
- Julian showed us a picture of himself with his former wife.
- Everyone has to look after himself.
- It is said that Shakespeare himself once acted in this play.
- Being an ex-police officer himself, Dawlish understands why so many cops are angry.
- You mean to tell me Jack built the whole cabin himself?
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