hurdle
/ˈhəːd(ə)l/
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American sound/ˈhəːd(ə)l/
hurdle
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hur - dle -> hurdle
Myanmar meaning
(n) တန်းကျော်ပြေးပွဲတွင်တန်း။တန်းကျော်ပြေး။ အခက်အခဲ။အကျပ်အတည်း။ (v) တန်းကျော်ပြေးသည်။
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၁။ (က) [C] (တန်းကျော်ပြေးပွဲ တွင်) တန်း။ five furlongs over hurdles ❍ fall at the last hurdle. (ခ) hurdles [pl] တန်းကျော်ပြေး။ win the 400 metres hurdles.
၂။ [C] အခက်အခဲ။ အကျပ်အတည်း။ economic and political hurdles standing in the way of progress ❍ I've passed the written test; the interview is the next hurdle.
v ~ (over) sth တန်းကျော်ပြေးသည်။ hurdling (over) a barrier.
❏ hurdler /'hɜ:dlǝ(r)/ n တန်းကျော်ပြေးသမား၊ မြင်း။
❏ hurdling n [U] တန်းကျော်ပြေးပွဲ။
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obstacle, difficulty, problem, stumbling block, snag, barrier, impediment, bar, barricade, blockade, bounce, bound, clear, complication, conquer, down, fence, fly over, hamper, handicap, hedge, hindrance, hop, interference, jump, jump across, jump over, leap, leap over, lick, lop, master, mountain, negotiate, obstruction, over, overcome, rub, saltate, scale, spring, surmount, traverse, vault, vault over, wall
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