mistake

mistake /mÇ'steÇk / n

၁။ အမှား။ အယူအဆအမှား။ This isn't my bill— there must be some mistake. ❍ I made a mistake about Julie—she's quite nice really. ❍ It was a big mistake to send her to boarding- school. ❍ A week after the wedding she realized she had made a terrible mistake.
၂။ အမှား။ spelling mistakes ❍ The waiter made a mistake in adding up the bill.
v (pt mistook /mÇ'stƱk /; pp mistaken /mÇ'steÇkǝn /)
၁။ မှားသည်။ တလွဲထင်သည်။ I must have mistaken your meaning/ what you meant. ❍ You can't mistake their house— it's painted bright green. ❍ She mistook his smile as indicating agreement. ❍ I mistook you to mean that you wanted to come.
၂။ ~ sb/ sth for sb/sth လူချင်းမှားသည်။
She is often mistaken for her twin sister.
❏ and no mistake [IDM ] (infml ) တကယ်ပါ။ She's a strange woman and no mistake!
❏ by mistake [IDM ] မှားပြီးတော့။ I took your bag instead of mine by mistake.
❏ make no mistake (about sth) [IDM ] (infml ) တကယ့်ကို။ Make no mistake (about it), we're facing a major financial crisis.
❏ mistaken adj (က) ~ (about sb/sth) အထင်မှား [သော]။ မှား [သော]။ If I'm not mistaken, that's the man we saw on the bus. ❍ You're completely mistaken about Peter.
(ခ) မှားသော။ mistaken ideas/ views/ loyalty ❍ a case of mistaken identity ❍ I helped him in the mistaken belief that he needed me.
❏ mistakenly adv အမှားမှားအယွင်းယွင်း။ တလွဲ။ He mistakenly believed that the insurance policy covered such damage.
❏ there is/was no mistaking sb/sth [IDM ] မှားနိုင်စရာ မရှိ။ There's no mistaking that laugh—it must be John.