muscle
/ˈmʌs(ə)l/
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American sound/ˈmʌs(ə)l/
muscle
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- 2 syllables
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- Schwa vowel
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- Final e often stays silent
mus - cle -> muscle
Myanmar meaning
(n) ကြွက်သား
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၁။ (က) [C] ကြွက်သား။ calf/ neck/ facial muscles ❍ strain/ tear/ pull a muscle ❍ exercises to develop the muscles ❍ Don't move a muscle (ie Stay completely still)!
(ခ) [U] အသားမျှင်။ The heart is made of muscle.
၂။ [U] ခွန်အား။ ဗလ။ have plenty of muscle but no brains.
၃။ [U] အစွမ်း။ legal/ political/ industrial muscle ❍ a trade union with plenty of muscle.
❏ muscle-bound adj ကြွက်သားများ ဖုထစ် မာကျောသော။
❏ muscle in (on sb/sth) [PHRV ] (infml derog ) ဝင်စွက် သည်။ ဝင်ရှုပ်သည်။ She resents the way her family are trying to muscle in on her success.
❏ muscle-man /-mæn/ n (pl -men /-men /) ဗလကြီး။
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power, influence, force, strength, might, weight, sway, beef, brawn, break face, clout, crush against, energy, flesh, forcefulness, handle roughly, high pressure, illtreat, knock around, lay on, lean on, leaning on, let have it, lie on, lying on, make one's way, make way, maul, meat, muscled, muscling, potency, pour it on, pour on, push, put in the hospital, put the arm on, rest on, resting on, sinew, stamina, steamroll, strong arm, sturdiness, take care of, tendon, thew, tissue, work over, working over
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