next of kin
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next - of - kin -> next of kin
next /nekst/ adj ~ (to sb/ sth)
၁။ (usu with the ) နောက်…။ the next name on the list ❍ Who's next, please (eg at a shop)? ❍ How far is it to the next petrol station? ❍ the next house to ours (Compare: the house next to ours) ❍ The next train to Baltimore is at 10.00. ❍ The next time I saw her she was working in London. ❍ The next six months will be the hardest. ❍ I fainted and the next thing I knew I was in hospital.
၂။ လာမည့်။ နောက်။ Next Thursday is 12 April. ❍ I'm going skiing next winter. ❍ TIME
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၁။ ထို့နောက်။ What did you do next? ❍ Next we visited Tokyo. ❍ What comes next (ie follows)?
၂။ ယင်းမတိုင်မီ (…ဆုံး)။ The next oldest building is the church.
၃။ (အာမေဍ္ဍိတ်စကား)။ နောက်ကော။
You're learning to be a parachutist? Whatever next!
❏ as good, well, far, much, etc as the next man [IDM ] လူတကာလို။ သူလိုငါလိုပဲ။ I can enjoy a joke as well as the next man, but this is going too far.
❏ the next n
[sing] နောက်တစ်ခု။ နောက်တစ်ယောက်။
She finished one novel and immediately started the next.
❏ next-best adj
သည့်နောက်အကောင်းဆုံး။ The next-best thing is to abandon the project altogether.
❏ next door adv
ဘေး(အခန်း၊ အိမ် စသည်)က။ ဘေးချင်း ကပ်က။ The cat is from the house next door. ❍ The manager's office is just next door. ❍ We live next door to a pub.
adj ဘေးချင်းကပ်။ our next-door neighbours ❍ the next-door house/ office.
❏ next of kin n
[C,U] ( pl unchanged) (fml ) ဆွေမျိုး ရင်းချာ။ Her next of kin has/ have been informed. ❍ The form must be signed by next of kin.
❏ next to prep
၁။ ဘေး၌။ အနားမှာ။ ကပ်လျက်။ Peter sat next to me on the sofa. ❍ I've put the bed next to the window.
၂။ ပြီးလျှင်။ Next to skiing her favourite sport was skating.
၃။ နီးပါး။ Painting the ceiling proved next to impossible without a ladder. လှေကားမပါဘဲ မျက်နှာကြက် ကို ဆေးသုတ်ဖို့ဆိုတာကတော့ မဖြစ်နိုင်သလောက်ပဲ။ ❍
I got it for next to nothing in a sale. အလကားနီးနီးရခဲ့တယ်။ ❍
My horse came next to last in the race. ငါ့မြင်းကတော့ ဘိတ်ချေးမဆိုရရုံတစ်မည်ပဲ။
❏ the next world [IDM ] တမလွန်။
- He said he was leaving for Rome the next day.
- Who will be the next president?
- The next train to arrive at platform three is the 10.40 to Liverpool.
- I’ll call you the next time I’m in town.
- Who’s next in the queue?
- I’ll be busy this week and next.
- When I next spoke with him, he told me he had got married.
- I knew exactly what was going to happen next.
- First, peel the fruit. Next, prepare a chocolate sauce.
- [the next few weeks/several months/five years etc] : Over the next few weeks I tried to re-organize the office.
- [next Tuesday/week/year etc] : I’ll see you next Friday.
- The Scottish Parliament elections take place next May.
- [Monday/Tuesday etc next] : The ceremony will take place on Monday next.
- I could hear the sound of laughter in the next room.
- The next main road you come to will be King Street.
- Get out at the next station.
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