not quite
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not - quite -> not quite
၁။ အတော်အတန်။ အတော်အသင့်။ အတန်အသင့်။ quite big/ small/ good/ cold/ warm/ interesting ❍ They had to wait quite a long time. ❍ He plays quite well. ❍ I quite like opera. ❍ I found the test quite hard. ❍ FAIRLY
၂။ တော်တော်။ အတော်။ He's quite happy at his new school ❍ You'll be quite comfortable here. ❍ I can see it quite clearly.
၃။ တော်တော်။ အတော်။ တကယ့်ကို။ quite delicious/ spectacular/ amazing/ incredible ❍ a quite extraordinary experience ❍ The view was quite breathtaking. ❍ That was quite the nicest meal I've ever had. ❍ She performed quite brilliantly.
၄။ တကယ့်ကို။ အဟုတ်ကို။ အသေအချာ။ quite empty/ perfect/ enough ❍ Are you quite sure/ certain? ❍ He has quite recovered from his illness. ❍ I don't think that's quite right. ❍ I quite agree/ understand. ❍ ‘Do you mind waiting?’ ‘No, that's quite all right. ’
၅။ (also fml quite so ) အဟုတ်ပါပဲ။ အမှန်ပါပဲ။ ‘It's not something we want to have talked about’. ‘Quite (so)’. ❍ ‘He's bound to feel shaken after his accident’. ‘Quite’.
det တကယ့်ကို။ တော်တော့်ကို။ She's quite a beauty/ swimmer. ❍ We found it quite a change when we moved to London. ❍ He's quite the little gentleman, isn't he?
❏ not quite [IDM ]
၁။ မ(ပြည့်၊ ရှိ၊ တူ စသည်) လောက်။ The theatre was not quite full. ❍ ‘There must be 1000 people here’. ‘Not quite that many’. ❍ It's almost like being in the Alps, but not quite.
၂။ မ(လွယ်၊ သိ၊ လိုက် စသည်) လှ။ It wasn't quite as simple as I thought it would be. ❍ I don't quite know what to do next. ❍ Those shoes don't quite go with that dress.
❏ quite a lot (of) [IDM ] တော်တော်များများ။ We drank quite a lot of wine.
❏ quite a ; quite some / -sʌm / [IDM ] (approv esp US ) နှယ်နှယ်ရရမဟုတ်။ It must be quite some car. ❍ We had quite a party.
❏ quite something [IDM ] နည်းနည်းနောနောမှတ်လို့။ You decorated the whole house yourself? That's quite something!
- I was feeling quite tired after our walk.
- They said the dog was quite badly injured.
- [quite a good/big etc something] : We had to wait for quite a long time.
- There’s quite a steep slope down to the river.
- He was quite a good musician.
- Are you quite sure you know what to do?
- It’s quite impossible to keep the house clean when all the children are here.
- I don’t quite understand the problem.
- The drawing’s not quite right.
- They’re doing a marvellous job, but they haven’t quite finished.
- ‘Are you ready?’ ‘Not quite.’
- The organizers have achieved something quite extraordinary.
- The hotel was dirty and the food was quite disgusting.
- I’m not sure that ‘respect’ is quite the right word.
- [not quite what/why/how etc] : I don’t know quite why you’ve come here and I suggest you leave.
- We couldn’t quite remember where you lived.
- ‘It’s not the kind of behaviour we expect from a teacher.’ ‘Quite.’
- [quite so] : ‘It is most important that the matter should be kept secret.’ ‘Quite so.’
- [quite right] : ‘Some laws are meant to be broken.’ ‘Quite right.’
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