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on /ɒn / prep

၁။ (also fml upon ) (က) ပေါ်မှာ၊ ပေါ်မှ၊ ပေါ်တွင်၊ တွင်၊ မှာ၊ ကို။ a picture on the wall ❍ a drawing on the blackboard ❍ dirty marks on the ceiling ❍ Leave the glasses on the table. ❍ sit on the grass ❍ leaves floating on the water ❍ travel on the continent (Compare: in Europe) ❍ the diagram on page 5 (Compare: in the next chapter/ paragraph) ❍ stick a stamp on an envelope ❍ a carpet on the floor ❍ hit sb on the head. (ခ) ပေါ်မှ၊ ပေါ်တွင်၊ တွင်၊ မှာ၊ ကို။ a roof on a house ❍ stand on one foot ❍ lie on one's back ❍ a blister on one's foot ❍ a ring on one's finger ❍ lean on me/ on my arm ❍ a flag on a pole ❍ a coat on a hook ❍ hanging on a string ❍ riding on a bicycle/ on horseback ❍ a hat on one's head ❍ sit on a chair ❍ (fig ) have sth on one's mind.
၂။ ပေါ်မှာ၊ ပေါ်တွင်။ on the plane from London to New York ❍ travel on the bus/ the tube/ the coach (Compare: travel by bus, etc; sitting in the bus, etc) ❍ have lunch on the train.
၃။ မှာ။ မှ။ Have you got any money on you? ❍ The burglar was caught with the stolen goods still on him. ❍ WEAR v
၄။ (က) တွင်၊ မှာ။ (အမေရိကန်တို့က on ကို မြှုပ်၍သုံးလေ့ရှိသည်။ ) on Sunday(s) ❍ (US ) They're arriving Sunday. ❍ on May the first/ the first of May ❍ on the evening of May the first (Compare: in the evening) ❍ on this occasion ❍ on a sunny day in August ❍ on your birthday/ Christmas day. Compare IN¹ prep ၃, AT ၂ ❍ MORNING, TIME (ခ) (also upon ) တွင်၊ မှာ။ On my arrival home/ On arriving home I discovered the burglary. ❍ On (my) asking for information I was told I must wait. ❍ He flew home on the death of his parents.
၅။ နှင့်ပတ်သက်၍။ နဲ့ပတ်သက်လို့။ speak/ write/ lecture on Shakespeare ❍ an essay on political economy ❍ a programme on 20th-century music ❍ while we're on the subject (ie talking about it). ❍ ABOUT prep
၆။ တွင်၊ မှာ၊ က။ be on the committee/ staff/ jury/ panel ❍ Which/Whose side are you on (ie Which of two or more different views do you support)?
၇။ ဖြင့်။ နှင့်။ ကို။ live on bread and water ❍ gorge oneself on sweets ❍ be on (ie unable to stop taking) heroin ❍ Most cars run on petrol. ❍ The doctor put me on these tablets.
၈။ ဆီသို့။ သို့။ ကို။ march on the capital ❍ turn one's back on sb ❍ pull/ draw a knife on sb (ie to attack them) ❍ creep up on sb ❍ On the left you can see the palace.
၉။ (sometimes fml upon ) တွင်၊ မှာ။ a town on the coast ❍ a house on the main road ❍ a house on a council estate ❍ a village on the border ❍ drive on the M25 ❍ boats moored on both sides of the river ❍ hedges on either side of the road ❍ I moved to Leeds just on (ie almost exactly) a year ago.
၁၀။ (also fml upon ) တွင်။ မှာ။ အရ။ ဖြင့်။ a story based on fact ❍ have sth on good authority ❍ arrested on a charge of theft ❍ On your advice I applied for the job. ❍ You have it on my word (ie I promise you it will happen, etc).
၁၁။ ဖြင့်။ နှင့်။ live on a pension/one's savings/ a student grant ❍ be on a low wage ❍ feed a family on £ 50 a week ❍ an operation on the National Health Service ❍ (infml ) Drinks are on me. ဒီတစ်ဝိုင်းကို ငါဒကာခံမယ်။
၁၂။ ဖြင့်။ နှင့်။ တွင်။ play a tune on the flute ❍ information available on computer/ disc/ tape ❍ broadcast on the TV/ radio ❍ speak on the telephone.
၁၃။ (also fml upon ) အပေါ်။ မှာ။ a tax on tobacco ❍ charge interest on the loan ❍ a strain on our resources.
၁၄။ အပေါ်။ မှာ။ ကို။ a ban on imports ❍ He's rather hard on his kids. ❍ (infml ) Don't go too heavy on the (ie give me too much) sugar.
၁၅။ နှင့်စာလျှင်။ This month's unemployment figures are 20 000 up on last month.
၁၆။ ဖြင့်။ နှင့်။ လျက်။ on business/ holiday ❍ go on an errand ❍ on loan for a week ❍ on special offer.
၁၇။ ကို။ မှာ။ You can phone me on 0181-530 3906.
၁၈။ (also fml upon ) (fml ) တစ်ခုပြီးတစ်ခု။ suffer disaster on disaster ❍ Wave (up) on wave of violence spread through the city.
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၁။ ဆက်၍။ He worked on without a break. ❍ If you like a good story, read on. ❍ They wanted the band to play on. ❍ The war still went on (ie continued). ❍ He slept on through all the noise.
၂။ တိုင်အောင်။ အထိ။ ဆက်၍။ ဆက်ပြီး။ run/ walk/ hurry on to the end of the lane ❍ Please send my letter on to my new address. ❍ from that day on (ie from then until now) ❍ On with the show (ie Let it begin/ continue)!
၃။ (က) ဝတ်၊ တပ်၊ ဆောင်း (လျက်၊ ပါ)။ Put your coat on. ❍ Why doesn't she have her glasses on? ❍ Your hat's not on straight.
(ခ) ဖုံး၊ တပ် (လျက်၊ ထား၊ ပါ)။ Make sure the lid is on. ❍ Leave it with the cover on. ❍ The skirt is finished—I'm now going to sew a pocket on. Compare OFF adv part ၂
၄။ (က) ဖွင့်လျက်။ The lights were all on. ❍ The TV is always on in their house. ❍ Someone has left the tap on (ie The water is running). ❍ I can smell gas— is the oven on? ❍ Make sure you put the handbrake on. လက်ဆွဲဘရိတ် ဆွဲထား ဖို့ မမေ့နှင့်။ (ခ) (လျှပ်စစ်၊ ရေ စသည်) ရပြီ၊ ရမည်။ We were without electricity for three hours but it's on again now. ❍ Is the water on? Compare off adv part ၅
၅။ (ပွဲ၊ စစ် စသည်) ပြလျက်၊ ဖြစ်လျက်။ The show was already on when we arrived. ❍ The strike has been on now for six weeks. ❍ There's a war on, you know.
၆။ ပြမည် (သို့) ရှိသည်။ Is the match on at 2 pm or 3pm? ❍ The postal strike is still on (ie has not been cancelled). Compare OFF adv part ၄
၇။ (ဖျော်ဖြေမှု အစီအစဉ် စသည်) ပြနေသည်၊ ရှိသည်။ Look in the TV guide to see what's on. ❍ There's a good play on at the local theatre. ❍ What time is the news on?
၈။ (အစီအစဉ်) ရှိသည်။ Have we got anything on (ie any plans, appointments, etc) for this evening?
၉။ (က) (ဖျော်ဖြေမှု အစီအစဉ်) ရှိသည်။ I'm on in five minutes. ❍ What time is the group on? Compare off adv part ၉ (ခ) (အလုပ်) ဝင်သည်၊ ဝင်မည်။ တာဝန်ချိန်ဖြစ်သည်။ The night nurse is/ goes on at 7pm. Compare OFF adv part ၇
၁၀။ (ယာဉ် ပေါ်သို့) တက်သည်။ The bus driver waited until everybody was on. ❍ Four people got on.
၁၁။ (ခေါင်းချင်း) ဆိုင်။ (ဘေး) တိုက်။ enter the harbour broadside on ❍ The cars crashed head on.
❏ be on [IDM ] (infml esp Brit ) လက်တွေ့ကျသည်။ မှန်ကန်သည်။ လက်ခံသည်။ That just isn't on. ❍ You're on (ie I accept the bet, suggestion, etc)!
❏ be on (for sth) [IDM ] (infml ) ပါဝင်သည်။ Are you on for tomorrow's game?
❏ be/ go/ keep on about sth [IDM ] (infml derog ) ခိုညည်းသလို ညည်းသည် (သို့) တောင်စဉ်ရေမရ ပြောသည်။ What's he on about now?
❏ be/ go/ keep on at sb (to do sth) [IDM ] (infml derog ) နားပူသည်။ He was on at me again to lend him money. ❍ They kept on at him until he confessed. သူဝန်မခံမချင်း စစ်ကြော မေးမြန်းကြသည်။ Compare BE ONTO SB (ONTO)
❏ on and on [IDM ] မရပ်မနား။ အဆက်မပြတ်။ ဆက်တိုက်။ He kept moaning on and on.
❏ on to prep = ONTO