people
/ˈpiːp(ə)l/
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- 2 syllables
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- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
peop - le -> people
(n) လူထု (v) လူများနေထိုင်လျက်ရှိ
၁။ [pl v ] ပုဂ္ဂိုလ်များ။ လူတွေ။ Were there many people at the party? ❍ streets crowded with people ❍ He meets a lot of famous people in his job. ❍ Many old people live alone.
၂။ [pl v ] လူ။ လူတွေ။ Some people are very inquisitive. ❍ Most people wouldn't agree with you. ❍ People drive very badly in this country. ❍ This kind of social problem worries people. ❍ GENDER1
၃။ (က) [C] လူမျိုး။ the English-speaking peoples ❍ The Spartans were a warlike people. (ခ) [pl v ] (မြို့၊ နယ်၊ နိုင်ငံ)သား။ the people (ie inhabitants) of London ❍ the British/ French/ Russian people.
၄။ the people [pl v ] ပြည်သူ။ လူထု။ The President no longer has the support of the people.
၅။ the people [pl v ] သာမန်ပြည်သူ။ အများပြည်သူ။ the common people ❍ a man of the people (eg a politician who is popular with ordinary people).
၆။ [pl v ] ဘက်တော်သား။ အသိုင်းအဝိုင်း။ ပရိသတ်။ လူ။ His people worked hard to get him elected.
၇။ [pl v ] (infml ) လုပ်ဖော်ကိုင်ဖက်။ လူ။ I'll have to talk to my people and get back to you about the contract.
၈။ [pl v ] (infml ) အမျိုး။ ဆွေမျိုး။ She's spending Christmas with her people.
၉။ [pl v ] လုပ်ငန်းတစ်ရပ် နှင့် သက်ဆိုင်သော သူများ။ အခြေခံတစ်ရပ်ရပ်အရ ပေါင်းရုံး ရည်ညွှန်းနိုင်သူများ။ …သည်။ … သမား။ Arts people get a fair amount of government support. See also BOAT PEOPLE
v ~ sth (with sth) (လူများ) နေထိုင်လျက်ရှိသည်၊ ဖြင့် ပြည့်နှက် နေသည်။ a village peopled by hardy seafolk ❍ He believes the world is peopled with idiots.
❏ people (who live) in glass houses shouldn't throw stones [IDM ] (saying ) ကိုယ့်မှာ အပြစ်ရှိ လျက် အခြားသူများကို အပြစ်မဆိုလင့်။ ကိုယ့်မျက်ချေး ကိုယ်မမြင်ဘဲ သူများမျက်ချေးထူ သည်ဟု မဝေဖန်သင့်။ သူခိုးကလူ လူဟစ်မနေပါနဲ့။
- Young/old people
- A group/crowd of people
- Thousands of people marched in protest.
- The accident left three people dead and many injured.
- People were running everywhere.
- [many/few/some people] : Many people here would agree with you.
- People tend to think that doctors know everything.
- Military/religious/financial people
- Scientifically-minded people
- On this issue, government has failed to listen to the people.
- [a man/woman of the people] : Many thought the governor was a man of the people (=a leader who cares about ordinary people).
- The Japanese/Spanish/German people
- They are a proud, dignified people.
- Over thousands of years, peoples from central Asia came to settle here.
- The case of the people versus the Jameson Financial Company
- Okay, people. Let’s not panic.
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