perhaps
/pəˈhaps/
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pə - ˈhaps -> perhaps
၁။ (တစ်စုံတစ်ရာဖြစ်) ကောင်း (ဖြစ်)နိုင်သည်။ ‘Why isn't she here?’ ‘Perhaps she's ill. ’ ❍ Perhaps the weather will change tomorrow.
၂။ (ယတိပြတ် မပြောလိုသည့် အခါတွင်) ဖြစ်ကောင်းဖြစ်မည်။ ဆိုကောင်းဆိုနိုင်မည်။ It is, perhaps, the best known of his works.
၃။ (ခန့်မှန်း ပြောရသည့်အခါ) ရှိကောင်းရှိပါလိမ့်မည်။ He was alone for perhaps half an hour.
၄။ (အင်တင်တင်နှင့် လက်ခံ သဘောတူလိုက်ရသည့် အခါ) …လျှင်လည်း… ကြည့် …၊ …ဆိုရင်လည်း …ကြည့်(ရတာပေါ့)။ ‘Don't you think we should ask your father first? ’ ‘Well, perhaps so. ’
၅။ (ယဉ်ယဉ်ကျေးကျေး မေတ္တာရပ်သည့်သဘောဖြင့်) မယ်လားလို့။ Perhaps you'd like some tea. ❍ I wondered if, perhaps, you'd glance over this letter for me. ❍ Perhaps you would be kind enough to (ie Please) open the door for me.
- I wondered if perhaps he had fallen ill.
- It is perhaps not a good idea for a seven-year-old to use a calculator.
- There were perhaps a dozen women in the audience.
- Cook the potatoes until they are tender – perhaps 15 minutes.
- You don’t look well – perhaps you should go to the doctor.
- Perhaps we could all go out and have a meal sometime?
- Perhaps you can explain what went wrong?
- Perhaps it would be better for his party if he resigned.
- His latest novel is perhaps his best.
- ‘I think he must have made a mistake.’ ‘Yes, perhaps.’
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