perilous
/ˈpɛrɪləs/
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American sound/ˈpɛrɪləs/
perilous
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pe - ri - lous -> perilous
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peril /'perǝl/ n (rhet or fml )
၁။ [U] ကြီးမားသောအန္တရာယ်။ ဘေးသင့်မှု။ be in great/ grave/ dire peril ❍ We ignore these warnings at our peril.
၂။ [C usu pl ] အန္တရာယ်။ ရန်မာန်။ ဘေးရန်။ a book warning of the perils of drug abuse ❍ These birds are able to survive the perils of the Arctic winter.
❏ perilous /'perǝlǝs/ adj (fml or rhet ) အန္တရာယ် များသော၊ ကြီးသော။ ဘေးဖြစ်စေနိုင်သော။ a perilous journey across the mountains ❍ leaning at a perilous angle ❍ the perilous state of the region.
❏ perilously adv အန္တရာယ်ဖြစ်စေနိုင်လောက်အောင်၊ ရှိလောက် အောင်။ perilously fast/ steep ❍ They were perilously close to the edge of the precipice.
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danger, threat, risk, hazard, adventured, bad eye, bad-eye, be careless, be caught short, cause for alarm, chance it, compromise, defy danger, double trouble, endanger, endangerment, expose, expose to danger, exposure, go out of one's depth, hang by a thread, hanging by a thread, hanging by thread, imperil, insecurity, jeopard, jeopardize, jeopardy, laid on the line, laid open, lay on the line, lay open, laying open, lean on, leaning on, leap before looking, leave defenseless, leave in the middle, leave open, leave to luck, left open, liability, make liable, make vulnerable, menace, openness, pitfall, play into one's hands, play with fire, playing with fire, push around, pushing around, put at risk, put heat on, put in danger, put in harm's way, put in jeopardy, put on the spot, put under suspicion, risky business, run the chance, run the risk, scare hell out of, skate on thin ice, stick neck out, stick one's neck out, sticking one's neck out, subject to loss, take a flyer, take a header, take a plunge, take the liberty, uncertainty, vulnerability, whip around
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