plague
/pleɪɡ/
US pronunciation
American sound/pleɪɡ/
plague
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- Short i vowel
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- Final e often stays silent
pla - gue -> plague
Myanmar meaning
(n) ပုလိပ်ရောဂါ (v) အပူကပ်
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၁။ (က) (also the plague ) [U,sing] = BUBONIC PLAGUE :an outbreak of plague.
(ခ) ရောဂန္တရကပ်။ the new plague of Aids.
၂။ [C] ~ of sth ကပ်ဆိုး။ a plague of flies/ locusts/ rats.
v ~ sb/sth (with sth)
၁။ ဒုက္ခပေးသည်။ the strikes which plagued British industry in the 1970s ❍ a team plagued with injury.
၂။ ဖိစီးသည်။ be plagued by doubts/jealousy ❍ She was plagued with arthritis.
၃။ နားပူနားဆာ လုပ်သည်။ အပူကပ်သည်။ plague sb with questions/requests for money ❍ a pop star plagued by autograph hunters.
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pestilence, disease, infection, Cancer, adversity, afflict, affliction, aggravation, agitate, annoy, annoyance, badger, bane, bedevil, beleaguer, besetment, blast, blight, bother, botheration, calamity, chafe, contagion, crawler, curse, disturb, dog, epidemic, evil, exasperation, filler, fret, gall, gnaw, harass, harrier, harry, hassle, haunt, hector, hound, hydra, infest, infestation, influenza, invasion, irk, irritant, molest, nuisance, outbreak, overspread, packer, pain, pandemic, persecute, perturb, pest, pester, problem, pursue, rash, ravage, ride, scourge, swarmer, tease, thorn in side, torment, torture, trial, trouble, upset, vex, vexation, visitation, wave, worrier, worry
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