rather

rather /'rɑ:ðǝ(r); US 'ræðǝr/ adv

၁။ (က) တော်တော်။ It's rather cold outside. ❍ The instructions were rather complicated. ❍ She fell and hurt her leg rather badly. ❍ I didn't fail the exam; in fact I did rather well! ❍ This hotel is rather more expensive than the others. ❍ The patient has responded to the treatment rather better than expected.
(ခ) (used before too) တော်တော်။ I tried the trousers on, but they were rather too big for me. ❍ He spoke rather too quickly for me to understand.
၂။ (က) (used before a, the and like) ခပ်။ It seems rather a good idea. ❍ It's rather a shame that Anne missed the concert. ❍ Alan looks rather like his mother.
(ခ) (used before a v ) တော်တော်။ I rather suspect we're making a big mistake. ❍ We were rather hoping you'd be free on Friday. ❍ He rather resented having to do Jane's work as well as his own. ❍ fairly
၃။ (က) အတိအကျဆိုရရင် တော့။ She worked as a secretary, or rather, a personal assistant. ❍ In the end he had to walk—or rather run—to the office.
(ခ) တကယ်တမ်းကတော့။ The walls were not white, but rather a sort of dirty grey.
/also rɑ:'ðɜ:(r)/ interj (dated Brit ) ကောင်းတာပေါ့။ မှန်တာပေါ့။ ‘How about a trip to the coast?’ ‘Rather!’
❏ rather than prep မည့်အစား။ ထက်။ I think I'll have a cold drink rather than coffee. ❍ It's management that's at fault rather than the workforce. ❍ Why didn't you ask for help, rather than trying to do it on your own?
❏ rather you, him, etc than me [IDM ] (infml) …ပဲလုပ်၊ ငါ့တော့ အသာထားစမ်းပါ။ ‘I'm going climbing tomorrow. ’ ‘Rather you than me!’
❏ [IDM ] (usu shortened to 'd rather)… (ထက်) … ကိုလိုလားသည်။ She'd rather die than lose the childen. ❍ Would you rather walk or take the bus? ❍ ‘Do you mind if I smoke?’ ‘Well, I'd rather you didn't. ’