rhyme or reason
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rhyme - or - reason -> rhyme or reason
၁။ [U] ကာရန်။ a poem/ story in rhyme.
၂။ [C] ~ (for sth) ကာရန်။ နဘေ။ Can you think of a rhyme for ‘yellow’?
၃။ [C] နဘေထပ်။ တေးကဗျာ။ She made up a little rhyme to amuse the children. See also NURSERY RHYME
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၁။ ~ (with sth) နဘေထပ်သည်။ ကာရန်မိသည်။ ‘Gift’rhymes with ‘lift’. ❍ ‘Though’ and ‘through’ don't rhyme.
၂။ ~ sth (with sth) ကာရန်ယူသည်။ You can rhyme ‘girl’ and/ with ‘curl’. ❍ rhymed verse.
❏ rhyme or reason (usu in negative sentences) [IDM ] ယုတ္တိယုတ္တာ။ အဓိပ္ပာယ်။
a decision without rhyme or reason ❍ There seems to be no rhyme or reason to English spelling.
❏ rhyming adj ကာရန်အချိတ်အဆက်ပါသော။ နဘေထပ်။ rhyming couplets.
❏ rhyming slang n [U] နဘေထပ် စကားထာ။ (သာဓက အားဖြင့် cockney ဒေသိယစကားတွင် ‘stairs’ အစား ‘apples and pears’ ဟူသော ဗန်းစကား)။
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