riddle
/ˈrɪd(ə)l/
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American sound/ˈrɪd(ə)l/
riddle
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- Final e often stays silent
rid - dle -> riddle
Myanmar meaning
(n) ပဟေဠိ။ ခက်ခဲသော ပုစ္ဆာ။ အပေါက်ကျယ် ဇကာ။ riddles (v) ဇကာပေါက် ဖြစ်စေသည်။ ပဟေဠိ သဖွယ်ဖြစ်သည်။ ပဟေဠိ မေးသည်။ ပဟေဠိ ဖြေသည်။ riddles, riddled, riddling
Full entry
၁။ စကားထာ။
ask/ tell sb a riddle ❍ know the answer to/ solve a riddle ❍ speak/ talk in riddles.
၂။ ပဟေဠိ။ ပုစ္ဆာ။
the riddle of how the universe originated ❍ She's a complete riddle, even to her parents.
~ sb/ sth (with sth) (esp passive)
ဆန်ခါပေါက် ပေါက်သွားစေသည်။
Sniper fire riddled the building. ❍ The car was riddled with bullet holes.
❏ be riddled with sth [PHRV ] ပွထနေသည်။ They are riddled with disease. ❍ The administration is riddled with corruption. ❍ His essay is riddled with mistakes.
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puzzle, conundrum, question, mystery, enigma, brainteaser, challenge, bewilderment, bore, brain-teaser, brain-twister, charade, closed book, complexity, complication, confusion, corrupt, cryptogram, damage, dilemma, distraction, doubt, embarrassment, entanglement, honeycomb, impair, infest, intricacy, knotty question, labyrinth, mar, maze, mind-boggler, mystification, pepper, perforate, permeate, perplexity, pervade, pierce, pit, plight, poke, poser, predicament, problem, puncture, puzzlement, quandary, rebus, screen, separate, sieve, sift, sixty-four dollar question, spoil, stickler, strait, stumper, teaser, tough nut to crack, tough proposition, twister
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