silently
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si - len - tly -> silently
၁။ (က) အသံမထွက်သော။ တိတ်ဆိတ်သော။ (ခြေ)လုံသော။ with silent footsteps ❍ the smooth, silent running of the engine ❍ The music stopped, and the room fell silent.
(ခ) အသံမထွက်သော။ မဖွင့်ဟသော။ a silent prayer/protest ❍ I watched her in silent admiration.
၂။ (က) နှုတ်ဆိတ်သော။ ငြိမ်သက်သော။ The vast crowd fell silent. ❍ There were several questions I wanted to ask but I kept/remained silent. ❍ Everyone stood in shocked, silent groups. ❍ On certain important details the report is strangely silent.
(ခ) နှုတ်နည်းသော။ စကားနည်းသော။ He is the strong, silent type. သူကစကား နည်းပြီး ခိုင်မာပြတ်သားတဲ့ လူစား။
၃။ အသံတိတ်(ရုပ်ရှင်)။ a silent film/movie ❍ the silent screen.
၄။ အသံမထွက်ရသော အက္ခရာ။ The ‘b’ in ‘doubt’ and the ‘w’ in ‘wrong’ are silent. ❍ QUIET
❏ silently adv တစ်ခွန်းမျှမဟဘဲ။ တိတ်တိတ်ဆိတ်ဆိတ်။ ငြိမ်ငြိမ်ဆိမ်ဆိမ်။ standing silently beside him ❍ They drove on silently.
❏ the silent majority [IDM ] ဆိတ်ဆိတ်နေသည့် လူများစု။
❏ silent partner n (US ) = SLEEPING PARTNER
- Everyone was totally silent as the president spoke.
- A crowd of silent onlookers
- Fathers were expected to be strong and silent.
- A silent woman
- If you are arrested, you have the right to remain silent (=you do not have to give information to the police).
- [silent on] : For the time being, I prefer to stay silent on the matter.
- [silent about] : Everyone was asked to keep silent about the new project.
- Silent reading
- He said a silent prayer.
- We hiked through a silent pine forest.
- The house was silent except for the hum of the refrigerator.
- High blood pressure is a silent killer.
- A silent infection
- The ‘h’ in ‘herb’ is silent in American English.
- She walked silently towards the door.
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