smile
/smʌɪl/
US pronunciation
American sound/smʌɪl/
smile
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> smile
Myanmar meaning
(v) ပြုံးရယ်သည်။ ပြုံးသည်။ (n) ပြုံးရယ်ခြင်း။ ပြုံးခြင်း။
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အပြုံး။ ပြုံးခြင်း။ with a warm/bright/friendly smile on his face ❍ give sb a broad smile.
v
၁။ ~ (at sb/sth ) ပြုံးသည်။ ပြုံးပြသည်။ smile happily/with pleasure ❍ He never smiles.
❍ I smiled at the child and she smiled back.
၂။ ပြုံးပြသည်။ She smiled her approval. ❍ ‘Thank you,’ smiled Paul.
၃။ … ပြုံး ပြုံး သည်။ She smiled a bitter/satisfied smile.
❏ all smiles [IDM ] ပြုံးပန်းဝေသည်။ The worried look disappeared from her face and she was all smiles again.
❏ smile on sb/sth [PHRV ] (fml ) မျက်နှာသာပေးသည်။ Fortune smiled on us
(ie We were lucky or successful).
❏ smilingly adv အပြုံးဖြင့်။
More examples
- Just thinking of you makes me smile.
- [smile at] : James looked up and smiled at Karen.
- [smile to yourself] : Dexter smiled to himself as he remembered the incident.
- ‘I’m really glad too, ’ smiled Juliet.
- John paid the bill, smiled his thanks, and left.
- [smile at] : Jenny smiled at the thought of the evening ahead.
- [smile on] : Let’s hope the gods smile on us and it’s sunny tomorrow.
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