sooner
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soo - ner -> sooner
၁။ မကြာမီ။ မကြာခင်။ We'll soon be home. ❍ We'll be home quite soon now. ❍ We soon got there. ❍ He'll be here very soon. ❍ It will soon be five years since I started this job.
၂။ (sometimes in the pattern the sooner… the sooner… ) စောစော။ မြန်မြန်။ အဆောတလျင်။ ‘How soon can you be ready?’ ‘As soon as you like. ’ ❍ Must you leave so soon? ❍ She will be here sooner than you expect. ❍ The sooner you begin the sooner you'll finish (ie If you begin earlier you'll finish earlier).
❏ as soon as [IDM ] (used as a conj ) …လျှင်…ချင်း။ သည်နှင့်တစ်ပြိုင်နက်။ He left as soon as he heard the news. ❍ I'll tell him as soon as I see him.
❏ (just) as soon do sth (as do sth) [IDM ] မည့်အတူတူ တော့။ I'd (just) as soon stay at home as go for a walk. ❍ ‘Do you want to go out tonight?’ ‘I'd just as soon not. ’
❏ no sooner said than done [IDM ] ငါးခြောက်ဆိုသည်နှင့် ဖုတ်ပြီးသားဖြစ်သည်။
❏ no sooner… than… [IDM ] …၍မျှ မကြာမီ။ မရှေး မနှောင်းပဲ။ He had no sooner/No sooner had he arrived than he had to leave again.
❏ soon after (sb/sth) [IDM ] … သည်နှင့် မရှေးမနှောင်း။ He arrived soon after three. ❍ They left soon after we did. ❍ I rang for a taxi and it arrived soon after.
❏ the sooner the better [IDM ] မြန်လေကောင်းလေ။ ‘When shall I tell him?’ ‘The sooner the better. ’
❏ sooner do sth (than do sth) [IDM ] (…မည့် အတူတူ တော့) …က ကောင်းသေးသည်။ I'd sooner go for a walk than go shopping. ❍ You don't have to come—you can stay at home if you'd sooner. ❍ Go back there? I'd sooner emigrate! ❍ Will you tell him, or would you sooner (ie prefer it if) I did?
❏ sooner or later [IDM ] အနှေးနှင့်အမြန်(ဆိုသလိုပဲ)။ တစ်နေ့နေ့တစ်ချိန်ချိန်။ You should tell her, because she'll find out sooner or later.
❏ sooner rather than later [IDM ] အချိန်ဆွဲမနေဘဲ မြန်မြန်။ I hope we can sort it out sooner rather than later.
- If we don’t leave soon, we’re going to miss our bus.
- Mum phoned to say she’d be home soon.
- [pretty soon] : If he doesn’t show up pretty soon, I’m leaving.
- [soon after something] : Danny supposedly showed up at the party soon after we left.
- How soon can this package be delivered to Brussels?
- [as soon as possible] : Helen wants you to call her back as soon as possible.
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