steps
/stɛp/
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(n[pl]) ခြေလှမ်းများ (v[sg]) လှမ်း
(ခြေလှမ်း)လှမ်းသည်။
step on sb's foot ❍ step in a puddle ❍ step across a stream ❍ step into the house ❍ step onto/off a train ❍ step forwards/backs ❍ step aside to let sb pass.
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၁။ [C] (က) ခြေလှမ်း။ He took a step towards the door. ❍ Her boots sank further into the mud with each step she took.
(ခ) ခြေလှမ်း။ retrace one's steps (ie go back) ❍ move a step closer to the fire ❍ It's only a few steps farther. ❍ He walked with us every step of the way. (ဂ) (also footstep ) ခြေသံ။ We heard steps outside. (ဃ) (fml )ခြေလှမ်း။ She felt pleased and her step was light.
၂။ [C] ခြေလှမ်း။ the first step on the road to recovery. ❍ This won't solve all our problems, but it's a step in the right direction ❍ This has been a great step forward (ie A lot of progress has been made). ❍ What's the next step? (ie What must we do next?) ❍ The government is taking steps to ensure that the matter is properly investigated. ❍ Our marketing methods put us a step/several steps ahead of our main rivals.
၃။ [C] လှေကားထစ်။ a flight of steps. ❍ Mind the step when you go down into the cellar.
❍ The child was sitting on the top/ bottom step. See also DOORSTEP ❍ LADDER ❍ STAIR
၄။ [C] (ရာထူး)အဆင့်။ When do you get your next step up (ie When will you be promoted)?
၅။ steps [pl] (Brit ) လှေကား။ a pair of steps ❍ We need the steps to get into the loft.
၆။ [C often pl ] ကကြိုးအလိုက် ခြေလှမ်း ဟန်။ ကကွက်။ I don't know the steps for this dance.
❏ break step [IDM ] ခြေလှမ်းညီညီချီတက်ရာမှ ခြေလှမ်းဖျက် လျှောက်သည်။
❏ fall into step (with sb) [IDM ] အများနှင့် ခြေလှမ်းညှိ လျှောက်သည်။
❏ in /out of step (with sb/sth) [IDM]
၁။ ခြေလှမ်းညီညီ လျှောက်သည်၊ မလျှောက်။
၂။ လိုက်လျောညီထွေရှိသည် (သို့) တစ်မူထူးခြား နေသည်။ He's out of step with modern ideas.
❏ mind/watch one's step [IDM ]
၁။ သတိနှင့်လျှောက်။ သတိထားသွား။
၂။ သတိထား။ ဂရုစိုက်။ နမော်နမဲ့မလုပ် နှင့်။ You'll be in trouble if you don't watch your step.
❏ step aside/ down [PHRV ] (ရာထူးကြီးမှ)ဖယ်ပေးသည်၊ ဆင်းပေးသည်။ It's time for me to step aside/ down as chief executive and let a younger person take over.
❏ step by step [IDM] တစ်ဆင့်ပြီးတစ်ဆင့်။ I'll explain it to you step by step. ❍ a step-by-step instruction manual.
❏ step forward [PHRV ] (စေတနာ့ဝန်ထမ်းအဖြစ်) ထွက်လာ သည်။ The organizing committee is appealing for volunteers to step forward.
❏ step in [PHRV ] ကြားဝင်သည်။ ဖျန်ဖြေသည်။ If the police had not stepped in when they did there would have been a serious incident.
❏ step into the breach [IDM ] အစားထိုးဝင်ပေးသည်။ Julie fell ill just before the show so I was asked to step into the breach.
❏ step into sb's shoes [IDM ] တာဝန်ဝတ္တရားများကို ဆက်ခံသည်။ She stepped into her father's shoes when he retired.
❏ step on it ; (US ) step on the gas [IDM ](infml ) မြန်မြန်မောင်းသည်။ You'll be late if you don't step on it.
❏ step out (esp US ) [PHRV ] ထွက်သွားသည်။
❏ step out of line [IDM ] စည်းကမ်းဖောက်သည်။ The teacher warned them that she would punish anyone who stepped out of line.
❏ stepping-stone n (က) ရေတိမ်ဖြတ်ကူးရန် စီတန်းချထား သောကျောက်တုံး။
(ခ) (အောင်မြင်မှု ရည်မှန်းချက်ပန်းတိုင် တက် လှမ်းရာ) လှေကားထစ်။ a first stepping-stone on the path to success.
❏ step up [PHRV ] ထွက်(လာ)သည်။
She stepped up to collect her prize.
❏ step sth up [PHRV ] အရှိန်အဟုန်မြှင့်သည်။ step up production ❍ The terrorists have stepped up their campaign of violence.
(မိရင်းဖရင်း၏နောက်လင်၊ နောက်မယား (သို့) ဖအေတူမအေကွဲ၊ မအေတူဖအေကွဲ (သို့) လင်ပါ၊ မယားပါ စသည်အဓိပ္ပာယ်ရှိသော ရှေ့ဆက်)။
❏ stepbrother /'stepbrʌðǝ (r)/ n ဖအေတူမအေကွဲ (သို့) မအေတူဖအေကွဲ ညီ၊ မောင်၊ အစ်ကို။
❏ stepchild /'steptʃaÇld/ n (pl- children/ -tʃÇldrǝn/) လင်ပါ(သို့)မယားပါသား၊ သမီး။
❏ stepdaughter /'stepdↄ:tǝ(r)/ n လင်ပါ၊ မယားပါသမီး။
❏ stepfather /'stepfɑ:ðǝ (r) / n ပထွေး။
❏ stepmother /'stepmʌðǝ(r)/ n မိထွေး။
❏ step-parent /'step peǝrǝnt/ n ပထွေး(သို့) မိထွေး။
❏ stepsister /'stepsÇstǝ (r)/ n ဖအေတူမအေကွဲ (သို့) မအေတူဖအေကွဲ ညီမ၊ နှမ၊ အစ်မ။
❏ stepson /'stepsʌn/ n လင်ပါ ၊ မယားပါ သား။
- [take/move a step] : I am too tired to take another step.
- He moved a step nearer the two men.
- [retrace your steps] : We were lost and decided to retrace our steps.
- I could hear the steps coming closer.
- The postbox is just a few steps from my front door.
- [dance step] : Juan was practising his new dance steps for the competition.
- [a spring in your step] : John felt fantastic and there was a new spring in his step.
- [step in] : This new law is the first step in making our city safer.
- [step towards] : This agreement is an important step towards our goal.
- [a step along the way/road] : For Jack, this job was a mere step along the road to power.
- I met him on the front steps of the bank.
- The woman took them down some steps leading to the beach.
- [a flight of steps] : I climbed a flight of steep narrow steps.
- [the foot of the steps] : Waiting at the foot of the cellar steps
- Steps in your learning process
- [a step up] : Her new job is a big step up for her.
- A step up on the pay scale
- [be a/one step ahead of someone] : She was congratulating herself on her cleverness, but he was one step ahead of her.
- [repeat a step] : When you finish the exercise, repeat steps five to ten.
- She teaches a step class.
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