superstition
/ˌsuːpəˈstɪʃ(ə)n/
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American sound/ˌsuːpəˈstɪʃ(ə)n/
ˌsuːpəˈstɪʃən
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- Final -tion sounds like shun
ˌsuːpə - ˈstɪʃən -> superstition
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superstition /su:pǝ'stÇʃn; Brit also sju:-/ n (often derog ) [U,C]
အယူသီးခြင်း။ အစွဲအလမ်းကြီးခြင်း။ behaviour based on fear and superstition ❍ There's an old superstition that killing a spider brings you bad luck.
❏ superstitious /-'stÇʃǝs/ adj (often derog )
၁။ အယူသီး သော။ အစွဲအလမ်းကြီးသော။ superstitious beliefs/ideas/practices.
၂။ အယူသီးသော။ အစွဲအလမ်းရှိသော။ I never do anything important on Friday the 13th – I'm superstitious (about it). superstitiously adv
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- superstition /su:pǝ'stÇʃn; Brit also sju:-/ n ( often derog ) [U,C] အယူသီးခြင်း။ အစွဲအလမ်းကြီးခြင်း။ behaviour based on fear and superstition
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