swear

swear /sweǝ(r)/ v (pt swore /swↄ:(r)/ ; pp sworn /swↄ:n/)

၁။ ~ (at sb/ sth) ဆဲသည်။ ဆိုသည်။ She bumped her head in the doorway and swore loudly. ❍ The foreman is always swearing at the workers.
၂။ တိုင်တည် သည်။ သစ္စာဆိုသည်။ I've never seen him before, I swear it. ❍ She swore that she'd never seen him. ❍ I could have sworn (that) (ie I was certain) I heard a knock at the door. ❍ I swore not to tell anybody about it.
၃။ ကျမ်း ကျိန်သည်။ Witnesses have to swear on the Bible. ❍ They have sworn (an oath of) allegiance to the crown. ❍ Are you willing to swear in court that you saw him do it? ❍ You have sworn to tell the truth. See also SWORN²
❏ swear blind [IDM ] (infml ) ဘုရားစူး ကျိန်တွယ်ပြောသည်။ She swore blind (that) she'd never received my letter.
❏ swear by sb/ sth [PHRV ]
၁။ တိုင်တည်ကျိန်ဆိုသည်။ I swear by almighty God that I will tell the truth.
၂။ (infml ) စွဲမြဲယုံကြည်သည်။ Most of my friends use word processors but I still swear by my old typewriter.
❏ swear sb in [PHRV ] (esp passive) ကျမ်းသစ္စာ ကျိန်ဆို သည်။ The President has to be sworn in publicly. ❍ Let the witness be sworn in.
❏ swear like a trooper [IDM ] ဆဲရေးတိုင်းထွာသည်။
❏ swear to sth [PHRV ] (infml ) ကျိန်ပြောသည်။ I think I've met him before, but I wouldn't/ couldn't swear to it (ie I'm not completely sure).
❏ swear-word n ဖရုသဝါစာ။ ‘Damn’ and ‘bloody’ are common swear-words.