the same

same /seÇm/ adj

၁။ the ~ sb/sth (as sb/sth/that…) (also sometimes preceded by this/that/these/those ) တစ်…တည်း။ We have lived in the same house for twenty years. ❍ He took it off the top shelf and put it back in the same place. ❍ He is the same age as his wife. ❍ She's aged a lot but she is still the same fun-loving person I knew at university. ❍ They both said the same thing. ❍ She did it for the same reason. ❍ I saw the mistake at the (very) same moment that she did. ❍ I resigned last Friday and left that same day.
၂။ the ~ sb/sth (as sb/sth/that…) တစ်…တည်း။ I saw the same shoes last week for £ 5 less. ❍ I bought the same car as yours/that you did (ie another car of that type).
pron
၁။ the ~(as sb/sth/…) (က) ဒီအတိုင်း။ အတူတူ။ He and I said the same. ❍ I think the same (as you do) about this. ❍ I would do the same again. ❍ (infml ) ‘I'll have a coffee. ’ ‘Same for me, please (ie I will have one, too). ’ (ခ) အတူတူ။ Their ages are the same. ❍ Have you got another pair the same? ❍ He'd like one the same as yours.
၂။ the ~ (Brit fml or joc ) သူပါပဲ။ မလွဲပါဘူး။ ‘Was it George who telephoned?’ ‘The same (ie Yes, it was George)’.
၃။ (fml or joc ) ဒါကိုပဲ။ To dry-cleaning suit, £8; to repairing same , £4.50.
❏ all/just the same [IDM ] သော်ငြားလည်း။ ဒါပေမဲ့။ All the same, there's some truth in what she says. ❍ He's not very reliable, but I like him just the same. ❍ I didn't need your screwdriver, but thanks all the same (ie for lending it).
❏ amount to / come to / be the same thing [IDM ] အတူတူ။ You can pay by cash or cheque: it comes to the same thing.
❏ at the same time [IDM ]
၁။ တစ်ပြိုင်တည်း။ Don't all speak at the same time. ❍ She was laughing and crying at the same time.
၂။ တစ်ချိန်တည်း(မှာပင်)။ You've got to be firm, but at the same time you must be sympathetic.
❏ be all one / all the same to sb [IDM ] အတူတူ။ It's all the same to me whether we eat now or later.
❏ be in the same boat [IDM ] တစ်လှေတည်းစီး။ အတူတူ။ She and I are in the same boat — we both failed the exam.
❏ by the same token [IDM ] (fml ) ထိုအကြောင်းကြောင့်ပင်။ She must be more reasonable, but by the same token you must try to understand her point of view.
❏ in the same breath [IDM ] တစ်ချိန်တည်းမှာပင်။ He praised my work and in the same breath told me I would have to leave.
❏ one and the same [IDM ] အတူတူပဲ။ တစ်ယောက်တည်း ပဲ။ It turns out that her aunt and my cousin are one and the same.
❏ the same adv နည်းတူ။ မခြား။ I still feel the same about it. ❍ Babies all look the same to me. ❍ The two words are spelled differently, but pronounced the same.
❏ (the) same again [IDM ] ဒါမျိုးပဲ။ Same again, please!
❏ same here [IDM ] (infml ) အတူတူ။ ‘I hate this book. ’ ‘Same here. ’ ❍ ‘I'm not very good at history. ’ ‘Same here. ’
❏ sameness n [U] အပြောင်းအလဲမရှိခြင်း။ the tedious sameness of winter days indoors.
❏ the same old story [IDM ] ဖြစ်နေကျအတိုင်း။ It's the same old story: everybody wants to go on holiday, but nobody is prepared to make the arrangements.
❏ (the) same to you [IDM ] ထိုနည်းအတိုင်း။ ‘Happy Christmas!’ ‘And the same to you!’ ❍ ‘Get lost!’ ‘Same to you!’
❏ samey /'seÇmi/ adj (Brit infml derog ) တစ်ခါလာ မဲပြာ ပုဆိုး။ The music is all a bit samey.