themselves
/ð(ə)mˈsɛlvz/
US pronunciation
American sound/ð(ə)mˈsɛlvz/
ðəmˈsɛlvz
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- 2 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
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ðəm - ˈsɛlvz -> themselves
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
themselves /ðǝm'selvz/ reflex, emph pron
၁။ (reflex ) သူတို့ ဘာသာသူတို့။ They seemed to be enjoying themselves. ❍ The children were arguing amongst themselves.
၂။ (emph ) (they, them ကို လေးနက်စေရန် သုံးသည်။ ) သူတို့၊ ၎င်းတို့ ကိုယ်တိုင်က။ သူတို့၊ ၎င်းတို့ကိုယ်၌က။ They themselves had had a similar experience. ❍ Denise and Martin paid for it themselves. ❍ The teachers were themselves too surprised to comment.
❏ (all) by themselves [IDM ]
၁။ သူတို့ချည်းသတ်သတ်။ သူတို့ဘာသာသူတို့။ They wanted to spend the evening by themselves.
၂။ သူတို့ဘာသာ။ Alan and Jack built the shed (all) by themselves.
More examples
- They have no weapons to defend themselves.
- The Republicans are divided among themselves about how to spend the money.
- The couple had been saving up to buy themselves a house.
- Dr Jeffers’ book should give readers a better understanding of themselves.
- Everyone should just help themselves to the food.
- No one knows more about crime than the criminals themselves.
- The two youths died in a fire that they themselves had started.
- The kids prepared the whole breakfast themselves.
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