through
/θruː/
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၁။ (က) ဖြတ်၍၊ ကျော်၍ (သွားသည်၊ ဝင်သည်၊ စီးသည်၊ ဖြာသည် စသည်)။ The train is going through a tunnel. ❍ The burglar got in through the window. သူခိုးဟာ ပြတင်းကို ကျော်ပြီး ဝင်လာတယ်။ ❍ The water flows into the tank through this pipe. ❍ The sand ran through (ie between) my fingers.
(ခ) ထွင်း၍၊ ဖောက်၍ (မြင်သည်၊ ကြားသည်၊ စမ်းမိသည်)။ You can see through glass. ❍ He could just make out three people through the mist. ❍ I could hear their conversation through the wall. ❍ I can't feel anything through these gloves.
(ဂ) ဖောက်၍။ ဖြတ်၍။ His knees have gone through (ie made holes in) his jeans. ❍ The bullet went straight through him. ❍ The blood soaked through his shirt and stained his jacket. ❍ You need a sharp knife to cut through the knot.
(ဃ) ဖြတ်၍၊ ဖောက်၍၊ တိုး၍ (သွားသည်၊ စီးသည် စသည်)။ The path led through the trees to the river. ❍ The doctor pushed through the crowd to get to the injured man. ❍ She made her way through the traffic to the other side of the road. ❍ I walked home through the fog.
(င) ဖြတ်၍ (သွားသည်၊ စီးသည် စသည်)။ The Charles River flows through Boston. ❍ Cars are not allowed to go through the city centre. ❍ We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank. ❍ The dog rushed straight through the flower-bed. ❍ running through the narrow streets. Compare ACROSS prep
၂။ တစ်လျှောက်လုံး၊ အပြီးတိုင် (နေနိုင်သည်၊ ကျော်သည်၊ လွန်သည်)။ He will not live through the night (ie He will die before morning). ❍ The children are too young to sit through a long concert. ❍ She nursed me through my long illness. ❍ I'm halfway through (reading) his second novel.
၃။ (also infml thru ) (US ) မှ…အထိ။ stay in London Tuesday through Friday.
၄။ (က) အားဖြင့် (သို့) မှတစ်ဆင့်။ You can only achieve success through hard work. ❍ I heard of the job through a newspaper advertisement. ❍ It was through you (ie as a result of your help) that Shirley and I were able to meet again.
(ခ) (အကြောင်း) ကြောင့်။ We missed the plane through being held up on the M25. ❍ The accident happened through no fault of mine.
၅။ ဖြတ်၍၊ ကျော်၍ (သွားသည်၊ မောင်းသည် စသည်)။ How did you manage to get all those cigarettes through Customs? ❍ He drove through a red light (ie passed it when he should have stopped).
၆။ ဖြတ်သန်း၍။ ကျော်လွန်၍။ ကျော်လွှား၍။ get a Bill through Parliament ❍ The teacher's job is to help the students through their exams. ❍ All the top teams are safely through the first round.
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၁။ ဖြတ်၍။ ဖောက်၍။ Put the coffee in the filter and let the water run through. ❍ The tyre's flat—the nail has gone right through. ❍ We're coming to a farmyard— I suppose we can just walk through. ❍ The onlookers stood aside to let the doctor through. ❍ The flood was too deep to drive through.
၂။ အစမှအဆုံးတိုင်။ လုံးလုံး။ တောက်လျှောက်။ Don't tell me how it ends—I haven't read it all the way through yet. ❍ The baby slept right through (ie did not wake up in the night).
၃။ ဖြတ်၍။ The light was red but the ambulance drove straight through.
၄။ တိုင်အောင်။ အထိ။ Our team is through to (ie has reached) the semifinals.
၅။ (က) တောက်လျှောက်။ ‘Did you stop in Oxford on the way?’ ‘No, we drove straight through. ’ (ခ) တောက်လျှောက်။ This train goes straight through to Edinburgh.
၆။ (တယ်လီဖုန်း) ဆက်၍ (ရသည်၊ မရစသည်)။ Ask to be put through to me personally. ❍ I tried to ring you but I couldn't get through (eg becaue the line was engaged or faulty). ❍ You're through now (ie You can begin to speak).
၇။ ~ ( with sth/sb ) (esp US ) အပြီး။ အပြီးအပြတ်။ Are you through with that newspaper? ❍ Keith and I are through (ie have ended our relationship).
၈။ (after an adj ) လုံးလုံးလျားလျား။ လုံးဝ။ We got wet through.
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၁။ တောက်လျှောက်။ တိုက်ရိုက် ။ through traffic ❍ There's a through train to Leeds.
၂။ တောက်လျှောက်။ တိုက်ရိုက်။ No through road (ie The road is closed at one end).
❏ through and through [IDM ] လုံးလုံးလျားလျား။ အပြည့်အဝ။ စစ်စစ်။ He's an Englishman through and through (ie He has many typically English characteristics).
- The railway runs through a tunnel.
- Some pipes were almost blocked, so that hardly any water was trickling through.
- She was watching him through the kitchen window.
- The man at the gate would not let us through.
- The men raced the stolen car through an army checkpoint at 100 mph.
- You could feel the wind whistling through tiny cracks in the wall.
- A workman was drilling through the concrete wall.
- The soles of his shoes were nearly worn through in places.
- Workers had cut through an electrical cable while they were digging.
- Maynard spent a year travelling through Europe and Asia, giving lectures.
- The path climbs steeply through the trees.
- A tiny explosion sent sparks flying through the air.
- Only one hotel remained open through the year.
- [all through] : He lay awake all through the night.
- [the whole day/night/year etc through] : They worked the whole day through.
- [through to] : The training programme will continue through to mid-April.
- In 1986 Professor Lowe retired through ill health.
- Most accidents occur through human error.
- Through hard work and determination the team has achieved remarkable success.
- Skills that we can only learn through experience
- Concert tickets are being sold through the Internet.
- Woods issued a statement through his agent.
- I heard through a friend of Caroline’s that there’s been trouble in the family.
- I’ve been going through hell these last six months, waiting for the trial.
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