until
/ənˈtɪl/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
ən - ˈtɪl -> until
(conj) တိုင်အောင် (prep) အထိ
until /ǝn'tÇl / (also till ) (till more informal; until usu preferred in initial position) conj
(က) တိုင်။ တိုင်အောင်။ အထိ။ Let's wait until the rain stops. ❍ Don't start till I arrive. ❍ Continue in this direction until you see a sign.
(ခ) မ…မချင်း။ Until she spoke I hadn't realized she was foreign. ❍ I won't stop shouting until you let me go. ❍ No names are being released until the relatives have been told.
prep ထိ။ အထိ။ wait until tomorrow ❍ It may last till Friday. ❍ Nothing happened until 5 o'clock. ❍ The street is full of traffic from morning till night. ❍ Until now I have always lived alone. ❍ She continued working up until her death. ❍ Don't open it till your birthday. ❍ She was a bank clerk until the war, when she trained as a nurse.
- Baker is expected to be here until the end of the week.
- I was employed by a manufacturing company until 1999.
- You’ll just have to wait until they call your name.
- [up until] : Up until now, everything in Katherine’s life has been taken care of for her.
- Stay on the bus until the big supermarket, then get off and turn left.
- Perry was leading the race until the final bend.
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