verge
/vəːdʒ/
US pronunciation
American sound/vəːdʒ/
verge
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- 1 syllable
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- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> verge
Myanmar meaning
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verge / vɜ:dʒ / n
(က) (Brit ) (US soft shoulder ) လမ်းပခုံး။ Cars may not park on / along the grass verge.
(ခ) လမ်းစသည် ဘေးရှိမြက်ခင်း။
❏ on/to the verge of sth/ doing sth [IDM ] … ခါနီး။ …လုလု။ on the verge of war/ success/ bankruptcy ❍ She looked on the verge of tears.
❏ verge on sth [PHRV ] …လုနီးနီးဖြစ်သည်။
a situation verging on the ridiculous ❍ I was treated with suspicion that verged on hostility.
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edge, border, threshold, limit, brink, margin, abut, adjoin, approach, be close to, be near to, be on the edge, be similar to, border on, borderline, bound, boundary, brim, brink on, butt on, come close to, come near, communicate, end, extreme, extremity, fringe, gravitate toward, hem, incline, join, lean, line, lip, march, move, near, neighbor, outline, point, rim, selvage, skirt, surround, tend, terminus, touch, trench, trend
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