while
/wʌɪl/
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> while
(n) ကာလ။(အတိုင်းအတာ)။ (conj) စဉ်တွင်။စဉ်အတွင်း
while /waÇl/ (also esp Brit whilst /waÇlst/) conj
၁။ (က) စဉ်တွင်။ စဉ်အတွင်း။ He fell asleep while (he was) watching television. ❍ While I was in Madrid there was a carnival. ❍ She wrote her first novel while still at school.
(ခ) နေစဉ်။ ခိုက်။ While Mary was writing the letter, the children were playing outside. ❍ I like listening to the radio while driving to work. ❍ The first team lost 6-0, while the juniors were also beaten.
၂။ (ဆန့်ကျင်အနှိုင်းစကား)။ ပေမဲ့။ မူကား။ I drink black coffee while David prefers it with cream. ❍ English is understood all over the world while Turkish is spoken by only a few people outside Turkey itself.
၃။ (fml ) သော်လည်း။ လင့်ကစား။ While I admit that there are problems, I don't agree that they cannot be solved.
n [sing] ကာလ (အတိုင်းအတာ)။ She worked in a bank for a while before studying law. ❍ For a long while we had no news of him. ❍ I'll be back in a little while. ❍ It took quite a while (ie a long time) to find a hotel. ❍ We waited for three hours, all the while hoping that someone would come and fetch us.
❏ while sth away [PHRV ] အေးအေးဆေးဆေး အချိန်ဖြုန်း သည်၊ အချိန်ကုန်စေသည်။ We whiled away the time at the airport reading magazines. ❍ It's easy to while a few hours away in a museum.
- Someone called while you were out.
- While in Australia, she met and married Bert.
- She had sprained her ankle while playing tennis.
- While in prison he shared a cell with Ron Spicer.
- Could you look after the children while I cook lunch?
- While most children learn to read easily, some need extra help.
- The south of the country grows richer, while the north grows poorer.
- While I agree with you, I do not believe that your way is best.
- I can stay while 6.
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