Guides

Definition

guide / gaÇd / n ၁။ လမ္းျပ။ I know the place well, so let me be your guide. ❍ The tour guide gave a running commentary from the front of the bus. ❍ We hired a guide to show us the way across the mountains. ၂။ လမ္းၫႊန္။ အၫႊန္း။ Instinct is not always a good guide. ❍ The essay doesn't need to be very long; as a rough guide, not more than three pages. ၃။ ဦးေဆာင္လမ္းျပ။ His elder sister had been his guide counsellor and friend. ၄။ ~ (to sth) (က) (also guide-book ) လမ္းၫႊန္စာအုပ္။ နတ္လမ္းၫႊန္။ a guide to Italy/ the British Museum. (ခ) လမ္းၫႊန္။ a guide to French wines ❍ a gardening guide. ၅။ Guide ( Brit ) = GIRL GUIDE v ၁။ လမ္းၫႊန္သည္။ လမ္းျပသည္။ If you haven't a compass, use the stars to guide you. ❍ She guided us through the forest/ to the top of the mountain. ❍ ( fig ) This book will guide you through the maze of regulations. ၂။ လမ္းၫႊန္ ေပးသည္။ လမ္းျပသည္။ Be guided by your sense of what is right and just. တရားမွ်တမႈတည္း ဟူေသာ အသိစိတ္က ဦးေဆာင္ပါေစ။ ❍ Free enterprise is the guiding principle of the Conservative Party. ❏ guided adj လမ္းျပပါေသာ။ a guided tour / visit. ❏ guided missile n ပဲ့ထိန္းတပ္ဒံုး။ ❏ guide-dog n မ်က္မျမင္လမ္းျပအျဖစ္ ေလ့က်င့္ထားေသာ ေခြး။

Examples

1. The Complete Guide to Norway
2. They publish a range of city guides.
3. [travel guide] : It is worth buying a good travel guide.
4. Get the booklet Income Tax: A Guide for Married Couples.
5. [guide to] : A comprehensive guide to the new simplified divorce procedure
6. I bought a copy of A Beginner’s Guide to Flower Arranging.
7. [step-by-step guide] : See our step-by-step guide on page 17.
8. [pocket guide] : Lots of publishers produce pocket guides to various hobbies.
9. [guide to/as to] : The doctor will give you a guide as to how much you should weigh.
10. [good/reliable guide] : A plant’s leaves are a good guide to its health.
11. [rough guide] : Opinion polls only serve as a rough guide to how people really vote.
12. A cutting guide
13. This chart can act as a quick reference guide.
14. [use something as a guide] : Draw up the plan using this pencil outline as a guide.
15. Your guide will explain what the different machines were used for.
16. [mountain guide] : She’s working as a mountain guide in the Swiss Alps.
17. She was his guide and his inspiration.