Sake

Definition

sake 1 /seÇk/ n ❏ for God's , goodness' , Heaven's , etc sake [ IDM ] (စိတ္အေႏွာင့္အယွက္ျဖစ္၍ဆိုသည့္ အာေမၮိတ္)။ 'ဘုရားေရ'။ For God's sake, stop that awful noise! ❍ Oh, for Heaven's sake! ❍ For goodness' sake! How can you be so stupid? ❏ for sth's own sake [ IDM ] …ကို…အျဖစ္ သက္သက္။ I'm studying history for its own sake, not because it will help me get a job. ❍ believers in art for its own /for art's sake. ❏ for the sake of sb/ sth ; for sb's/ sth's sake [ IDM ] … အတြက္။ They stayed together for the sake of the children. ❍ I'll help you for your sister's sake (eg because I like her and want to save her trouble). ❍ Can't you compromise just this once, for all our sakes? ❏ for the sake of sth/ doing sth [ IDM ] s …ဖို႔။ …အလို႔ငွာ။ We made concessions for the sake of peace. ❍ She argues for the sake of arguing/ for the sake of it (ie because she likes arguing). sake 2 (also saki ) /'sɑ:ki/ n [U] ဂ်ပန္အရက္။ ဆာေက။

Examples

1. [for someone’s sake] : We hope for her sake that the wedding goes as planned.
2. [for the sake of something] : He agreed to resign for the sake of the party.
3. [for someone’s own sake] : I’m not just doing this for my own sake
4. you know.
5. [for the sake of something] : I hope you’re not doing this just for the sake of the money.
6. [for something’s sake] : For clarity’s sake
7. I’d like to reword my statement.
8. So let’s say
9. just for the sake of argument
10. that you’re right.
11. Encourage your children to seek knowledge for its own sake.
12. I’m not just asking for the sake of it. I need an answer.
13. Oh
14. for goodness’ sake
15. leave me alone!