Temper

Definition

temper 1 /'tempǝ(r)/ n (က) [C] စိတ္။ ေဒါသ။ be in a bad/good temper (ie angry/cheerful) ❍ Tempers rose/cooled/flared. ❍ After an hour of waiting, tempers began to fray. (ခ) [C usu sing , U] စိတ္။ learn to control one's temper ❍ have a (short/quick/nasty) temper ❍ fly into a temper ❍ a fit of temper ❍ He's been in a (bad/foul/filthy) temper all morning. ❏ keep/lose one's temper [ IDM ] စိတ္ခ်ဳပ္တည္းသည္၊ ေဒါသထြက္သည္။ ❏ -tempered /-'tempǝd/ (forming compound adjs ) (စိတ္…သည္ဟု အဓိပၸာယ္ရေသာ ေနာက္ဆက္)။ good-/bad-tempered ❍ a hot-tempered man ❍ a sweet-tempered child. temper 2 /'tempǝ(r)/ v ၁။ မီးေဆးသည္။ tempered steel. ၂။ ~ sth (with sth) ေဖးမသည္။ temper justice with mercy.

Examples

1. That temper of yours is going to get you into trouble.
2. She should never have married a man with such a violent temper.
3. [have a short temper] : He’s not a bad boss
4. but he has a short temper.
5. [control your temper] : Andrew has not yet learned to control his temper.
6. [tempers flare] : Tempers flared and things began to get out of control.
7. [tempers fray] : It was a difficult meeting and tempers got a bit frayed.
8. [in a bad/foul/terrible etc temper] : When Mark turned up he was in a foul temper.
9. [in a good temper] : He seems to be in a good temper.
10. [be in a temper] : He doesn’t mean what he says when he’s in a temper.
11. [get/fly into a temper] : When she refused to help
12. he flew into a temper.
13. [a fit of temper] : He stormed out of the room in a fit of temper.
14. [a temper tantrum] : As a small child he had had violent temper tantrums.