Themselves

Definition

themselves /ðǝm'selvz/ reflex, emph pron ၁။ ( reflex ) သူတို႔ ဘာသာသူတို႔။ They seemed to be enjoying themselves. ❍ The children were arguing amongst themselves. ၂။ ( emph ) (they, them ကို ေလးနက္ေစရန္ သံုးသည္။ ) သူတို႔၊ ၎တို႔ ကိုယ္တိုင္က။ သူတို႔၊ ၎တို႔ကိုယ္၌က။ They themselves had had a similar experience. ❍ Denise and Martin paid for it themselves. ❍ The teachers were themselves too surprised to comment. ❏ (all) by themselves [ IDM ] ၁။ သူတို႔ခ်ည္းသတ္သတ္။ သူတို႔ဘာသာသူတို႔။ They wanted to spend the evening by themselves. ၂။ သူတို႔ဘာသာ။ Alan and Jack built the shed (all) by themselves.

Examples

1. They have no weapons to defend themselves.
2. The Republicans are divided among themselves about how to spend the money.
3. The couple had been saving up to buy themselves a house.
4. Dr Jeffers’ book should give readers a better understanding of themselves.
5. Everyone should just help themselves to the food.
6. No one knows more about crime than the criminals themselves.
7. The two youths died in a fire that they themselves had started.
8. The kids prepared the whole breakfast themselves.