This

Definition

this / ðÇs / det, pron ( pl these /ði:z/) ၁။ ဤ။ သည္။ ဒီ။ Come here and look at this picture. ❍ These chairs are more comfortable than those. ❍ Is this the book you mean? ❍ Whose (shoes) are these? ❍ How long have you been living in this country? ❍ What's all this noise (about)? ၂။ အဲဒီ။ အဲဒါ။ ဒီ။ ၎။ We received an anonymous letter. This letter contained some startling allegations. ❍ What were these men doing? ❍ The boy was afraid and the dog had sensed this. ❍ What's this I hear about you getting married? ၃။ ဒီ။ ဒါ။ အခု။ This is my husband. ❍ Listen to this: a boy in Mexico has won a million dollars. ❍ Do it like this (ie in the way I am showing you). ၄။ ယခု။ အခု။ ဒီ။ သည္။ ဤ။ this (ie the current) week/month/ year ❍ this morning (ie today in the morning) ❍ Do you want me to come this Tuesday (ie Tuesday of this week) or next Tuesday? ❍ Do it this minute (ie now)! ❍ He never comes to see me these days (ie now, as compared with the past). ❍ TIME n ၅။ ( infml ) ဒီ။ သည္။ ဤ။ When are we going to see this car of yours? ❍ These jeans of mine have been all around the world with me. ❍ This friend of hers is supposed to be very rich. ၆။ ( infml ) အဲဒီ။ သည္။ ဤ။ There was this peculiar man sitting opposite me in the train. ❍ I've been getting these pains in my chest, Doctor. adv ဤေရြ႕ဤမွ်။ ဒီေလာက္။ It's about this high (ie as high as I am showing you with my hands). ❍ I didn't think we'd get this far. ❍ Can you afford this much (eg as much as you have given me)? Compare THAT det, pron ❏ this and that; this, that and the other [ IDM ] ဟိုဟာ ဒီဟာ။ ဟိုဒင္းဒီဒင္း။ ‘What did you talk about?’ ‘Oh, this and that. ’

Examples

1. Sometimes there’s flooding
2. and this is why no one wants to live here.
3. Based on Edith Wharton’s novel
4. this latest film stars Gillian Anderson.
5. Robbery
6. rape
7. drug dealing – these are just some of the crimes that are on the increase.
8. Now
9. this is what I want you to do
10. so listen carefully.
11. I’ve brought this book to show you.
12. I bought these shoes in Italy.
13. This large room where we’re standing now is the banqueting hall.
14. This is where I catch the bus.
15. This is my towel and that’s yours.
16. These oranges are really expensive.
17. I don’t get much spare time these days.
18. Why haven’t you phoned me before this?
19. I’m going to be away the whole of this week.
20. [this morning/afternoon/evening] : Benson was late again this morning.
21. Is this your first visit to Ireland?
22. In this chapter I will discuss the development of the market economy.
23. Are we going to have enough fuel this winter?
24. This is our new secretary
25. Veronica Taylor.
26. These are my friends Claudia and Jack.
27. Hello
28. this is Kim Riley speaking.
29. This is the BBC World Service broadcasting from London.
30. [this good/much/far etc] : When you’ve come this far
31. you don’t think of turning back.
32. I haven’t had this much fun since I was a kid.
33. [as good/cold/expensive etc as this] : It was cold in Toronto
34. but it wasn’t as cold as this.
35. The grass was this high.
36. There’s only about this much wine left in the bottle.
37. There was this big guy standing in the doorway.