Yet again

Definition

yet /jet/ adv ၁။ (က) (used in questions and negative sentences and after vs expressing uncertainty, usu at the end of the sentence. In British English yet is usu used with the present or past perfect tense, in American English with the simple past tense. ) ယခုတိုင္။ ယခုထိ။ …ေသး။ I haven't received a letter from him yet. ❍ ( US )I didn't receive a letter from him yet. ❍ ‘Are you ready?’ ‘No, not yet. ’ ❍ She was not yet sure if she could trust him. ❍ I doubt if he's read it yet. (ခ) ယခု။ ခု။ Don't go yet. ❍ We don't need to start yet. ❍ ALREADY (ဂ) အထိ။ တိုင္။ ၾကာေတာင္မွ။ He'll be busy for ages yet. ❍ They won't arrive for at least two hours yet. ၂။ အရင္…ရဦးမယ္။ We have yet to decide what action to take. ၃။ (used with a modal v ) …ႏိုင္ေသးသည္။ We may win yet. ❍ (rather fml ) She may yet surprise us all. ၄။ (used after superlatives) ယခုထိ။ the most comprehensive study yet of his music ❍ the highest building yet constructed. ၅။ (used before comparatives) သည့္အျပင္။ သည့္ထက္။ a recent and yet more improbable theory ❍ advancing yet further ❍ yet another example of his negligence. conj ေသာ္လည္း။ slow yet thorough ❍ She trained hard all year yet still failed to reach her best form. ❏ as yet [ IDM ] ယေန႔ထိ။ ယခုတိုင္။ an as yet unpublished report ❍ As yet little is known of the causes of the disease. ❏ yet again [ IDM ] ထပ္ၿပီး။ ထပ္၍။ Yet again we can see the results of hasty decision-making.

Examples

1. I’m amazed that you haven’t told him anything yet.
2. She hasn’t yet decided if she wants to come or not.
3. Our divorce had not been settled yet.
4. Are you a member of the club yet?
5. [not yet] : ‘Are you feeling hungry?’ ‘Not yet.’
6. I can’t leave the hospital yet – the doctor says maybe tomorrow.
7. Don’t get too excited just yet. None of these plans are definite.
8. I’m going back to New York
9. but not yet.
10. This victory could yet put the team into the finals.
11. Lawrence’s body was never found
12. and he may yet be alive.
13. In terms of profits
14. the company is preparing to face its worst year yet.
15. This will be the Prime Minister’s most important speech yet.
16. The election won’t take place for three weeks yet.
17. Ron and Charlene will be in Florida for another six days yet.
18. They had plenty of time
19. yet she felt there was almost none.
20. The novel is 800 pages long
21. yet it reads more quickly than many shorter books.
22. He looks cheerful yet somehow sad at the same time.
23. Try not to overcook the beans
24. or better yet eat them raw.
25. The house is more expensive yet than any of the others we’ve looked at.
26. [yet another] : We woke to yet another grey rainy day.