Dictionary entry
Goodness'
Pronunciation
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Myanmar Meaning
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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
- [for someone’s sake] : We hope for her sake that the wedding goes as planned.
- [for the sake of something] : He agreed to resign for the sake of the party.
- [for someone’s own sake] : I’m not just doing this for my own sake
- you know.
- [for the sake of something] : I hope you’re not doing this just for the sake of the money.
- [for something’s sake] : For clarity’s sake
- I’d like to reword my statement.
- So let’s say
- just for the sake of argument
- that you’re right.
- Encourage your children to seek knowledge for its own sake.
- I’m not just asking for the sake of it. I need an answer.
- Oh
- for goodness’ sake
- leave me alone!