Mistake

Definition

mistake /mÇ'steÇk / n ၁။ အမွား။ အယူအဆအမွား။ This isn't my bill— there must be some mistake. ❍ I made a mistake about Julie—she's quite nice really. ❍ It was a big mistake to send her to boarding- school. ❍ A week after the wedding she realized she had made a terrible mistake. ၂။ အမွား။ spelling mistakes ❍ The waiter made a mistake in adding up the bill. v ( pt mistook /mÇ'stƱk /; pp mistaken /mÇ'steÇkǝn /) ၁။ မွားသည္။ တလြဲထင္သည္။ I must have mistaken your meaning/ what you meant. ❍ You can't mistake their house— it's painted bright green. ❍ She mistook his smile as indicating agreement. ❍ I mistook you to mean that you wanted to come. ၂။ ~ sb/ sth for sb/sth လူခ်င္းမွားသည္။ She is often mistaken for her twin sister. ❏ and no mistake [ IDM ] ( infml ) တကယ္ပါ။ She's a strange woman and no mistake! ❏ by mistake [ IDM ] မွားၿပီးေတာ့။ I took your bag instead of mine by mistake. ❏ make no mistake (about sth) [ IDM ] ( infml ) တကယ့္ကို။ Make no mistake (about it), we're facing a major financial crisis. ❏ mistaken adj (က) ~ (about sb/sth) အထင္မွား [ေသာ]။ မွား [ေသာ]။ If I'm not mistaken, that's the man we saw on the bus. ❍ You're completely mistaken about Peter. (ခ) မွားေသာ။ mistaken ideas/ views/ loyalty ❍ a case of mistaken identity ❍ I helped him in the mistaken belief that he needed me. ❏ mistakenly adv အမွားမွားအယြင္းယြင္း။ တလြဲ။ He mistakenly believed that the insurance policy covered such damage. ❏ there is/was no mistaking sb/sth [ IDM ] မွားႏိုင္စရာ မရိွ။ There's no mistaking that laugh—it must be John.

Examples

1. [make a mistake] : I won’t make the same mistake again!
2. Don’t worry: it’s an easy mistake to make.
3. [correct a mistake] : It’s much easier to correct mistakes at an early stage.
4. [admit a mistake] : I wish you’d admitted your mistake earlier.
5. Spelling/grammar mistakes
6. [a big/terrible/serious mistake] : You’re making a big mistake.
7. [a costly/expensive mistake] : The wrong choice of computer could prove a costly mistake.
8. [the biggest mistake of something] : Marrying him had been the biggest mistake of her life.
9. [it would be a mistake to do something] : It would be a mistake to think that the trouble is over.
10. [make the mistake of doing something] : I made the mistake of inviting Jennifer to the party.