Dictionary entry

Too

Pronunciation: /tuː/

Pronunciation

/tuː/

Myanmar Meaning

(adv) လည်းပဲ။ အလွန်

Definition

too /tu:/ adv ၁။ (usu placed at the end of a clause) လည္း။ လည္းပဲ။ They all wanted to go to the cinema, so I went too. ❍ He speaks French, Italian, Spanish and Romanian too. ❍ ALSO ၂။ (used before adjs and advs ) သိပ္။ အလြန္။ အရမ္း။ drive too fast ❍ These shoes are much too small for me. ❍ We can't ski because there's too little snow. ❍ This is too large a helping for me/ This helping is too large for me. ❍ It's too long a journey to make in one day. ❍ Accidents like this happen all too (ie much too) often. ၃။ ျဖစ္ခ်င္ေတာ့။ She broke her leg last week— and on her birthday, too! ❍ I've lost an earring — it was an expensive one too. ၄။ သိပ္။ အလြန္။ I'm not too sure if this is right. ❍ You are really too kind. ❍ She's none too (ie not very) clever. ❏ be too much for sb [ IDM ] ၁။ သူတတ္ႏိုင္မည္မထင္။ A cycling holiday would be too much for him at the moment. ၂။ သည္းမခံႏိုင္ေလာက္ေအာင္ျဖစ္သည္။ The noise finally became too much for me so I went and complained.

Examples

  1. [too... to do something] : I was too excited to sleep.
  2. It’s too cold to sit outside.
  3. [too... for something] : I’m getting too old for dangerous sports like hockey.
  4. [too... for someone to do] : The table was too heavy for one person to carry.
  5. [much/far too] : They rarely have meals together. They’re far too busy.
  6. [be too much for someone] : The sight of so much suffering was too much for him.
  7. You’re driving too fast.
  8. [too much/many] : You’ve put too much sugar in my coffee.
  9. [rather too/a bit too/a little too] : I don’t trust Hilary – she’s a little too clever.
  10. [too... for someone] : This film is too scary for seven-year-old kids.
  11. ‘I’m starting to feel hungry.’ ‘Me too.’
  12. Helen’s got a lovely voice
  13. and she’s a good dancer too.
  14. Taking bribes is immoral. It’s bad policy too!
  15. Of course
  16. our customers complain
  17. but we too have our problems.
  18. Well
  19. now he’s in jail – and a good thing too!
  20. ‘You don’t know how to change a tyre.’ ‘I do too.’