အဂၤလိပ္ သခၤန္းစာ (၄)

on Saturday, December 29, 2012

6== Be out of the question===ေမးစရာမလို။ ထည့္သြင္းစဥ္းစားစရာမလို
e.g. 1. When a thing is clearly impossible, we need not consider it at all. Then we say that it is out of the question
2. The weather is so bad that it is impossible to go out. In such bad weather an outing for pleasure is out of the question.

7==Break down==(စက္)ပ်က္သည္။ စိတ္မထိမ္းနိဳင္ျဖစ္သည္။
e.g. 1. When a motor car breaks down, it no longer works properly.  In the same way, our health sometimes breaks down. Then we feels sick and tired and remain unfit for work or normal activities for a long time.
2. A person breaks down emotionally when bursts out crying. His heart is full of feeling. He can no longer be calm or composed. He cannot pretend to be all right. He breaks down.

8==Break out==ျဖစ္ပြားသည္။
e.g. 1. The first Great War broke out in 1914. A big fire broke out in Mandalay.
2. A great plague broke out in London in the 17th century.

9==Bring about==ျဖစ္ေစသည္။
e.g. 1. Napoleon’s ambition bring about his downfall. His own ambition caused his downfall.
2. The accident was brought about by the driver’s carelessness.

10==Be take in==လွည့္စားသည္။ မမွတ္ယူသင့္။
e.g. 1. She was take in by his sales talk and bought the sewing machine at a very high price.
2. We should not be taken in by outward appearances. Things are often not what they seem to be.

(ဦးခင္ေမာင္လတ္ ၏ Everyday Expressions in English စာအုပ္မွ ကူးယူေဖၚျပသည္။)

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