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Key lessons:
Put someone through something = to cause someone hardship
After the things you put me through…
Make someone freeze
Not real freezing — means to shock or amaze someone
You gotta make me freeze = impress me / amaze me
Key lesson:
Police = organization (plural noun)
HK police confirm safety… → “confirm” doesn’t take s because police is plural.
Policeman / policewoman = individual officers
Cop = casual word for a police officer
Thrill / thrilling
Thrill (noun/verb): excitement
Thrilling: extremely exciting
Stranger Things’ final series is thrilling.
“make someone humble” = အပိုးကျိုးအောင် လုပ်သည်, ပညာပြသည်→ “I will make you humble.”
“fear” as a verb (B2 level) = ကြောက်သည်→ “All his employees fear him.” / “I fear you, Victor. I always have.”
“carry the world on your back/shoulders” = ပူပန်စရာ၊ တာဝန်တွေ အများကြီး ထမ်းထားရသည်
“fit in” = အံဝင်ခွင်ကျ ဖြစ်သည်, အဆင်ပြေသည် (လူမှုအသိုင်းအဝိုင်းထဲမှာ)→ “Don’t think I fit in at this party.”
take a photo/picture
take a shower / take a bath
take a seat (= ထိုင်ပါ, ထိုင်ခုံကို ယူသွားတာ မဟုတ်ပါ)
take notes (= မှတ်စုလုပ်သည်)
“stay by someone/something” = ဘေးမခွာ အမြဲနဲ့အတူရှိသည်→ “Make sure you stay by mom.” / “I’ve been staying by my phone all day.”
“hold someone down” = ဆွဲထားသည်, ရှေ့မတိုးနိုင်အောင် ထိန်းချုပ်ထားသည်→ “Past lives couldn’t ever hold me down” = အတိတ်တွေက ငါ့ကို ဆွဲမထားနိုင်ဘူး
Meanings & examples:
• Winter is coming = literally winter is near, or metaphorically “hard times are coming.”
• November comes – the harvest is done = proverb meaning the work is finished, and now it’s time to rest. Used figuratively for finishing big tasks (like after exams).
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