maintain

🗣️ /meɪnˈteɪn/

පවත්වාගෙන යනවා, නඩත්තු කරනවා

How to use "maintain" in a sentence:

maintain something

• She maintains a tidy classroom.

make*

🗣️ /meɪk/

හදනවා, පිළියෙළ කරනවා etc.

How to use "make" in a sentence:

make (someone) something

• She made her daughter a sandwich for lunch.

make something (out) (of something)

• I will make a bracelet out of colorful beads.

make something (from/into something)

• I made a birdhouse from a piece of wood.

make something for someone

• I make breakfast for my family every morning.

make someone/something + adj.

• She makes her students happy with her engaging lesson plans.

make someone/something +noun

• He made a cake for his sister's birthday.

make someone/something do something

• I make my students practice speaking in English every day.

manage

🗣️ /ˈmænɪdʒ/

කළමනාකරණය කරනවා, පිරිමසා ගන්නවා, පාලනය කරනවා

How to use "manage" in a sentence:

manage (something)

• He managed the project successfully.

manage to do something

• The students managed to finish their homework on time.

manage with/without someone/something

• I manage with the help of my best friend, Sarah.

mark

🗣️ /mɑːk/

සලකුණු කරනවා, ලකුණක් යොදනවා, ලකුණු දෙනවා

How to use "mark" in a sentence:

mark A (with B)

• The teacher marked the student's paper with a red pen.

mark B on A

• "Please mark the correct answer on the exam paper."

mark someone/something as something

• "The teacher marked the students as present in the attendance sheet."

market

🗣️ /ˈmɑːkɪt/

විකුණනවා

How to use "market" in a sentence:

market something (to someone) (as something)

• I marketed my homemade cookies to my friends as a healthy snack option.

marry

🗣️ /ˈmæri/

විවාහ වෙනවා, විවාහ කරගන්නවා, විවාහ කර දෙනවා

How to use "marry" in a sentence:

marry (someone)

• He is going to marry his longtime girlfriend next month.

marry someone to someone

• She married her daughter to a wealthy businessman.

matter

🗣️ /ˈmætə(r)/

වැදගත් වෙනවා

How to use "matter" in a sentence:

matter (to someone)

• It matters to me that you understand the lesson.

mean*

🗣️ /miːn/

අදහස් කරනවා, හැඟෙනවා

How to use "mean" in a sentence:

mean something (to someone)

• The drawing of her grandmother means a lot to her.

mean that...

• I mean that learning English is important for your future.

measure

🗣️ /ˈmeʒə(r)/

මිනුම් කරනවා, තක්සේරු කරනවා

How to use "measure" in a sentence:

measure something (in something)

• I measured the length of the book in centimeters.

measure someone/something (for something)

• I measure my students' height for the school's annual fitness assessment.

measure how

• I will measure how tall you are tomorrow.

meddle

🗣️ /ˈmedl/

අනුන්ගේ දේට උවමනාවෙන් පටලවෙනවා/ඇඟිලි ගසනවා

How to use "meddle" in a sentence:

meddle (in/with something)

• She warned her children not to meddle with the dangerous chemicals in the science lab.

mediate

🗣️ /ˈmiːdieɪt/

මැදිහත් වෙනවා

How to use "mediate" in a sentence:

mediate between A and B

• I mediate between my colleagues and the management to resolve conflicts in the workplace.

mediate (in) something

• I mediate in conflicts between my students.

meditate

🗣️ /ˈmedɪteɪt/

භාවනා කරනවා, සිත යම් දෙයකටම යොමු කරනවා, හිතින් සැලසුම් කරනවා

How to use "meditate" in a sentence:

meditate (on/upon something)

• One way to use "meditate on" is as follows: "I like to meditate on

meditate something

• I often meditate positive thoughts before starting my day.

meet*

🗣️ /miːt/

මුණ ගැහෙනවා

How to use "meet" in a sentence:

meet (with) (someone) (for something)

• I will meet with my colleagues for our weekly meeting at 11 am.

melt

🗣️ /melt/

උණු වී දිය වෙනවා, උණු කර දිය කරනවා

How to use "melt" in a sentence:

melt (something)

• The ice cubes slowly melt in the warm water.

memorize

🗣️ /ˈmeməraɪz/

කට පාඩම් කරනවා, මතක තියාගන්නවා

How to use "memorize" in a sentence:

memorize (something)

• I need to memorize my lines for the school play.

mention

🗣️ /ˈmenʃn/

සඳහන් කරනවා, මතක් කරනවා

How to use "mention" in a sentence:

mention someone/something (to someone)

• I mentioned my favorite book to my friend.

mention someone/something (as someone/something)

• I mentioned John as my best friend during the interview.

mention that...

• She mentioned that she was going to the store after work.

mention wh-

• Could you mention which book you would like to read for our next class discussion?

mention doing something

• She mentioned visiting her grandmother over the weekend.

merge

🗣️ /mɜːdʒ/

එකට එකතු වෙනවා/කරනවා

How to use "merge" in a sentence:

merge with something

• The two companies will merge with each other next month.

merge into something

• The two rivers merge into one large stream.

merge A with B

• I will merge my two businesses with the help of a financial advisor.

merge (A and B) (together)

• The two rivers merge together to form a larger body of water.

mimic

🗣️ /ˈmɪmɪk/

සරදමක් හැටියට අනුකරණය කරනවා

How to use "mimic" in a sentence:

mimic someone/something

• He can mimic his favorite character from the movie perfectly.

mind

🗣️ /maɪnd/

නරක විදියට දෙයක් හිතට ගන්නවා

How to use "mind" in a sentence:

mind (something)

• I don't mind eating spicy food.

mind (someone/something) doing something

• She doesn't mind washing the dishes after dinner.

mind that...

• "Mind that the stove is turned off before you leave the house."

mind wh-

• "Mind whispering in class, it disturbs others who are trying to focus."

miss

🗣️ /mɪs/

ගිලිහී යනවා, මග හැරෙනවා, බැරි වෙනවා

How to use "miss" in a sentence:

miss someone/th

• I miss my friends from Sri Lanka.

miss (someone/something) (doing) something

• I miss my family (not being able to see them) when I am away for work.

mistake*

🗣️ /mɪˈsteɪk/

වරද්ද ගන්නවා, වැරදියට වටහා ගන්නවා

How to use "mistake" in a sentence:

mistake someone/something (as someone/something)

• She mistook the stranger on the street as her long-lost friend.

mix

🗣️ /mɪks/

මිශ්‍ර වෙනවා, මිශ්‍ර කරනවා

How to use "mix" in a sentence:

mix (something) (with something)

• I mix salt with water to make a saline solution.

mix A and B (together)

• I will mix A and B together to make a delicious smoothie.

moan

🗣️ /məʊn/

කෙඳිරි ගානවා, මැසිවිලි නගනවා

How to use "moan" in a sentence:

moan (in/with something)

• She moaned in pain as she stubbed her toe.

moan (on) (about something) (to someone)

• She moaned to her friend about the long line at the store.

moan (at someone) (about something)

• She moans at her brother about doing the chores.

moan that...

• Sheila moaned that her basketball team lost the game.

mock

🗣️ /mɒk/

සරදම් කරනවා

How to use "mock" in a sentence:

mock someone/something

• The students mock their teacher when she makes a mistake in class.

modernize

🗣️ /ˈmɒdənaɪz/

නවීකරණය කරනවා

How to use "modernize" in a sentence:

modernize something

• Our city has been thriving since we modernized its infrastructure.

modify

🗣️ /ˈmɒdɪfaɪ/

වෙනස් කරනවා

How to use "modify" in a sentence:

modify something

• She needs to modify her essay before submitting it.

mourn

🗣️ /mɔːn/

නැති වුනු දෙයක්/මිය ගිය කෙනෙක් වෙනුවෙන් දුක් වෙනවා/වැලපෙනවා

How to use "mourn" in a sentence:

mourn (something)

• I mourn the loss of my beloved pet.

mourn (for someone/something)

• She mourned for her lost cat.

move

🗣️ /muːv/

එහා මෙහා වෙනවා/කරනවා, සසල වෙනවා/කරනවා, පදිංචිය වෙනස් කරනවා, පොළඹවනවා

How to use "move" in a sentence:

move adv./.prep.

• She carefully moved the vase onto the shelf.

move (someone/something) (from …) (to …)

• I moved the books from the shelf to the table.

move away

• "He saw the lion and quickly moved away."

move (someone) to do something

• My example sentence is: "I moved my students to study harder for their exams."

muffle

🗣️ /ˈmʌfl/

හඬ අවුරනවා, (උණුසුම සඳහා) අවුරනවා

How to use "muffle" in a sentence:

muffle something

• She muffled her screams with her hands when she saw the spider.

muffle someone/something (up) (in something)

• He muffled his cough with a handkerchief.

murder

🗣️ /ˈmɜːdə(r)/

ඝාතනය කරනවා

How to use "murder" in a sentence:

murder someone

• He murdered someone last night.

mutter

🗣️ /ˈmʌtə(r)/

පහත් හඬින් කියනවා

How to use "mutter" in a sentence:

mutter (something) (to someone)

• She muttered her response to her teacher under her breath.

mutter that...

• She muttered that she was tired of studying.