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"I couldn't help noticing..."
Here "help" has the meaning of prevent or stop. So "I was not able to stop seeing" or "It was difficult not to see..."
After "help" with this meaning, you use the "-ing" form of the verb
මෙහි "help" යන්නෙන් නැවතීම යන්න හැඟෙයි.
OK
"What of it?"
- a defensive question meaning 'What is wrong with that?'
එහි වරද කුමක්ද ? යන ආරක්ෂාකාරී වාක්යංශය
OK
"You're up to something"
'To be up to' means 'to do something, normally exciting, interesting or wrong', and is an example of a Phrasal Verb.
ඔබ මොනවාහරි කරන්න යන බව කියනා බව හැඟේ.
OK
"sneaky"
Not correct; not fair
යමක් වැරදි හෝ අසාධාරණ බව
OK
"notice"
=to see and think about something
යමක් බලා නිවැරදිව තේරුමි ගැනීම
Compare with:
take notes - during a lesson
make a note - of something you want to remember
උමක් විශේෂයෙන් මතක තබා ගැනීම.
OK
"diary"
"Diary" not "agenda"
"Agenda" is only the list of topics to discuss in a formal business meeting.
ව්යාපාරික සාකච්චාවක මාතෘකා ලැයිස්තුව, යම් වැඩ පිළ්වෙලක්
OK
"I might have a client meeting."
You don't know that I have not a client meeting.
'Might' is useful Modal Auxiliary to express possibility.
'Might' යන්න සිදුවිය හැකි එහෙත් නිසැකවම සිදු නොවිය හැකි අරුත දේ
OK
"...you were going..."
Clive's words to his wife Bridget?:
I'm going to a conference.
මෙහි තවම ගොසින් නැත. යන බව කී බවක් හඟවයි. අනාගතයේ සිදුවන දෙයක් අතීතයේ ප්රකාශ කළ බව කියැවේ.
OK
been
Been = gone and come back
Go - went - gone/been
OK
"a secret job interview"
Another reason for wearing a suit!
OK