copybooks

[US]/'kɒpɪbʊk/
[UK]/'kɑpɪ'bʊk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. Huwarang; modelo.

Example Sentences

out come the copybook maxims.

Lumilitaw ang mga karaniwang kasabihan.

copybook phrases in the essay

mga karaniwang parirala sa sanaysay

used copybook phrases in the essay.

Ginagamit ang mga karaniwang parirala sa sanaysay.

he blotted his copybook good and proper .

Napatuyan niya ang kanyang pagkakamali nang husto.

She blotted her copybook when she arrived late for work.

Nasira niya ang kanyang reputasyon nang siya ay dumating nang huli sa trabaho.

He paid back the money he had stolen, but he had blotted his copybook and couldn’t hope for promotion.

Binalik niya ang perang ninakaw niya, ngunit nasira na niya ang kanyang reputasyon at hindi na siya makakaasa ng promosyon.

Real-world Examples

By this time, my little Master Thomas had learned how to write and had written over a number of copybooks.

Sa panahong iyon, ang aking bunsong si Master Thomas ay natutong sumulat at nakasulat na sa maraming kuwaderno.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 1

He thrust the copybook into the table drawer and went back to bed.

Itinago niya ang kuwaderno sa drawer ng mesa at bumalik sa kama.

Source: Virgin Land (Part 1)

During this time, my copybook was the board fence, brick wall, and the pavement; my pen and ink was a lump of chalk.

Sa panahong ito, ang aking kuwaderno ay ang bakod, pader na gawa sa ladrillo, at ang semento; ang aking panulat at tinta ay isang piraso ng apog.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 1

" I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them, as I used to spoil my copybooks, and I make so many beginnings there never will be an end, " he said dolefully.

Patuloy kong sinisimulan ang mga bagong pahina, at sinisira ang mga ito, tulad ng dati kong sinisira ang aking mga kuwaderno, at gumagawa ako ng napakaraming simula na hindi na magkakaroon ng katapusan," malungkot niyang sinabi.

Source: "Little Women" original version

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