Essential Verbs - S

The 113 essential verbs that start with S, each with its pronunciation, Sinhala meaning, patterns and an example for every pattern.

Each verb shows its pronunciation, its Sinhala meaning, and an example for each pattern. To scan every verb in one table, open the full list.

A verb marked * is irregular: its past forms are in Irregular Verbs. One marked ** can take either form: burned or burnt.

sacrifice

/ˈsækrɪfaɪs/

කැප කරනවා, පරිත්‍යාග කරනවා, බිලි දෙනවා

sacrifice something (for someone/something): She sacrificed her free time to volunteer at the homeless shelter.
sacrifice (someone/something): He sacrificed his own happiness for the sake of his family's well-being.

satisfy

/ˈsætɪsfaɪ/

තෘප්තිමත් කරනවා

satisfy someone (of someone): She satisfied the interviewer of her qualifications with her strong resume.
satisfy something: I will satisfy your request for more practice exercises.
satisfy someone (that): I can satisfy you that your hard work will pay off in the end.

save

/seɪv/

ගලවා ගන්නවා, බේරා ගන්නවා, ඉතිරි කරනවා

save someone/something (from something): He saved the cat from the tree.
save something (for someone/something): I always save some money for my child's college education.
save someone something: I will save you this seat for later.
save (someone) (something) on something: I save your progress on my computer.
save (someone) doing something: I saved him from falling off the cliff.

say*

/seɪ/

කියනවා

say something to someone: He said something to her during their argument.
say that...: I say that English is a beautiful language.

schedule

/ˈʃedʒuːl/

(වෙලාවක් දාගන්නවා) සැලසුම් කරගන්නවා

schedule something (for something): She scheduled a meeting for 2 pm on Monday.
schedule someone/something to do something: I have scheduled my class to take a test next week.

score

/skɔː(r

ලකුණු ගන්නවා

score something (adv./prep.): The soccer player scored a goal with an impressive header.

scream

/skriːm/

(බයෙන්/වේදනාවෙන්) කෑගහනවා, මොර දෙනවා

scream (out) (in/with something): The child screamed in pain as the bee stung him.
scream (out) (for someone/something): She screamed out for her husband to help her when she saw the spider crawling up the wall.
scream at someone (to do something): She screamed at her team to run faster on the field.
scream (out) that: I screamed that I saw a spider in my room.

search

/sɜːtʃ/

සොයනවා, තියුණු ලෙස පරීක්ෂා කර බලනවා

search (something) (for someone/something): I am searching the house for my missing keys.
search someone for something: I will search the suspect for any weapons during the interrogation.

secure

/sɪˈkjʊə(r)/

ලබා ගන්නට සමත් වෙනවා, යමකට තදින් ගැට ගසනවා, සුරක්ෂිත කරනවා

secure something (for someone/something): I will secure a table for the guests at the party.
secure something to something: I secured the rope to the flagpole to prevent it from falling.
secure something: She secured the door before leaving the house to ensure her safety.

see*

/siː/

දකිනවා, බලනවා, හමු වෙනවා

see (someone/something): I see the birds flying in the sky.
see that...: I see that you have finished your homework.
see wh-: I saw what you did.
see someone/something + adj.: I see my friends tired after a long day.
see someone/something doing something: I see John running in the park.
see someone/something do something: I see my cat sleeping on the couch.

seek*

/siːk/

හොයනවා, ඉල්ලා සිටිනවා, උත්සාහ කරනවා

seek someone/something: The detective seeks the truth.
seek for someone/something: She sought for her lost puppy all over the neighborhood.
seek something from someone: She sought guidance from her teacher before starting her project.
seek to do something: She seeks to improve her English skills by practicing every day.

seem

/siːm/

බැලූ බැල්මට පේනවා (වගේ පේනවා)

seem (to someone) (to be) + adj.: She seems happy today.
seem + noun: The sky seems blue.
seem that...: It seems that you have already finished your homework.
seem like something: She seems like a talented dancer.
seem to be/do/have something: The book seems to be heavy.

seize

/siːz/

උදුරා ගන්නවා, බලෙන් අල්ලගන්නවා, අත් අඩංගුවට ගන්නවා, අත් පත් කරගන්නවා

seize someone/something (from someone): He seized the book from his little sister without asking.
seize something: The police officer seized the suspect's gun.
seize someone: She seized him by the arm and dragged him out of the room.

select

/sɪˈlekt/

තෝරා ගන්නවා

select someone/something (for/as something): She selected her best friend for the role of the lead actress in the school play.
select someone/something (to do something): I will select you to present your project at the next school assembly.
select wh-: The teacher asked the students to select which book they wanted to read for their next assignment.

sell*

/sel/

විකුණනවා, විකිණෙනවා

sell something (to someone) (for something): She sells apples to her neighbors for a fair price.
sell someone something (for something): I sell my products to customers for a reasonable price.
sell (something) (at something): We sell vegetables at the market on weekends.

send*

/send/

යවනවා, පිටත් කර යවනවා

send someone something: She sends her sister a birthday present.
send something (to someone): She sent a letter to her friend.
send something (that): I sent a letter yesterday.
send someone/something (adv./prep.): I will send my friend an email tomorrow.
send someone/something (to do something): I will send my daughter to buy groceries.
send someone + adj.: She sent her family some delicious sweets.

separate

/ˈsepəreɪt/

වෙන් කරනවා, වෙන් වෙනවා

separate (something) (from something): I will separate the red apples from the green apples for the fruit salad.
separate (something) into something: I will separate the groceries into two bags.
separate something and something: It is important to separate your recyclables and non-recyclables when disposing of waste.

serve

/sɜːv/

අහාර බෙදනවා/පිළිගන්වනවා, සේවය කරනවා

serve something (to someone): I will serve dinner to my family tonight.
serve someone something: I serve my family dinner.
serve something + adj.: I served my guests hot soup for dinner.
serve someone (as something): She serves her family as a caretaker.
serve in/on/with something: The waiter serves water with the meal.
serve under/with someone: She serves under her boss and follows all his instructions.

set*

/set/

සකස් කරනවා, සවි කරනවා, පිහිටුවනවා, තබනවා, (ඉර/හඳ) බැස යනවා

set someone/something (adv./prep.): She set the books on the shelf carefully.
set someone/something doing something: I set my students to work on their grammar exercises.
set something: Would you please set the table for dinner?

settle

/ˈsetl/

එකඟත්වයට එනවා, (ණය) ගෙවා අවසන් කරනවා, තැන්පත් වෙනවා, පදිංචි වෙනවා

settle (something): She will settle the bill at the restaurant.
settle something: He finally agreed to settle the argument between his two friends.
settle adv./prep.: She settled comfortably into her new home.
settle someone/something (adv./prep.): The lawyer settled the case quietly out of court.

shake*

/ʃeɪk/

සොලවනවා/සෙලවෙනවා, ගස්සනවා/ගැස්සෙනවා, වෙවුලනවා, තර්ජනය කරනවා, අතට අත දෙනවා

shake someone/something: He shook his head to show his disagreement.
shake with something: He shook with fear as the spider crawled across his hand.

shape

/ʃeɪp/

හැඩ ගන්වනවා, හැඩ ගස්වනවා

shape A into B: I shaped the clay into a ball.
shape someone/something: He shapes the clay into a vase.

/ʃeə(r)/

බෙදා හදා ගන්නවා, හවුලේ පරිහරණය කරනවා

share (something) (with someone): I share my lunch with my friend.
share something (out) (between/among someone): I will share the cookies out between my two children.

shave

/ʃeɪv/

(රැවුල/රෝම/කොණ්ඩය) මුලින්ම කපා දමනවා

shave (someone/something): He always shaves his beard before going to work.

shift

/ʃɪft/

(තැනකින් තැනකට/දෙයකින් දෙයකට) මාරු වෙනවා/කරනවා

shift something: He shifted his weight to his left foot as he moved forward.
shift something (from …) (to/towards …): She shifted her weight from one foot to the other.

shine**

/ʃaɪn/

දිලිසෙනවා, බබලනවා, ඔප දමනවා

shine* (something): The sun is shining brightly through the window.

shiver

/ˈʃɪvə(r)/

(බයෙන්/සීතලෙන්) වෙවුලනවා

shiver with something: She shivered with fear as she stepped into the haunted house.

shock

/ʃɒk/

කම්පනයක්/සංවේගයක්/තිගැස්මක්/පිළිකුලක් ඇති කරනවා

shock someone: The news of her death shocked me.
shock someone (that): The news of her resignation shocked her students.
shock someone (to do something): The news of his sudden death shocked everyone to tears.

shoot*

/ʃuːt/

වෙඩි තියනවා, ඊතලයකින් විදිනවා, සැරෙන් වේගයෙන් යනවා/යවනවා, ඡායාරූප ගන්නවා, චිත්‍රපට හදනවා

shoot someone/something: She shot the target with precision.
shoot (something) (at someone/something): She shoots the basketball at the hoop.
shoot something (from something): He shot the arrow from the bow.

shout

/ʃaʊt/

කෑගහනවා

shout for something: I shouted for help when I fell off my bike.
shout at someone (to do something): He shouted at his students to stand up for the national anthem.
shout that...: He shouted that he was going to the park.

show*

/ʃəʊ/

පෙන්වනවා, පෙන්වාදෙනවා, ප්‍රදර්ශනය කරනවා

show (someone) that: I will show my students that English grammar can be learned successfully.
show (someone) wh-: I will show her where the store is.
show someone something: John showed Jane the painting.
show something to someone: I will show the new book to my friend tomorrow.
show someone (adv./prep.): I will show my students how to use this verb phrase in a sentence.

shrink

/ʃrɪŋk/

ප්‍රමාණයෙන් කුඩා වෙනවා/කරනවා

shrink (something): The shirt shrank in the dryer.

shut*

/ʃʌt/

වහනවා, වැහෙනවා

shut (something): I shut the door.

sigh

/saɪ/

සුසුමක් හෙලනවා, හූල්ලනවා

sigh (with something): She sighed heavily with disappointment when she saw her test grade.

sign

/saɪn/

අත්සන් කරනවා, ඉඟි කරනවා, සංඥා කරනවා, ගිවිසුම් ගහනවා

sign (something): He quickly signed the contract without reading it.
sign (to/for someone) (to do something): He signed the document for his lawyer to review.
sign that...: She signed that she will attend the meeting tomorrow.
sign someone: He signed me as his business partner.
sign for something: I will sign for the package when it arrives.
sign with something: I always sign with my left hand.

signal

/ˈsɪɡnəl/

සංඥා කරනවා

signal (to someone) (for something): She signaled to the waiter for the bill.
signal to/for someone (to do something): She signaled to her friend to wait for her outside the store.
signal someone to do something: She signalled her students to line up for recess.
signal something: The lifeguard signaled the swimmers to come back to shore.
signal that...: The red light signals that it is time to stop.
signal wh-: The lifeguard signaled the swimmers to stay close to shore.

sing*

/sɪŋ/

ගයනා කරනවා, සින්දු කියනවා

sing someone something: I will sing you a song.
sing (something) (to someone): I will sing a song to my parents at the family reunion tomorrow.

sink*

/sɪŋk/

ගිලෙනවා, (නැවක්/බෝට්ටුවක්) ගිල්වනවා

sink (something) (adv./prep.): The ship sank slowly beneath the waves.

sip

/sɪp/

හෙමින් හෙමින් බොනවා (තොල ගානවා)

sip (at) something: He sipped at his tea, savoring the warmth and flavor.

sit*

/sɪt/

වාඩි වෙනවා, වාඩි කරනවා, විභාගයකට පෙනී සිටිනවා

sit (someone) (adv./prep.): He sat his son on the chair.
sit something: The cat sat on the chair.

skip

/skɪp/

පැන පැන යනවා, (කොටසක්) මගහරිනවා

skip (adv./prep.): He skipped over the puddle on his way to school.
skip something: He decided to skip breakfast this morning because he was running late.
skip over something: He quickly skipped over the difficult foreign words in the novel, hoping to understand the story.
skip to something: He skipped to the next chapter to find the answer.

sleep*

/sliːp/

නිදා ගන්නවා

sleep (adv./prep.): She sleeps deeply every night.

slide*

/slaɪd/

ලිස්සා යනවා/යවනවා

slide (something) (adv./prep.): She slides the book onto the shelf.

slip

/slɪp/

ලිස්සා යනවා, ලිස්සා වැටෙනවා

slip (adv./prep.): She slipped quietly down the hallway.
slip (over): The banana peel caused him to slip over.

slow

/sləʊ/

වේගය අඩු වෙනවා/කරනවා

slow (someone/something) (down): Walking with a heavy backpack slowed me down.

smell**

/smel/

ගඳ සුවඳ පිට කරනවා/දැනෙනවා/බලනවා, ඉව අල්ලනවා

smell* adj.: The flowers smell sweet.
smell* of something: The room smelled of freshly baked cookies.
smell* like something: The food smells like garlic.
smell* something: I can smell the delicious aroma of freshly baked bread.
smell* something doing something: I smell something burning in the kitchen.
smell* that...: I smell something burning.

smile

/smaɪl/

සිනහ වෙනවා

smile at someone/something: She smiled at her reflection in the mirror.
smile adv./prep.: She smiled happily at her friend.

smoke

/sməʊk/

දුම් පිට කරනවා, දුම් බොනවා, දුම් ගස්සනවා

smoke (something): The man smokes a cigarette outside the building.

sneer

/snɪə(r)/

උපහාසාත්මක ලෙස කතා කරනවා/සිනාසෙනවා

sneer (at someone/something): She sneered at the poor quality of the presentation.

sneeze

/sniːz/

කිවිසුම් අරිනවා

sneeze: He sneezed loudly in class, interrupting the lecture.

snow

/snəʊ

හිම වැටෙනවා

snow: It snowed yesterday.

soak

/səʊk/

පෙඟෙනවා, පොඟවනවා

soak (someone/something) (in something): I soaked my shirt in a bucket of water to get rid of the stain.

solve

/sɒlv/

විසඳනවා

solve something: The students must solve the math problem before the end of class.

sort

/sɔːt/

වර්ග කරනවා, තෝරනවා

sort something (into/from something): She sorted the clothes into different piles based on their colors.

sound

/saʊnd/

ශබ්ද නගනවා, වගේ ඇහෙනවා (දැනෙනවා), නාද කරනවා

sound adj.: The music sounded beautiful.
sound noun: The alarm sounded loudly.
sound like someone/something: She sounds like her mother when she talks.
sound as if: It sounds as if the dog is barking in the backyard.
sound something: The alarm clock sounds early in the morning.

speak*

/spiːk/

කතා කරනවා

speak (to/with someone) (about something/someone): I speak to my best friend about my problems.
speak of someone/something: He always speaks highly of his mother.
speak adv./prep.: She speaks fluently in English.

speed**

/spiːd/

වේගවත් කරනවා, වේගයෙන් යනවා/ගෙනයනවා

speed* something: I will speed up my studying to finish the exam on time.
speed* (someone/something) (adv./prep.): She sped down the highway on her motorcycle.

spell**

/spel/

වචනයක අකුරු වෙන වෙනම පිළිවෙලින් කියනවා

spell* something: I can spell my name, it's J-A-N-E.

spend*

/spend/

වියදම් කරනවා, වැය කරනවා

spend something (on someone/something): He spends his money on books.
spend something (on/in) doing something: He spent all of his savings on buying a new car.

spill**

/spɪl/

(ද්‍රවයක්) හැලෙනවා, හලනවා

spill* (something) (adv./prep.): The child spilled the milk quickly.

spin*

/spɪn/

භ්‍රමණය වෙනවා/කරනවා

spin (something) (adv./prep.): I spun the top clockwise.

split*

/splɪt/

කොටස්වලට වෙන් වෙනවා/කරනවා

split (something) (into something): She split the cake into equal pieces for everyone to enjoy.
split something (with someone): I split the bill with my friend at the restaurant.
split something between someone: I split the cake between my two friends.

spoil**

/spɔɪl/

නරක් කරනවා, (කෑම) නරක් වෙනවා

spoil* someone/something: He spoils his dog by giving it too many treats.

/ˈspɒnsə(r)/

අනුග්‍රහය දක්වනවා

sponsor someone/something (for something): She sponsored her daughter for a dance competition.
sponsor someone/something (to do something): She sponsored him to attend the international conference.
sponsor someone/something (through something): She sponsors her nephew through his university education.

spread*

/spred/

පැතිරෙනවා/පතුරනවා, විහිදෙනවා/විහිදුවනවා, එළනවා, (ජෑම්/බටර් වැනි) තුනී තට්ටුවක් ගානවා

spread (something) (adv./prep.): I spread butter on my toast.
spread something (out) (on/over something): She spread the picnic blanket out on the grass before placing the food on top.
spread A on/over B: He spread butter on his toast.
spread B with A: The chef spread the toast with butter.

squash

/skwɒʃ/

තලා පොඩි කරනවා

squash something/someone (against something): I squashed the bug against the wall with my shoe.

squeeze

/skwiːz/

(ඇඟිලිවලින්) තද කරමින් මිරිකනවා

squeeze (something): The child squeezed the balloon until it popped.
squeeze something (out): I squeezed the toothpaste out of the tube.
squeeze something (out of/from something): She squeezed the juice out of the orange.

stablize

/ˈsteɪbəlaɪz/

ස්ථායී වෙනවා/කරනවා

stablize (something): The new medication helped to stabilize her blood pressure.

stain

/steɪn/

කැළැල් කරනවා

stain (something) (with something): I stained my shirt with spaghetti sauce.

stand*

/stænd/

හිටගන්නවා/හිට්ටනවා, පිහිටා තියෙනවා, නැගී සිටිනවා etc.

stand (someone/something) (adv./prep.): I stood the bottle on the table for everyone to see.
stand + adj./noun: The car stood abandoned on the side of the road.
stand to do something: She stood to read the poem aloud in front of the class.
stand on something: I stand on the chair to change the lightbulb.

start

/stɑːt/

ආරම්භ කරනවා, පටන් ගන්නවා, ක්‍රියාත්මක කරනවා

start something: I start the car.
start to something: She starts to read the book.
start (someone) doing something: She started her son studying for the test.
start on something: The students will start on the project tomorrow.

state

/steɪt/

ප්‍රකාශ කරනවා, සඳහන් කරනවා

state something: She stated her feelings about the situation.
state that...: The teacher stated that the test would be postponed.
state wh-: Can you state when your birthday is?

stay

/steɪ/

රැඳී සිටිනවා, නැවතී සිටිනවා

stay (adv./prep.): She stays at home.
stay doing something: She stays practicing the piano every evening.

steal*

/stiːl/

හොරකම් කරනවා, හොරෙන් යනවා

steal (something) (from someone/something): She stole my pen from my desk.
steal adv./prep.: He stole quietly into the room while everyone was sleeping.

stick*

/stɪk/

හිර වෙනවා/කරනවා, ඇලෙනවා/අලවනවා, (යමක් තුළට) ඔබනවා

stick (something) (adv./prep.): She stuck the note on the fridge with a magnet.
stick (in something): I stick my notes in my notebook for safe keeping.

stimulate

/ˈstɪmjuleɪt/

උත්තේජනය කරනවා

stimulate someone/something (to do something): Stimulate the students to participate actively in the classroom discussions.

stink*

/stɪŋk/

අප්‍රසන්න ගඳක් විහිදුවනවා

stink (of something): The garbage bin stinks of rotten food.

stir

/stɜː(r)/

හැන්දෙන් කලතනවා/කලවම් කරනවා, යන්තම් හෙලවෙනවා/හොලවනවා, (හැඟීමක්) ඇවිස්සෙනවා/අවුස්සනවා

stir something: He stirred the soup before serving it.
stir something (into something): I will stir the sugar into my tea until it dissolves.
stir (someone/something): She stirred the soup with a wooden spoon.

stop

/stɒp/

නතර වෙනවා/කරනවා, (යමක් කරන්නට) නතර වෙනවා

stop (someone/something): Please stop talking.
stop doing something: Stop eating that candy, it's not good for you.
stop for something: I will stop for coffee on my way to work.
stop to do something: I will stop to have lunch before continuing my work.

store

/stɔː(r)/

ගබඩා කර තබා ගන්නවා

store something (away/up): I store my winter clothes away during the summer.

strengthen

/ˈstreŋθn/

ශක්තිමත් වෙනවා/කරනවා

strengthen (someone/something): He spent years in the gym to strengthen his muscles.

stress

/stres/

අවධාරණය කරනවා, (යාන්ත්‍රික/කායික/මානසික) පීඩනයට හසු වෙනවා/කරනවා

stress something: I stress the importance of studying grammar in order to improve your English skills.
stress that...: I stress that studying regularly is important for improving your English skills.
stress wh-: I stress what is most important in my lessons to ensure my students understand key concepts.
stress (someone) out: The final exams are really stressing my students out.

stretch

/stretʃ/

අදිනවා/ඇදෙනවා, (අත) දිගු කරනවා, විහිදෙනවා

stretch (something): She stretched her arms after sitting at her desk for hours.
stretch (something) (adv./prep.): He stretched his arms upwards to relieve the tension in his muscles.

strike*

/straɪk/

වැදෙනවා/වද්දනවා, ගැටෙනවා/ගටනවා, පහර දෙනවා etc.

strike someone/something: The boxer struck his opponent with a powerful punch.

strive**

/straɪv/

(වෙනුවෙන්/විරුද්ධව) තදින්ම මහන්සි වෙනවා, උත්සාහ කරනවා

strive* (for/against something): He strives for excellence in all his academic pursuits.
strive* to do something: I strive to improve my English every day.

struggle

/ˈstrʌɡl/

(වෙනුවෙන්/විරුද්ධව/සමග) අරගල/සටන් කරනවා

struggle (for/against/with someone/something): She struggled for years to make her dream come true.
struggle to do something: She struggles to understand the math problem.

study

/ˈstʌdi/

අධ්‍යනය කරනවා, හදාරනවා, පාඩම් කරනවා

study (something): I study math every evening.
study (for something): I study for my exams every day after school.
study (something) (at/under …): She studies mathematics at the university.
study to be/do something: She studies to be a doctor.
study wh-: I study when my mom lets me.

submerge

/səbˈmɜːdʒ/

(දියරයක) ගිලෙනවා/ගිල්වනවා, (හැඟීමක්/අදහසක්) සම්පූර්ණයෙන් යටපත් කරනවා

submerge (something): The submarine submerged for a deep-sea exploration.

succeed

/səkˈsiːd/

සාර්ථක වෙනවා/කරගන්නවා, අනුපිළිවෙලින් (පදවියකට) පත් වෙනවා

succeed in something: She succeeded in her presentation.
succeed in doing something: He succeeded in passing the exam.
succeed as something: He will succeed as a doctor one day.
succeed someone/something: Jill will succeed Sarah as the president of the student council.
succeed to something: He succeeded to his father's business after his passing.

suck

/sʌk/

උරනවා, උරා බොනවා, (දියර/වායුව ආදිය) අදිනවා

suck something (adv./prep.): She sucks loudly on her straw, trying to get a taste of her milkshake.
suck (at/on) something: I suck at playing the guitar.

suffer

/ˈsʌfə(r)/

(ලෙඩකින්/දුකකින්/හිඟකමකින් ආදියෙන්) විඳවනවා

suffer from something: She suffers from a chronic illness.
suffer for something: He suffered for his mistakes.
suffer something: The children suffered hunger and malnutrition in war-torn countries.

suggest

/səˈdʒest/

යෝජනා කරනවා, හඟවනවා

suggest something (to someone): We should suggest an alternative plan to the team.
suggest something (as something): I suggest apples as a healthy snack.
suggest something (for something) suggest doing something: I suggest studying every day.
suggest that...: I suggest that you study harder if you want to improve your grades.
suggest wh-: I suggest what you should wear to the party.

suit

/suːt/

යෝග්‍ය වෙනවා, (ඇඳුමක් වැන්නක්) ගැලපෙනවා

suit someone/something: The red dress suits you perfectly.

sulk

/sʌlk/

බුම්මා ගන්නවා

sulk: He sulked after failing the exam.

supply

/səˈplaɪ/

සපයනවා, ලබා දෙනවා

supply something (to someone/something): The company supplies paper to their clients.
supply someone/something (with something): The store will supply us with fresh produce every week.

support

/səˈpɔːt/

සහාය දෙනවා, ආධාර උපකාර කරනවා, ආධාරකයක් ලෙස පවතිනවා

support someone/something (in something): I support my students in their pursuit of academic excellence.
support someone/something: I support my students in learning English.

suppose

/səˈpəʊz/

(යමක් එසේ යැයි) සිතනවා/සලකනවා/උපකල්පනය කරනවා

suppose (that): I suppose that you are tired after running all day.
suppose someone/something to be/do/have: I suppose the cat to be sleeping on the couch.
suppose something: I suppose she will arrive late.

supress

/səˈpres/

යමක් බලෙන් මැඩ පවත්වනවා

supress something: She tried to suppress her emotions during the speech.

surprise

/səˈpraɪz/

විශ්මයට/පුදුමයට පත් කරනවා

surprise someone: He surprised me with a birthday party.
surprise someone (wh-): I surprised my friend with a birthday party.

surround

/səˈraʊnd/

වට කරනවා, වටේට තියෙනවා

surround someone/something: The walls surround the castle.
surround someone/something (with someone/something) [P.V.]: The fence surrounds the garden, keeping the flowers safe from the animals.

survive

/səˈvaɪv/

නොනැසී ජීවත්වෙනවා/පවතිනවා/ඉතිරි වෙනවා, (යමකින්) දිවි රැක ගන්නවා, (යමකට) ඔරොත්තු දෙනවා

survive (something): She survived the car accident.
survive (from something): They survived the earthquake by taking shelter under the sturdy table.
survive (on something): They can survive on just rice and vegetables for weeks if necessary.

suspect

/səˈspekt/

සැක කරනවා, අනුමාන කරනවා

suspect (something): I suspect that she stole my necklace.
suspect (that): I suspect that she ate all the cookies.
suspect someone/something (to be/do/have something): John suspects his neighbor to be a thief.

swallow

/ˈswɒləʊ/

ගිලිනවා, ගිලගන්නවා, (යමක් සත්‍ය යැයි) පිළිගන්නවා

swallow (something): He swallowed a piece of candy without chewing it.

swap

/swɒp/

හුවමාරු කරගන්නවා

swap (something) (with someone): I will swap my pencil with hers.
swap something for something: I swapped my pen for a pencil.
swap something: She swapped her pencil for his eraser.
swap (over): We can swap over to the other team once we're finished with this game.

swear*

/sweə(r)/

දිවුරනවා, පරුෂ වචනයෙන් බැණ වදිනවා

swear something: She swore her loyalty to him.
swear to do something: I swear to never give up on my dreams.
swear (on something): She swore on her mother's grave that she would never return to that town again.
swear (that): I swear that I saw a ghost last night.
swear at someone/something: I heard him swear at the computer when it crashed.

sweat

/swet/

දහඩිය දානවා, යම් වැඩකට තදින් මහන්සි වෙනවා

sweat (something): She sweated through her shirt during her intense workout at the gym.
sweat over something: I sweat over my math homework every night.

sweep*

/swiːp/

අතු ගානවා, (සුළඟ/වැස්ස/ගින්න) වේගයෙන් හමා යනවා

sweep (something) (adv./prep.): She sweeps the floor quickly.
sweep (adv./prep.): She swept the floor quickly to remove the dust.

swell*

/swel/

ඉදිමෙනවා, පිම්බෙනවා/පුම්බනවා, (ප්‍රමාණයෙන්) විශාල/වැඩි වෙනවා

swell (up): Her ankle swelled up after she twisted it during soccer practice.
swell (something) (out): The bruise on his arm swelled out, turning an angry purple color.
swell (something) (to something): The balloon swelled to its maximum size.

swim*

/swɪm/

පිහිනනවා, පාවෙනවා etc.

swim (something) (adv./prep.): The fish swims gracefully in the ocean.

swing*

/swɪŋ/

පැද්දෙනවා/පද්දනවා, (පහර දෙන්නට යමක්) වනනවා, වැනෙනවා, (අදහස්) එකින් එකට මාරු වෙනවා

swing (something): She swung her umbrella as she walked down the street.
swing from something: She swung from the monkey bars at the playground.
swing adv./prep.: She swung gracefully over the bar.
swing (something) (at someone/something): He swung his baseball bat at the ball.

switch

/swɪtʃ/

(දෙයකින් දෙයකට) මාරු කරනවා, එහා මෙහා කරනවා, හුවමාරු කරනවා/කරගන්නවා

switch (something) (over) (from something) (to something): Please switch the lights over from the kitchen to the living room.
switch between A and B: The students can switch between speaking Sinhala and English during class discussions.
switch something (over/around): She switched the lights around to create a more comfortable ambiance in the room.
switch (something) (with someone/something): She switched seats with her friend to get a better view of the movie.

symbolize

/ˈsɪmbəlaɪz/

සංකේතවත් කරනවා

symbolize something: The dove symbolizes peace.

sympathize

/ˈsɪmpəθaɪz/

අනුකම්පාව දක්වනවා

sympathize (with someone/something): I sympathize with your situation.

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