āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
wake-up call
/wËeÉĒkËĘp kËÉËl/
Wake-up call
01
āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ˛, āĻāĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻž
a phone call that is made at a particular time to wake someone up, at their request, for example in a hotel
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The hotel staff provided a friendly wake-up call to start his day.
āĻšā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻĢāĻāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ˛ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¤āĻž, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŖā§āĻ° āĻāĻšā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨
a warning or event that draws attention to a problem and shows that action must be taken, especially when something has been neglected
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Rising costs served as a wake-up call to the company.
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¤āĻž āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
