“Ku paramura kutanga basa guru raunozotadza kupedza.”

“To botch is to start a big job that you will fail to finish. Akaparamura mhosva paakapa mwana wavaridzi pamuviri.”

“He botched the case when he gave the landlord's child a beating. Ku paramura kugona kurova zvakanaka pawanga uchida chaipo.”

“To botch is to fail to hit well when you really wanted to. Ku paramura kushunya nenzara.”

“To botch is to be tormented by hunger.”