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Question 1

Laity

“Or as the playwright George Bernard Shaw once said, “All professions are a conspiracy against the laity.”

Excerpt From
Tao of Charlie Munger

Answer 1

= lay people, as distinct from the clergy.

= ordinary people, as distinct from professionals or experts.

Question 2

Nothing gets by you

Answer 2

Gözünüzden hiçbir şey kaçmıyor

Question 3

New dawn

Answer 3

Yeni başlangıç

Question 4

It dawn on me

“The solution finally dawned on him.”

” It suddenly dawned on me that I hadn’t eaten all day.”

Answer 4

Nihayet anladım

: to begin to be understood or realized by (someone) for the first time.

Question 5

Duly noted

“Your disagreement is duly noted.”

Answer 5

Not edilmiştir
Kayda alındı

= It’s often used to make it known that something that has been said or done by another person goes against the desire or decision of the speaker:

“Their complaints were duly noted but not appreciated.”

The expression duly noted is a way of saying that something is “officially recognized” or “understood in full.”

In its most neutral use, duly noted is a way of saying “noticed and worth mentioning.” This use is often official or bureaucratic in tone.

Question 6

Consonance

Answer 6

Ahenk

bring into consonance= ahenk sağlamak

Question 7

Grovel

Answer 7

dizlerine kapanmak
(korku/vb.’den) yerlerde sürünmek

Question 8

I wear the pants in the family

Answer 8

Evde benim borum öter

Question 9

Don’t quote me on that

Answer 9

Benden duymuş olma

Question 10

You can’t help yourself

Answer 10

Senin kendine hayrın yok

Question 11

I’ll give you that

“I don’t really like his movies, but he’s a talented actor, I’ll give you that.”

Answer 11

Doğruya doğru

= used to say that one is willing to admit that at least part of something someone says is true.

Question 12

fumble

Answer 12

yüzüne gözüne bulaştırmak, berbat etmek

= bungle

Question 13

Chagrin

“The mob actively followed the actors and actresses around and hovered around the sets, much to the chagrin of the actors. Marlon Brando in particular wasn’t too pleased”

Answer 13

Üzmek, sıkmak, iç sıkıntısı

= A keen feeling of mental unease, as of annoyance or embarrassment, caused by failure, disappointment, or a disconcerting event:

“To her chagrin, the party ended just as she arrived.”

= To cause to feel chagrin; mortify or discomfit:

“He was chagrined at the poor sales of his book. “

Question 14

Gulp

Answer 14

Yutkunmak

Question 15

Stutter

Answer 15

Kekelemek

“When she began to stutter, her classmates couldn’t help laughing. = O kekelemeye başladığında sınıf arkadaşları gülmekten kendilerini alamadılar.”

Question 16

reminisce

“At the reunion, the former classmates reminisced about their old teachers.”

Answer 16

= indulge in enjoyable recollection of past events.

“they reminisced about their summers abroad”

= To think about or tell of past experiences or events:

“At the reunion, the former classmates reminisced about their old teachers.”

Question 17

Tough luck

Answer 17

Şansına küs

Question 18

out of one’s depth

“I was out of my depth in the advanced class, so I moved to the intermediate class.”

Answer 18

= not having the knowledge, experience, or skills to deal with a particular subject or situation:

= If you say that someone is out of their depth, you mean that they are in a situation that is much too difficult for them to be able to cope with it.

“Mr Gibson is clearly intellectually out of his depth. I’d always struggled at school. I hated it and felt out of my depth.”

Question 19

second to none

“the group has a reputation that is second to none in the building industry”

Answer 19

Bir benzeri daha yok
Tek geçerim

=better than all others of the same kind

“His cakes are second to none.”

“The city’s public transportation system is second to none.”

Question 20

Killjoy

“I have been by profession a classicist, historian,
teacher, sceptic and occasional killjoy.”

Answer 20

Oyunbozan

= a person who deliberately spoils the enjoyment of others.

“a few killjoys try to reform the seasonal activities”

Question 21

Spoken for

“Apologies: my author’s copies are all spoken for. “

Answer 21

= If something is spoken for, it is not available because someone has already bought or asked for it:

“Most of the best paintings in the exhibition were already spoken for.”

Question 22

Retainer

Answer 22

Uşak = servant
Çalışan, employee

Question 23

shuteye

“when he was running Amazon, Jeff Bezos would aim for eight hours’ shuteye a night and try not to schedule meetings before 10am. “

Answer 23

Uyku

Question 24

Feint

“…These feints couldn’t stop readers, or the authorities, from quickly figuring out that the “Tractatus” was the work of Baruch Spinoza.”

Answer 24

= (Askeri) yanıltma hareketi yapmak

: something feigned

specifically : a mock blow or attack on or toward one part in order to distract attention from the point one really intends to attack

“The boxer made a feint with his right, then followed with a left hook.”

Question 25

Scale

Answer 25

Baskül

Question 26

Lean on

Answer 26

Ağırlığını (birine/bir şeye) vermek

Birine/bir şeye yaslanmak

Question 27

Stan

Answer 27

Hayran, sıkı taraftar

Question 28

malfeasance

“Several of the satraps - those he had put in charge to govern the occupied territories - were being executed for treason and malfeasance.”

Answer 28

Görevi suistimal

: wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official

“The investigation has uncovered evidence of corporate malfeasance.”

Question 29

Coddle

Answer 29

Şımartmak

= treat tenderly; pamper; indulge; baby

Question 30

You startled me

Answer 30

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