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Question 1

Rather you than me

Answer 1

Yerinde olmak istemezdim

Question 2

Through and through

“My mother is Irish through and through.”

Answer 2

Tepeden tırnağa

= in every aspect; thoroughly or completely.

“Harriet was a political animal through and through”

Question 3

The floor is yours

Answer 3

Söz senin

Question 4

Drop the L-bomb

Answer 4

Açılmak, sevdiğini söylemek

Question 5

ballpark figure

“I know you can’t tell me the exact cost; just give me a ballpark figure. “

Answer 5

= roughly accurate approximation

Question 6

Let someone (it) ride

“Don’t panic about the low sales - let it ride for a while and see if business picks up.”

Answer 6

Oluruna bırakmak

= take no immediate action over something.

“as far as I can find out, the police have let it ride for the moment”

Question 7

come around

“He came around to our point of view”

Answer 7

Change your opinion

= change one’s position or opinion;

“He came around to our point of view”

Question 8

Are you an item?

“I saw Darren and Emma there. Are they an item?”

Answer 8

Sevgili misiniz?

= If two people are an item, they are having a romantic relationship:

Question 9

Go easy on something

“The doctor told me to go easy on the spicy food for a while.”

Answer 9

Abartmadan/Ölçülü (ye, iç, kullan vb)

= to not take or use too much of something:

Question 10

imbibe

“I had grown up imbibing some of the reverential Zionism of my family of upper-caste Hindu nationalists in India. Both Zionism and Hindu nationalism emerged in the late 19th century out of an experience of humiliation”

Pankaj Mishra

Answer 10

Özümsemek

İçine çekmek,

1a: DRINK
b: to take in or up
“a sponge imbibes moisture”

2a: to receive into the mind and retain

“imbibe moral principles”

b: to assimilate or take into solution

Question 11

I can’t place you

“I recognize her face, but I can’t quite place her.”

Answer 11

Seni çıkaramadım

= to not be able to remember who someone is or where you have met them:

“I recognize her face, but I can’t quite place her.”

Question 12

What’s the scoop?

• Bob: Did you hear about Tom?
• Mary: No, what’s the scoop? “Hi, you guys!” beamed John’s little brother. “What’s the scoop?”

Answer 12

Olay nedir?

= What is the news?; What’s new with you?

” Bob: Did you hear about Tom? Mary: No, what’s the scoop? “Hi, you guys!” beamed John’s little brother. “What’s the scoop?”

Question 13

This just in

Answer 13

Son dakika
Flaş flaş

= a phrase used by news anchors when an important piece of news has just arrived while on the air.

It may also refer to: This Just In: What I Couldn’t Tell You on TV, a 2003 book written by Bob Schieffer. T

Question 14

any day now

“The baby’s due any day now.”

Answer 14

eli kulağında
oldu olacak

= very soon.

“we’ll get them back any day now”

Question 15

We are playing hooky

Answer 15

Okulu asıyoruz

Question 16

You are off the hook

Answer 16

Paçayı kurtardın

Question 17

Busted

Answer 17

Yakalandın
Basıldın

Question 18

I’ve had enough

Answer 18

Gına geldi
Bıktım

Question 19

I’m fed up with…

Answer 19

Bir şeyden gına geldi

Question 20

giddy

“Yes, abundance makes you giddy, but there is a limit. When it is exceeded, a surfeit of choices destroys quality of life. The technical term for this is the paradox of choice.”

The Art of Thinking Clearly
Rolf Dobelli
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Answer 20

Başı dönmüş, sersemlemiş

1 a : DIZZY
“giddy from the unaccustomed exercise”

b : causing dizziness
“a giddy height”

c : whirling rapidly

Question 21

intransigent

“Saul Levi Morteira, the intransigent rabbi who would be Spinoza’s nemesis, lived on the other side of the street.”

Spinoza
Ian Buruma;

Answer 21

Uzlaşmaz

= characterized by refusal to compromise or to abandon an often extreme position or attitude : UNCOMPROMISING

//intransigent in their opposition

//an intransigent attitude

Question 22

haughty

“The poet Daniel Levi de Barrios (pen name Miguel de Barrios) wrote about his coreligionists that they were “generally so haughty that even the poorest would not condescend to serve the rich, since he would regard himself as just as noble.”

Spinoza
Ian Buruma;

Answer 22

Mağrur
Kendini beğenmiş
Kibirli

= arrogantly superior and disdainful.

“a look of haughty disdain”

Question 23

demeanor

Answer 23

Tutum
Davranış
Hal ve tavır

= a way of looking and behaving

“The boss has a calm, reassuring demeanor.”

= outward behaviour or bearing.

“his happy demeanour”

Question 24

innocuous

“Sometimes an initial decision or event may seem innocuous at first, but it turns out to strongly influence or limit your possible outcomes in the long run.”

Super Thinking
Gabriel Weinberg

Answer 24

Zararsız

= not harmful or offensive.

“it was an innocuous question”

Question 25

reprieve

“Another model from economics offers some reprieve from the limitations of path dependence: preserving optionality. The idea is to make choices that preserve future options.”

Super Thinking
Gabriel Weinberg

Answer 25

Geciktirme
Ölüm cezasını erteleme

= 2. To bring relief to:

“The rain reprieved us from the noise of the construction machinery.”

= cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death).

“under the new regime, prisoners under sentence of death were reprieved”

Question 26

proctor

“I walked to the front of the classroom, where my calculus teacher, whom we’ll call Carol Smith, was proctoring the exam.”

Naked Statistics
Charles Wheelan

Answer 26

Gözetmen

= to watch people taking an exam in order to check that they do not cheat:

“Miss Jekyll will be proctoring today.”

“He proctored our final.”

Question 27

in the zone

“I’m not the best chess player in the world, but when I’m in the zone, I feel unstoppable.”

Answer 27

= having all your attention on what you are doing, especially playing a sport, and doing it well

“When I’m in the zone, every shot seems easy.”

= In a state in which one can or feels as though one can perform with exceptional focus, skill, and energy.

“I’m not the best chess player in the world, but when I’m in the zone, I feel unstoppable.”

Question 28

stay grounded

Answer 28

= means thatyou have the ability to stay calm and connect to the core of who you are in the face of uncertainty. It means that you aren’t controlled by the chaos externally but rather you’re in full control of your emotions, thoughts, values, purpose and the vision you have for your life.

Question 29

Think nothing of it

Answer 29

Önemli değil, Dert etme

Question 30

You never know

Answer 30

Hiç belli olmaz