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Question 1

Cut across

Answer 1

Kestirmeden gitmek

Bir şeyin içinden geçmek

Question 2

Cut corners

Answer 2

Malzemeden çalmak,

Kolayına kaçmak

Ucuza kaçmak

Question 3

A weekend getaway

Answer 3

Hafta sonu kaçamağı

Question 4

What is he up to?

Answer 4

Neler çeviriyor bu?

Question 5

Plug socket

Answer 5

Priz

Question 6

Light switch

Answer 6

Elektrik anahtarı

Question 7

put a damper on thing

Answer 7

Tadını kaçırmak, havasını bozmak

= :to make (something) less strong, active, or exciting

” His bad mood put a damper on the celebration.”

Question 8

I have a lot on my plate

Answer 8

Benim derdim bana yeter

to have something, usually a large amount of important work, to deal with:

“She’s got a lot on her plate - especially with two new projects starting this week.”

Question 9

Play it safe

Answer 9

Temkinli davran

Sağlamcı olmak

take precautions; avoid risks.

“I think we’ll play it safe and get another set of X-rays done”

Question 10

You can say that again

Answer 10

Doğru söze ne denir

used to express emphatic agreement.

“‘The weather’s been bad.’ ‘You can say that again!’”

Question 11

Behave yourself

Answer 11

Kendine gel
Terbiyeni takın

Question 12

Bite your tongue

Answer 12

Ağzından yel alsın

Question 13

I’m knackered

Answer 13

Pestilim çıktı

Question 14

Make it snappy

Answer 14

Elini çabuk tut

Question 15

Screw that

Answer 15

Salla gitsin, siktiret

Boş ver

= A rude and angry expression of disgust or dissatisfaction with someone or something, especially indicating that one doesn’t want to be associated with the person or do the thing in question.

A: “The manager said all staff have to be in tomorrow at 6 AM to help with the stock check.” B: “Screw that!

Question 16

Stop blabbering!

Answer 16

Kafa ütülemeyi bırak!

Question 17

Spare no expense

Answer 17

Hiç bir masraftan kaçırmamak

Question 18

I smell a rat

Answer 18

Bu işte bir bit yeniği var

Question 19

Let the good times roll

Answer 19

En kötü günümüz böyle olsun

= To have as much fun or live life as richly as possible. (Often said as an imperative.)

“We’ve had another successful year at the company, so everyone enjoy the party and let the good times roll!”

Question 20

Knock yourself out

Answer 20

Kafana göre takıl
Feel free (to do something); go ahead; do something for as long and as much as you like.

“If you want to go through all the files one by one, knock yourself out, but I ain’t doing that.”

Question 21

Suit yourself

Answer 21

Keyfin bilir
Nasıl biliyorsan öyle yap

= to do what one wants to do. used especially to tell people that they can do what they want even though one does not think it is what they should do.

“I don’t want to go.” “Suit yourself. We’ll go without you.”

Question 22

It’s cinch

Answer 22

Çantada keklik

very easy to do

Question 23

Are you for real?

Answer 23

Benimle kafa mı buluyorsun?

Are you serious, earnest? Do you mean what you have said?

Question 24

Wade through

“As a scientist I have spent most of my life wading through dry academic textbooks. “

Answer 24

= To read (something) with great effort:

“waded through the school’s correspondence.”

Question 25

Wry

“The book is smart, wry, perceptive and absolutely of its time – its effect was electrifying.”

Answer 25

{s}çarpık
{s}alaycı
buruk
eğri

1: bent, twisted, or turned usually abnormally to one side
//a wry nose
2: made by a deliberate distortion of the facial muscles often to express irony or mockery
//a wry smile
3: WRONGHEADED sense 1
4: cleverly and often ironically or grimly humorous
//a wry wit

Question 26

Call off

“Padma, you can not call off the wedding”

“Roman, don’t do this. Call him off”

Answer 26

İptal etmek
Bırakmak
Vazgeçmek

Question 27

I am nauseous / I feel nauseous

Answer 27

Midem bulanıyor

Question 28

Come to terms with

Answer 28

(Tatsız bir gerçeği) kabullenmek

Question 29

Don’t get me started

Answer 29

Ağzımı açtırma şimdi

Question 30

Don’t rush me!

Answer 30

Beni acele ettirme