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05 Flashcards

1
Q

You can’t take it with you

A

Kefenin cebi yok

Dünya malı dünyada kalır

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2
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I wasn’t hitting on you

A

Sana asılmıyordum

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3
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Play it cool

A

Sakin ol

Soğukkanlığını koru

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4
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Be down in the dumps

“I knew you were down in the dumps. So I brought you sth to cheer you up”

A

Canının sıkkın olması

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5
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Poplar

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Kavak

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6
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panacea

“But because science supposedly gives clear answers about everything from how to open schools in a pandemic to who will be elected president, we tend to rush to embrace it as a panacea.”

A

: a remedy for all ills or difficulties: CURE-ALL

“The law will improve the lives of local farmers , but it is no panacea.”

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gear towards

“What was cemented in place this week is a new GOP. They’re nationalist, culturally conservative, geared toward the losers of capitalism as well as its winners, and mildly protectionist and isolationist”

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  1. Adopt something to make it suitable for someone or something
  2. Organise or arrange something for a particular purpose, audience, et
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8
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Take your pick

A

Birini seç

İstediğini al

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9
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What’s in it for me?

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Bu işten benim çıkarım ne olacak?

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10
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Time will tell

A

Zaman gösterir

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11
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Tomorrow is another day

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Gün doğmadan neler doğar

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12
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Don’t sweat it

A

Endişelenme

Kafanı yorma

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13
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If I do say so myself

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Övünmek gibi olmasın ama

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14
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If you can’t beat them, join them.

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Bükemediğin eli öpeceksin

= if you are unable to outdo rivals in some endeavour, you might as well cooperate with them and thereby possibly gain an advantage.

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15
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Cope with

“It’s the only way I can cope with the stress of the job”

A

Başa çıkmak
Uğraşmak
Üstesinden gelmek

” we cope with the press every single day”

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16
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high-wire

“Meeting the growing food demands of the global population –projectedto reach ten billion by 2050 – amid accelerating climate change presents an unprecedented high-wire act that requires human ingenuity, good governance, and technology.”

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: involving great risk

“a financial high-wire act”

:DARING

“high-wire prose”

17
Q

take a page from

“Farmers have taken a page from ride-sharing apps like Uber, using GPS tracking devices and fleet-management software that allows small producers to share assets required for agricultural mechanization.”

A

= to do the same thing that someone else has done.

” You may want to borrow/take a page from her and study harder for your finals.”

18
Q

extirpate

“so that it is possible not to experience anger, practices that can extirpate anger, cleanse the soul of tendencies to anger.”

How to Live a Good Life by Massimo Pigliucci

A

Kökünü kazımak

: to destroy completely : WIPE OUT

: to pull up by the root

19
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Stead

“The aim of ethics is to do good, to reduce pain and suffering (dukkha), and, if possible, to bring happiness in its stead.”

How to Live a Good Life by Massimo Pigliucci

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yer

“Başkan gelmedi ama, yerine başkan yardımcısını gönderdi. - The president did not come, but sent the vice-president in his stead.”

20
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Garnish

“Some hospitals are going as far as suing their patients, garnishing their wages and putting liens on their homes over unpaid bills”

A

Haczetmek

Süslemek

21
Q

Fair enough

A

Gayet makul

22
Q

Ring a bell

A

Bir sey çağrıştırmak
Yabancı gelmemek

23
Q

Let bygones be bygones

A

Geçmişi unutalım
Eski defterleri kapatalım

24
Q

Drop in on

“Sorry to drop in on you like this, Miss Lane”

A

Uğramak
Ziyaret etmek

25
Q

Drop off

“She wanted drop off your staff”

A

Arabayla bırakmak
Birini ya da bir şeyi bırakmak

“Can you drop me off on the way? = Beni yol üstünde bırakır mısın?”

“She wanted drop off your staff”

26
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Fall for

” I guess nobody’s dumb enough to fall for that twice”

A

Aldanmak

Fall for somebody = abayı yakmak, aşık olmak

27
Q

Malediction

A

Beddua

28
Q

Dupe

A

Muadil (yasal)

Knock-off = çakma (yasal değil)

29
Q

Another one bites the dust

A

Ölmek

30
Q

Make do

A

İdare etmek
Yetinmek

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