05 Flashcards
have a ring to it
“After so many years of hard work, “Jane Smith, Vice-President of Marketing” sure has a nice ring to it.”
= To sound appealing.
An adjective, often “certain” or “nice,” is commonly used to modify “ring.”
side hustle
“In my view, @Columbia is a real estate holdings venture that tolerates academic classes as a side hustle. If it actually delivers on the threat to close down the campus & evict students & faculty, then it’ll have merely excised the side hustle, revealing its true beating heart.”
= a piece of work or a job that you get paid for doing in addition to doing your main job:
“The series is designed to inspire hard-working corporate employees to start a side hustle if they are interested in eventually starting a business.”
= work performed for income supplementary to one’s primary job.
“These days, lots of people have a side hustle to help them earn extra income, develop new skills, become a business owner and quit their day job.”
occasion
The third area of his creative genius involved his early works on gravity. Newton later told different versions of the same story: the idea about gravity had come to him when he was in a “contemplative mood” and was “occasioned by the fall of an apple.” Why did the apple “not go sideways or upwards, but constantly to the earth’s center? . . . Assur- edly the reason is, that the earth draws it. There must be a drawing power in matter.”
transitive verb
: BRING ABOUT, CAUSE
Pewter
Kalay kap
Are you all set?
Hazır mısın?
Are you for real?
Ciddi misin? (Şaşırarak, küçümseyerek)
use your noodle
“Come on, Dean, I know you can figure this out on your own. Use your noodle for a change!”
Kafanı kullan
= To use one’s own intelligence and intellectual ability; to think logically and rationally. (“Noodle” here is slang for the head and, by extension, the brain. Often said as an imperative.)
Tag along
“If you’re going to town do you mind if I tag along?”
Peşine takılmak
Peşine bırakmamak
Asinine
“asinine behavior”
1: extremely or utterly foolish or silly
//an asinine excuse
2: of, relating to, or resembling an ass
word to the wise
“A word to the wise—don’t use Amy’s baby shower as an opportunity to announce your engagement.”
“Stay away from the boss today, he’s in a bad mood. Just a word to the wise.”
Sana tavsiyem
Arife tarif gerekmez
= used to say that one is about to give someone advice or a warning
“A word to the wise: never sign a contract without reading it first.”
= A phrase that emphasizes a statement as advice. It is a shortening of the phrase “a word to the wise is sufficient,” meaning that a wise or intelligent person can take a hint and does not need a long explanation.
(right) on the money
“You were right on the money when you said that he would have to resign.”
Tam üstüne basmak
Doğru, haklı olmak
= exact or correct:
“Her prediction was right on the money.”
= to be completely correct or right
“She said that the train would be late by 10 minutes, and she was right on the money.”
You’re a natural
Çok yeteneklisin
Did you get my drift?
Beni anladın mı?
Demek istediğimi anladın mı?
: to understand the general or basic meaning of what someone is saying.
I shouldn’t keep you
Ben seni tutmayayım
It serves you right
Sana müstahak
Oh olsun
Too little too late
İş işten geçti
Play it cool
Sakın ol
Duygularını belli etme
A different/another kettle of fish
Apayrı bir mevzu
Chock-a-block
Sıkış tepiş
Tacky
Dandik
Tatty
“an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains”
Eski püskü
= showing signs of wear and tear;
“a ratty old overcoat”; “shabby furniture”
Keep me company
Bana eşlik et
Shine at
Yetenekli
= be good at.
“She shines at math”
synonyms: excel at.
Let it slide
Boş ver
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