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Question 1

Fine hair

Answer 1

İnce Saç

Question 2

Suck it up

Dan: “I can’t believe the other kids would make fun of me like that.”
Tammy: “Oh, suck it up, Dan; they’ll only tease you more if you have a tantrum.”

Answer 2

Bir sorunu kabullenmek
İdare et

= accept something unpleasant or difficult.

= To endure something painful, unpleasant, or otherwise dissatisfactory; to deal with or recover from some hardship or stress.

“I hated having to work two jobs, but with three small kids at home, I knew I just had to suck it up.”

Question 3

At the eleventh hour

“They reached at an agreement at the eleventh hour before project submission.”

Answer 3

Son anda, son dakikada

= At the last possible moment or opportunity.

“I was shocked that they reached an agreement at the eleventh hour after weeks of squabbling.”

Question 4

What’s the catch?

Answer 4

Olayı ne? Karşılığında ne yapmam gerekiyor

= is a retort when one believes that an offer is too good to be true. One may ask what’s the catch? if he believes that a situation or deal is being presented on its best face and that problems or drawbacks are being hidden.

Question 5

Egg someone on

Answer 5

Gaza getitmek

Question 6

You shouldn’t have

Answer 6

Niye zahmet ettin

Question 7

it’s the thought that counts

Answer 7

Düşünmen yeter

= the kindness someone shows when they buy you a present is more important than the gift itself

Question 8

Take it down a notch

Answer 8

Sesinizi yükseltmeyin

Ağırdan al, ağır ol?

Question 9

Cut in line

Answer 9

Sırada öne geçmek

Question 10

Fits like a glove

Answer 10

Tam oturdu

Question 11

Eat your heart out

“Eat your heart out—my new car is being delivered today.”

Answer 11

Çatla da patla!

= Feel bitter anguish, grief, worry, jealousy, or another strong negative emotion.

= If you say “eat your heart out” followed by the name of a famous person, you are joking that you are even better than that person:

“I’m singing in the village production of Tosca next month - eat your heart out Pavarotti!”

Question 12

If worse comes to worst

“We should be home when you arrive, but if worst comes to worst, the neighbors have a spare key and will let you into the house.”

Answer 12

En kötü ihtimalle

= if the situation develops in the most serious or unpleasant way:

Question 13

there’s no such thing as bad publicity/press

Answer 13

Reklamın iyisi kötüsü olmaz

Question 14

By the by

“By the by, Ian said he might call round tonight.”

Answer 14

Yeri gelmişken

= as in by the way
by way of interjection or digression

“He mentioned by the by that he had never been to Paris.”

= used when mentioning something that may be interesting but is not particularly important

Question 15

Have a frog in my throat

“I had a frog in my throat, and I had to clear my throat several times before I could answer.”

Answer 15

Sesim kısıldı

= difficulty speaking because your throat feels dry:

Question 16

twine

Asunta case

Answer 16

sicim

Question 17

What’s gotten into you?

Answer 17

Neyin var senin?
Ne oldu sana böyle?

Question 18

Spic and span

Answer 18

Tertemiz

Question 19

What set you off?

Answer 19

Seni ne tetikledi?

Question 20

Situationship

Answer 20

Statüsü belirsiz ilişki

= a romantic or intimate relationship that lacks clear definitions or commitments typically associated with traditional romantic relationships. It refers to a connection between two people that falls somewhere between a friendship and a committed partnership.

Question 21

Rizz

Answer 21

Tatlı, etkileyici

= Rizz is short for “charisma,” and it simply means an ability to charm and woo a person.

Question 22

shenanigan

Answer 22

kurnazlık
dolandırıcılık
oyun, hile, numara
Maskaralık

= silly behaviour that is usually not very serious or harmful:

“He told stories of his childhood pranks and prep school shenanigans”

= secret or dishonest activities, usually of a complicated type:

“Like many local governments in the state, the county has a long history of political shenanigans.”

“More business shenanigans were exposed in the newspapers today”

Question 23

possum

“Until you’ve driven a stake through his heart by winning match point, he keeps coming and coming and coming. He revels in playing possum..”

Answer 23

: ölü numarası yapmak

Question 24

swing for the fences

“Getting rich: Optimism, risk-taking, swing for the fences.

Staying rich: A little pessimistic, skeptical, room for error.”

— Morgan Housel

Answer 24

= to make a big effort to do something that is very impressive or important, but is difficult to achieve, especially if there is a risk of failure:

“Should we adjust our expectations to reality, or swing for the fences?”

“The company intends to make an ambitious swing for the fences.”

= in baseball, to try to hit the ball very hard so that you score a home run (= a point scored in baseball when you hit the ball, usually out of the playing field, and are able to run around all the bases at one time to the starting base):

Question 25

unfettered

“Understanding nature, logically, scientifically, and sometimes instinctively, can only come from unfettered and autonomous thought.”

Spinoza
Ian Buruma;

Answer 25

= unrestrained or uninhibited

Dizginsiz, kısıtlanmayan, serbest

“unfettered artistic genius”

Question 26

Lewd

“Spinoza didn’t, however, need to be lewd or mocking to upset the religious, whether they be Jewish or Christian. His insistence on thinking freely for himself, without the mediation of clerics or clouding his mind with angels, saints, or other miraculous or supernatural notions, and his idea of God as the infinite substance of nature, rather than a divine creator, was a direct challenge to everything for which the pastors, priests, and rabbis stood.”

Spinoza
Ian Buruma;

Answer 26

Müstehçen

= crude and offensive in a sexual way.

= of behaviour, speech, dress, etc.) sexual in an obvious and rude way:

“Ignore him - he’s being lewd.”

“a lewd suggestion”

Question 27

come into your own

“Part of the game of investing is to ‘come into your own.’ You must find some way that perfectly fits your personality.”

— Li Lu

Answer 27

Kendini göstermek
Hak ettiği yere gelmek

= to be very useful or successful in a particular situation:

“Eileen really comes into her own in a crisis.”

= to reach a desired level of accomplishment

“That intern has really come into her own over the past year.”

Question 28

Pretty please

Answer 28

Ne olur lütfen
Lütfen ama lütfen

= used for asking someone for something or persuading them to do something by trying to make yourself sound friendly:

” Can we have one, too? Please! Pretty please!”

Question 29

Phub

Answer 29

Telefonla uğraşıp yanındakileri görmezden gelmek

= To ignore someone in one’s presence in order to pay attention to the content on one’s phone or other mobile device. The term derives from “phubbing,” a combination of “phone” and “snubbing” that was coined as part of a marketing campaign for an Australian dictionary.

“I’m right here—quit phubbing me and read your tweets later!”

Question 30

Might as well

Answer 30

Bari …şunu yapalım

= a phrase indicating that it is probably better to do something than not to do it.

Bill: Should we try to get there for the first showing of the film? Jane: Might as well.

= Should (do something), typically because there is no reason not to.

“The deadline is today, but you might as well send it in anyway—they may still accept it.”