15 Flashcards

1
Q

Back to back

A

Ard arda

Consecutively, iyi a row
in a succession

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2
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That’ll do

A

Bu kadarı yeter

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3
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Come (a)round

“He’ll come around to my point of view eventually.”

A

(İyi anlamda) pes edip onun dediğine geldim

= to change your opinion of something:

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4
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Boil down

“The problem boils down to one thing - lack of money.”

A

Simplify, summarize or shorten; to show the main reason or cause

If a situation or problem boils down to something, that is the main reason for it:

The problem boils down to one thing -lack of money.

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5
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unabashedly

“In Utah civil court, the actress has unabashedly leaned into every stereotype that has ever been used to label her”

A

Arsızca

notabashed:UNDISGUISED,UNAPOLOGETIC

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a chip on one’s shoulder

“Madoff had a chip on his shoulder and felt that he was not part of the Wall Street in-crowd.”

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an ingrained feeling of resentment deriving from a sense of inferiority and sometimes marked by aggressive behaviour.

“I had a dirty great chip on my shoulder—I thought everybody was against me”

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advise

“In an interview with journalist Steve Fishman, Madoff advised, “We were a small firm, we weren’t a member of the New York Stock Exchange. It was very obvious.”

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= To inform; notify:

“advised us that the meeting had been postponed”

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abreast

None. I find by staying abreast of our Berkshire subsidiaries and by regularly reading business newspapers and magazines, I am exposed to an enormous amount of material at the micro level. I find that what I see going on there pretty much informs me of what’s happening at the macro level.”
C. Munger

A

yan yana
aynı hizada
bordalamak

stay abreast =

  1. To remain closely informed about someone or something; to follow the developments of someone or something.

“There are so many software vulnerabilities that it’s difficult to stay abreast of them all.”

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9
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Take something too far

A

(Bir şeyin) suyunu çıkarmak

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10
Q

Fawn

A

Açık kahverengi

Yavru geyik

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11
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Hit (me) up

“if you have a serious band and would like to play some music, hit me up”

A

Beni ara

= contact someone.

“if you have a serious band and would like to play some music, hit me up”

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12
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Catch up

A

Buluşmak, hasret gidermek

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13
Q

Look up

Things are looking up on my end”

A

(işlerin) iyiye gitmesi

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14
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My end

Things are looking up on my end”

A

Benim tarafta

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15
Q

What have you been up to

A

Sen neler yaptın?
Sende ne var ne yok?

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16
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snitch on (one)

Why would you snitch on me to the teacher like that?

A

İspiyonlamak

= To inform against a criminal or wrongdoer to a figure of authority.

I’m afraid the mafia will make a hit on me since I snitched on them to the police about their money-laundering operation.

Why would you snitch on me to the teacher like that?

17
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Parkway

A

a wide road planted with trees, turf, etc

18
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So be it

A

Peki, öyle olsun

19
Q

Be in a pickle

“Help me, I’m in a pickle”

A

Başı belada olmak

20
Q

Be in a jam

“Sorry, i can’t come tonight, I’m in a jam”

A

Darda olmak
Sıkışık olmak
(Parasal) sıkıntıya düşmek

21
Q

My phone almost died

A

Şarjım neredeyse bitti

22
Q

Go off

A

Çalar saatin çalması

23
Q

I got no reception

A

Telefonum çekmiyor

24
Q

Put someone on the phone

“Put your mother on the phone”

A

Telefonu (görüşmek üzere) birisine vermek

25
Q

Put the phone on silent

A

Telefonu sessize almak

26
Q

Sic’em

A

Saldır
(Köpeklere verilen saldırma emri)

27
Q

Sic (someone or something) on (someone)

“He sicced his lawyers on me”

A

(Birini/birşeyi) üzerine salmak/saldırtmak

28
Q

As fuck

“That dinner was good as fuck”

A

Aşırı
Çok
Deli gibi

“Hard as fuck = aşırı zor”

29
Q

Go flat

“Put the lid back on or the coke will go flat”

A

(Kolanın) asiti/gazı kaçmak

30
Q

Till the bitter end

A

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