16 Flashcards
alacrity
Şevk
= Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm
This evening, however, he was struck by the beaming alacrity of the aide-de-camp’s greeting.
go way back
: to have known each other for a long time
“He and I go way back.”
meaning you’ve known someone for a long time.
“me and him - we go way back, man.”
Lay bare
“The incident on the train not only revealed the intransigent Jewish consciousness in Isaiah’s mother; it also laid bare his own identity. ”
Isaiah Berlin by Michael Ignatieff
= to reveal or uncover private information or feelings
“He laid bare his soul.“
“The book is an attempt to lay bare the secrets of this very powerful political family.”
pensive
“She was a ‘pensive, slightly melancholy girl with the most beautiful manners”
Isaiah Berlin by Michael Ignatieff
düşünceli (dalgın)
“O onu düşünceli bıraktı. - That left him pensive.”
= Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness
“Abstruse thought and profound researches I prohibit, and will severely punish, by the pensive melancholy which they introduce.”
= Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking
far removed from
““Convention does not in itself imply slavery; it is largely that instinctive law that arises out of men’s fear of anarchy, which is as far removed from freedom as tyranny itself. ”
Isaiah Berlin by Michael Ignatieff
: very different from (something)
“a pampered life far removed from the poverty of his youth”
“Hockey and soccer are not that far removed from each other.”
Something is off
Bir terslik var
You set me up
Beni oyuna getirdin
divvy up
: to divide something into
to divide something into parts or shares:
” They finally decided how to divvy up the money.”
dereliction of duty
Görevi ihmal
= the shameful failure to fulfil one’s obligations.
“the prosecution team were guilty of
dereliction of duty for failing to disclose evidence”
Dereliction = sahipsizlik, terkedilmiş
Get it over it
Elini çabuk tut
jack sth. up
“If you noticed that corporations’ costs are down & they are still jacking up their prices for consumers…”
[kd]fiyat vb. yükseltmek, artirmak
{f}kriko ile kaldırmak
get into something
“We didn’t want to get into politics at dinner table so we quickly change the subject”
= to start a conversation/discussion about a something
“Let’s get into why he likes his job so much”
Drive
Bir şeyi harekete geçirmek
Dürtü
“What is your drive in life (sizi hayatta harekete geçiren, motivasyon kaynağınız nedir?)”
“You got to have inner drive”
Stick with it
Keep doing it - don’t give up
vaguely
“He is 95 years old. He vaguely remembers his college years”
Hayal meyal
Double take
“I did a double take when I saw her. She looks so different with blonde hair”
To look twice at something in disbelief
I can’t make it
“I’m sorry, I can’t make it. I have other plans”
Gelemem, yapamam
= can’t do, can’t go
buoyant
“Magnificent Rebels” is a buoyant work of intellectual history written as what was once termed the “higher gossip.”
batmaz
yüzen
neşeli/batmaz
ümitsizliğe kapılmayan
a : capable of floating
//Cork is naturally buoyant.
b : CHEERFUL, GAY
//in a buoyant mood
c : capable of maintaining a satisfactorily high level
//a buoyant economy
Good to go
Ready
I’m good to go
Maddening
Can sıkıcı, çıldırtıcı
Halfway through
“I’m halfway through the book”
…. yarısındayım
Kitabın yarısındayım
I had to leave halfway through the meeting = toplantının yarısında çıkmak zorunda kaldım
Halve = yarılamak, yarıya indirmek, ikiye bölmek
My other halve
A latter-day
“Your problem is that you fancy yourself a latter day Robin Hood”
= modern or contemporary, especially when mirroring some person or thing of the past.
“the book is built round the story of the Flood and a latter-day Noah”
Senin sorunun kendini çağdaş Robin Hood sanman
salt of the earth
:a very good and honest person or group of people
“These folks are the salt of the earth.”
Malarkey
Zırva
meaningless talk; nonsense.
“don’t give me that malarkey”
might as well
“I might as well take a walk while I’m waiting”
Should
Be my guest
Buyur
made a pass
” she claimes that her boss made a pass at her”
Sarkıntılık yapmak
= to do or say something that clearly shows one wants to begin a romantic or sexual relationship with (someone)
“He made a pass at his wife’s friend.”
Root for someone
“I am rooting for you”
Birini destek olmak, arka çıkmak
go through something difficult
Zor bir şey yaşamak
Go through something = bir şey yaşamak
wing it
” I hadn’t practiced the part, so I got up there and winged it.”
improvise
= to do or try to do something without much practice or preparation
