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Question 1

Still digging

Who is behind this
(We’re) still digging

Answer 1

(Hala) öğrenmeye çalışıyoruz

Question 2

I’m just passing through

Answer 2

Sadece geçiyordum

Question 3

Put my one’s foot down

“Look, I’m gonna put my foot down”

Answer 3

Ayak diremek

Question 4

Quick sidebar

Answer 4

Özel olarak konuşabilir miyiz?

Question 5

The facilities

“Do you need to use the facillities, Mr Bob? Go number Two”

Answer 5

Tuvalet

(Kibar olmak için kullanılır)

Question 6

Go number two

Answer 6

Büyük tuvaleti gelmek

Question 7

Beat it

Answer 7

Toz ol
Kirişi kır

. Go away; leave me alone. Usually used as an imperative.
Beat it, little brother—I’ve got things to do.
What are you kids doing on my lawn? Beat it!
2. To leave a place quickly.
We need to beat it before the cops get here!

Question 8

old school

old-schoolideas/traditions

Answer 8

Eski usul
Eski moda

He was very old-school in hisapproachtomanagement.

Question 9

Pontificate

I try not to do this myself. But I cringe when I see someone who is an expert in field X release a video, podcast, blog post, book, interview, in which they pontificate on a topic belonging to field Y, of which they are not experts. We are all entitled to our opinions, but…

Answer 9

:to speak or express opinions in a pompous or dogmatic way

//He does not pontificate about whether one ought to choose, if forced to it, to betray one’s country rather than one’s friends… —Robin W.Winks

Question 10

Better luck next time

Answer 10

Bir dahaki sefere (artık)

Question 11

No such luck

Answer 11

Nerde (bende o şans)

Question 12

Woe is me

Answer 12

Vay başıma gelenler

anironicorhumorousexclamationofsorrowordistress.

said toexpresshowunhappyyou are:

I’mcoldandwetand I don’t have enoughmoneyfor thebushome. Ohwoeis me!

Question 13

Bless your heart

Answer 13

Ah canım benim ya, ne kadar safsın

Question 14

Do you happen to

…where he is

Answer 14

Acaba

Acaba, nerde olduğunu biliyor musun?

I wonder

Question 15

simmer down

Answer 15

to become calm or peaceful

Sakinleşmek

Question 16

the whole nine yards

“send in the troops, aircraft, nuclear submarine experts, the whole nine yards”

Answer 16

everything possible or available

= very thing you canpossiblywant, have, or do in aparticularsituation:

When I was little, myfamilyalways hadlotsofpets-dogs,cats,hamsters,fish,rabbits- thewholenineyards.

Theweatherwasterriblebut Iwantedtogothewholenineyardsand get to thetopof themountain.

”

Question 17

A dime a dozen

“experts in this field are a dime a dozen”

Answer 17

Bini bir para

very common and of no particular value.

“experts in this field are a dime a dozen”

Question 18

Give someone the ax(e)

“The boss is going to give me the axe if he finds out that printing error was my fault.”

Answer 18

Tekmeyi vurmak, kovmak

=to dismiss (someone) from a job: to fire (someone)

= To dismiss one from one’s job; to fire one.

The boss is going to give me the axe if he finds out that printing error was my fault.

Question 19

get under way

“The Democratic convention gets underway tomorrow in Chicago”

Answer 19

= to begin to happen:

1. To proceed or begin to progress; to start.

“OK, everyone, let’s get under way—you have an hour to complete the exam.”
“I’m sure you can ask your question once the lecture gets under way.”

2. To cause something to proceed or begin to progress; to start something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between “get” and “under.

“We’re just waiting for Martha before we get the meeting under way.”

Question 20

heavy-handed

Will Turkey’s Elections Be Free and Fair? | MEI’s @gonultol shares her insights in @washingtonpost: “What does this tell us about elections in Turkey? That they are popular and fraud is not, making heavy-handed election fraud risky for Erdogan.”

Answer 20

= Overly blunt, forceful, or tactless.

“We need to find a way of teaching this to kids without being heavy-handed.
I don’t approve of their heavy-handed parenting style, but it’s not for me to criticize.”

Question 21

really something

Answer 21

Çok başkaydı, harikaydı
Amazing very special

= Something else

Question 22

around the corner

Answer 22

yakında, eli kulağında

= very near.

“there’s a chemist around the corner”

= about to happen.

“the commander was claiming that peace was just around the corner”

Question 23

Rigged

Answer 23

Hileli, şikeli

Question 24

Cast a vote/ballot

Answer 24

Oy vermek

Question 25

Drive on shoulder

Answer 25

Emniyet şeridinden gitmek

Question 26

Get a traffic ticket

Answer 26

Trafik cezası yemek

Question 27

Overtake

Answer 27

Sollamak

Question 28

weave in and out of traffic

Answer 28

Makas atmak (trafikte)

Question 29

eat your heart out

Answer 29

çatla da patla kıskançlıktan

Question 30

Gone but not forgotten

Answer 30

Kalbimizde yaşıyor