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Question 1

Pretty much

Answer 1

Almost

Question 2

arrive at (a number or statistic)

“So, I’m not sure how it was arrived at but it seems to be a number that has taken grip on a very large number of countries.”

Answer 2

= calculate; decide on it after doing calculations

Professor Speakman doesn’t know how the number of two litres a day was arrived at – how it was decided or calculated

Question 3

catch on

Answer 3

Anlamak, çakmak

Question 4

few and far between

Answer 4

very rare; not happening very often

Question 5

✔️unsightly

Answer 5

• ugly; unattractive; unpleasant to look at

Question 6

biodegrade

Answer 6

• decay naturally, in a way that is not harmful

Question 7

foul play

Answer 7

: violence
especially : murder

Question 8

coed

Answer 8

: a female student in a coeducational institution

Question 9

fishy

Answer 9

: creating doubt or suspicion : questionable

Question 10

crowbar

Answer 10

Levye

Question 11

✔️to be breathing down someone’s neck

Answer 11

• (idiom) to watch someone very closely and check everything they do

Question 12

✔️presenteeism

Answer 12

• staying at work longer than usual, or going to work when you are ill, to show that you work hard and are important to your employer

Question 13

scrumptious

//We were offered such goodies as five styles of eggs, bacon, … and scrumptious pastries.
— Dick Bradley

Answer 13

: delicious

//This inviting farmstead and restaurant is known for its scrumptious apple dishes

Question 14

✔️go low

Answer 14

have very little of a particular thing

Question 15

✔️batch cook

Answer 15

cook a lot of food at one time, then save some to eat at later meals

Question 16

feel for someone

“I know what it’s like to be lonely, so I do feel for her”

Answer 16

= to experience sympathy and sadness for someone because they are suffering:

= If you feel for someone, you have sympathy for them.

“She cried on the phone and was very upset and I really felt for her.”

Question 17

run through

Answer 17

gözden geçirmek, tekrar etmek

Question 18

entertain

“Again and again, clues were overlooked until someone was willing to entertain ideas that everyone else “knew” were wrong”

What’s Gotten Into You
Dan Levitt

Answer 18

give attention or consideration to (an idea or feeling).

“Washington entertained little hope of an early improvement in relations”

Question 19

prowess

“his prowess as a fisherman”

Answer 19

: hüner, maharet, üstün yetenek, üstünlük

1. skill or expertise in a particular
   activity or field.

= great ability or skill:

athletic/sporting prowess

He’s always boasting about his sexual prowess

2. bravery in battle.

“the hereditary nobility had no monopoly of skill and prowess in war”

Question 20

✔️thick

Answer 20

(informal) stupid, unintelligent

Question 21

chinwag

Answer 21

çene çalmak

= a long and pleasant conversation between friends

Question 22

tittle-tattle

Answer 22

dedikodu yapmak

= talk about other people’s lives that is usually unkind, disapproving, or untrue

Question 23

talk over (someone)

Answer 23

= silence or drown out someone by talking more loudly, forcefully, and persistently than them

Question 24

beat the odds

“Most new restaurants fail, but this one somehow managed to beat the odds.”

Answer 24

Gayret gösterip, bir şeyin olmama ihtimalini ya da aleyhinize sonuçlanma ihtimalini ortadan kaldırmak

: to succeed despite not having a good chance of succeeding.

Question 25

gist "the gist of an argument"

Answer 25

2: the main point or part : essence //the gist of an argument 1: the ground (see ground entry 1 sense 4a) of a legal action general, overall understanding of something, without the detail

Question 26

blown away

Answer 26

(informal) very impressed or pleasantly surprised by something

Question 27

prop​a​gate

Answer 27

1: to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction 2: to pass along to offspring 3 a: to cause to spread out and affect a greater number or greater area : extend b: to foster growing knowledge of, familiarity with, or acceptance of (something, such as an idea or belief) : publicize c: to transmit (something, such as sound or light) through a medium

Question 28

in two shakes (of a lamb's tail) Pulp Fiction

Answer 28

= very soon: "I'll be with you in two shakes."

Question 29

Slacker

Answer 29

Boş adam

Question 30

Dingus In his [Dashiell Hammett's] writings of the period from 1924 to 1952, "dingus" signifies, variously, a magician's prop, a typewriter, a short story, a novel, and an elusive artifact, a black bird better known as the Maltese Falcon. — Mark McGurl

Answer 30

1informal : an often small article whose common name is unknown or forgotten : gadget, doodad sense 2 // //… the boy was decked out in a fancy uniform with silver buttons and a cap with a dingus on the top. — Sholem Aleichem 2US slang : a dim-witted, silly, or foolish person —often used in a joking or friendly way //By most accounts, [Hunter] Strickland is actually a sweet feller. Respected by his teammates, nice to the fans, et cetera. But he sure is a dingus on the mound sometimes. — Grant Brisbee