20 Flashcards
name-calling
Hakaret, sövme
= the act of insulting someone by calling them rude names
Sweet talk
= a way of talking to someone in a pleasing or funny way in order to persuade them to do or believe something
shed light on sth
“He was never able to shed light on how an average kid from upstate New York came to commit the worst act of domestic terrorism in history.”
= to provide information about something or to make something easier to understand:
“Tracking technologies have shed light on the birds’ social nature.”
He is bad news
“stay away from him, he’s bad news”
Bu adam belalı biri, buna bulaşma
: one that is troublesome, unwelcome, or dangerous
I, for one
“The rest of you may disagree, but I, for one, think we should go ahead with the plan.”
Şahsen
= used to say that you think your opinion or action is right, even if others do not:
Man up
Adam ol
= used to tell someone that they should deal with something more bravely:
“You need to man up and admit you were wrong.”
strip-search
= search (someone) for concealed items, typically drugs or weapons, in a way that involves the removal of all their clothes.
“he was photographed, fingerprinted, and strip-searched”
run-of-the-mill
= lacking unusual or special aspects; ordinary.
“a run-of-the-mill job”
Stay sharp
Tetikte ol
Mug
“I don’t want to see Barry’s ugly mug when I get home”
Surat, yüz (argo)
a person’s face.
the proof of the pudding (is in the eating)
said to mean that you can only judge the quality of something after you have tried, used, or experienced it
Denemeden bilemezsin
the proof is in the pudding
“Our analysts think that the marketing campaign will reinvigorate our sales, but the proof is in the pudding, so let’s see how our figures look at the end of the year.:
Haticeye değil neticeye bakalım
= The final results of something are the only way to judge its quality or veracity.
:OK, if I did everything right, the engine should work right, but the proof will be in the pudding.”
Muzzle
“Trump’s Attempts to Muzzle the Press Look Familiar - Much of what the U.S. president has done to curb independent media echoes the Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán’s playbook.”
(Avcılık) namlu ucu
çanına ot tıkamak
{i} hayvanın ağız ve burnu
{f} ağzını bağlamak
{f} ağızlık takmak
= restrain, restrict
//the Pentagon’s efforts to muzzle press access
— Joe Strupp
//the low prices muzzled competition
= snout
It’s a bit nippy
Hava biraz soğuk
I’m all set
Hazır ve nazarım
Duvet
“One vaccinated younger brother arrived bearing a gift from the family: a duvet. Amy had set up a live stream of the ceremony, and she wondered if the others were watching.”
Kuş tüyü yorgan
A duvet, usually called a comforter or (down-filled) quilt in American English, and a doona in Australian English, is a type of bedding consisting of a soft flat bag filled with down, feathers, wool, cotton, silk, or a synthetic alternative, and is typically protected with a removable cover, analogous to a pillow and pillow case. The term duvet is mainly British, especially in reference to the bedding; rarely used in US English, it often refers to the cover.
Salty
Jealous
Slay
Do something exceptionally well
Lit
Exciting, enjoyable, cool
callous
“She was so callous that she could criticise a cancer patient for wearing a wig.”
Taş kalpli
Duygusuz
Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others
flying monkeys
On the forums, though, even the mention of reconciliation can be triggering. One poster said that they had been contacted by Coleman on behalf of their mother, who wanted to reconcile; commentators derided Coleman as “callous” and a “flying monkey.”
When people discuss narcissists, they sometimes use the phrase ‘flying monkeys. ‘ Flying monkeys refer to people who carry out the work of a narcissist or an abusive person, and it comes from The Wizard of Oz, in which the Wicked Witch of the West puts flying monkeys under her spell.
lay (something) waste
“Maeve Brennan could stop traffic. According to her colleague Roger Angell, she laid waste to a “dozen-odd” writers and artists after the New Yorker hired her as a staff writer in 1949.”
= To destroy or ruin something.
“The military invaded the small country and laid several towns waste in the process.”
“The fire laid waste an entire block of houses.”
in question
“on the day in question, there were several serious emergencies”
adı geçen, belirtilen
- being considered or discussed.
“on the day in question, there were several serious emergencies”
someone/something in question = the person or thing that is being discussed:
“I stayed at home on the night in question.”
“She posted a video of herself holding the item in question.”
- in doubt.
“all of the old certainties are in question”
obnoxious
Tiksindirici, iğrenç
” extremely unpleasant.
“obnoxious odours”
= odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive
