26 Flashcards
Did you get my drift?
Beni anladın mı?
all along
“I knew all along that she was lying”
başından beri
rankle
“The joke about her family rankled her.”
Kızdırmak
= to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness
grueling
Meşakkatli
Çok zor ve yorucu
= trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion:PUNISHING
“a grueling race”
fly off the handle
“He’s extremely irritable - he flies off the handle at the slightest thing”
Küplere binmek, tepesi atmak, zıvanadan çıkmak
= to react in a very angry way to something that someone says or does:
Force-fitting
“it encourages the principle of force-fitting, a candidate for a mental model in itself. This means that in order to come up with fresh solutions, you should be willing to integrate ideas, objects, or elements—no matter how dissimilar, unrelated, or apparently illogical they seem to be.”
Mental Models
Peter Hollins
When trying to make sense of things, we sometimes are too keen to fit what we hear or think into our existing library of models of the world and how it works. In effect, we ignore things that do not fit and even fabricate things to improve the fit, just so we can say ‘Oh, it is one of those’.
We force-fit experiences, ideas, what others tell us and more. The only goal is that it all works together and there are no annoying contradictions within our mental system we use to represent and interpret the world.
= Using force to fit together objects which are close to the same size
in the dark
…konudan habersiz
Mum’s the word
Aramızda kalsın
Kimseye söyleme
- keep silent or quiet
Mirth
“In South Africa—a country of many nations—comedians are merchants of mirth, but also translators across divides”
Neşe, sevinç
= gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter
“His clumsy attempt at dancing caused much mirth.”
bellwether
“She was known as abellwether of fashion because she was always one step ahead of the runways and magazines”
Bellwether refers to someone or something that leads others or shows what will happen in the future—in other words, a leader or a trendsetter
Stop bugging me
Canımı sıkmayı bırak
Beni gıcık etmeyi bırak
come off it!
Hadi oradan
Saçmalama
As yet
“the damage is as yet undetermined”
Şimdiye kadar, daha, henüz
= Up to the present; thus far
“As yet, we have not received the letter you sent us.”
= until now or a particular time in the past.
It goes without saying
Şunu da söylemeden edemeyeceğim
play (sth) down
“It’s probably wise to play down your connection with the Communist party.”
= to make something seem less important or less bad than it really is:
” Military spokespeople triedto play down the seriousness of the disaster.”
