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Question 1

Walk through

Answer 1

Adım adım göstermek

Question 2

outlay

“The men who were successful in the elections had the chance to recoup their outlay, legally or illegally, with some of the perks of office.”

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard

Answer 2

= an amount of money spent on something.

“a modest outlay on local advertising”

= v. expend (an amount of money) on something.

“they are outlaying a significant amount on monthly bills”

Question 3

While you’re at it

Answer 3

Hazır elin değmişken
Hazır ayaktayken

Question 4

sanctimony

“We insist that comedians respect our sacrosanct ideals—and pray that they skewer our sanctimony. It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it.”

Answer 4

Dindarlık taslama

= affected or hypocritical holiness

Question 5

Skewer

“We insist that comedians respect our sacrosanct ideals—and pray that they skewer our sanctimony. It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it.”

Answer 5

Şişe geçirmek

= to criticize or ridicule sharply and effectively

Question 6

Madcap

Answer 6

Zıpır
Ele avuca sığmaz
Delişmen
Deli fişek

= marked by capriciousness, recklessness, or foolishness

Question 7

tag along

“I don’t know her, she just tagged along with us.”

Answer 7

Peşine takılmak

= to go somewhere with a person or group, usually when they have not asked you to go with them:

“I don’t know her, she just tagged along with us.”

Question 8

inlet

Answer 8

Haliç, koy

Question 9

agree with

“You look well - the mountain air must agree with you.”

Answer 9

iyi gelmek

= If a situation or new conditions agree with you, they make you feel healthy and happy:

“You look well - the mountain air must agree with you.”

Question 10

Don’t bottle it up

“Feelings that had been bottled up for years came flooding out.”

Answer 10

İçine atma

Question 11

grow on someone/something

“I didn’t like him at first, but he’s starting to grow on me.”

Answer 11

Gittikçe sevmek

= to become more appealing to (someone) as time passes.

” Try the drink again—it grows on you.”

Question 12

What’s your take on it

Answer 12

Bu konuda düşüncen ne?

Question 13

hash something out

“You two hash out the details of the presentation.”

Answer 13

Çözüme, açıklığa kavuşturmak

= to discuss something carefully and completely in order to reach an agreement or decide something

Question 14

twaddle

Answer 14

Zırva

1a: silly idle talk : DRIVEL
b: something insignificant or worthless : NONSENSE
//that idea is pure twaddle

Question 15

walk on eggshells

“I was always on eggshellswhen my family came to stay.”

Answer 15

= to be very careful about what you say or do to someone because they are easily upset or offended.

Question 16

walk out on

“You can’t afford to walk out on your job.”

Answer 16

= to suddenly end your relationship or involvement with someone or something:

= depart or leave suddenly or angrily.

“he had walked out in a temper”

2.
= go for walks when courting or dating someone.

“you were walking out with Tom”

Question 17

scupper

“If Schneider had seen him that would have scuppered all his plans.”

Answer 17

Mahvetmek, batırmak

= to defeat or put an end to

= To scupper a plan or attempt means to spoil it completely.

[mainly British, journalism]

Question 18

Dingus

Answer 18

1informal : an often small article whose common name is unknown or forgotten : GADGET

//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

Question 19

All that glitters is gold

Answer 19

Her şey göründüğü gibi

Question 20

don’t count your chickens before they hatch

Answer 20

Doğmamış çocuğa don biçilmez

Dereyi görmeden paçaları sıvama

Question 21

it takes one to know one

“You say she’s a terrible cook? It takes one to know one!”

Answer 21

Er kişi herkesi kendisi gibi bilirmiş

= The person who expressed criticism has similar faults to the person being criticized.