jacqueline_woodson: what_reading_slowly_taught_me_about_writing Flashcards
verb : to make someone very angry
öfkelendirmek, hiddetlendirmek
*[often passive] Farmers are ————d by the government’s refusal to help.*
* One evening, this Giant came home and found all these children playing in his garden, and he became ———-d.*
- enrage
verb: past of build
inşa etmek’ fiilinin geçmiş zaman hali
* And he ——— this high wall around it.*
- built
verb : to be larger in number than another group
sayıca üstün olmak, sayı olarak geçmek
*Women now far ————— men on language courses.*
* The hours of reading, both religious and recreational, far —————ed the hours of television-watching.*
- outnumber
phrasal verb: SIT/LIE
to sit or lie in a position with your arms and legs close to your body
kıvrılmak, kıvrılıp yapmak, derli toplu oturmak
*She ——-ed — and went to sleep.*
* Now, on any given day, you could find my siblings and I ———ed —— in some part of our apartment reading*
PAPER : If something flat, such as a piece of paper, ———s —-, the edges start to curve up.
kenarları kıvrılmak
- curl up
noun : a pipe, especially at the side of the road, which is connected to the water system and is used to get water to stop fires
yangın vanası/musluğu
*a fire ———-*
*because on summer days in New York City, the fire ———– blasted, and to our immense jealousy, we could hear our friends down there playing in the gushing water,*
- hydrant
adjective : extremely big
muazzam, çok büyük, kocaman
*Health care costs the country an ———- amount of money.*
* because on summer days in New York City, the fire hydrant blasted, and to our ———— jealousy, we could hear our friends down there playing in the gushing water,*
- immense
adjective : WANTING SOMETHING
unhappy and angry because you want something that someone else has
kıskanç
*His new bike was making his friends ———.*
————-y : noun : ——- feelings
kıskançlık, haset, çekememezlik
+ because on summer days in New York City, the fire hydrant blasted, and to our immense —————y, we could hear our friends down there playing in the gushing water,*
- jealous
verb : LIQUID : If liquid ——-es from an opening, it comes out quickly and in large amounts.
fışkırmak, şiddetle akmak
*He ran down the street, blood ——-ing from a wound in his neck.*
PRAISE : to praise someone so much that they do not believe you are sincere
çokça övmek, şiddetle açığa vurmak, hayranlığını abartılı bir şekilde dile getirmek
*“Darling! I’m so excited!” she ———ed.*
- gush
adverb, preposition : UNDER
under something, or in a lower position than something
altında, alt tarafta, aşağıda
*She looked out of the window at the children playing —————.*
NOT GOOD ENOUGH : If someone or something is beneath you, you think they are not good enough for you.
aşağıda, altta, düşük seviyede
*He thinks housework is ———- him.*
- beneath
verb : MATERIAL [T]
If you fold paper, cloth, etc, you bend it so that one part of it lies flat on top of another part.
katlamak
*He ———ed the letter in half.*
* In third grade, we were made to sit with our hands ———ed on our desk, unclasping them only to turn the pages, then returning them to that position.*
——- your arms : to bend your arms across your chest, with one crossing over the other
kollarını göğüs hizasında katlamak, birleştirmek
*He sat with his arms ——-ed.*
- fold
verb : to hold something or someone tightly
kavramak, sıkıca tutmak, yakalamak
*He ———ed his daughter in his arms.*
* In third grade, we were made to sit with our hands folded on our desk, un———-ing them only to turn the pages, then returning them to that position.*
- clasp
verb : ——— at/into, etc
to look for a long time at someone or something or in a particular direction
gözlerini dikip bakmak, dik dik bakmak
*They ———d into each other’s eyes.*
* But in the quiet of my apartment, outside of my teacher’s ———, I let my finger run beneath those words.*
- gaze
adjective : (of a feeling) persistent in one’s mind but reluctantly held or not fully recognized; nagging.
sinsi, korkak, gizliden gizliye
* A ———— apprehension remains at the top of my mind.*
verb: move or go in a furtive or stealthy manner.
gizlice girmek
* And that Selfish Giant again told me his story, how he had felt betrayed by the kids ————- into his garden,*
- sneaking
phrasal verb
If someone or something ——-s ——, they fall to the ground or onto their side.
yüz üstü ya da yanlamasına düşmek; boylu boyunca yere uzanmak
*The fence —-— ——— in the wind.*
* how he had built this high wall, and it did keep the children out, but a grey winter ——- ——— his garden*
- fall over
noun :
strong anger that you cannot control
öfke, hiddet, kızgınlık
*He flew into a ——- (= suddenly became angry) over the smallest mistake.*
* Maybe his words weren’t ——-ful after all.*
- rage
noun :LEGAL
a statement by someone in a court of law that they are guilty or not guilty of the crime they have been accused of
(mahkeme) davalı beyanı
*a ——— of guilty/not guilty*
REQUEST : a strong request
yalvarma, yakarma, rica
*an emotional ——— for forgiveness*
*Maybe they were a ——— for empathy, for understanding.*
- plea
verb : to enjoy food or a pleasant experience as much and as slowly as possible
tadını/zevkini çıkarmak, zevkine varmak
*We ————ed our moment of victory.*
*As a child, I knew that stories were meant to be ———ed, that stories wanted to be slow, and that some author had spent months, maybe years, writing them.*
- savour
noun : a story or description of a series of events
anlatım, öykü, hikaye
*And my job as the reader especially as the reader who wanted to one day become a writer was to respect that ————-.*
- narrative
noun : MOVEMENT : a movement you make with your hand, arm, or head to express what you are thinking or feeling
el, kol ve baş hareketi, jestler
*He made a rude ———— at the crowd.*
*And whether they told it through words or ————s or drawings, it was passed down; remembered: hit a hammer and hear its story.*
ACTION : something you do to show people how you feel about a person or situation
gösterilen davranış, yapılan jest
*It would be a nice ——— to invite her to dinner.*
- gesture
verb : to separate one group of people from another, especially one sex or race from another
ayırmak
*At school the girls were ————d from the boys.*
* Before coming to Brooklyn, my family lived in Greenville, South Carolina, in a —————-d neighborhood called Nicholtown.*
- segregate
adjective : able to read and write
okur yazar
* the danger of a ———— people and their stories.*
- literate
noun : the act of making a slave of someone:
köleleştirme
*At an early date, the Spanish government passed laws prohibiting enslavement of Indians.*
* Their descendants, now generations out of —————-, if well-off enough, had gone on to college, grad school, beyond.*
- enslavement
verb : ——- a ride (also UK ——- a lift)
to get a free ride in someone’s vehicle, by standing next to the road and waiting for someone to pick you up
otostop yapmak
(also US ——— up)
to fasten something to an object or vehicle
bağlamak, iliştirmek, takmak, tutturmak
*They ———ed the caravan to the car.*
- hitch
noun : a covered area built onto the entrance to a house
veranda
* they could sit on their ———-es or their stoops at the end of a long day*
- porch
verb : RELIGION [I, T]
to talk to a group of people about a religious subject, usually as a priest in a church
vaaz vermek
*to ——— the gospel*
* they could ——- their stories and sew them into quilts*
PERSUADE [I] : to try to persuade people to believe or support something, often in an annoying way
telkin etmek, ısrarla telkinde bulunmak
- preach
verb : to join things together with a needle and thread
dikmek
*I need to —— a button on my shirt.*
* they could preach their stories and —— them into quilts*
- sew
noun : a cover for a bed, which is filled with feathers or other warm material
yorgan
- quilt
