Jonny Sun; you are not alone in your loneliness Flashcards
adverb: especially
özellikle, bilhassa
*She didn’t seem ———- interested.*
* I wrote this story about this alien at a moment in my life when I was feeling ———- alien.*
- particularly
adjective : frightened or nervous because you are not confident in a situation
gözü korkmuş, korkmuş, yılmış, ürkmüş
*Older people can feel very —————- by computers.*
* I had just moved to Cambridge and started my doctoral program at MIT, and I was feeling ————- and isolated and very much like I didn’t belong.*
————-ing: adjective : making you feel ————-
gözünü korkutucu, yıldırıcı, ürkütücü
*I find speaking in front of a crowd very ————-ing.*
- intimidated
noun : something that helps you when you are in a difficult or dangerous situation
hayat bağı, can damarı, can kurtaran halatı
*For a lot of old people who live on their own, the telephone is a ———-.*
* But I had a ———- of sorts.*
- lifeline
adjective : [never before noun]
not legally or officially acceptable
geçersiz, hükümsüz
*The contracts were declared ——-.*
be ——- of sth formal : to be without something
boşluğu/yokluğu/eksikliği olmak
*His last statement was entirely ——- of meaning.*
* It can feel like this, a big, endless, expansive ——- where you can constantly call out to it but no one’s ever listening.*
- void
adjective : very happy to talk to people in a friendly way
samimi, içten, konuşkan
*He was in an ———- mood on the night of the party.*
* It can feel like this, a big, endless, ———— void where you can constantly call out to it but no one’s ever listening.*
- expansive
noun : noun : a game or joke that makes people who do not know each other feel more relaxed together
şaka, kaynaştırıcı aktivite
* Or my answer to the classic ———-, if I could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, I would.*
- icebreaker
verb : to pay out money, usually from an amount that has been collected for a particular purpose:
para harcamak, para sarfetmek, ödemek
*The local authorities annually ———- between £50 million and £100 million on arts projects.*
* People come together to share a laugh, to share in that feeling, and then to ———- just as quickly.*
- disburse
phrasal verb with
to argue with someone and stop being friendly with them
münakaşa etmek/tartışmak, küsmek, arası bozulmak
*Have you and Sam ——en —— with each other again?*
* Somebody talked about a family member they had a ——ing —— with.*
- fall out
noun : dirt
pislik, kir pas
*You’ve got ——- on your shoes.*
* And sometimes, through the ——— of the internet, you get to find a kindred spirit.*
- muck
noun : the way people think and feel about something
ruh, can
*Everyone soon got into the ——- of (= started to enjoy) the carnival - singing, dancing, and having fun.*
*And sometimes, through the muck of the internet, you get to find a kindred ———.*
- spirit
adjective : NOT HAVING KNOWLEDGE : not having enough knowledge, understanding, or information about something
cahil, habersiz, bilgisiz
*He was a newcomer to Formula One and ——— of many of the circuits.*
* It feels to me that the platforms that we use to inhabit these online spaces have been designed either ——————ly or willfully to allow for harassment and abuse, to propagate misinformation, to enable hatred and hate speech and the violence that comes from it,*
NOT POLITE UK : not polite or showing respect
görgüsüzce, cahilce, saygısız ve kaba
*an ———- lout*
- ignorant
adverb : in a way that is wilful (= intentional, or determined to do as you want):
*Some basic safety rules were ——— ignored.*
* It feels to me that the platforms that we use to inhabit these online spaces have been designed either ignorantly or ———- to allow for harassment and abuse, to propagate misinformation, to enable hatred and hate speech and the violence that comes from it,*
- wilfully
noun [U] : behaviour that annoys or upsets someone
tedirgin/rahatsız/taciz etme, bezdirme, usandırma
*sexual ————-*
* It feels to me that the platforms that we use to inhabit these online spaces have been designed either ignorantly or willfully to allow for ———— and abuse, to propagate misinformation, to enable hatred and hate speech and the violence that comes from it,*
- harassment
noun : a very strong dislike of someone or something
kin, nefret, düşmanlık
*He developed an intense ——- of all women.*
* It feels to me that the platforms that we use to inhabit these online spaces have been designed either ignorantly or willfully to allow for harassment and abuse, to propagate misinformation, to enable ——— and hate speech and the violence that comes from it,*
- hatred
adjective : not needed, or more than is needed
gereksiz, lüzumsuz, yersiz
*———— details/information*
* But I’ve always operated under this idea that these little moments of humanness are not ————-.*
- superfluous
verb : to say that something is true
kabul etmek, doğruluğunu kabul etmek
*He gave a speech ———ing the government’s commitment to education.*
*They are important and vital and they ——- and they give us life.*
- affirm
noun : QUIET [C, U] : a quiet and peaceful place
sessiz ve huzur dolu yer
*After a busy day, I like to escape to the ———— of my garden.*
PROTECTION [C, U] : a place that provides protection
korunak, barınak
*to seek ———-*
*And they are these tiny, temporary —————ies that show us that we are not as alone as we think we are.*
- sanctuary
noun : in the ——— of sth
in the middle of something, usually an event or activity
tam ortasında/arasında; bir olay veya faaliyetin tam ortasında/esnasında
* And in these dangerous and unsure times, in the ——- of it all,*
in your ———- : among the group of people that you belong to
…ın/in arasında/ortasında/esnasında
*Residents are protesting about a convicted murderer living in their ———-.*
- midst
noun : a thin piece of something that has come off a larger piece
ufak ince parça, kıymık
—–s of glass
- sliver
