Sleep is your superpower Flashcards
noun : a problem with some mental abilities, such as remembering, but nothing bad enough to affect someone’s daily life:
bozukluk
* And we see equivalent —————s in female reproductive health caused by a lack of sleep.*
- impairment
phrasal verb : If a dry substance soaks up a liquid, the liquid goes into the substance.
emmek, çekmek
*Fry the potatoes until they ——- —- all the oil.*
*But recently, we discovered that you also need sleep before learning to actually prepare your brain, almost like a dry sponge ready to initially ——- — new information.*
- soak sth up
noun : SOFT SUBSTANCE : a soft substance full of small holes, which absorbs liquid very easily and is used for washing things
sünger
*But recently, we discovered that you also need sleep before learning to actually prepare your brain, almost like a dry ———- ready to initially soak up new information.*
CAKE also ——- cake : a soft, light cake
hafif yumuşak kek
- sponge
adverb : used when you are emphasizing the basic facts about something
gerçekten, aslında, esasında
*What he is saying is ———- true.*
*And without sleep, the memory circuits of the brain ————- become waterlogged, as it were,*
- essentially
adjective : ———— land is too wet.
sularla kaplanmış, sular altında
*And without sleep, the memory circuits of the brain essentially become ————-, as it were,*
- waterlogged
noun : sleep : uyku
*She lay down on the bed and fell into a deep ———.*
*Now the sleep group, they’re going to get a full eight hours of ———-, but the deprivation group, we’re going to keep them awake in the laboratory, under full supervision.*
- slumber
adjective : SAD : unhappy
çok mutsuz, bedbaht, perişan
*I just woke up feeling ————.*
NOT PLEASANT : very unpleasant or bad, and causing someone to feel unhappy
kötü, berbat, pis
* There’s no naps or caffeine, by the way, so it’s ———— for everyone involved.*
*Some families are living in ———- conditions.*
- miserable
noun : the amount by which the money that you spend is more than the money that you receive
bütçe açığı
*a budget ———-*
*And when you put those two groups head to head, what you find is a quite significant, 40-percent ———- in the ability of the brain to make new memories without sleep.*
- deficit
verb : CRIME : to do something that is considered wrong, or that is illegal
(yasa dışı iş, suç vb.) işlemek, yapmak
*He was sent to prison for a crime that he didn’t ——-.*
DECISION : to make a firm decision that you will do something
kesin karar vermek, kendini sorumlu kılmak
*He ———-ted himself to helping others.*
- commit
verb : to do and complete a business activity:
Halletmek, yapmak
*The sale was ————-ed in conditions of the greatest secrecy.*
* And it is important that we understand what during sleep actually ————s these memory benefits*
- transact
verb : BECOME LESS [I, T] : If a colour or a sound —-—s, or if something ——-s it, it becomes less bright or strong.
solmak, rengi atmak
*The walls had been ——-d by the sun.*
SLOWLY DISAPPEAR [I] (also ——- away) : to slowly disappear, lose importance, or become weaker
yavaş yavaş kaybolmak/önemini yitirmek; gittikçe zayıflamak
*With time, memories of that painful summer would ——- away.*
*Because it’s of course no secret that, as we get older, our learning and memory abilities begin to ——- and decline.*
- fade
adjective : connected in such a way that each thing has an effect on or depends on the other:
*Anxiety and depression are often ————.*
* And only last year, we finally published evidence that these two things, they’re not simply co-occurring,*
- interrelated
adjective : EVIL : evil or cruel
acımasız, zalim, gaddar
*a ———- attack*
DIFFICULT : very difficult or complicated
çok güç, müthiş zor ve karmaşık
*a ———- crossword.*
————-ly adverb : extremely
şeytancasına, çok, alabildiğine, son derece
*Unlike many of the other factors that we know are associated with aging, for example changes in the physical structure of the brain, that’s ————-ly difficult to treat.*
- fiendish
adjective : giving an explanation about something
açıklayıcı, izah edici,
*There are ———- notes with the diagram.*
* But that sleep is a missing piece in the ————— puzzle of aging and Alzheimer’s is exciting because we may be able to do something about it.*
- explanatory
adjective : NOT SHARP
not sharp
keskin olmayan
*a ——- knife*
* Unfortunately, they are ——— instruments that do not produce naturalistic sleep.*
RUDE : saying exactly what you think without caring about people’s feelings
pervasız, açık konuşan, lafını sakınmayan, sözünü esirgemeyen, lafının önünü sonunu hesaba katmayan, dobra dobra konuşan
*a ——— letter*
———ness noun [U]
sivri olmayan
- blunt
verb : MAKE HAPPEN : to make something happen or develop more
uyarmak, harekete geçirmek, canlandırmak
*It ———-s the production of red blood cells.*
EXCITED : to make someone feel interested and excited
heves uyandırmak, gayrete getirmek; heyecanlandırmak
*Colourful pictures can ———- a child.*
————ion noun : geliştirme, uyarma
* It’s called direct current brain ————ion.*
- stimulate
verb : SOUND : to make a sound louder using electronic equipment
ses gücünü, şiddetini, seviyesini artırmak
OPINION formal : to make a feeling or opinion stronger or clearer
bir his veya düşünceyi daha güçlü veya açık hale getirmek, belirginleştirmek
* not only can you ——— the size of those deep-sleep brainwaves, but in doing so, we can almost double the amount of memory benefit that you get from sleep.*
———-ication noun : yükselme
- amplify
verb : FROM PLACE : to save things from a place where other things have been damaged or lost
geriye kalanları kurtarmak
*gold coins ———d from a shipwreck*
FROM SITUATION : to try to make a bad situation better
kurtarmak
*an attempt to ———- her reputation*
* Can we restore back some healthy quality of deep sleep, and in doing so, can we ———- aspects of their learning and memory function?*
- salvage
noun : a test, especially a scientific one, that you do in order to learn something or discover if something is true
deney
*They’re conducting ————-s on hamster cells to test the effects of the drug.*
*Because there is a global ————- performed on 1.6 billion people across 70 countries twice a year,*
- experiment
noun : the long tube that carries solid waste from your stomach out of your body
bağırsak
* Currently, that list includes cancer of the ———, cancer of the prostate and cancer of the breast.*
- bowel
noun : a phrase that gives advice
özdeyiş, düstur
*Our company works on the ———- that small is beautiful.*
* So you may have heard of that old ——— that you can sleep when you’re dead.*
- maxim
adjective : stupid and likely to cause problems
akılsızca, aptalca, alıkca, düşüncesizce
*an ———— decision*
* Well, I’m being quite serious now it is mortally ———- advice.*
- unwise
adjective : causing worry:
*The ———- situation between these two neighbouring countries looks as if it will continue*
* And if increasing your risk for the development of cancer or even Alzheimer’s disease were not sufficiently —————-,*
- disquieting
verb : SHAPE/SOUND : to change the shape, sound, or appearance of something so that it seems strange
bozmak, çarpıtmak, saptırmak, biçimini bozmak
*It’s a bad recording - the microphone ———-ed our voices.*
* First, a sizable and significant 711 genes were ————ed in their activity, caused by a lack of sleep.*
INFORMATION : to change information so that it is not true or realistic
bilgiyi çarpıtmak, tahrifat yapmak
*Newspapers ————ed the truth about their marriage.*
————-ed adjective : şekli bozulmuş
—————ion noun : değişim
*a gross ————ion of the facts*
- distort
noun : NOT ENOUGH : a situation in which you do not have enough of something
yetersizlik, kifayetsizlik
*a vitamin ————-*
* so once again, you can see that immune ————.*
FAULT : a mistake or fault in something so that it is not good enough
eksiklik, noksanlık
*Parents are complaining of serious ————-ies in the education system.*
- deficiency
every part of a place
köşe bucak, en ücra köşe/yer
*I know ——— ———- —- ——— of this place.*
* Sleep loss will leak down into ——— ———- —- ——— of your physiology, even tampering with the very DNA nucleic alphabet that spells out your daily health narrative.*
- every nook and cranny
phrasal verb : to touch or make changes to something that you should not, often in order to damage it
kurcalamak, değiştirmek, üzerinde oynamak
* Sleep loss will leak down into every nook and cranny of your physiology, even ————ing ——— the very DNA nucleic alphabet that spells out your daily health narrative.*
- tamper with sth
phrasal verb : to explain something in a very clear way with details
ayrıntıyla açıklamak, açıkça anlatmak
*They sent me a letter, ———ing —— the details of the agreement.*
*Sleep loss will leak down into every nook and cranny of your physiology, even tampering with the very DNA nucleic alphabet that ———s —- your daily health narrative.*
- spell sth out
noun : the act of killing a something in large numbers, or reducing something severely:
Kırım, katliam
*the virtual ————— of the population through influenza*
*And the ———— of sleep throughout industrialized nations is having a catastrophic impact on our health, our wellness,*
- decimation
adverb, preposition : EVERYWHERE : in every part of a place
her tarafı, her tarafında
*The same laws apply ————- much of Europe.*
DURING : during the whole of a period of time
süresince, boyunca
*He yawned ———— the performance.*
* And the decimation of sleep ————— industrialized nations is having a catastrophic impact on our health, our wellness,*
- throughout
verb : GET BACK : to get something back from someone
geri almak, geri istemek
*You can ———- the tax at the airport.*
*I believe it is now time for us to ———- our right to a full night of sleep, and without embarrassment or that unfortunate stigma of laziness.*
LAND : to make land good enough to be used for growing crops
tarıma elverişli/kullanışlı/kullanıma uygun hâle getirmek; toprağı ıslah etmek
- reclaim
noun : a substance, usually a liquid, with a magical power to cure, improve, or preserve something:
iksir
*It’s yet another health product claiming to be the ——- of life/youth.*
*And in doing so, we can be reunited with the most powerful ——— of life, the Swiss Army knife of health, as it were.*
- elixir
verb : to become worse
bozulmak, kötülemek, kötüye gitmek, kötüleşmek
*Her condition —————-d rapidly.*
* I should also note the reason that it’s so catastrophic and that our health —————-s so quickly, first, it’s because human beings are the only species that deliberately deprive themselves of sleep for no apparent reason.*
——————ion noun : kötüleşme
- deteriorate
noun : a group of plants or animals that share similar characteristics
tür, cins
*a rare ————- of bird*
*I should also note the reason that it’s so catastrophic and that our health deteriorates so quickly, first, it’s because human beings are the only ———- that deliberately deprive themselves of sleep for no apparent reason.*
- species
noun : a comparison that shows how two things are similar
iki şeyin birbirinden nasıl farklı olduğunu gösteren mukayese
*She draws an ——— between life’s events and a game of chance.*
*So the ———— would be, you’d never sit at the dinner table, waiting to get hungry, so why would you lie in bed, waiting to get sleepy?*
- analogy
