Bileşik Şekiller:
or | OR |
| come hell or high water adv | (whatever the difficulties) | ne olursa olsun z. |
| | | bütün zorluklara rağmen z. |
| | Come hell or high water, I am going to finish this marathon. |
| do or die expr | figurative (critical situation) | ölüm kalım meselesi i. |
| | It's do or die for our team today. |
| do-or-die adj | figurative (situation: critical) | ölüm kalım isim s. |
| | Tomorrow's game is a do-or-die situation for the struggling team. |
| either [...] or conj | (one or another) | ya...ya (da) bağ. |
| | Either you love me or you don't! |
either/or,
either-or adj | informal (with two choices) | ya biri ya öbürü |
| | | iki seçenekli s. |
| | The issue often is presented as an either/or proposition: either you eagerly accept all technology, or you are behind the times. |
| for better or for worse adv | (whatever the consequences) | iyisiyle kötüsüyle z. |
| | | öyle ya da böyle |
| | I will be your wife for better or for worse. |
| give or take [sth] expr | informal (plus or minus) | az ya da çok z. |
| | I've been away from home for three months, give or take a few days. |
| give or take expr | informal (more or less) | aşağı yukarı z. |
| | | takriben z. |
| | | yaklaşık z. |
| | My new car cost $9000, give or take. |
| heads or tails n | (tossing coin to make decision) | yazı tura i. |
| | The players used heads or tails to decide who would go first. |
| Heads or tails? interj | (coin toss: inviting call) | yazı mı tura mı ünl. |
| | "Heads or tails?" the referee asked. |
| heads or tails n | (gambling game) | yazı tura oyunu i. |
hit and miss,
hit-and-miss,
hit or miss,
hit-or-miss adj | (unpredictable, unreliable) | tutarsız s. |
| | | güvenilmez s. |
| | The weather is very hit and miss for July - rain one day, sunshine the next. |
hors d'oeuvre,
plural: same or hors d'oeuvres n | French (food: appetizer) | meze i. |
| | | ordövr i. |
| | If you fill up on hors d'oeuvres, you will have no room left for dinner |
| know a thing or two v expr | informal (be experienced in [sth]) | (bir konuda) çok bilgisi olmak f. |
| | After 20 years on the job, he knows a thing or two about construction. |
| learn a thing or two v expr | informal (become knowledgeable) | birşeyler öğrenmek f. |
| | Stick around and watch; you may learn a thing or two. |
| make or break [sth] v expr | informal (cause success, failure) | ya batmak ya çıkmak |
| | | ya kazanmak ya batırmak |
| | That critic's reviews can make or break a new restaurant. |
| make-or-break adj | informal (success or failure) | batma ya da çıkma isim s. |
| | It is make-or-break time for the store after two years of declining sales. |
a matter of life and death,
a matter of life or death,
a life-or-death matter n | (issue of vital importance) | ölüm kalım meselesi i. |
| | Getting out of a burning house fast is a matter of life and death. |
| more or less adv | (to a greater or lesser extent) | az çok z. |
| | | iyi kötü z. |
| | | aşağı yukarı z. |
| | I have more or less decided to delay going to college for a year. |
no ifs,
ands,
or buts expr | informal (no excuses are permitted) | itiraz yok, aması maması yok, lamı cimi yok ünl. |
| | | onu bunu bilmem ünl. |
| | I need you to finish that report today, no ifs, ands, or buts. |
| now or never expr | (final chance) | ya şimdi ya hiç z. |
| | You have to decide, it's now or never if you want to go to the concert. |
| one hundred or so adj | informal (about a hundred) | yüze yakın, yüz civarında, yüz kadar s. |
| | It's a middle-sized plane, with one hundred or so seats. |
| one way or another adv | (somehow, by some means) | bir şekilde z. |
| | | öyle ya da böyle z. |
| | | ama öyle ama böyle z. |
| or else adv | (otherwise, if not) | aksi halde, yoksa, aksi takdirde z. |
| | Choose ham and eggs, or else ham and cheese. |
| or else interj | informal (expressing a threat) | yoksa fena olur ünl. |
| | You will do as I say, or else! |
| or rather adv | (to be more accurate) | daha doğrusu z. |
| | I love reading; or rather, I love buying books. |
| or so adv | (approximately) | civarında z. |
| | | yaklaşık z. |
| | | takriben z. |
| | The container could hold a litre or so of water. |
| or other pron | (distinct person or thing) | diğeri zam. |
| | | öbürü, ötekisi zam. |
| | Some person or other must have left this phone behind. |
| sink or swim v expr | figurative (fail or succeed) | ya batarsın ya çıkarsın |
| | It's sink or swim with this final exam. |
| somehow or other adv | (in an undetermined way) | bir şekilde z. |
| | | nasılsa z. |
| | Jan studied the cliff face, determined to scale it somehow or other. |
| sooner or later adv | (at some time in the future) | eninde sonunda, er geç, er veya geç, er ya da geç z. |
| | Keep up your life of crime and sooner or later you'll end up in prison! |
trick or treat,
trick-or-treat n | (Halloween tradition) | (Cadılar Bayramı'nda) kapı kapı dolaşıp şeker isteme i. |
| | Trick or treat's the only thing I like about Hallowe'en. |
| Trick or treat! interj | (at Halloween) | şaka mı şeker mi ünl. |
| | The kids knocked on the door and shouted: "Trick or treat!" |
| trick-or-treating n | (Halloween custom: going door to door) (Cadılar Bayramı'nda) | kapı kapı dolaşıp şeker toplama i. |
| | Last year, I took my brother trick-or-treating. |
| whether ... or ... conj | (regardless of which) (hangisi olursa olsun) | ister... ister bağ. |
| | Anyone, whether rich or poor, can be affected by a natural disaster. |
| | Doğal afetler ister zengin ister fakir olsun herkesi etkiler. |
| whether ... or ... conj | (if it is [sth] or [sth]) | ister... ister |
| | Whether as a result of laziness or disinclination, the housework had clearly not been done for some time. |
whether or not,
whether or no conj | (no matter if, even if) | olsa da olmasa da z. |
| | | -sa bile edat |
| | | -sa dahi edat |
| | We'll go to the game whether or not it rains (or: whether it rains or not). |
| without rhyme or reason adv | (inexplicably) | anlamsızca, mantıksızca z. |
| | | durup dururken z. |
| | He yells at me without rhyme or reason, and I just can't understand why. |
| without rhyme or reason expr | (inexplicable) | anlamsız olmak f. |
| | | saçma olmak f. |
| | | anlaşılmaz olmak f. |
| | Your belief that Daisy doesn't like you is without rhyme or reason; she's never done anything to make you think that. |