Bileşik Şekiller:
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| above and beyond prep | figurative (more than expected) | beklenilenin üzerinde z. |
| | | ötesinde z. |
| | She always goes above and beyond what is expected of her. |
| aches and pains npl | (minor ailments) | ağrı sızı i. |
| | | ufak rahatsızlıklar çoğ. i. |
| | I have a lot of aches and pains; it's part of growing older! |
| add [sth] and/to [sth]⇒ vtr | (mathematics: calculate total) (matematik) | toplamak geçişli f. |
| | If you add one and six, the total is seven. |
| after all is said and done expr | (ultimately) | herşey bittikten sonra z. |
| | After all is said and done, the decision to have a baby is a personal one. |
| again and again adv | (repeatedly) | tekrar tekrar z. |
| | | defalarca z. |
| | (gündelik dil) | ikide bir z. |
| | When you practice you must do the same thing again and again. |
aged from [sth] to [sth],
aged between [sth] and [sth] adj + prep | (in a given age range) | yaşları arasındaki s. |
| | | yaşlarındaki s. |
| | This program is designed for young people aged from 18 to 25. |
| alive and kicking adj | colloquial, figurative (in good health) | sağlıklı s. |
| | | afiyette s. |
| | It's my father's 98th birthday, and he's still alive and kicking. |
ally [sth/sb],
ally [sth/sb] and [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (join together) | birleştirmek geçişli f. |
| | The continuing crisis allied the two nations and strengthened their relationship. |
| alternate between [sth] and [sth] vi + prep | (switch between options) (seçenekler, vb.) | arasında gidip gelmek f. |
| | In some spas, people alternate between hot and cold baths. |
| alternate [sth] and [sth]⇒ vtr | (cause to change by turns) | sıra ile yapmak f. |
| | In this part of the song, we will alternate playing loudly and and playing softly. |
amalgamate [sth],
amalgamate [sth] and [sth]⇒ vtr | (blend, mix) | karıştırmak geçişli f. |
| | Brass is obtained by amalgamating copper and zinc. |
| | Pirinç, bakır ve çinkonun karıştırılmasıyla elde edilir. |
amalgamate [sth],
amalgamate [sth] and [sth] vtr | (combine) | birleştirmek geçişli f. |
| | We workers will have greater power if we amalgamate our two main unions. |
| | İki sendikayı birleştirdiğimiz zaman işçiler olarak daha fazla güce sahip olacağız. |
amalgamate [sth],
amalgamate [sth] and [sth] vtr | (business, etc.: merge) (şirket, vb.) | birleştirmek geçişli f. |
| and change expr | US, informal (money: plus a bit more) (para) | küsür, küsürat i. |
| | This cost me twenty bucks and change. |
| and change expr | US, informal, figurative (plus a bit more) | -den biraz fazla s. |
| | Tom had half an hour and change to wait for his connecting flight. |
| and so adv | (therefore) | bu nedenle, bu sebeple z. |
| | | bu yüzden z. |
| | | dolayısı ile z. |
| | | bundan dolayı z. |
| | The student did not turn in his final research paper, and so he earned a failing grade for the course. |
| and so forth adv | (et cetera) | falan filan, vesaire vesaire z. |
| | | benzeri/işte bunu gibi z. |
| | I had to fill in a form with my name, address, and so forth. |
| and so on adv | (et cetera) | ve benzeri/diğerleri z. |
| | | vesaire z. |
| | Victims of the disaster urgently need drinking water, food, medical supplies, and so on. |
| and so on and so forth adv | (et cetera) | vesaire z. |
| | | falan filan z. |
| | First we preheat the oven, and then we measure the ingredients; mix the eggs with the sugar, and so on and so forth. |
| and the like expr | (and similar) | ve benzeri |
| | | ve bunlar gibi |
| | There are a lot of waterfowl out on the lake—mergansers, geese, coots, and the like. |
| and then conj | (immediately afterwards) | hemen sonra z. |
| | We'll finish painting, and then we'll eat dinner. |
| and whatnot adv | informal (etc., and things of that kind) | ve benzeri şeyler i. |
| | The museum displays items relating to the local fishing industry, such as nets, anchors and whatnot. |
| arts and crafts npl | (fine arts, handicrafts) | sanat ve el sanatları çoğ. i. |
| | Being a mother of ten children, Madeline learned to love arts and crafts. |
arts and crafts,
Arts and Crafts n as adj | (of fine arts, handicrafts) (sanat akımı) | Sanat ve El Sanatları isim s. |
| | William Morris was a prominent textile designer of the Arts and Crafts movement at the end of the nineteenth century. |
| back and forth adv | (move: to and fro) | ileri geri z. |
| | The little girl rocked back and forth on the swing. |
back and forth,
back-and-forth adj | (movement: to and fro) (hareket) | bir ileri bir geri s. |
| Not: Hyphens are used when the term is an adjective. |
| | It is relaxing to sit on the beach and watch the back-and-forth motion of the waves. |
back and forth,
back-and-forth n | informal (conversation) | söz dalaşı, laf dalaşı i. |
| | | atışma i. |
| | Rebecca could hear the back and forth of a conversation outside her window. |
backwards and forwards,
backward and forward adv | (to and fro) | ileri geri z. |
| | | bir oraya bir buraya/oradan oraya z. |
| | I've spent the whole day rushing backwards and forwards. |
backwards and forwards,
backward and forward adv | US, figurative (thoroughly) (mecazlı) | kapsamlı olarak z. |
| | | ayrıntılı bir şekilde z. |
| | Ed searched the records backwards and forwards. |
| bed and breakfast n | (small guesthouse) | pansiyon i. |
| | I like to stay in a bed and breakfast instead of in a big hotel. |
| bed and breakfast n | uncountable (lodging with morning meal) | oda ve kahvaltı i. |
| | Several houses in this village offer bed and breakfast. |
between you and me,
between ourselves adv | (confidentially, in confidence) | laf aramızda, söz aramızda z. |
| | Between you and me, I think Stella has fallen in love with him. |
bits and pieces,
bits and bobs npl | informal, UK (assorted small items) | ufak tefek şeyler i. |
| | (konuşma dili) | ıvır zıvır i. |
| | I'm off to the shops to buy a few bits and pieces for the party. |
| black and white n | (grayscale) | siyah beyaz resim i. |
| | He asked the director why she had chosen to use black and white for her movie. |
black and white,
black-and-white adj | (in grayscale) | siyah beyaz s. |
| Not: Hyphens are used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| | Black-and-white photography relies on composition rather than color. |
black and white,
black-and-white adj | figurative (clear, defined) (mecazlı) | bariz s. |
| | | açık s. |
| | The situation may seem very black and white to you, but actually it's more complicated. |
black and white,
black & white n | US, informal (police car) | polis aracı i. |
| black-and-white photography n | (taking photos without colour) | siyah-beyaz fotoğrafçılık i. |
| | He specialized in black-and-white photography. |
bob,
bob along,
bob up and down vi | used in compounds (move up and down: on water) | alçalıp yükselmek f. |
| | The toy boat bobbed along on the surface of the lake. |
| both ... and adj | (one and the other: person) (kişi) | hem...hem de |
| | Both he and his brother are left-handed. |
| both ... and adv | (equally) | hem...hem de |
| | He's both tall and handsome. |
| both ... and conj | (equally) | hem...hem de |
| | She's admired both for her kindness and for her talent. |
| bow and arrow n | (archery: weapon) | yay ve ok i. |
| Not: Used with a singular verb when referring to a system of weaponry, but with a plural verb when indicating the articles themselves. |
| | The crossbow replaced the bow and arrow as a weapon. |
| bread and butter n | (bread with butter spread on it) | tereyağlı ekmek i. |
| | A glass of milk with bread and butter for breakfast is the best. |
| bread and butter n | figurative, informal (livelihood) (mecazlı) | ekmek teknesi, ekmek parası i. |
| | | geçim kaynağı i. |
| | Cooking is his bread and butter; he's a chef. |
bread and butter,
bread-and-butter adj | informal, figurative (staple, basic) | temel s. |
| | | esas s. |
| | | ana s. |
| break down and cry v expr | (burst into tears) | kendini tutamayıp ağlamak f. |
| | Helen broke down and cried when she heard the sad news. |
| bricks and mortar npl | (building materials) (yapı malzemeleri) | tuğla ve harç i. |
| | We can either erect a fence around the garden or build a wall with bricks and mortar. |
bricks-and-mortar,
brick-and-mortar n as adj | (made of bricks and mortar) | tuğla ve harçtan yapılmış s. |
| | Most houses here are stick-built, but in countries where wood is expensive, they're bricks-and-mortar buildings. |
| bricks-and-mortar n as adj | figurative (existing physically: not virtual) (fiziksel olarak var olan, mecazlı) | fiziksel s. |
| | It's so easy to buy books on the internet but I prefer browsing in a bricks-and-mortar store on the High Street. |
| by and by adv | (in a while) | birazdan z. |
| | | yakında z. |
| by and by adv | (eventually) | sonunda z. |
| | | er ya da geç z. |
| | | zamanla z. |
| | Be patient! I'll get around to it by and by. |
| by and large adv | (in general, on the whole) | genelde, genellikle, genel olarak z. |
| | Not everything about my job is good, but by and large, I enjoy it. |
by leaps and bounds,
in leaps and bounds expr | (rapidly) | hızla z. |
| | | çarçabuk z. |
| | The city has grown by leaps and bounds--the population has doubled in the last ten years. |
calico (US),
tortoiseshell-and-white (UK) n as adj | (cat: with colored markings) (kedi) | üç renkli s. |
| | The cat gave birth to one calico kitten and two white. |
| cause and effect n | (principle of causality) | sebep sonuç, neden sonuç, sebep ve sonuç i. |
| | The law of cause and effect (Karma) is an important principle in Buddhism. |
| checks and balances npl | (system: self-regulation) | güçler ayrılığı i. |
| | | denetim ve denge i. |
| | There are many checks and balances in the system to ensure the minimum number of errors. |
collide [sth],
collide [sth] and [sth]⇒ vtr | (smash two things together) | çarpıştırmak geçişli f. |
| | Scientists collided the particles in a reactor. |
combine [sth] with [sth],
combine [sth] and [sth] vtr + prep | (add together) | (birbirine) katmak, eklemek geçişli f. |
| | Combine the sum from this column with the sum from that column to get the total. |
| come and go v expr | (walk to and fro) | gelip gitmek geçişsiz f. |
| | | girip çıkmak geçişsiz f. |
| | During recess the students are allowed to come and go as they please. |
| come and go v expr | (be intermittent) | gelip gitmek geçişsiz f. |
| | The wireless reception is unreliable here, my connection keeps coming and going. |
| come and go v expr | (be fleeting) | gelip geçici olmak geçişsiz f. |
| | As the Great Depression taught us, financial security can come and go. |
| conflate [sth/sb] and [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (merge, bring together) (iki şeyi) | bir araya getirmek geçişli f. |
| | | birleştirmek geçişli f. |
| | It is important to try not to conflate real people and stereotypes. |
| contrast [sth] and/with [sth]⇒ vtr | (show differences) | karşılaştırma yapmak, kıyaslama yapmak f. |
| | Let me contrast the correct and incorrect posture for this dance. |
| copy and paste [sth] vtr | (copy data and insert it elsewhere) | kopyala ve yapıştır |
| | It's easy to copy and paste text to move it from one part of your document to another. |
correlate [sth],
correlate [sth] and [sth]⇒ vtr | (relate two or more things) | ilişkilendirmek geçişli f. |
| | | bağlantı kurmak f. |
| | | ilintilendirmek, ilintilemek geçişli f. |
| | Scientists can correlate brain activity and eye movement. |
| cost an arm and a leg v expr | figurative, informal (be expensive) | çok pahalı olmak f. |
| | | servete mal olmak f. |
| | Don't drop my phone; it cost an arm and a leg. |
country music,
country and western music,
country and western n | (pop music style of western US) | Amerikan folk müziği, country müzik i. |
| | Garth Brooks dominated country music in the 1990's. |
cross [sth],
cross [sth] and [sth],
cross [sth] with [sth]⇒ vtr | (hybridize) | melezleştirmek, melezlemek geçişli f. |
| | The biologist was trying to cross a rose and a lily. |
| Cross my heart and hope to die interj | infantile (promise) | yemin ederim ki, Allah canımı alsın ki ünl. |
| | Mum, I'll clean my room in the morning. Cross my heart and hope to die! |
| cut and paste [sth] v expr | (move: text on screen) | kesmek ve yapıştırmak, kes yapıştır yapmak f. |
| | To cut and paste text, first highlight the text you wish to move. |
| cut and paste [sth] into [sth] v expr | (move: text on screen) (bir şeyi başka bir şeye) | kes yapıştır yapmak f. |
| | You can cut and paste internet images into the word processing document. |
cut-and-dried,
cut and dried adj | figurative (already decided or prepared) | önceden planlanmış s. |
| | | hazır s. |
| Not: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| | The suspect offered the police a cut-and-dried explanation of his activity on the night of the crime. |
| day and night adv | (all the time) | gece gündüz z. |
| | Edgar's been working day and night to get the house ready in time. |
day in,
day out,
day in and day out adv | informal (every day) | her gün z. |
| | | her Allahın günü z. |
| | It's so boring, doing the same thing day in, day out. |
| dead and buried adj | (dead, deceased) | ölüp gitmiş s. |
| | I remember my fourth grade teacher, but she's long since been dead and buried I'm sure. |
| dead and buried adj | (no longer in effect) | bitmiş, sona ermiş s. |
| | | vadesi dolmuş s. |
| | That law is dead and buried. |
| dead and gone adj | (dead, deceased) | ölüp gitmiş, çoktan ölmüş s. |
| | Cyril has been dead and gone for over twenty years now. |
| dead and gone adj | figurative (long since over, finished) | tamamen bitmiş s. |
| | | bitip gitmiş s. |
| | The mining industry in this country is dead and gone. |
| debits and credits npl | (expenditures and income) | alacaklar ve borçlar i. |
| | The first stage in creating accounting records is to record debits and credits. |
| decide (between [sth] and [sth]) vi + prep | (choose from among) (iki şey arasında) | seçim yapmak f. |
| | I couldn't decide between the two dresses, so I bought both. |
| differentiate between [sth] and [sth] vi + prep | (see difference) | arasında ayrım yapmak f. |
| | | birbirinden ayırmak f. |
| | | arasındaki farkı görmek f. |
| | It can be hard to differentiate between a severe panic attack and a heart attack. |
| discriminate between [sth] and [sth] vi + prep | (differentiate between things) | ayırt etmek, birbirinden ayırmak f. |
| | It's hard to discriminate between the individual cells. |
| distinguish between [sth] and [sth] vi + prep | (know the difference) | ayırmak f. |
| | I can't distinguish between the black and the dark brown. |
| dodge in and out of [sth] v expr | (weave in and out) (trafikte) | makas yaparak gitmek f. |
| | (araçların, vb.) | arasından geçerek ilerlemek f. |
| | The car was speeding along the busy road, dodging in and out of the traffic. |
doom and gloom,
gloom and doom n | informal (pessimistic outlook) | vahim durum i. |
| | The news on TV these days is nothing but doom and gloom. |
dos and don'ts,
do's and don'ts npl | informal (rules and regulations) | kurallar, kaideler çoğ. i |
| | Here's a useful list of dos and don'ts for keeping tropical fish. |
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,
also UK: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde n | figurative (person: alternately good, evil) (mecazlı) | çift kişilikli kimse i. |
| | I'll never marry him! In public, he's Dr. Jekyll, but behind closed doors, he's Mr. Hyde. |
| draw a parallel between [sth] and [sth] v expr | (identify as being similar) | birbirine benzetmek geçişli f. |
| | We can draw a parallel between restrictions on law making powers of the earliest British Parliaments, and that of the modern European Parliament. |
| each and every adj | (all) | tüm, bütün s. |
| | You need to check each and every quotation for word-for-word accuracy. |
| each and every one pron | (all) | tümü, hepsi, tamamı zam. |
| | Each and every one filed in and sat down. |
| ebb and flow n | (tidal movement) | gelgit, met cezir i. |
| | The boats move gently at their moorings in response to the ebb and flow of the tide. |
| ebb and flow n | figurative (fluctuations) (mecazlı) | iniş çıkış i. |
| | Consumer spending on such products tends to follow the ebb and flow of the economy. |
| ECDC n | initialism (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) | AHÖKM i. |
| | | Avrupa Hastalık Önleme ve Kontrol Merkezi i. |
emergency room (US),
casualty department,
accident and emergency (UK) n | (hospital: casualty department) (hastane) | acil servis i. |
| | The ambulance took the injured man to the emergency room. |
| | The casualty department was filled with victims of the accident. |
equate [sth],
equate [sth] and [sth]⇒ vtr | (consider equal) | eşit görmek f. |
| | | eşit saymak f. |
| | | aynı kefeye koymak f. |
| | How can you equate wealth and moral authority? |
| every now and again adv | (occasionally) | arada bir z. |
| | | ara sıra, arada sırada z. |
| | I love a take-away curry every now and again. |
| every now and then expr | informal (occasionally) | ara sıra, arada sırada z. |
| | | arada bir z. |
| | Every now and then, a stray cat comes into our yard. |
fair and square,
fairly and squarely adv | (win: without cheating) | hakkıyla z. |
| | | dürüstçe, dürüst bir şekilde z. |
| | My nine-year-old daughter played a great game of chess; she beat me fair and square. |
| far and away expr | (by a large margin) | açık ara z. |
| | | büyük farkla z. |
| | Pele was far and away the greatest footballer of his generation. |