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33 Cards in this Set
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grow up |
to develop from being a child to being an adult:
:What do you want to be when you grow up? :I grew up in Chicago. |
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build up** geliştir |
if something builds up somewhere or if you build it up, it gradually becomes bigger or greater
The museum has built up a fine art collection. he rate at which the pension builds up |
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hold back |
to not do something, often because of fear or because you do not want to make a bad situation worse:
He held back, terrified of going into the dark room. kendini tutmak |
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get ruffled
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saçları karıştırılmak
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the country as a whole spoken
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spoken
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he takes it a step further --spoken
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spoken
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you're in a hurry
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acelen vardı
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have trouble
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sıkıntı olmak
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fair share
They are just sitting back, not really doing their -fair share- of the work |
adaletli paylaşımı
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fill progress report
fill their weekly progress reports with me |
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down the drain |
down the drain informal
a) if time, effort, or money goes down the drain, it is wasted or produces no results: Well that's it. 18 months' work down the drain. b) if an organization, country etc goes down the drain, it becomes worse or fails: That's why this country's going down the drain! |
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goof off |
› to avoid work or waste time:
You’d better not let the boss catch you goofing off! |
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personal liberty - freedom of speech
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insan hakları - konuşma özgürlüğü
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pick a topic |
konu seçmek
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from scratch - idiom |
C1 from the beginning, without using anything that already exists:
Ben built the shed from scratch. scratch your head to rub your skin with your nails: He was scratching (at) his mosquito bites. Hannah scratched her head thoughtfully. |
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trapped in |
o be in a bad situation from which you cannot escape
be/feel trapped in :Julia felt trapped in her role of wife and mother. |
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reach the conclusion
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be in work.. out of work .. |
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end up doing something
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put sth behind
Like any divorce, it was a painful business but I've put it all behind me now.
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If you put an unpleasant experience behind you, you stopthinking about it, so that it does not affect your life:Like any divorce, it was a painful business but I've put it all behind me now. |
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passed away at 90 |
90 yaşında öldü
Saudi king passed away at age 90 |
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forbidden from doing sth
He is forbidden from leaving the country. |
[often passive, + from + doing sth] He is forbidden from leaving the country. |
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by mistake, accidentally |
yanlışlıkla |
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run out |
to use all of something so that there is none left bitirmek, tüketmek I've nearly run out of money. Time is running out |
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be scared to death |
korkudan ölmek, ödü kopmak |
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1 milyon değerinde olmak |
worths millions |
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dünya genelinde |
across the globe |
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watertight adjective (NO DOUBTS)
This book is designed to be provocative rather than a watertight piece of economic analysis.
security is watertight
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› (of a theory, plan, or agreement) formed very carefully in everydetail so that nothing is uncertain or in doubt:This book is designed to be provocative rather than a watertight piece of economic analysis. |
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lush, adj
lush green valleys
these plains were lush forests |
A lush area has a lot of green, healthy plants, grass, and trees: verimli, yeşil lush green valleys |
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limitde |
this is treasure hunting at the limits |
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dokunuşla anladım |
I understood by texture of bone |
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sweat(n) |
By the time we'd climbed to the top of the hill, we were covered in sweat. |
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sweat(v) |
2 to pass sweat through the skin because you are hot, ill, orfrightened:
It was so hot when we arrived in Tripoli that we started to sweat as soon as we got off the plane. |
