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at+the+end+of+something

  • 1 end

    n. son, uç, taraf, akıbet, kafa, ölüm, erek, kalıntı, izmarit, sonuç
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    v. bitirmek, sonuca ulaşmak, son vermek, yok etmek, bitmek, sona ermek, sonuçlanmak, ölmek
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    1. bit (v.) 2. son ver (v.) 3. son (n.)
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    [end] 1. noun
    1) (the last or farthest part of the length of something: the house at the end of the road; both ends of the room; Put the tables end to end (= with the end of one touching the end of another); ( also adjective) We live in the end house.) son, uç
    2) (the finish or conclusion: the end of the week; The talks have come to an end; The affair is at an end; He is at the end of his strength; They fought bravely to the end; If she wins the prize we'll never hear the end of it (= she will often talk about it).) son, nihayet, bitiş
    3) (death: The soldiers met their end bravely.) ölüm, ecel, akibet
    4) (an aim: What end have you in view?) amaç, gaye
    5) (a small piece left over: cigarette ends.) son, uç
    2. verb
    (to bring or come to an end: The scheme ended in disaster; How does the play end?; How should I end (off) this letter?) bit(ir)mek, sona er(dir)mek
    - endless
    - at a loose end
    - end up
    - in the end
    - make both ends meet
    - make ends meet
    - no end of
    - no end
    - on end
    - put an end to
    - the end

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  • 2 end up

    bitmek, sonuçlanmak, boylamak, düşmek, olup çıkmak=
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    bitir
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    1) (to reach or come to an end, usually unpleasant: I knew that he would end up in prison.) (sonunda) kendini (bir yerde/bir şey olarak) bulmak
    2) (to do something in the end: He refused to believe her but he ended up apologizing.) sonunda...-mek/mak

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  • 3 get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick

    (to misunderstand a situation, something said etc.) bir şeyi yanlış anlamak

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  • 4 get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick

    (to misunderstand a situation, something said etc.) bir şeyi yanlış anlamak

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  • 5 keep one's end up

    kendini iyi savunmak, kendini tutmasını bilmek, sorumluluğunu bilmek
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    (to perform one's part in something just as well as all the others who are involved.) üstüne düşeni yapmak

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  • 6 stop

    interj. dur
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    n. durma, duraksama, duraklama, stop etme, durak, istasyon, mola yeri, mercek perdesi [fot.], noktalama işareti, nokta, ünsüz ses, engel
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    v. durmak, son vermek, bırakmak, dindirmek, durdurmak, stop ettirmek, kesmek, alıkoymak, savmak, dolgu yapmak, kapamak, tıkamak, noktalamak, bitmek, kesilmek, kalmak, devam etmemek
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    [stop] 1. past tense, past participle - stopped; verb
    1) (to (make something) cease moving, or come to rest, a halt etc: He stopped the car and got out; This train does not stop at Birmingham; He stopped to look at the map; He signalled with his hand to stop the bus.) dur(dur)mak
    2) (to prevent from doing something: We must stop him (from) going; I was going to say something rude but stopped myself just in time.) durdurmak
    3) (to discontinue or cease eg doing something: That woman just can't stop talking; The rain has stopped; It has stopped raining.) durmak
    4) (to block or close: He stopped his ears with his hands when she started to shout at him.) kapamak, tıkamak
    5) (to close (a hole, eg on a flute) or press down (a string on a violin etc) in order to play a particular note.) kapamak, tıkamak
    6) (to stay: Will you be stopping long at the hotel?) kalmak
    2. noun
    1) (an act of stopping or state of being stopped: We made only two stops on our journey; Work came to a stop for the day.) durma
    2) (a place for eg a bus to stop: a bus stop.) durak
    3) (in punctuation, a full stop: Put a stop at the end of the sentence.) nokta
    4) (a device on a flute etc for covering the holes in order to vary the pitch, or knobs for bringing certain pipes into use on an organ.) tıkaç
    5) (a device, eg a wedge etc, for stopping the movement of something, or for keeping it in a fixed position: a door-stop.) tıpa
    - stopper
    - stopping
    - stopcock
    - stopgap
    - stopwatch
    - put a stop to
    - stop at nothing
    - stop dead
    - stop off
    - stop over
    - stop up

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  • 7 hand

    adj. el
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    n. el, parti, yardım, pay, parmak, ustalık, yetenek, usta, kurt, ibre, akrep, yelkovan, taraf, demet, salkım, hevenk, alkış, evlilik sözü
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    v. vermek, uzatmak, yardım etmek
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    1. uzat (v.) 2. el (n.)
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    [hænd] 1. noun
    1) (the part of the body at the end of the arm.) el
    2) (a pointer on a clock, watch etc: Clocks usually have an hour hand and a minute hand.) ibre, gösterge
    3) (a person employed as a helper, crew member etc: a farm hand; All hands on deck!) yardımcı, işçi, tayfa
    4) (help; assistance: Can I lend a hand?; Give me a hand with this box, please.) yardım
    5) (a set of playing-cards dealt to a person: I had a very good hand so I thought I had a chance of winning.) el
    6) (a measure (approximately centimetres) used for measuring the height of horses: a horse of 14 hands.) karış
    7) (handwriting: written in a neat hand.) el yazısı
    2. verb
    (often with back, down, up etc)
    1) (to give (something) to someone by hand: I handed him the book; He handed it back to me; I'll go up the ladder, and you can hand the tools up to me.) elle vermek, uzatmak
    2) (to pass, transfer etc into another's care etc: That is the end of my report from Paris. I'll now hand you back to Fred Smith in the television studio in London.) bağlamak
    - handbag
    - handbill
    - handbook
    - handbrake
    - handcuff
    - handcuffs
    - hand-lens
    - handmade
    - hand-operated
    - hand-out
    - hand-picked
    - handshake
    - handstand
    - handwriting
    - handwritten
    - at hand
    - at the hands of
    - be hand in glove with someone
    - be hand in glove
    - by hand
    - fall into the hands of someone
    - fall into the hands
    - force someone's hand
    - get one's hands on
    - give/lend a helping hand
    - hand down
    - hand in
    - hand in hand
    - hand on
    - hand out
    - hand-out
    - handout
    - hand over
    - hand over fist
    - hands down
    - hands off!
    - hands-on
    - hands up!
    - hand to hand
    - have a hand in something
    - have a hand in
    - have/get/gain the upper hand
    - hold hands with someone
    - hold hands
    - in good hands
    - in hand
    - in the hands of
    - keep one's hand in
    - off one's hands
    - on hand
    - on the one hand... on the other hand
    -... on the other hand
    - out of hand
    - shake hands with someone / shake someone's hand
    - shake hands with / shake someone's hand
    - a show of hands
    - take in hand
    - to hand

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  • 8 sight

    n. görme, görme yeteneği, görüş, göz, nazar, kanı, ibraz, görüntü, görünüş, görünüm, manzara, ümit, ihtimal, hal, nişangâh
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    v. görmek, gözlemlemek, gözlemek, bakmak, nişan almak, hedeflemek, ibraz etmek (çek vb.)
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    1. görüş 2. gör (v.) 3. görüş (n.)
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    1. noun
    1) (the act or power of seeing: The blind man had lost his sight in the war.) görme yeteneği, görme
    2) (the area within which things can be seen by someone: The boat was within sight of land; The end of our troubles is in sight.) görüş mesafesi/alanı
    3) (something worth seeing: She took her visitors to see the sights of London.) görmeye değer yer
    4) (a view or glimpse.) görüş, manzara
    5) (something seen that is unusual, ridiculous, shocking etc: She's quite a sight in that hat.) çirkin bir şey
    6) ((on a gun etc) an apparatus to guide the eye in taking aim: Where is the sight on a rifle?) nişangâh, arpacık
    2. verb
    1) (to get a view of; to see suddenly: We sighted the coast as dawn broke.) görüvermek
    2) (to look at (something) through the sight of a gun: He sighted his prey and pulled the trigger.) nişan almak
    - sight-seer
    - catch sight of
    - lose sight of

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  • 9 time

    n. zaman, aralık, vakit, çağ, süre, vade, uygun zaman, doğum zamanı, tempo, kere
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    v. ayarlamak, kurmak, zamanlama yapmak, saat tutmak, süre tutmak, zamanlamak, temposunu belirlemek, tempo tutmak
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    1. zamanlama yap (v.) 2. zaman (n.) 3. zaman
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    1. noun
    1) (the hour of the day: What time is it?; Can your child tell the time yet?) zaman
    2) (the passage of days, years, events etc: time and space; Time will tell.) vakit, zaman
    3) (a point at which, or period during which, something happens: at the time of his wedding; breakfast-time.) vakit
    4) (the quantity of minutes, hours, days etc, eg spent in, or available for, a particular activity etc: This won't take much time to do; I enjoyed the time I spent in Paris; At the end of the exam, the supervisor called `Your time is up!') zaman, vakit, süre
    5) (a suitable moment or period: Now is the time to ask him.) tam zamanı, uygun an
    6) (one of a number occasions: He's been to France four times.) defa, kere, kez
    7) (a period characterized by a particular quality in a person's life, experience etc: He went through an unhappy time when she died; We had some good times together.) geçirilen zaman, yaşanan an
    8) (the speed at which a piece of music should be played; tempo: in slow time.) tempo
    2. verb
    1) (to measure the time taken by (a happening, event etc) or by (a person, in doing something): He timed the journey.) saat tutmak, süreyi hesaplamak
    2) (to choose a particular time for: You timed your arrival beautifully!) zamanlamak, zamanı ayarlamak
    - timelessly
    - timelessness
    - timely
    - timeliness
    - timer
    - times
    - timing
    - time bomb
    - time-consuming
    - time limit
    - time off
    - time out
    - timetable
    - all in good time
    - all the time
    - at times
    - be behind time
    - for the time being
    - from time to time
    - in good time
    - in time
    - no time at all
    - no time
    - one, two at a time
    - on time
    - save, waste time
    - take one's time
    - time and time again
    - time and again

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  • 10 butt

    n. sap, dipçik, izmarit, dip kısım, hedef, nişan, maskara, kafa atma, tos, popo
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    v. kafa atmak, toslamak, boynuzlamak
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    1. çarp (v.) 2.(n.)
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    I verb
    (to strike (someone or something) with the head: He fell over when the goat butted him.) tos vurmak; kafa atmak
    II 1. noun
    (someone whom others criticize or tell jokes about: She's the butt of all his jokes.) alay konusu (kimse)
    2. noun
    1) (the thick and heavy end (especially of a rifle).) dipçik
    2) (the end of a finished cigar, cigarette etc: His cigarette butt was the cause of the fire.) izmarit, sigara izmariti
    3) ((slang) a person's bottom: Come on, get off your butt - we have work to do.) popo, kıç

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  • 11 tag on

    üzerini etiketle
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    1) ((usually with at or to) to attach (something) to something: These comments weren't part of his speech - he just tagged them on at the end.) eklemek
    2) (to follow (someone) closely: The child always tags on to his elder brother.) peşinden gitmek

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  • 12 quarter

    n. çeyrek, dörtte birlik bölüm, onbeş dakika, yirmibeş sent, köşe, yer, bölge, mahalle, makam, bağışlama, kaynak (haber), canını bağışlama, aman, dördün, yarımay, ağırlık ölçüsü (amer. 11.34 kg), ölçek (2908 hl.)
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    v. dörde bölmek, dört parçaya bölmek, yerleştirmek, geceletmek, konaklatmak, asker yerleştirmek, araziyi köşe bucak aramak (köpek)
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    1. dörde böl (v.) 2. çeyrek (n.)
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    ['kwo:tə] 1. noun
    1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) dörtte bir, çeyrek
    2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) çeyrek, 25 sent
    3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) bölge, semt, mahalle
    4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) yön, taraf
    5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) merhamet, insaf
    6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) bacak
    7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) yarım ay, dördün
    8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) oyunun dörtte biri
    9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) çeyrek öğretim yılı
    2. verb
    1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) dört eşit parçaya bölmek
    2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) dörde bölmek
    3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) yerleştirmek, konaklatmak
    3. adverb
    (once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) üç aylık, üç ayda bir
    4. noun
    (a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) üç ayda bir çıkan yayın
    - quarter-deck
    - quarter-final
    - quarter-finalist
    - quartermaster
    - at close quarters

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  • 13 suck

    n. emme, emiş, emilen şey, anne sütü, yudum, içim, girdap, anafor, yağcı
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    v. emmek, soğurmak, içine çekmek, çekmek, nefes çekmek, özümlemek, sağlamak, elde etmek, sızdırmak, emme sesi çıkarmak, su yerine hava çekmek (tulumba)
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    em
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    1. verb
    1) (to draw liquid etc into the mouth: As soon as they are born, young animals learn to suck (milk from their mothers); She sucked up the lemonade through a straw.) emmek
    2) (to hold something between the lips or inside the mouth, as though drawing liquid from it: I told him to take the sweet out of his mouth, but he just went on sucking; He sucked the end of his pencil.) emmek
    3) (to pull or draw in a particular direction with a sucking or similar action: The vacuum cleaner sucked up all the dirt from the carpet; A plant sucks up moisture from the soil.) emmek, içine çekmek
    4) ((American) (slang) to be awful, boring, disgusting etc: Her singing sucks; This job sucks.) bir boka benzememek
    2. noun
    (an act of sucking: I gave him a suck of my lollipop.) emme
    - suck up to

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  • 14 twist

    n. büklüm, dönme, burkma, bükülme, burkulma, kıvırma, bükme, çarpıtma, kıvrım, düğüm, yeni çözüm, eğilim (kötü), sarma sigara, ibrişim, ip, girdap, viraj, dönemeç, tvist (dans)
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    v. bükmek, dolamak, kıvırmak, bükülmek, sarmak, burmak, burkmak, çarpıtmak, dönmek, kıvrılmak, kıvranmak, burkulmak, kıvrılarak akmak
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    1. bük (v.) 2. bükme (n.)
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    [twist] 1. verb
    1) (to turn round (and round): He twisted the knob; The road twisted through the mountains.) bükmek, kıvırmak
    2) (to wind around or together: He twisted the piece of string (together) to make a rope.) burmak
    3) (to force out of the correct shape or position: The heat of the fire twisted the metal; He twisted her arm painfully.) burkmak, incitmek, çarpıtmak
    2. noun
    1) (the act of twisting.) bükme
    2) (a twisted piece of something: He added a twist of lemon to her drink.) bükülmüş parça
    3) (a turn, coil etc: There's a twist in the rope.) büklüm, kıvrım
    4) (a change in direction (of a story etc): The story had a strange twist at the end.) değişiklik
    - twister

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  • 15 bite

    n. ısırık, ısırma, dişleme, diş izi; lokma; keskinlik, kavrama, acılık, oltaya vurma
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    v. ısırmak, dişlemek; sokmak, aşındırmak; acıtmak, acımak, yakmak; oltaya gelmek; zokayı yutmak, sızlamak; kavramak
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    1. ısır (v.) 2. ısırık (n.)
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    1. past tense - bit; verb
    (to seize, grasp or tear (something) with the teeth or jaws: The dog bit his leg; He was bitten by a mosquito.) ısırmak
    2. noun
    1) (an act of biting or the piece or place bitten: a bite from the apple; a mosquito bite.) ısırık
    2) (the nibble of a fish on the end of one's line: I've been fishing for hours without a bite.) oltaya vurma
    - bite the dust

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  • 16 shut

    adj. kapatılmış, kapanmış, örtülü, kapalı
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    v. kapatmak, kapamak, yummak, kapanmak, örtmek, sokmamak, içeri almamak, kapmak, kıstırmak, katlamak
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    1. kapa (v.) 2. kapalı (adj.)
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    1. present participle - shutting; verb
    1) (to move (a door, window, lid etc) so that it covers or fills an opening; to move (a drawer, book etc) so that it is no longer open: Shut that door, please!; Shut your eyes and don't look.) kapatmak
    2) (to become closed: The window shut with a bang.) kapanmak
    3) (to close and usually lock (a building etc) eg at the end of the day or when people no longer work there: The shops all shut at half past five; There's a rumour that the factory is going to be shut.) kapanmak
    4) (to keep in or out of some place or keep away from someone by shutting something: The dog was shut inside the house.) kapanıp kalmak, kapatıp bırakmamak
    2. adjective
    (closed.) kapalı
    - shut off
    - shut up

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  • 17 give in

    vermek, teslim etmek, teslim olmak, kabullenmek
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    1) (to stop fighting and admit defeat; to yield: The soldiers were outnumbered and gave in to the enemy.) teslim olmak
    2) (to hand or bring (something) to someone (often a person in authority): Do we have to give in our books at the end of the lesson?) vermek, teslim etmek

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  • 18 foil

    n. folyo, sır (ayna), kıyas edilen örnek, eskrim kılıcı, meç
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    v. önlemek, engellemek, bozmak, itmek, folyo ile sarmak, folyo döşemek
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    1. önle (v.) 2. folyo (n.) 3. yaprak
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    I [foil] verb
    (to defeat; to disappoint: She was foiled in her attempt to become President.) engellemek, alıkoymak
    II [foil] noun
    1) (extremely thin sheets of metal that resemble paper: silver foil.) folyo
    2) (a dull person or thing against which someone or something else seems brighter: She acted as a foil to her beautiful sister.) zıt yapıda kimse, şey
    III [foil] noun
    (a blunt sword with a button at the end, used in the sport of fencing.) eskrim kılıcı

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  • 19 stick

    n. çubuk, sopa, dal parçası, asa, sap, baston, değnek, direk, çıta, sırık, kol, vites kolu, engel (yarış), tokmak, ardarda atılan bombalar, uçaktan ardarda atlayan askerler, kumpas, çam yarması, hödük
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    v. sokmak, geçirmek, batırmak, delmek, saplamak, bıçaklamak, uzatmak, takmak, koymak, yapıştırmak, iğnelemek, tutturmak, alıkoymak, tutmak, çakmak, dayanmak, yapışmak, takılmak, takılıp kalmak, saplanıp kalmak, çıkamamak, çakılıp kalmak, ayrılmamak, sadık kalmak, bırakmamak, şaşırtmak, kandırmak, katlanmak, çıkıntı yapmak, çıkmak
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    1. sapla (v.) 2. çubuk (n.)
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    I [stik] past tense, past participle - stuck; verb
    1) (to push (something sharp or pointed) into or through something: She stuck a pin through the papers to hold them together; Stop sticking your elbow into me!) batırmak
    2) ((of something pointed) to be pushed into or through something: Two arrows were sticking in his back.) batırılmak
    3) (to fasten or be fastened (by glue, gum etc): He licked the flap of the envelope and stuck it down; These labels don't stick very well; He stuck (the broken pieces of) the vase together again; His brothers used to call him Bonzo and the name has stuck.) yapış(tır)mak
    4) (to (cause to) become fixed and unable to move or progress: The car stuck in the mud; The cupboard door has stuck; I'll help you with your arithmetic if you're stuck.) saplanmak, sıkış(tır)mak
    - sticky
    - stickily
    - stickiness
    - sticking-plaster
    - stick-in-the-mud
    - come to a sticky end
    - stick at
    - stick by
    - stick it out
    - stick out
    - stick one's neck out
    - stick to/with
    - stick together
    - stick up for
    II [stik] noun
    1) (a branch or twig from a tree: They were sent to find sticks for firewood.) çubuk
    2) (a long thin piece of wood etc shaped for a special purpose: She always walks with a stick nowadays; a walking-stick / hockey-stick; a drumstick.) sopa, değnek
    3) (a long piece: a stick of rhubarb.) sap
    - get hold of the wrong end of the stick
    - get the wrong end of the stick

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  • 20 pass

    n. giriş, geçiş, geçit, dar yol, kanal, geçiş izni, pasaport, giriş kartı, paso, izin, ruhsat, hokkabazlık, el çabukluğu, pas, geçme, kur, çalım, durum, vaziyet
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    v. geçmek, geçirmek, aşmak, devretmek, vermek, uzatmak, piyasaya sürmek, pas vermek, açmak (kilit), söylemek, bildirmek, dönüşmek, dinmek, onaylanmak
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    1. geçit (n.) 2. geç (v.) 3. geçiş (n.)
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    1. verb
    1) (to move towards and then beyond (something, by going past, through, by, over etc): I pass the shops on my way to work; The procession passed along the corridor.) geçmek
    2) (to move, give etc from one person, state etc to another: They passed the photographs around; The tradition is passed (on/down) from father to son.) geçmek
    3) (to go or be beyond: This passes my understanding.) aşmak
    4) ((of vehicles etc on a road) to overtake: The sports car passed me at a dangerous bend in the road.) yetişip/sollayıp geçmek
    5) (to spend (time): They passed several weeks in the country.) geçirmek
    6) ((of an official group, government etc) to accept or approve: The government has passed a resolution.) onaylamak, kabul etmek
    7) (to give or announce (a judgement or sentence): The magistrate passed judgement on the prisoner.) bildirmek, açıklamak
    8) (to end or go away: His sickness soon passed.) geçmek
    9) (to (judge to) be successful in (an examination etc): I passed my driving test.) geçmek
    2. noun
    1) (a narrow path between mountains: a mountain pass.) geçit
    2) (a ticket or card allowing a person to do something, eg to travel free or to get in to a building: You must show your pass before entering.) izin belgesi, paso, permi
    3) (a successful result in an examination, especially when below a distinction, honours etc: There were ten passes and no fails.) geçme
    4) ((in ball games) a throw, kick, hit etc of the ball from one player to another: The centre-forward made a pass towards the goal.) pas
    - passing
    - passer-by
    - password
    - in passing
    - let something pass
    - let pass
    - pass as/for
    - pass away
    - pass the buck
    - pass by
    - pass off
    - pass something or someone off as
    - pass off as
    - pass on
    - pass out
    - pass over
    - pass up

    English-Turkish dictionary > pass

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