a+good+excuse

good breeding, good manners, politeness. - erkân the rules of good manners, etiquette, the polite way (to do something). -i kelâm euphemism. -tir söylemesi. colloq. Excuse the expression. -ini takın. Behave yourself!/Mind your manners!/Where are your manners? - yahu! Shame on you! - yeri private parts (of a person).

"1. person, someone, human being, man. 2. the human race, man, mankind: Allah insanı yarattı. God created man. 3. decent person, upright person: İnsan gibi yaşamadı. He didn´t live as a decent person should. İnsan gibi çalış! Do your work as it should be done! 4. one, you: İnsan büyüğüyle öyle konuşmaz. One doesn´t speak that way to one´s superior. İnsana güven veren bir sesi var. He has a voice that inspires trust. 5. decent, upright, good (person): Yümni insan bir adam. Yümni´s a decent fellow. -ın adı çıkacağına canı çıksın./-ın/adamın/bir kimsenin adı çıkmadansa canı çıkması yeğdir/hayırlıdır. proverb It is better to die than to get a bad reputation. - beşer, kuldur (bazen) şaşar. proverb Nobody is perfect./Everybody makes mistakes. - eti yemek colloq. to backbite, slander a person. - evladı good person, decent person, person of integrity. - gibi decently, properly, in an acceptable way, like a human being. - hakları human rights. İ- Hakları Beyannamesi hist. the Declaration of the Rights of Man. İ- Hakları Evrensel Beyannamesi the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (made by the U. N.). - hali human nature. - hali. colloq. Human nature is just that way. - içine çıkmak to go out in public; to mix with people. - kıtlığı scarcity of capable people. - kıtlığında As there is no one better at this time,.... - konuşa konuşa/söyleşe söyleşe, hayvan koklaşa koklaşa. proverb Animals communicate by sniffing; people by talking. - kurusu 1. very thin person, bag of bones, scarecrow 2. very thin, (someone) who is nothing but skin and bones. - müsveddesi 1. sorry apology for a human being, sorry excuse for a human being (said of a morally contemptible person). 2. (someone) who is a sorry apology for a human being. - sarrafı 1. a good judge of people. 2. (someone) who is a good judge of people. - türü Homo sapiens. - yedisinde ne ise yetmişinde de odur. proverb A person´s character does not change with time. "

"1. remark; word. 2. expression, utterance, statement. 3. empty words, hot air, nothing but talk. 4. conversation, talk. 5. the subject of a conversation. 6. What nonsense!/That´s bull! -ı ağzında gevelemek to talk around the subject; not to come out with what´s on one´s mind. -ı ağzından kaçırmak to let something slip, say something inadvertently, let the cat out of the bag. -ı ağzında kalmak to be unable to finish what one was saying; (for someone) suddenly to go silent. - altında kalmamak to give as good as one gets (in an argument). -ı ağzına tıkamak /ın/ to shut (someone) up. - anlamaz 1. thickheaded; stupid. 2. obstinate, muleheaded. - anlatmak /a/ to try to bring (someone) round (to one´s own point of view), try to make (someone) understand something. - aramızda.... colloq. This is just between you and me./Let´s keep this to ourselves./Entre nous. - atmak 1. /a/ to make a rude remark about (someone) within his hearing. 2. /a/ to make an improper innuendo or suggestion to (a woman one doesn´t know), proposition. 3. to have a chat. -ını/ -ınızı balla kestim. colloq. Excuse me for interrupting you. -ını bilmek to think before one opens one´s mouth, be careful about what one says. -a boğmak /ı/ to drown (a topic) in a flood of words. -ı çevirmek/değiştirmek to change the subject. - çıkmak for a rumor to start going around. -ı çiğnemek to beat around the bush. -a dalmak to become lost in conversation. - değil. colloq. It´s serious./This isn´t just idle talk. - dinlemek to heed what one is told; to act on someone´s advice. - dokundurmak /a/ to make wisecracks (about), make barbed remarks (about). - düşmemek /a/ 1. for there to be no need for (someone) to talk. 2. (for someone) not to get a chance to speak. - etmek 1. /ı/ to gossip about (something). 2. /la/ to talk (with), chat (with). -ını etmek /ın/ to talk about (something). -ın gümrüğünü vermek slang to start yakking again; to keep on yakking. - işitmek to get a dressing down. - kaldıramamak not to be able to take a joke, not to be able to take it. - kıtlığında asmalar budayayım. colloq. You´re talking nonsense! - körüğü windbag (person). - lafı açar. colloq. One topic leads to another. -ı mı olur? colloq. Don´t mention it!/It´s a pleasure! (said to someone for whom one has done or wishes to do a favor). - ola. colloq. What hogwash!/It´s just so much hot air! - olur. colloq. There´ll be gossip./It´ll set tongues wagging. - olsun diye (saying something) just to make conversation, merely for the sake of saying it. -la peynir gemisi yürümez. proverb Mere talk won´t get anything done. - söyledi balkabağı. colloq. You´re full of bull! -ını şaşırmak to be at a loss for words. - taşımak to retail gossip. -a tutmak /ı/ to engage (someone) in conversation (thus causing him to stop what he´d been doing). -ı uzatmak to take a long time explaining something. - ü güzaf see lafügüzaf. - yetiştirmek 1. to reply quickly and in kind, promptly to give as good as one gets. 2. /a/ (for a child) to talk back to, sass (an older person). - yok. /a/ colloq. There´s nothing wrong with...."

"1. remark, utterance; expression; statement; word. 2. promise. 3. rumor. -ü açılmak to be brought up in conversation, be mentioned, be spoken of. - açmak /dan/ to bring (something) up in conversation. -ü ağzında bırakmak /ın/ not to let (someone) finish what he´s saying. -ü ağzına tıkamak /ın/ to squelch, silence. - ağzından dirhemle çıkmak to be very taciturn, be very sparing in one´s speech. -ü ağzında gevelemek not to come to the point, to beat around the bush. - almak 1. to start to talk (after obtaining permission). 2. /dan/ to get a promise out of (someone). - altında kalmamak to give as good as one gets (in an argument). - anlamak to understand what one is told and act on it. - anlamaz (someone) who refuses to understand what´s told him, who won´t listen to reason. - anlayan beri gelsin. colloq. None of you understand me. - aramızda.... Between you and me./Don´t tell anyone else. - arasında in the course of the conversation. - atmak /a/ 1. to make a rude remark about (someone) within his hearing. 2. to make an improper innuendo or suggestion to (a woman), proposition. -e atılmak to enter a conversation suddenly, suddenly to come forth with some remarks. - ayağa düşmek for a matter to be talked about by people who have no right to do so. -ü bağlamak to conclude one´s remarks. -ünü/-ünüzü balla kestim. colloq. Excuse me for interrupting you. -ünü bilmek to speak tactfully. -ünü bilmez tactless. - bir, Allah bir. You can rely on me completely; I am a man of my word. - bir etmek to unite with others (against someone or something). - birliği etmek (for people) to agree beforehand as to what they will say or do; to agree to tell the same story or act in the same way. -e boğmak /ı/ to drown (a subject) in a flood of words. -ü çevirmek to change the subject. - çıkmak for a piece of news to be going around/be bruited about. -ünden çıkmamak /ın/ never to think of bucking (someone), never to think of going against (someone´s) wishes or orders. -ü çiğnemek to beat around the bush. - dağarcığı vocabulary. - dinlemek to heed what one is told, follow advice. -ünden dönmek to go back on one´s word. -ünde durmak to keep one´s word. - düşmemek /a/ to have no right to voice an opinion. - ebesi 1. garrulous, talkative. 2. quick at repartee. - ehli eloquent (person). - eri 1. eloquent (person). 2. (someone) who knows how to talk people into doing what he wants. -ünün eri man of his word; woman of her word. -ünü esirgememek to be very plainspoken, not to mince words, to call a spade a spade. - etmek /dan/ to talk about (someone, something). -ünü etmek /ın/ to talk about (something). -ü geçen the aforementioned, the aforesaid (person, thing). - geçirmek /a/ to make (someone) do what one says. -ü geçmek 1. to be influential. 2. to be mentioned, be spoken of. - gelmek /a/ to be the object of criticism, be criticized. -üne gelmek /ın/ to come round to (someone´s) point of view, finally to agree that (someone) is right. -ünü geri almak 1. to take back what one has said (apologetically). 2. to withdraw one´s promise. - getirmek /a/ to cause unfavorable comments to be made about. -ü (bir şeye) getirmek to say (something) indirectly, say (something) in so many words. - götürmez beyond doubt, indisputable. - gümüşse sükût altındır. proverb Speech is silver, but silence is golden. - işitmek to get a dressing down. - kaldırmamak to be quick to retort to a slighting or insulting remark. -de kalmak not to be carried out, not to be realized. - kavafı garrulous, (someone) who´s a chatterbox. - kesmek /a/ (for the bride´s family) to agree to give (their daughter) in marriage. -ü kesmek to stop speaking in midsentence. -ünü kesmek /ın/ to interrupt (someone who is speaking). -ün kısası.... in short.../the long and the short of it is that.... - konusu 1. person or thing being talked of. 2. (person, thing) being talked of, under consideration. - konusu etmek /ı/ to discuss. - konusu olma