dear!

Dear Sir, polite salutation used at the beginning of a letter to a man

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"1. soul. 2. life. 3. person, individual. 4. energy, zeal, vigor; vitality, strength. 5. dervish orders brother, friend; disciple. 6. dear, lovable. -ım 1. darling, honey, my dear. 2. my dear fellow; my dear lady (often used in reproach or objection). 3. precious, lovely. -ı acımak to feel pain. -ına acımamak to live without thinking of one´s own comfort. - acısı acute pain. -ını acıtmak /ın/ to cause (someone) acute pain. -ı ağzına gelmek to be frightened to death. - alacak nokta/yer the crucial point. - alıp can vermek to be in agony; to be in great distress. -ını almak /ın/ to kill. - arkadaşı close companion, intimate friend. - atmak /a/ to desire strongly, want badly. -ını bağışlamak /ın/ to spare (someone´s) life. - baş üstüne! I´ll do it gladly!/Gladly! -la başla çalışmak to put one´s heart into a job, work with determination and enthusiasm. - benim canım, çıksın elin canı. colloq. I´ll look out for number one. - beslemek to feed oneself well. -ından bezmek/bıkmak/usanmak to be tired of living. - boğazdan gelir/geçer. proverb One cannot live without food. - borcunu ödemek to die. -ı burnuna gelmek 1. to be overwhelmed with trouble. 2. to be fed up. -ı burnunda olmak to be worn out, be exhausted. - cana, baş başa everyone for himself. -a can katmak to delight greatly, increase one´s pleasure. -ı cehenneme! To hell with him! -ını cehenneme göndermek /ın/ colloq. to kill. -ım ciğerim my darling. - çabası the struggle to support oneself. -ı çekilmek to feel exhausted. - çekişmek to be dying in agony. -ı/gönlü çekmek /ı/ to long (for). -ını çıkarmak /ın/ 1. to wear out, tire. 2. to wear (something) out. -ı çıkasıca/çıksın! May the devil take him! -ı çıkmak 1. to die. 2. to get very tired. 3. to get worn out. - çıkmayınca/çıkmadıkça/çıkar huy çıkmaz. proverb People never change. - damarı vital point, most sensitive spot. - damarına basmak /ın/ to touch on the most sensitive spot of (someone, something). -ını (bir yere) dar atmak just barely to make it to (a safe place). - dayanmamak /a/ to be intolerable. -ına değmek /ın/ 1. to please greatly. 2. to cause joy to the spirit (of a deceased person). - derdine düşmek to struggle for one´s life. “-ım” dese “canın çıksın” diyor sanmak to hear “darling” and understand “damn you.” - direği sound post (of a violin). -ını dişine takmak to make a great effort, put one´s back into it, go all out, give it one´s all. - dostu dear friend. -ına düşkün (one) who takes good care of himself. - düşmanı mortal enemy. - evi 1. the upper part of the belly. 2. heart. 3. the vital spot. - evinden vurmak /ı/ to attack (a person) where he is most sensitive and vulnerable. -ına ezan okumak /ın/ slang to kill, destroy. - feda! Wonderful!/Superb! -dan geçmek to give up the ghost. -ına geçmek/ işlemek/kâr etmek /ın/ to touch (someone) to the quick. - gelmek /a/ to be refreshed, revive. -ı gelip gitmek to have fainting spells. -ı gitmek to worry about the safety and well-being of someone or something. - halatı naut. life line. - havliyle in a desperate attempt to save one´s life. -ımın içi my darling. -ının içine sokacağı gelmek /ı/ to feel a strong wave of love (for). -ı ile oynamak to do dangerous things. -ı istemek /ı/ to desire. -ın isterse. If you like./I don´t care. - kalmamak /da/ to have all the life drained out (of). -a kasıt law intent to murder. -ına kastetmek /ın/ to plot against (someone´s) life. - kaygısına düşmek to fight for one´s life. -ına kıymak 1. /ın/ to kill without pity. 2. to commit suicide. 3. to wear oneself out. - korkusu fear of death. - kulağı ile dinlemek to be all ears; /ı/ to listen intently (to). - kurban! colloq. How wonderful! -ını kurtarmak 1. to save one´s life. 2. /ın/ to save (someone´s) life. - kurtaran yok mu! Help!/Save me! -ına/-ıma minnet! colloq. What more could one want!/So much the better! -ına okumak /ın/ 1. to harass. 2. to destroy, ruin. - pahasına at the risk of one´s life, a

"two. -dir for the second time. -miz the two of us. -miz de both of us. -si the two (of them). -si de both (of them). - ahbap çavuşlar colloq. inseparable friends, great pals. -si arası 1. neither one nor the other, a combination of the two. 2. (someone, something) who/which is a mixture of the two. - arada bir derede somehow or other. - arada bir derede kalmak to be in a tight situation. - arada kalmak to be at a loss as to whom to believe; not to know whom to support. - ateş arasında kalmak to be caught between two fires. - atomlu chem. diatomic. - ayağını bir pabuca sokmak/koymak /ın/ to pressure (someone), put pressure on (someone) (to finish something immediately). - baştan olmak (for something) to be possible only if both sides are in agreement about it. -de bir/birde very frequently, all the time, constantly, continually, every whipstitch. -si bir kapıya çıkar. colloq. They both amount to the same thing. -si bir kazanda kaynamamak not to get along together. -sini bir kazana koysalar kaynamazlar. colloq. It´s impossible for them to get along with each other. - boyutlu two-dimensional. - buçukluk (a) two-and-a-half lira coin. - büklüm bent double, very stooped. - cambaz bir ipte oynamaz. proverb If two cheats try to work together, they end up cheating each other. - cami arasında kalmış beynamaz/binamaz (someone) who doesn´t know which alternative to choose, (someone) who doesn´t know which of two choices to make. - cihanda in this world and the next. - çıplak bir hamama yakışır. proverb Don´t think about marrying if you haven´t got a penny to your name. - çift laf/söz a word or two, a few words. - çifte kayık/- çifteli rowboat with two pairs of oars. - değerlikli chem. bivalent (element). - dinle (bin işit) bir söyle. proverb Listen before you talk. - dirhem bir çekirdek dressed up fit to kill, dressed up to the nines, all dolled up. - dünya this world and the world to come. - eli böğründe kalmak to be at a loss as to what to do; to feel helpless. - eli (kızıl) kanda olsa no matter what he´s/she´s doing, no matter what, no matter how tied up he/she is. - eli şakaklarında düşünmek to brood, be deep in thought. - eli yakasında olmak /ın/ to intend to settle accounts (with another) on Judgment Day. - elim yanıma gelecek. colloq. I swear I´m telling the truth!/Cross my heart! - evli bigamous. - geçeli in two rows facing each other. - gönül bir olursa/olunca samanlık seyran olur. proverb If two people are really in love they can make do with a bare minimum of worldly goods. - gözüm my dear; my dear friend; my dear lady; my dear fellow. - gözle görme/- göze değgin görme binocular vision. - gözü iki çeşme crying one´s eyes out, crying one´s heart out. - gözüm kör olsun! I swear to God! - gözüm önüme aksın! I swear to God! - günde bir every other day. - hörgüçlü deve Bactrian camel, two-humped camel. - karpuz bir koltuğa sığmaz. proverb You can´t do two things at once. - kat 1. doubled, folded. 2. bent double, very stooped. - katı /ın/ double the amount of. - katlı 1. two-storied. 2. two-layered. - kat olmak to be bent double, become very stooped. - kere twice. - kere iki dört eder gibi as sure as two and two is four. - misli twofold, twice as much. - namlulu double-barreled. - nokta colon (punctuation mark). -si ortası/-sinin ortası 1. (someone, something) which is a blend of the two. 2. a blend of the two. 3. middle ground, middle of the road; middle way, middle path. - paralık etmek /ı/ to ruin (someone´s) reputation, discredit (someone) thoroughly. - paralık olmak (for someone´s reputation) to be ruined, (for someone) to be thoroughly discredited. - rahmetten biri. colloq. If he can´t get well I hope death will put an end to his sufferings. - satır konuşmak/dertleşmek to have a brief chat. - seksen uzanmak slang 1. to be tickled pink. 2. to be flattened (by a fisticuff). 3. to loll. - sözü/lafı/lakırdıyı bir araya getirememek to be unable to express ones

"1. lamb. 2. a small fruit that has become joined to a larger fruit while growing. 3. slang passive male homosexual, queen. -m dear, honey; my dear fellow; my dear boy. - çevirmek to roast a lamb on a spit. - çevirmesi lamb roasted on a spit. - derisi lambskin. - dolması roast lamb stuffed with rice. - gibi 1. (child) who´s as good as gold. 2. sweet-tempered, mild-mannered, gentle, meek, lamblike; inoffensive. - kuzu without so much as a word of protest; sweetly and docilely. - postuna bürünmek (for a guilty or vicious person) to act as if he´s as innocent or as gentle as a lamb. "

adj. beloved, loved, dear, well beloved, pet, darling, ducky, gallant, duckie

n. lover, Jill, sweetheart, love, darling, beloved, deary, sweety, steady, pet, girl, beau, concubine, dearie, dove, doxy, duck, ducky, fancy man, favorite, favourite [Brit.], feller, fellow, flame, gill, inamorata, inamorato, ladylove, paramour

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darling, my dear, sweetheart, love, honey, dear

1. dear, beloved. 2. saintly, holy, sacred. 3. saint. -im my dear friend.

"1. soul, spirit (of a living person or thing). 2. psych. psyche. 3. liveliness, spirit, animation, life. 4. heart (of a matter), essence (of a matter). 5. (a person´s) character or nature. 6. spirit of a dead person. 7. essence, spirit (of a volatile substance); extract, concentrated solution. R-um! colloq. My dear!/My dear fellow! - bulmak (for something) to acquire a meaning, become meaningful, make sense. - doktoru psychiatrist. - doktorluğu psychiatry, being a psychiatrist. -u (bile) duymamak /ı/ to be completely unaware of, not to notice in any way whatsoever. - çağırma calling someone´s spirit (during a séance); necromancy. - gibi wraith-like (person). - göçü/sıçraması metempsychosis, transmigration. - haleti state of mind, mood. - hastası mentally ill person; mental patient. - hekimi psychiatrist. - hekimliği psychiatry, being a psychiatrist. -una işlemek /ın/ (for something) to become rooted in (someone´s) character, become a part of (someone´s) makeup. -unu okşamak /ın/ (for something) to please (someone) greatly. -unu okumak /ın/ to understand (someone) completely; to be able to read (someone´s) innermost thoughts; to be able to read (someone) like a book. - sağlığı mental health. - sayrılığı mental illness. -unu şad etmek /ın/ to please the soul of (someone who is dead). -unu teslim etmek to die, give up the ghost."

1. beloved, dear, darling. 2. (one´s) beloved, sweetheart. 3. Dear..., (used as the salutation of a friendly letter).

,-tı condition, provision, stipulation. -a bağlamak /ı/ to make (something) contingent on (something). - etmek /ı/ to swear (to do or not to do something) by all that one holds dear. - koşmak/koymak /ı/ to lay (something) down as a condition. - olmak to be obligatory, be mandatory, be imperative. - olsun! colloq. I swear by all I hold dear that this is true! - şurt tanımamak to refuse to be bound by any condition or stipulation.

St, st.

adj. precious, dear, mighty, glorious, saintly, august, reverend

n. saint; ducky

n. saint

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adj. beloved, dear

n. soul, life, lifeblood, vitality, spirit, esprit, beloved, darling, heart, precious

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adv. with heart and soul, for dear life, for one's life

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adj. beloved, dear

n. soul, life, lifeblood, vitality, spirit, esprit, beloved, darling, heart, precious

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adj. valuable, costly, estimable, deserving, worthy, valued, dear, well beloved, dignified, meritorious, precious, rich

valent

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adv. sincerely, truly, faithfully, heartily, dearly, cordially, dear

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adj. precious, valuable, valued, dear, pet

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adj. expensive, costly, high-priced, dear, pricy, pricey, precious, rich, sumptuous

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interj. alack, alas, dear, it's a pity, what a pity !

n. pity, shame

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interj. Oh dear what a mess