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1 devote oneself
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2 devote oneself
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3 devote oneself
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4 give up
v. bırakmak, vazgeçmek, ele vermek, teslim etmek, ayrılmak, adamak, istifa etmek, pes etmek* * *vazgeç* * *1) (to stop, abandon: I must give up smoking; They gave up the search.) bırakmak, vazgeçmek2) (to stop using etc: You'll have to give up cigarettes; I won't give up all my hobbies for you.) bırakmak, terketmek3) (to hand over (eg oneself or something that one has) to someone else.) teslim olmak, ele vermek4) (to devote (time etc) to doing something: He gave up all his time to gardening.) vermek, adamak5) ((often with as or for) to consider (a person, thing etc) to be: You took so long to arrive that we had almost given you up (for lost).) ümidini kesmek
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