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1. meal to which each participant contributes a dish. 2. (doing something) as a cooperative effort, as a joint effort. - ile (doing something) as a cooperative effort, as a joint effort.

"1. (someone) who does little but knock about idly, who just wanders about idly, who just wanders about doing nothing, who is an idle rover; footloose, errant; vagabond. 2. out-of-work, unemployed. 3. distracted, confused. - dolaşmak to wander around idly, rove idly. - etmek /ı/ 1. to keep (someone) from doing his/her work, distract (someone) from his/her work. 2. to put (someone) out of work; to dismiss. 3. to turn (someone) into an idle rover or vagabond. - olmak 1. to become an idle rover or vagabond. 2. to be distracted from one´s work. 3. to be put out of work."

1. memory, mind. 2. one´s feelings, one´s sensitivities. 3. sake. 4. influence, consideration, weight, the consideration that one person expects from another. - almak to please someone. - belası burdensome obligation undertaken out of respect or friendship for someone. -ına bir şey gelmesin. colloq. Don´t misunderstand me./I don´t mean to imply anything bad. -ından çıkamamak /ın/ to consent to something rather than offend (a friend). -dan çıkarmak /ı/ to forget. -ından çıkarmamak /ı/ to keep in mind, continue one´s concern for. -ından çıkmamak to keep coming to one´s mind. -ından geçmemek 1. not even to think of. 2. /ın/ to do something rather than disappoint (someone). -ına gelmek to occur to one, come to one´s mind. -a getirmek /ı/ (for something) to remind someone of (something). -a gönüle bakmamak not to let one´s consideration for someone prevent one from doing what is right. - gönül bilmemek/saymamak/tanımamak 1. not to let one´s consideration for someone prevent one from doing what is right. 2. not to consider the feelings of others. -a (ve hayale) gelmemek (for a possibility) not even to occur to one. -ını hoş etmek /ın/ to please (someone). - için as a favor to someone. - için çiğ tavuk (da) yenir. proverb A person will do difficult or unpleasant things in order to please others. -ı için for the sake of, because of. -ı kalmak to feel hurt or offended. -ında kalmak to remember. -ını kırmak /ın/ to hurt (someone´s) feelings, offend. -ında olmak to have in mind, not to have forgotten. -ı sayılır 1. considerable. 2. respected. -ı sayılmak 1. to have influence and weight. 2. to have one´s feelings respected. - saymak to show one´s respect, show one´s esteem. -ını saymak /ın/ to show one´s respect for (someone) (by one´s action). - senedi accommodation bill. - sormak /a/ to ask (someone) how he is, ask after/about (someone). -ında tutmak /ı/ to remember, keep (something) in mind. -ından ve hayalinden geçmemek (for something) not even to cross (one´s) mind. - yapmak to please someone. -ım yok mu? Don´t I count for anything?/Have I no weight or influence?

"1. undocumented (expense, amount of money). 2. innumerable; incalculable. 3. unreflective, rash, precipitate. 4. without careful consideration; without weighing the consequences, unreflectively. - kitapsız 1. (expending money) without making a record of it. 2. unrecorded, undocumented (expenditures). 3. (doing something) without properly planning it out beforehand; (doing something) without giving it any forethought. 4. (something) which is marked by a complete lack of planning; (something) which is marked by a complete lack of forethought. "

"1. /ı/ to process, treat, work up. 2. /ı/ to do fine work on, embroider. 3. /a/ to penetrate; to soak into. 4. to function, operate, perform, do work. 5. (for a business) to be doing a good business, be doing well. 6. (for a road) to carry traffic. 7. (for a vehicle, ship) to ply, make regular trips. 8. /ı/ to cultivate, work (land). 9. /ı/ to treat, discuss (a subject). 10. (for a law) to be effective, be enforced. 11. (for a boil, sore, or wound) to fester. 12. slang to commit theft; /ı/ to steal. 13. /ı/ slang to investigate, look into. 14. slang to pull the wool over someone´s eyes (as a joke). İşleyen demir pas tutmaz/paslanmaz/ışıldar. proverb An active, industrious person is a healthy, productive person."

"1. easy, simple. 2. easily. 3. easy way (to do something). -da handy; within easy reach. -ına bakmak /ın/ to choose or look for the easiest way (of doing something). -ını bulmak /ın/ to find an easy way to do (something). -ına gelmek /ın/ to be easy or convenient (for). - gelsin/gele! I hope it´s going smoothly./I hope it will go smoothly (said to someone who is either doing or planning to do a job). -ına kaçmak /ın/ to take the easy way out (of a difficulty). - kolay (with negative verbs only) easily."

"1. blind. 2. dull, not sharp. 3. dim (light). 4. blind, dead-end. 5. blind, unaware of what´s happening. 6. (in expressions) bad, evil; unlucky. - boğaz one´s appetite for food, hunger. - çapa a short, blunt hoe. - değneğini beller gibi without ever thinking of doing otherwise. - dövüşü chaotic situation. - duman very thick fog. - hat rail. siding. -ün istediği bir göz, Allah verdi iki göz. colloq. He was blessed with more than he´d hoped for. - kadı forthright person, person who speaks his mind. - kör parmağım gözüne colloq. out in the open, perfectly evident, clear. -ü körüne blindly, carelessly, at random. - kütük sarhoş dead drunk. -ler mahallesinde ayna satmak to sell refrigerators to Eskimos, carry coals to Newcastle. -ler memleketinde şaşılar padişah/baş olur. proverb An inferior thing seems first-rate to those who have never known anything better. - nişancılık 1. hitting the target by chance only. 2. doing something correctly by chance only. - olası/olasıca colloq. 1. Damn him/her/it! 2. damned, accursed. -ünü öldürmek 1. to satisfy one´s desires after a fashion. 2. to swallow one´s pride and admit one´s helplessness. - ölür badem gözlü olur, kel ölür sırma saçlı olur. proverb What was ugly or worthless seems beautiful or valuable once it has been lost. - şeytan/talih bad luck. - tapa blind flange. - topal colloq. after a fashion, in a half-assed way. - uçuş flying blind. -le yatan şaşı kalkar. proverb 1. If you associate with a scoundrel, you´ll pick up some of his habits. 2. If you associate with a scoundrel, you´ll suffer for it."

"1. sweet (in taste). 2. pleasant, agreeable, nice, sweet; amiable, genial; delicious; dulcet, melodious. 3. pleasantly, agreeably, nicely; genially. 4. sweet dessert, Brit. sweet (especially a pastry soaked in syrup). -ya bağlamak /ı/ 1. to settle (a matter) amicably. 2. to end (a talk) on a pleasant or jolly note. - bela a trying but nonetheless lovable person; scamp, impish but endearing child. - dil soft words, kind and conciliatory words. - dil, güler yüz kind words and a smiling face. - dil yılanı deliğinden çıkarır. proverb A soft answer turns away wrath. - dilli (person) whose talk is delightful, who has a delightful way of expressing himself. - sert 1. tartish, agreeably tart (in taste). 2. kind but firm (words, manner). 3. kindly but firmly. - söz soft words, kind and conciliatory words. - su 1. water which tastes good. 2. fresh water (as opposed to salt water). 3. (someone) who´s trying to act like..., would-be: tatlı su sosyalisti would-be socialist. - su Frengi local Christian who apes European ways. - su kaptanı inexperienced sailor. - tatlı pleasantly; with pleasure, pleasurably. - ye, tatlı söyle. proverb Let´s try to live together peaceably./Live and let live. - yerinde bırakmak/kesmek /ı/ 1. to stop doing (something) before (the doing of) it becomes boring. 2. to break off (a story) at an exciting point."

"1. annealing, anneal (of steel or glass). 2. the exact degree of heat or dampness (required for the manipulation of a material). 3. the degree of dampness and heat in the soil necessary for healthy plant growth. 4. opportune time; favorable state or condition. 5. good finish, proper degree of fatness (of an animal). 6. slang trick, deception. -ını bulmak /ın/ to find the right time or the right conditions for doing (something). -a getirmek /ı/, -ını vermek /ın/ to bring (something) to the proper degree of heat. -ına getirmek /ı/ to find just the right time for doing (something). - olmak /a/ slang to fall for (someone´s) trick, be duped by (someone´s) trick: O bize tav oldu. He fell for our trick. -ında tutmak /ı/ to keep (something) in a sound or stable condition, keep (something) on an even keel. - vermek /a/ 1. to dampen (clothes, paper, tobacco) (before ironing, etc.): Ütülenecek çamaşıra tav verdi. She dampened the clothes which were to be ironed. 2. to anneal (steel, glass)."

"vowing not to do something again, forswearing; repenting, repentance. T-! Never again!/I´ll never do that again! - ayları Islam the months of Jumada I and Jumada II. -yi bozmak to do something one had vowed never to do again, break a vow not to do something again, backslide. - çekmek to say tövbe. - estağfurullah! God, forgive me; I´ll never do it again. - etmek to vow not to do something again; /a/ to swear off, forswear (doing something). -ye gelmek to vow not to do something again. - istiğfar etmek to repent and ask God for forgiveness. -ler olsun/-tövbe!/-ler tövbesi! Never again!/Not on your life!/You won´t catch me doing that again! - vermek to vow not to do something again."

"used in: -ında gitmek (for something) to go well, go like clockwork. (işini) -ına koymak to put (one´s work, business, etc.) in order. - tıkır 1. perfectly; without hesitating or faltering; like clockwork. 2. (something´s moving) with a regular clicking sound, with a regular click. -ı yolunda (someone) who´s doing well, who´s prospering. -ı yolunda olmak/gitmek (for someone) to do well, prosper. -ını yoluna koymak to be doing well (financially), be making money."

"1. (a) side. 2. flank. 3. neighborhood, vicinity, diggings: O yanlarda oturuyor. He lives in that area. 4. part (of one´s body): Her yanım ağrıyor. I ache all over. 5. direction (line or course extending away from a given point). 6. aspect, side (of a matter). 7. with; alongside, alongside of: Yanına hiç para alma! Don´t take any money with you! Yanımda çalışıyor. He works alongside me. 8. in comparison with, alongside of: Hüsnü, Zühtü´nün yanında bir sıfırdır. Hüsnü´s nothing compared to Zühtü. 9. lateral, side, located at or towards a side. 10. secondary. -a /dan/ 1. pro, for, in favor of; on the side of: Ben Hasan´dan yanayım. I´m for Hasan. 2. as regards, as far as... is concerned: Paradan yana iyiyim. I´m OK as far as money goes. -dan sideways, from one side; obliquely; in profile. -a çıkmak /dan/ to support, take the side of, side with (someone). -ına almak /ı/ 1. to take (someone) on, employ (someone) (as one´s assistant). 2. to take (someone) in (in order to look after him/her). - bakış sideways glance. - bakmak /a/ 1. to look askance at, look at (someone, something) hostilely or venomously. - basmak 1. to be deceived, be taken in. 2. not to be straight with someone; to give someone the runaround. -ı başında /ın/ right beside, immediately beside, right next to. -ına bırakmamak/komamak/koymamak /ı, ın/ not to let (someone) get away with (something), not to let (someone) do (something) without being punished for doing it. (...) -ından bile geçmemiş. /ın/ It doesn´t have even the slightest connection with.../It doesn´t bear even the faintest resemblance to.... - cebime koy. colloq. I don´t believe you./Come on, who do you think you´re fooling?/Pull the other leg, it´s got bells on it. - cümle gram. subordinate clause. -dan çarklı 1. side-wheel (steamer). 2. slang slow-going, poky (vehicle). 3. slang (glass of tea) served with lumps/a lump of sugar in the saucer beside it. 4. slang (someone) who walks with one shoulder sloped downward. 5. slang (someone) who swings his arms vigorously as he walks. - çizmek 1. to try to get out of; to avoid, shirk, evade, dodge. 2. to pay no attention to, ignore. - etki side effect. -dan fırlama slang scoundrel, bastard, SOB. - gelmek/- gelip yatmak to take one´s ease, relax, enjoy oneself (when one should be working). -dan görünüş profile. - gözle out of the corner of one´s eye. - gözle bakmak /a/ 1. to look at (someone) out of the corner of one´s eye. 2. to look askance at, look at (someone, something) disdainfully. 3. to look at (someone, something) hostilely or venomously. -ına (kâr) kalmak to get away with, do (something) without being punished for doing it: Bu cinayet yanına kalmaz. You won´t get away with this murder. (...) -ına salavatla varılır. /ın/ You have to walk on eggs around him/her; the smallest thing can make him/her blow his/her stack. (...) -ına (salavatla) varılmaz. /ın/ 1. It´s so high/expensive you can´t touch it. 2. He/She thinks he´s/she´s better than everybody else. He/She thinks he´s/she´s something. 3. You have to walk on eggs around him/her; the smallest thing can make him/her blow his/her stack. -ı sıra 1. right along with, right alongside, together with, with: Yanı sıra avukatını getirdi. He brought his lawyer along with him. Viski yanı sıra bira içiyor. He´s drinking beer together with whiskey. 2. besides, in addition to, along with: Büyük bir yazar olmanın yanı sıra ünlü bir müzisyendir. Besides being a great writer he´s also a famous musician. 3. right alongside, right beside: Yanım sıra onlar oturuyorlardı. They were sitting right beside me. - tutmak to show partiality to one person or side. - ürün by-product. - yan sideways. - yana side by side. - yan bakmak /a/ to look at (someone) malevolently, look daggers at. - yatmak to lean to one side."

"1. /ı/ to make; to build, construct, fashion; to create; to manufacture; to produce; to prepare. 2. /ı/ to do; to busy oneself with (something); to do (something) (as one´s regular work or occupation); to carry out, perform; to effect, execute: Ne yapıyorsun? What´re you doing? Başka ne yapayım? What else can I do? Haldun öğretmenlik yapıyor. Haldun teaches./Haldun´s a teacher. 3. /ı/ to repair, fix (something). 4. /ı/ to cause, bring about (an illness). 5. /ı/ to be (used with reference to the weather): Geçen kış çok kar yaptı. It snowed a lot last winter. 6. /ı/ to make, acquire (money). 7. /ı/ to produce (offspring). 8. /ı/ (for a vehicle) to do, go, travel at (a specified speed). 9. /ı/ to make (someone, something) (reach a certain state): Bu ilaç beni iyi yaptı. This medicine made me well. İstanbul´u İstanbul yapan odur. That´s what makes Istanbul Istanbul./That´s what makes Istanbul what it is. Oğlumu doktor yapmak istiyorum. I want to make a doctor of my boy. Orayı muz bahçesi yapmalısınız. You ought to make that bit (of land) over there into a banana grove. 10. to do, act, behave: Gelmekle iyi yaptın. You did well to come. Fena mı yapmışım yani? So somebody reckons I´ve behaved badly, eh? 11. /ı/ to be occupied with (the doing of something): Stajımı o hastanede yaptım. I did my internship in that hospital. Lise öğrenimini Sen Jozef´te yaptı. He got his high school education at St. Joseph´s. 12. /a/ to defecate (in/on); to urinate, wet: Çocuk yine yatağına yapmış. The child´s wet the bed again. 13. /ı/ to harm, do (someone) harm: Beni kızdıran kişiyi yaparım! I don´t let anybody who crosses me get off easy!/The person who crosses me is in for it! 14. /ı/ to do, arrange: Şayeste, saçını Şahinde´ye yaptırdı. Şayeste had Şahinde do her hair. Gülfidan, bir daha yatağını yapmadan kahvaltıya gelme ha! Gülfidan, don´t you let me catch you coming to breakfast again without first making your bed! 15. /ı/ to make or describe (an arc, a curve, a bend, etc.): Yol orada viraj yapar. The road makes a bend there. 16. /ı/ slang to do it to, have sex with. Yapma! 1. Leave him/her/them alone! 2. Leave it alone!/Stop it!/Cut it out!: Yapma Eda, kırarsın! Leave it alone, Eda! You could break it! 3. Oh go on!/Go on! (used to express disbelief): Yapma! Şaka söylüyorsun! Go on now; you´re kidding me! yapmadığını bırakmamak/yapmadığı kalmamak to do everything in the book to annoy or upset someone: Ayhan yapmadığını bırakmadı; onun sepetleneceği kesin. Ayhan´s committed every crime in the book; he´s sure to be fired. O gün söylediklerine itiraz ettim; ondan bu yana bana yapmadığı kalmadı. I objected to what she said that day, and since then she´s done everything possible to harass me. yaptığı hayır ürküttüğü kurbağaya değmemek for (someone´s) well-meant help to do more harm than good."

1. half of the, half the: Öğrencilerin yarısı geldi. Half of the students have come. gece yarısı midnight. 2. half of, mid-: Yarı ömrüm bitti. Half of my life is over. Yarı yolda kaldık. We were left stranded in the middle of our journey. yarı gece midnight. yarı yün yarı poliyester bir kazak a sweater that´s half wool and half polyester. 3. sports half time, the half. 4. halfway, half, only partially: yarı açık half open. Yarı anladı. He halfway understood. yarı pişmiş et underdone meat. yarı cahil semiliterate. yarı göçebe seminomadic/ seminomad. yarı resmi semiofficial. - belden aşağı below the waist, from the waist down. - belden yukarı above the waist, from the waist up. -da bırakmak /ı/ to leave off (doing something) when one has completed only half of it, stop doing (a job) when one is in the middle of it. - buçuk 1. piddling, trifling, trivial. 2. poor, sorry, third-rate, two-bit, crummy. - çekili bayrak flag flying at half mast. - fiyatına at half price, at half the usual price, half-price. - inme path. hemiplegia. -da kalmak to be left half finished, be left half done. - yarıya 1. halfway, half. 2. in half, equally, fifty-fifty. - yolda bırakmak /ı/ to leave (someone) in the lurch, leave (someone) high and dry.

(a) pity, (a) shame: Gelememen büyük bir yazıktı. It was a great pity you couldn´t come. Y-! What a pity!/What a shame! - etmek /a/ 1. to ruin, spoil (something). 2. to do (someone) an injustice. - olmak /a/ 1. for it to be a shame that (something) has been ruined, spoiled, or come to naught. 2. for it to be a shame that (someone) has suffered or been badly done. -lar olsun! colloq. I wouldn´t have expected this from you!/I thought you were above doing such a thing! - sana! colloq. 1. I wouldn´t have expected this from you!/I thought you were above doing such a thing! 2. What a pity for you!

timely, well-timed. - zamansız (doing something) without stopping to consider whether or not one´s doing it at a suitable time: Zamanlı zamansız bana uğrar. He drops in to see me at absolutely any time he feels like it.

1. trouble, difficulty, worry, problem: Hiçbir zoru yok. He´s got nothing troubling him. 2. bodily ailment or disorder: Zekâvet´in aklından zoru var galiba. It looks like Zekâvet´s touched in the head. Hilmi´nin midesinden zoru var. Hilmi´s got a stomach complaint. 3. compulsion, constraint, obligation, necessity: Bunu yapmak zorunda değilim. I´m not obliged to do this. Ne zorun vardı bunu yapmaya? What made you feel obliged to do this? 4. physical violence or the threat of physical violence, force: Zoru görünce direnmekten vazgeçti. When threatened with force he stopped holding out. Beni zor kullanmaya mecbur etme! Don´t make me use force! 5. pressure, coercion (exerted upon a person´s mind): Onları ancak zor kullanarak hizaya getirebilirsin. The only way you can get them to fall into line is to pressure them. 6. difficult, hard. 7. with difficulty. 8. barely, just. Z-! You´re going to have some trouble doing that! (often said tauntingly). -la 1. by force, by main force. 2. by exerting pressure. - bela 1. with great difficulty, with the greatest of difficulty. 2. just barely. -unda bırakmak /ı/ to leave (someone) no choice but (to do something). -a dağlar dayanmaz. proverb Even the mighty yield when threatened with violence. -a düşmek to get in a difficult position, get in a tight spot, get in a bind. -a gelememek to be unable to stand stress, be unable to endure pressure. - gelmek /a/ (for something) to be difficult for (someone). -la güzellik olmaz. proverb If you try to bring something about by force, the results will be unsatisfactory. -unda kalmak to be left no choice but (to do something). -a koşmak /ı/ to make things difficult for (someone), make difficulties for (someone). - kullanmak to use force. -un ne? What´s making you (do something)?: Zorun ne ki beni öyle sorguya çekiyorsun? What´s making you give me the third degree like this? -unda olmak to have to, be obliged to (do something). - yaparsın! You´re going to have some trouble doing that (often said tauntingly). - zar see zar zor. -/-u zoruna 1. with very great difficulty, with the greatest of difficulty. 2. just barely.

adv. never, ever, in no way, on no account, not a bit, far from, not by a fraction, not an iota, by no manner of means, by no means, ne'er, nevermore, nohow, not at all, nothing, no way, nowise, in no wise

interj. never, no way, no whit, nuts! [sl.], not a whit, nothing doing

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v. resist, stand, stand out against, fight back, refuse, withstand, hold out, hold up, jib, jib at doing, persevere, offer resistance, make a stand for, stand out, stick up to

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adj. active, energetic, busy, full of action, operative, up and doing, rousing, spry, strenuous

adv. on the go

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