fall about

to be in fits of laughter, to split one's sides, to be doubled up with laughter, to fall about laughing, to fall about with laughter

to die laughing, to fall about with laughter

"1. insane, crazy, mad. 2. lunatic, insane person. 3. idiotic, foolish (person). 4. mad about; devotee (of). -si crazy about: futbol delisi crazy about soccer. - alacası colloq. crazy-colored, wild with colors. - bal poisonous honey. - bayrağı açmak colloq. to fall madly in love. - çıkmak 1. to go crazy. 2. to blow one´s top, get angry. - divane olmak /a/ to be crazy about, be mad about, be a devotee of. -ye dönmek 1. to jump with joy. 2. to get frantic, be in a frenzy. -nin eline değnek vermek to give the whip hand to a harmful person. - etmek /ı/ to drive (someone) wild. - gibi 1. madly. 2. recklessly. - gömleği straitjacket. - güllabicisi formerly an attendant in a mental hospital. - güllabicisi gibi like a patient and indulgent nurse. - güllabiciliği etmek to indulge a spoiled person, pander to the whims of a spoiled person. -ye her gün bayram. proverb Every day is a holiday for a fool. - ırmak wild and torrential river. - kızın çeyizi gibi 1. scattered all over. 2. poorly chosen (clothes, furnishings). - olmak /a/ 1. to be madly in love (with), be smitten (by). 2. to be furious (with/about). - olmak işten (bile) değil. It drives one crazy. - orman a vast and dense forest. - pösteki sayar gibi struggling with a thankless and repetitious job. - Raziye colloq. woman or girl who acts crazy. - saçması utter nonsense. - saraylı gibi (woman) oddly decked out in gaudy clothes. "

"1. work, labor. 2. job, employment, work. 3. duty, job. 4. occupation, line of work, work. 5. business, trade, commerce. 6. business, matter, affair. 7. the important thing; the chief problem. 8. secret or dubious side (of an affair). 9. slang trick. 10. event, something. 11. way of behaving; course of action. 12. something worth doing. 13. phys. work. -ler açılmak for trade to become brisk. -inin adamı a man who knows his job. - akdi labor contract. -in alayında olmak not to take (a thing) seriously; to take (it) as a joke. -ten alıkoymak /ı/ to interrupt (someone) at his work. -i Allaha kalmak (for someone) to be in the soup, be beyond help. -i altın. colloq. He is prospering. -ten anlamak to know what one is doing, know one´s business. - anlaşmazlığı labor dispute. -ten artmaz, dişten artar. proverb You save money not by making more but by spending less. -ten atmak /ı/ to fire, dismiss. - ayağa düşmek for a project to fall into the hands of irresponsible and incompetent people. -i azıtmak to go too far, overstep the mark. -ine bak. colloq. Mind your own business. -e bakmak to get to work on something; to be at work on something. -e balta ile girişmek to set about doing something like a bull in a china shop. - başa düşmek to have to do something oneself. - başarı belgesi letter of recommendation, recommendation. -in başı the crux, the central point. - başında 1. on the job. 2. during work time. - başındakiler the leaders. -i başından aşmak/aşkın olmak to be extremely busy. - başında bulunmak to be working. - başına geçmek to take the lead; to come to power. -ler becermek to be up to no good. -i bırakmak 1. to quit a job. 2. to stop working. 3. to go on strike. -ten (bile) değil! colloq. It´s very easy. - bilenin kılıç kuşananın. proverb 1. The person who knows how to use something properly is the one who is entitled to possess it. 2. Possession creates a claim of ownership. - bilmek to be skillful; to be capable. -ini bilmek 1. to know how to exploit a situation to one´s own advantage. 2. to be conscientious about one´s job. 3. to be well-qualified for one´s job. - birlikli collective, joint, common. - bitirmek 1. to complete a job successfully. 2. (for something) to be suitable for the job in hand. -ini bitirmek 1. to finish one´s own work. 2. /ın/ to finish (another´s) job. 3. /ın/ colloq. to cook (someone´s) goose. 4. /ın/ colloq. to finish off, bump off, kill. - bitmek 1. for an affair to be settled. 2. /dan/ for the outcome of a job to depend on (someone´s) efforts. -i bitmek 1. for a job in hand to finish. 2. colloq. to be very tired, be worn to a frazzle. -i bozulmak for one´s business affairs or an undertaking to go awry/take a downward turn. - buyurmak /a/ to order (someone) around; to tell (someone) to do a job. - çatallanmak for a job to get complicated. - çığırından çıkmak for a situation to get out of hand. - çıkarmak 1. to do a lot of work. 2. /a/ to give (a person) something disagreeable to do. 3. to cause trouble; to create difficulties. - çıkmak 1. for work to be done/be turned out/be produced. 2. for trouble or a problem to come up/arise. - çıkmaza girmek for things to reach an impasse. - dayıya düştü. colloq. It´s time for an expert to take over. - donu shalwars, very baggy trousers. -i dökmek /a/ 1. unintentionally to become, turn into: İşi öğretmenliğe döktü. He´s unintentionally become a teacher. 2. to act as if: İşi oyuna döktü. He acted as if it were a game. -i duman olmak slang to be in the soup, be in trouble. - düşmek /a/ for a job or duty to fall to or on. -i düşmek /a/ 1. to have to go (somewhere or to someone) on business. 2. to need (someone´s) help. - edinmek /ı/ to make (something) one´s special concern. -ten el çektirmek /a/ to remove (someone) from office. -/-inin eri a person who does his job well. - geçiştirme perfunctory work. -ine gelmek to suit one´s interests, accord with one´s plans. -e girişmek to embark on a job enthusi

"1. to be demolished, be wrecked; to be pulled down; to be destroyed; to be ruined. 2. to be felled; to be sent sprawling, be laid flat; to be toppled. 3. /a/ to be tilted to (one side). 4. /a/ (for the blame) to be put on. 5. (for a burden, cargo) to be unloaded, be removed. 6. to collapse; to fall into ruin. 7. to collapse in a heap, fall to the ground. 8. to lose one´s health and morale; (for someone) to be broken/ruined (by a disaster). 9. (for someone one dislikes) to leave, get out, clear out. yıkıla yıkıla reeling/swaying wildly (as if about to fall). "

1. about to collapse, about to cave in, about to fall down. 2. prov. nomadic, migrant, migratory (people). 3. prov. very old (person).

"1. to be waved or wagged. 2. to be rocked, swung, swayed, or shaken. 3. to be brandished. 4. to swing; to sway; to rock, totter, wobble. 5. to be rocked, be shaken. 6. (for a tooth) to be loose. 7. to be rickety, be shaky, be about to fall apart. 8. to fool around, waste time. 9. to be about to lose one´s job, be about to get the sack. 10. to be up in the air, be undecided."

",-yu 1. water. 2. juice. 3. sap. 4. body of water; stream; river; lake; sea. 5. broth; gravy. 6. temper (of steel). 7. embroidery running pattern. (...) -larında about, around: saat altı sularında around six o´clock. elli sularında about fifty years old. - almak 1. to leak, admit water. 2. (for a boat) to leak, take in water. -yunu almak /ın/ to drain the water from (cooked vegetables). - arkı irrigation ditch. -da balık satmak to make an empty promise. - basmak /ı/ for water to flood (a place). - baskını flood. -yun başı 1. source, spring, fountain. 2. place from which one gains the greatest profits or benefits. 3. person who holds the greatest authority and bears the greatest responsibility. -yu baştan/başından kesmek to tackle a problem at its root. - birikintisi puddle. -da boğulmak to be drowned. -ya boğulmak to be flooded with water. - bölümü çizgisi geog. watershed, water parting. -yu bulandırmak to throw a monkey wrench into something that´s going well. - cenderesi hydraulic press. - çarpmak /a/ to give (one´s face) a quick, splashy wash. - çekmek 1. to draw water (from a well or cistern). 2. to absorb water. -yunu çekmek 1. for the liquid in (something being cooked) to boil away. 2. (for money) to be spent, run out. -yu çekilmiş değirmene dönmek 1. (for a place) to become as silent as a tomb, become like a morgue. 2. to become completely useless. -dan çıkmış balığa dönmek to be in a daze, not to know what to do or which way to turn. - değirmeni water mill. - dökmek to urinate, pass water, make water. - dökünmek to take a quick bath (by dousing oneself with water). -ya düşmek 1. to fail, come to nothing. 2. to fall into the water. - etmek/yapmak (for a ship) to leak, take in water. -dan geçirmek /ı/ 1. to wash (laundry) quickly and carelessly. 2. to rinse (laundry). - gibi 1. like water. 2. easily, smoothly. 3. fluently. - gibi akmak 1. (for time) to pass very quickly. 2. /a/ (for money) to be made by (a person or place) in great quantities. - gibi aziz ol! Thank you very much indeed (for bringing me water to drink)! - gibi bilmek /ı/ to know (something) perfectly, have (something) down pat. - gibi ezberlemek /ı/ to memorize (something) perfectly. - gibi gitmek (for money) to be spent like water. - gibi okumak /ı/ to read quickly and faultlessly. - gibi terlemek to sweat heavily. -yuna/-yunca gitmek /ın/ not to go counter to (someone); not to cross (someone), to comply with (someone´s) wishes. -yu görmeden paçaları sıvamak to count one´s chickens before they´re hatched. - (yüzü) görmemiş very dirty (face, hands). -ya göstermek /ı/ to give (something) a quick wash. - götürmez indisputable. - götürür yeri olmamak /ın/ for there to be nothing more to be said about (a matter). -ya götürür, susuz getirir. colloq. He´s a master hoodwinker. - içene yılan bile dokunmaz. proverb It´s wrong to attack a person while he´s drinking water, even if he is one´s enemy. - içinde easily, at least. - içinde kalmak to sweat heavily, sweat buckets. - içmek gibi very easy, as easy as taking candy from a baby. - kaçırmak 1. to leak. 2. slang to annoy, bother, give someone a headache. - kaldırmak (for something being cooked) to absorb water. - kapmak (for a wound) to get infected, fester. -lar kararmak to get dark (in the evening). - katılmamış real, in every sense of the word, through and through. -yu kesilmiş değirmene dönmek (for a place) to get quiet, for all noise (in a place) to cease. - kesimi naut. draft line; water line. -yu kesiyor. It´s so blunt it won´t cut anything (said of a knife). - kesmek to become very watery; to ooze a lot of water or juice. - kireci hydraulic lime. - korkusu hydrophobia, morbid dread of water. - koyuvermek 1. (for something) to ooze a lot of water (while being cooked). 2. slang to become impudent, overstep the mark, spoil the fun by going too far. - küçüğün, söz/sofra büyüğün. proverb At mealtime the children should be the ones who get water

1. Come on now!: Ha gayret! Come on!/You can do it! 2. Wow...!/What a...!: Amma büyük ha! What a big one! 3. Look here!: Sakın ha, bir daha görmeyeyim! Look here! Don´t let me see that again! 4. O yes!/Oh yeah!/ I see!: Ha, sen bize çay getirecektin! Oh yeah!/You were going to bring us some tea. 5. colloq. Eh?/Huh? 6. either, or. 7. impolite Yes. 8. (between repetitions of a verb) on and on. - babam!/- babam ha! colloq. 1. Try now! A little more!/Keep on! 2. continuously, on and on. - bire without ever stopping, all the time. - bugün, ha yarın at any time, any day. - deyince at once, that moment. -..., ha... nearly, almost: Ha düştü, ha düşecek. He is about to fall./He may fall at any moment. - Hoca Ali, ha Ali Hoca./- Ali Hoca, ha Hoca Ali. There is really nothing to choose between. - şöyle! colloq. That´s better!/That´s right! - şunu bileydin. colloq. Now you´ve got it!/Finally you understand!

v. begin, start, commence, get going, come on, enter into, enter on, enter upon, fall to, get, get to, go, go off, inaugurate, introduce, kick off, knuckle down to, launch, launch out, launch out into, lay down, get a move on, open, set about, set in

* * *

v. (neg. form of başlamak) begin, start, commence, get going, come on, enter into, enter on, enter upon, fall to, get, get to, go, go off, inaugurate, introduce, kick off, knuckle down to, launch, launch out, launch out into, lay down, get a move on, open, set about, set in

1. pear. 2. slang fool, imbecile, blockhead. -un/ahlatın iyisini (dağda) ayılar yer. proverb The undeserving are often lucky. - piş, ağzıma düş. colloq. He expects things to fall into his lap without doing anything about it himself. -un sapı var, üzümün/kirazın çöpü var demek to find a fault in everything.

"1. a chronic disease, sickness. 2. a trouble, a sorrow, a care, a worry. 3. complaint. 4. a troublesome problem. -ini açmak /a/ to confide one´s troubles (to). - benim, tasa senin mi? colloq. It´s my worry; why are you fretting? -e çatmak to run into trouble. - çekmek to suffer. -ini çekmek /ın/ to suffer for (another person or thing); to be left holding the bag. - değil! colloq. It´s no trouble! -e dert katmak to pile one trouble on another. -ini deşmek/depreştirmek /ın/ to remind (another) of his/her trouble. - dökmek to talk about one´s troubles. -ini dökmek to pour out one´s troubles. -e düşmek to fall into trouble. -ine düşmek /ın/ to be deeply occupied with (something special). - edinmek/etmek /ı/ to occupy oneself with (a worrisome problem). -e girmek to get into trouble. -i günü /ın/ his special thought, his obsession. -ini Marko Paşa´ya anlat. colloq. Don´t bother me with your troubles. - olmak /a/ to become a worry (to). - ortağı 1. a sympathetic ear. 2. confidant. 3. fellow sufferer. - sahibi 1. troubled, having troubles. 2. having bad health, sickly, ailing. -ini söylemeyen/ saklayan derman bulamaz. proverb You won´t get any help unless you tell someone what is troubling you. - yanmak /a/ to pour out one´s troubles (to). -ine yanmak to pity one´s fate, feel sorry for oneself."

"1. air, atmosphere. 2. weather. 3. climate. 4. the sky. 5. law air rights. 6. wind, breeze. 7. melody, tune, air. 8. mus. pitch of a note. 9. one´s pleasure, whim; mood, humor, state of mind. 10. atmosphere, prevailing emotional state. 11. style, style of expression. 12. environment, social environment. 13. nothing, bosh. 14. airs, affectation. -dan 1. free, for nothing, without any effort, as a windfall, out of the blue. 2. empty, worthless. -ya 1. upward, up. 2. uselessly, to no avail, in vain. - açmak/açılmak for the sky to clear. - akımı draft, draught, current of air in an enclosed space. - akını air raid, air attack. - almak 1. to breathe fresh air. 2. to absorb air, take in air. 3. slang to end up getting nothing, go home empty-handed. - atışı basketball jump ball. - atmak slang 1. to put on airs. 2. to speak claptrap. - basıncı atmospheric pressure. - basmak 1. /a/ to blow up, inflate. 2. slang to give oneself airs, blow oneself up. 3. slang to speak claptrap. - boşaltma makinesi vacuum pump. - boşluğu 1. air pocket, air hole, downdraft (as felt in an airplane). 2. air shaft, air well (in a building). - bozmak for the weather to turn stormy or rainy. -yı bozmak to dampen the spirits of a group. - bulanmak for the weather to turn rainy. -sını bulmak to begin to feel happy, get into a good mood. - cereyanı draft, draught, current of air in an enclosed space. - çarpmak /ı/ for the wind or weather to affect (someone), cause (someone) discomfort. - çekici pneumatic hammer, air hammer. - değişimi 1. change of air, moving to another climate for medical reasons. 2. change in the weather; climatic change. - değiştirmek to move to another climate for medical reasons. - deliği 1. ventilation hole. 2. ventilation conduit (in a building). - durumu weather conditions. - düzenleyicisi air conditioner. - filosu air fleet. - freni air brake, pneumatic brake. - geçirmez airtight, airproof, hermetically sealed. - gemisi airship, dirigible. -ya gitmek to be in vain, be wasted. -nın gözü yaşlı olmak to threaten rain. - haznesi mech. air chamber. (birine göre) - hoş olmak (for something) not to matter (to someone). - hukuku air law. - iyi/fena esmek for things to be going well/badly. - kabarcığı air bubble, bubble. - kaçırmak to lose air. -da kalmak 1. to be up too high. 2. to be up in the air, be left in suspense, not to come to a conclusion. 3. to be left unsupported or unproved. - kanalı air conduit. - kapağı air valve. - kapanmak for the sky to be overcast. - kararmak 1. for night to fall; to get dark. 2. for the sky to become heavily overcast, get dark. - kesesi zool. 1. air bladder, gas bladder, swim bladder. 2. air sac (in birds and insects). - keşfi mil. air reconnaissance. - kırılmak for cold weather to break; for weather to begin to warm up. - kirliliği/kirlenmesi air pollution. - korsanı skyjacker, air pirate. - köprüsü airlift. - kuvvetleri air force. - meydanı airfield, landing field; airport. -sı olmak (for someone) to have a warm, attractive personality. (birinde bir kimsenin) -sı olmak to have something about (her/him) which reminds one of (someone else), resemble (someone). - oyunu futures, speculative trading in futures. -ya pala/kılıç sallamak to waste one´s energy. - parası 1. key money, cash payment demanded of a new renter before he takes possession. 2. money paid beyond what can be shown on a receipt. - patlamak for a storm to break. - payı margin of safety. - raporu weather report. -ya savurmak /ı/ 1. to throw (something) up into the air. 2. to spend (money) foolishly, throw (money) to the winds. - sıkmak slang to be a bore; to be a pain. -dan sudan 1. at random, randomly, of this and that. 2. random, of a random nature. - tahmini weather forecast. - tahmin raporu weather report. - tebdili change of climate (necessitated by ill health). -ya uçmak to be blown up, be blown sky-high. -ya uçurmak /ı/ to blow (something) up. -sına uymak /ın/ to adap

"1. hill. 2. top, top part: ağacın tepesinde at/in the top of the tree/on top of the tree. 3. crown, topmost part (of one´s head). 4. crest, crown (of a bird). 5. math. vertex. 6. colloq. the space right beside one: Tepemde dikilme öyle! Don´t stand here breathing down my neck! - altını the gold coins ornamenting a woman´s headdress. - aşağı 1. upside down. 2. headlong, headfirst. -si aşağı gitmek to experience hard times, go downhill, hit the skids; to fail miserably, fall flat on one´s face. -si atmak to lose one´s temper, blow one´s stack. -den bakmak /a/ to view with scorn or disdain, look down on, look down one´s nose at. -sine binmek/çıkmak /ın/ to bedevil (someone) a lot, badger or bug (someone) to death. -sinde bitmek /ın/ 1. to bedevil (someone) a lot, harass, badger, or bug (someone) to death. 2. to appear suddenly before (someone) or at (someone´s) side. -sinde boza pişirmek /ın/ to make (someone) very uncomfortable; to crack the whip over (someone´s) head; to make it rough for (someone). - deliği/mazgalı machicolation. -sine dikilmek /ın/ (suddenly to go up to someone and) to plant oneself right beside or squarely before (him/her). -sinde havan dövmek /ın/ 1. (for people upstairs) to disturb (people downstairs) by making noise, try to bring the ceiling down on (those living downstairs). 2. stubbornly to refuse to let (someone) forget something, continually to remind (someone) of something. 3. constantly to pester (someone) about something. -den inme 1. (an order) which comes from a high official, which comes from one of the big guns. 2. very sudden and unexpected. -sinden (aşağı) kaynar su/sular dökülmek to be left aghast, be stunned, be knocked or thrown for a loop (by an unpleasant event). - saçı scalp lock. -den tırnağa (kadar) from head to toe, from head to foot. -si üstü 1. upside down. 2. headlong, headfirst."

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.