in+the+least

1. in the least, at all: Ona zerrece acımıyor. He doesn´t feel sorry for her in the least. 2. the least bit of, the slightest degree of: Onda zerrece iman yok. He doesn´t have an ounce of religious faith in him.

",-tı getting by, managing with the least possible effort; letting (a matter) take its course; following a policy of noninterference; expediency, expedient management (used pejoratively). - etmek to get by, manage with the least possible effort; to let a matter take its course; to follow a policy of noninterference; to follow a policy of expediency, manage things expediently (used pejoratively)."

adj. any, no, zero, whatsoever, nary, whatever

adv. any, aught, never, ever, far from, by any means, ought, least of all, nothing, not a whit, at all, not a dreg, not an iota, not in the least, ne'er, no whit, not at all

interj. not exactly, nothing

n. nothing, null, zero, naught, nought, nil, zilch, nullity, ought

prep. at all

pron. none, nothing, nix, nought

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"to me. - bak! Look here! - mısın dememek /a/ 1. to think nothing of, not to bat an eye at: Bir günde on dört saat araba sürmeye banamısın demiyor. He thinks nothing of driving fourteen hours in a day. 2. to remain unaffected (by), stand unmoved (by), not to appear affected in the least (by). - dokunmayan yılan bin yaşasın. proverb The snake that doesn´t touch me can live a thousand years for all I care. - göre hava hoş. colloq. I don´t care. - kalırsa as far as I am concerned; if it were up to me."

1. mote, atom. 2. chem. molecule. - kadar the least bit, the slightest degree.

"1. arsenic, zarnich, zarnec; orpiment; realgar. 2. the least little bit (of something): Durmuş´a ise, zırnık bile koklatmam! As for Durmuş, I won´t leave him so much as a penny! Mısır´da kahvenin zırnığı bile piyasada kalmadı. In Egypt there´s not so much as a grain of coffee left on the market."

not in the least

"1. (dry) feed (for animals); fodder. 2. bait (used to lure fish, birds, etc.). 3. priming, primer (for a gun). - dökmek/koymak 1. to put down bait. 2. /a/ to make (someone) empty promises. - istemez, su istemez. colloq. It´s something which requires very little effort to maintain./It´s something which doesn´t give one the least bit of trouble. - olmak /a/ to be bait for. - torbası nose bag, feed bag."

1. above all, especially, particularly, in particular: Hele oraya hiç gitmez. He never goes there in particular. Ne güzel kızlar, hele Ayşe! What beautiful girls, especially Ayşe! Hele ben! Hiçbir şeyden haberim yoktu. And me? I wasn´t aware of a thing! 2. Just.../If only... (used with a verb in the imperative or subjunctive): Hele yapsın, parçalarım onu! Just let him do it and I´ll tear him to pieces! Hele sus bir dakika! If you´ll only be quiet for a minute! Bu ödülü kazan hele, sana araba alacağım. Just win this prize and I´ll buy you a car! 3. at least: Hele bugün bu kadarını yap da gerisini yarın tamamlarsın. Do at least this much today, and you can do the rest tomorrow. Hele yetmiş yaşında var. She´s at least seventy. 4. at last, finally: Hele rüzgâr kesildi. At last the wind has died down. - bak! Just look at...!/My...! (used with a verb in the imperative or subjunctive): Hele bak, Ahmet´imiz nasıl büyüdü! Just look at how our Ahmet has grown! - bir 1. Just let...!: Hele bir gelmesin! Just let him not come! Hele bir denesin! Just let her try! 2. Just.../If only... (used with a verb in the imperative or subjunctive): Hele bir kitabımı bitireyim, o zaman konuşuruz. Just let me finish my book and then we´ll talk. Hele hava iyice bir kararsın, o zaman sıvışacağız. Let´s let it get good and dark and then we´ll sneak out. - de furthermore, and what´s and what´s more. - hele 1. Come on and tell us!: Hele hele, daha neler gördün bakalım? So tell us what else you saw! Hele hele, sonra ne oldu? So what happened next? Hele hele, anlat bize! Come on and tell us! 2. Come on!: Hele hele, aç bakalım! Come on and open it! - şükür! Thank goodness!

adv. at the very least

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",-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! (used to spur someone on): Haydi Filiz! Come on Filiz! 2. All right, OK: Haydi istediğin şekilde yapalım. OK, let´s do it your way. 3. OK, let´s say... (used when estimating): Kahire buradan haydi yüz kilometre olsun. OK, let´s say Cairo is one hundred kilometers away. 4. Come off it!/Nonsense!: Haydi oradan, bana madik atamazsın! Listen man, you can´t feed me that! 5. OK, so... (but)...!: Haydi gelemedi, bari bir telefon edeydi! OK, so he was unable to come; at least he could have telephoned! 6. The only thing to do is...: Seller basınca biz haydi dama. Whenever it floods, we´ve no choice but to take to the roof. - bakalım! Come on then!/ Hurry up! - canım sen de! colloq. Who do you think you´re kidding?/Don´t feed me that bull! - gidelim! Come on, let´s go! - git! Get going!/Push off!/Off with you now! - haydi! colloq. 1. Who do you think you´re fooling? 2. Cut it short!/Don´t prolong things!/Don´t drag it out! - haydi 1. easily, with no trouble whatsoever: Biz bunu haydi haydi yaparız. We´ll do this with no trouble whatsoever. 2. at the most, at most: Bu kütüphane haydi haydi yüz kitap alır. This bookcase will hold one hundred books at the most. - oradan! colloq. 1. Get moving!/Move it! 2. Who do you think you´re kidding? "

"1. the lower part, bottom. 2. the one below. 3. lower. 4. poor in quality, inferior; low in value. 5. commonplace, common. 6. down, downstairs. -da 1. below. 2. downstairs. -ya 1. down, downwards. 2. downstairs. - almak /ı/ to pull down, bring down. -dan almak to ingratiate oneself, adopt a humble attitude. - düşmek 1. to fall. 2. to decline. - görmek /ı/ to look down (on), despise. - kalır yeri/yanı olmamak /dan/ to be at least as good (as). - kalmak /dan/ to fall short (of). - kalmamak /dan/ not to be inferior (to). - kurtarmaz. 1. I can´t sell it any cheaper. 2. Nothing less will do. - tabaka mob, lower class. - tükürsem sakal/sakalım, yukarı tükürsem bıyık/bıyığım. colloq. I am faced with an impossible choice. - yukarı approximately, more or less.... aşağı... yukarı used in expressions such as: Hasan aşağı Hasan yukarı. It´s “Hasan” all the time, nothing but “Hasan.” -lı yukarılı 1. having an upper and a lower part; having two floors. 2. upstairs and downstairs."

1. Come on! (used to spur someone on): Hadi Betül! Come on, Betül! 2. All right.../OK...: Hadi senin olsun. OK, it´s yours. 3. OK, let´s say.../So...: Tavuklar günde hadi iki kez yumurtlasın. Let´s say the hens lay twice a day. Hadi Hamide gelmesin. Ne olur? Let´s say Hamide doesn´t come. So what? 4. Come off it!/Nonsense!: Hadi be, beni aptal mı sandın? Come off it man, do you take me for a fool? 5. I can understand that..., but.../ OK..., but...: Hadi hediye için parası yoktu, bari bir kart yollasaydı! I can understand that he didn´t have the money for a present, but he could at least have sent a card! 6. straight for, right for (a place): Seller basınca biz hadi dama. When it floods we make straight for the roof. Yaz geldi mi, biz hadi Kalamış´a. When summer came we´d make straight for Kalamış. - bakalım! Come on then!/Hurry up! - canım sen de! Who do you think you´re kidding?/Don´t feed me that bull! - hadi! 1. Who do you think you´re fooling? 2. Cut it short!/Don´t prolong things!/Don´t drag it out! - oradan! 1. Get moving!/Move it! 2. Just who do you think you´re kidding?/Just who do you think you´re fooling?

short. - dalga radio shortwave. - devre short circuit. - geçmek /ı/ to explain (something) without going into detail. - görüşlü narrow-minded. - günün kârı. colloq. At least it´s better than nothing. - günün kârı/kazancı az olur. proverb If you only spend a little time working on something, you can´t expect to benefit very much from it. - hece short syllable. - kesmek /ı/ to cut short (one´s talk). - ömürlü short-lived, ephemeral. - sürmek to take a short time, not to last long. - tutmak /ı/ not to make (something) long/wide enough. - ünlü phonetics short vowel. - vadede in the short run. - vadeli short-term. - yoldan briefly and to the point, without beating about the bush.

adv. at the very least

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"1. to pass. 2. /dan/ to pass by, go by. 3. /dan/ to pass through, go through. 4. /dan/ to go down (a street, road, corridor). 5. /dan/ to pass over, cross, traverse. 6. /ı/ to pass through, pass over, cross. 7. /dan/ to undergo, go through. 8. /dan/ to renounce one´s claim to. 9. /dan/ to give up, abandon. 10. /da/ (for one´s life, a period of time) to be spent in. 11. (for a period of time) to pass, elapse. 12. to take place, happen, occur. 13. /dan, a/ (for a disease) to pass from (someone) to (someone else), spread from (one place) to (another). 14. /dan, a/ to pass from (someone) to (someone else) (through heredity). 15. /a/ to move to. 16. /dan/ to go through a period of, pass through a period of; to go through, pass through, come through (a profession, an institution, a field of study, a type of training, etc.); to be schooled in. 17. /a/ to penetrate, affect. 18. /a/ to come into (power, authority). 19. /a/ to pass on to, pass over to. 20. /ı/ to pass, overtake, go past; to outstrip. 21. to move on, keep moving; to go ahead, go on. 22. to pass, be over, end, come to an end, finish. 23. /ı/ to surpass, exceed, outdo, outstrip, outrun. 24. /ı/ to skip over, skip, pass over. 25. /ı/ to play; to sing; to perform; to learn (a piece of music) by practicing. 26. /ı, dan/ to learn (a piece of music) from (someone). 27. (for a stove, a fire, embers) to go out, become cold, die. 28. /a/ to pass into, be recorded as (history); to be recorded in, be written down in (a book); to be put into (writing). 29. to be current, be in use, be valid, be in effect. 30. to be in demand, sell, be popular, be in vogue. 31. to be mentioned, be written or spoken about, be referred to. 32. /ı/ to pass (one´s class). 33. /dan/ to pass (an exam). 34. /a/ to take (one´s place), go to (one´s place). 35. /dan/ (for a road or river) to pass through, pass by. 36. (for fruit) to get rotten, dry up, spoil. 37. to get oneself out of something, get oneself off the hook, be shut of an involvement. 38. slang (an auxiliary verb used after some nouns) to do, make: diskur geçmek to spiel. Geçelim. Let us not talk about it. (...) geçtim let alone: Mektubu geçtim, bir kartpostal olsun yazamıyor mu? Can´t he at least write a postcard, let alone a letter? Geçti Bor´un pazarı, sür eşeğini Niğde´ye. colloq. It is too late to do anything about that; so let´s think about doing something else. Geç!/Geç efendim! colloq. Leave it!/Don´t waste your time on it./It´s not worth talking about. Geçtim olsun. colloq. Forget about it. Geç yiğidim geç! colloq. Pass by, my brave one (said in giving way to someone who is more powerful than oneself)."

",-ır 1. to remain, be left; to be left over. 2. to stay (in a place temporarily). 3. to come to a halt, reach a standstill. 4. to fail (a class). 5. /a/ to be postponed to. 6. /a/ (for a matter) to be entrusted to (someone). 7. /a, dan/ (for something) to be left to (someone) by (someone else). 8. /dan/ to be kept from doing (something). 9. /la/ to be content with, go no further than. kala kala only..., no more than... (is left): Gelmesine kala kala bir gün kaldı. There´s only one day left until she comes. kaldı ki moreover, furthermore. kalsa/kalırsa /a/ 1. if you ask (my/his/her) opinion. 2. if it were left up to (someone). Kalsın. 1. Let´s leave it for the time being. 2. I´ve decided I don´t want it. kalır yeri olmamak /dan/ to be at least as good as."