make+empty

"1. empty. 2. useless. 3. unemployed; free. 4. ignorant. 5. slack, not under tension (rope). 6. uncultivated (land). 7. uninhabited. -ta unemployed. - almak naut. to take up the slack, make a hawser taut. -a almak /ı/ 1. to prop up (a building) temporarily for repairs. 2. mech. to uncouple, release. -unu almak /ın/ to tauten (a hawser), take up the slack (in a hawser). - atıp dolu tutmak/vurmak to make a lucky hit, guess the truth by chance. - bırakmamak /ı/ 1. to help out (a person in need). 2. not to desert (someone). -u boşuna uselessly. - bulunmak to be taken unawares. -a çalışmak/işlemek (for a machine) to run on no load, run light. - çıkmak lottery to draw a blank. -a çıkmak to turn out to be nothing. - çıkmamak /dan/ to make a little something out of (a deal). - dönmek to come back emptyhanded. - durmak to be without work, be unemployed. - düşmek /dan/ to be considered as divorced (from her husband). - gezenin boş kalfası loafer. - gezmek to be unemployed. -ta gezmek to live without working. -a gitmek 1. to be wasted. 2. to be of no use. - inan superstition. - kafalı silly, dimwitted. -ta kalmak to be without work. - koymak /ı/ to deprive (someone) of something desirable. -a koysan dolmaz, doluya koysan almaz. colloq. However I try to do it, it still does not work. - laf karın doyurmaz. proverb Empty words do not fill one´s stomach. boş ol!/- olsun! I divorce you! (formerly said by the husband to his wife). - olmamak not to be without reason, to have a justifying cause. - oturmak 1. to be without a job, be unemployed. 2. not to have work to do, be without work. - söz nonsensical words, hot air. - vakit 1. spare time. 2. leisure. - ver! Forget it!/Never mind! - vermek 1. /a/ not to bother (about), to take no notice (of). 2. naut. to loosen a hawser. - yere 1. in vain. 2. without grounds, without a reason. - yerine vurmak /ın/ to hit (someone) on his side."

"/ı/ 1. to empty, make (a place) empty or bare; to vacate (a property); to unload (a conveyance). 2. to pour (something) out, empty; to drain. 3. to fire all the ammunition in (a firearm). 4. to slacken (reins, a rope). 5. (for an animal) to get free of (its tether, traces, or saddle)."

"1. remark; word. 2. expression, utterance, statement. 3. empty words, hot air, nothing but talk. 4. conversation, talk. 5. the subject of a conversation. 6. What nonsense!/That´s bull! -ı ağzında gevelemek to talk around the subject; not to come out with what´s on one´s mind. -ı ağzından kaçırmak to let something slip, say something inadvertently, let the cat out of the bag. -ı ağzında kalmak to be unable to finish what one was saying; (for someone) suddenly to go silent. - altında kalmamak to give as good as one gets (in an argument). -ı ağzına tıkamak /ın/ to shut (someone) up. - anlamaz 1. thickheaded; stupid. 2. obstinate, muleheaded. - anlatmak /a/ to try to bring (someone) round (to one´s own point of view), try to make (someone) understand something. - aramızda.... colloq. This is just between you and me./Let´s keep this to ourselves./Entre nous. - atmak 1. /a/ to make a rude remark about (someone) within his hearing. 2. /a/ to make an improper innuendo or suggestion to (a woman one doesn´t know), proposition. 3. to have a chat. -ını/ -ınızı balla kestim. colloq. Excuse me for interrupting you. -ını bilmek to think before one opens one´s mouth, be careful about what one says. -a boğmak /ı/ to drown (a topic) in a flood of words. -ı çevirmek/değiştirmek to change the subject. - çıkmak for a rumor to start going around. -ı çiğnemek to beat around the bush. -a dalmak to become lost in conversation. - değil. colloq. It´s serious./This isn´t just idle talk. - dinlemek to heed what one is told; to act on someone´s advice. - dokundurmak /a/ to make wisecracks (about), make barbed remarks (about). - düşmemek /a/ 1. for there to be no need for (someone) to talk. 2. (for someone) not to get a chance to speak. - etmek 1. /ı/ to gossip about (something). 2. /la/ to talk (with), chat (with). -ını etmek /ın/ to talk about (something). -ın gümrüğünü vermek slang to start yakking again; to keep on yakking. - işitmek to get a dressing down. - kaldıramamak not to be able to take a joke, not to be able to take it. - kıtlığında asmalar budayayım. colloq. You´re talking nonsense! - körüğü windbag (person). - lafı açar. colloq. One topic leads to another. -ı mı olur? colloq. Don´t mention it!/It´s a pleasure! (said to someone for whom one has done or wishes to do a favor). - ola. colloq. What hogwash!/It´s just so much hot air! - olur. colloq. There´ll be gossip./It´ll set tongues wagging. - olsun diye (saying something) just to make conversation, merely for the sake of saying it. -la peynir gemisi yürümez. proverb Mere talk won´t get anything done. - söyledi balkabağı. colloq. You´re full of bull! -ını şaşırmak to be at a loss for words. - taşımak to retail gossip. -a tutmak /ı/ to engage (someone) in conversation (thus causing him to stop what he´d been doing). -ı uzatmak to take a long time explaining something. - ü güzaf see lafügüzaf. - yetiştirmek 1. to reply quickly and in kind, promptly to give as good as one gets. 2. /a/ (for a child) to talk back to, sass (an older person). - yok. /a/ colloq. There´s nothing wrong with...."

",-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

to make an empty promise

1. clatter or patter (of feet). 2. noise, clatter. 3. row, tumult, disturbance. - çıkarmak to provoke a row, cause a commotion, raise a ruckus. - etmek to make a great deal of noise. - kopmak for a commotion to break out. -ya pabuç bırakmamak not to be intimidated by empty threats. -ya vermek /ı/ to set (a place) in an uproar.

"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."

"/ı/ 1. to feed (an animal) (with dry feed). 2. to bait (a hook or trap); to put bait down in (a place). 3. to prime (a gun). 4. to make (someone) an empty promise. "