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1. tailor. lining. 2. priming coat, undercoat. 3. primer, priming, undercoater, undercoating, undercoat. 4. caulking. - boyası undercoat, priming. - kaplama the layer next to the outer layer in plywood. - kaplamak/ koymak /a/ to line (a garment). - vurmak /a/ to prime. -ı yüzünden pahalı olmak 1. to be expensive because money was wasted on extraneous matters. 2. (for a project) to cost more than it is worth.

"1. head. 2. leader, chief, head. 3. beginning. 4. basis. 5. top, summit, crest. 6. end, either of two ends. 7. naut. bow. 8. clove (of garlic); cyme; (plant) bulb. 9. head (of a pin). 10. wrestling first class. 11. agio, exchange premium. 12. head: elli baş sığır fifty steers, fifty head of cattle. 13. main, head, chief, top. 14. in many idioms self, oneself. 15. side, near vicinity, presence: sofra başında at the table. ocak başında near the hearth. -ına for each, per, each: saat başına elli bin lira fifty thousand liras an hour. -ında 1. at, near, around: masa başında at the desk, around the table. 2. on his hands: Başında üç çocuk var. He has three children on his hands. He has to support three children. 3. at every: saat başında at the start of every hour. -ından 1. from its beginning: başından sonuna kadar from beginning to end. 2. away from: Başımdan git! Go away!/Get out!/Leave me alone! -ta first of all, most of all. -ı açık bareheaded. -ı açılmak to go bald. -ını açmak 1. to uncover one´s head (as a gesture initiating prayer or imprecation). 2. /ın/ to open up (a subject of talk), give an inkling (of). - ağrısı 1. headache. 2. trouble, nuisance. - ağrısı olmak /a/ to be a nuisance (to), cause worry (to). -ını ağrıtmak /ın/ to give a headache (to); to annoy (someone) by talking a lot. -ını alamamak /dan/ 1. to be too busy (with). 2. not to be able to escape (from some trouble). - alıp baş vermek to wage a bitter fight. -ını alıp gitmek to go away, leave. -ının altında under one´s pillow. -ının altından çıkmak /ın/ (for a plot) to be hatched out in (someone´s) head; to be caused (by). -ı araya gitmek to be caught between disagreeing people. - aşağı upside down, head down. -tan aşağı from top to bottom, from head to foot, from end to end, throughout. - aşağı gitmek to get worse. -ından aşağı kaynar sular dökülmek to have a terrible shock, meet with sudden excitement. (işi) -ından aşkın overburdened (by work). -ında ateş yanmak to be upset, be troubled, be distressed. -ından atmak /ı/ to get rid (of). -tan ayağa kadar colloq. from head to foot, altogether. - ayak, ayak baş oldu. colloq. The high and the low have changed places. -ı bacadan aşmadı ya. colloq. She is still young enough to find a husband. - bağı 1. head band, fillet. 2. naut. bow fast, head fast. - bağlamak 1. to cover or tie up one´s head (with a scarf). 2. (for grain) to form heads. 3. to take up a duty. -ını bağlamak /ın/ to marry (one) to another. -ı bağlı 1. fastened by the head; attached. 2. married. - başa tête-à-tête, face to face. -tan başa from end to end, entirely. - başa kalmak /la/ to stay alone (with). - başa vermek 1. to put our/your/their heads together, consult with each other. 2. to work together, help each other, collaborate. -ında beklemek/durmak /ın/ to stand watch over, watch carefully. - belası nuisance, troublesome person or thing. -ına bela getirmek/sarmak /ın/ to saddle (someone, oneself) with a big problem. -ı belaya girmek to get into trouble. -ı belada olmak to be in trouble. -ını belaya sokmak/uğratmak /ın/ to get (someone, oneself) into trouble. -ımla beraber with great pleasure, gladly. - bezi head scarf. - bilmez unbroken (horse). -ına bir hal gelmek to suffer a serious misfortune. -ını bir yere bağlamak /ın/ to find (a person) a good job and save him from idleness. -ına bitmek /ın/ suddenly to appear, suddenly to show up (said of a pestiferous person). -ını boş bırakmak /ın/ 1. to leave alone, leave untended. 2. to leave without supervision. - boy best quality. - bulmak to pay, leave a profit. -ta/-ında bulunmak /ın/ to be in charge. -ına buyruk independent. -ı bütün married (person). -ından büyük işlere girişmek/karışmak to undertake things that are beyond one´s powers, bite off more than one can chew. -ına çal! colloq. /ı/ Here it is. May it do you no good. -ının çaresine bakmak to take care of one´s own affairs oneself, not to leave things to others. -ı çatla

",-li 1. imagined thing, vision, fancy; fantasy; dream; daydream. 2. imagination. 3. image, reflection. 4. shadow, indistinct image. 5. ghost, vision, apparition. 6. flat figure used in a shadow show. 7. shadow show. -e dalmak to daydream. - etmek /ı/ to imagine. -inden geçirmek /ı/ to dream of, think of. - gibi 1. like a dream. 2. very thin (person). - gücü imagination, imaginative power. -i ham impossible scheme, wild idea. -e kapılmak to be carried away by one´s imaginings, let one´s imagination run away with one. - kırıklığı disappointment. - kırıklığına uğramak to be disappointed. - kırıklığına uğratmak /ı/ to disappoint. - kurmak to dream dreams, build castles in the air. - mahsulü figment of the imagination. - meyal vaguely, indistinctly. - olmak to be realized only in one´s imagination, turn out to be nothing more than a dream. - oyunu shadow show, shadow play."

"1. as... as: fil kadar büyük as big as an elephant. 2. as much as: O yapabildiği kadar yaptı. She did as much as she could. 3. /a/ up to, as far as (a place); until, up to (a time); by (a time); within (a time). 4. it´s as if, consider that: Sağ olunuz, bir fincan içmiş kadar oldum. Thanks; consider me as having drunk a cup just the same. 5. so... (that): O kadar üzüldü ki.... She was so sad that.... 6. amount; much: O kadar ver. Give that amount. 7. about, approximately: On kişi kadar geldi. About ten people came.... şu -... more than, over: yüz şu kadar ağaç over a hundred trees. "

"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."

,-cu 1. shoe. 2. rubber or metal tip (on the base of a furniture leg). 3. arch. base, pedestal (of a column). -tan aşağı mean, despicable, contemptible, low-down. -u başına giydirmek /ın/ colloq. to make (someone) do the wrong thing. - bırakmamak /a/ not to be frightened off by, not to be deterred by. -larını çevirmek /ın/ to let (somebody) understand that he is not wanted, get rid of (someone) in a roundabout way. -ları dama atılmak to lose favor, fall from popular esteem. -larını eline vermek /ın/ to get rid of (someone), give (someone) his walking papers. - eskitmek/paralamak to run hither and thither (while trying to get something accomplished). - kadar dili var. colloq. He´s as sassy/impudent as they come. -una kum dolmak/taş kaçmak to be uneasy, be on edge. - pahalı. colloq. 1. As he´s too powerful for me to tangle with, I´d better not press matters any further. 2. I´ve bitten off more than I can chew. -u ters giydirmek to be a real fox, be someone one must be wary of. -unu ters giydirmek /a/ to cause (someone) to make tracks, make (someone) leave in a hurry.

"1. money. 2. (a) para (one fortieth of a kuruş). - alımı fin. collection of money, collecting money. - aslanın ağzında. proverb If you want money, you´ve got to struggle to get it. - babası moneybags. - basımevi mint (where money is coined or printed). - basmak 1. to print or mint money. 2. to lay down a stake (in gambling). -yı bayılmak colloq. to pay out money, shell out money, fork out money. - bozmak to make change, break a coin or note into smaller denominations. - canlısı/gözlü someone who´s excessively fond of money. - cezası law fine. - cüzdanı billfold, wallet. - çantası purse. - çekmek /dan/ 1. to draw money (from a bank). 2. to squeeze some money out of (someone), get (someone) to fork over some money. -ya çevirmek /ı/ to realize (an asset); to sell (something) (for money). - çıkarmak 1. to issue money. 2. colloq. to send a money order. -sını çıkarmak to get back the amount one invested (in the form of profits). -dan çıkmak to have to spend money; to have unexpected expenses. - darlığı econ. deflation. -yla değil very cheap, dirt cheap. -yla değil sırayla. colloq. Money can´t always get you what you want./Your money won´t do you any good here. -yı denize atmak to squander money, throw money down the drain. - dökmek /a/ to spend a lot of money (on); to pour money into. - dönmek for bribes to be given. - etmek to be worth something, be valuable; to be something which will sell. - etmemek 1. to be worth nothing; to be something which won´t sell. 2. to have no effect, be in vain. -nın gümüş olduğunu anlamak to realize that money is not to be thrown around, learn to appreciate the value of money. - ile imanın kimde olduğu bilinmez. proverb You can´t know for sure how much money another person has, just as you can´t know whether or not he is a sincere believer in God. - isteme benden, buz gibi soğurum senden. proverb You don´t like to have much to do with people who are always asking you for money. - kazanmak to earn money. - kesmek 1. to coin money. 2. to make a lot of money. - kırmak to make a lot of money. -ya kıymak to spend money, shell out money, fork out money. - parayı çeker. proverb Money breeds money. -ya para dememek 1. to make a lot of money. 2. to spend money lavishly. 3. to regard an amount of money as ridiculously small. - pul money and assets. -sıyla rezil olmak to pay out money for something that turns out to be completely unsatisfactory, throw money down the drain. - sızdırmak/koparmak /dan/ to squeeze some money out of (someone), get (someone) to fork out some money. -sını sokağa atmak to throw money down the drain. -yı sökülmek slang to have to fork out some money. - şişkinliği econ. inflation. -yı tedavülden kaldırma demonetization, taking money out of circulation. - tutmak 1. to save money; to be thrifty. 2. to cost. -nın üstü change (given when one has paid more than the stated amount). -yı veren düdüğü çalar. proverb The one who pays the piper calls the tune. - vurmak 1. to make money by illegal means. 2. to luck into a lot of money. - yapmak to earn money and save it. - yardımı monetary aid. - yatıran depositor. - yatırmak /a/ 1. to invest (in). 2. to deposit money (in). - yedirmek /a/ to bribe. - yeme accepting bribes. - yemek 1. to spend money freely. 2. to accept a bribe. -nın yüzü sıcaktır. proverb There is something about money that´s very alluring."

"1. number, unit in a numerical series. 2. number, specified total of (people, things): Bunların sayısı yüzü geçmez. There´s no more than one hundred of them. 3. number, issue (of a newspaper, magazine). 4. sports point/points scored in a game; basketball basket; soccer goal. - boncuğu abacus (a calculating instrument). - göstergesi sports scoreboard. -m suyum yok! (used by children) 1. I´m not playing! (said angrily). 2. Let´s start the game over! (said after someone has broken a rule of the game)."

1. tiny kernel or grain (of a cereal plant). 2. granule (of sand, salt, sugar, etc.). 3. all of, no more than, only: İki tanecik kitabı var. He has all of two books. 4. particle.

stair rail, stair railing, banister. - ayağı baluster, newel. - babası 1. newel-post, newel (large post usually placed at the end of a railing). 2. colloq. weak, ineffectual father who is little more than a figurehead in his family.

"1. distant, remote, far, faraway, far-off. 2. /dan/ (someone, something) who or which has nothing to do with, who or which has no connection with. 3. /dan/ (someone) who has no talent at all for; (someone) who is unable to (do something). 4. unlikely, improbable. 5. distance. 6. at a distance, faraway. -tan akraba distant relative. -tan bakmak /a/ to remain an observer of, survey (something) from the sidelines. - durmak /dan/ to stay away from. (birbirinden/birbirlerinden) - düşmek to be far from one another. -lara gitmek to get off the subject. -ı görmek to be able to foresee what will happen, be able to see the future. -tan güdüm/kumanda remote control. -tan merhaba nodding acquaintanceship: Bizim uzaktan merhabamız var. We´re on speaking terms with each other, but no more than that. -tan uzağa 1. very distant. 2. from a great distance, from faraway."

,-nu 1. most, most of. 2. mostly, usually. 3. /dan/ more than. - gitti, azı kaldı. Most of it is over, the end is near. - kez/zaman usually.

",-der auxiliary verb 1. /ı/ to do, make. 2. /ı/ to do (well or wrong). 3. /ı/ to reach (a time). 4. /ı, dan/ to deprive (someone) of (something). 5. /ı/ math. to equal, make. 6. /ı/ to be worth. 7. /ı/ to amount to, make. 8. /a/ to wrong, treat (someone) unjustly. 9. /a/ to soil or wet (one´s underpants, bed, etc.). etmediğini bırakmamak/komamak to do all the harm one can. ettiğini bulmak/çekmek to get one´s deserts. Etme eyleme! Please don´t do it!/Come on now, stop it! ettiği hayır ürküttüğü kurbağaya değmemek to be more of a hindrance than a help; to cause more harm than good. ettiği ile kalmak to be left with nothing but the shame of it (when a design against another has not come off). Etme yahu! Is that so?/You must be kidding. ettiğini yanına bırakmamak /ın/ to get revenge on (someone), not to let (someone) get away with something. ettiği yanına (kâr) kalmak to get away with a bad deed."

",-nu this. -na to this. -ndan from this. -nlar these. -nun of this. - anda at present. - arada 1. meanwhile. 2. among other things. - bakımdan in this respect; from this point of view. -ndan başka besides; moreover. -na binaen so, hence, for this reason. -nda bir iş var. colloq. There is more to this than meets the eye. -nunla birlikte/beraber nevertheless, however, yet. -ndan böyle from now on, henceforth. -nun burası colloq. here, this spot. - cihetle/cihetten in this respect; from this point of view. - cümleden as an instance of this. - da geçer yahu. This too will pass; nothing is permanent. - defa this time; and now. -na değdi idi, buna değmedi idi diyerek But on second thought I decided that some of them might do. -ndan dolayı/ötürü for this reason, because of this, therefore. - fakir this poor man, your humble servant. -na gelince as for this. - gibi such, of this kind, like this. - gözle from this point of view. - günlerde/yakınlarda 1. recently. 2. in the near future. -nun için because of this, for this reason, therefore. - işte bir hikmet var. There must be a vital reason for it. - itibarla so, therefore, consequently. -ndan iyisi can sağlığı. colloq. This is the best; nothing could surpass it. - kabilden of this sort. - kadar 1. this much. 2. (after a number) and a little more. - merkezde 1. in this sense, to this effect. 2. more or less like this. -na mukabil on the other hand. - münasebetle in this connection. - ne perhiz, bu ne lahana turşusu! colloq. What a contrast!/How inconsistent! - sevdadan vazgeç. colloq. You´d better give it up. - sıcağa kar mı dayanır? colloq. What could you expect in this mess? -ndan sonra 1. after this. 2. henceforth, from now on. - takdirde so, therefore, in this case. -nun üzerine then, so. (...dan) - yana since. - yüzden for this reason, because of this, therefore. "

1. small (amount), little. 2. few. 3. too small, too few, not enough, insufficient. 4. seldom, rarely. 5. /dan/ less (than). - bir şey only a little. - buçuk 1. scanty, hardly enough. 2. a little, somewhat. - bulmak /ı/ to consider (something) insufficient. - buz olmamak to be no small matter be a significant amount. -a çoğa bakmamak/- çok dememek to be satisfied with what one gets. -ı çoğa tutmak/saymak to accept a small amount as being a great plenty. - çok more or less. - daha almost, nearly. - değil! colloq. He is quite different from what he seems to be. - gitti uz gitti, dere tepe düz gitti. (in fairy tales) He traveled over hill and dale. - görmek /ı/ 1. to find (something) insufficient. 2. to find (something) to be less than expected. - günün adamı olmamak to have lived long and seen much. - iş değil. colloq. The work is not to be underrated. - kaldı/kalsın almost, nearly. - söyler, uz söyler. colloq. He says little, but what he says is significant. - tamah çok ziyan/zarar getirir. proverb A little greed causes great loss. - verip çok yalvarmak to pay back a little of one´s debt and plead for time for the rest. - ye de bir uşak tut. colloq. Don´t order me around!

adv. generally, usually, normally, in general, on the whole, largely, at large, as a general rule, as a rule, by and large, exoterically, for the most part, ordinarily

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adj. continual

adv. often, frequently, constantly, oft, as often as not, more often than not

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adv. frequently, often, constantly, ofttimes, as often as not, more often than not, passim, fast, oft

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adv. generally, more often than not, as often as not

to do more harm than good