not+so+much...+as

"-nu 1. he; she; it. 2. that; those. - anda at that moment. - denli so much; so. - duvar senin, bu duvar benim. colloq. I was so drunk I couldn´t see straight. - gibi such (a thing). - gün bugün/bugündür since then, from that day to this. - halde 1. In that case.../If that´s the case.... 2. therefore. -nun için 1. for him/her/it. 2. for that reason, on account of that, as a result (of that). - kadar 1. so much; so. 2. That´s all. - kadar kusur kadı kızında da bulunur. colloq. Be reasonable; the best of things will have these sorts of flaws! - kapı/mahalle senin, bu kapı/mahalle benim dolaşmak to wander around everywhere. - saat at that very moment; right away. - takdirde in that case. - taraflı olmamak to pay no attention (to), take no notice (of) (something). - tarakta bezi olmamak not to be involved in that matter. - yolda in that way, like that. (...) - yolun yolcusu... going to end up like that one day: Hepimiz o yolun yolcusu. We´re all going to end up like that one day."

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!

"two. -dir for the second time. -miz the two of us. -miz de both of us. -si the two (of them). -si de both (of them). - ahbap çavuşlar colloq. inseparable friends, great pals. -si arası 1. neither one nor the other, a combination of the two. 2. (someone, something) who/which is a mixture of the two. - arada bir derede somehow or other. - arada bir derede kalmak to be in a tight situation. - arada kalmak to be at a loss as to whom to believe; not to know whom to support. - ateş arasında kalmak to be caught between two fires. - atomlu chem. diatomic. - ayağını bir pabuca sokmak/koymak /ın/ to pressure (someone), put pressure on (someone) (to finish something immediately). - baştan olmak (for something) to be possible only if both sides are in agreement about it. -de bir/birde very frequently, all the time, constantly, continually, every whipstitch. -si bir kapıya çıkar. colloq. They both amount to the same thing. -si bir kazanda kaynamamak not to get along together. -sini bir kazana koysalar kaynamazlar. colloq. It´s impossible for them to get along with each other. - boyutlu two-dimensional. - buçukluk (a) two-and-a-half lira coin. - büklüm bent double, very stooped. - cambaz bir ipte oynamaz. proverb If two cheats try to work together, they end up cheating each other. - cami arasında kalmış beynamaz/binamaz (someone) who doesn´t know which alternative to choose, (someone) who doesn´t know which of two choices to make. - cihanda in this world and the next. - çıplak bir hamama yakışır. proverb Don´t think about marrying if you haven´t got a penny to your name. - çift laf/söz a word or two, a few words. - çifte kayık/- çifteli rowboat with two pairs of oars. - değerlikli chem. bivalent (element). - dinle (bin işit) bir söyle. proverb Listen before you talk. - dirhem bir çekirdek dressed up fit to kill, dressed up to the nines, all dolled up. - dünya this world and the world to come. - eli böğründe kalmak to be at a loss as to what to do; to feel helpless. - eli (kızıl) kanda olsa no matter what he´s/she´s doing, no matter what, no matter how tied up he/she is. - eli şakaklarında düşünmek to brood, be deep in thought. - eli yakasında olmak /ın/ to intend to settle accounts (with another) on Judgment Day. - elim yanıma gelecek. colloq. I swear I´m telling the truth!/Cross my heart! - evli bigamous. - geçeli in two rows facing each other. - gönül bir olursa/olunca samanlık seyran olur. proverb If two people are really in love they can make do with a bare minimum of worldly goods. - gözüm my dear; my dear friend; my dear lady; my dear fellow. - gözle görme/- göze değgin görme binocular vision. - gözü iki çeşme crying one´s eyes out, crying one´s heart out. - gözüm kör olsun! I swear to God! - gözüm önüme aksın! I swear to God! - günde bir every other day. - hörgüçlü deve Bactrian camel, two-humped camel. - karpuz bir koltuğa sığmaz. proverb You can´t do two things at once. - kat 1. doubled, folded. 2. bent double, very stooped. - katı /ın/ double the amount of. - katlı 1. two-storied. 2. two-layered. - kat olmak to be bent double, become very stooped. - kere twice. - kere iki dört eder gibi as sure as two and two is four. - misli twofold, twice as much. - namlulu double-barreled. - nokta colon (punctuation mark). -si ortası/-sinin ortası 1. (someone, something) which is a blend of the two. 2. a blend of the two. 3. middle ground, middle of the road; middle way, middle path. - paralık etmek /ı/ to ruin (someone´s) reputation, discredit (someone) thoroughly. - paralık olmak (for someone´s reputation) to be ruined, (for someone) to be thoroughly discredited. - rahmetten biri. colloq. If he can´t get well I hope death will put an end to his sufferings. - satır konuşmak/dertleşmek to have a brief chat. - seksen uzanmak slang 1. to be tickled pink. 2. to be flattened (by a fisticuff). 3. to loll. - sözü/lafı/lakırdıyı bir araya getirememek to be unable to express ones

1. dog. 2. vulg. bastard, s.o.b. -in ağzına kemik atmak vulg. to shut up a troublemaker by giving him a slice of the pie. -e atsan yemez. colloq. It´s not even fit for a dog to eat. -i bağlasan durmaz. colloq. It´s not fit for a dog to live in, much less a person! -le dalaşmaktan çalıyı dolaşmak yeğdir./-e dalanmaktan çalıyı dolanmak yeğdir. proverb It is worth doing whatever is necessary to avoid a confrontation with a nasty person. -in duası kabul/makbul olsa/olsaydı gökten kemik yağar/yağardı. proverb If scoundrels were to run the world, it´d be an uninhabitable place. - gibi cringingly, fawningly. -ler güler buna. colloq. It´s too funny for words. -e hoşt, kediye pist dememek to be unable to say “boo” to a goose. - köpek olalı bir av avladı. colloq. In all this time he´s only managed to do one noteworthy thing. - soyu vulg. bastard, s.o.b. -le yatan pire ile 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. - yese kudurur. colloq. Even the most low-down scoundrel couldn´t stomach such a remark!

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.

"used in: - sabahsız 1. without even saying a word, without so much as a ""How do you do?"". 2. (someone) who is not prone to greeting people, who is not prone to saying hello to people."

It's not much of a thing

"1. opposite: Aksi istikamette yol açıktı. There was no traffic in the opposite lane. 2. peevish, irritable; perverse, contrary. 3. inopportune, untimely. 4. adverse, negative. 5. unfortunate (circumstance, situation). - aksi irritably. - delil counterproof. - gibi colloq. Wouldn´t you know it? As if to spite me,...: Aksi gibi cebimde beş para kalmamıştı. But it was just my luck that I didn´t have so much as a penny on me. - gitmek (for things) to go wrong. - halde if not; otherwise. -ni iddia etmek to assert the contrary. -ni söylemek to say the opposite. - şeytan! colloq. Damn! - takdirde otherwise. - tesadüf 1. As bad luck would have it,.... 2. unfortunate coincidence. - tesir undesired reaction, opposite effect."

",-ti 1. abundance, plenty; increase; fruitfulness. 2. blessing; divine gift. 3. fortunately, thank heaven. 4. prov. rain. - boynuzu cornucopia, horn of plenty. -i içinde. There´s not much, but it´s enough. -ini gör. May it (i.e. the money paid to the merchant) benefit you! (said by a customer as a reply to the formula, Bereket versin! said by a merchant). - ki/bereket versin ki Thank goodness.../Thank God...: Bereket ki kafa kâğıdımı unutmadım. Thank goodness I didn´t forget my identity card. - tanrıçası fertility goddess. - versin! Enjoy it!/May you benefit from it! (said by a seller to a customer at the conclusion of a sale). - versin see bereket ki."

, burnu 1. nose. 2. beak, bill. 3. tip, pointed end. 4. headland, cape, point. 5. pride, arrogance. 6. nasal. - boşluğu anat. nasal cavity. - burmak /a/ to curl one´s nostrils in disdain, turn one´s nose up (at). - buruna close together, very close. - buruna gelmek /la/ to run into, almost to collide with. - bükmek/a/ to turn one´s nose up (at). -u büyük arrogant, conceited. -u büyümek to become conceited. -unu çekmek 1. to sniff. 2. colloq. not to get anything. - deliği nostril. -unun dibinde under one´s very nose, very close. -unun dikine/doğrusuna gitmek to do what one feels to be best without asking for advice. - direği nasal septum. -unun direği kırılmak to feel suffocated by a bad smell. -unun direği sızlamak 1. to be in a lot of pain. 2. to be sorry for someone. -u düşmek to be suffocated by a bad smell. -undan düşen bin parça olmak to look very disgruntled, wear a very sour face. -undan (fitil fitil) gelmek to suffer so much after gaining something good that one regrets ever having gained it. -undan getirmek /ı, ın/ to make (someone) regret (having done something). -una girmek /ın/ to come too close (to a person). -u havada conceited, stuck-up. -u Kaf dağında very conceited. -u kanamadan without being hurt, without the slightest scratch. -u kanamak to have a nosebleed. - kanaması nosebleed, epistaxis. - kemiği anat. nasal bone, os nasale. -undan kıl aldırmamak to be very conceited and unapproachable. -unu kırmak /ın/ to humiliate. - kıvırmak /a/ to turn one´s nose up (at), sniff (at). -unda tütmek to long for, crave for. - nezlesi rhinitis. - perdesi anat. nasal septum. -unu sıksan canı çıkar. colloq. He´s nothing but a puny runt. -unu silmek to wipe one´s nose. -unu sokmak /a/ to poke one´s nose into (something). -undan solumak to be enraged, get angry. -unu sürtmek to back down and accept what one has scorned. -u sürtülmek/burnunu yere sürtmek to learn one´s lesson through a humiliating experience. - şişirmek to swell with pride. -unun ucunda under one´s nose, very close. -unun ucunu görmemek to be dead drunk. -unun ucundan ilerisini görmemek to be unable to see further than one´s nose. -undan yakalanmak to be well and truly caught. - yapmak to stick one´s nose up in the air, be arrogant. -unun yeli harman savurmak 1. to be very conceited. 2. to be in a towering rage, be breathing fire. - zarı nasal mucous membrane, nasal mucosa.

"1. sea, ocean. 2. marine, maritime, nautical, naval. 3. waves, sea; a swell. -in açığı the offing. -e açılmak to put (out) to sea. - albayı navy captain. - ataşesi naval attaché. -de balık something not yet in hand, a bird in the bush. - baskını tidal wave, tsunami. - basması geol. marine transgression. - binbaşısı navy commander. - bindirmek for the sea to get rough suddenly. - buzu sea ice. - buzulu ice mass formed at the seashore. -den çıkmış balığa dönmek to feel like a fish out of water. - derya 1. the boundless seas. 2. all around, as far as the eye can see. - derya ayak altında. You have a wide view of the sea, spread out and beneath you. - durdu/ düştü. The sea has died down. -e düşen yılana sarılır. proverb A drowning man will clutch at a straw. -e elverişli seaworthy. - eri navy seaman. - feneri lighthouse. denizden/-i geçip kıyıda/çayda boğulmak to handle big problems successfully and come to grief over trifles. -e girmek to bathe, go swimming (in the sea). -e girse kurutur. colloq. He can´t do anything right. - hamamı formerly an enclosure for sea bathing. - haritası naut. chart. D- Harp Akademisi Naval Academy. - hortumu waterspout. - hukuku maritime law. -e indirmek /ı/ to launch (a ship). - kabarmak for the sea to get rough. - kazası shipwreck; accident at sea. - kenarı seashore. - kenarında kuyu kazmak to do something the hard way. -leri kolla! naut. Ease the ship! - kulübü seaside club; yacht club. -de kum, onda para. colloq. He has as much money as there is sand in the sea. - kurdu experienced sailor, sea dog, an old salt. - kuvvetleri naval forces. - mili nautical mile. - müzesi naval museum; oceanographic museum. - nakliyat şirketi shipping company. - otobüsü hovercraft; hydrofoil. - sigortası maritime insurance. - subayı naval officer. - tarağı dredge, dredger. - tehlikesi com. sea risks. - ticaret hukuku maritime law. - tutmak /ı/ to get seasick. - tutması seasickness. - uçağı seaplane. - üssü naval base. - yarbayı navy commander. - yeli the steady offshore breeze of summer. - yolları maritime lines. - yoluyla by sea. - yosunu seaweed."

"1. to eat one´s fill, have no further desire for food, be satisfied; to be full up. 2. /a/ to be satisfied (with what one has gotten). 3. /a/ to be saturated (with). - bilmemek not to be satiated. doya doya to repletion, as much as one wants, abundantly, without stint, to one´s heart´s content."

"1. decrease, decreasing, becoming less, diminution, diminishing; not being as much or many (as before). 2. math. a decrease."

"1. to decrease, become less, diminish; not to be as much or many (as before). 2. /dan/ to be without, lack. 3. /dan/ to be absent from."

",-der 1. to go. 2. /dan, a/ to go from (one place) to (another). 3. /a/ to go to, travel to. 4. to depart, leave. 5. /a/ (for a road) to go to, lead to. 6. /a/ to go to (work); to go to, attend (school). 7. /a/ to lead to (a condition, result, etc.). 8. /a/ to go well with, suit, become. 9. /a/ to go for, be spent on, be used up in. 10. /a/ to be sent (to), be on the way (to). 11. /a/ to last for, be enough for. 12. to last for, stand up for (a period of time). 13. (for a period of time) to pass, be over. 14. to go, be (in a certain condition or state). 15. to be gone, be finished, disappear, vanish. 16. to be worn out, have had it. 17. to be gone, disappear, go, die. 18. to go on (strike, boycott, etc.); to have recourse to, turn to. 19. (for a machine) to work, go. 20. (for a situation, work, etc.) to go, go on, continue. 21. /dan/ to go for, be sold at/for. 22. auxiliary verb to be: Hoşuma gitti. I liked it./It´s good. Tuhafıma gitti. It seemed strange to me./It´s strange. gitsin (after an imperative)... and be done with it,... and finish the matter: İmzanı atıver gitsin. Sign it and be done with it. gitti (after a verb in the past tense) 1. certainly, definitely, surely: Bunu gördü mü, darıldı gitti. If he sees it, he´ll certainly get cross. 2. It can´t be helped./It´s too late. 3. however much one tries: Anlatamadım gitti. I could not make myself understood however hard I tried. 4. So be it: Verdim gitti. You can have it. Gidene ağam, gelene paşam. proverb 1. An official is honored only as long as he/she holds his/her position. 2. We honor whoever is put over us. gidip gelmek 1. /a/ to go and return; to go regularly, frequent. 2. to go to and fro. Gidip de gelmemek var, gelip de görmemek/bulmamak var. proverb When you part for a long time remember that you may never see each other again. Gitti de geldi. colloq. He/She escaped from certain death. He/She was as good as dead. Gitti gider. He´s/She´s/It´s gone forever."

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!

"every, each. - an at any moment. - aşın kaşığı busybody, meddler, interloper. - bakımdan in every respect. - bir each, every single. - biri each one, every one (of). - biri başka bir hava çalmak for everyone (in a group) to behave and think differently from everyone else (in that group); for everyone to have a different opinion. - boyayı boyadık da fıstıki mi kaldı? colloq. Even though we´ve yet to do the fundamental things, you´re already talking about the finishing touches. - boyaya girip çıkmak colloq. to have worked at many different jobs. - daim always. - defa/defasında each time. - dem always. - dem taze 1. young-looking, vigorous for his/her age. 2. evergreen (plant). - derde deva cure-all, panacea. - durumda no matter what, in any case. - gördüğü sakallıyı babası sanmak colloq. to be easily fooled by appearances. - gün every day. - güzelin bir kusuru/huyu vardır. proverb Even the most attractive people and things have their drawbacks. - hal see herhalde. - halde see herhalde. - halü kârda see herhalükârda. - havadan çalmak 1. to be versatile. 2. to claim to be knowledgeable about many different things. - horoz kendi çöplüğünde/küllüğünde öter/eşinir. proverb A person will lay down the law on the turf that is his/her own. - hususta in all respects, from all points of view, in every way. - ihtimale karşı keeping every possibility in mind; just in case. - işe burnunu sokmak to poke one´s nose into everything. - işin başı sağlık. proverb The success of a project is greatly dependent on the good health of those involved in it. - işte bir hayır vardır. proverb Everything we experience in life has its positive side. - kafadan bir ses çıkmak for everyone to be talking all at once. - kim whoever. - kim olursa olsun no matter who it is, whoever it may be. - koyun kendi bacağından asılır. proverb The trouble people get themselves into is usually of their own making. - kuşun eti yenmez. proverb Not every person will bend to your will. - nasılsa somehow or other. - ne whatever. - nedense somehow, for some reason or other. - ne hal ise anyhow, anyway. - ne ise 1. so anyhow. 2. whatever the cost. 3. Anyway,.../Let´s forget it. - ne kadar although, however much. - ne pahasına olursa olsun at any cost. - nerede wherever. - ne zaman whenever. - şey everything. - şeye burnunu sokmak to poke one´s nose into everything. - tarafta all around, everywhere, on all sides. - taraftan from everywhere. - tarakta bezi olmak to have a finger in every pie. - tarladan bir kesek random talk. - telden çalmak 1. to be versatile. 2. to claim to be knowledgeable about many different things. - yerde everywhere. - yiğidin bir yoğurt yiyişi vardır. proverb Everybody cherishes his own way of doing things. - yiğidin gönlünde bir aslan yatar. proverb Everybody cherishes an ambition. - yokuşun bir inişi, her inişin bir yokuşu vardır. proverb All problems eventually get worked out. - zaman always."

,-smi 1. name (of a person or thing), appellation. 2. gram. noun. 3. title (of a book, a painting, a musical composition, etc.). 4. person: Bertan´ın hayatında yeni isimler var artık. Bertan´s got new people in his life now. -ini cismini bilmemek /ın/ not to know anything about. - cümlesi gram. sentence that has “to be” as its main verb. -i geçen previously mentioned, aforementioned. - hali gram. case (of a noun). - koymak /a/ to give (someone, something) a name, name. - takımı gram. two or more nouns grammatically related as possessor and possessed or modifier and modified. - takmak /a/ to nickname. - tamlaması gram. two or more nouns linked together to form a grammatical unit (e.g. okulun bahçesi, kız lisesi, altın saat). -i var, cismi yok. colloq. 1. He/She/It is much talked of but never seen. 2. It´s something imaginary. - vermek /a/ to name, give (someone, something) a name. - yapmak to become famous, make a name for oneself.

1. for: Mazlum sizin için bir hediye getirdi. Mazlum brought you a present. Bunu Şefika için yaptım. I did this for Şefika´s sake. Bu elbise Hamiyet için çok dar. This dress is too small for Hamiyet. Bunun için kaç para verdin? How much money did you pay for this? Sandalı bir saat için kiraladım. I rented the rowboat for an hour. O bizim için konuşur. He´ll speak for us. Sigara içmeyenler için ayrı bir bölüm yok mu? Isn´t there a separate section for nonsmokers? Benim bilet Londra için. My ticket´s for London. Allah aşkı için söyle! For God´s sake tell me! 2. in order to, for the purpose of: Unutmak için içer. He drinks in order to forget. Fadıla´ya o piyanoyu süs olarak kullansın diye değil, çalması için verdi. She gave Fadıla the piano to play, not to use as an ornament. 3. because, on account of, for, owing to: Kar yağdığı için gitmedik. We didn´t go because it was snowing. İşte onun için katılmam. So you see it´s for that reason I won´t join. 4. for, to, in (someone´s) opinion: Onun için çok mühimdi. It was very important to her. 5. about, concerning, with regard to (usually used with demek, düşünmek, or söylemek): Bu sözlük için ne düşünüyorsunuz? What do you think about this dictionary? Raşit için intihar etti diyorlar. They are saying that Raşit committed suicide. II. Sultan Mehmet için Fatih derler. They call Sultan Mehmet II ´´the Conqueror.´´ Nuriye için nasıl böyle bir şey söyleyebildi? How could he have said such a thing about Nuriye?

"1. shut, closed; covered. 2. covered, roofed (market, inner courtyard). 3. (woman) who keeps her head covered. 4. indirect, oblique (words). 5. secret (meeting). 6. overcast (sky). 7. blocked (road, passage). - celse closed session, executive session. - çarşı covered market. - duruşma closed hearing. - dükkâna kira vermek slang 1. to betroth one´s son to a girl. 2. to get engaged to a girl. - geçmek /ı/ not to bring (something) up (during a discussion). - gişe oynamak to play to a full house. - hava overcast sky. - havza geog. interior basin. - hece gram. closed syllable, syllable ending in a consonant. - kalp ameliyatı closed-heart surgery. - kutu 1. inscrutable person. 2. thing that one knows very little about. - liman sheltered harbor. - oturum closed session, executive session. - sözler hints, innuendoes. - tribün covered grandstand. - yer korkusu claustrophobia. - yetişmek to be brought up without having much contact with other people. - zarf usulü ile by sealed tender."