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"1. /a, ı/ to have or let (someone) leave (something, someone); /ı, da/ to have (something) left in (a place); /ı, a/ to have (someone, something) left in the care of (someone). 2. /ı, a/ to have (something, someone) left on or in (a place). 3. /a, ı/ to have (one person) let (another) go. 4. /a, ı/ to have or let (one person) abandon (another). 5. /a, ı/ to have or let (someone) quit (his/her job). 6. /a, ı/ to have or let (someone) stop doing (a job). 7. /a, ı/ to have or let (someone) put (something) off; /ı, a/ to have (something) put off until (a future date). 8. /ı, a/ to have (something) entrusted to (someone); /ı, a/ to have (a job, a responsibility) handed over to (someone). 9. /a, ı/ to have or let (someone) grow (a beard, a mustache). 10. /ı, a/ to have (something) assigned, given, or bequeathed to (someone). 11. /a, ı/ to cause (someone) to give up (a habit). 12. /a, ı/ to have (someone) set (a captive person or animal) free. 13. /a, ı/ to cause (someone) to leave (his/her spouse). 14. /a, ı/ to have or let (a teacher) make (a student) repeat a grade. 15. /a, ı, dan/ to have or let (someone) sell (something) for (a specified price); /ı, a, dan/ to arrange for (something) to be sold to (someone) for (a specified price); /ı, a, dan/ to let (something) be sold to (someone) for (a specified price). "

"1. /ı, da/ to leave (something, someone) (in) (a place); /ı, a/ to leave (someone, something) with (someone), leave (someone, something) in the care of (someone). 2. /ı, a/ to leave, put (something, someone) on or in (a place). 3. /ı/ to let go of, stop holding: Beni bırak! Let go of me! 4. /ı/ to leave, abandon, desert. 5. /ı/ to quit (a job). 6. to stop, desist; /ı/ to stop doing, quit doing (something): Bırak Allah aşkına! Stop it for God´s sake! 7. /ı, a/ to leave (something) until (a future date), put (something) off until (a future date). 8. /ı, a/ to entrust (a job) to (someone); to hand over, turn over, relinquish (a job, a responsibility) to (someone). 9. /ı/ to leave (someone, something) alone, let (someone, something) be, leave (someone) in peace. 10. /ı, a/ to let (one´s hair) hang down to (a specified level). 11. /ı/ to grow (a beard, a mustache). 12. /a, ı/ to let (someone) have the use of (something), let (someone) have (something), let (someone) borrow (something). 13. /ı, a/ to leave (something) to (someone), let (someone) have (something); to bequeath (something) to (someone). 14. /a, ı/ (for something) to bring (someone) (a specified amount of profit), leave (someone) with (a specified amount of profit). 15. /ı/ to give up (a habit): Sigarayı bıraktı. He´s given up smoking. 16. /ı/ to leave, cease to give one´s attention to (a matter); to forget about, disregard, write off (someone or something regarded as worthless): Bunu şimdilik bırakalım. Let´s leave this for the time being. Onu bırak! Forget about him! 17. /ı/ to set (a captive person or animal) free. 18. /ı/ to let, allow (someone) (to do something) (often used in the imperative): Bırak, onlara yardım edeyim! Let me help them! Öğretmen onu öbür çocuklarla oynamaya bırakmadı. The teacher didn´t let him play with the other children. 19. /ı, a/ to let (someone, an animal) go to or into (a place): O gün beni okula bırakmadılar. That day they didn´t let me go to school. Beni içeriye bırakmadı. He didn´t let me go in. 20. /ı/ to leave (a spouse). 21. /ı/ to leave (a stain, a mark). 22. /ı/ to leave (someone, something) (in an undesirable state): Köpeği bütün gün aç bıraktılar. They let the dog go hungry all day. Çocuğu öksüz bıraktılar. They left the child an orphan. Evi darmadağınık bıraktı. He left the house in a real mess. 23. /ı/ (for a teacher) to make (a student) repeat a grade, fail, flunk (a student). 24. /ı, a, dan/ to sell (something) to (someone) for (a specified price), let (someone) have (something) for (a specified price). 25. (for something) to come unglued. Bıraktığım çayırda/yerde otluyorsun. colloq. You´re still doing what you´ve always done. Bırak ki.... and even if I did...: O işi yapmak istemiyorum, bırak ki vaktim de yok. I don´t want to do that job; and even if I did, I don´t have the time. "

"1. /da/ to be left in (a place); /a/ to be left with (someone). 2. impersonal passive /da/ to leave (someone, something) in (a place); /a/ to leave (someone, something) with (someone); /a/ to let (someone) borrow (something). 3. /a/ to be left on or in, be put on or in (a place). 4. /a/ impersonal passive to leave or put (something, someone) on or in (a place). 5. impersonal passive to let go of, stop holding. 6. to be left, be abandoned, be deserted. 7. impersonal passive to leave, desert. 8. impersonal passive to quit (one´s job). 9. impersonal passive to stop doing (work in hand): İşler öyle zırt pırt bırakılır mı? Do you stop working whenever you take a notion? 10. /a/ to be set aside until, be put off until (a future date). 11. /a/ impersonal passive to set aside (something) until, put (something) off until (a future date). 12. /a/ (for a job, a responsibility) to be entrusted to (someone); (for a job, a responsibility) to be handed over to, be turned over to, be relinquished to (someone). 13. /a/ impersonal passive to entrust (a job, a responsibility) to; to hand over or relinquish (a job, a responsibility) to. 14. to be left alone, be left in peace. 15. impersonal passive to leave (someone, something) alone, let (someone, something) be. 16. /a/ impersonal passive to let (one´s hair) hang down to (a specified level). 17. (for a beard, a mustache) to be grown. 18. impersonal passive to grow (a beard, a mustache). 19. /a/ to be given to (someone); to be left to, be bequeathed to (someone). 20. impersonal passive to leave (something) to (someone), let (someone) have (something); to leave (something) to, bequeath. 21. /a, dan/ (for a specified amount of profit) to come to (someone) from (something). 22. impersonal passive (for something) to bring one (a specified amount of profit), leave one with (a specified amount of profit). 23. impersonal passive to give up (a habit). 24. (for a captive person or animal) to be set free. 25. impersonal passive to set (a captive person or animal) free. 26. /a/ to be allowed to (do something). 27. /a/ impersonal passive to allow (someone) to (do something). 28. /a/ to be allowed to go to or into (a place). 29. (for a spouse) to be abandoned, be deserted (by the other). 30. impersonal passive to leave (one´s spouse). 31. to be left in (an undesirable state). 32. impersonal passive to leave (someone, something) (in an undesirable state). 33. (for a student) to be made to repeat a grade. 34. impersonal passive to make (a student) repeat a grade, fail, flunk (a student). 35. /a, dan/ (for something) to be sold to (someone) at (a specified price). 36. /a, dan/ impersonal passive to sell (something) to (someone) for (a specified price). "

"1. sweet (in taste). 2. pleasant, agreeable, nice, sweet; amiable, genial; delicious; dulcet, melodious. 3. pleasantly, agreeably, nicely; genially. 4. sweet dessert, Brit. sweet (especially a pastry soaked in syrup). -ya bağlamak /ı/ 1. to settle (a matter) amicably. 2. to end (a talk) on a pleasant or jolly note. - bela a trying but nonetheless lovable person; scamp, impish but endearing child. - dil soft words, kind and conciliatory words. - dil, güler yüz kind words and a smiling face. - dil yılanı deliğinden çıkarır. proverb A soft answer turns away wrath. - dilli (person) whose talk is delightful, who has a delightful way of expressing himself. - sert 1. tartish, agreeably tart (in taste). 2. kind but firm (words, manner). 3. kindly but firmly. - söz soft words, kind and conciliatory words. - su 1. water which tastes good. 2. fresh water (as opposed to salt water). 3. (someone) who´s trying to act like..., would-be: tatlı su sosyalisti would-be socialist. - su Frengi local Christian who apes European ways. - su kaptanı inexperienced sailor. - tatlı pleasantly; with pleasure, pleasurably. - ye, tatlı söyle. proverb Let´s try to live together peaceably./Live and let live. - yerinde bırakmak/kesmek /ı/ 1. to stop doing (something) before (the doing of) it becomes boring. 2. to break off (a story) at an exciting point."

"1. /ı/ to make; to build, construct, fashion; to create; to manufacture; to produce; to prepare. 2. /ı/ to do; to busy oneself with (something); to do (something) (as one´s regular work or occupation); to carry out, perform; to effect, execute: Ne yapıyorsun? What´re you doing? Başka ne yapayım? What else can I do? Haldun öğretmenlik yapıyor. Haldun teaches./Haldun´s a teacher. 3. /ı/ to repair, fix (something). 4. /ı/ to cause, bring about (an illness). 5. /ı/ to be (used with reference to the weather): Geçen kış çok kar yaptı. It snowed a lot last winter. 6. /ı/ to make, acquire (money). 7. /ı/ to produce (offspring). 8. /ı/ (for a vehicle) to do, go, travel at (a specified speed). 9. /ı/ to make (someone, something) (reach a certain state): Bu ilaç beni iyi yaptı. This medicine made me well. İstanbul´u İstanbul yapan odur. That´s what makes Istanbul Istanbul./That´s what makes Istanbul what it is. Oğlumu doktor yapmak istiyorum. I want to make a doctor of my boy. Orayı muz bahçesi yapmalısınız. You ought to make that bit (of land) over there into a banana grove. 10. to do, act, behave: Gelmekle iyi yaptın. You did well to come. Fena mı yapmışım yani? So somebody reckons I´ve behaved badly, eh? 11. /ı/ to be occupied with (the doing of something): Stajımı o hastanede yaptım. I did my internship in that hospital. Lise öğrenimini Sen Jozef´te yaptı. He got his high school education at St. Joseph´s. 12. /a/ to defecate (in/on); to urinate, wet: Çocuk yine yatağına yapmış. The child´s wet the bed again. 13. /ı/ to harm, do (someone) harm: Beni kızdıran kişiyi yaparım! I don´t let anybody who crosses me get off easy!/The person who crosses me is in for it! 14. /ı/ to do, arrange: Şayeste, saçını Şahinde´ye yaptırdı. Şayeste had Şahinde do her hair. Gülfidan, bir daha yatağını yapmadan kahvaltıya gelme ha! Gülfidan, don´t you let me catch you coming to breakfast again without first making your bed! 15. /ı/ to make or describe (an arc, a curve, a bend, etc.): Yol orada viraj yapar. The road makes a bend there. 16. /ı/ slang to do it to, have sex with. Yapma! 1. Leave him/her/them alone! 2. Leave it alone!/Stop it!/Cut it out!: Yapma Eda, kırarsın! Leave it alone, Eda! You could break it! 3. Oh go on!/Go on! (used to express disbelief): Yapma! Şaka söylüyorsun! Go on now; you´re kidding me! yapmadığını bırakmamak/yapmadığı kalmamak to do everything in the book to annoy or upset someone: Ayhan yapmadığını bırakmadı; onun sepetleneceği kesin. Ayhan´s committed every crime in the book; he´s sure to be fired. O gün söylediklerine itiraz ettim; ondan bu yana bana yapmadığı kalmadı. I objected to what she said that day, and since then she´s done everything possible to harass me. yaptığı hayır ürküttüğü kurbağaya değmemek for (someone´s) well-meant help to do more harm than good."

"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)."

"1. distance (between two things). 2. time between two events, interval. 3. relations (between people). 4. break (in a game); interlude; intermission. 5. space, spacing. 6. time, point in time. 7. intermediary, intermediate. -da during the intervening time: Pazartesi ve cumartesi günleri gelir; arada hiç gözükmez. He comes on Mondays and Saturdays; on days other than these he´s not to be seen. -dan in the meantime, meanwhile, during the intervening time: Aradan on gün geçmişti. In the meantime ten days had gone by. -sına 1. between. 2. among. -sında 1. between. 2. among. -sından 1. from between. 2. from among. 3. through. -ları açık. They are not on friendly terms./Their friendship is broken. -ları açılmak to be on strained terms. -larını açmak /ın/ to spoil (their) friendship, create a rift (between). -larına almak /ı/ to let (someone) join one´s group. -da bir from time to time, now and then. -larını bozmak /ın/, - bozmak to destroy the friendship (between or among). -ları bozulmak to be on strained terms. - bölge buffer zone. -larını bulmak /ın/, - bulmak to reconcile, settle a dispute (between). -da çıkarmak /ı/ to get (something) done when one has a spare minute, get (something) done in a spare minute, squeeze (something) into one´s schedule (said of a task done while one is in the midst of other work). -dan çıkarmak /ı/ to get (something) done, get (something) over with (so that one can get on with other work). -dan çıkmak 1. (for a pestiferous person) to absent himself/herself, leave. 2. (for a task) to be done, be over with, be finished (so that one can get on with other work). -larında dağlar kadar fark var. colloq. They are as different as black and white./They are as different as chalk and cheese. - devlet buffer state. - duvar partition, dividing wall. -larını düzeltmek /ın/ to reconcile. -sı geçmeden without delay, while the situation is still fresh. -larına girmek /ın/ to work to reconcile (two people or two parties). -ya girmek 1. to work to reconcile two people. 2. (for something unexpected) to interfere suddenly with the work in hand. -ya gitmek 1. to go to waste. 2. to be lost in the confusion. -sı hoş olmamak /la/ 1. to be on bad terms with. 2. to dislike (something). -da kalmak to suffer for mixing in a dispute between others; to be caught in the middle in an argument. -larında kan olmak to have a blood feud (between). - kapı communicating door. -larından kara kedi geçmek/-larına kara kedi girmek to be cross with each other. - kararı provisional decision (of a court). -larına karışmak /ın/ to mix (with). -larında karlı dağlar olmak to be far apart, be very different. -da kaynamak to pass unnoticed, get lost in the shuffle. -ya koymak /ı/ to ask (a third person) to mediate. - limanı port of call. - mal semifinished goods. - seçim by-election. - sıra/-da sırada now and then, from time to time, occasionally. -ya soğukluk girmek to have a coolness arise in a friendship. -sı soğumak /ın/ to lose its importance with the passage of time. -sını soğutmak /ın/ to delay (a thing so that it is forgotten). -yı soğutmak (for a friendship) to cool off. -larından su sızmamak to be very close friends. - vermeden/vermeksizin continuously. - vermek /a/ to take a break (from), stop doing (something) for a while. -ya vermek /ı/ to waste. -ları yağ bal olmak to be intimate friends. -yı yapmak 1. to become friends again, make up. 2. to reconcile friends who have quarreled."

"1. /a/ to step on or in, tread on; /ı, a/ to set (one´s foot) on, put (one´s foot) on (a place): Ayağını o ipek halıya basma! Don´t you set foot on that silk rug! 2. /ı, a/ to press (one´s finger, a seal, a mold, a wood block, etc.) on; /a/ to press: Zile bas! Ring the doorbell! 3. /ı, a/ to pack (something) tightly into (a container). 4. /ı/ to print (books, etc.); to coin, strike, mint (coins). 5. (for darkness) to fall. 6. /ı/ (for fog) to descend on, cover. 7. /ı/ (for something undesirable) to cover (a place): Tarlayı sel bastı. Floodwater has covered the field. Bahçenin her yerini ot bastı. Weeds have taken over the garden. 8. /a/ to become, turn (a specified age): Bugün elliye bastı. He turned fifty today. 9. /ı/ to make an unexpected attack on, raid; (for the police) to bust. 10. /ı, a/ to put (air) in (a tire). 11. /ı/ (for a machine) to pump (a liquid) or compress (a gas). 12. /ı/ suddenly to let out (a yell, a curse, a laugh). 13. /ı/ suddenly to deliver (a blow) to, land (a blow) on. 14. /ı/ suddenly to hand in (one´s resignation, a letter of protest). 15. suddenly to feel...: Feci halde uyku bastı. I feel very sleepy. 16. /ı/ to be consumed with: Hocayı öfke bastı. The teacher was consumed with rage. 17. /ı/ to set, put (a hen) on eggs so that she will hatch them. Bas!/Bas git! slang Clear out! Beat it! Get lost! Scram! basıp geçmek /ı/ 1. to pass, overtake, leave (someone, something) behind. 2. just to pass (someone) by, not to stop and visit (someone). basıp gitmek/geçmek colloq. to get up and leave, take off. bastığı yeri bilmemek 1. not to know what one is doing, be out of it. 2. to be overjoyed. bastığı yerde ot bitmemek /ın/ to bring bad luck wherever he/she goes; to blight whatever he/she touches. "