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to+set+sb+back+(by)

  • 1 set one back on one's heels

    birini beyninden vurulmusa döndürmek

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  • 2 set back

    geri almak, geri bırakmak, geriye almak (saat), içeri almak, mal olmak, patlamak, geride bırakmak, geciktirmek, geri çekilmek
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    geri bırak
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    (to delay the progress of: His illness set him back a bit at school.) bırakmak, geciktirmek

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  • 3 set

    adj. kurulmuş, yapmacık, içten olmayan, sabit, değişmez, belirlenmiş, belirli, geleneksel, alışılmış, basmakalıp, kararlı, azimli, inatçı, dediğim dedik
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    n. set, seri, dizi, takım, yemek takımı, sahne, topluluk, grup, zümre, durum, hal, eğilim, gidiş yönü, gidişat, batma, vaziyet, batış, fide, fidan, yuva (porsuk vb.), alıcı
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    v. koymak; yerleştirmek, takmak, kurmak, hazırlamak; düzenlemek; ayarlamak, belirlemek; batmak (güneş), batmak; oturtmak; yapmak; kararlaştırmak; dizmek; dikmek, ekmek; şekil vermek; kuluçkaya yatırmak; kakma işi yapmak (taş); süslemek; yazmak, çizmek; saldırtmak, üzerine salmak; riske atmak, tehlikeye atmak; olgunlaşmak; yaptırmak; yerleşmek; katılaşmak, pıhtılaşmak, pekişmek; kesilmek (süt); oturmak; gelmek, esmek; avın yerini göstermek; kasılmak; meyve vermek
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    1. ayarla (v.) 2. kur (v.) 3. set (n.)
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    [set] 1. present participle - setting; verb
    1) (to put or place: She set the tray down on the table.) koymak
    2) (to put plates, knives, forks etc on (a table) for a meal: Please would you set the table for me?) kurmak, hazırlamak
    3) (to settle or arrange (a date, limit, price etc): It's difficult to set a price on a book when you don't know its value.) saptamak, kararlaştırmak
    4) (to give a person (a task etc) to do: The witch set the prince three tasks; The teacher set a test for her pupils; He should set the others a good example.) vermek
    5) (to cause to start doing something: His behaviour set people talking.) başlatmak
    6) ((of the sun etc) to disappear below the horizon: It gets cooler when the sun sets.) batmak
    7) (to become firm or solid: Has the concrete set?) katılaşmak
    8) (to adjust (eg a clock or its alarm) so that it is ready to perform its function: He set the alarm for 7.00 a.m.) ayarlamak, kurmak
    9) (to arrange (hair) in waves or curls.) saç yapmak, şekil vermek
    10) (to fix in the surface of something, eg jewels in a ring.) oturtmak, koymak
    11) (to put (broken bones) into the correct position for healing: They set his broken arm.) (kırık çıkığı) yerine koymak/oturtmak
    2. adjective
    1) (fixed or arranged previously: There is a set procedure for doing this.) belirli, değişmez
    2) ((often with on) ready, intending or determined (to do something): He is set on going.) kararlı, aklına koymuş
    3) (deliberate: He had the set intention of hurting her.) amaçlı
    4) (stiff; fixed: He had a set smile on his face.) sabit
    5) (not changing or developing: set ideas.) değişmez
    6) ((with with) having something set in it: a gold ring set with diamonds.)... ile donatılmış
    3. noun
    1) (a group of things used or belonging together: a set of carving tools; a complete set of (the novels of) Jane Austen.) set, takım
    2) (an apparatus for receiving radio or television signals: a television/radio set.) alıcı, cihaz
    3) (a group of people: the musical set.) topluluk
    4) (the process of setting hair: a shampoo and set.) saç yapma
    5) (scenery for a play or film: There was a very impressive set in the final act.) sahne, dekor
    6) (a group of six or more games in tennis: She won the first set and lost the next two.) set
    - setback
    - set phrase
    - set-square
    - setting-lotion
    - set-to
    - set-up
    - all set
    - set about
    - set someone against someone
    - set against someone
    - set someone against
    - set against
    - set aside
    - set back
    - set down
    - set in
    - set off
    - set something or someone on someone
    - set on someone
    - set something or someone on
    - set on
    - set out
    - set to
    - set up
    - set up camp
    - set up house
    - set up shop
    - set upon

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  • 4 set back

    (saati) geri almak; geciktirmek, ilerlemesine, gelismesine engel olmak; mal olmak, patlamak

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  • 5 set back

    geri bırak

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  • 6 put/set to rights

    (to put back into the correct order, state etc: The room was in a dreadful mess, and it took us the whole day to set it to rights.) düzeltmek

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  • 7 dam

    n. baraj, hazne, engel; toplama havuzu; anne hayvan; set
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    v. baraj yapmak, engellemek; set çekmek
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    1. baraj kur (v.) 2. baraj (n.)
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    [dæm] 1. noun
    1) (a bank or wall of earth, concrete etc to keep back water: A new dam was being built at the mouth of the valley.) baraj, bend
    2) (the water kept back.) set
    2. verb
    (to hold back by means of a dam: The river has been dammed up.) baraj/bent yapmak

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  • 8 embankment

    n. toprak set, bent, set, set yapma
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    toprak set
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    [im'bæŋkmənt]
    (a bank or ridge made eg to keep back water or to carry a railway over low-lying places etc.) set

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  • 9 hand

    adj. el
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    n. el, parti, yardım, pay, parmak, ustalık, yetenek, usta, kurt, ibre, akrep, yelkovan, taraf, demet, salkım, hevenk, alkış, evlilik sözü
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    v. vermek, uzatmak, yardım etmek
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    1. uzat (v.) 2. el (n.)
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    [hænd] 1. noun
    1) (the part of the body at the end of the arm.) el
    2) (a pointer on a clock, watch etc: Clocks usually have an hour hand and a minute hand.) ibre, gösterge
    3) (a person employed as a helper, crew member etc: a farm hand; All hands on deck!) yardımcı, işçi, tayfa
    4) (help; assistance: Can I lend a hand?; Give me a hand with this box, please.) yardım
    5) (a set of playing-cards dealt to a person: I had a very good hand so I thought I had a chance of winning.) el
    6) (a measure (approximately centimetres) used for measuring the height of horses: a horse of 14 hands.) karış
    7) (handwriting: written in a neat hand.) el yazısı
    2. verb
    (often with back, down, up etc)
    1) (to give (something) to someone by hand: I handed him the book; He handed it back to me; I'll go up the ladder, and you can hand the tools up to me.) elle vermek, uzatmak
    2) (to pass, transfer etc into another's care etc: That is the end of my report from Paris. I'll now hand you back to Fred Smith in the television studio in London.) bağlamak
    - handbag
    - handbill
    - handbook
    - handbrake
    - handcuff
    - handcuffs
    - hand-lens
    - handmade
    - hand-operated
    - hand-out
    - hand-picked
    - handshake
    - handstand
    - handwriting
    - handwritten
    - at hand
    - at the hands of
    - be hand in glove with someone
    - be hand in glove
    - by hand
    - fall into the hands of someone
    - fall into the hands
    - force someone's hand
    - get one's hands on
    - give/lend a helping hand
    - hand down
    - hand in
    - hand in hand
    - hand on
    - hand out
    - hand-out
    - handout
    - hand over
    - hand over fist
    - hands down
    - hands off!
    - hands-on
    - hands up!
    - hand to hand
    - have a hand in something
    - have a hand in
    - have/get/gain the upper hand
    - hold hands with someone
    - hold hands
    - in good hands
    - in hand
    - in the hands of
    - keep one's hand in
    - off one's hands
    - on hand
    - on the one hand... on the other hand
    -... on the other hand
    - out of hand
    - shake hands with someone / shake someone's hand
    - shake hands with / shake someone's hand
    - a show of hands
    - take in hand
    - to hand

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  • 10 lay

    adj. meslekten olmayan, rahip olmayan
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    n. konum, mevki, durum, hal, yatma, sevişme, şarkı sözü, şarkı, türkü
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    v. koymak, yerleştirmek, sermek, kurmak, hazırlamak, sunmak, ileri sürmek, yüklemek, dinmek, yatmak, sevişmek, yumurtlamak, bahse girmek
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    1. yatır (v.) 2. mürit (adj.)
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    I 1. [lei] past tense, past participle - laid; verb
    1) (to place, set or put (down), often carefully: She laid the clothes in a drawer / on a chair; He laid down his pencil; She laid her report before the committee.) koymak, bırakmak
    2) (to place in a lying position: She laid the baby on his back.) yatırmak
    3) (to put in order or arrange: She went to lay the table for dinner; to lay one's plans / a trap.) kurmak, hazırlamak
    4) (to flatten: The animal laid back its ears; The wind laid the corn flat.) yatırmak
    5) (to cause to disappear or become quiet: to lay a ghost / doubts.) aklından çıkarmak; zihninden atmak; ortadan kaldırmak
    6) ((of a bird) to produce (eggs): The hen laid four eggs; My hens are laying well.) yumurtlamak
    7) (to bet: I'll lay five pounds that you don't succeed.) bahse girmek
    2. verb
    (to put, cut or arrange in layers: She had her hair layered by the hairdresser.) katlamak, kat yapmak
    - lay-by
    - layout
    - laid up
    - lay aside
    - lay bare
    - lay by
    - lay down
    - lay one's hands on
    - lay hands on
    - lay in
    - lay low
    - lay off
    - lay on
    - lay out
    - lay up
    - lay waste
    II see lie II III [lei] adjective
    1) (not a member of the clergy: lay preachers.) rahip sınıfından olmayan
    2) (not an expert or a professional (in a particular subject): Doctors tend to use words that lay people don't understand.) meslekten olmayan
    IV [lei] noun
    (an epic poem.) gazel

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  • 11 pack

    n. paket, ambalaj, sargı, sırt çantası, bohça, yığın, kütle, deste (iskambil), sürü, semer
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    v. paketlemek, sarmak, ambalajlamak, yığmak, istiflemek, tıka basa doldurmak, toplamak, toparlanmak, eşyalarını toplamak, bavul hazırlamak, defetmek, defolup gitmek, vurmak
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    1. paketle (v.) 2. sıkıştır (v.) 3. paket (n.)
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    [pæk] 1. noun
    1) (things tied up together or put in a container, especially to be carried on one's back: He carried his luggage in a pack on his back.) denk, sırt çantası
    2) (a set of (fifty-two) playing-cards: a pack of cards.) deste
    3) (a number or group of certain animals: a pack of wolves / a wolf-pack.) sürü
    4) (a packet: a pack of cigarettes.) paket
    2. verb
    1) (to put (clothes etc) into a bag, suitcase or trunk for a journey: I've packed all I need and I'm ready to go.) bavul hazırlamak
    2) (to come together in large numbers in a small space: They packed into the hall to hear his speech.) toplanmak
    - packing-case
    - packed out
    - packed
    - pack off
    - pack up

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  • 12 right

    n. doğruluk, gerçek, hak, düzen, sağ, sağ taraf
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    1. hak 2. sağ
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    1. adjective
    1) (on or related to the side of the body which in most people has the more skilful hand, or to the side of a person or thing which is toward the east when that person or thing is facing north (opposite to left): When I'm writing, I hold my pen in my right hand.) sağ
    2) (correct: Put that book back in the right place; Is that the right answer to the question?) doğru
    3) (morally correct; good: It's not right to let thieves keep what they have stolen.) doğru, dürüst
    4) (suitable; appropriate: He's not the right man for this job; When would be the right time to ask him?) uygun, münasip
    2. noun
    1) (something a person is, or ought to be, allowed to have, do etc: Everyone has the right to a fair trial; You must fight for your rights; You have no right to say that.) hak
    2) (that which is correct or good: Who's in the right in this argument?) doğruluk, dürüstlük
    3) (the right side, part or direction: Turn to the right; Take the second road on the right.) sağ taraf, yön
    4) (in politics, the people, group, party or parties holding the more traditional beliefs etc.) sağcılar, sağ kanat
    3. adverb
    1) (exactly: He was standing right here.) tam
    2) (immediately: I'll go right after lunch; I'll come right down.) derhal, hemen
    3) (close: He was standing right beside me.) hemen, tam
    4) (completely; all the way: The bullet went right through his arm.) tam, taa
    5) (to the right: Turn right.) sağa doğru
    6) (correctly: Have I done that right?; I don't think this sum is going to turn out right.) doğru olarak
    4. verb
    1) (to bring back to the correct, usually upright, position: The boat tipped over, but righted itself again.) doğrul(t)mak, düzel(t)mek
    2) (to put an end to and make up for something wrong that has been done: He's like a medieval knight, going about the country looking for wrongs to right.) gidermek, düzeltmek
    5. interjection
    (I understand; I'll do what you say etc: `I want you to type some letters for me.' `Right, I'll do them now.') Tamam; Olur; Peki
    - righteously
    - righteousness
    - rightful
    - rightfully
    - rightly
    - rightness
    - righto, right-oh
    - rights
    - right angle
    - right-angled
    - right-hand
    - right-handed
    - right wing
    6. adjective
    ((right-wing) (having opinions which are) of this sort.) sağcı
    - by rights
    - by right
    - get, keep on the right side of
    - get right
    - go right
    - not in one's right mind, not quite right in the head
    - not in one's right mind, not right in the head
    - put right
    - put/set to rights
    - right away
    - right-hand man
    - right now
    - right of way
    - serve right

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  • 13 alcove

    n. girinti, oyuk, cumba, kameriye, çardak
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    1. duvarda oyuk 2. kayalar arasında nehir çukuru
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    ['ælkəuv]
    (a small section of a room etc formed by part of the wall being set back.) girinti, çıkma

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  • 14 barrage

    n. baraj, bent, engel; engelleme ateşi, yaylım ateşi, yağmur, set
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    1. baraj 2. bent
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    1) (something that keeps back an enemy: a barrage of gunfire.) baraj ateşi, yaylım ateşi
    2) (an overwhelming number: a barrage of questions.) pek çok, birbiri arkası gelen
    3) (a man-made barrier across a river.) baraj

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  • 15 deposit

    n. depozito; tortu; katman; teminât, emanet, mevduat; yatırılan para
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    v. yerleştirmek; yatırmak, bankaya yatırmak, para yatırmak; emanet etmek; yumurtlamak; tortu bırakmak; çökelmek
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    1. birikinti 2. tortu 3. biriktir (v.) 4. birikim (n.)
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    [di'pozit] 1. verb
    1) (to put or set down: She deposited her shopping-basket in the kitchen.) koymak
    2) (to put in for safe keeping: He deposited the money in the bank.) emanete koymak
    2. noun
    1) (an act of putting money in a bank etc: She made several large deposits at the bank during that month.) hesaba para yatırma
    2) (an act of paying money as a guarantee that money which is or will be owed will be paid: We have put down a deposit on a house in the country.) kaparo verme
    3) (the money put into a bank or paid as a guarantee in this way: We decided we could not afford to go on holiday and managed to get back the deposit which we had paid.) yatırılan para, depozito, kaparo
    4) (a quantity of solid matter that has settled at the bottom of a liquid, or is left behind by a liquid: The flood-water left a yellow deposit over everything.) tortu, tabaka
    5) (a layer (of coal, iron etc) occurring naturally in rock: rich deposits of iron ore.) yatak

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  • 16 drop

    n. damla, az miktar, şeker, azalma, düşme, düşüş, iniş, perde (sahne)
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    v. damlamak, düşmek, bitmek, kesilmek, dalmak, tutulmak, alçalmak, yavrulamak, damlatmak, düşürmek, atmak, söylemek, bırakmak, kesmek, ilişkisini kesmek, görüşmemek, çıkarmak, söyleyememek (harf), öldürmek
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    1. bırak 2. düş (v.) 3. damla (n.)
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    [drop] 1. noun
    1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) damla
    2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) birazcık, bir damlacık
    3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) düşme, düşüş
    4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) iniş, alçalış
    2. verb
    1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) düşürmek, bırakmak
    2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) düşmek
    3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) vazgeçmek, bırakmak
    4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) indirmek, bırakmak
    5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) bir iki söz söylemek; iki satır yazmak
    - droppings
    - drop-out
    - drop a brick / drop a clanger
    - drop back
    - drop by
    - drop in
    - drop off
    - drop out

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  • 17 flat

    adj. düz, yassı, yatay, kesin, kati, gazı kaçmış, tatsız, havası inmiş, patlak, durgun, tekdüze, kesat, hareketsiz, sabit, boğuk, kısık, bemol, boş, boşalmış (aku, pil vb.)
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    adv. düz olarak, yatay biçimde, tam olarak, bütünüyle, kesin olarak, açık olarak, faizsiz, asıl notadan aşağı olarak
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    n. düz şey, düz yüzey, düzlük, patlak lastik, bemol, apartman dairesi, kat
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    1. tamamıyla (adv.) 2. düz (adj.)
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    [flæt] 1. adjective
    1) (level; without rise or fall: a flat surface.) düz
    2) (dull; without interest: She spent a very flat weekend.) sıkıcı
    3) ((of something said, decided etc) definite; emphatic: a flat denial.) kesin
    4) ((of a tyre) not inflated, having lost most of its air: His car had a flat tyre.) patlak
    5) ((of drinks) no longer fizzy: flat lemonade; ( also adverb) My beer has gone flat.) gazı kaçmış
    6) (slightly lower than a musical note should be: That last note was flat; ( also adverb) The choir went very flat.) pes, akortsuz
    2. adverb
    (stretched out: She was lying flat on her back.) dümdüz
    3. noun
    1) ((American apartment) a set of rooms on one floor, with kitchen and bathroom, in a larger building or block: Do you live in a house or a flat?) daire, kat
    2) ((in musical notation) a sign (♭) which makes a note a semitone lower.) bemol
    3) (a level, even part: the flat of her hand.) düzlük, düz taraf
    4) ((usually in plural) an area of flat land, especially beside the sea, a river etc: mud flats.) düzlük, düz alan
    - flatten
    - flat rate
    - flat out

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  • 18 recess

    n. tatil, ara, mola, gizli yer, kovuk, girinti, yatak, yuva
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    v. oymak, yer açmak, girinti yapmak, boşluğa yerleştirmek, ara vermek, paydos etmek, tatil olmak
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    tatil
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    [ri'ses, 'ri:ses]
    1) (a part of a room set back from the main part; an alcove: We can put the dining-table in that recess.) giriş, niş
    2) (the time during which Parliament or the law-courts do not work: Parliament is in recess.) tatil
    3) ((American) a short period of free time between school classes.) teneffüs

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  • 19 redeem

    v. ödemek, para verip kurtarmak, fidye verip kurtarmak, telâfi etmek, amorti etmek, kurtarmak, tutmak (söz), yerine getirmek (vaat), günahını bağışlatmak
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    kurtar
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    [rə'di:m]
    1) (to buy back (something that has been pawned): I'm going to redeem my gold watch.) rehinden/ipotekten kurtarmak
    2) (to set (a person) free by paying a ransom; (of Jesus Christ) to free (a person) from sin.) fidye ödeyerek kurtarmak; günahtan arıtmak
    3) (to compensate for or cancel out the faults of: His willingness to work redeemed him in her eyes.) suçunu unutturmak
    - redemption
    - past/beyond redemption
    - redeeming feature

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  • 20 ring

    n. yüzük, halka, çember, hale, ayla, ring, gösteri alanı, pist, bahis oynanan yer, kartel, tröst, çete, klik, çıkar grubu, çan sesi, zil sesi, telefon sesi, çalma sesi, etki, izlenim
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    v. çalmak, çınlatmak, şıngırdamak, kuşatmak, daire içine almak, çembere almak, halka geçirmek, yüzük takmak, halka biçiminde doğramak, etrafını sarmak, çevrelemek
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    1. çal (v.) 2. halka (n.)
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    I 1. [riŋ] noun
    1) (a small circle eg of gold or silver, sometimes having a jewel set in it, worn on the finger: a wedding ring; She wears a diamond ring.) yüzük
    2) (a circle of metal, wood etc for any of various purposes: a scarf-ring; a key-ring; The trap-door had a ring attached for lifting it.) halka
    3) (anything which is like a circle in shape: The children formed a ring round their teacher; The hot teapot left a ring on the polished table.) halka, daire, çember
    4) (an enclosed space for boxing matches, circus performances etc: the circus-ring; The crowd cheered as the boxer entered the ring.) boks ringi; güreş minderi; sirk alanı
    5) (a small group of people formed for business or criminal purposes: a drugs ring.) çete, şebeke
    2. verb
    ( verb)
    1) (to form a ring round.) etrafını çevirmek/kuşatmak
    2) (to put, draw etc a ring round (something): He has ringed all your errors.) daire içine almak
    3) (to put a ring on the leg of (a bird) as a means of identifying it.) halka takmak
    - ringlet
    - ring finger
    - ringleader
    - ringmaster
    - run rings round
    II 1. [riŋ] past tense - rang; verb
    1) (to (cause to) sound: The doorbell rang; He rang the doorbell; The telephone rang.) çalmak
    2) ((often with up) to telephone (someone): I'll ring you (up) tonight.) telefon etmek
    3) ((often with for) to ring a bell (eg in a hotel) to tell someone to come, to bring something etc: She rang for the maid.) zil çalarak çağırmak/getirmek
    4) ((of certain objects) to make a high sound like a bell: The glass rang as she hit it with a metal spoon.) çınlamak
    5) (to be filled with sound: The hall rang with the sound of laughter.) çınlamak, çın çın ötmek
    6) ((often with out) to make a loud, clear sound: His voice rang through the house; A shot rang out.) çınlamak
    2. noun
    1) (the act or sound of ringing: the ring of a telephone.) çalma (sesi)
    2) (a telephone call: I'll give you a ring.) telefon etme
    3) (a suggestion, impression or feeling: His story has a ring of truth about it.) etki, izlenim
    - ring back
    - ring off
    - ring true

    English-Turkish dictionary > ring

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