what+is+old

What a...! - Allah! My God! - anasını! slang What a pity! -dan gelen huya gider (selden gelen suya gider). proverb Easy come easy go. - hay! By all means!/Certainly! - hayı gitmek vay vayı kalmak to get old and lose one´s vim and vigor.

"1. old, ancient. 2. former, ex-; veteran. 3. old, worn-out; secondhand. 4. past events, what went before. - ağıza yeni taam/kaşık. colloq. New food for an old mouth (said when eating something for the first time that season). E- Ahit the Old Testament. - çamlar bardak oldu. colloq. Times have changed./Things are not what they used to be. - defterleri karıştırmak/yoklamak to bring up old issues, delve into the past. - enayi biçimi slang outdated clothes; out of fashion. - eserler antiques, antiquities. -si gibi the way it used to be. - göz ağrısı an old flame. - hale getirme law complete restitution. - hamam eski tas. colloq. Nothing has changed; it´s business as usual. - hayratı da berbat etmek to make something worse by trying to improve it. -ye itibar/rağbet olsaydı bitpazarına nur yağardı. proverb If old things were in fashion light from heaven would illuminate the flea market. -si kadar as much as before. - kafalı oldfashioned (person). - köye yeni âdet unwelcome innovation. - kulağı kesik slang 1. old woman-chaser. 2. one who has experienced much. - kurt old hand. - memur slang 1. repeater, a student who has repeated most of his classes. 2. one who has experienced much. - püskü old and battered-looking, shabby. - toprak healthy and well-preserved older person. - tüfek person with a lot of experience, old hand. - zamanlarda 1. in the past, in the old days. 2. in ancient times, in antiquity."

"1. What...?: Ne dedin? What did you say? 2. What a...!/How...! (used as an intensifier before adjectives): Ne biçimsiz bir masa! What an ugly table! Ne soğuk! How cold it is! 3. whatever: Ahmet ne yaparsa Ayşe beğenir. Ayşe approves of whatever Ahmet does. 4. What...?: Bu ne kutusu? What´s this box for? Yarın ne dersin var? What lesson do you have tomorrow? 5. used as an intensifier: Dün rüzgâr ne esti ha! Yesterday the wind blew like all get-out. 6. used to express approval or disapproval: Bu ne kıyafet böyle? And just what sort of getup is this? Bu dünyada ne anneler var! This old world has some pretty wonderful/awful mothers in it! -ler used to indicate a quantity of things: Daha neler gördük, neler! We saw lots and lots of other things as well! Neler öğrendin? What things have you learned? -si used to show a connection: Sen İsmet´in nesisin? How are you kin to İsmet? O adam buranın nesi? What´s that man´s position here? -sine? What on earth does he need... for?: Otomobil onun nesine? What on earth does he need a car for? Altın kolye onun nesine? What on earth is she doing with a gold necklace? - akla hizmet ediyor? Why on earth is he doing such a thing? - âlâ! How nice! - âlâ memleket! What a fine kettle of fish!/What a wonderful state of affairs! (said sarcastically). - âlem used to express a feeling of astonishment tempered with affection: Ne âlem adam! What a crazy guy! O kadın ne âlemdir bir bilsen! That gal´s a character, I can tell you! - âlemdesiniz? How are things with you? - alıp veremiyor? 1. What is it he wants?/What´s he after? 2. /la/ What´s the problem between...?: Onunla ne alıp veremiyorsun? What´s the problem between you and her? (...) - arar! /da/ (Someone) is completely lacking in (something).: Onda para ne arar! He´s never got two cents to rub together. (Burada/Orada) - arıyor? What´s he doing here/there?/What does he want? - biçim used to show disapproval: Ne biçim adam yahu! What a jerk! Ne biçim sözlük! And this thing´s supposed to be a dictionary! - buyurdunuz? What did you say? - buyurulur? /a/ 1. What do you say to...?/What would you say to a...?: Soğuk bir limonataya ne buyurulur? What do you say to a cold lemonade?/Would you like a cold lemonade? 2. What do you have to say to...? (said tauntingly). - canı var ki? How can he do that? (He´s not got the physical strength.) - çare! What can one do?/It´s a hopeless situation. - çıkar? 1. What difference will it make one way or the other? 2. What´ll come of it? (Nothing!). 3. What can I/you expect to get out of it? - çiçektir biliriz. colloq. I know what a bad lot he is./I know just how nocount he is./I´ve got his number. - de olsa nevertheless, nonetheless. - dedim de...? Why on earth (didn´t I do something)?: Ne dedim de sana haber vermedim? Why on earth didn´t I inform you? - demek? 1. What does it mean?: Bu ne demek? What does this mean? 2. Just what does it mean? (said angrily): Ders ekmek ne demek? Just what do you mean by cutting a class? - demeye...? 1. Why...?: Buraya ne demeye geldin? Why have you come here? 2. used when questioning the meaning of something: O sözü ne demeye getirdi? Just what did she mean by that remark? -ler de neler, maydanozlu köfteler all manner of strange and outlandish things. - denir?/- dersin? colloq. What can you say?/There´s nothing you can say. - denli 1.... how much.... 2. However much.... 3. My, how...! - dersin? colloq. What do you think? - dese beğenirsin? colloq. You´ll never guess what he said to me./You won´t believe what he said to me./Just guess what she said!/Guess what she called me! - diye...? Why...?/For what purpose...?: Ne diye ben gideyim? Why should I be the one to go? Ne diye gideyim? What´s the point in my going?/For what purpose am I to go? - ekersen onu biçersin. proverb You reap what you sow. - fayda! colloq. What good can that do now?/What´s the good of it now?/It´s too late for that now. (...) - gezer! see ne arar! - gibi...? Wha

,-çı How many... ?/How many? K-a? What is the price?/How much is it? -a kaç? What´s the score?/How does the game stand? -ın kurası an old hand, someone not easily fooled. -a mal oldu? How much did it cost? - para eder? What´s it good for?/How far will it get you? - paralık adam/şey ki? colloq. He´s/It´s good for nothing, I tell you. - parça olayım? colloq. I wonder which of all these jobs I should tackle first? - tane? How many? - yaşında? How old is he/she? - zamandır for a long time now.

",-ur 1. to become, come to exist, come into being. 2. to happen, occur, be, take place. 3. to be (to have or occupy a place or position; to show a certain characteristic): Beşte orada olmalıyım. I ought to be there at five o´clock. Cesur olmalısın. You should be bold. 4. to have (used with possessives): Param olsaydı alırdım. If I´d had the money, I´d have bought it. Benim o semtte bir evim olmalı. I ought to have a house in that part of town. 5. (for time) to pass, elapse, be: Oraya gideli iki yıl oldu. It´s been two years since he went over there. 6. (for something) to be acceptable, be all right, be okay: Olur mu öyle? Can (something like) that be okay? Olur! Okay! Olmaz! No! 7. to ripen; (for food) to be cooked, be done. 8. /a/ (for an article of clothing) to fit. 9. /dan/ to lose, be deprived of: Canından oldu. He lost his life. Kumar yüzünden servetinden oldu. She lost her fortune by gambling. 10. to catch (a disease): Tifo oldu. He caught typhoid fever. 11. to undergo (something): Ameliyat oldu. He underwent an operation. Ahmet yarın imtihan olacak. Ahmet will take an exam tomorrow. 12. /a/ (for something) to be a source of (something) to (someone): Bu ilacın ona çok yararı oldu. This medicine has really helped her. 13. slang to get drunk: Sen bayağı oldun. You´re as drunk as a lord. Oldu. colloq. All right./OK./Very well./Agreed. -la beraber/birlikte although: Parlak bir zekâsı olmamakla beraber para kazanmasını biliyor. He´s no whiz kid, but he does know how to make money. olan/olup biten all (the events) that took place. olup bitmek to happen, take place. olduğu gibi 1. as (one) is, as (it) is: İnsanları olduğu gibi kabul etmelisin. You should accept people as they are. 2. as it (they) happened: Her şeyi olduğu gibi anlatacağım. I will explain everything as it happened. 3. besides being..., in addition to being...; besides having..., in addition to having...: Hasta olduğu gibi, yoksul da. Besides being sick, he is poor. olduğu kadar 1. besides being...; besides having...: Oda küçük olduğu kadar, karanlık da. Besides being small, the room is dark. 2. as much as possible: Hepsini bitirmek zorunda değilsin, olduğu kadar yap. You don´t have to finish it all; do what you can. Olan oldu. What´s done is done. olup olacağı all: Bendeki paranın olup olacağı bu kadar. This is all the money I´ve got on me. Onun olup olacağı bir köy muhtarı. He´ll never be anything more than the mayor of a village. Olup olacağımız toprak mı? Are we nothing more than dust? oldum bittim/oldum olası/oldum olasıya for as long as anyone can remember, from time immemorial, always. oldu olmadı It´s been just about...: Bu işe başlayalı on yıl oldu olmadı. It´s been just about ten years since he began this job. olmak üzere 1. being: İşyerimizde, ikisi Fransız olmak üzere, yirmi eleman var. In our firm we have twenty personnel, two of whom are French. 2. to be on the point of being: Kahven olmak üzere. Your coffee´s just about ready. olur olmaz 1. just any old, whatever, any... that: Olur olmaz her kitabı okuma! Don´t read any old book you happen to see! 2. at random, without thinking: Olur olmaz konuşma! Don´t just talk whenever you feel like it. "

1. worth how much?: Kaçlık kitap istiyorsunuz? How much do you want to pay for a book? 2. of what size?: Kaçlık paket aldın? What size packet did you buy? 3. of what age?: Bu adam kaçlık? How old is this man?

"1. mother (The form anne is preferred in Istanbul). 2. mother animal, dam. 3. appellation of respect for elderly women or female saints (used after a name). 4. protector, patroness. 5. principle, main, fundamental, basic. 6. fin. capital, stock; principal. A-m! 1. an informal form of address. 2. Oh my!/Heavens! -sı ağlamak to go through hardship. -sını ağlatmak /ın/ vulg. to give (one) great trouble, give (one) a hard time. -mın ak sütü gibi helal olsun. colloq. You´re welcome to it. - akçe fin. principal. - atardamar anat. aorta. - atardamarsal anat. aortal, aortic. - avrat asfaltta koşmak slang to swear at everybody present. - avrat dümdüz gitmek slang to swear a blue streak. -m avradım olsun. vulg. I swear. - baba parents, father and mother. -m babam! slang Oh dear!/My!/Oh my! - baba bir having the same father and mother. - baba duası almış blessed by his parents. - baba eline bakmak to depend on one´s parents for one´s support. - baba günü pandemonium, tumult, a dangerous or frightening commotion. - baba yavrusu person pampered as a child. -sını bellerim! vulg. I´ll show him! - bir, baba ayrı born of the same mother but of different fathers. - çizgi geom. generatrix. -sı danası colloq. his mother and the rest of the family, the whole bunch. - defter ledger. - direk naut. lower mast. -dan doğma 1. stark naked. 2. from birth, naturally. 3. congenital. -sından doğduğuna pişman 1. feeling very miserable. 2. lazy. -sından doğduğuna pişman etmek /ı/ to make (someone) sorry he has been born. -dan (yeni) doğmuşa dönmek to be restored to happiness, health, freedom from care, and simplicity. - duvar exterior wall. -sından emdiği süt burnundan (fitil fitil) gelmek to go through extreme hardship. - fikir central theme. -sının gözü slang sly, tricky, shifty. - güverte naut. main deck. -n güzel mi? colloq. You think you´re smart, don´t you? - hat main line, trunk line. - hatlar the main lines, the outline. -sının ipini/ipliğini pazara çıkarmış/satmış wicked, vicious. -sı (onu) kadir gecesi doğurmuş. He is very lucky. - kapı main entrance. -sının karnında dokuz ay on gün nasıl durmuş? colloq. He is very impatient. - kız mother and daughter. -sının kızı a daughter just like her mother. -sının körpe kuzusu mother´s pet, sissy. - kubbe the main dome (of a mosque). - kucağı mother´s bosom. - kuzusu 1. very small baby. 2. mother´s pet, sissy. -sının kuzusu mother´s darling. - motif leitmotif. -lar ne doğururmuş! colloq. How wonderful he is! -sının nikâhını istemek to charge an outrageous price. - oğul mother and son. -nın örekesi! vulg. Stuff and nonsense! -sı sarımsak, babası soğan. colloq. He is from an ignorant and backward family. -sını satayım! colloq. 1. What the heck! 2. Damn it! -sını sattığım colloq. darn, damned. -n seni bugün için doğurdu. colloq. This is the day for which you were born: show us what you can do. - sütü breast milk. - tarafından on the mother´s side. - toplardamar anat. vena cava. -sı turp, babası şalgam. colloq. He has a very low and doubtful background. -n yahşi, baban yahşi demek colloq. to butter someone up, flatter and cajole him. - yapı central structure, main building. -sı yerinde (a person) as old as one´s mother. - yüreği a mother´s love."

1. the world, the earth. 2. the universe. 3. everyone, people. -da never in this world: Dünyada gitmem. I would not go for the whole world. - ahret kardeşim olsun. colloq. Let it be friendship only. - âlem colloq. everybody. -yı anlamak to understand life, be mature. -yı başına dar etmek /ın/ to make life unbearable for. - başına yıkılmak to be very miserable. -lar benim oldu. colloq. I felt on top of the world. - bir araya gelse even if everybody is opposed. -nın dört bucağı the four corners of the earth. - durdukça for ever and ever. -dan elini eteğini çekmek to cut oneself off from the world and worldly things. - evi marriage. - evine girmek to get married. -dan geçmek/-dan el çekmek to retire from the world, lose touch with life. -sından geçmek to lose one´s interest in life. -ya gelmek to be born, come into the world. -ya getirmek /ı/ to give birth to, bring into the world. - görüşü one´s general philosophy of life. -ya gözlerini açmak to be born, open one´s eyes to the world. -yı gözü görmemek to be so affected by something that one can´t think of anything else. - gözü ile görmek /ı/ to see (someone) before one dies. -ya gözlerini kapamak/yummak to die, pass away, close one´s eyes to the world. - güzeli 1. (person) of outstanding beauty. 2. Miss Universe. -dan haberi olmamak to be unaware of what is going on around one. -yı haram etmek /a/ to make life a living hell for (someone). -nın kaç bucak/köşe olduğunu anlamak/öğrenmek to learn by bitter experience. -nın kaç bucak olduğunu göstermek /a/ to give (someone) what he has coming to him. - kadar a whole lot. -ya kazık kakmak to live to a ripe old age. - kelamı worldly talk. - kelamı etmek to talk about worldly things. - kurulalıdan beri since the world began. - malı/nimeti wealth, possessions. - malı dünyada kalır. proverb You can´t take it with you. -lar (onun) olmak to be very happy. -nın öbür/bir ucu the far end of the world. -nın parası a lot of money. - penceresi colloq. the eyes. - (Peygamber) Süleyman´a bile kalmamış. proverb No man can live forever. -yı tozpembe görmek to see things through rose-colored glasses. -yı tutmak to spread far and wide. - varmış! colloq. How wonderful! (expression of relief). -nın yedi harikası Seven Wonders of the World. - yıkılsa umurunda değil. colloq. He doesn´t give a damn. - yüzü görmemek to be overwhelmed by circumstances. -yı zindan/zehir etmek /a/ to make life unbearable for. - zindan olmak /a/ to be in great distress.

"1. house, home, dwelling. 2. institution, house, home. 3. club, center, social hall. 4. house, commercial establishment. 5. family, household. - açmak 1. to set up a house, move in. 2. to get married and set up housekeeping. - adamı family man. - alma, komşu al. proverb Neighbors are of first importance. - altı ground floor of a house used as a granary and stable. -de arama law house search. - bakmak to look for a house. -e bakmak 1. to take care of the family, care for a household. 2. to look after a house, watch over a house. 3. to keep house. - bark 1. home, everything that makes up a home; household, family. 2. house, place where one lives. - bark sahibi married man. - basmak to raid a house. - bekçiliği etmek to be always at home. - bozmak to break up a home. -in direği pillar of a home, mainstay of a family. - ekmeği homemade bread. - eşyası furniture, effects. - ev from house to house. - gailesi worries of a house and family. -e gitmek to go home. - halkı household, family. - hayvanı domestic animal. -e hırsız girdikten sonra kapıya kilit takmak to lock the barn door after the horse is stolen. -lerden ırak/uzak.... colloq. May it not happen to anybody!/May it not befall you! - idaresi 1. the management of a household. 2. home economics. - işi housework. - işletmek to run a brothel. - kadını 1. housewife. 2. a good housekeeper, a good housewife. -de kalmak 1. to stay home. 2. to be an old maid. - kirası rent, house rent. - kumaşı homemade material. -deki pazar/hesap çarşıya uymaz. proverb Not everything works out exactly the way you expect it will. - sahibesi 1. hostess. 2. landlady. - sahibi 1. host. 2. landlord. - sanatları domestic arts and crafts. -i sırtında homeless; vagabond. -lere şenlik colloq. 1. What a disaster!/What a bungle! 2. May it not happen to anybody!/May it not befall you! - tutmak to rent a house. - yemeği homemade food. "

"beard; whiskers. -ının altına girmek /ın/ to ingratiate oneself with (and acquire influence over) (someone). - bırakmak/koyuvermek/salıvermek/uzatmak to grow a beard; to let one´s beard grow. -ı bitmek 1. (for someone) to sprout a beard. 2. /ın/ (for a job, project) to be delayed interminably. -ı değirmende ağartmak to grow old without having learned anything from experience, be an old fool. -ı ele vermek to let oneself become putty in someone´s hands, let oneself become someone´s tool. -ına gülmek /ın/ to laugh up one´s sleeve, laugh in one´s beard. -dan kesip bıyığa eklemek/ulamak to make good a deficiency or repair something by using what one has in hand. -ı saydırmak to lose the respect of others; to become a figure of fun. -ını sıvazlamak to smooth one´s beard. S-ı Şerif hairs from the beard of the Prophet Muhammad. -ım yok ki sözüm dinlensin. colloq. Nobody listens to me merely because I´m young./Nobody pays me any mind because I lack age and authority."

"1. father. 2. title applied to a holy man or to a respected elderly man: İsmet baba, Hakkı baba, Telli baba. 3. the leader of a group of dervishes; the head of a tekke (among the Bektashi dervishes). 4. bollard; bitt. 5. newel-post, newel (large post at the foot or landing of a stairway). 6. king post; crown post; queen post (in the truss of a roof). 7. head (of a walking stick). 8. colloq. mafia chief, mafia boss. 9. slang penis, *dick, *cock, *pecker. -m colloq. 1. a vocative expression used after an imperative when addressing an intimate friend: Anlat babam, ne oldu? Now tell me what happened man! 2. used before and after an imperative to emphasize that an action was prolonged: Oku babam oku! Read, read, read! - adam elderly man who is wise and kind. - bucağı family home, homeplace. -sının/-larının çiftliği a place which one can exploit at will, one´s private preserve: Orası babasının çiftliği mi? Is that a place which he can just exploit at will? - değil, tırabzan babası man who is a poor excuse for a father. - dostu an old friend of one´s father. - evi 1. home, the place on which one´s familial affections are centered. 2. family home, homeplace. -sının hayrına for the sheer love of it, without thinking of getting something out of it: Demirhan, o heyette babasının hayrına mı çalışıyor sanki? Mutlaka bir menfaat peşindedir! Do you think Demirhan´s serving on that committee for the sheer love of it? He´s most certainly hoping to reap some benefit for himself! Ona babasının hayrına iş vermezler elbet. You can be sure they aren´t going to give him a job just to show they´re nice guys. - hindi turkey-cock, gobbler. - hindi gibi kabarmak to become swelled up with self-importance, swell up with pride and arrogance, puff oneself up. -dan kalma inherited from one´s father: Babadan kalma bir evi var. He has a house which he inherited from his father. - ocağı see - evi. -dan oğula from father to son. -sının oğlu. colloq. Like father, like son. -na rahmet! colloq. You are very kind indeed! -sına rahmet okumak /ın/ (for someone) to be so wonderful he/she makes you want to bless the father that begot him/her. -sına rahmet okutmak /ın/ 1. (for someone, something) to be so bad that he/she/it makes one yearn for (someone or something else who/which is in himself/herself/itself undesirable): Fecri bir felaketti, fakat Feyman, Fecri´nin babasına rahmet okutuyor. Fecri was a disaster, but Feyman is so awful he makes us yearn to have Fecri back again. 2. (for someone) to be so wonderful he/she makes you want to bless the father that begot him/her. - tarafından paternally. - torik 1. bonito which has reached a large size. 2. slang penis, *dick, *cock, *pecker. -ları/-sı tutmak 1. to become enraged, have a conniption, have a conniption fit. 2. to shake or move about convulsively (as if one is having a fit). -ları üstünde olmak to be ready to explode (with rage). - yurdu see - evi."

"1. wedding feast, wedding reception. 2. circumcision feast. - bayram etmek to be very happy, be joyous; to celebrate. - dernek festival, merry entertainment. - dernek, hep bir örnek. colloq. It´s always the same old thing. - evi gibi (place) filled with a happy throng of people. - pilavıyla dost ağırlamak to take credit for what has been done by others. - salonu hall rented for a reception following a wedding, an engagement, or a circumcision. - yapmak to hold a wedding."

"1. inside, within, in: Evin içinde saklandı. He hid inside the house. Kütüphane içinde ıslık çalınmaz! You don´t whistle in a library! Bahçe içinde, güzel bir ev. It´s a beautiful house, set in a garden. 2. within, in the space of, before the end of, inside, inside of (a period of time): Bu iş bir yıl içinde bitmez. This job won´t finish within a year. 3. among: Misafirlerin içinde üç psikiyatr vardı. Among the guests were three psychiatrists. Böyle insanlar içinde yaşamak onların hoşuna gidiyor. They like living among such people. 4. under, given: Bu şartlar içinde başka ne yapabilirim? Given these conditions, what else can I do? 5. full of: Yollar çamur içinde. The roads are very muddy. Eşyalar toz içindeydi. The furniture was thick with dust. - kaybolmak /ın/ 1. to vanish within (a place). 2. to be practically unnoticeable in. 3. (for an article of clothing) to be much too big for, swallow: Servet, Semih´in eski trençkotu içinde kayboldu. Semih´s old trench coat swallowed Servet. - olmak to be included. - yüzmek 1. to be full of; to be covered in or with, be thick with: Şakir bit içinde yüzüyor. Şakir´s covered with lice. 2. to have a great deal of, wallow in, swim in (wealth): Nazlı para içinde yüzüyor. Nazlı´s wallowing in money. 3. /ın/ (for an article of clothing) to be far too big for, swallow: O ceketin içinde yüzüyorsun. That sports coat swallows you."

"1. a person´s vital statistics, brief curriculum vitae. 2. document showing someone´s curriculum vitae. 3. identification tag, dog tag; identification bracelet. -si bozuk (someone) with a black mark on his record, with a bad record, with a checkered past. -sini okumak /ın/ to chew (someone) out something fierce, give (someone) what for. -sini silmek /ın/ slang to kick (someone) out, give (someone) the old heave-ho."

",-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

"1. existing, in existence. 2. present, in attendance; at hand, available. 3. used to indicate a willingness to participate in something: Ben varım. Count me in!/I´m willing to do it./I´m with you. 4. one´s all, everything one has: Bütün varını bu işe harcadı. He put his heart and soul into this job. - mısın? colloq. Will you?/How about it? - mı bana yan bakan! Who dares to say me nay? - etmek /ı/ to bring (something) into existence, create. - gücüyle with all his might. - kuvvetiyle with all his might. - ne bilsin yok halinden. proverb A rich person can´t really appreciate what it´s like to be poor. - ol! Good for you!/Well done!/Bravo! - olmak 1. to exist. 2. to come into existence. - olsun, yerinde olsun. colloq. I wish him well, nevertheless I´m glad I don´t have to see too much of him. - yok approximately, about, close to: Ali beş yaşında var yok. I´d say Ali´s close to five years old. -ı yoğu everything one owns, all that one has, all one´s worldly wealth. -sa... yoksa... (for someone) to be the most important person in someone´s life: Ahmet için, varsa Emine yoksa Emine. Ahmet has eyes for no one but Emine. -la yok arası 1. very slight, minuscule. 2. rarely. -a yoğa karışmak to poke one´s nose into everything. -ını yoğunu kaybetmek to lose everything one has."

"1. /a/ to catch, make, get to (a place) in time; to be in time for: Sekiz buçuk vapuruna yetişebildim. I was able to make the eight-thirty boat. 2. /a/ to catch up with, go fast enough to join. 3. /a/ (for something) to be ready or finished by (a specified time). 4. to arrive in time (to help one); to come to one´s aid in time. 5. /a/ to reach, get up to, get as far as: Boyum o rafa yetişmez. I´m not tall enough to reach that shelf. Bu ip ikinci kata kadar yetişir. This rope´ll reach the second floor. 6. to suffice, be sufficient, be enough. 7. (for a plant) to grow: Manolyalar burada iyi yetişir. Magnolias grow well here. 8. (for a person or animal) to grow up, be raised. 9. to be educated: Cem, Galatasaray´dan yetişti. Cem was educated at Galatasaray. 10. /a/ to be able to do, manage to do (a specified amount of work). 11. /a/ to be old enough to have known, have been born in time to know; to live long enough to know: Ne günlere yetiştik! What times have I lived to see! O büyükbabasına yetişemedi. He wasn´t born in time to know his grandfather. Yetiş!/Yetişin! Help! Yetişme! I hope you die! Yetişmeyesi! I hope he dies!"