fission
“Will the Twentieth Century go down in history as the Freudian Century?” asked the editor of a volume called “Freud and the Twentieth Century,” in 1957. “May not the new forms of awareness growing out of Freud’s work come to serve as a more authentic symbol of our consciousness and the quality of our deepest experience than the uncertain fruits of the fission of the atom and the new charting of the cosmos?”
1: a splitting or breaking up into parts
2: reproduction by spontaneous division of the body into two or more parts each of which grows into a complete organism
3: the splitting of an atomic nucleus resulting in the release of large amounts of energy
get cold feet
In 1970, Crews published an anthology of essays promoting psychoanalytic criticism, “Psychoanalysis and Literary Process.” But he had started to get cold feet.
= to suddenly become too frightened to do something you had planned to do, especially something important such as getting married
= If you get cold feet about something, you become nervous or frightened about it because you think it will fail.
The Government is getting cold feet about the reforms.
take a constitutional
“Nor have the lives of great men been exciting except at a few great moments. Socrates could enjoy a banquet now and again… but most of his life he lived quietly with Xanthippe, taking a constitutional in the afternoon, and perhaps meeting a few friends by the way.”
The Art of the Good Life
Rolf Dobelli
= a walk that you often do to keep yourself healthy:
“She’s nearly 86 and still takes a constitutional every morning.”
theophany
While the Gospels incorporate history, they also mix in myths, legends, parables, theophany, philosophy, and cultural narratives shared throughout the Mediterranean world.
a visible manifestation of a deity
Handsaw
El testeresi
out cold
“He drank until he was out cold.”
bilinçsiz, baygın
= unconscious or sleeping very heavily.
“You were knocked out cold (=hit on the head so that you became unconscious).”
judicious
//judicious investments
: having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment
//a judicious decision
do a Houdini (act)
go Houdini
“My kids always do a Houdini act when I tell them it’s time for their chores.”
= To vanish or flee suddenly, typically so as to escape from someone or something. Refers to US magician Harry Houdini, who was known for his ability to escape from things such as straitjackets, handcuffs, underwater chests, etc.
“The three of us decided to do a Houdini, heading for the Mexican border so we could leave this all behind us.”
stipend
A stipend is a form of compensation paid to certain individuals to help cover basic costs while they receive career training. Stipends may be offered in lieu of or in addition to a salary. Interns, apprentices, fellows, and clergy are common recipients of stipends.
loiter
“All great civilisations have been based on loitering.”
Jean Renoir
Aylak aylak dolaşmak
= stand or wait around without apparent purpose.
“she saw Mary loitering near the cloakrooms”
= walk slowly and with no apparent purpose; dawdle.
“the weather had tempted them to loiter along the banks of the Cherwell”
epigone
: follower, disciple
also : an inferior imitator
refrain
Nakarat
: a regularly recurring phrase or verse especially at the end of each stanza or division of a poem or song : chorus
also : the musical setting of a refrain
2: a comment or statement that is often repeated
crazy wall
An evidence board (also known as a “conspiracy board,” “crazy wall,” or “murder map”) is a common background feature in thriller and detective fiction movies and TV.
It is a wall covered in photographs, maps, printouts, Post-it notes, passwords, ziploc bags with pieces of hair or fabric, newspaper clippings, tickets, timetables, index cards, sketches, calendar pages, receipts, and floor plans.
mountebanks
“Psychologists use “IQ” to politely put people & entire races in boxes with the label “idiots”, and stick them there for a lifetime. They ruin people’s careers and potentials. Politely. I call psychologists (& IQ mountebanks) idiots to their face. Not politely.” - @nntaleb
Şarlatan, dolandırıcı
1: a person who sells quack medicines from a platform
2: a boastful unscrupulous pretender : charlatan
verb
if I say so myself
“I’m a pretty good golfer, if I say so myself.”
Söylemesi ayıp
= used when one is saying something that praises one’s own work, skill, etc.
Then again
“I like to travel but, then again, I’m very fond of my home.”
Gerçi
= used when you have had a new thought that is different from or the opposite of what you have just said:
That does it!
“That does it! I will not tolerate that kind of behaviour in this class.”
Yetti artık!
= used to indicate that one will not tolerate a particular thing any longer.
= said when someone or something goes further than the limit of what is acceptable:
“That does it! Let’s go!”
could do with something
“This place could do with a good cleaning.”
= If something could do with something, it needs it very much:
“This place could do with a good cleaning.”
= you mean that you need it or would benefit from it.
I could do with a cup of tea.
rhyme or reason
The Trial follows Joseph K, a man who is arrested one morning for reasons never made clear to him. His attempts to follow the byzantine rules of the legal system alternatively benefit or harm his case with little rhyme or reason.
: good sense or reason
= The particular logic, sense, method, or meaning of a given situation, action, person, thing, group, etc. (Most often used in negative formations to indicate an absence or lack thereof.)”
“Could someone please explain to me the rhyme or reason behind the program’s selection process?
Be up in the arms
“They’re up in arms about the new management structure.”
= protesting vigorously about something.
“teachers are up in arms about new school tests”
= to be very angry:
They’re up in arms about the new management structure.
get hammered
“On the weekends we usually get hammered”
Kör kütük sarhoş olmak
We’re toast
Hapı yuttuk
Just my luck
Şansıma tüküreyim
Gutted
Very disappointed
