Fray
For the past 15 years, as the country has frayed at its patriotic seams, the photographer Jeremiah Murphy spent hours capturing the beauty of a deeply American sport: rodeo.
Aşınmak, yıpranmak
= To cause exhaustion, wear out (a person’s mental strength)
“The stressful day ended in frayed nerves. (Metaphorical use; nerves are visualised as strings).”
Hammer out
“a deal was being hammered out with the Dutch museums”
= laboriously work out the details of a plan or agreement.
: to produce or bring about as if by repeated blows”
“hammered out an agreement
Home strech
We’re now heading into the homestretch of this divisive presidential campaign.
= the last part of something that is being done:
“on the home stretch It’s taken three months, but we’re on the home stretch now.”
= the last part of an activity or campaign.
“heading down the home stretch to Tuesday’s final”
strong suit
He said that the firm’s strongest suit is researching the competition.
= a particular skill or ability that a person or an organization has:
“Patience isn’t exactly her strong suit.”
“He has publicly acknowledged the economy is not his strong suit.”
lash out at
“A writer whose book has been harshly criticized might lash out at the critic.”
(Sert ve ani) çıkışmak, tepki vermek
= If you lash out at someone or something, you speak to them or about them very angrily or critically.
“As a politician Jefferson frequently lashed out at the press.”
= express your anger by saying or writing furious words about them.
be in a rut
“I was stuck in a rut and decided to look for a new job.”
= living or working in a situation that never changes, so that you feel bored.
= to not have changed what you do or how you do it for a very long time so that it is not interesting any longer:
“I was in a rut and couldn’t get out of it.”
Rut
Rutin, monoton, tekdüze ö
hit the ground running
“We want our students to hit the ground running after they graduate.”
= If you hit the ground running, you start a new activity with a lot of enthusiasm and energy and do not waste any time.
= to immediately work hard and successfully at a new activity
= start something and proceed at a fast pace with great enthusiasm.
Hold out
Survive
Come about
Happen
Come at
Attack
imprimatur
// Though not an official project of the theater, the drama festival has its imprimatur.
“Douglass’s support gave Black baseball an imprimatur of race approval as an activity that uplifted the race.”
Tasdik
= Imprimatur is a formal word that refers to explicit approval or permission.
Did you know?
Imprimatur means “let it be printed” in New Latin (the Latin used since the end of the medieval period especially in science). It comes from Latin imprimere, meaning “to imprint or impress.” In the 1600s, the word appeared in the front matter of books, accompanied by the name of an official authorizing the book’s printing. In time, English speakers began using imprimatur in the general sense of “official approval.”
Turgid
tumturaklı
Abartılı
: excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic, pompous
//turgid prose
- Kanla dolmuş, şişmiş, şişkin
: being in a state of distension : swollen, tumid
//turgid limbs
Tact
“He’s never had much tact and people don’t like his blunt manner.”
= the ability to say or do the right thing without making anyone unhappy or angry:
agape
Audience members were staring at each other agape as if to say “Did you hear what I just heard?”
= (of a person) with the mouth wide open, especially showing surprise or shock; (of the mouth) wide open, especially in surprise or shock:
“We watched, our mouths agape in excitement.”
hamartia
“Just like Greek tragedy, reality TV plays with hubris and hamartia, with faulty self-images and mistakes that prove catastrophic.”
Tragic flaw
a character fault or a mistake that causes someone to fail or be destroyed:
Plucky
“the plucky youngster has astounded medical staff”
Yürekli
Cesur
= having or showing determined courage in the face of difficulties.
indomitable
“a woman of indomitable spirit”
Boyun eğmez
= impossible to subdue or defeat.
sinuous
Bükümlü
Dolambaçlı
Kıvrımlı
Hem
Giysi kenarı
incise
Oyma
Kazım
Hakketmek
stubble
hafif uzamış sakal
bir veya iki günlük tıraş, tıraştan sonraki bir iki gün içinde uzayan sakal
Fleck
benekleşmek
benek
Çil
Parçacık
Look out for
“The police have warned shopkeepers to look out for forged notes.”
= To watch over someone, protect them and make sure they are safe or doing well
= to try to notice someone or something:
“Look out for Anna while you’re there.”
