Choke on it!
Zehir zıkkım olsun!
Rap sheet
a criminal record.
“he had not joined a gang or acquired a rap sheet”
Break the bank
“It only costs $2. That’s not going to break the bank.”
= to cost too much:
Be there for someone
“Best friends are always there for each other in times of trouble.”
Yanında olmak, desteklemek
= to be available to provide help and support for someone:
“We haven’t always been close, but she was there for me when I needed her.”
Uptight
“he is so uptight about everything”
Gergin
= anxious or angry in a tense and overly controlled way.
laugh (one’s) ass off
“I’m telling you, Mary’s boyfriend is hilarious! He had me laughing my ass off when I met him.”
= (rude -slang) To laugh uproariously or hysterically.
“Your jokes are perfect for your speech tonight. You’ll have them laughing their asses off!”
Potable
İçilebilir
Slog
“I’ve been slogging away for days on this essay and I’m still not finished.”
Zor (ve genelikle sıkıcı) bir işi yapmak
= to work hard over a long period, especially doing work that is difficult or boring:
Zest
“She always had a great zest for life, a great intellectual curiosity, either for the life of London or for the life of the countryside, but mostly for literature and books.”
Vita Sackville-West in On Virginia Woolf, published in July by @semiotexte.
acı bir çeşni
şevk
lezzet
: a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring
2: an enjoyably exciting quality : piquancy
//adds zest to the performance
3: keen enjoyment : relish, gusto
//has a zest for living
get/find your bearings
“He stopped running and looked around to get his bearings.”
= Figure out one’s position or situation relative to one’s surroundings.
to discover your exact position:
The road system was so complicated that we had to stop to get our bearings several times.
“To get your bearings, remember that the river runs almost directly west.”
- = to succeed in becoming familiar with a new situation:
“It takes a while to get your bearings when you start a new job.”
on pins and needles
Don’t keep Margaret on pins and needles – give her a call.
Diken üstünde
= worried or excited about something that is going to happen:
Clout
With 21 million users, Facebook Dating is a secret hit, including among Gen Zers who use it for clout and content as much as for finding love.
Pull, influence
= (slang) attention, fame, popularity, and sometimes notoriety, especially the kind one may achieve on social media, whether by posting a controversial hot take or performing a stunt on video in the hope that it goes viral.
curious
“Purely by way of curious illustration, it is reported that among the New Zealand Maoris you cannot ask how much food a bonito hook is worth, for such a trade is never made and the question would be regarded as ridiculous.”
The Worldly Philosophers
Robert L. Heilbroner
Tuhaf
2 : exciting attention as strange, novel, or unexpected : ODD
//a curious coincidence
//We were concerned about his curious behavior.
done and dusted
“they are moving into pruning now that harvesting is done and dusted”
Completed thoroughly and satisfactorily
(of a project) be completely finished or ready.
spectacles
“Western world became the world of Adam Smith: his vision became the prescription for the spectacles of generations. ”
Excerpt From
The Worldly Philosophers
Robert L. Heilbroner
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Gözlük
Off base
mistaken
“the boy is way off base”
no two ways about it
“there’s no two ways about it, it’s marked us for life”
used to convey that there can be no doubt about something.
get a grip (on yourself)
“I just think he ought to get a grip on himself - he’s behaving like a child.”
to make an effort to control your emotions and behave more calmly:
Say your piece
Düşüncelerini açıkça söyle
dressing gown
On one occasion he descended into his garden clad only in a dressing gown and, falling into a reverie, walked fifteen miles before coming to.
Sabahlık, robdöşambır
= a piece of clothing, like a long coat, that you wear at home when you are not dressed
= a loose garment worn over pyjamas etc; bathrobe
turnpike
Carrying the Leviathan: how turnpike roads contributed to the rise of state capacity in England during the eighteenth century
Paralı yol
= a main road that you usually have to pay to use:
“the New Jersey Turnpike”
sinecure
“In 1776, The Wealth of Nations was published. Two years later Smith was appointed Commissioner of Customs for Edinburgh, a sinecure worth six hundred pounds a year. With his mother, who lived until she was ninety, Smith lived out his bachelor’s life in peace and quiet; serene, content, and in all likelihood absent-minded to the end.”
The Worldly Philosophers
Robert L. Heilbroner
hizmetsiz maaşlı memuriyet
= a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit.
“political sinecures for the supporters of ministers”
on the ball
= alert to new ideas, methods, and trends.
“maintaining contact with customers keeps me on the ball”
= indicating competence, alertness, or intelligence.
“a woman like that, with so much on the ball”
rope someone in
“At the last minute, we roped in a couple of spectators to complete the team.”
= to persuade someone to do something for you:
