down in the dumps
“She’s a bit down in the dumps because she failed one of her exams.”
Moralsiz, asık suratlı, canı sıkkın
= you are feeling very depressed and miserable. [informal]
“She’s feeling a bit down in the dumps and needs cheering up. “
= unhappy:
bent out of shape
“I’m not getting bent out of shape because people don’t respect my opinion. I’m used to that”
= angry or agitated.
“he’d changed a few things around, and Glen was a little bent out of shape about it”
Go overboard
“I don’t think there’ll be more than six people eating, so I wouldn’t go overboard with the food.”
= to do something too much, or to be too excited or eager about something:
= If you say that someone goes overboard, you mean that they do something to a greater extent than is necessary or reasonable.
[informal]
“Women sometimes damage their skin by going overboard with abrasive cleansers.”
make amends
“I’d like to make amends (to you) for my behavior last night.”
Kusurunu düzeltmek
Özür dilemek
Telafi etmek
: to do something to correct a mistake that one has made or a bad situation that one has caused
“She tried to make amends by apologizing to him.”
come clean
“I thought it was time to come clean about what I’d been doing.”
İtiraf etmek
: to tell the whole story : confess
“came clean about the crimes”
move heaven and earth
“I had to move heaven and earth to get a flight home at Christmastime.”
Her careye başvurmak
Çalmadık kapı bırakmamak
Çırpınmak
Elinden gelen her şeyi yapmak
= To do everything that one can to make something happen.
“He’ll move heaven and earth to get it done on time.”
Slovenly
On top of which the actress is awful, unwatchable, the most slovenly girl to appear on the screen in a long, long time. That’s why it’s been such a success with young girls, especially inhibited, slightly plump American girls who see the film over and over as if they were on a pilgrimage: they recognize themselves in her, and dream of falling into the arms of the gorgeous Leonardo.”
— “The Captive Lover – An Interview with Jacques Rivette” by Frédéric Bonnaud in 1998
dağınık
{s} baştan savma
{s} hırpani kılıklı
derbeder
hiç titiz olmayan
pejmürde
savruk
go through a rough patch
“Oh, honey, you’re just going through a rough patch. I’m sure things will get better soon.”
you have a lot of problems for a time.
= To experience or be in the midst of a period of trouble, difficulty, or hardship.
“Her business has been going through a bit of a rough patch lately. If things don’t pick up soon, she might have to close shop.”
callow
Josh Safdie’s hectic new film, “Marty Supreme,” is Timothée Chalamet’s show. “He dominates it, incarnating Marty’s callow enthusiasm while also lending it an edge,” @tnyfrontrow writes.
Toy
consequential
Kayda değer
- important; significant.
“the new congress lacked consequential leaders”
- following as a result or effect.
“a loss of confidence and a consequential withdrawal of funds”
seize up
“Without lawyers willing to look the other way, criminal activity would seize up, Roulund says. “We’re the ones who make it go around.”
tutukluk yapmak
çalışmamak
{f} takılmak (makine)
takılmak
Avukatlar görmezden gelmeye razı olmasaydı, suç faaliyetleri durma noktasına gelirdi, diyor Roulund. “Bunu devam ettiren biziz.”
get the short end of the stick
“I hate it that women often get the short end of the stick”
= end up at a disadvantage or in a comparatively unfavourable position.
= to suffer the bad effects of a situation:
“The people who get the short end of the stick are those whose income is just too high to qualify for help from the government.”
get something off your chest
I had spent two months worrying about it and I was glad to get it off my chest.
If you get something off your chest, you talk about something that has been worrying you.
= to tell someone about something that has been worrying you or making you feel guilty for a long time:
Ambit
In its verdict, it decided Smajic was fully aware of the project’s risks, the protection that TV2 arranged for her, and the ambit of the documentary.
saha
ortam
etraf
muhit
= the range or limits of the influence of something:
“They believe that all the outstanding issues should fall within the ambit of the talks.”
ad lib
The picture the second Kahlo holds is of her child, Smajic ad-libs: “You can’t be cold if you have a family … That was me then, and this is me now.”
irticalen söyle
hazırlıksız yapılan
doğaçlama
- without previous preparation.
“I spoke ad lib” - as much and as often as desired.
“the price includes meals and drinks ad lib”
jape
The most moving passages in Brügger’s films always involve peripheral players in the great jape: the Ugandan villagers who are told they will be relocated so that an arms factory can be built on their land; or the North Korean interpreter who weeps at the memorial to Kim Il-Sung, claiming she’s mourning him but possibly grieving for some other reason
{i} kafa bulma
hile
slang işletmek
{f} kafa bulmak
= a practical joke.
“the childish jape of depositing a stink bomb in her locker”
= an activity done to make someone laugh or to trick someone:
“They put a frog in her boots for a jape.”
prelapsarian
It has also turned the country’s almost prelapsarian vision of itself on its head.
Masumiyet ve bozulmamışlığa atıfta bulunan Hz. Adem ve Hz. Havvanın cennetten henüz dünyaya indirilmediği zamana ilişkin
stand by
= (do nothing) to allow something unpleasant to happen without doing anything to stop it:
“We can’t stand by while millions of people starve.”
- (Be ready) to be waiting and ready to do something or to help:
“stand by for Cabin crew, please stand by for take-off.”
- (Stand by someone) to continue to support or help someone who is in a difficult situation:
“She has vowed to stand by her husband during his trial.”
Wino
“The “Voice of an Angel, liver of a wino” headlines wrote themselves.”
= 1 informal + often disparaging : a person (especially a person without a permanent place of residence) who is habitually drunk on wine
//… his father was a wino, living on the streets …
= somewhat informal : a wine enthusiast or connoisseur
//Perhaps your recipient is a wino but you don’t have the budget for a subscription or would prefer the gesture of physically giving them a gift.
— Louis Cheslaw
have teeth
“It’s a good idea, but it simply doesn’t have teeth—there’s no way to enforce it.”
Yaptırımı olmak
= To have enough power or support of authority to compel obedience or punish offenders, as of a law.
“This new law against littering has teeth, so if you don’t pick up your trash, you’ll get a hefty fine.”
someone’s own doing
Kendi suçu
=caused by one’s own actions
“The problem is entirely of your own making.”
Sidebar
“Mason said he had another separate matter to discuss in sidebar.”
Gel, özel konuşalım
= in a court of law, a private discussion between lawyers and the judge which the jury (= the group of people chosen to decide if someone is guilty) cannot hear, or the area at the front of the court where this discussion takes place :
“After a 20 minute sidebar discussion, Jim was given 30 days by the judge to come up with new attorneys.”
latency
A delay, a period between the initiation of something and the occurrence
{i} gizli olarak var olma
(Tıp) Gizlilik, saklılık
{i} henüz ortaya çıkmamış olma
Take it offline
Discuss privately
Certain things are better discussed in private or outside the time that was scheduled to discuss another purpose. This means when a topic comes up that members in a meeting will feel more comfortable about talking about another time, they may use jargon and say “Let’s take it offline”.
