conscientious
1: exercising attentive care to avoid errors or omissions : concerned with doing something correctly : meticulous, careful
//a conscientious listener
//They have always been conscientious workers.
//If one member of the team slacks off, the conscientious students have no choice but to work harder in order to earn a good grade.
— Emily Singer
2: governed by or conforming to the dictates of conscience : scrupulous
//a conscientious public servant
//Users trying to be conscientious about their energy consumption may find themselves at a loss.
— Reece Rogers
Be a good egg
“Joey’s a good egg. He always makes time to help others in need.”
trustworthy and kind
A: “Just let me know if there is anything else I can do you for you, Janet.”
B: “Thanks, Mary. You’ve always been a good egg.”
Relevant
- Having a bearing on or connection with the matter at hand.
- Meaningful or purposeful in current society or culture:
“thought that the traditional male role of breadwinner was no longer relevant.”
pithy
Anyone with a passing understanding of biology and evolution knows Herbert Spencer’s pithy phrase “the survival of the fittest.”
Özlü
= (of speech or writing) expressing an idea cleverly in a few words:
“a pithy remark”
= A pithy comment or piece of writing is short, direct, and full of meaning.
“His pithy advice to young painters was, ‘Above all, keep your colours fresh”
How so
‘Rick’s parents are a little strange, I think.’ ‘How so?’
Nasıl yani?
: in what way : why does one think that
= used to ask someone to explain an opinion they have given
“This room looks different.” “How so?”
Go figure
“It’s a terrible movie and it made $200 million. Go figure!”
Buyur burdan yak! (Kim tahmin ederdi?)
= used when you tell someone a fact and you then want to say that the fact is surprising, strange or stupid:
“It’s a terrible movie and it made $200 million. Go figure!”
spurt
: {f} son bir çaba göstermek
spurt: {i} olağanüstü çaba
spurt: {i} ani çıkış
spurt: atak/fışkırma
spurt: (Spor) finişe geçmek
v.intr.
1. To gush forth suddenly in a jet.
2. To make a brief intense effort or show a sudden increase in activity or speed.
doozy
This time, I opened a link to an article in Politico (still an upstart outlet at the time) about a quickly growing controversy. Apparently, the latest cover of The New Yorker was a doozy.
= something that is extraordinary or outstanding of its kind.
= (slang) something excellent
“the plot’s a doozy”
wide-eyed doe
Billy Wilder on Audrey Hepburn ♥️
“Suddenly there was that dazzling creature, looking like a wide-eyed doe prancing through the forest … it took exactly five minutes for everybody on that set to fall in love with Audrey.”
Doe = Dişi geyik ya da tavşan
Gözleri faltaşı gibi açılmış bir ceylan
Doe : the adult female of various mammals (such as a deer, rabbit, or kangaroo) of which the male is called buck
Broadside
“Broadside on the centenary of Luther’s theses at Wittenberg, 1617 (British Museum)”
eskiden halka dağıtılan bir yanı basılmış el ilanı
{i} borda (gemi)
This type of printed material was often used for political or social announcements and could be distributed widely to reach a large audience quickly. In historical contexts, such documents played a crucial role in shaping public opinion and disseminating information.
give someone the runaround
“The reporter tried to get a clear answer from the senator regarding her stance on immigration, but she just gave him the runaround.”
= To give one unclear, misleading, incomplete, or evasive information, especially in a response to a question or request.
“When I call the telephone company for an explanation of all these extra charges, they always give me the runaround.”
fly in the ointment
“I’m looking forward to Sunday, the only fly in the ointment being the fact that I’ll have to sit next to my mother-in-law.”
= a minor irritation that spoils the success or enjoyment of something.
= a single thing or person that is spoiling a situation that could have been very positive or enjoyable:
Hit a snag
“Our plans for a relaxing night at home hit a snag when a pipe burst in the basement.”
= To encounter an unexpected problem or delay.
” Their plans to finish the garden that weekend hit a snag when an unseasonal snowfall dropped several inches on what should have become the pumpkin patch that day.”
= To encounter an issue, drawback, or challenge.
afterthought
“Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it’s going to take collective effort”
Rebecca Solnit
= An idea, response, or explanation that occurs to one after an event or decision.
= doğa dünyası sonradan akla gelen bir şey
- a comment, reply, etc, that occurs to one after the opportunity to deliver it has passed
- an addition to something already completed
Reprisal
= bir müzik parçasının bir bölümünün ya da tümünün ikinci kez çalınması
= (Askeri) Misilleme, kıstasa kıstas
1: a retaliatory act
//The prisoners kept quiet for fear of reprisal.
2: the regaining of something (as by recapture)
3: something (such as a sum of money) given or paid in restitution —usually used in plural
in someone’s crosshairs
“She never expected to be in the crosshairs of the FBI.”
= a target for someone who intends to catch, arrest, stop, or harm you:
“He’s in the law’s crosshairs now.”
“People who say critical things about him find themselves in his crosshairs.”
That’s a strech
Bu biraz zorlama/abartı
I’m not sold on it
Henüz ikna olmadım
That’s a can of worms
Kurcalarsan başına iş açacak konu
That’s neither here nor there
Konuyla alakası yok
Let’s not kid ourselves
Kendimizi kandırmayalım
I’m calling it
Burada bitiriyorum / Karar verdim
That went over my head
Hiç anlamadım
It’s not sitting right with me
İçime sinmedi
