grievance
Şikayet
1: a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) forming the reason for complaint or resistance
//Their chief grievance was the unsafe work environment.
2: the formal expression of a grievance : complaint
//filed a grievance against her employer
3obsolete : suffering, distress
thunderclap
gök gürlemesi
= A sharp burst of thunder; a sudden report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity
Mountebank
“The potion was dispensed by both physicians and itinerant mountebanks.”
şarlatan
şarlatanlıkla sahte ilâç satan kimse
= someone who pretends to be someone or something that they are not, or to be able to do something that they cannot:
Tonsil
bademcik
leech
Sülük
Tufeyli
blissful
“We spent a blissful year together before things started to go wrong.”
= extremely or completely happy:
“a blissful childhood/holiday”
Dixit
Dixit is a Latin term meaning “he/she/it said” (from dicere, to say). In English, it is often used as a noun meaning an authoritative utterance, a dogmatic assertion, or a “say-so”. It is frequently used in the phrase ipse dixit, meaning an unsupported assertion or “he himself said it”
As a “Say-So”: Often used in academic or legal contexts to highlight that an argument relies only on the speaker’s authority.
Example: “The court rejected the expert’s dixit because it lacked supporting evidence”
= As a Quote Identifier: Used to attribute a statement, similar to “said X” or “X reported.”
Example: “The data,” dixit the researcher, “is conclusive.”
bumblebee
Yaban arısı
sallow
Pembe rengini kaybetmiş, soluk yüz gösteren, solgun
of a grayish greenish yellow color
wicker
{i} hasır
{i} sepetçi söğüdü dalı
sepet örgüsüyle yapılmış
wickerwork sepet işi
{s} ince dallardan örülmüş
{s} hasırdan yapılmış
translucent
Yarı saydam
Işığı hafif olarak geçiren
perennial
Lessing’s vision and her perennial outsider status have made her writing essential to me since I first started reading her in 1980s Yorkshire, aged 14 or 15:
Kalıcı,
Daimi
Perennial refers to something lasting for a very long time, recurring regularly, or plants that live for more than two years. It describes enduring, constant, or perennial, persistent, and recurrent phenomena.
underbred
“I should be reading ‘Ulysses,’ and fabricating my case for and against. I have read 200 pages so far—not a third; and have been amused, stimulated, charmed, interested, by the first two or three chapters—to the end of the cemetery scene; and then puzzled, bored, irritated and disillusioned by a queasy undergraduate scratching his pimples. Tom, great Tom [T.S. Eliot], thinks this is on a par with ‘War and Peace’! An illiterate, underbred book, it seems to me; the book of a self-taught working man, and we all know how distressing they are, how egotistic, insistent, raw, striking, and ultimately nauseating.”
görgüsüzsafkan olmayan/terbiyesiz{s} kırmaterbiyesi kıt
: marked by lack of good breeding : ill-bred
//… a degree of underbred pride …
— Emily Brontë
Do the rounds
(or “make the rounds)
“The word Körperkultur (body culture) did the rounds; the immaculate, fully trained body became an obsession of the age. The picture-hungry Weimar Republic had a particular weakness for women photographers and the female gaze; the most interesting, innovative creators in this new craft were women.”
Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany
Harald Jähner
= to go from person to person or place to place:
“That story has gone the rounds in our office.”
= to visit a series of people or places, often in a specific order, or to circulate widely, as with news, rumors, or a story. It frequently implies moving from person to person (e.g., networking) or covering a specific territory.
ragamuffin
{i} üstü başı perişan çocuk
{i} baldırı çıplak
Sen bir baldırı çıplak gibi görünüyorsun. - You look like a ragamuffin.
kötü kılıklı çocuk
{i} pasaklı tip
{i} paçavralar içindeki kimse
espouse
benimsemek
evlenmek
kabullenmek
{f} desteklemek
{f} nişanlanmak
- adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life).
“she espoused the causes of justice and freedom for all” - archaic
marry.
“Edward had espoused the lady Grey”
Alacrity
Şevk
neşe ve çeviklik
= speed and eagerness:
with alacrity
” She accepted the money with alacrity.”
Prostrate
Secdeye varmak
Secde etmek, secdeye gitmek
{s} ayağına kapanmış
{f} perişan etmek
yüzükoyun yatmak
conviction
sağlam ve içten inanç
kanaat
- a firmly held belief or opinion
“she takes pride in stating her political convictions”
contemptuous
Hor gören
Küçümseyici
= showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect
“I don’t know that guy, but he just gave me a contemptuous look.”
(straight) from the horse’s mouth
“I know it’s true, because I got it straight from the horse’s mouth – Katie told me herself.”
receiving information directly from the highest authority, primary source, or someone with direct personal knowledge, ensuring its accuracy. It is an idiom used to guarantee that a story or piece of news is true, rather than rumor.
Origin: The phrase likely originated in horse racing or trading circles, where buyers would examine a horse’s teeth to determine its age and health, rather than trusting the seller’s word.
Usage: It is often used to confirm information, e.g., “I know the project is cancelled; I heard it straight from the horse’s mouth (the manager)”.
Synonyms= Firsthand, From the source, Directly, From an eyewitness
I gotta dip
Kaçmam lazım, gitmeliyim.
I have to leave
What’s popping?
Neler dönüyor?
sink in
“I had to read the letter twice before the news finally sank in.”
to fully understand, realize, or grasp the significance of something (news, facts, information), often gradually. It can also literally mean for a liquid to be absorbed into a surface, such as rain sinking into the ground
Understanding/Realizing: It often implies a delay between hearing information and truly processing it (e.g., “It took a moment for his words to sink in”).
Impact: It frequently refers to comprehending the seriousness or consequence of an event (e.g., “The news of the accident hasn’t really sunk in yet”).
Synonyms: Register, Dawn on someone, Be understood/realized, Penetrate, Soak in (for liquids)
