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Question 1

Sorry, I was miles away

Answer 1

Özür dilerim, aklım başka yerdeydi

Question 2

What’s the world coming to!

Answer 2

Dünyanın çivisi çıkmış / Dünya ne hale gelmiş

Question 3

Haste makes waste

Answer 3

Acele işe şeytan karışır

Question 4

You snooze, you loose

Answer 4

Sona kalan dona kalır

Question 5

Great minds think alike

Answer 5

Aklın yolu birdir
Kalp kalbe karşıdır

said when two people have the same opinion or make the same choice.

“looks like me and Jackie were posting simultaneously; great minds think alike!”

Question 6

Where there’s a will, there’s a way

Answer 6

İstenirse mutlaka bir yol bulunur

Question 7

If ain’t broke, don’t fix it

Answer 7

Çalışıyorsa kurcalama

Question 8

What do you take me for?

Answer 8

Beni ne sanıyorsun?

Question 9

Something smells fishy

Answer 9

Bu işte bir bit yeniği var.

Question 10

Are you in or are you out?

Answer 10

Var mısın, yok musun?

Question 11

Give it your best shot

Answer 11

Elinden gelenin en iyisini yap

Question 12

Let’s get this over with

Answer 12

Hadi halledelim şu işi

= to finish or complete something that is usually an unpleasant task, job, or activity that you don’t want to do.

Patient: I’m afraid this shot will hurt. Doctor: Don’t worry, I’llget it over withquickly.

Question 13

To “get over it” or to “get over (something)”

Answer 13

To “get over it” or to “get over (something)” means to stop feeling unhappy about something, or stop being controlled or bothered by something.

After Suze’s boyfriend dumped her, friends helped herget over itby taking her to the movies.

Question 14

You’re one to talk

Answer 14

Konuşana bakın hele

Question 15

Mind how you go

Answer 15

Kendine iyi bak

Question 16

It’s your call

Answer 16

Senin seçimin / kararın

used to mean that someone should be the one to make a decision about something

“How should we deal with this problem?” “I don’t know: it’s your call.”

Question 17

Tad

Answer 17

A small amount

Question 18

Left me on read

Answer 18

Görüldü atmak

Question 19

Celery

Answer 19

Kereviz

Question 20

Make it snappy

Answer 20

Sallanma, oyalanma

Question 21

Deterrence

“The author argues thatdeterrenceis no longer the best way to prevent war.”

Answer 21

Caydırıcılık

the act orprocessofdeterring:suchas

a:theinhibitionofcriminalbehaviorbyfearespeciallyofpunishment

b:themaintenanceofmilitarypowerfor thepurposeofdiscouragingattack

//nucleardeterrence

Question 22

Cry me a river

Answer 22

Aman ne acıklı

İstediğin kadar ağla

Said sarcastically to someone whose whining, complaints, or tears fall on unsympathetic ears. Most often said as “cry me a river.”

You can cry me a river, but you’re still not going to that party tonight!
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A: “It’s so unfair, I work so hard, but I only get a raise every two years!” B: “Oh, cry me a river, I haven’t gotten a raise since I first started working!”

Question 23

When push come to shove

Answer 23

Bıçak kemiğe dayandığında
İş o noktaya gelirse

= when one must commit oneself to an action or decision.

“when push came to shove, I always stood up for him”

Question 24

What’s not to like?

Answer 24

Bunda sevmeyecek/sevilmeyecek ne var?

Question 25

condiment

Answer 25

(Gıda) yemek eklentileri

İştah açıcı olarak bazı yiyeceklere ilave edilen madde (Biber, hardal vs. gibi)

: {n} a seasoning, sauce, pickle, zest

: Something used to give relish to food, and to gratify the taste; a pungment and appetizing substance, as pepper or mustard; seasoning

Question 26

none of it

“he warned the Russian president that prolonging the “special operation” would have severe economic consequences. Putin would have none of it. The “aims of the operation,” he told Kudrin, would be pursued regardless of the economic damage it might cause.”

Answer 26

to refuse to accept, agree with, or support something:

“She tried to persuade him to retire, but he would have”

Question 27

off the charts

Answer 27

= at a very high level:

“His blood pressure was off the charts”

mainlyUS

= extremely popular or successful:

“The new restaurant is totally off the charts”

Question 28

You are in good company,

Answer 28

Yalnız değilsin

you say that someone is in good company, you mean thatthey should not be ashamed of a mistake or opinion, because it is shared by many others, or by someone important or successful.

Question 29

You are toast

Answer 29

Hapı yuttun

informal. :to be in a lot of trouble: to be completely ruined, defeated, etc. If anyone finds out about this, we’re toast. His career is toast.

Question 30

Now you’re talking

Answer 30

Bana bunlarla gel

informal. —used to say that someone has said or suggested something that one thinks is good, worth doing, etc. “You don’t want hamburgers. Well, how about steak?” “Yeah, now you’re talking.”

Question 31

at length

“We had at length discovered a country ready for the immediate reception of civilised man…’

THOMAS LIVINGSTONE MITCHELL Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia”

Excerpt From
The Plains
Gerald Murnane

Answer 31

= after a long time.

“at length she laid down the pencil”

= in detail; fully.

“these aspects have been discussed at length”

Question 32

laughing all the way to the bank

Answer 32

making a lot of money easily

I was laughing all the way to the bank when I sold my car for a high price.

He was made redundant, but the pay-out was so big that he laughed all the way to the bank.