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-th (used to form the ordinal numeral) | |
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (small but certain advantage is preferable) phrase [UK: ə bɜːd ɪn ðə hænd ɪz wɜːθ ˈtuː ɪn ðə bʊʃ] [US: ə ˈbɝːd ɪn ðə ˈhænd ˈɪz ˈwɝːθ ˈtuː ɪn ðə ˈbʊʃ] | |
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step phrase [UK: ə ˈdʒɜː.ni əv ə ˈθaʊz.n̩d maɪlz bɪ.ˈɡɪnz wɪð ə ˈsɪŋ.ɡl̩ step] [US: ə ˈdʒɝː.ni əv ə ˈθaʊz.n̩d ˈmaɪlz bɪ.ˈɡɪnz wɪθ ə ˈsɪŋ.ɡl̩ ˈstep] | binlerce kilometrelik yolculuk bile tek bir adımla başlarphrase |
a man is known by the company he keeps (people are similar in character to their friends) phrase | Körle yatan şaşı kalkarphrase |
a picture is worth a thousand words (visualisation is better than verbal description) phrase | |
add fuel to the fire (worsen a conflict) verb [UK: æd ˈfjuːəl tuː ðə ˈfaɪə(r)] [US: ˈæd ˈfjuːəl ˈtuː ðə ˈfaɪər] | |
admiral of the fleet (top naval rank) noun [UK: ˈæd.mə.rəl əv ðə fliːt] [US: ˈæd.mə.rəl əv ðə ˈfliːt] | büyük amiralnoun |
Alexander the Great (King of Macedonia) proper noun | Büyük İskenderproper noun |
all over the place preposition [UK: ɔːl ˈəʊv.ə(r) ðə ˈpleɪs] [US: ɔːl ˈoʊv.r̩ ðə ˈpleɪs] | her taraftapreposition her yerdepreposition |
all's well that ends well (A happy ending makes up for everything that has gone before...) phrase [UK: ˈɒlz wel ðæt endz wel] [US: ˈɒlz ˈwel ˈðæt ˈendz ˈwel] | sonu iyi bitersephrase |
an apple a day keeps the doctor away (apples are healthy and stave off illnesses) phrase | |
as if there were no tomorrow (to an excessive degree) adverb | yarın yokmuşçasınaadverb |
as the crow flies (in a straight line) adverb [UK: əz ðə krəʊ flaɪz] [US: ˈæz ðə ˈkroʊ ˈflaɪz] | kuş uçuşuadverb |
as though (as to suggest that) conjunction [UK: əz ðəʊ] [US: ˈæz ˈðoʊ] | -caconjunction -casınaconjunction -ceconjunction -çaconjunction -çeconjunction |
at the same time (simultaneously, see also: at once; simultaneously) preposition [UK: ət ðə seɪm ˈtaɪm] [US: ət ðə ˈseɪm ˈtaɪm] | aynı andapreposition |
at the top of one's lungs preposition | avazı çıktığı kadarpreposition |
at this rate (continuing at the current pace) preposition [UK: ət ðɪs reɪt] [US: ət ðɪs ˈreɪt] | bu gidişlepreposition böyle gidersepreposition |
back in the day (in the distant past) preposition | bir zamanlarpreposition |
back to the wall (very difficult situation) noun | |
battle of the sexes (game theory) noun | |
beauty is in the eye of the beholder (people have different ideas of what is beautiful) phrase [UK: ˈbjuː.ti ɪz ɪn ðə aɪ əv ðə bɪ.ˈhəʊl.də(r)] [US: ˈbjuː.ti ˈɪz ɪn ðə ˈaɪ əv ðə bɪˈho.ʊl.də(r)] | |
behind every successful man there stands a woman (men's success often depends on the support and work and support of their wives for female partners) phrase | |
behind the scenes (in secret; out of public view) preposition [UK: bɪ.ˈhaɪnd ðə siːnz] [US: bə.ˈhaɪnd ðə ˈsiːnz] | kafes ardındanpreposition kulis arkasındapreposition |
better late than never (it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all) adverb [UK: ˈbe.tə(r) leɪt ðæn ˈne.və(r)] [US: ˈbe.tər ˈleɪt ˈðæn ˈne.vər] | geç olsun da güç olmasınadverb |
better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness (in bad times it is worthwhile to do good) phrase | |
bite the dust (to die) verb [UK: baɪt ðə dʌst] [US: ˈbaɪt ðə ˈdəst] | can vermekverb canı çıkmakverb |