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expiate |
v. to atone for kefaret etmek, cezasını çekmek |
to expiate a crime/sin
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explicate |
v. to explain; interpret; clarify ayrıntılı bir şekilde açıklamada bulunmak, açıklamak |
This is a book which clearly explicates Marx's later writings.
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expository |
adj. explanatory açıklayıcı, açıklayan, anlatan |
expository writing
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extant |
adj. in existence; not lost mevcut, günümüze ulaşan, hala var olan |
We have some extant parish records from the 16th century. |
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extemporaneous |
adj. unrehearsed irticalen,irticali,doğaçtan yapılan, içten geldiği gibi |
an extemporaneous speech
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extirpate |
v. to root up; to destroy kökünden sökmek, imha etmek, halletmek |
the new federal prosecutor promised voters that he would extirpate cornuption in the state
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extraneous |
adj. not essential alâkasız, ilgisi olmayan, konu dışı |
extraneous information/noise |
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extrapolation |
n. the act of estimation by projecting known information bilinene dayanan tahmin, dış kestirim,gözlemlerin ötesinde tahmin |
extrapolation of sth The bank expects inflation to overshoottarget in two years, but this is only an extrapolation of past trends.
extrapolation from sth Extrapolation from the past into the future is a poor guide for strategic business planning. |
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extrinsic |
adj. not inherent or essential dış kaynaktan, esaslı olmayan,dıştan gelen |
Extrinsic forces were responsible for the breakdown of the peacetalks.
Eczema can have extrinsic causes.
The extrinsic eye muscles are six muscles external to the eyewhich control the way the eye moves.
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facetious |
adj. humorous (yorum, şaka, söz vb.) rahatsız edici |
the comedian's facetions comments about prominent politicians kept the audience amused |
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facilitate |
v. to make less difficult mümkün kılmak, kolaylaştırmak, yardımcı olmak |
I will do everything in my power to facilitate the process.
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factotum |
n. a person who does all sorts of work; a handyman hizmetçi, kahya, uşak |
He became a sort of general factotum for the band.
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fallacious |
adj. based on a false idea or fact; misleading yanıltıcı, aldatıcı, safsatalı |
His argument is based on fallacious reasoning.
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fallow |
adj. plowed but not sowed; uncultivated nadasa bırakılmış, ekilmemiş |
at the beginning of each school year the teacher looks out at the new students and thinks of a fallow field, ready to be cultivated |
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fatuous |
adj. foolishly self-satisfied anlamsız, saçma, yersiz |
a fatuous comment/remark |
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fauna |
n. animals of a period or region (belli bir bölgede yaşayan) hayvanların tümü, fauna, direy |
the flora and fauna of the area
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fawning |
adj. secking favor by flattering yalakalık yapmak, yaltaklanmak, dalkavukuluk yapmak, (argo) kıçını yalamak |
the boss has a reputation for hiring fawning employees |
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felicitous |
adj. suitably expressed; appropriate; well-chosen
uygun, mutlu, isabetli |
He summed up Jack's achievements in one or two felicitous
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feral
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adj. existing in a wild or untamed state
öldürücü, vahşi, feral |
feral dogs/cats
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fervor
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n. warmith and intensity of emotion son derece güçlü hisler veya inançlar |
religious/patriotic fervour
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fetid |
adj.having a bad smell kokmuş, berbat kokan, kokuşmuş |
fetid air/breath
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fetter |
v. to bind; confine prangaya vurmak, köstek olmak,bağlamak |
He felt fettered by a nine-to-five office existence.
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fiat |
n. arbitrary order; authorization emir, resmi izin, yetki |
No company can set industry standards by fiat.
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fidelity |
n. loyalty; exact correspondence bağlılık, sadakat, vefa |
monks joining the Franciscan Order pledge fidelity to the ideals and rules of the Order |
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filibuster |
n. use of obstructive tactics in a legislature to block passage of a law işi uzatmak, ağırdan almak,haydutluk etmek,parlamentoyu engellemek, korsan, haydut |
Conceivably, supporters of the law could filibuster to prevent it from being revised.
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finesse |
v. to handle with a deceptive or evasive strategy; to use finesse, that is, refinement in performance ustalıkla durumu idare etmek,hile,yönetme yeteneği,kurnazlık |
It was a disappointing performance that lacked finesse.
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fissure |
n. crevice çatlatmak, çatlamak, ayrılmak,yarmak |
geologicts measure the width of the fissure regularly to monitor movement of the earth's plates in the area |
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flag |
v. to droop; grow weak bayrak |
the French flag
There was a flag flying above the castle. |
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fledgling |
n. beginner; novice deneyimsiz, çiçeği burnunda, çok yeni, acemi, henüz gelişmemiş |
a fledgling democracy
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flora |
n. plants of a region or era bitki örtüsü, flora |
Scotland's flora and fauna
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florid |
adj. ruddy; reddish; flowery kırmızı yüz, kırmızı yanak,cafcaflı |
as he grew older, the novelist eschewed the florid, ostentatious style of his youth in fawor of a more direct and sparse style |
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flourish |
n. an embellishment or ornamentation serpilmek, büyümek, gelişmek bir şeyi havada sallamak; dikkat çekmek/işaret vermek için sallamak |
a flourishing tourist industry
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flout |
v. to treat scornfully takmamak, hiçe saymak, aldırış etmemek, bilerek kabul etmemek |
to flout the law/rules
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flux |
n. flowing; a continuous moving sürekli değişim gösterme hali, fokur fokur kaynama; kıpırdanma |
The housing market is still in a state of flux.
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foment |
v. to incite; arouse sıcak kompres yapmak, fesat çıkarmak, teşvik etmek,sıcak pansuman yapmak |
The song was banned on the grounds that it might foment racialtension.
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forbearance |
n. patience müsamaha, sabır,tolerans |
[+ (that)] He thanked his employees for the forbearance (that) they had shown during the company's difficult times.
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forestall |
v. to prevent; delay ...den/dan önce hareket edip önlemek, ...den/dan önce davranmak |
to forestall an attack/crisis
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formidable |
adj. menacing; threatening person ürkütücü, müthiş, heybetli, şaşılacak, olağanüstü DIFFICULT başedilmez, yenmesi güç, zorlu |
a formidable woman
a formidable task |
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forswear |
v. renounce; repudiate tövbe etmek, yemin etmek, yeminle vazgeçmek |
to forswear all violence
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founder |
v. to sink; fall; collapse kurucu |
most attempts to create advanced new technology by goverment fiat founder, probably because of the difficulty in anticipating changes in the fluid world of high technology
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fracas |
n. a loud quarrel; brawl gürültü, kavga, tantana |
the police were called in to break up a fracas that had erupted in the bar |
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fractions |
adj. quarrelsome; unruly; rebellious PART kesir AMOUNT çok küçük miktar, küçücük bölüm fractionally çok küçük ölçüde, az bir farkla |
a fraction of a second
Harry is fractionally taller than Ben. |
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fresco |
n. a painting done on plaster fresk yapmak, duvar resmi,fresk |
Michelangelo's famous frescoes are in the Sistine Chapel.
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frieze |
n. ornamental band on a wall duvar üzerine yapılan süsleme/dekorasyon |
one of the best-known friezes, on the outer wall pf the Parthenon in Athens, is a 525 foot depiction of the Panathenaic procession honoring Athena
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froward |
adj. stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient asi, serkeş, inatçı |
the teacher had no choice but to send the froward child to the vice principal for disciplining
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frugality |
n. thrift sadelik, idare, tutumluluk |
in these days of credit card and installment plan buying, frugality seems to have become a rarely practiced virtue
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fulminate |
v. to attack loudly; denounce infilak etmek, gürlemek,verip veriştirmek |
I had to listen to Michael fulminating against the government.
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fulsome |
adj. so excessive as to be disgusting aşırı, mide bulandırıcı,tiksindirici |
Her new book has received fulsome praise from the critics.
Our guests were fulsome in their compliments about the food. |
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fusion |
adj. union; synthesis birleşme, kaynaşma, füzyon |
nuclear fusion
She describes her music as a fusion of folk and rock. |
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futile |
adj. ineffective; useless; fruitless nafile, boşuna, yersiz futility faydasızlık, boşunalık, beyhudelik |
a futile attempt to escape
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