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- [N] talk, word, say, spiel, word: words, empty words
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1. remark; word. 2. expression, utterance, statement. 3. empty words, hot air, nothing but talk. 4. conversation, talk. 5. the subject of a conversation. 6. What nonsense!/That´s bull!
__ı ağzında gevelemek to talk around the subject; not to come out with what´s on one´s mind.
__ı ağzından kaçırmak to let something slip, say something inadvertently, let the cat out of the bag.
__ı ağzında kalmak to be unable to finish what one was saying; {for someone} suddenly to go silent.
__ altında kalmamak to give as good as one gets {in an argument}.
__ı ağzına tıkamak /ın/ to shut {someone} up.
__ anlamaz 1. thickheaded; stupid. 2. obstinate, muleheaded.
__ anlatmak /a/ to try to bring {someone} round {to one´s own point of view}, try to make {someone} understand something.
__ aramızda .... colloq. This is just between you and me./Let´s keep this to ourselves./Entre nous.
__ atmak 1. /a/ to make a rude remark about {someone} within his hearing. 2. /a/ to make an improper innuendo or suggestion to {a woman one doesn´t know}, proposition. 3. to have a chat.
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__ınızı balla kestim. colloq. Excuse me for interrupting you.
__ını bilmek to think before one opens one´s mouth, be careful about what one says.
__a boğmak /ı/ to drown {a topic} in a flood of words.
__ı çevirmek/değiştirmek to change the subject.
__ çıkmak for a rumor to start going around.
__ı çiğnemek to beat around the bush.
__a dalmak to become lost in conversation.
__ değil. colloq. It´s serious./This isn´t just idle talk.
__ dinlemek to heed what one is told; to act on someone´s advice.
__ dokundurmak /a/ to make wisecracks {about}, make barbed remarks {about}.
__ düşmemek /a/ 1. for there to be no need for {someone} to talk. 2. {for someone} not to get a chance to speak.
__ etmek 1. /ı/ to gossip about {something}. 2. /la/ to talk {with}, chat {with}.
__ını etmek /ın/ to talk about {something}.
__ın gümrüğünü vermek slang to start yakking again; to keep on yakking.
__ işitmek to get a dressing down.
__ kaldıramamak not to be able to take a joke, not to be able to take it.
__ kıtlığında asmalar budayayım. colloq. You´re talking nonsense!
__ körüğü windbag {person}.
__ lafı açar. colloq. One topic leads to another.
__ı mı olur? colloq. Don´t mention it!/It´s a pleasure! {said to someone for whom one has done or wishes to do a favor}.
__ ola. colloq. What hogwash!/It´s just so much hot air!
__ olur. colloq. There´ll be gossip./It´ll set tongues wagging.
__ olsun diye {saying something} just to make conversation, merely for the sake of saying it.
__la peynir gemisi yürümez. proverb Mere talk won´t get anything done.
__ söyledi balkabağı. colloq. You´re full of bull!
__ını şaşırmak to be at a loss for words.
__ taşımak to retail gossip.
__a tutmak /ı/ to engage {someone} in conversation {thus causing him to stop what he´d been doing}.
__ı uzatmak to take a long time explaining something.
__ ü güzaf see lafügüzaf.
__ yetiştirmek 1. to reply quickly and in kind, promptly to give as good as one gets. 2. /a/ {for a child} to talk back to, sass {an older person}.
__ yok. /a/ colloq. There´s nothing wrong with .... |
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* remark; word.
* expression, utterance, statement.
* empty words, hot air, nothing but talk.
* conversation, talk.
* the subject of a conversation.
* What nonsense!/That's bull! |
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