Turkish Language

And Literature II
Spoken English
 Exercise 1

 CURL UP: To sit or lie in a position

with your arms and legs close to your
body.
 Curl up

 Kıvrılmak
 Curl up

She curled up on the sofa to watch TV.

 Exercise 2

 TUG: To pull something quickly and

usually with a lot of force.
 Tug

Çekmek, çekiştirmek, asılmak

 Tug

The kitten tugged at my shoe lace.

 Tug

The little girl tugged at his father’s

beard to see if it was real.
 Exercise 3

Sooner or later:
If you study English seriously, sooner or
later you will become fluent.
 Sooner or later

Eninde sonunda (TDK:Önünde sonunda)

 Sooner or later

Eğer İngilizceye ciddi ciddi çalışırsan,

önünde sonunda akıcı konuşabileceksin.
 Exercise 4

All along:
You were right all along.
 All along

 Başından beri, baştan beri

Başından beri haklıydın.
 All along

 Ayşe has been lying all along.

 All along

 Ayşe baştan beri yalan söylüyor.

 Exercise 5

 As usual
Susan is late for school as usual.
 As usual

 Susan her zamanki gibi okula geç kaldı.

 As usual

 As usual, he forgot to take out the trash.

 As usual

Her zamanki gibi çöpü çıkarmayı

unuttu.
 Exercise 6

Available:
If someone is available he/she is not busy
and therefore able to do something.
 Available

Müsait
 Available

 The person you’re calling is not

available at the moment.
 Available

 Aradığınız kişi şu anda müsait değil.

 Available

Mr. Johnson isn’t available at present.

He’s in conference.
 Available

 Bay Johnson şu anda müsait değil. O

konferansta.
 Available

Is Mr. Max available for the meeting?

 Available

Bay Max toplantı için müsait mi?

 Exercise 7

Right Away
You need to get back here right away.
 Right away

Bir an önce, derhal, anında

Hemen buraya geri gelmen gerek.
 Right away

We should respond to her message right

away.
 Right away

Onun mesajına derhal cevap vermeliyiz.

 Exercise 8

I’m parched.
I must get a drink. I’m parched!
 I’m parched!

Susuzluktan ölüyorum, aşırı susadım.

Su almalıyım. Susuzluktan ölüyorum.
 I’m thirsty

Susadım.
 Exercise 9

At first
At first English was difficult for him, but
later she made great progress.
 At first

Başlangıçta, ilk zamanlar

Başlangıçta İngilizce onun için zordu
ama sonradan müthiş bir gelişme
gösterdi.
 At first

At first I thought he was joking but then

I realized he meant it.
 At first

At first I thought he was joking but then

I realized he meant it.
İlk zamanlar şaka yaptığını
düşünmüştüm ama sonra ciddi olduğunu
farkettim/anladım.
 Exercise 10

At last
We waited for hours and then the bus
arrived at last.
 At last

Nihayet, sonunda
Saatlerce bekledik ve nihayet otobüs
geldi.
 Exercise 11

Tidy up: to make a place tidy

He doesn’t like tidying up his room.
 Tidy up

Ortalığı toparlamak
O odasını toplamayı sevmez.
 Exercise 12

So far: until now, until the present time

This idiom is usually used with “ present
perfect tense”
 So far

Şimdiye kadar
Bu deyim genellikle “present perfect
tense” ile kullanılır.
 So far

So far, we haven’t been able to get news

from him.
 So far

Şimdiye kadar ondan bir haber

alamadık.
 So far

How many idioms have we studied so

far?
 So far

Şimdiye kadar kaç tane deyim çalıştık?