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,-yu 1. water. 2. juice. 3. sap. 4. body of water; stream; river; lake; sea. 5. broth; gravy. 6. temper (of steel). 7. embroidery running pattern. (...) --larında about, around: saat altı sularında around six o´clock. elli sularında about fifty years old. -- almak 1. to leak, admit water. 2. (for a boat) to leak, take in water. --yunu almak /ın/ to drain the water from (cooked vegetables). -- arkı irrigation ditch. --da balık satmak to make an empty promise. -- basmak /ı/ for water to flood (a place). -- baskını flood. --yun başı 1. source, spring, fountain. 2. place from which one gains the greatest profits or benefits. 3. person who holds the greatest authority and bears the greatest responsibility. --yu baştan/başından kesmek to tackle a problem at its root. -- birikintisi puddle. --da boğulmak to be drowned. --ya boğulmak to be flooded with water. -- bölümü çizgisi geog. watershed, water parting. --yu bulandırmak to throw a monkey wrench into something that´s going well. -- cenderesi hydraulic press. -- çarpmak /a/ to give (one´s face) a quick, splashy wash. -- çekmek 1. to draw water (from a well or cistern). 2. to absorb water. --yunu çekmek 1. for the liquid in (something being cooked) to boil away. 2. (for money) to be spent, run out. --yu çekilmiş değirmene dönmek 1. (for a place) to become as silent as a tomb, become like a morgue. 2. to become completely useless. --dan çıkmış balığa dönmek to be in a daze, not to know what to do or which way to turn. -- değirmeni water mill. -- dökmek to urinate, pass water, make water. -- dökünmek to take a quick bath (by dousing oneself with water). --ya düşmek 1. to fail, come to nothing. 2. to fall into the water. -- etmek/yapmak (for a ship) to leak, take in water. --dan geçirmek /ı/ 1. to wash (laundry) quickly and carelessly. 2. to rinse (laundry). -- gibi 1. like water. 2. easily, smoothly. 3. fluently. -- gibi akmak 1. (for time) to pass very quickly. 2. /a/ (for money) to be made by (a person or place) in great quantities. -- gibi aziz ol! Thank you very much indeed (for bringing me water to drink)! -- gibi bilmek /ı/ to know (something) perfectly, have (something) down pat. -- gibi ezberlemek /ı/ to memorize (something) perfectly. -- gibi gitmek (for money) to be spent like water. -- gibi okumak /ı/ to read quickly and faultlessly. -- gibi terlemek to sweat heavily. --yuna/--yunca gitmek /ın/ not to go counter to (someone); not to cross (someone), to comply with (someone´s) wishes. --yu görmeden paçaları sıvamak to count one´s chickens before they´re hatched. -- (yüzü) görmemiş very dirty (face, hands). --ya göstermek /ı/ to give (something) a quick wash. -- götürmez indisputable. -- götürür yeri olmamak /ın/ for there to be nothing more to be said about (a matter). --ya götürür, susuz getirir. colloq. He´s a master hoodwinker. -- içene yılan bile dokunmaz. proverb It´s wrong to attack a person while he´s drinking water, even if he is one´s enemy. -- içinde easily, at least. -- içinde kalmak to sweat heavily, sweat buckets. -- içmek gibi very easy, as easy as taking candy from a baby. -- kaçırmak 1. to leak. 2. slang to annoy, bother, give someone a headache. -- kaldırmak (for something being cooked) to absorb water. -- kapmak (for a wound) to get infected, fester. --lar kararmak to get dark (in the evening). -- katılmamış real, in every sense of the word, through and through. --yu kesilmiş değirmene dönmek (for a place) to get quiet, for all noise (in a place) to cease. -- kesimi naut. draft line; water line. --yu kesiyor. It´s so blunt it won´t cut anything (said of a knife). -- kesmek to become very watery; to ooze a lot of water or juice. -- kireci hydraulic lime. -- korkusu hydrophobia, morbid dread of water. -- koyuvermek 1. (for something) to ooze a lot of water (while being cooked). 2. slang to become impudent, overstep the mark, spoil the fun by going too far. -- küçüğün, söz/sofra büyüğün. proverb At mealtime the children should be the ones who get water first, but the adults should be the first ones who begin to eat and converse. --yu nereden geliyor? /ın/ Who´s paying for all this?/Who´s financing this thing? --yu mu çıktı? colloq. /ın/ What´s wrong with that/this place? -- perisi water nymph. --yuna pirinç salınmaz. colloq. You can´t depend on him. --da pişmiş boiled; stewed. -- saati water meter. --ya sabuna dokunmamak to be careful not to stir up trouble; to be careful to keep on the good side of others, be careful not to raise any hackles. --ya salmak /ı/ to waste, throw away. -- sayacı water meter. --yu seli kalmamak for the juice in (a food) to be cooked away/boil away. (içine, gönlüne) -- serpilmek /ın/ to feel relieved, be set at ease (after a period of worry). --yu sert 1. (steel) tempered to a high degree of hardness. 2. harsh (person). --yunun suyu something that has only a faint connection with something else. -- tedavisi hydrotherapy. -- testisi su yolunda kırılır. proverb When a person is injured or dies, his injury or death can usually be attributed to his occupation or way of life. --yuna tirit 1. tasteless (food). 2. (getting by) on little or nothing. -- toplamak (for a place on one´s body) to blister, become blistered. --dan ucuz dirt cheap, a dime a dozen. -- vermek /a/ 1. to water. 2. to give (someone, an animal) some water. 3. to quench (steel). -- yitimi dehydration. -- yürümek /a/ for the sap to rise (in); for the buds of the trees to begin to swell. -- yüzüne çıkmak (for a matter/problem) to surface, become apparent.