ölmek
,-ür 1. to die. 2. (for a plant or flower) to wither. öl dediği yerde ölmek, kal dediği yerde kalmak /ın/ automatically to obey (someone´s) every command. Ölme eşeğim ölme (çayır çimen bitecek). colloq. How much longer will this infernal wait continue?/If I have to keep on waiting like this, I may as well regard the whole thing as doomed to failure. Ölür müsün, öldürür müsün? colloq. I´ve been put in an impossible situation! Ölenle (birlikte) ölünmez. proverb It is wrong to kill oneself by grieving, since no amount of grieving can bring the dead back to life. ölüp ölüp dirilmek 1. finally to get well after being at death´s door several times. 2. to go through a number of trying situations; to be beset by a number of miseries or sorrows. -- var, dönmek yok. colloq. We will die rather than turn back./We´re going to get this done, even though we may die in the process.