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There is an old adage in carpentry—“measure twice, cut once.”

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‘convince‘ ‘persuade’

to make someone agrees to do something by talking

to make someone believe that something is a true

example: we managed to persuade him to come with us

example: I convinced her to go to the doctor’s

Check out

You can use ‘check out’ means you wanna eat Somethng, you wanna read somethng,

You wanna try something..

- to examine something or visit a place in order to learn about it

Down the road

Means ‘in the future’

owls nocturnal?

nocturnal: active during the night. for example owls and mice

diurnal: active during the day

A bit awkward

Weird, strange

It was a bit awkward. When I first met my mother-in-law. I didn’t speak Spanish and she didn’t speak English

Staying two or three nights is cool; longer gets a bit awkward.

İt’s never really appealed to me.

Bana hitap etmiyor, bana hoş gelmiyor gibi

Appeal to: hoş gözükmek, cekici gelmek, hitap etmek etc

Outstay your welcome

Uzun süre kalmak, stay very long time

The important thing is not to outstay your welcome, so surfers usually check with the host first.

Germany they say’ guests are like fish- after 3 days they start to smell..’ so dont outstay your welcome..

Like the back of someone’s hand

They know the city like the back of their hand

Treat them to a meal

Like İnvite to them a meal ( you pay)

For example, many surfers like to take their hosts a gift or treat them to a meal to say thank you.

Find solutions to the problem

Can I make a suggestion?

Why don't you...?

Have you tried...?

Maybe we could...?

How about...?

I have an idea!

Affordability

*Alım gücü

example: Automobile affordability fell slightly in the second quarter of the year

SEA

sea anemone: deniz şakayığı mussel: midye

crab: yengeç scallop: deniz tarağı

sea cucumber: deniz hıyarı craggy terrain: kayalık bölge

sea star: deniz yıldızı sea horse: deniz atı

deep: derin shallow: sığ

keep track of

*to pay attention to someone or something

*to follow the passage, course or process of

*to keep an account of: stay informed about or

example: Most business people use a calendar to keep track of their appointments.

If you keep track of something, you make sure to know about what is happening (or has happened) to it. You can keep track of things or people. The opposite is to “lose track of something.

animal groups name?

crow: karga a group of crows is called a ‘murder’

buffalo: bufalo a group of buffalo is called a ‘herd’

wolf: kurt a group of wolves is called a ‘pack’

porcupines: kirpi a group of porcupines is called prickle

The stakes are high

‘Mark Zuckerberg is heading to Congress, and the stakes couldn’t be higher.’

*the risks are the significant

example: The ceasefire is holding, but the stakes are high-fighting could restart at any moment.

If I hadn’t passed, I couldn’t have become a doctor. The stakes were so high!

Shoot down

‘Cambridge Analtyca tries to shoot down Facebook data sharing claims.’

*to destroy or prevent or ruin

example: you’d better think it through fully or he’ll shoot down your idea quite quickly

example: I asked her if she wanted to go to a movie, but she shoots me down quite fast.

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