lack eksiklik; olmayış, yokluk
- to have less than enough; to be in need of something,
- He lacked the courage to join the army.
- They were prevented from going on holiday by their lack of money.
- He’s lacking in brains.
- Money is lacking for the repairs to the hospital.
- The discoverer lacked the water in the desert.
- Water was lacking in the desert.
- I am in a great lack of money, will borrow some from my friend.
- A lack of food forced many people to leave their homes.
- She seems to lack the will to succeed.
- He is certainly not lacking in intelligence.
- I feel there is something lacking in my life.
launch roket atmak, gemiyi suya indirmek, piyasaya sürmek, büyük sandal,
- to make a boat or ship slide into the water, or make a rocket leave the ground, to start something new or show something for the first time, a large, power-driven boat, used for short trips or for pleasure,
- As soon as the alarm was given, the life boat was launched.
- The Russian have launched a rocked.
- To launch a new product onto the market.
- The enemy launched an attack at midnight.
- The launch of the shuttle has been delayed by 24 hours.
- We cruised round the bay in a motor-launch.
legacy miras
- something left to you by someone who has died,
- He was left a legacy by his great-aunt.
- He received a large legacy from his grand mother.
lessen küçül(t)mek; azal(t)mak
- to make or become less,
- The noise lessened gradually.
lethal öldürücü
- causing death,
- The poison is lethal to rats.
- A lethal blow to the head.
level bir çıkıs ya da inişten sonra belli bir düzeyde gitmek,kalmak, kat, dümdüz, eşit sabit,dengelemek
- flat, even, in the same height everywhere, equal, height, a standard, a floor, a kind of instrument for showing whether a surface is level, a flat area, not sloping up or down, steady, to aim a gun,
- The level of the river rose.
- There is a high level of intelligence amongst the pupils.
- The third level of the multi-story car park.
- It was difficult running uphill but he could run fast on the level.
- A level surface.
- A level spoonful.
- When he stood up, his eyes were level with the window-still.
- The scores of the two teams are level.
- A calm, level voice.
- He leveled the soil.
- His goal leveled the scores of the two teams.
- He leveled his pistol at the target.
- The road climbed steeply and then leveled out.
- Unemployment figures are at last leveling off.
- Our desks are level with the lowest part of the windows.
- This is a level table.
- The road is level but it gets higher near the mountains.
- John and Mary were level in playing tennis. They both scored ten points.
- Our city is two thousand meters above the sea level.
- The boy’s head was level with his father’s shoulder.
- The team are level on 34 points.
- The ground needs leveling before we lay the patio.
- They leveled serious criticism at the standard of teaching.
liable (to) egiliminde, hassas, çabuk etkilenen, olası, mümkün, mesul sorumlu.
- responsible according to law, state of being liable, likely to be affected by something, likely to do something, responsible in law for something,
- This road is liable to flooding.
- Watch the milk it is liable to boil over.
- He is liable to make careless mistakes.
- Is a wife liable for her husband’s debts?
- Every Turkish man who is twenty years old is liable for doing his military service.
- We are all liable to have accidents when we are very tired.
- The area is liable to floods.
liberate serbest bırakmak; salıvermek
- to set free, to set some one free,
- The prisoners were liberated by the new government.
- The women’s liberation movement(kadın hakları hareketi)
- France was liberated in 1945.
liberty hürriyet, özgürlük, cüret, küstahlık
- freedom, state of being free, freedom from captivity or from slavery, freedom to do as you want, a lack of politeness in speech or action, allowed to do something,
- The new president ordered that all prisoners should be given their liberty.
- Children have a lot more liberty now than they used to.
- I think you were taking a liberty to ask he how old she was.
- You are at liberty to leave when you wish.
- I am not at liberty to tell you where I got this information.
- Everybody has the liberty of telling everything they believe as far as they don’t hurt the others.
- You are at liberty of not going to school if you don’t want. It is your problem.
- She took the liberty of going outside at night.
- We must defend our civil liberties at all costs.
- You are at liberty to leave when you wish.
literally harfi harfine; gerçekten
- exact, giving the exact meaning of each word,
- A literal truth.
- A literal translation.
- You can’t translate these idioms literally.
- We were literally frozen do death.
load yük, bir yığın, yüklemek, koymak takmak, destekleyen
- something that is carried by an animal, ship, lorry, aero plane, to put goods or things on or into, to put bullets into a gun to fire, something that is being carried, as much as can be carried at one time, a large amount, to put a load on to a vehicle, to put bullets etc into a gun, to put a film into a camera, giving an advantage,
- The truck had to stop because its load had fallen off.
- She was carrying a load of groceries.
- Two truck-loads of earth.(iki kamyon dolusu toprak)
- We ate loads of ice-cream.
- They loaded the luggage in to the car.
- He loaded the revolver and fired.
- Is this camera loaded?
- Load the disk immediately after switching the machine on.
- A bus loaded with children.
- The system is loaded in our favor. (system bizim lehimizeydi)
- The family loaded the lorry with their furniture and moved to another place.
- They loaded goods on the ship to sell them in another country.
- A truck carrying a load of sand.
- There are loads of things to do in London in the evenings.
- They loaded the plane with supplies.
- Loaded the washing into the machine.
- First, switch on the machine and load the disk.
- The system is loaded in their favour.
loathe nefret etmek
- to feel disgust, to hate, to hate very much,
- I loathe arithmetic.
- I remember my mathematic teacher with loathing.
- Jill loathes mice. She thinks they are loathsome animals.
- Loathing the thought of having to apologize, she knocked on his door.
lower azaltmak; düşürmek
- not high, humble in position, to make something less high or less loud, to take down, the bottom one of two thing, the bottom part of something,
- Lower your voice, please.
- She lowered her umbrella.
- She bit her lower lip.
- Lower back pain.
- An uneducated person usually has a lower position that an educated one.
- A lieutenant has a lower rank than a general.
- She bit her lower lip.
- They lowered the boat into the water.
- The virus lower resistance to other diseases.
- Could you lower your voice slightly? I’m trying to sleep.