Temel Fiiller 5 · C2 – Ustalık
| İngilizce | Türkçe | Tanım ve örnek |
|---|---|---|
| whir | vızıldamak | to make a low continuous sound The fan whirred quietly. |
| ravish | büyülemek; ırzına geçmek | to fill with delight, or to rape (old use) She was ravished by the music. |
| singe | alazlamak | to burn slightly He singed his eyebrows on the fire. |
| ruminate | derin derin düşünmek | to think deeply about something He ruminated on the problem. |
| interweave | iç içe geçirmek | to weave or combine things together The novel interweaves two stories. |
| edify | aydınlatmak, eğitmek | to teach someone something useful The lecture was meant to edify the students. |
| demystify | anlaşılır kılmak | to make something easier to understand The book demystifies science. |
| incise | oymak, kazımak | to cut a design into a surface The pattern was incised in the stone. |
| stultify | köreltmek | to make someone feel bored and unable to think The routine stultified him. |
| adulterate | katkılamak, saflığını bozmak | to make food less pure by adding something The milk was adulterated with water. |
| brandish | sallamak (silah) | to wave something in a threatening way He brandished a knife. |
| pressurize | baskı yapmak; basınçlandırmak | to put pressure on someone They pressurized him into signing. |
| unnerve | sinirlerini bozmak | to make someone lose confidence The silence unnerved him. |
| suffuse | kaplamak, yayılmak | to spread through something Her face was suffused with joy. |
| intersperse | serpiştirmek | to put things among other things The speech was interspersed with jokes. |
| shamble | ayaklarını sürüyerek yürümek | to walk slowly and awkwardly The old man shambled down the road. |
| cosset | şımartmak | to care for someone too much She cossets her children. |
| materialize/materialise | gerçekleşmek; ortaya çıkmak | to become real, or to appear The promised money never materialized. |
| patronize/patronise | tepeden bakmak; müşterisi olmak | to treat someone as less intelligent, or to use a shop regularly Don't patronize me! |
| stabilize/stabilise | dengelemek | to make something steady The doctors stabilized the patient. |
| tantalize/tantalise | heveslendirip vermemek | to excite someone with something they cannot have The smell of food tantalized him. |