all ready --
already
gramer bilgisi
"All ready"
is an adjectival, meaning “completely prepared”... "Already" is
an adverb, meaning “by or even before the time specified” or “even now”.
Already için en iyi Türkçe çeviriler: "Zaten... daha şimdiden,
...mış bulunuyor."
#
Are
you all ready to begin?
#
He's
here already... She's already an hour late.
#
Are
you all ready already, or shall we have to wait for you?
all together
hep birlikte
altogether
tümüyle, tüm sonuç
itibariyle
#
They
tried to climb aboard all together, which was
altogether stupid.
[Tekneye
hepbirlikte tırmanmaya kalkıştılar ki bu da tümüyle aptalca
bir şeydi...]
#
The
committee members decided all together to cancel the game
altogether.
[= tümüyle
iptal...]
#
Altogether,
I thought it was a fine performance... I was
altogether
very pleased to be there, as the orchestra bowed to the audience
all together.
[Sonuç itibariyle... Tümünü ele alacak olursak... Gayet
memnundum... Orkestra üyeleri hepbirlikte eğilerek
selamladılar...]
Püf noktası:
Eğer,"all" ve "together" sözcüklerini ayırdığınızda anlam bozulmuyorsa,
"all together = hep birlikte"
anlamı geçerlidir: “We must put
all
these books
together
on the shelf." Bu durumda "all" ve "together" sözcüklerini
ister yanyana ister birbirinden
ayırarak
kullanabilirsiniz.
(Oysa,
***"They
all decided to cancel the game together," tümcesi geçersizdir.)
allude --
elude
Birincisi: gönderimde bulunmak, anmak
İkincisi: yakalanmamak; ele
geçmemek, yakayı sıyırmak (çoğu zaman mecazi)
#
Our
boss often alludes to his past work experiences when he is
explaining something to us.
#
The
thieves were able to elude the police for several weeks.
#
She
would often allude to her childhood, and tell us how she
always eluded the other children in a game of
hide-and-seek.
allusion --
illusion
gönderim, atıf --
yanılsama, ilüzyon
#
In
his speech, he made several
allusions
to the new government policy, stressing that it was only designed to
give an
illusion of reform.
alternate --
alternative
sırayla, ardarda --
seçenek
#
The
two competing teams took alternate turns, each presenting
works from their own repertoire. They were expected to give priority to
opera arias, but could opt for popular songs as well, as an
alternative, if they wanted to.
ambivalent --
ambiguous
kavram kargaşası
Hernekadar "ambi-"
öneki "both," anlamına gelirse de, "ambiguous" sözcüğü "not clear
enough... not clearly defined" demektir. Oysa "ambivalent"
sözcüğü "torn between two opposing feelings or views." anlamı taşıyor.
Farkı, İngilizce'de şöyle ifade edebiliriz:
If something is
ambiguous it has more than one possible meaning, and so it is
obscure or difficult to understand. On the other hand, "ambivalence"
means an uncertain attitude or feeling towards someone or something...
#
When
I asked my wife if she approved of my decision, she gave me an
ambiguous answer. Obviously she had ambivalent
feelings about the subject.
#
Their
message was perfectly clear and not in the least ambiguous.
#
Children
whose parents separate may develop ambivalent feelings
toward marriage as an institution.
#
I
was very much confused. I had ambivalent feelings about
the ambiguous situation we had got ourselves into.
To
be continued... Devam edecek...
