Level | A2 |
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Kind | noun |
Front | brain |
IPA | /breɪn / noun |
Back | beyin |
Back 2 | brain (noun) /breɪn
/ noun
1 [countable]
the part of your body inside your head
that controls your thoughts, feelings and movements
beyin
damage
to the brain
a
brain tumour
a
brain surgeon
2 [countable,
uncountable]
the ability to think clearly;
intelligence
zekâ
She
has a very quick brain and learns fast.
He
hasn't got the brains to be a doctor.
3 [countable] (informal)
a very clever person
(M) beyin
He's
one of the best brains in the country.
4 (the
brains)
[singular]
the person who plans or organizes sth
(bir projenin, şirketin, organizasyonun vb.) beyni
She's
the real brains in the organization.
IDIOMS
have sth on the brain
(informal)
to think about sth all the time
aklını takmak, aklını
bozmak
I've
had that song on the brain all day.
rack your brains
to try hard to think of sth or remember
sth
kafa yormak, kafa
patlatmak
Steve
racked his brains trying to remember where they'd met before.
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