Apedia

Brain Sth Noun Beyin  /Breɪn   Countable Informal Person

Level A2 
Kind noun
Front brain 
IPA  /breɪn   / noun
Back beyin
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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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