Level | A1 |
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Kind | noun |
Front | day |
IPA | /deɪ / noun |
Back | gün |
Back 2 | day (noun) /deɪ /
noun
1 [countable]
a period of 24 hours.
Seven days make up a week.
gün
‘What day is it today?’ ‘Tuesday.’
We went to Italy for ten days.
I saw that film a few days ago.
We're meeting again the day after
tomorrow/in two days' time (öbür gün).
The next/following day I saw Mark again.
I'd already spoken to him the day
before/the previous day.
the day before yesterday
evvelsi gün
Today's the day I get my exam results!
I have to take these pills twice a day.
I work six days a week. Sunday's my day off
(izin günüm).
I'm having a day off on Friday to go to a wedding.
2 [countable,
uncountable]
the time when the sky
is light; not night
gündüz
The days were warm but the nights were
freezing.
I spent the whole day studying and just
relaxed in the evening.
It's been raining all day (long).
Owls sleep by day and hunt at night.
look at DAILY1
3 [countable]
the hours of the day
when you work
mesai
She's expected to work a seven-hour day.
4 [countable] (often
days)
a particular period of
time in the past
zaman, devir
in Shakespeare's day
There weren't so many cars in those days
In the old days, most houses had an outside
toilet.
IDIOMS
at
the end of the day
(British, informal)
used to say the most
important fact in a situation
eninde
sonunda
At the end of the day, you have to make the
decision yourself.
break
of day
the time when light
first appears in the morning
tan
yeri, gün ağarması
SYNONYM DAWN1
call
it a day
(informal)
to decide to stop
doing sth
paydos
etmek
Let's call it a day. I'm exhausted.
day
by day
every day; as time
passes
günbegün, günden
güne
Day by day, she was getting a little bit
stronger.
day
in, day out
every day, without any
change
her
Allah’ın günü
Frank sits at his desk working, day in, day
out.
day-to-day
happening as a normal
part of each day; usual
gündelik
from
day to day; from one day to the next
within a short period
of time
bir
günden diğerine, bugünden yarına
Things change so quickly that we never know
what will happen from one day to the next.
have
a field day
to get the opportunity
to do sth you enjoy, especially sth other people do not approve of
bayram
etmek
The newspapers always have a field day when
there's a political scandal.
it's
early days (yet)
used to say that it is
too soon to know how a situation will develop
henüz
erken
make
sb's day
(informal)
to make sb very happy
mutluluk
vermek
one
day; some day
at some time in the
future
günün
birinde
One day we'll go back and see all our old
friends.
the
other day, morning, week, etc.
recently, not long ago
geçen
An old friend rang me the other day.
the
present day
modern times
günümüz, çağdaş
In some countries traditional methods of
farming have survived to the present day.
these
days
in the present age
bugünlerde
More and more couples are getting divorced
these days.
SYNONYM NOWADAYS
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