| Level | A1 |
|---|---|
| Kind | verb |
| Front | die |
| IPA | /daɪ / verb (present participle dying; 3rd person singular dies; past tense, past participle died) |
| Back | ölmek |
| Back 2 | die (verb) /daɪ /
verb (present participle dying; 3rd
person singular dies; past tense, past participle died)
1 [intransitive,
transitive]
die (from/of sth)
to stop living
ölmek
My father died when I was three.
Thousands of people have died from this
disease.
to die of hunger
to die of a heart attack
to die for what you believe in
to die a natural/violent death
adjective dead, noun death
2 [intransitive]
to stop existing; to
disappear
ölmek, bitmek
The old customs are dying.
Our love will never die.
IDIOMS
be
dying for sth/to do sth
(spoken)
to want sth/to do sth
very much
(diye) ölmek, can
atmak
I'm dying for a cup of coffee.
I'm dying to meet Julia's new boyfriend.
die
hard
to change or disappear
only slowly or with difficulty
zor
değişmek
Old attitudes towards women die hard.
die
laughing
to find sth very funny
gülmekten
ölmek
I thought I'd die laughing when he told
that joke.
to
die for
(informal)
if you think that sth
is to die for, you really want it and would do anything to get it
harika
They have a house in town that's to die
for.
PHRASAL VERBS
die
away
to slowly become
weaker before stopping or disappearing
dinmek, azalmak
The sound of the engine died away as the
car drove into the distance.
die
down
to slowly become less
strong
(rüzgâr, fırtına vb.) hafiflemek;
(kavga) dinmek, yatışmak
Let's wait until the storm dies down before
we go out.
die
off
to die one by one
until there are none left
teker
teker ölmek
The people who lived in this street when it
was first built have gradually died off.
die
out
to stop happening or
disappear
ortadan
kalkmak, nesli tükenmek
The use of horses on farms has almost died
out in this country.
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