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Die Died ölmek Dying Participle Past Sth Verb

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IPA  /daɪ   / verb (present participle dying; 3rd person singular dies; past tense, past participle died)
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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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