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Fell Fall Düşmek Sth Past Fallen Dökülmek Sb/Sth

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Kind verb
Front fall 
IPA  /fɔːl   / verb [intransitive] (past tense fell /fel   /; past participle fallen /ˈfɔːlən   /)
Back yere düşmek; aşağı yuvarlanmak; dökülmek; yağmak
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fall (verb)

 /fɔːl   / verb [intransitive] (past tense fell /fel   /; past participle fallen /ˈfɔːlən   /)
 
DROP DOWN
1 to drop down towards the ground
yere düşmek; aşağı yuvarlanmak; dökülmek; yağmak
 He fell off the ladder onto the grass.
 Don't walk along that wall – you might fall.
 Autumn came and the leaves started to fall.
 The rain was falling steadily.
 2
 fall (down/over)
to suddenly stop standing and drop to the ground
düşmek, yere kapaklanmak
 She slipped on the ice and fell.
 The little boy fell over and hurt his knee.
OF HAIR/CLOTH
3 to hang down
sarkmak, dökülmek
 Her hair fell down over her shoulders.
DECREASE
4 to become lower or less
düşmek;
azalmak, eksilmek
 The temperature is falling.
 The price of coffee has fallen again.
 When he heard the bad news, his spirits fell (canı sıkıldı).
OPPOSITE RISE2
BE DEFEATED
5 to be defeated or captured
düşmek, çökmek
 The Government fell because of the scandal.
DIE IN WAR
6 (written)
to be killed (in battle)
şehit düşmek
 Millions of soldiers fell in the war.
BECOME
7 to change into a different state; to become
 He fell asleep (uykuya daldı) on the sofa.
 They fell in love (aşık oldular) with each other in Spain.
 I must get some new shoes – these ones are falling to pieces (dökülüyor).
 She fell ill.
Hastalandı.
HAPPEN
8 (formal)
to come or happen
gelmek, düşmek, rastlamak
 My birthday falls on a Sunday this year.
 In the word ‘interesting’ the stress falls on the first syllable.
BELONG TO GROUP
9 to belong to a particular group, type, etc.
ayrılmak;
içinde yer almak
 Animals fall into two groups, those with backbones and those without.
IDIOMS
fall flat
(used about a joke, a story, an event, etc.) to fail to produce the effect that you wanted
ilgi uyandırmamak
fall foul of sb/sth
to get in trouble with sb/sth because you have done sth wrong
başı derde girmek
 At sixteen she fell foul of the law for the first time.
be in arrears; fall/get into arrears
to be late in paying money that you owe
borcunu geciktirmek
 I'm in arrears with the rent (borcunu ödemekte gecikmiş).
fall/slot into place
(used about sth that is complicated or difficult to understand) to become organized or clear in your mind
yerli yerine oturmak
 After two weeks in my new job, everything suddenly started to fall into place.
fall/land on your feet
to be lucky in finding yourself in a good situation, or in getting out of a difficult situation
dört ayak üstüne düşmek
 I really landed on my feet getting such a good job with so little experience.
fall short (of sth)
to not be enough; to not reach sth
yetersiz olmak, beklenenin altında kalmak
 The pay rise fell short of the workers' demands.
PHRASAL VERBS
fall apart
to break (into pieces)
parçalanıp dağılmak, dökülmek
 My car is falling apart.
fall back on sb/sth
to use sb/sth when you are in difficulty
çaresizlikten kullanmak;
-e başvurmak
 When the electricity was cut off we fell back on candles.
fall for sb
(informal)
to be strongly attracted to sb; to fall in love with sb
âşık olmak
fall for sth
(informal)
to be tricked into believing sth that is not true
kanmak
 He makes excuses and she falls for them every time.
fall out (with sb)
(British)
to argue and stop being friendly (with sb)
münakaşa etmek, bozuşmak;
küsmek
fall through
to fail or not happen
gerçekleşmemek, suya düşmek
 Our trip to Japan has fallen through.
 

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