Level | A1 |
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Kind | verb |
Front | fly |
IPA | /flaɪ / verb (present participle flying; 3rd person singular flies; past tense flew /fluː /; past participle flown /fləʊn /) |
Back | uçmak; uçakla geçmek |
Back 2 | fly (verb) /flaɪ
/ verb (present participle flying; 3rd
person singular flies; past tense flew
/fluː /; past
participle flown /fləʊn /)
OF BIRD, AIRCRAFT, ETC.
1 [intransitive,
transitive]
to move through the
air
uçmak; uçakla
geçmek
This bird has a broken wing and can't fly.
How long does it take to fly the Atlantic?
I can hear a plane flying overhead.
PLANE
2 [intransitive,
transitive]
to travel or carry sth
in an aircraft, etc.
(uçak) gitmek
My daughter is flying (out) to Singapore
next week.
Supplies of food were flown (in) to the
starving people.
3 [intransitive,
transitive]
(used about a pilot)
to control an aircraft
(uçak) uçurmak, kullanmak
You have to have special training to fly a
jumbo jet.
MOVE QUICKLY
4 [intransitive]
to move quickly or
suddenly, especially through the air
fırlamak, uçmak;
hızla
girmek/çıkmak/geçmek vb.
A large stone came flying through
the window.
I slipped and my shopping went flying
everywhere.
Suddenly the door flew open and Mark
came running in.
(figurative) The
weekend has just flown by and now it's Monday again.
MOVE IN AIR
5 [intransitive,
transitive]
to move about or to
make sth move about in the air
dalgalanmak;
uçurtmak
The flags are flying.
to fly a flag/kite
noun flight
IDIOMS
as
the crow flies
(used for describing
distances) in a straight line
kuş
uçuşu, dümdüz
It's a kilometre as the crow flies but
three kilometres by road.
fly
off the handle
(informal)
to become very angry
in an unreasonable way
küplere
binmek, tepesi atmak
let
fly (at sb/sth)
1 to
shout angrily at sb
bas
bas bağırmak
My parents really let fly at me when I got
home late.
2 to
hit sb in anger
saldırmak
She let fly at him with her fists.
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