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Gibi Similar Preposition Bir Hiç  /Laɪk   Benzer Sb/Sth

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Kind preposition
Front like 
IPA  /laɪk   / preposition
Back benzer, gibi
Back 2

like (preposition)

 /laɪk   / preposition
 
SIMILAR TO
1 similar to sb/sth
benzer, gibi
 You look very/just/exactly like your father.
 Those two singers sound like cats!
 Your house is nothing like how I imagined it.
 With a coat of paint it will look like new.
 note at HOW
 look at UNLIKE
Birinden bir şeyi tarif etmesi istenirken What is he/she/it like? sorusu sorulmalıdır:
 Tell me about your town. What's it like?
 What was it like being interviewed on TV?
 Yalnız, bu tür sorulara cevap verirken like kullanılmaz:
 ‘What's your brother like?’ ‘He's tall and fair, and quite serious.’
 Birinin ya da bir şeyin görünüşünü sormak istiyorsak o zaman What does he/she/it look like? ifadesini kullanırız; ancak cevap olarak look like kullanılmaz:
 ‘What does your brother look like?’ ‘He's tall and fair, with blue eyes.’
 2 [in compounds]
in the manner of; similar to
gibi, -imsi
 childlike innocence/simplicity
 a very lifelike statue
TYPICAL
3 typical of a particular person
özgü
 It was just like Maria to be late.
SAME AS
4 in the same way as sb/sth
gibi
 Stop behaving like children.
 That's not right. Do it like this.
FOR EXAMPLE
5 for example; such as
örneğin
 They enjoy most team games, like football and rugby.
 note at AS
IDIOMS
like anything
(spoken)
very much, fast, hard, etc.
 (hız, güç) olanca
 We had to pedal like anything to get up the hill.
like hell
(informal)
very much; with a lot of effort
çok fazla
 I'm working like hell at the moment.
nothing like
1 not at all like
hiç benzemez
 She looks nothing like either of her parents.
 2 not at all; not nearly
hiç de;
hemen hiç
 There's nothing like enough food for all of us.
something like
1 about; approximately
yaklaşık olarak
 The cathedral took something like 200 years to build.
 2 similar to
gibi bir şey
 A loganberry is something like a raspberry.
that's more like it
used to say that sth is better than before
ha şöyle ya!
 The sun's coming out now – that's more like it!
 

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