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I Verb Etmek Transitive  /ˈwʌndə(R)   Merak Intransitive Sth

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Front wonder 
IPA  /ˈwʌndə(r)   / verb
Back merak etmek
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wonder (verb)

 /ˈwʌndə(r)   / verb
 
 1 [intransitive, transitive]
 wonder (about sth)
to want to know sth; to ask yourself questions about sth
merak etmek
 I wonder what the new teacher will be like.
 Vesna's been gone a long time – I wonder if she's all right.
 I wonder who that woman is.
Bu kadın kim acaba.
 It was something that she had been wondering about for a long time.
 ‘Why did he say that?’ she wondered.
 2 [transitive]
used as a polite way of asking a question or of asking sb to do sth
acaba
 I wonder if you could help me.
 I was wondering if you'd like to come to dinner at our house.
Akşam yemeğine bize gelir misiniz?
 3 [intransitive, transitive]
wonder (at sth)
to feel great surprise or admiration
hayran kalmak;
hayret etmek
 We wondered at the speed with which he worked.
 ‘She was very angry.’ ‘I don't wonder. She had a right to be.’
 

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