Level | A1 |
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Kind | verb |
Front | sell |
IPA | /sel / verb (past tense, past participle sold /səʊld /) |
Back | satmak |
Back 2 | sell (verb) /sel /
verb (past tense, past participle sold /səʊld /)
EXCHANGE FOR MONEY
1 [intransitive,
transitive]
sell (sb) (sth) (at/for
sth); sell (sth) (to sb) (at/for sth)
to give sth to sb who
pays for it and is then the owner of it
satmak
We are going to sell our car.
I sold my guitar to my neighbour for £200.
Would you sell me your ticket?
I offered them a lot of money but they
wouldn't sell.
He sold his business at an enormous profit.
2 [transitive]
to offer sth for
people to buy
satmak, satışa
sunmak
Excuse me, do you sell stamps?
to sell insurance/advertising space
That shop sells some beautiful jewellery.
BE BOUGHT
3 [intransitive,
transitive]
to be bought by people
in the way or in the numbers mentioned; to be offered at the price mentioned
(iyi)
satmak, alıcı bulmak;
satılmak, (…
fiyata) gitmek
These watches sell at £1 000 each in the
shops but you can have this one for £500.
Her books sell well abroad.
This paper sells over a million copies a
day.
PERSUADE
4 [transitive]
to make people want to
buy sth
sattırmak
They rely on advertising to sell their
products.
5 [transitive]
sell
sth/yourself to sb
to persuade sb to
accept sth; to persuade sb that you are the right person for a job, position,
etc.
satmak, kabul
ettirmek
Now we have to try and sell the idea to the
management.
You really have to sell yourself at a job
interview.
noun for senses 1 to 4 is sale
IDIOM
be
sold on sth
(informal)
to be very
enthusiastic about sth
istekli
olmak
PHRASAL VERBS
sell
sth off
to sell sth in order
to get rid of it, often at a low price
elden
çıkarmak
The shops sell their remaining winter
clothes off in the spring sales.
sell
out; be sold out
(used about tickets
for a concert, football game, etc.) to be all sold
(bilet) satılmak, tükenmek
All the tickets sold out within two hours.
The concert was sold out weeks ago.
sell
out (of sth); be sold out (of sth)
to sell all of sth so
that no more is/are available to be bought
tükenmek;
elinde
olmamak
I'm afraid we've sold out of bread.
sell
up
to sell everything you
own, especially your house, your business, etc. (in order to start a new life,
move to another country, etc.)
varını
yoğunu satmak
When his wife died he sold up and moved to
the coast.
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