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Sleep Noun Uyku Night I  /Sliːp   A2  Sleep 

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Kind noun
Front sleep 
IPA  /sliːp   / noun
Back uyku
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sleep (noun)

 /sliːp   / noun
 
 1 [uncountable]
the natural condition of rest when your eyes are closed and your mind and body are not active or conscious
uyku
 Most people need at least seven hours' sleep every night.
 I didn't get much sleep last night.
 Do you ever talk in your sleep?
 I couldn't get to sleep (uyuyamadım) last night.
 2 [singular]
a period of sleep
uyku
 You'll feel better after a good night's sleep.
 I sometimes have a short sleep in the afternoon.
IDIOMS
go to sleep
1 to start sleeping
uykuya dalmak, uyumak
 He got into bed and went to sleep.
 2 (used about an arm, a leg, etc.) to lose the sense of feeling in it
uyuşmak
put (an animal) to sleep
to kill an animal that is ill or injured because you want to stop it suffering
 (hayvan) uyutmak
 

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