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Struck Strike Transitive Past Vurmak çakmak Sb/Sth Sb

Level B2 
Kind verb
Front strike 
IPA  /straɪk   / verb (past tense, past participle struck /strʌk   /)
Back çarpmak, vurmak, çakmak
Back 2

strike (verb)

 /straɪk   / verb (past tense, past participle struck /strʌk   /)
 
HIT SB/STH
1 [transitive] (formal)
to hit sb/sth
çarpmak, vurmak, çakmak
 The stone struck her on the head.
 The boat struck a rock and began to sink.
 note at HIT1
ATTACK
2 [intransitive, transitive]
to attack and harm sb/sth suddenly
saldırmak, vurmak
 The enemy aircraft struck just after 2 a.m.
 The earthquake struck Kobe in 1995.
 The building had been struck by lightning.
OF THOUGHT
3 [transitive]
to come suddenly into sb's mind
birden aklına gelivermek, zihninde şimşek gibi çakmak
 It suddenly struck me that she would be the ideal person for the job.
GIVE IMPRESSION
4 [transitive]
 strike sb (as sth)
to give sb a particular impression
gözüne çarpmak, gibi gelmek
 Does anything here strike you as unusual?
 He strikes me as a very caring man.
OF WORKERS
5 [intransitive]
to stop work as a protest
grev yapmak
 The workers voted to strike for more money.
MAKE FIRE
6 [transitive]
to produce fire by rubbing sth, especially a match, on a surface
yakmak, çakmak
 She struck a match and lit her cigarette.
OF CLOCK
7 [intransitive, transitive]
to ring a bell so that people know what time it is.
 (saat) çalmak, vurmak
 The church clock struck three.
GOLD, OIL, ETC.
8 [transitive]
to discover gold, oil, etc. in the ground
 (petrol, altın vb.) bulmak
 They had struck oil!
IDIOMS
strike a balance (between A and B)
to find a middle way between two extremes
dengeyi bulmak
strike a bargain (with sb)
to make an agreement with sb
anlaşmaya varmak
within striking distance
near enough to be reached or attacked easily
erişebilecek uzaklıkta
PHRASAL VERBS
strike back
to attack sb/sth that has attacked you
karşı saldırıya geçmek
 The President threatened to strike back if the army attacked the capital.
strike up sth (with sb)
to start a conversation or friendship with sb
ahbap olmak;
arkadaşlık kurmak
 

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