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Teach Sb Past Taught öğretmek Verb Transitive Sth

Level A1 
Kind verb
Front teach 
IPA  /tiːtʃ   / verb (past tense, past participle taught /tɔːt   /)
Back öğretmek; öğretmenlik yapmak
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teach (verb)

 /tiːtʃ   / verb (past tense, past participle taught /tɔːt   /)
 
 1 [intransitive, transitive]
 teach sb (sth/to do sth); teach sth (to sb)
to give sb lessons or instructions so that they know how to do sth
öğretmek; öğretmenlik yapmak
 My mother taught me to play the piano.
 He is teaching us how to use the computer.
 Jeremy teaches English to foreign students.
 I teach in a primary school.
 2 [transitive]
to make sb believe sth or behave in a certain way
 (bilgi, beceri) öğretmek
 The story teaches us that history often repeats itself.
 My parents taught me always to tell the truth.
 3 [transitive]
to make sb have a bad experience so that they are careful not to do the thing that caused it again
 (kötü tecrübe) öğretmek
 A week in prison? That'll teach him to drink and drive!
IDIOM
teach sb a lesson
to make sb have a bad experience so that they will not do the thing that caused it again
dersini vermek
 Jim burned his nose on a cigarette – that should teach him a lesson!
 

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