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Thing I şey Countable Noun Real  /θɪŋ   Object

Level A1 
Kind noun
Front thing 
IPA  /θɪŋ   / noun
Back şey
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thing (noun)

 /θɪŋ   / noun
 
OBJECT
1 [countable]
an object that is not named
şey
 What's that red thing on the table?
 A pen is a thing you use for writing with.
 I need to get a few things at the shops.
EQUIPMENT
2 (things)
[plural]
clothes or tools that belong to sb or are used for a particular purpose
kişisel eşyalar, giysiler
 I'll just go and pack my things.
 We keep all the cooking things in this cupboard.
ACTION/EVENT
3 [countable]
an action, event or statement
şey
 When I get home the first thing I do is have a cup of tea.
 A strange thing happened to me yesterday.
 What a nice thing to say!
FACT
4 [countable]
a fact, subject, etc.
şey, konu
 He told me a few things that I didn't know before.
QUALITY/STATE
5 [countable]
a quality or state
şey, yön, yan
 There's no such thing as a ghost.
 The best thing about my job is the way it changes all the time.
YOUR LIFE
6 (things)
[plural]
the situation or conditions of your life
işler, durum
 Things seem to be going very well for him at the moment.
 How are things with you?
WHAT IS NEEDED
7 (the thing)
[singular]
exactly what is wanted or needed
tam aranılan şey
 That's just the thing I was looking for!
 A week in our hotel is just the thing for tired business people (tam yorgun işadamlarına göre).
PERSON/ANIMAL
8 [countable]
used for expressing how you feel about a person or an animal
 (kişi, hayvan) şey
 You've broken your finger? You poor thing!
IDIOMS
a close shave/thing
a bad thing that almost happened
kıl payı atlatılmış tehlike
 I wasn't injured, but it was a close shave.
be a good thing (that)
to be lucky that
iyi ki;
iyi oldu
 It's a good thing you remembered your umbrella.
do your own thing
to do what you want to do, without thinking about other people
içinden geleni yapmak
 I like to spend time alone, just doing my own thing.
first/last thing
as early/late as possible
ilk iş/en son olarak
 I'll telephone her first thing tomorrow morning.
 I saw him last thing on Friday evening.
for one thing
used for introducing a reason for sth
bir kere
 I think we should go by train. For one thing it's cheaper.
have a thing about sb/sth
(informal)
to have strong feelings about sb/sth
aklını takmak
to make matters/things worse
to make a situation, problem, etc. even more difficult or dangerous than before
the real thing
something genuine, not a copy
orijinal
 This painting is just a copy. The real thing is in a gallery.
 She's had boyfriends before but this time she says it's the real thing.
take it/things easy
to relax and not work too hard or worry too much
keyfine bakmak, aldırış etmemek;
kendini yormamak
 

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