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1. remark; word. 2. expression, utterance, statement. 3. empty words, hot air, nothing but talk. 4. conversation, talk. 5. the subject of a conversation. 6. What nonsense!/That´s bull! --ı ağzında gevelemek to talk around the subject; not to come out with what´s on one´s mind. --ı ağzından kaçırmak to let something slip, say something inadvertently, let the cat out of the bag. --ı ağzında kalmak to be unable to finish what one was saying; (for someone) suddenly to go silent. -- altında kalmamak to give as good as one gets (in an argument). --ı ağzına tıkamak /ın/ to shut (someone) up. -- anlamaz 1. thickheaded; stupid. 2. obstinate, muleheaded. -- anlatmak /a/ to try to bring (someone) round (to one´s own point of view), try to make (someone) understand something. -- aramızda .... colloq. This is just between you and me./Let´s keep this to ourselves./Entre nous. -- atmak 1. /a/ to make a rude remark about (someone) within his hearing. 2. /a/ to make an improper innuendo or suggestion to (a woman one doesn´t know), proposition. 3. to have a chat. --ını/ --ınızı balla kestim. colloq. Excuse me for interrupting you. --ını bilmek to think before one opens one´s mouth, be careful about what one says. --a boğmak /ı/ to drown (a topic) in a flood of words. --ı çevirmek/değiştirmek to change the subject. -- çıkmak for a rumor to start going around. --ı çiğnemek to beat around the bush. --a dalmak to become lost in conversation. -- değil. colloq. It´s serious./This isn´t just idle talk. -- dinlemek to heed what one is told; to act on someone´s advice. -- dokundurmak /a/ to make wisecracks (about), make barbed remarks (about). -- düşmemek /a/ 1. for there to be no need for (someone) to talk. 2. (for someone) not to get a chance to speak. -- etmek 1. /ı/ to gossip about (something). 2. /la/ to talk (with), chat (with). --ını etmek /ın/ to talk about (something). --ın gümrüğünü vermek slang to start yakking again; to keep on yakking. -- işitmek to get a dressing down. -- kaldıramamak not to be able to take a joke, not to be able to take it. -- kıtlığında asmalar budayayım. colloq. You´re talking nonsense! -- körüğü windbag (person). -- lafı açar. colloq. One topic leads to another. --ı mı olur? colloq. Don´t mention it!/It´s a pleasure! (said to someone for whom one has done or wishes to do a favor). -- ola. colloq. What hogwash!/It´s just so much hot air! -- olur. colloq. There´ll be gossip./It´ll set tongues wagging. -- olsun diye (saying something) just to make conversation, merely for the sake of saying it. --la peynir gemisi yürümez. proverb Mere talk won´t get anything done. -- söyledi balkabağı. colloq. You´re full of bull! --ını şaşırmak to be at a loss for words. -- taşımak to retail gossip. --a tutmak /ı/ to engage (someone) in conversation (thus causing him to stop what he´d been doing). --ı uzatmak to take a long time explaining something. -- ü güzaf see lafügüzaf. -- yetiştirmek 1. to reply quickly and in kind, promptly to give as good as one gets. 2. /a/ (for a child) to talk back to, sass (an older person). -- yok. /a/ colloq. There´s nothing wrong with ....