burning ambition
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(of feeling) very strong; extreme; |
bir şeyi dəlicəsinə istəmək; bir işin həyata keçməsini çox arzulamaq; |
- I want to be a teacher. I’ve got a burning ambition to teach children English in our village.
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heated discussion
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a loud, often violent discussion; |
alovlu/qızğın/səs-küylü müzakirə; |
- I wouldn’t say we had an argument. It was just a heated discussion.
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get on like a house on fire
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(informal) (of people) to become friends quickly and have a very friendly relationship; |
bir kəslə yaxşı yola getmək; tez və asan əlaqə yaratmaq, yaxşı ünsiyyətdə olmaq; isti münasibət qurmaq; |
- I met Jackie at a conference and liked her immediately. We got on like a house on fire.¨
- I know that you can act me off the stage, but we get on together like a house on fire, and … .
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play with fire
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to act in a way that is not sensible and take dangerous risks; |
risk etmək; məc. odla oynamaq, özünü təhlükəyə atmaq; |
- You’re playing with fire. If the company finds out what you’ve done, you’ll be looking for a new job.
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go up in smoke
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if your plans, hopes, etc. go up in smoke, they fail completely; disappear; fail; not come true; to be completely burnt; |
arzuların puç olması; bir şeyin tamamilə yanıb kül olması; yoxa/boşa çıxması; |
- I was planning a quiet weekend, but Sally and Richard invited themselves round on Saturday, so all my plans went up in smoke.
- Our cottage went up in smoke last year.
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shoot somebody down in flames
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to be very critical of sb’s ideas, opinions, etc; |
bir kəsin ağzından vurmaq, sözünü ağzında qoymaq; danışmağa imkan verməmək; |
- Every time I have a new idea you just shoot me down in flames without really listening to what I have to say.
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sparks fly
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(usually plural) feeling of anger or excitement between people; argument; |
mübahisə, dava-dalaş, səs-küy; aləm bir-birinə dəyir; |
- Have you ever heard Kate and Tina discussing politics? The sparks really fly when they disagree about something.
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a baptism of fire
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a difficult introduction to a new job or activity; |
cəhənnəm əzabı; |
- I can remember my first day in the classroom. I had to teach maths to a class of 30 very difficult sixteen - year-olds. It was a baptism of fire.
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burn your bridges
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to make a decision that you cannot change; |
tələsik qərar vermək; tələsik addım atmaq, geriyə yol qoymamaq, məc. öz körpüsünü/qayığını yandırmaq; oturduğu budağı kəsmək; |
- - Are you resigning?
- - Well, I’m looking for a change, but I’m not leaving this job till I’ve got something fixed up. I don’t want to burn my bridges.
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add more fuel to the fire
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to make a bad matter worse by adding to its cause; spread trouble increase anger or other strong feelings by talk or action; |
aranı qatmaq; odun üstünə yağ tökmək; dalaşanları qızışdırmaq; vəziyyəti daha da pisləşdirmək, məc. altına od qoymaq; |
- - That’s the third government minister who’s resigned this week.
- - There’s been something funny going on for a long time. This just adds more fuel to the fire.
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