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çanağı kırmak

English translation: screw up

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Turkish term or phrase:çanağı kırmak
English translation:screw up
Entered by: Mine Somyurek (X)

12:37 Aug 13, 2005
Turkish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Slang / �anak
Turkish term or phrase: çanağı kırmak
deyimler konusunda biraz yetersizim. bu kullanımlar hakkındaki yardım ve yorumlarınızı bekliyorum.. (mod talebi üzerine sorular ayrılmıştır)
Serkan Doğan
Türkiye
Local time: 15:42
screw up
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Mine Somyurek (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:42
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Summary of answers provided
5to give the works to
Adil Uskudarli
3screw up
Mine Somyurek (X)


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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
çanağı kırmak
screw up


Explanation:
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Mine Somyurek (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:42
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 3
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teşekkürler

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agree  mustafaer: -
2 hrs
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disagree  Adil Uskudarli: `When you say "Canagini kirarim" you are addressing the seond or third person or persons..Whereas screw up is for the first person. In other words, when you can say "I screwed up" which would correspond to "cuvallamak." In short you have to omit the "up."
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
çanaðý kýrmak
to give the works to


Explanation:
This would be the refined way of saying "çanağına s. . . mak."

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Note added at 1 day 4 hrs 30 mins (2005-08-14 17:08:06 GMT) Post-grading
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I looked into the dictionary this morning and it says to \"cause\" to confound. . .In that case you might be right, but still I never have heard anyone say \" I screwed him up.\" Conversely, people say \" I screwed him.\" Or they say \" I screwed up.\"

Regards,

Adil Uskudarli

Adil Uskudarli
Local time: 08:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 3
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