bone

/bəʊn/ noun [C, U]

Translation

› one of the hard pieces that make the structure inside a person or animal

kemik

He broke a bone in his hand.533507

a bone of contention › something that people argue about

insanların üzerinde tartıştığı şey, tartışma konusu

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have a bone to pick with sb informal › to want to talk to someone because you are annoyed about something they have done

biriyle görülecek hesabı olmak, biriyle paylaşılacak kozu olmak

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make no bones about sth/doing sth › to say what you think or feel, without being embarrassed

tereddüt etmeden, çekinmeden, utanmadan düşündüğünü, hissettiğni söylemek

She made no bones about her reluctance to work with me.10471042

(Definition of bone noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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