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dirt

 
 
/dɜːt/ noun [U]

Translation

NOT CLEAN an unpleasant substance that makes something not clean
kir, pislik, çamur, toz toprak
You've got some dirt on your trousers.843
GROUND soil or rough ground
toprak
a dirt road/track395
dig the/up dirt on sb informal to try to discover bad things about someone to stop other people admiring them
kirli çamaşırlarını ortaya çıkarmak, gerçek yüzünü ortaya koymak
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(Definition of dirt noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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