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ear

 
 
/ɪər/ noun

Translation

BODY PART [C] one of the two organs on your head that you hear with
kulak
The child whispered something in her mother's ear. 539
PLANT [C] the top part of some crop plants, which produces grain
başak, tahılın tepesi
an ear of wheat/corn527516
have an ear for sth to be good at hearing, repeating, or understanding a particular type of sound
bir şey için kulağı iyi olmak; ...e karşı hassas olmak
He has no ear for music.21471457
fall on deaf ears If advice or a request falls on deaf ears, people ignore it.
önemsememek, dikkate almamak
1845
play it by ear to decide how to deal with a situation as it develops
oluruna bırakmak, gidişata göre hareket etmek, bekleyip görmek
I'm not sure what to tell Dad - I'll just have to play it by ear.1116
play sth by ear to play a piece of music by remembering the notes
bir şarkıyı ezbere çalmak, notasız kulaktan çalmak
1457
(Definition of ear noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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