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left

 
 
/left/ adjective [always before noun], adverb

Translation

on or towards the side of your body that is to the west when you are facing north
sol, sola doğru, sol tarafa
Step forward on your left leg. She had a diamond earring in her left ear. Turn left at the end of the corridor. → Opposite right adjective1718
(Definition of left adjectiveadverb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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