Sporu rekabet için değil zevk için yapıyorum.
- I like to play sport for fun not for competition.
Bu oda uyumak için uygun değil.
- This room is not suitable for sleeping.
Çünkü dün uzun bir süre çalıştım.
- Because I studied for a long time yesterday.
Biz binayı satmak zorunda kaldık çünkü onu zararda işlettik.
- We had to sell the building because for years we operated it in the red.
Gemi kıyıya doğru gitti.
- The ship made for the shore.
O, iş için doğru kişidir.
- He is the proper person for the job.
Japonya'nın dış yardımları yurttaki ekonomik yavaşlamadan dolayı kısmen azalıyor.
- Japan's foreign aid is decreasing in part because of an economic slowdown at home.
Lütfen geç geldiğimden dolayı beni affet.
- Please pardon me for coming late.
Bu giysinin içinde tıpkı bir sporcu gibi görünüyorum fakat gerçek şu ki hiç spor yapmam.
- I look for all the world like an athlete in this outfit, but the truth is I don't do any sports at all.
İki saat süresince karın içinde otobüsü bekledim.
- I waited for the bus in the snow as long as two hours.
Bu yer yüzmek için elverişli.
- The place is convenient for swimming.
O müzik eğitimi amacıyla Avusturya'ya gitti.
- He went to Austria for the purpose of studying music.
Biz yoğun trafikten kaçınmak amacıyla, Noel için evde kaldık.
- We stayed home for Christmas, so as to avoid heavy traffic.
Senin için onun yoluna gireceğini umuyorum, Tom.
- I hope it works out for you, Tom.
Onlar uzun süredir burada yaşıyor.
- They have lived here for a long time.
Eğer bir süre evden uzak olursam, posta servisini bırakacağım.
- If I'm away from home for a period of time, I will stop mail delivery.
Birkaç giriş için, direk telefon numaraları vardır.
- For several entries, there are direct phone numbers.
Alkollü araba sürme için kan alkol limiti Teksas'ta .08 dir.
- The blood alcohol limit for drunken driving is .08 percent in Texas.
Biz hepimiz dünyada barış için özlem duyuyoruz.
- We are all longing for peace in the world.
Su olmasa dünyada hiç kimse yaşayamaz.
- If it were not for water, no one could live on earth.
Sınavda başarısız olarak hakettiğin cezayı gördün,sınava hiç çalışmadın.
- It serves you right that you failed your exam. You didn't study for it at all.
Acemi bir muhabir olarak görevini iyi yapıyorsun.
- You are doing well for a cub reporter.
Kilo alacağı korkusuyla diyet yapıyor.
- She is on a diet for fear that she will put on weight.
Randevuya zamanında yetişeyim diye taksiye bindim.
- I took a taxi so that I would be in time for the appointment.
Geçen yıl bir önceki işini kaybettiğinden beri, Tom bir iş aramaktadır.
- Tom has been hunting for a job since he lost his previous job last year.
O Amerika'ya gittiğinden beri ondan haber almadım.
- I have not heard from him since he left for America.
Tom uzun süredir Mary'yi sevmektedir.
- Tom has loved Mary for a long time.
Sevmek ve sevilmek, bunlar mutluluğun büyük biçimleridir.
- To love and to be loved, these are the biggest forms of happiness.
Tom yaptığı bütün iş karşılığında ne alıyor?
- What does Tom get in return for all the work he's done?
Onun yardımı karşılığında ona bir içki ısmarladım.
- I bought him a drink in return for his help.
O, iki yanlış başlama yüzünden yarıştan diskalifiye edildi.
- She was disqualified from the race for two false starts.
Yer yokluğu yüzünden bu sorunu atlamak zorunda kaldım.
- I had to leave out this problem for lack of space.
Ben, bir trafik sıkışıklığı nedeniyle toplantıya geç kaldım.
- I was late for the meeting because of a traffic jam.
Bizim tren deprem nedeniyle beş saat süreyle durdu.
- Our train stopped for five hours owing to the earthquake.
Sağlık zenginliğin üstündedir, zira birincisi ikincisinden daha önemlidir.
- Health is above wealth, for the former is more important than the latter.
Beni affedin, zira ben günah işledim.
- Forgive me, for I have sinned.
ABD'de, insanların nakit ödeme yerine bir çek yazmaları yaygındır.
- In the U.S., it is common for people to write a check instead of paying cash.
Tom uzaktayken onun yerine kim çalışacak?
- Who will fill in for Tom when he is away?
Onun şimdi uğruna yaşamak için hiçbir şeyi yok.
- Now he has nothing to live for.
Sigarayı bırakmak kolay değildir, fakat sağlığının uğruna bırakmalısın.
- To give up smoking is not easy, but you should for the sake of your health.
Herkesin, hiçbir fark gözetilmeksizin, eşit iş karşılığında eşit ücrete hakkı vardır.
- Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.
Bereket versin ki, yolda fırtınayla karşılaşmadılar.
- Fortunately they had no storms on the way.
Bu gemi okyanus yolculuğu için uygun değil.
- This ship is not fit for an ocean voyage.
Bu oda uyumak için uygun değil.
- This room is not suitable for sleeping.
O, onun adına konuştu.
- She spoke up for him.
Babasının adına toplantıya katıldı.
- He attended the meeting for his father.
Çin halkının yaşamı şimdi gittikçe iyileşmesine rağmen, gelişme için hâlâ bir neden vardır.
- Although the life of Chinese people is getting better and better now, there is still room for improvement.
Bütün servetine rağmen hâlâ mutsuzdu.
- For all his wealth, he was still unhappy.
Hava tahminlerine göre yarın kar yağacak.
- According to the weather forecast, it will snow tomorrow.
Onun kız yeğeni çekici ve yaşına göre olgundur.
- His niece is attractive and mature for her age.
Son zamanlardaki olaylar sebebiyle, kendimi işime vermem tamamen imkansız.
- Due to recent events, it is completely impossible for me to focus on my work.
Sonuçta, o şiddet suçu sebebiyle beş yıl hapis yatmıştı.
- Eventually, he was sentenced to five years in prison for the violent crime.
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
We liked to chat while we were eating.
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
He is gone.
The dog was drowned by the boy.
3 times 5 is fifteen.
Today is the second, so I guess next Tuesday must be the tenth.
I have been to Spain many times.
He was five-eight.
He looks twelve, but is actually thirteen, and will turn fourteen next week.
To be or not to be, that is the question.
It is in the eighties outside, and next week it is expected to be in the nineties! (Fahrenheit degrees).
Why is it so dark in here?.
What did he ask you for?.
UK He looks better for having lost weight.
My nephew was excused because of his youth.
- Because my nephew was still young, he was forgiven.
Because of these trees, he can't see the forest.
- He can't see the forest for the trees.
All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.).
He was headed for the door when he remembered.
I will stand in for him.
He lost his job, for he got into trouble.
She won't leave the room, because she doesn't want to catch another cold.
- She doesn't dare leave the room for fear she should catch cold.
Some learned writers have compared a Scorpion to an Epigram, because as the sting of the Scorpion lies in the tail, so the force and virtue of an epigram is in the conclusion.
- Some learned writers have compared a Scorpion to an Epigram, because as the sting of the Scorpion lyeth in the tayl, so the force and virtue of an epigram is in the conclusion.
I'm looking for my friend.
Mr. Joseph Blenkinshaw was perhaps not worth quite so much as was reported; but for all that he was a very wealthy man.
You are the very person I have been looking for.
- You're the very person I've been looking for.
The teacher said: Above all, what is necessary for success is perseverance.
- The teacher said: What is necessary for success, above all, is perseverance.