bluff

blöf

Başkalarını gerçekte olduğundan daha güçlü veya kendinden emin olduğuna inandırma girişimi.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: An attempt to make others believe you are stronger or more confident than you really are.

• His threat was a bluff.
• She called my bluff and asked me to prove it.
• Was their promise to fight just a bluff?

Eş anlamlılar: pretence, deception

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: call someone's bluff, a clever bluff, an empty bluff, pure bluff

blöf

Kartlarının gerçekte olduğundan daha iyi olduğuna diğer oyuncuları inandırma girişimi.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: An attempt to make other players believe your cards are better than they really are.

• That big bet was a bluff.
• Her bluff made the other players fold.
• He lost all his chips after a failed bluff.

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: a poker bluff, a successful bluff, spot a bluff

blöf yapmak

Başkalarını kandırmak için gerçekte olduğundan daha güçlü veya kendinden eminmiş gibi davranmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: If you do this, you pretend to be stronger or more confident than you are to trick others.

• I think he is bluffing.
• She bluffed when she had no good cards.
• Can you tell when a player bluffs?

Eş anlamlılar: pretend

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: bluff at poker, try to bluff, bluff someone, bluff someone into

blöf yaparak başarmak

Bilgili, kendinden emin veya yetkiliymiş gibi yaparak bir yere ulaşmak ya da bir işi başarmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To get somewhere or achieve something by pretending to have knowledge, confidence, or authority.

• He bluffed his way inside.
• I bluffed through the questions I could not answer.
• Can she bluff her way into the meeting?

Nasıl kullanılır: bluff your way through something (I bluffed my way through the interview.); bluff your way past someone/something (He bluffed his way past the security guards.)

Eş anlamlılar: fake one's way

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: bluff your way, bluff through something, bluff past someone

dobralı, samimi

Biraz kaba görünebilen ama açık sözlü ve dostça bir tavırla konuşan veya davranan.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Speaking or behaving in a direct, friendly way that can seem a little rough.

• He greeted us in his bluff manner.
• Her bluff honesty made people trust her.
• Behind that bluff voice was a kind man.

Eş anlamlılar: hearty, forthright, blunt

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: a bluff manner, a bluff voice, bluff good humour

küt, geniş ve düz

Ön kısmı dar veya sivri değil, geniş ve oldukça düz olan.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Having a wide, fairly flat front rather than a narrow or pointed one.

• The boat has a bluff bow.
• Waves struck the ship's bluff front.
• These vessels have broad, bluff bows.

Eş anlamlılar: blunt

Zıt anlamlılar: pointed

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: bluff bows, a bluff bow, bluff front