pray

dua etmek

Yardım istemek veya teşekkür etmek için bir tanrıya sesli ya da içinden sözler söylemek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To speak or think words to a god, asking for help or saying thank you.

• They pray every morning.
• He prayed for his mother's health.
• We went to the temple to pray.

Nasıl kullanılır: pray to someone (They prayed to God for guidance.); pray for someone/something (We prayed for the sick child.); pray that… (She prayed that her family would be safe.)

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: pray to god, pray for someone, pray together

çok istemek, dilemek, dua etmek

Bir şeyin gerçekleşmesini bütün kalbiyle istemek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To hope very strongly that something will happen.

• I pray you're right.
• We hoped and prayed the car would start.
• She's praying for a chance to try again.

Nasıl kullanılır: pray that… (I prayed that the bus would arrive soon.); pray for something (The farmers were praying for rain.)

Eş anlamlılar: hope, wish

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: hope and pray, pray for something, pray for luck