1. like: çocuk gibi like a child.
2. as if, as though: Sanki kıtlık olacakmış gibi yiyecek depo ediyorlar. They're storing food as if there is going to be a famine.
3. like, as: Dediğim gibi yap. Do as I say.
4. as befits: İnsan gibi davranmalısın. You should behave as befits a human being.
5. (after a predicate) almost, nearly, somewhat: Bugün ateşim yok gibi. Today I have almost no fever.
6. as soon as: Yemeği yediği gibi sofradan kalktı. He got up from the table as soon as he finished eating.
gibiler likes: onun gibiler the likes of him.
gibilerden
1. as if to say: İyi ettin gibilerden göz kırptı. He winked as if he wanted to say, "You did well."
2. along/on the lines of: silahlanma yarışı durdurulmalıdır, gibilerden bir makale an article along the lines of "The arms race should be stopped!"
gibi gelmek /a/ to seem to (one), appear to (one): Bu iş bitmez gibi geliyor bana! It seems to me that this job will never end!
gibi olmak to be as though: Ameliyattan sonra yeniden doğmuş gibi oldum. After the operation it was as though I had been reborn.
gibi yapmak to pretend (to do something): Babası odaya girince ders çalışır gibi yaptı. When his father entered the room, he pretended to be studying.
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