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English translation: leave (the door) ajar

23:06 Nov 15, 2021
Turkish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics
Turkish term or phrase: (kapıyı) aralamak
Kapıyı hafifçe aralamış, oda girişinde duran, kırmızı boğazlı bir kazak giymiş olan Deniz kapıyı kapatır.
Eda Kurç
Mexico
Local time: 19:35
English translation:leave (the door) ajar
Explanation:
Kapıyı hafifçe aralamış, oda girişinde duran, kırmızı boğazlı bir kazak giymiş olan Deniz kapıyı kapatır.

Deniz, dressed in a turtleneck sweater with a red collar, leaving the door ajar and standing in the doorway closes the door.

Turtleneck-American E.
Polo neck, roll-neck - British E.
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Jahan Atabay
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2leave (the door) ajar
Jahan Atabay
3crack the door open
Mustafa Azdural
2slightly open
H.Yüksel


  

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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
leave (the door) ajar


Explanation:
Kapıyı hafifçe aralamış, oda girişinde duran, kırmızı boğazlı bir kazak giymiş olan Deniz kapıyı kapatır.

Deniz, dressed in a turtleneck sweater with a red collar, leaving the door ajar and standing in the doorway closes the door.

Turtleneck-American E.
Polo neck, roll-neck - British E.

Example sentence(s):
  • He left the door ajar in case I needed him. I left the door ajar so that I could hear the baby.
  • https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ajar

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ajar
    https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/ajar
Jahan Atabay
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Judith Cunnison
3 hrs
  -> Thank you very much Mrs. Judith!
agree  Salih YILDIRIM: Indeed..
19 hrs
  -> Teşekkür ederim Salih Bey!
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
crack the door open


Explanation:
To open a door slightly.
To open the door or window a very small amount.

Example sentence(s):
  • It's so hot in here—can we at least crack the door open?
  • "Two doors down and opposite the Blys' large, brick home, a miner and his wife cracked open their front door and listened together"

    https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/crack+the+door+open
    https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/cracked-open.920287/
Mustafa Azdural
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
slightly open


Explanation:
"Deniz, who has been standing in the doorway besides the slightly open door (enters the room and?) closes it" gibi birşey düşünülebilir ..

H.Yüksel
Singapore
Local time: 09:35
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
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