start off

başlamak

Bir işe veya etkinliğe başlamak; çoğu zaman nasıl başlandığı da belirtilir.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To begin an activity, often in a particular way.

• Let us start off with a game.
• He started off as a teacher.
• The meeting started off well but ended badly.

Nasıl kullanılır: start off with something (We started off with a simple exercise.); start off by doing something (Start off by washing your hands.); start off as something (She started off as a shop assistant.)

Eş anlamlılar: begin, start

Zıt anlamlılar: finish, end

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: start off slowly, start off well, start off with something

yola çıkmak

Bir yerden ayrılarak yolculuğa başlamak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To leave a place and begin a journey.

• We started off early.
• They started off for home after lunch.
• What time should we start off tomorrow?

Nasıl kullanılır: start off for somewhere (We started off for the coast at dawn.); start off on something (They started off on their journey after breakfast.)

Eş anlamlılar: set off, set out

Zıt anlamlılar: arrive

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: start off early, start off home

başlatmak, lafını açtırmak

Birinin gülmeye, ağlamaya veya alışık olduğu bir konu hakkında konuşmaya başlamasına yol açmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To make someone begin laughing, crying, or talking about a familiar subject.

• That joke started him off laughing.
• Mentioning her dog started her off crying again.
• Do not start him off about his old job.

Nasıl kullanılır: start someone off on/about something (Do not start her off on politics.); start someone off doing something (That joke started us all off laughing.)

Eş anlamlılar: set off, trigger

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: start someone off, start someone off laughing