29.6. gy. B1 (példák)

couple noun /ˈkʌp.l̩/ 1 pár, egypár, néhány [no plural]

He'll be better in a couple of days.

I'm going away with a couple of friends.

We'll have to wait another couple of hours for the paint to dry.

She'll be retiring in a couple more years.

The weather's been terrible for the last couple of days.

Many economists expect unemployment to fall over the next couple of months.

I've been so busy over the past couple of weeks.

yard noun /jɑːd/ [C] yard (angol hosszmérték, 0,914 m)

The garden is about 100 yards long.

little pronoun /ˈlɪt.l̩/ kevés (mennyiség)

I could only hear a little of what they were saying.

He does as little as possible at work.

There's not much flour left but you're welcome to the/what little there is.

She slept very little that night.

We did very little on Sunday.

plenty pronoun /ˈplen.ti/ bőség (vmiből); bőven van/elég vmiből

"Would you like some more coffee?" "No thanks, I've had plenty."

We've got plenty of time before we need to leave for the airport.

They've always had plenty of money.

There's plenty to do here.

There's plenty more beer in the fridge.

high adjective /haɪ/ 3 magas (szint, mennyiség, méret), nagyfokú, nagymérvű

a high temperature

high prices/costs

The car sped away at high speed.

reasonable adjective /ˈriː.zən.ə.bl̩/ 2 elfogadható (elég nagy/sok)

There were a reasonable number of people there.

It's a reasonable salary for that job.

We have a reasonable chance of winning the game.

extra adverb /ˈek.strə/ többlet, extra

They pay her extra to work nights.

most determiner /məʊst/ 2 legtöbb (mindennél/mindenkinél több)

Carlos earns the most money of all of us.

Phrases and idioms:

a load/loads egy csomó (sok) (informal)

I've got a load of work to get through before tomorrow.

There were loads of people there.

Have some more food - there's loads.

quite a bit elég sok (informal)

He does quite a bit of travelling.

She's quite a bit older than him.