32.4. gy. B1 (példák)

float verb /fləʊt/ 1 úszik, lebeg (a víz felszínén marad); úsztat, lebegtet [I or T]

Leaves were floating on the surface.

We spent a lazy afternoon floating along/down the river.

He tossed the bottle into the waves and watched it float out to sea.

flow verb /fləʊ/ [I] folyik, áramlik

The river flows from the Andes into the Pacific Ocean.

With fewer cars on the roads, traffic is flowing more smoothly than usual.

pour verb /pɔːr/ 1 önt, kiönt; beönt vmit vmibe (folyadékot) [T]

I poured the milk into a jug.

Can I pour you a drink?

spill verb /spɪl/ [I or T] *(spilled or spilt, spilled or spilt) kilöttyen, kiömlik; kilöttyint (véletlenül)

I spilt coffee on my silk shirt.

You've spilt something down your tie.

Let's see if I can pour the juice into the glass without spilling it.

He dropped a bag of sugar and it spilt all over the floor.

dust noun /dʌst/ [U] por

The furniture was covered in dust.

A cloud of dust rose in the air as the car roared past.

coal dust

iron noun /aɪən/ 1 vas [U]

an iron bar

Liver is a particularly rich source of iron.

metal noun /ˈmet.əl/ [C or U] fém

Metal, paper and glass can be recycled.

Silver and gold are precious metals.

Metals are used for making machinery and tools.

powder noun /ˈpaʊ.dər/ [C or U] por (por alakú anyag)

curry/chilli powder

A packet of white powder was found and police scientists are analysing it.

Why are there so many adverts for washing powders on TV?

sand noun /sænd/ [U] homok

a grain of sand

The children played all day in/on the sand.

I have sand in my shoe.

stone noun /stəʊn/ 1 kő [C or U]

a stone wall/floor

a flight of stone steps

They cut enormous blocks of stone out of the hillside.

Some demonstrators were arrested for throwing stones at the police.