50.8. gy. B2 (példák)

break verb /breɪk/ *(broke, broken) 4 véget vet, abbahagy; végződik [I or T]

Eventually someone spoke, breaking the silence.

The factory brought in outside workers in an attempt to break the strike.

cease verb /siːs/ [I or T] (formal) beszűntet, megszűntet; megszűnik

He ordered his men to cease firing.

The company has decided to cease all UK operations after this year.

drop verb /drɒp/ (-pp-) 3 abbahagy vmit (tevékenységet) [T]

Can you drop what you're doing and help me with this report?

I think we'd better drop the subject.

launch verb /lɔːntʃ/ [T] 1 elindít (vmilyen fontos tervet/tevékenységet)

The scheme was launched by the government a year ago.

Phrasal verbs:

break off ↔ (sth) /breɪk/ (hirtelen) abbahagy vmit; elhallgat

She broke off in the middle of a sentence.

She broke off the engagement just two weeks before the wedding.

get down to sth /get/ hozzálát vmihez

Before we get down to business, I'd like to thank you all for coming today.

get on with sth /get/ folytat (pl. munkát)

Get on with your homework.

go ahead /gəʊ/ 1 nekilát vminek, elkezd vmit; elkezdődik, megkezdődik

We now have permission to go ahead with the project.

The vote will go ahead today as planned.

go on /gəʊ/ 3 folytat (továbbcsinál)

We can't go on living like this.

She went on talking as though nothing had happened.

Phrases and idioms:

return to sth visszatér (tevékenységhez, témához)

I returned to work three months after Susie was born.

We keep returning to the same subject.