69.18. gy. B2 (példák)

bear verb /beər/ *(bore, borne) 1 visel, elvisel, tűr, eltűr; kibír, kiáll; elszenved [T]

I like her but I can't bear her friends.

I can't bear being bored.

He couldn't bear to see the dog in pain.

How can you bear to talk to him?

endure verb /ɪnˈdjʊər/ [T] elvisel; tart, kitart

We had to endure a nine-hour delay at the airport.

She's already had to endure three painful operations on her leg.

haunt verb /hɔːnt/ [T] 2 kísért (rossz emlék/érzés) (!)

Fighting in Vietnam was an experience that would haunt him for the rest of his life.

Thirty years after the fire he is still haunted by images of death and destruction.

suffer verb /ˈsʌf.ər/ 1 szenved (testileg/lelkileg) [I]

She really suffers in the winter when it's cold and her joints get stiff.

I think he suffered quite a lot when his wife left him.

If you're not happy with it, you should complain. Don't just suffer in silence.

bad-tempered adjective /ˌbædˈtemp.əd/ rosszkedvű, zsémbes, házsártos

She's very bad-tempered in the mornings!

bitter adjective /ˈbɪt.ər/ 2 elkeseredett (ember)

I feel very bitter about my childhood and the way I was treated.

She'd suffered terribly over the years but it hadn't made her bitter.

bitter adjective /ˈbɪt.ər/ 4 keserű, keserves (csalódás, kiábrándulás)

Failing the final exams was a bitter disappointment for me.

She learnt through bitter experience that he was not to be trusted.

dissatisfied adjective /ˌdɪsˈsæt.ɪs.faɪd/ elégedetlen

If you're dissatisfied with the service, why don't you complain to the hotel manager?

Phrasal verbs:

put up with sth/sb /pʊt/ eltűr, elvisel vmit/vkit

I can put up with the house being untidy, but I hate it if it's not clean.

He's so rude - I don't know how she puts up with him.

Phrases and idioms:

can't face sb/sth/doing sth nem tud szembenézni vmivel/vkivel (nehézséggel, kellemetlenséggel, stb.)

I can't face walking up all those steps again.

I knew someone had to tell her but I couldn't face it.

How can I face him now that he knows what I've done?