69.19. gy. B2 (példák)

suffer verb /ˈsʌf.ər/ 2 szenved, elszenved vmit; kárt szenved, romlik [I or T]

The party suffered a crushing defeat in the last election.

Twenty-five policemen suffered minor injuries during the protest.

The city suffered another blow last month with the closure of the local car factory.

If you will insist on eating three helpings of dessert, I'm afraid you'll have to suffer the consequences!

When you're working such long hours, it's almost inevitable that your marriage will start to suffer.

embarrassment noun /ɪmˈbær.ə.smənt/ [C or U] feszengés, zavar; zavaró tényező

She blushed with embarrassment.

My parents were such an embarrassment to me.

misery noun /ˈmɪz.ər.i/ [C or U] nyomor, nyomorúság, gyötrelem

The war brought misery to millions of people.

We have witnessed the most appalling scenes of human misery.

Ten years of marriage to him have made her life a misery.

nuisance noun /ˈnjuː.sənts/ [C usually no plural] kellemetlenkedő (ember); nyűg; háborgatás

I've forgotten my umbrella - what a nuisance!

It's such a nuisance having to rewrite those letters.

I hate to be a nuisance, but could you help me?

Local residents claimed that the noise was causing a public nuisance.

pain noun /peɪn/ 2 fájdalom (átv.) (érzelmi) [U]

I can't describe the pain I suffered when he died.

The parents are still in great pain over the death of their child.

suffering noun /ˈsʌf.ər.ɪŋ/ [U] szenvedés

The war will cause widespread human suffering.

awkward adjective /ˈɔː.kwəd/ 1 kínos, nehéz, kellemetlen; alkalmatlan (pl. időpont)

an awkward customer

Some of the questions were rather awkward.

My car's quite awkward to drive.

They'd chosen an awkward time to call as I'd just got into the bath.

She's put me in quite an awkward position/situation.

There was an awkward silence.

Phrases and idioms:

be a pain kellemetlen (személy, dolog, esemény) (informal)

Having to keep the bikes in the house is such a pain.

My sister was being a real pain.

can't take sth nem képes elviselni/eltűrni vmit

We argue all the time and I can't take it any more.

make the best of sth jó képet vág (vmi rosszhoz)

Our hotel room is rather small, but we'll just have to make the best of it.