77.7. gy. B2 (példák)

little adjective /ˈlɪt.l̩/ 5 kis (tetszés/nemtetszés hangsúlyozása) [always before noun]

Oh, what a sweet little house!

It's not a bad little restaurant, this, is it?

He's a nasty little man.

real adjective /rɪəl/ 5 igazi, valódi (a főnév hangsúlyozása) [always before noun]

She was a real help.

It's a real pain he's not available tomorrow.

simple adjective /ˈsɪm.pl̩/ 3 egyszerű, kézenfekvő (a fontos szempont/tény kiemelése) [always before noun]

We didn't go swimming for the simple reason that the water was too cold.

alike adverb /əˈlaɪk/ 2 ugyanúgy, egyformán, egyaránt (hangsúlyozottan mindkét említett dolgot beleértve)

Friends and family alike were shocked by the news of her death.

never adverb /ˈnev.ər/ 2 egyáltalán nem (tagadás hangsúlyozása)

I never knew you lived around here.

perfectly adverb /ˈpɜː.fɪkt.li/ 2 tökéletesen, teljesen (a rákövető szó hangsúlyozása)

To be perfectly honest, I don't care any more.

You know perfectly well what the matter is.

I made it perfectly clear to him what I meant.

I was perfectly happy on my own.

possibly adverb /ˈpɒs.ə.bli/ 3 lehetőség szerint, amennyire/amennyit csak lehetséges ('can', 'could' hangsúlyozása)

We'll do everything we possibly can to help.

I couldn't possibly ask you to do that.

precisely adverb /prɪˈsaɪ.sli/ 2 pontosan (hangsúlyozás)

"You look tired - you should go home and rest." - "I'm going to do precisely that."

But it's precisely because of the noise that they're thinking of moving.

simply adverb /ˈsɪm.pli/ 1 egyszerűen; kifejezetten (hangsúlyozás)

We simply don't have the time.

You look simply beautiful in that dress.

The hunger in parts of Africa is terrible - there's (quite) simply no other word for it.

Phrases and idioms:

strictly forbidden/prohibited szigorúan tiltott/tilos (hangsúlyozás)

The use of cameras is strictly forbidden.