11.3. gy. TOP 3000 (példák)

average noun /ˈæv.ər.ɪdʒ/ 1 (matematikai) átlag, átlagérték [C]

Prices have risen by an average of 4% over the past year.

figure noun /ˈfɪg.ər/ [C] 1 szám, számjegy

Can you read this figure? Is it a three or an eight?

Write the amount in both words and figures.

I looked quickly down the column of figures.

He earns a six-figure salary.

limit noun /ˈlɪm.ɪt/ [C] határ, korlát, korlátozás (lehetséges/megengedett legnagyobb érték)

Is there a limit on the amount of money you can claim?

I think we ought to put a limit on the amount of time we can spend on the project.

There's a limit to the number of times I can stop what I'm doing just so I can help him!

We set a time limit of thirty minutes for the test.

number noun /ˈnʌm.bər/ 1 szám, számjegy [C]

Think of a number smaller than 100.

Do you know what number their house is?

That's item number three on the agenda.

proportion noun /prəˈpɔː.ʃən/ rész, hányad; arány [C]

Children make up a large proportion of the world's population.

The class consists of men and women in roughly equal proportions.

quarter noun /ˈkwɔː.tər/ 2 negyed, egynegyed [C]

He cut the orange into quarters.

I waited a quarter of an hour for her.

Under a quarter of people questioned said that they were happily married.

My house is situated a mile and three-quarters from here.

rate noun /reɪt/ [C] 1 mérték; arány, arányszám

the rate of unemployment

The birth rate has fallen.

The drug has a high success/failure rate.

first adjective /fɜːst/ 1 első (az összes többi előtti)

This is my first trip to New York.

Karen was the first person to arrive.

We met for the first time yesterday.

half determiner, noun, pronoun /hɑːf/ plural: halves 1 fél, fele vminek

Rice is eaten by half of the world's population.

It'll take half an hour to get there.

Jenny lived in Beijing for a year and a half.

He cut up the apple and gave me half.

second determiner, ordinal number /ˈsek.ənd/ 1 második (sorrendben)

Is Megan her first or second child?

This is the second time I've had flu this winter.

Jones took second place in the long jump.

I was second in the 100m.