22.8. gy. TOP 3000 (példák)

imagine verb /ɪˈmædʒ.ɪn/ [T] 1 elképzel vmit (felidéz)

Imagine (that) you're eating an ice cream - try to feel how cold it is.

She imagined herself sitting in her favourite armchair back home.

Somehow I can't imagine him without a beard.

imagine verb /ɪˈmædʒ.ɪn/ [T] 3 elképzel, képzelődik

"Did you hear a noise?" "No, you're imagining things."

I can't hear anything - you must be imagining it.

would modal verb /wʊd/ 4 lenne (elképzelt helyzet) also: 'd

It would be lovely to go to New York.

belief noun /bɪˈliːf/ 1 hit, hiedelem [U or no plural]

a common/popular/widely-held belief

He called at her house in the belief that she would lend him the money.

It is my firm/strong belief that the public have a right to know.

She took this medicine in the mistaken belief that it would cure her.

truth noun /truːθ/ 1 igazság (valóság) [U]

There may be some truth in what she says.

There is no truth in the reports of his resignation.

And yet what he says contains at least a grain of truth.

actual adjective /ˈæk.tʃu.əl/ [always before noun] tényleges, valós, valóságos

We had estimated about 300 visitors, but the actual number was much higher.

The exams are in July, but the actual results don't appear until September.

real adjective /rɪəl/ 1 igazi, valódi (nem képzelt)

He's not real you know, he's just a character in a book.

Romance is never like that in real life.

realistic adjective /ˌrɪəˈlɪs.tɪk/ 1 valósághű, élethű

The creatures were all computer-generated but so realistic.

serious adjective /ˈsɪə.ri.əs/ 2 komoly (nem tréfás)

Please don't laugh - I'm being serious.

He was wearing a very serious expression and I knew something was wrong.

On the surface it's a very funny novel but it does have a more serious underlying theme.

Is she serious about going to live abroad?

apparently adverb /əˈpær.ənt.li/ 2 úgy tűnik (, hogy); látszólag, mintha

There were two apparently unrelated deaths.

An eighty-year-old woman was badly hurt in what the police describe as an apparently random attack.