24.12. gy. TOP 3000 (példák)

annoy verb /əˈnɔɪ/ [T] bosszant, zavar

Tim really annoyed me in the meeting this morning.

I'm sorry - is my cough annoying you?

It annoys me that she just expects us to help.

It really annoys me when people expect me to tip as well as pay a service charge in a restaurant.

spoil verb /spɔɪl/ [T] *(spoiled or spoilt, spoiled or spoilt) 1 elront (látványt, szórakozást, estét, étvágyat, stb.)

He tried not to let the bad news spoil his evening.

I haven't seen the film, so don't spoil it for me by telling me what happens.

You'll spoil your appetite for dinner if you have a cake now.

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.

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.

upset verb /ʌpˈset/ [T] *(upsetting, upset, upset) felzaklat, felizgat

The phone call had clearly upset her.

It still upsets him when he thinks about the accident.

Don't upset yourself by thinking about what might have happened.

fuss noun /fʌs/ [U or no plural] rumli, nagy felhajtás

What's all the fuss about?

I don't know why you're making such a fuss about it.

It's all a fuss about nothing.

We tried to arrange a ceremony with as little fuss as possible.

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.

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.

embarrassed adjective /ɪmˈbær.əst/ feszélyezett, zavart

She felt embarrassed about undressing in front of the doctor.

I was too embarrassed to admit that I was scared.