31.10. gy. TOP 3000 (példák)

mean verb /miːn/ [T] *(meant, meant) 1 jelent vmit (vmilyen jelentése van)

What does 'gather' mean?

The red light means stop.

say verb /seɪ/ [T] *(said, said) 1 mond (szavakat)

How do you say this word?

She said goodbye to all her friends and left.

"How do you say 'goodbye' in French?"

I couldn't hear what they were saying.

"I'd like to go home," she said.

Do you know what she said to him?

I've got something to say to you.

speak verb /spiːk/ *(spoke, spoken) 2 beszél (vmilyen nyelven) [T]

He speaks fluent French.

How many foreign languages do you speak?

I couldn't speak a word of Spanish when I got there.

I couldn't figure out what language they were speaking.

stress verb /stres/ 2 hangsúlyoz (pl. szótagot) [T]

In the word 'engine', you should stress the first syllable.

translate verb /trænzˈleɪt/ [I or T] 1 fordít, lefordít (másik nyelvre)

We were asked to translate a list of sentences.

She works for the EU, translating from English into French.

definition noun /ˌdef.ɪˈnɪʃ.ən/ 1 meghatározás, definíció (szó/kifejezés jelentésének leírása/magyarázata) [C]

a dictionary definition

What is the definition of 'mood'?

expression noun /ɪkˈspreʃ.ən/ 1 (nyelvi) kifejezés (szóhasználat, beszédfordulat) [C]

He uses a lot of informal expressions.

'A can of worms' is an expression which means 'a difficult situation'.

language noun /ˈlæŋ.gwɪdʒ/ 1 nyelv (angol, magyar, stb.) [C]

How many languages do you speak?

I'm hopeless at learning languages.

the English language

sentence noun /ˈsen.tənts/ [C] 1 mondat

It's difficult to sum it up in one sentence.

Your conclusion is good, but the final sentence is too long and complicated.

word noun /wɜːd/ szó [C]

What's the word for goat in French?

Some words are more difficult to spell than others.

Your essay should be no more than two thousand words long.