26.2.5. gy. A1B2 (példák)

estimate verb /ˈes.tɪ.meɪt/ [T] becsül, felbecsül (mennyiséget, költséget, stb.)

Government sources estimate a long-term 50% increase in rail fares.

They estimate that the journey will take at least two weeks.

It was difficult to estimate how many trees had been destroyed.

The number of dead is estimated at over three hundred.

underestimate verb /ˌʌn.dəˈres.tɪ.meɪt/ [T] 1 alábecsül vmit (költséget, a fontosságát vminek, stb.)

Many people underestimate the cost of owning a car.

We shouldn't underestimate the part that exercise plays in good health.

plus preposition /plʌs/ plusz (összeadás)

What is six plus four?

The rent will be £75 a week, plus gas and electricity.

There will be two adults travelling, plus three children.

times preposition /taɪmz/ -szor, -szer, -ször, szorozva

What is eight times fourteen?

and conjunction /ænd/ 3 meg (számok kifejezése és összeadás)

It cost a hundred and twenty pounds.

Two and three equals five.

Phrasal verbs:

add up ↔ (sth) /æd/ összead (számokat)

If you add those four figures up, it comes to over £500.

I'm not very good at adding up!

take away ↔ sth /teɪk/ 2 elvesz, kivon (számot)

Four take away two is two.

If you take 4 away from 12 you get 8.

work out ↔ sth /wɜːk/ 1 kiszámol vmit (pl. költséget)

We need to work out the total cost of the project.

Phrases and idioms:

in all összesen

Some of the children came, so there were 15 of us in all.

three/eight/nine, etc. times háromszor/nyolcszor/kilencszer/stb. (nagyobb, jobb, stb.)

Ben earns three times more than me.

He gets paid nearly three times as much as me.