34.8.2. gy. A1B2 (példák)

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.

pain noun /peɪn/ 2 fájdalom (átv.) (érzelmi) [U]

I can't describe the pain I suffered when he died.

The parents are still in great pain over the death of their child.

suffering noun /ˈsʌf.ər.ɪŋ/ [U] szenvedés

The war will cause widespread human suffering.

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.

embarrassing adjective /ɪmˈbær.ə.sɪŋ/ kínos, kellemetlen, zavaró

an embarrassing situation

It's embarrassing to be caught telling a lie.

What has been your most embarrassing moment?

fed up adjective /ˌfedˈʌp/ [never before noun] (informal) elege van vmiből

I'm fed up with my job.

He got fed up with all the travelling he had to do.

painful adjective /ˈpeɪn.fəl/ 2 fájdalmas (átv.) (érzelmileg)

The old photograph brought back painful memories.

rough adjective /rʌf/ 4 durva, kemény, nehéz (pl. időszak)

She's having a rough time at work.

unbearable adjective /ʌnˈbeə.rə.bl̩/ elviselhetetlen (kibírhatatlan, tűrhetetlen)

The heat was almost unbearable.