6.5.4. gy. A1B2 (példák)

maintain verb /meɪnˈteɪn/ [T] 2 fenntart, karbantart (utat, házat, berendezést, stb.)

A large house costs a lot to maintain.

The roads generally are very poorly maintained.

mend verb /mend/ [T] javít, megjavít

Could you mend this hole in my shirt?

I've left my watch at the jeweller's to be mended.

The plumber came to mend the burst pipe.

paint verb /peɪnt/ 2 fest, kifest, befest, lefest (pl. falat) [I or T]

We've painted the bedroom blue.

I've been painting all morning.

I'll need to paint over these dirty marks on the wall.

repair verb /rɪˈpeər/ [T] 1 megjavít (gépet, épületet, stb.)

They're repairing the holes in the road at last.

I must get my bike repaired.

The garage said the car was so old it wasn't worth repairing.

attachment noun /əˈtætʃ.mənt/ 1 tartozék (készülékhez/berendezéshez) [C]

This food processor has a special attachment for grinding coffee.

breakdown noun /ˈbreɪk.daʊn/ [C] 2 meghibásodás, üzemzavar

I had a breakdown in the middle of the road.

decoration noun /ˌdek.əˈreɪ.ʃən/ 2 festés/mázolás, felújítás [U]

This place is badly in need of decoration.

failure noun /ˈfeɪ.ljər/ 2 meghibásodás, leállás (pl. berendezésé); leromlás, elégtelenség (egészségé) [C or U]

All trains were delayed due to a power failure.

He died of heart/liver failure.

maintenance noun /ˈmeɪn.tə.nənts/ [U] karbantartás, fenntartás (úté, épületé, gépé, stb.)

car maintenance classes

Old houses require too much maintenance.

I need a garden that's very low maintenance.

paint noun /peɪnt/ [C or U] festék

a tin of paint

There were so many paints to choose from that I couldn't decide which to buy.