8. Gond, nyugalom A1B2 (63) – altémák

1. Gond, szenvedés (28) 2. Idegesség, nyugtalanság (21) 3. Nyugalom, megnyugvás (14)

bear verb /beər/ *(bore, borne) 1 visel, elvisel, tűr, eltűr; kibír, kiáll; elszenved [T]

I like her but I can't bear her friends.

I can't bear being bored.

He couldn't bear to see the dog in pain.

How can you bear to talk to him?

bother verb /ˈbɒð.ər/ 1 zavar vkit, terhére van vkinek [T]

I'm sorry to bother you, but could you direct me to the station?

I didn't want to bother her with work matters on her day off.

endure verb /ɪnˈdjʊər/ [T] elvisel; tart, kitart

We had to endure a nine-hour delay at the airport.

She's already had to endure three painful operations on her leg.

haunt verb /hɔːnt/ [T] 2 kísért (rossz emlék/érzés) (!)

Fighting in Vietnam was an experience that would haunt him for the rest of his life.

Thirty years after the fire he is still haunted by images of death and destruction.

mind verb /maɪnd/ 1 bán vki vmit; zavar vkit vmi (főleg kérdő és tagadó mondatokban) [I or T]

Would she mind if I came too?

Take Juan's book - I'm sure he wouldn't mind.

I don't mind driving.

I don't mind taking her if you're too busy.

Do you mind me smoking?

I'd prefer to stay in tonight, if you don't mind.

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.

embarrassment noun /ɪmˈbær.ə.smənt/ [C or U] feszengés, zavar; zavaró tényező

She blushed with embarrassment.

My parents were such an embarrassment to me.

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.

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.

unpleasant adjective /ʌnˈplez.ənt/ 1 kellemetlen (szag, tapasztalat, meglepetés, stb.)

an unpleasant experience/smell

Phrasal verbs:

put up with sth/sb /pʊt/ eltűr, elvisel vmit/vkit

I can put up with the house being untidy, but I hate it if it's not clean.

He's so rude - I don't know how she puts up with him.

Phrases and idioms:

be a pain kellemetlen (személy, dolog, esemény) (informal)

Having to keep the bikes in the house is such a pain.

My sister was being a real pain.

be sick of sth torkig van vmivel (informal)

I'm sick of people telling me how to run my life.

can't face sb/sth/doing sth nem tud szembenézni vmivel/vkivel (nehézséggel, kellemetlenséggel, stb.)

I can't face walking up all those steps again.

I knew someone had to tell her but I couldn't face it.

How can I face him now that he knows what I've done?

can't take sth nem képes elviselni/eltűrni vmit

We argue all the time and I can't take it any more.

get rid of sth megszabadul vmitől (vmi kellemetlen dolognak vége szakad)

I can't seem to get rid of this headache.

make the best of sth jó képet vág (vmi rosszhoz)

Our hotel room is rather small, but we'll just have to make the best of it.

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