26.2.6. gy. A1C1 (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.

overestimate verb /ˌəʊ.vərˈes.tɪ.meɪt/ [I or T] túlbecsül, túlértékel vmit

They overestimated her ability to do the job.

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.

accuracy noun /ˈæk.jʊ.rə.si/ [U] pontosság, szabatosság

We can predict changes with a surprising degree of accuracy.

average noun /ˈæv.ər.ɪdʒ/ 2 átlag (tipikus, szokásos mennyiség, mérték) [C or U]

An 8-hour working day is about the average.

The audience figures were lower than average for this sort of film.

The quality of candidates was (well) below/above average.

I expect to spend an average of £20 on a meal in a restaurant.

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.