23.3.6. gy. A1C2 (példák)

snap verb /snæp/ 1 pattan, lepattan, letörik; letör, eltör, kettétör, elpattint (ágat, botot, stb.) [I or T]

The wind had snapped the tree in two.

Paul snapped off the smaller branches.

Snap the biscuit in two and share it.

split verb /splɪt/ *(splitting, split, split) 3 hasad, reped; hasít [I or T]

He split his trousers when he bent over.

Her shoes were splitting apart at the sides.

The wooden floor had cracked and split in the heat.

squash verb /skwɒʃ/ 1 összenyom vmit (összelapít) [T]

He accidentally sat on her hat and squashed it.

tear verb /teər/ [I or T] *(tore, torn) tép, szakít; tépődik, szakad

I tore my skirt on the chair as I stood up.

You have to be very careful with books this old because the paper tends to tear very easily.

A couple of pages had been torn out of the book.

apart adverb /əˈpɑːt/ 3 darabokra

I took the motor apart to see how it worked.

My jacket is so old, it's coming apart.

finely adverb /ˈfaɪn.li/ finomra (vágott/őrölt)

Finely chop the onion.

roughly adverb /ˈrʌf.li/ 3 durván, nagyjából (elnagyolva, nem alaposan)

Roughly chop the tomatoes and add to the onions.

Phrasal verbs:

cut down ↔ sth /kʌt/ 1 levág, kivág (pl. fát)

The new owners cut down the apple trees.

cut out ↔ sth /kʌt/ 1 kivág vmit (vmilyen alakzatot/eltávolít vmit)

She cut out his picture from the magazine.

cut up ↔ sth /kʌt/ felvág, felszel, felaprít, összevagdal (darabokra)

Could you cut up the cake and put it on plates?