34.6.4. gy. A1C2 (példák)

bother verb /ˈbɒð.ər/ 2 zavar, bosszant; aggaszt, nyugtalanít [T]

Does it bother you that he's out so much of the time?

It bothers me that he doesn't seem to notice.

Living on my own has never bothered me.

I don't care if he doesn't come - it doesn't bother me.

concern verb /kənˈsɜːn/ [T] 3 aggaszt, nyugtalanít vkit

What really concerns me is her lack of experience.

dread verb /dred/ [T] (előre) retteg vmitől (vminek a bekövetkezésétől)

I'm dreading the first day at my new school.

I dread seeing him again.

fear verb /fɪər/ [T] 1 tart vmitől (vmi rossztól) (aggódik)

Police fear (that) the couple may have drowned.

It is feared (that) as many as two hundred passengers may have died in the crash.

fear verb /fɪər/ [T] 2 fél vmitől/vkitől (retteg vmitől)

Most older employees fear unemployment.

What do you fear most?

Phrases and idioms:

be glad of sth hálás vmiért (formal)

I was glad of a few days off before going back to work.

in the hope of/that vminek reményében

She went to Paris in the hope of improving her French.

They wrote to the Prime Minister in the hope that he would help.

look on the bright side a dolgok pozitív/szebbik oldalát nézi

Look on the bright side - no one was badly hurt.

open your heart kitárja a szívét/lelkét vkinek

That night, she opened her heart to me and I think that's when I fell in love with her.

sb's best/last/only hope legjobb/utolsó/egyedüli reménye vkinek

Doctors say his only hope is a transplant.