34.8.3. gy. A1C2 (példák)

sacrifice noun /ˈsæk.rɪ.faɪs/ [C or U] áldozat (lemondás vmiről/a feláldozott dolog)

We had to make sacrifices in order to pay for our children's education.

They cared for their disabled son for 27 years, at great personal sacrifice.

suffering noun /ˈsʌf.ər.ɪŋ/ [U] szenvedés

The war will cause widespread human suffering.

torture noun /ˈtɔː.tʃər/ [U] 1 kínlódás, gyötrelem (nagyon kellemetlen/unalmas dolog) (!)

I had to sit there listening to her for two whole hours - it was torture!

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.

hostile adjective /ˈhɒs.taɪl/ 2 ellenséges (zord, barátságtalan) (körülmény, éghajlat, stb.)

a hostile climate

They live and work in very hostile conditions.

intolerable adjective /ɪnˈtɒl.ər.ə.bl̩/ elviselhetetlen

an intolerable situation

The constant fighting made life at home intolerable.

painful adjective /ˈpeɪn.fəl/ 2 fájdalmas (átv.) (érzelmileg)

The old photograph brought back painful memories.