34.8.4. gy. A1C2 (példák)

rough adjective /rʌf/ 4 durva, kemény, nehéz (pl. időszak)

She's having a rough time at work.

self-conscious adjective /ˌselfˈkɒn.ʃəs/ feszélyezett, zavart

He looked uncomfortable, like a self-conscious adolescent who's gone to the wrong party.

troublesome adjective /ˈtrʌb.l.səm/ zavaró, kellemetlen, nehéz (sok problémát okozó)

a troublesome knee injury

unbearable adjective /ʌnˈbeə.rə.bl̩/ elviselhetetlen (kibírhatatlan, tűrhetetlen)

The heat was almost unbearable.

uncomfortable adjective /ʌnˈkʌmpf.tə.bl̩/ 2 kínos (feszélyezett, zavart) (pl. csend)

an uncomfortable silence

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

an unpleasant experience/smell

uncomfortably adverb /ʌnˈkʌmpf.tə.bli/ kellemetlenül; kínosan

I was warm but not uncomfortably so.

Phrasal verbs:

catch up with sb /kætʃ/ 2 utolér vkit (kezd problémát okozni) (vmi amit korábban tett/átélt)

I can feel the stress of the last few weeks beginning to catch up with me.

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.

saddle sb with sth /ˈsæd.l/ megterhel vkit vmivel (munkával, nehézségekkel, stb.)

We're saddled with a lot of debt.