3. Időtartam A1C2 (170) – altémák

1. Idő, időtartam (35) 2. Valamettől, valameddig (27) 3. Hosszú időtartam (40) 4. Rövid időtartam (35) 5. Gyorsaság, sebesség (33)

anymore adverb /ˌen.iˈmɔːr/ többé nem, már nem

This shirt doesn't fit me anymore - would you like it?

now adverb /naʊ/ 3 vmikortól mostanáig, vmennyi ideje

I've lived in Cambridge for two years now.

She's been a vegetarian for ten years now.

since adverb /sɪnts/ azóta

Emma went to work in New York a year ago, and we haven't seen her since.

He started working for the company when he left school, and has been there ever since.

I've long since forgotten any Latin I ever learned.

yet adverb /jet/ 1 még nem (tagadó mondatban); már (kérdő mondatban)

I haven't spoken to her yet.

He hasn't finished yet.

"Are you ready?" "Not yet - wait a moment."

Has Paul arrived yet?

yet adverb /jet/ 3 még (mostantól a megadott időtartamig)

She won't be back for a long time yet.

Our holiday isn't for weeks yet.

from preposition /frɒm/ 3 -tól, -től (kezdeti/keletkezési időpont)

Drinks will be served from seven o'clock.

Most of the paintings in this room date from the seventeenth century.

The museum is open from 9.30 to 6.00 Tuesday to Sunday.

since preposition /sɪnts/ óta

It was the hottest October since records began.

She's been working there since the beginning of last summer.

till preposition /tɪl/ -ig (időpontig)

We waited till half past six for you.

Up till 1918, women in Britain were not allowed to vote.

to preposition /tuː/ 8 -ig (időpontig, állapotig, szintig)

It's only two weeks to Christmas.

Unemployment has risen to almost eight million.

She nursed me back to health.

until preposition /ʌnˈtɪl/ also: till 1 -ig (egy időpontig)

I'm staying here until the end of June.

The show will be on until the end of the month.

I was working until past midnight.

since conjunction /sɪnts/ 1 azóta hogy, amióta

He's been much happier since he started his new job.

I've known Tim since he was seven.

till conjunction /tɪl/ míg, amíg (nem)

How long is it till your baby is due?

until conjunction /ʌnˈtɪl/ also: till 1 -ig, amíg (idő)

Hadn't we better wait until Antony arrives?

I waited until they'd gone before I started clearing up.

Phrases and idioms:

all along kezdettől fogva, mindvégig

I knew all along that it was a mistake.

any more már nem (tagadó értelmű mondatban)

I don't do yoga any more.

as yet mindeddig, egyelőre (formal)

We haven't needed extra staff as yet, but may do in the future.

No ambulances had as yet managed to get across the river.

ever since azóta (mindig)

We met at school and have been friends ever since.

He's been depressed ever since he got divorced.

from ... to ... -tól -ig (időtartam megadása)

The museum is open from Tuesday to Saturday.

from start to finish elejétől a végéig

I enjoyed the film from start to finish.

from the 1870s/March/6.30 pm, etc. onwards az 1870-es évektől/márciustól/18:30-tól kezdve

From June onwards, they began to meet regularly.

from then/that day, etc. on attól/attól a naptól kezdve (folyamatosan)

From then on, he began to keep all her letters and cards.

They were good friends from that day on.

no longer többé nem, már nem

The cinema is no longer used.

She doesn't work here any longer.

not until -ig nem (egy időpont előtt nem)

We didn't eat until past midnight.

It doesn't open until 7:00.

so far mostanáig, eddig

So far we've made thirty-two thousand pounds.

the best/worst, etc. yet eddig/mindeddig//mostanáig a legjobb/legrosszabb/stb.

Of all the songs I've heard tonight, that's the best yet.

That was my worst exam yet.

to date mostanáig (formal)

This is her best work to date.

up to/until/till, etc. -ig (idő)

You can call me up until midnight.

3. lecke (A1) – 12. lecke (A2) – 27. lecke (B1) – 54. lecke (B2) – 83. lecke (C1) – 102. lecke (C2)