4. Időrend A1C2 (106) – altémák

1. Időszak elején (14) 2. Időszak végén (13) 3. Időben előtte (17) 4. Egy időben, közben (16) 5. Időben utána (25) 6. Korán, időben, későn (21)

beginning noun /bɪˈgɪn.ɪŋ/ [C usually no plural] kezdet, az eleje vminek

We met at the beginning of 2014.

She sat down and read the book straight through from beginning to end.

I enjoyed my job at/in the beginning, but I'm bored with it now.

early adjective /ˈɜː.li/ (earlier, earliest) 1 korai, kezdeti (egy időszak elejéhez közeli)

the early 1980s

This was in the early days of car design.

My earliest memory is of being shown around our new house.

initial adjective /ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/ [always before noun] kezdeti, első (reakció, érzés, tudósítás, stb.)

My initial reaction was one of anger.

Initial reports say that seven people have died, though this has not yet been confirmed.

early adverb /ˈɜː.li/ (earlier, earliest) 1 korán (korai időpontban) (egy időszak elejéhez közel)

I get up early during the week.

She starts work fairly early.

initially adverb /ɪˈnɪʃ.əl.i/ eleinte, kezdetben

Initially, most people approved of the new scheme.

The damage was far more serious than initially believed.

Phrases and idioms:

at first eleinte

At first I thought she was unfriendly, but actually she's just shy.

at/from the outset (vminek) az elején/az elejétől fogva

I made my views clear at the outset.

We knew from the outset that we were unlikely to win.

early on kezdetén, elején

I lost interest quite early on in the book.

in its infancy gyermekcipőben jár

In the 1950s, space travel was in its infancy.

in the first place elsőként, kezdetkor, mindjárt a legelején; először is (felsorolás elején használva)

Why did you invite her in the first place?

on the threshold of sth küszöbén áll vminek (átv.) (pl. egy új korszaknak)

We're on the threshold of a new era in European relations.

the dawn of sth hajnala vminek, kezdete vminek (literary)

the dawn of civilization

the middle közepe (egy időszaknak)

The letter should arrive by the middle of next week.

The noise woke us up in the middle of the night.

to begin with eleinte

To begin with, the two girls got on well.

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