25.1.2. gy. B1B2 (példák)

dawn noun /dɔːn/ hajnal, virradat [C or U]

We woke at dawn.

We left as dawn was breaking.

We left at the break of dawn.

daytime noun /ˈdeɪ.taɪm/ [U] nappal, napközben (időszak)

I tend to sleep in/during the daytime and study at night.

a regular daytime job

a daytime telephone number

daytime television

fortnight noun /ˈfɔːt.naɪt/ [C usually no plural] két hét (időtartam)

a fortnight's holiday

once a fortnight

a fortnight ago

time noun /taɪm/ 7 kor, korszak, idők [C]

In/During medieval times, women thought to be witches were burnt at the stake.

In times gone by, all crops were harvested by hand.

He is widely regarded as one of the best writers of modern/our times.

We sat and talked about old times.

seasonal adjective /ˈsiː.zən.əl/ idényjellegű, szezonális

seasonal vegetables

seasonal farm work

the determiner /ðiː/ 6 a, az (évtizedek nevei előtt)

the sixties

Phrases and idioms:

in season szezonja/idénye/évadja vminek

Vine tomatoes are in season from April to October.

the eighties a nyolcvanas évek

They moved to Britain in the eighties.

the fifties az ötvenes évek

Many new towns were built in the fifties.

the forties a negyvenes évek

Most of these people were born in the forties.

the nineties a kilencvenes évek

I spent most of the nineties travelling around the world.

the seventies a hetvenes évek

I grew up in the seventies.

the sixties a hatvanas években

I still love all that music from the sixties.

the thirties a harmincas évek

They moved to Paris in the thirties.

the twenties a húszas évek

I love the fashions of the twenties.