28.4.5. gy. B1B2 (példák)

flood verb /flʌd/ [I or T] 2 özönlik, beözönlik vhova; elönt

She drew back the curtains and the sunlight came flooding in.

Shoppers flooded into the store on the first morning of the sale.

hold verb /həʊld/ [T] *(held, held) 4 belefér vmibe

This jug holds exactly one pint.

One bag won't hold all of the shopping - we'd better take two.

Modern computers can hold huge amounts of information.

squash verb /skwɒʃ/ 2 beprésel vmit/vkit vhova; bepréselődik [I or T often passive]

The kids were all squashed into the back seat.

capacity noun /kəˈpæs.ə.ti/ 1 befogadóképesség; térfogat, űrtartalom; teljesítmény [C or U]

a restaurant with a capacity of 200

The new stadium has a seating capacity of 50 000.

The ground was filled to capacity.

dense adjective /dents/ sűrű (köd, füst, tömeg, erdő, haj, szövet, stb.)

dense fog

a dense forest

packed adjective /pækt/ zsúfolt (tömve emberekkel)

The hall was packed.

The bus was packed with schoolchildren.

thick adjective /θɪk/ 2 sűrű (erdő, haj, stb.) (szorosan egymás mellett növő)

thick forest

thick dark hair

thick adjective /θɪk/ 3 sűrű (füst, köd, stb.) (nehezen átlátható)

Thick, black smoke was pouring out of the chimney.

densely adverb /ˈdent.sli/ sűrűn

England was once a densely wooded country.

Mexico City is one of the most densely populated cities in the world.

with preposition /wɪð/ 4 -val, -vel (megtölt/beborít/stb. vmivel)

a bucket filled with water

She filled the jug with cream.

Phrasal verbs:

fill up ↔ (sth) /fɪl/ megtölt; megtelik

The seats in the hall were filling up fast.

Could you fill that bucket up with water for me?

spread out /spred/ szétszóródik, csoportokra oszlik (embercsoport)

They spread out to search the whole area.

squeeze (sb/sth) in/squeeze (sb/sth) into sth /skwiːz/ gyömöszöl, begyömöszöl, beprésel vkit/vmit vhova (egy helyre)

The car's quite full, but we could manage to squeeze another couple of people in.

I must have put on a lot of weight over Christmas because I can only just squeeze into my jeans.

Phrases and idioms:

a stream of sth (személyek/dolgok) áramlása/áradata

There has been a steady stream of phone calls from worried customers.

I had a constant stream of visitors while I was ill.