33.5.3. gy. B1B2 (példák)

assume verb /əˈsjuːm/ [T] feltételez

I assumed (that) you knew each other because you went to the same school.

I invited her just assuming she would want to come.

dream verb /driːm/ [I or T] *(dreamed or dreamt, dreamed or dreamt) 2 ábrándozik vmiről

He never dreamed that one day he would become President.

imagine verb /ɪˈmædʒ.ɪn/ [T] 1 elképzel vmit (felidéz)

Imagine (that) you're eating an ice cream - try to feel how cold it is.

She imagined herself sitting in her favourite armchair back home.

Somehow I can't imagine him without a beard.

imagine verb /ɪˈmædʒ.ɪn/ [T] 3 elképzel, képzelődik

"Did you hear a noise?" "No, you're imagining things."

I can't hear anything - you must be imagining it.

would modal verb /wʊd/ 4 lenne (elképzelt helyzet) also: 'd

It would be lovely to go to New York.

belief noun /bɪˈliːf/ 1 hit, hiedelem [U or no plural]

a common/popular/widely-held belief

He called at her house in the belief that she would lend him the money.

It is my firm/strong belief that the public have a right to know.

She took this medicine in the mistaken belief that it would cure her.

fantasy noun /ˈfæn.tə.si/ [C or U] fantázia (ábránd, elképzelt dolog)

Steve's favourite fantasy was to own a big house and a flashy car.

sexual fantasies

She retreated into a fantasy world, where she could be anything she wanted.

imagination noun /ɪˌmædʒ.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ 1 képzelet, fantázia [C usually no plural]

There's nothing out here - it's just your imagination.

For some reason the story captured/caught the imagination of the public.

There's a sex scene in the film which apparently leaves nothing to the imagination.

vision noun /ˈvɪʒ.ən/ 1 látomás, vízió (a jövőről alkotott elképzelés) [C]

a vision of a better society

We see in his novels his grim vision of the future.

Phrasal verbs:

make up ↔ sth /meɪk/ kiagyal, kitalál vmit (kifogást, történetet, stb.)

I made up an excuse about having to look after the kids.

My dad was always really good at making up stories.