4. Katonaság, háború B2 (38) – altémák

Katonaság, háború* (22) 3. Háború, csata (16)

fire verb /faɪər/ 1 elsüt (fegyvert), lő [I or T]

He fired his gun into the air.

He fired three shots.

Someone started firing at us.

Without warning he started firing into the crowd.

guard verb /gɑːd/ [T] 1 őriz, véd vkit/vmit (meg ne támadják/el ne lopják)

Soldiers guard the main doors of the embassy.

miss verb /mɪs/ 7 elhibáz, nem talál el (célt) [I or T]

It should have been such an easy goal and he missed.

He threw a book at me, but it missed.

The bullet missed his heart by a couple of centimetres.

agent noun /ˈeɪ.dʒənt/ [C] 2 titkos ügynök

a secret agent

arrow noun /ˈær.əʊ/ [C] 2 nyíl, nyílvessző

Robin Hood asked to be buried where his arrow landed.

base noun /beɪs/ [C] 2 bázis, támaszpont (kat.)

an American Air Force base

an old army/naval/military base

bow noun /bəʊ/ [C] 2 íj (fegyver)

a bow and arrows

bullet noun /ˈbʊl.ɪt/ [C] golyó, lövedék

Several bullet holes could be seen beside a window.

He was killed by a bullet in the head.

command noun /kəˈmɑːnd/ 1 parancs, utasítás [C]

He hated being in the army because he had to obey commands.

When I give the command, fire!

explosion noun /ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/ [C] 1 robbanás (pl. bombáé)

Forty people were killed in the explosion.

The fire was thought to have been caused by a gas explosion.

force noun /fɔːs/ 2 erő (katonai, rendőrségi, biztonsági, stb.) [C]

the security forces

the work force

He joined the police force straight after school.

navy noun /ˈneɪ.vi/ [C + singular or plural verb] haditengerészet (!)

My brother is an officer in the Navy.

Gabriel joined the navy in 2010.

a navy ship

officer noun /ˈɒf.ɪ.sər/ [C] 3 katonatiszt (!)

a naval officer

an army officer

service noun /ˈsɜː.vɪs/ 5 katonai szolgálat; haderő, fegyveres erők [C or U]

He joined the air force in 2001 and spent ten years in the service.

Most of my family were in the services.

All men under thirty-five were told to report for military service within three days.

Service personnel are subject to the Official Secrets Act.

shooting noun /ˈʃuː.tɪŋ/ [C or U] lövés; lövöldözés; vadászat (!)

We heard some shooting in the night.

There have been a number of shootings in the capital this week.

shot noun /ʃɒt/ [C] 1 lövés (fegyverrel) (!)

He fired four shots at the car as it drove off.

sword noun /sɔːd/ [C] kard

He rode towards me, waving his sword in the air.

weapon noun /ˈwep.ən/ [C] fegyver (!)

chemical/nuclear/biological weapons

The youths were dragged from their car and searched for weapons.

armed adjective /ɑːmd/ fegyveres, felfegyverzett (!)

an armed robbery

armed conflict

armed guards/police

military adjective /ˈmɪl.ɪ.tri/ katonai (!)

military action/service

military uniform

military targets/forces

nuclear adjective /ˈnjuː.klɪər/ 2 atom-, nukleáris (fegyver)

a nuclear war/attack

Phrases and idioms:

an army/prison/refugee, etc. camp katonai/börtön/menekült/stb. tábor

a refugee camp just across the border

8. lecke (A1) – 21. lecke (A2) – 47. lecke (B1) – 78. lecke (B2) – 97. lecke (C1) – 117. lecke (C2)