34.9.5. gy. C1 (példák)

Phrasal verbs:

take to sb/sth /teɪk/ megkedvel vkit/vmit

For some reason I just didn't take to her.

Phrases and idioms:

a passion for sth szenvedély vmi iránt

a passion for football

bad/ill feeling harag, rossz hangulat (emberek között)

I don't want to cause any bad feeling between us.

be glad of sth hálás vmiért (formal)

I was glad of a few days off before going back to work.

burning ambition/desire, etc. égő/heves becsvágy/vágy/stb.

I have no burning desire to go diving.

fulfil an ambition/dream/goal, etc. vágyat/álmot/célt/stb. teljesít/valóra vált

She has finally fulfilled her childhood ambition to swim with dolphins.

in the hope of/that vminek reményében

She went to Paris in the hope of improving her French.

They wrote to the Prime Minister in the hope that he would help.

look on the bright side a dolgok pozitív/szebbik oldalát nézi

Look on the bright side - no one was badly hurt.

shed tears könnyet ejt

I shed a few tears when he left.

the same old arguments/face/story, etc. ugyanazok a régi érvek/arcok/történetek/stb. (informal)

Every day I see the same old faces.

Politicians repeat the same old arguments time and time again.