24.3.2. gy. C1C2 (példák)

closely adverb /ˈkləʊ.sli/ 2 szorosan, közelről (nagyon közel távolságban/időben/helyzetben)

Elke came into the room, closely followed by her children.

downhill adverb /ˌdaʊnˈhɪl/ (hegyoldalon) lefelé

It's so much easier cycling downhill.

downwards adverb /ˈdaʊn.wədz/ lefelé

The road slopes downwards to the river.

immediately adverb /ɪˈmiː.di.ət.li/ 2 közvetlenül (térben, időben)

Milton Street is on the left, immediately after the bank.

They moved in immediately before Christmas.

We heard a loud crash from the room immediately above us.

off adverb /ɒf/ 6 vmilyen távolságra, vmilyen messze (időben/térben)

You can see the village off in the distance.

My holidays seem a long way off.

The exams are so far off that I'm not even thinking about them yet.

out adverb /aʊt/ 9 messze, messzire (a parttól, hazától, stb.)

The fishing boats were out at sea for three days.

They live out in the countryside, miles from anywhere.

He lived out in Zambia for seven years.

uphill adverb /ʌpˈhɪl/ felfelé (hegynek/emelkedőn)

We'd walked half a mile uphill.

upwards adverb /ˈʌp.wədz/ felfelé (magasabb helyre/szintre/értékre)

The cost of completion has been revised upwards again due to inflation.

towards preposition /təˈwɔːdz/ 3 felé, tájt (közel egy helyhez/időhöz)

Our seats were towards the back of the theatre.

I often get hungry towards the middle of the morning.

We're getting towards winter and it's getting dark earlier.

Phrases and idioms:

a stone's throw egy kőhajításnyira

The cottage is just a stone's throw from the sea.

back and forth (rendszeresen) oda-vissza

He has to travel back and forth between London and Paris every week.

in the vicinity (of sth) környék, környéke vminek (formal)

A number of buildings in the vicinity of the fire were damaged.

miles (nagyon) messze

Her cottage is miles from the nearest village.

We drove for miles along dusty roads.