27.1.12. gy. C1C2 (példák)

Phrases and idioms:

all but majdnem, csaknem

The film was all but over by the time we arrived.

comparative comfort/freedom/silence, etc. viszonylagos kényelem/szabadság/csönd/stb.

I enjoyed the comparative calm of his flat after the busy office.

comparatively cheap/easy/little, etc. viszonylag olcsó/könnyű/kicsi/stb.

The climb was comparatively easy.

far from sth egyáltalán nem (vmi/vmilyen)

The situation is far from clear.

in part részben (formal)

He is in part to blame for the accident.

none too clean/clever/pleased, etc. egyáltalán nem tiszta/okos/elégedett/stb.

His clothes were none too clean.

not exactly easy/new/rich, etc. nem éppen könnyű/új/gazdag/stb. (tréfás/bosszús hangsúllyal) (informal)

Let's face it, we're not exactly rich, are we?

not nearly (as/so) közel sem/sincs

It's not nearly as expensive as I thought.

There are not nearly enough jobs to go round.

nowhere near megközelítőleg/távolról sem

The house was nowhere near the sea.

It's nowhere near time for us to leave yet.

I'm nowhere near finishing the book - I'm only half-way through it.

He's nowhere near as tall as his sister.