34.8.2. gy. C1C2 (példák)

hostile adjective /ˈhɒs.taɪl/ 2 ellenséges (zord, barátságtalan) (körülmény, éghajlat, stb.)

a hostile climate

They live and work in very hostile conditions.

intolerable adjective /ɪnˈtɒl.ər.ə.bl̩/ elviselhetetlen

an intolerable situation

The constant fighting made life at home intolerable.

self-conscious adjective /ˌselfˈkɒn.ʃəs/ feszélyezett, zavart

He looked uncomfortable, like a self-conscious adolescent who's gone to the wrong party.

troublesome adjective /ˈtrʌb.l.səm/ zavaró, kellemetlen, nehéz (sok problémát okozó)

a troublesome knee injury

uncomfortable adjective /ʌnˈkʌmpf.tə.bl̩/ 2 kínos (feszélyezett, zavart) (pl. csend)

an uncomfortable silence

uncomfortably adverb /ʌnˈkʌmpf.tə.bli/ kellemetlenül; kínosan

I was warm but not uncomfortably so.

Phrasal verbs:

catch up with sb /kætʃ/ 2 utolér vkit (kezd problémát okozni) (vmi amit korábban tett/átélt)

I can feel the stress of the last few weeks beginning to catch up with me.

saddle sb with sth /ˈsæd.l/ megterhel vkit vmivel (munkával, nehézségekkel, stb.)

We're saddled with a lot of debt.

not stand for sth /stænd/ nem tűr el (viselkedést, helyzetet)

I wouldn't stand for that sort of behaviour from him, if I were you.

Phrases and idioms:

a slap in the face pofon (átv.) (nagy kellemetlenség)

After all that hard work, losing my job was a real slap in the face.