3. Időtartam C1C2 (56) – altémák

Időtartam* (20) 3. Hosszú időtartam (20) 5. Gyorsaság, sebesség (16)

accelerate verb /əkˈsel.ə.reɪt/ 1 gyorsul, felgyorsul; gyorsít, felgyorsít (gyorsabban történik vmi) [I or T]

Inflation is likely to accelerate this year.

rate noun /reɪt/ [C] 3 ütem, gyorsaság

the patient's heart rate

Our rate of progress is too slow.

The disease was spreading at an alarming rate.

abrupt adjective /əˈbrʌpt/ 1 hirtelen, váratlan

an abrupt change/halt/departure

Our conversation came to an abrupt end.

swift adjective /swɪft/ gyors (futó, válasz, pillantás, stb.)

a swift response

abruptly adverb /əˈbrʌp.tli/ hirtelen, hirtelenül, kurtán, váratlanul

They abruptly left the party.

His speech ended abruptly and he left the stage.

sharp adverb /ʃɑːp/ 1 hirtelen (jobbra/balra)

After the library, turn sharp left/right.

swiftly adverb /ˈswɪft.li/ gyorsan, sebesen

She walked swiftly away.

Phrases and idioms:

all at once egyszer csak, hirtelen

All at once he stood up and walked out of the room.

at a glance egyetlen pillantással (azonnal)

He could tell at a glance that something was wrong.

be slow to do sth; be slow in doing sth lassan/késlekedve csinál vmit

The government has been slow to react to the problem.

The ambulance was very slow in coming.

before you know it mielőtt tudomást szereznél róla (nagyon hamar)

We'll be there before you know it.

by/in leaps and bounds ugrásszerűen

Her Spanish has come on in leaps and bounds this year.

in a flash egy pillanat alatt, azon nyomban (informal)

I'll be back in a flash.

in the blink of an eye egy szempillantás alatt

In the blink of an eye, he was gone.

out of the blue váratlanul

One day, out of the blue, she announced that she was leaving.

the next thing I knew a következő dolog amit tudok (gyorsan történt vmi)

A car came speeding round the corner, and the next thing I knew I was lying on the ground.

3. lecke (A1) – 12. lecke (A2) – 27. lecke (B1) – 54. lecke (B2) – 83. lecke (C1) – 102. lecke (C2)