22.2.4. gy. C2 (példák)

underlying adjective /ˌʌn.dəˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/ [always before noun] vminek az alapját képező, mögöttes (ok, probléma, feltételezés, stb.)

We need to look at the underlying reasons for ill health.

near preposition /nɪər/ 3 közel (egy állapothoz/helyzethez)

The runners looked near exhaustion.

I was near (to) tears at one point during the film.

This is the nearest I've ever got to winning anything.

He came near to punching him.

Phrasal verbs:

be/get caught up in sth /kætʃ/ belekeveredik vmibe (egy helyzetbe)

How did the paper get caught up in a legal dispute?

come in /kʌm/ 2 szóba jön, felmerül vki (vmivel kapcsolatban)

We need people to help clean up, and that's where you come in.

subject sb/sth to sth /səbˈdʒekt/ alávet vkinek/vminek, kitesz vminek (megpróbáltatásnak, bántalmazásnak, stb.)

Police subjected him to hours of questioning.

The defence lawyers claimed that the prisoners had been subjected to cruel treatment.

Phrases and idioms:

as it stands ahogy jelenleg áll, jelenlegi állapotában

The law as it stands is very unclear.

at this rate ha ez így megy tovább, ilyen módon/körülmények közt

At this rate we're not going to be there till midnight.

be on the verge of sth/doing sth határán/szélén van vminek (átv.) (csőd, sírás, kihalás, stb.)

a company on the verge of financial disaster

I was on the verge of leaving my job.

be/get caught elkapja vmi (kellemetlen dolog/helyzet) (pl. eső)

I got caught in the rain.