24.9.2. gy. C2 (példák)

outgoing adjective /ˌaʊtˈgəʊ.ɪŋ/ 2 elmenő, kimenő (posta, hívás, járat, stb.); távozó (kormány, igazgató, stb.) [always before noun]

outgoing mail/calls/flights

the outgoing chairman

sideways adjective, adverb /ˈsaɪd.weɪz/ oldalra; oldalról; oldalára fordítva

The fence is leaning sideways.

If you would move sideways to the left, I can get everyone in the picture.

Take two sideways steps.

downhill adverb /ˌdaʊnˈhɪl/ (hegyoldalon) lefelé

It's so much easier cycling downhill.

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.

whereabouts adverb /ˌweər.əˈbaʊts/ hol, merrefelé

Whereabouts does he live?

amid preposition /əˈmɪd/ also: amidst 2 között (vmik között) (hegyek, fák, stb.)

a village set amid rolling hills

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.

extend from/into/over, etc. terjed vmitől/vmeddig/át/stb. (folytatódik/átnyúlik területen/időben)

Will the building work extend into next week?

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

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

stretch away/into, etc. el-/bele-/stb. nyúlik/terjed (nagy területre kiterjed)

The fields stretched away into the distance.

A huge cloud of dense smoke stretched across the horizon.

The Andes stretch for 7250 km along the west coast of South America.

the length and breadth of sth széltében-hosszában

They travelled the length and breadth of Scotland together.

the tail end of sth hátsó rész/vég; far

the tail end of the eighties