33.7.3. gy. C2 (példák)

shallow adjective /ˈʃæl.əʊ/ 2 felszínes, felületes (nem komoly/alapos) (ember, érvelés, stb.)

He is a very shallow person.

superficial adjective /ˌsuː.pəˈfɪ.ʃəl/ 1 felületes (nem alapos/gondos) (ember, tanulmány, vizsgálat, stb.)

He's a very superficial person.

superficial knowledge

Phrasal verbs:

slip up /slɪp/ elcsúszik vhol, melléfog, téved

These figures don't make sense - have we slipped up somewhere?

Phrases and idioms:

a faraway look/expression távolba meredő, révedező tekintet/arckifejezés

He had a faraway look in his eyes.

be blind to sth nem akar észrevenni vmit

Drivers who speed are often blind to the risks they cause.

be misunderstood félreismert, meg nem értett, nem elismert

He was a genius, but misunderstood by society at the time.

get sb/sth muddled up összekever, összetéveszt vkit/vmit (vkivel/vmivel)

I often get Jonathan and his brother muddled up.

jump to conclusions elhamarkodott következtetéseket von le

He saw them talking together and jumped to conclusions.

let your guard down hagyja a figyelmét/éberségét lankadni

He's worried that if he lets his guard down that his staff will start to become lazy.

lose sight of sth szem elől téveszt vmit (átv.) (megfeledkezik egy fontos dologról)

We mustn't lose sight of the original aims of this project.

sb's attention/mind/thoughts, etc. wander elkalandozik a figyelme/esze/gondolatai/stb.

I was bored and my thoughts started to wander.