3. Időtartam C2 (28) – altémák

Időtartam* (28)

drag verb /dræg/ (-gg-) 3 hosszúra nyúlik (időben), nem akar véget érni [I]

The afternoon really seemed to drag.

The negotiations dragged on for months.

elapse verb /ɪˈlæps/ [I] (formal) múlik, elmúlik, telik, eltelik (idő)

Two years have elapsed since the attack.

fly verb /flaɪ/ *(flew, flown) 4 repül, elrepül (átv.) (pl. idő) [I]

There was plenty to do, and the time flew.

linger verb /ˈlɪŋ.gər/ [I] hosszasan időzik/megmarad

The smell from the fire still lingered hours later.

progress verb /prəˈgres/ [I] 2 halad, múlik (idő)

I began to feel more relaxed as the evening progressed.

spread verb /spred/ *(spread, spread) 6 feloszt (egy időszakra) (pl. törlesztést) [T] also: spread out

The payments will be spread over two years.

interval noun /ˈɪnt.ə.vəl/ [C] 2 időköz

After an interval of three days, the peace talks resumed.

abrupt adjective /əˈbrʌpt/ 1 hirtelen, váratlan

an abrupt change/halt/departure

Our conversation came to an abrupt end.

long-lasting adjective /ˌlɒŋˈlɑː.stɪŋ/ tartós, sokáig tartó (barátság, hatás, stb.)

Theirs was a long-lasting friendship.

long-running adjective /ˌlɒŋˈrʌn.ɪŋ/ hosszú ideje/ideig folytatódó

a long-running musical

their long-running dispute

overnight adjective, adverb /ˌəʊ.vəˈnaɪt/ 2 egycsapásra, egyik napról a másikra

Change does not happen overnight.

remote adjective /rɪˈməʊt/ 2 távoli (időben)

in the remote past

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.

indefinitely adverb /ɪnˈdef.ɪ.nət.li/ határozatlan időre/ideig

His visit has been postponed indefinitely.

scarcely adverb /ˈskeəs.li/ alig (alighogy); alig (majdnem semmi); aligha

They had scarcely finished eating when there was a knock at the door.

There was scarcely any traffic.

I can scarcely refuse to help after all he's done for me.

swiftly adverb /ˈswɪft.li/ gyorsan, sebesen

She walked swiftly away.

inside preposition /ɪnˈsaɪd/ 2 vmennyi időn belül

The doctor's promised to be here inside an hour.

Phrasal verbs:

slip away /slɪp/ 4 elillan, eloson (elszalad, elszáll, elröppen) (az idő)

As the months slipped away, I began to forget what he looked like.

Phrases and idioms:

at length hosszan, hosszadalmasan

We discussed both topics at length.

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.

by/in leaps and bounds ugrásszerűen

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

from the 1870s/March/6.30 pm, etc. onwards az 1870-es évektől/márciustól/18:30-tól kezdve

From June onwards, they began to meet regularly.

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.

on the spot azonnal, ott helyben

I accepted the job on the spot.

the best/better part of sth java, java része vminek (egy időszak legnagyobb része)

It took the better part of the afternoon to put those shelves up.

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)