1. Minősítés, jó, rossz C2 (49) – altémák

Minősítés, jó, rossz* (29) 1. Minősítés, besorolás (20)

erode verb /ɪˈrəʊd/ 2 erodál (átv.), (fokozatosan) lerombol, tönkretesz (bizalmat, jogokat, értéket, stb.) [T] (formal)

Reports of corruption have eroded people's confidence in the police.

fall verb /fɔːl/ [I] *(fell, fallen) 4 romlik, leromlik

Education standards are continuing to fall.

Empty for 30 years, the building had fallen into ruin.

erosion noun /ɪˈrəʊ.ʒən/ [U] 2 erózió (átv.) (fokozatos csökkenése/leromlása vminek)

There has been a gradual erosion of confidence in the government.

mediocrity noun /ˌmiː.diˈɒk.rə.ti/ [U] középszerűség

I was shocked by the mediocrity of these students.

splendour noun /ˈsplen.dər/ [C or U] pompa, ragyogás

The palace has now been restored to its original splendour.

trash noun /træʃ/ [U] szemét, vacak (rossz minőségű dolog) (film, tévéműsor, könyv, stb.) (informal)

I can't believe that someone of his intelligence can read such trash!

There's only trash on the television tonight.

crude adjective /kruːd/ 1 kidolgozatlan, egyszerű (eszköz, fegyver, stb.)

a crude device/weapon

dazzling adjective /ˈdæz.lɪŋ/ 1 káprázatos (rendkívül jó/izgalmas)

a dazzling display/performance

due adjective /djuː/ 3 kellő, megfelelő (gondosság, megfontolás, körültekintés, stb.) [always before noun] (formal)

He was fined for driving without due care and attention.

exquisite adjective /ɪkˈskwɪz.ɪt/ elragadó, páratlan szépségű, tökéletes

a garden of exquisite flowers

foul adjective /faʊl/ 2 pocsék

foul weather

She's in a foul mood.

grim adjective /grɪm/ (grimmer, grimmest) 3 komor, nyomasztó (hely)

grim industrial regions

mediocre adjective /ˌmiː.diˈəʊ.kər/ középszerű

The acting was mediocre.

pathetic adjective /pəˈθet.ɪk/ 1 szánalmas, gyatra, kétségbeejtően rossz (informal)

He made a rather pathetic attempt to apologize.

You're too frightened to speak to her? Come on, that's pathetic!

It was a pathetic performance and the team lost badly.

pitiful adjective /ˈpɪt.i.fəl/ szánalmas (siralmas/gyatra/elégtelen) (disapproving)

a pitiful excuse

pitiful wages

The amount of time and money being spent on researching this disease is pitiful.

respectable adjective /rɪˈspek.tə.bl̩/ 2 tekintélyes (elég nagy/jó)

She earns a respectable salary.

The final score was a respectable 2:1.

sensational adjective /senˈseɪ.ʃən.əl/ 2 szenzációs, szédületes (rendkívül jó)

a sensational performance

wretched adjective /ˈretʃ.ɪd/ 2 átkozott (siralmas, szánalmas) (nagyon rossz) (pl. körülmények)

The refugees were living in wretched conditions.

Phrasal verbs:

not be cut out to be sth/not be cut out for sth /kʌt/ nem alkalmas vmire

I'm not really cut out to be a nurse.

Phrases and idioms:

(be) on the line vonalon van, éppen csak hogy megvan/megfelel

If we don't win the contract, all our jobs are on the line.

be out of this world fantasztikusan jó (informal)

Their chocolate cake is just out of this world!

beyond your wildest dreams legszebb álmait is felülmúlja

The house was beyond my wildest dreams.

do the job elvégzi a dolgot, megfelel a célnak

Here, this knife should do the job.

fall short of sth vártnál kevesebb, nem felel meg a várakozásnak

Sales for the first half of this year fell just short of the target.

His behaviour falls short of what we expect.

She just fell short of the grades she needed.

go downhill romlik (pl. egészség)

After his wife died, his health started to go downhill.

lend itself to sth kínálkozik vmire, alkalmas vmire (formal)

The novel's complex, imaginative style does not lend itself to translation.

not be up to much nem valami jó

Her latest novel isn't up to much.

not be/come up to scratch nem üti meg a szintet (informal)

She told me my work wasn't up to scratch.

The department has put a procedure in place for staff who don't come up to scratch.

the beauty of sth a szépsége vminek, a szép/legszebb vmiben (legjobb tulajdonsága vminek)

The beauty of the plan is that it won't cost anything.

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