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Nyelv* (25)

mean verb /miːn/ [T] *(meant, meant) 1 jelent vmit (vmilyen jelentése van)

What does 'gather' mean?

The red light means stop.

say verb /seɪ/ [T] *(said, said) 1 mond (szavakat)

How do you say this word?

She said goodbye to all her friends and left.

"How do you say 'goodbye' in French?"

I couldn't hear what they were saying.

"I'd like to go home," she said.

Do you know what she said to him?

I've got something to say to you.

speak verb /spiːk/ *(spoke, spoken) 2 beszél (vmilyen nyelven) [T]

He speaks fluent French.

How many foreign languages do you speak?

I couldn't speak a word of Spanish when I got there.

I couldn't figure out what language they were speaking.

spell verb /spel/ [I or T] *(spelled or spelt, spelled or spelt) betűz (szót); helyesen ír

"How do you spell 'receive'?" "R E C E I V E".

Shakespeare did not always spell his own name the same way.

Our address is 1520 Main Street, Albuquerque - shall I spell that (out) for you?

I think it's important that children should be taught to spell.

stress verb /stres/ 2 hangsúlyoz (pl. szótagot) [T]

In the word 'engine', you should stress the first syllable.

translate verb /trænzˈleɪt/ [I or T] 1 fordít, lefordít (másik nyelvre)

We were asked to translate a list of sentences.

She works for the EU, translating from English into French.

article noun /ˈɑː.tɪ.kl̩/ [C] 2 névelő (nyelvtan)

There's a definite article missing before the noun.

construction noun /kənˈstrʌk.ʃən/ 3 szerkezet (szó-, mondat-) (nyelvtan) [C]

Pay attention to sentence construction and check word order.

definition noun /ˌdef.ɪˈnɪʃ.ən/ 1 meghatározás, definíció (szó/kifejezés jelentésének leírása/magyarázata) [C]

a dictionary definition

What is the definition of 'mood'?

expression noun /ɪkˈspreʃ.ən/ 1 (nyelvi) kifejezés (szóhasználat, beszédfordulat) [C]

He uses a lot of informal expressions.

'A can of worms' is an expression which means 'a difficult situation'.

grammar noun /ˈgræm.ər/ [U] nyelvtan

This course will cover basic English grammar.

language noun /ˈlæŋ.gwɪdʒ/ 1 nyelv (angol, magyar, stb.) [C]

How many languages do you speak?

I'm hopeless at learning languages.

the English language

letter noun /ˈlet.ər/ [C] 2 betű

the letter D

object noun /ˈɒb.dʒɪkt/ [C] 2 tárgy (nyelvtan)

In the sentence 'I like ice cream', 'ice cream' is the object of the verb 'like'.

phrase noun /freɪz/ [C] kifejezés (nyelvtan)

Here are some phrases that may be useful in your essays.

sentence noun /ˈsen.tənts/ [C] 1 mondat

It's difficult to sum it up in one sentence.

Your conclusion is good, but the final sentence is too long and complicated.

spelling noun /ˈspel.ɪŋ/ [U] helyesírás; írásmód

He's hopeless at spelling.

My computer has a program which corrects my spelling.

Your essay is full of spelling mistakes/errors.

word noun /wɜːd/ szó [C]

What's the word for goat in French?

Some words are more difficult to spell than others.

Your essay should be no more than two thousand words long.

active adjective /ˈæk.tɪv/ 2 aktív, cselekvő (nyelvtan)

'Catrin told me' is an active sentence, and 'I was told by Catrin' is passive.

continuous adjective /kənˈtɪn.ju.əs/ 1 folyamatos (igeidő) (nyelvtan)

the present/past continuous

negative adjective /ˈneg.ə.tɪv/ 1 tagadó (nyelvtan)

'I've never seen him in my life' is a negative sentence.

'Don't' and 'do not' are negative forms of 'do'.

regular adjective /ˈreg.jʊ.lər/ 2 szabályos (nem rendhagyó) (nyelvtan)

'Talk' is a regular verb but 'go' is not.

literally adverb /ˈlɪt.ər.əl.i/ szó szerint; szó szoros értelmében

They were responsible for literally millions of deaths.

for preposition /fɔːr/ 9 jelent (jelentése van)

What's the Czech word for 'book'?

What does ATM stand for?

Phrases and idioms:

the past az ige múlt idejű alakja (nyelvtan)

The past of 'change' is 'changed'.

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