67.13. gy. B2 (példák)

assume verb /əˈsjuːm/ [T] feltételez

I assumed (that) you knew each other because you went to the same school.

I invited her just assuming she would want to come.

imagine verb /ɪˈmædʒ.ɪn/ [T] 4 feltételez vmit

I imagine (that) he's under a lot of pressure at the moment.

I don't imagine (that) they have much money.

"Will they change it?" "I imagine so."

reckon verb /ˈrek.ən/ [I or T] gondol, vél (vmit vhogy); (úgy) számít, kalkulál

I reckon he's going to leave.

How much do you reckon it's going to cost?

He reckons that he earns more in a week than I do in a month.

belief noun /bɪˈliːf/ 1 hit, hiedelem [U or no plural]

a common/popular/widely-held belief

He called at her house in the belief that she would lend him the money.

It is my firm/strong belief that the public have a right to know.

She took this medicine in the mistaken belief that it would cure her.

fantasy noun /ˈfæn.tə.si/ [C or U] fantázia (ábránd, elképzelt dolog)

Steve's favourite fantasy was to own a big house and a flashy car.

sexual fantasies

She retreated into a fantasy world, where she could be anything she wanted.

vision noun /ˈvɪʒ.ən/ 1 látomás, vízió (a jövőről alkotott elképzelés) [C]

a vision of a better society

We see in his novels his grim vision of the future.

apparently adverb /əˈpær.ənt.li/ 2 úgy tűnik (, hogy); látszólag, mintha

There were two apparently unrelated deaths.

An eighty-year-old woman was badly hurt in what the police describe as an apparently random attack.

seriously adverb /ˈsɪə.ri.ə.sli/ 2 komolyan (nem tréfálkozva)

Seriously now, did he really say that or are you just being silly?

You're not seriously thinking of leaving, are you?

Phrasal verbs:

make up ↔ sth /meɪk/ kiagyal, kitalál vmit (kifogást, történetet, stb.)

I made up an excuse about having to look after the kids.

My dad was always really good at making up stories.

Phrases and idioms:

take sb/sth seriously komolyan vesz vkit/vmit

The police have to take any terrorist threat seriously.

You don't take anything seriously, do you? It's all one big joke to you.

She wants to be taken seriously as an actress.

These young actors take themselves so seriously!