44.5. gy. B1 (példák)

intend verb /ɪnˈtend/ [T] szándékában áll megtenni vmit; szán vmire/vkinek vmit

We intend to go to Australia next year.

Somehow I offended him, which wasn't what I'd intended.

I don't think she intended me to hear the remark.

It was intended as a compliment, honestly!

mean verb /miːn/ [T] *(meant, meant) 4 szándékozik/akar (csinálni vmit); szán vmit vkinek/vmire

I'm sorry if I offended you - I didn't mean any harm.

Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt!

would modal verb /wʊd/ 3 ('will' múlt ideje) (mások múltbeli szándékának/hajlandóságának/képességének kifejezése) also: 'd

The car wouldn't start this morning.

I asked her to talk to him, but she wouldn't.

aim noun /eɪm/ cél, célkitűzés [C]

He went to Paris with the aim of improving his French.

My main aim is to make people laugh.

ambition noun /æmˈbɪʃ.ən/ 1 vágy, cél, ambíció [C]

His ambition is to run his own business.

He has already achieved his main ambition in life - to become wealthy.

goal noun /gəʊl/ [C] 3 cél (törekvés, szándék)

Do you think I'll be able to achieve my goal of losing 5 kilos?

Andy's goal is to run in the New York Marathon.

Always set yourself realistic goals.

Phrases and idioms:

aim to do sth szándékozik, törekszik vmire (az a célja hogy ...)

I aim to be a millionaire by the time I'm 35.

have been meaning to do sth szándékában áll (egy ideje már akar/tervez vmit)

I've been meaning to call you for weeks.

hope to do sth remél/szándékozik vmit

Dad hopes to retire next year.

wish (that) bár, bárcsak (vmi más lenne), azt kívánja (, hogy)

I wish that I was/were a bit taller.

I wish I didn't have to go to work today.

I wish he would leave.

I wish I had been there.