78.5. gy. B2 (példák)

beg verb /beg/ [I or T] (-gg-) 2 koldul

There are more and more homeless people begging on the streets these days.

She had to beg for money and food for her children.

collect verb /kəˈlekt/ 4 másoktól pénzt gyűjt [I or T]

I'm collecting for Children in Need.

We're collecting (money) for the homeless.

donate verb /dəʊˈneɪt/ [I or T] 1 adományoz (pénzt, javakat)

An anonymous businesswoman donated one million dollars to the charity.

Please donate generously.

donation noun /dəʊˈneɪ.ʃən/ [C or U] adomány (pénz, stb.)

donations of food and money

I'd like to make a small donation in my mother's name.

hunger noun /ˈhʌŋ.gər/ 2 éhezés (élelemhiány) [U]

All over the world, people die of hunger every day.

poverty noun /ˈpɒv.ə.ti/ [U] szegénység

Two million people in the city live in poverty.

We need an effective strategy to fight poverty.

independent adjective /ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dənt/ 2 független (nem más befolyása/irányítása alatt álló)

an independent enquiry/organization

The group is independent of any political party.

starving adjective /ˈstɑːv.ɪŋ/ 1 éhínségben szenvedő; halálra éhező

starving people

free adverb /friː/ 2 szabadon (nem tartva vhol, korlát/ellenőrzés nélkül)

The horse broke free and ran away.

freely adverb /ˈfriː.li/ szabadon; nyíltan, kertelés nélkül

For the first time in months she could move freely.

Exotic foods are freely available in supermarkets.

She freely admits that she was partly to blame.

We encourage the victims to talk freely about their experiences.