106.8. gy. C2 (példák)

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

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

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

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

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.

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:

go downhill romlik (pl. egészség)

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