34.2.2. gy. A1B1 (példák)

bored adjective /bɔːd/ unatkozó, unott

It was a cold, wet day and the children were bored.

We were bored stiff in those lessons.

He was getting bored with/of doing the same thing every day.

boring adjective /ˈbɔː.rɪŋ/ unalmas

a boring job/lecture

The movie was so boring I fell asleep.

dull adjective /dʌl/ 1 unalmas

She wrote dull, respectable articles for the local newspaper.

He's pleasant enough, but deadly dull.

uninterested adjective /ʌnˈɪn.trə.stɪd/ nem érdeklődő, közömbös

He's completely uninterested in politics.

uninteresting adjective /ʌnˈɪn.trə.stɪŋ/ nem érdekes, érdektelen, unalmas

His later work is uninteresting in comparison with his first novel.

actually adverb /ˈæk.tʃu.ə.li/ 2 tényleg (meglepetés, meglepődés kifejezése)

A friend of mine from university was actually at the same concert - I hadn't seen her for years!

Don't tell me he actually paid for you? You are honoured!

amazingly adverb /əˈmeɪ.zɪŋ.li/ elképesztően, hihetetlenül; bámulatosan

The food was amazingly good.

Amazingly enough, no one else has applied for the job.

excitedly adverb /ɪkˈsaɪ.tɪd.li/ izgatottan

She ran excitedly down the hall to greet her cousins.

surprisingly adverb /səˈpraɪ.zɪŋ.li/ meglepően

The restaurant turned out to be surprisingly cheap.

Not surprisingly, the jury found them guilty.

Phrases and idioms:

can't wait alig várja (hogy) (informal)

I can't wait to see him.

tired of doing sth un vmit, belefárad vmibe (átv.)

I'm tired of listening to her problems.