26.2.7. gy. A1B2 (példák)

rough adjective /rʌf/ 2 durva, hozzávetőleges, vázlatos

Write a rough copy first and check the grammar.

Can you give me a rough idea of the numbers?

about adverb /əˈbaʊt/ 1 körülbelül

It happened about two months ago.

"What time are you leaving work today?" "About five."

accurately adverb /ˈæk.jʊ.rət.li/ pontosan

The plans should be drawn as accurately as possible, showing all the measurements.

approximately adverb /əˈprɒk.sɪ.mət.li/ körülbelül

The job will take approximately two weeks, and cost around £1000.

The college has approximately 700 students.

exactly adverb /ɪgˈzækt.li/ 1 pontosan

The journey took exactly three hours.

Where are you staying exactly?

precisely adverb /prɪˈsaɪ.sli/ 1 pontosan; pont, pontban

The fireworks begin at eight o'clock precisely.

What do you think the problem is, precisely?

roughly adverb /ˈrʌf.li/ 1 durván, hozzávetőleg

There has been an increase of roughly 2.25 million.

Roughly speaking, it's 2.25 million.

We have roughly the same tastes.

around preposition /əˈraʊnd/ 3 körül, körülbelül

around two months ago

around four o'clock

She earns around forty thousand a year.

Phrases and idioms:

on average átlagosan

Female workers earn, on average, a third less than men.

or so körülbelül, úgy (vmennyi) (informal)

"How many people were at the party?" "Fifty or so, I guess."

somewhere around/between, etc. valahol ..., körülbelül, úgy

Somewhere between 900 and 1100 minor crimes are reported in this city every week.

It will take us somewhere between three and four hours to get to Madrid.

The company's annual turnover is somewhere around £70.7 million.