26.3.5. gy. A1B2 (példák)

centigrade noun /ˈsen.tɪ.greɪd/ [U] Celsius fok (hőmérséklet)

Water boils at 100° centigrade.

centimetre noun /ˈsen.tɪˌmiː.tər/ [C] centiméter

The picture measures fifty centimetres by thirty centimetres.

degree noun /dɪˈgriː/ 1 fok, hőfok [C]

Water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit and 100 degrees Celsius/Centigrade.

foot noun /fʊt/ [C] plural: feet 2 láb (mértékegység) (0,3048 m)

The man was standing only a few feet away.

She is five feet/foot three inches tall.

gram noun /græm/ [C] also UK: gramme gramm (mértékegység)

Measure out 200 grams of butter.

inch noun /ɪntʃ/ [C] hüvelyk (hosszmérték, 2,54 cm)

Twelve inches are equal to one foot.

He had a cut an inch long above his left eye.

The snow was six inches deep in some places.

Phrases and idioms:

a dose of sth egy adag (általában kellemetlen dologból)

a dose of bad news

a handful of egy maréknyi

Only a handful of people came to the meeting.

a pile of/piles of sth rengeteg, irtó sok (informal)

I've got a pile of things to do today.

He's got piles of money.

a sheet of paper/glass, etc. lap (papír-, üveg-, stb.)

a sheet of yellow paper