2. Helyes, hibás A1C2 (84) – altémák

1. Hibátlan, helyes, igaz (39) 2. Helytelen, hibás (45)

bias noun /ˈbaɪ.əs/ [C or U] elfogultság

a bias towards/against private education

The news channel has been accused of bias in favour of the government.

craziness noun /ˈkreɪ.zi.nəs/ [U] őrültség, tébolyodottság

I couldn't stand the craziness of their household.

deficiency noun /dɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/ [C or U] 1 hiányosság, fogyatékosság

Parents are complaining of serious deficiencies in the education system.

fault noun /fɒlt/ 1 hiba, hiányosság (vmi gond/probléma vmivel) [C]

The car has a serious design fault.

They think the fire was caused by an electrical fault.

nonsense noun /ˈnɒn.sənts/ [U or no plural] ostobaság, szamárság

She talks such nonsense sometimes.

He dismissed the accusations as complete/utter nonsense.

What a load of nonsense!

It's nonsense to suggest that they could have cheated.

prejudice noun /ˈpredʒ.ʊ.dɪs/ [C or U] előítélet, elfogultság

It takes a long time to overcome these kinds of prejudices.

Women still face prejudice in the workplace.

rubbish noun /ˈrʌb.ɪʃ/ [U] 3 ostobaság, hülyeség

Ignore him, he's talking rubbish.

shortcoming noun /ˈʃɔːtˌkʌm.ɪŋ/ [C] hiba, hiányosság

I like him despite his shortcomings.

stupidity noun /stjuːˈpɪd.ə.ti/ [U] ostobaság

The accident was caused by my own stupidity.

abnormal adjective /æbˈnɔːməl/ természetellenes, rendellenes, abnormális

abnormal behaviour/weather

They found abnormal levels of lead in the water.

absurd adjective /əbˈzɜːd/ esztelen, képtelen, lehetetlen, nevetséges, abszurd

What an absurd explanation!

Don't be so absurd! Of course I want you to come.

It's an absurd situation - neither of them will talk to the other.

biased adjective /ˈbaɪ.əst/ elfogult

to be biased against/towards younger workers

childish adjective /ˈtʃaɪl.dɪʃ/ 1 gyermeteg

Don't be so childish!

crazy adjective /ˈkreɪ.zi/ 1 őrült, esztelen

It's a crazy idea.

You're crazy to buy a house without seeing it.

false adjective /fɒls/ 1 helytelen, téves

a false name

false information

The rumour later turned out to be false.

You'll get a false impression/idea of the town if you only visit the university.

foolish adjective /ˈfuː.lɪʃ/ buta, meggondolatlan; nevetséges

It would be foolish to pay more.

I thought I might look foolish if I refused.

idle adjective /ˈaɪ.dl/ 2 üres (alaptalan, komolytalan); hiábavaló [always before noun]

idle gossip

This is no idle threat.

imperfect adjective /ɪmˈpɜː.fɪkt/ hibás, nem tökéletes

an imperfect solution

incorrect adjective /ˌɪn.kəˈrekt/ helytelen, téves

an incorrect answer

Your figures are incorrect.

insane adjective /ɪnˈseɪn/ 1 elmebeteg, őrült (átv.) (terv, döntés, stb.) (informal)

an insane decision

mad adjective /mæd/ (madder, maddest) 2 őrült, bolond (átv.) (ostoba, meggondolatlan, eszetlen) (informal)

You're mad to walk home alone at this time of night.

He must be mad spending so much money on a T-shirt.

Some of the things she does are completely mad.

obscene adjective /əbˈsiːn/ 2 szemérmetlenül nagy (megbotránkoztató/tisztességtelen mértékű) (fizetés, nyereség, stb.) (!)

obscene profits

prejudiced adjective /ˈpredʒ.ə.dɪst/ előítélettel van vki/vmi iránt, elfogult

Are the police prejudiced against black people?

ridiculous adjective /rɪˈdɪk.jʊ.ləs/ nevetséges (ostoba, képtelen)

I've never heard anything so ridiculous.

I'd look ridiculous in a hat like that.

It's a ridiculous idea/suggestion.

subjective adjective /səbˈdʒek.tɪv/ szubjektív

a subjective judgment

unbalanced adjective /ʌnˈbæl.ənst/ 2 kiegyensúlyozatlan (részrehajló/elfogult/nem korrekt)

He gave an unbalanced view of the situation.

unfair adjective /ʌnˈfeər/ 1 igazságtalan (részrehajló/nem korrekt)

an unfair system

The test was unfair because some people had seen it before.

unjustified adjective /ʌnˈdʒʌs.tɪ.faɪd/ indokolatlan

unjustified criticism

unreasonable adjective /ʌnˈriː.zən.ə.bl̩/ ésszerűtlen (nem igazságos/nem elfogadható); túlzott

unreasonable behaviour/demands

It seems unreasonable to expect one person to do both jobs.

unwise adjective /ʌnˈwaɪz/ nem okos (pl. döntés); nem ajánlatos (tenni vmit)

an unwise decision

wrong adjective /rɒŋ/ 1 rossz, helytelen, hibás (nem helyes/hibátlan)

Three of your answers were wrong.

That clock is wrong - it's 12.30, not 12.15.

I'm sorry, you've got the wrong number.

We're going the wrong way.

wrong adjective /rɒŋ/ 4 nem megfelelő

She's the wrong person for the job.

She got in with the wrong crowd at university.

foolishly adverb /ˈfuː.lɪʃ.li/ ostoba módon

Foolishly, I didn't write the phone number down.

sadly adverb /ˈsæd.li/ 2 sajnálatosan, szánalmasan (nem megfelelő/kielégítő módon)

Sadly, the treatment doesn't work for all patients.

If you think she'll let you do that, you're sadly mistaken.

unreasonably adverb /ʌnˈriː.zən.ə.bli/ ésszerűtlenül (nem igazságosan/nem elfogadhatóan); túlzottan

I thought the prices were unreasonably high.

He acted unreasonably.

wrong adverb /rɒŋ/ rosszul, hibásan, helytelenül

You've spelt my name wrong.

wrongly adverb /ˈrɒŋ.li/ tévesen, helytelenül

It has been said - wrongly - that Americans hate government.

Phrases and idioms:

a wild accusation/guess/rumour, etc. vad vádaskodás/találgatás/híresztelés/stb. (alaptalan)

You can't go round making wild accusations like that.

be a disgrace szégyen vmi

It's a disgrace that money is being wasted like this.

be without foundation; have no foundation alap nélküli; nincs alapja (nincs rá igazolás) (formal)

The allegations are completely without foundation.

can't/couldn't very well do sth nemigen tenne vmit (nem lenne helyes/célszerű)

I couldn't very well tell her while he was there.

I can't very well tell him we don't want him at the party!

fly in the face of szemben áll vmivel (ellenkezője a szokásosnak/elfogadottnak)

These recommendations fly in the face of previous advice on safe limits of consumption.

not hold water nem helytálló (érv, javaslat, stb.)

I'm sorry, but what you are suggesting just doesn't hold water!

open to abuse/criticism, etc. alkalmat ad a visszaélésekre/kritikára/stb.

The system is wide open to abuse.

wouldn't dream of doing sth még álmában sem jutna eszébe vmi (helytelennek/értelmetlenek tart vmit)

I wouldn't dream of asking him for money.

5. lecke (A1) – 15. lecke (A2) – 33. lecke (B1) – 60. lecke (B2) – 87. lecke (C1) – 106. lecke (C2)