3. Baleset, sérülés A1C2 (75) – altémák

1. Baleset (22) 2. Katasztrófa (23) 3. Sebesülés, sérülés (30)

burn verb /bɜːn/ *(burnt or burned, burnt or burned) 1 elég, leég; kiég; eléget, leéget, kiéget (tűzben károsodik/megsemmisül vmi) [I or T]

The factory burned to the ground.

She burnt his old love letters.

He dropped his cigarette and burnt a hole in his jacket.

collapse verb /kəˈlæps/ [I] 1 összeomlik (pl. épület)

Thousands of buildings collapsed in the earthquake.

The chair collapsed under her weight.

flood verb /flʌd/ [I or T] 1 elönt, eláraszt (vízzel); kiárad (folyó)

The town was flooded when the river burst its banks.

Our washing machine broke down yesterday and flooded the kitchen.

sink verb /sɪŋk/ *(sank, sunk) 1 süllyed, elsüllyed; süllyeszt; besüpped; belesüpped [I or T]

The Titanic was a passenger ship which sank to the bottom of the ocean in 1912.

The legs of the garden chair sank into the soft ground.

Enemy aircraft sank two battleships.

The dog sank its teeth into the ball and ran off with it.

strike verb /straɪk/ *(struck, struck) 4 megtámad, sújt vmire/vkire [T]

The storm struck the coast at about eight in the morning.

catastrophe noun /kəˈtæs.trə.fi/ [C or U] katasztrófa (átv. is)

After the drought, the country is facing environmental catastrophe.

chaos noun /ˈkeɪ.ɒs/ [U] káosz

Snow and ice have caused chaos on the roads.

Ever since our secretary walked out, the office has been in a state of total chaos.

devastation noun /ˌdev.əˈsteɪ.ʃən/ [U] pusztulás; pusztítás

The tornado has already left a trail of devastation through four states from Nebraska to Missouri.

disaster noun /dɪˈzɑː.stər/ [C or U] 1 katasztrófa, csapás

An inquiry was ordered into the recent rail disaster.

This is one of the worst natural disasters ever to hit the area.

Everything was going smoothly until suddenly disaster struck.

doom noun /duːm/ [U] fenyegető végzet

a horrible sense of doom

drama noun /ˈdrɑː.mə/ [C or U] 2 dráma (átv.), drámai esemény

We had a little drama last night when the oil in the pan caught fire.

A powerful human drama was unfolding before our eyes.

earthquake noun /ˈɜːθ.kweɪk/ [C] földrengés

A powerful earthquake struck eastern Turkey last night.

fire noun /faɪər/ 1 tűz; tűzeset [C or U]

The library was badly damaged in the fire.

It is thought that the fire was started deliberately.

It took the firefighters three hours to put out the fire.

How many historic buildings are damaged by fire each year?

flood noun /flʌd/ [C] 1 ár, árvíz

After the flood it took weeks for the water level to go down.

toll noun /təʊl/ [no plural] 2 áldozatok száma (halott/sérült); kár nagysága

Independent sources say that the death toll from the earthquake runs into thousands.

tragedy noun /ˈtrædʒ.ə.di/ [C or U] tragédia, tragikus eset; tragédia (műfaj)

His life was touched by hardship and personal tragedy.

They had only recently arrived in London when tragedy struck - their son was killed in a traffic accident.

devastating adjective /ˈdev.ə.steɪ.tɪŋ/ 2 pusztító, megsemmisítő

The fire has had a devastating effect on the local wildlife.

tragic adjective /ˈtrædʒ.ɪk/ tragikus (baleset, tévedés, stb.)

Her tragic death at the age of 36 shocked the world.

He was killed in a tragic accident.

Hospital authorities admitted that a tragic error had taken place.

Phrasal verbs:

burn down ↔ (sth) /bɜːn/ leéget, porig éget; leég, kiég, porig ég (pl. épület)

Their house burnt down while they were away on holiday.

He tried to burn down the school.

Phrases and idioms:

burst into flames lángra lobban

The car plunged down a hill and burst into flames.

catch fire tüzet fog

The car crashed and caught fire.

give way leszakad, beszakad, összeroskad

Suddenly the ground gave way under me.

on fire lángokban áll

If your home was on fire and you could save only one thing, what would it be?

2. lecke (A1) – 10. lecke (A2) – 24. lecke (B1) – 51. lecke (B2) – 82. lecke (C1) – 100. lecke (C2)