2. Helyes, hibás C1C2 (43) – altémák

1. Hibátlan, helyes, igaz (17) 2. Helytelen, hibás (26)

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.

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.

biased adjective /ˈbaɪ.əst/ elfogult

to be biased against/towards younger workers

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

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

an insane decision

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?

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.

unjustified adjective /ʌnˈdʒʌs.tɪ.faɪd/ indokolatlan

unjustified criticism

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

an unwise decision

wrong adjective /rɒŋ/ 4 nem megfelelő

She's the wrong person for the job.

She got in with the wrong crowd at university.

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

I thought the prices were unreasonably high.

He acted unreasonably.

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 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)