9. Számok, mennyiség* – Top 3000 (16) – altémák

Számok, mennyiség* (16)

gain verb /geɪn/ 2 fokozatosan elér vmit/növekszik vmi (méret, súly, mennyiség, stb.) (hízik, gyorsul, stb.) [T]

He's gained a lot of weight in the last few months.

The car gained speed going down the hill.

increase verb /ɪnˈkriːs/ [I or T] növel; növekszik

Sales of laptops have increased over the last few years.

The cost of the project has increased dramatically/significantly since it began.

Gradually increase the temperature to boiling point.

lower verb /ˈləʊ.ər/ [T] 2 csökkent (mennyiséget, szintet); lehalkít

Interest rates have been lowered again.

Boil for 5 minutes, then lower the heat.

Please lower your voice.

We will never lower our standards.

raise verb /reɪz/ [T] 2 emel, felemel (átv.) (mennyiséget, szintet)

The government plan to raise taxes.

They've certainly raised standards at the school.

One solution would be to raise prices.

reduce verb /rɪˈdjuːs/ [T] csökkent

to reduce air pollution

Prices have been reduced by almost 50 percent.

The number of employees was reduced from 500 to 300.

Do nuclear weapons really reduce the risk of war?

addition noun /əˈdɪʃ.ən/ 1 gyarapodás, gyarapítás [C]

Defender Matt Smith is the latest addition to the team.

fall noun /fɔːl/ [C usually no plural] 1 esés, csökkenés

the recent fall in the price of petrol

a fall in the unemployment rate

We could hear the rise and fall of voices in the other room.

growth noun /grəʊθ/ [U or no plural] növekedés; fejlődés

A balanced diet is essential for healthy growth.

population growth

increase noun /ˈɪn.kriːs/ [C or U] növekedés

price/tax increases

There were 39, 000 new cases last year - an increase of 7 per cent.

Any increase in production would be helpful.

quarter noun /ˈkwɔː.tər/ 2 negyed, egynegyed [C]

He cut the orange into quarters.

I waited a quarter of an hour for her.

Under a quarter of people questioned said that they were happily married.

My house is situated a mile and three-quarters from here.

reduction noun /rɪˈdʌk.ʃən/ [C or U] csökkenés; csökkentés; engedmény, árengedmény

a reduction in traffic

huge price reductions

rise noun /raɪz/ [C] 1 emelkedés (növekedés) (szinté, értéké)

a sudden temperature rise

a 5% rise in inflation

August has seen a large rise in the number of unemployed.

additional adjective /əˈdɪʃ.ən.əl/ hozzáadott, külön

additional costs/problems

There will be an extra charge for any additional passengers.

first adjective /fɜːst/ 1 első (az összes többi előtti)

This is my first trip to New York.

Karen was the first person to arrive.

We met for the first time yesterday.

half determiner, noun, pronoun /hɑːf/ plural: halves 1 fél, fele vminek

Rice is eaten by half of the world's population.

It'll take half an hour to get there.

Jenny lived in Beijing for a year and a half.

He cut up the apple and gave me half.

second determiner, ordinal number /ˈsek.ənd/ 1 második (sorrendben)

Is Megan her first or second child?

This is the second time I've had flu this winter.

Jones took second place in the long jump.

I was second in the 100m.

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