8. Gond, nyugalom – Top 3000 (22) – altémák

Gond, nyugalom* (22)

annoy verb /əˈnɔɪ/ [T] bosszant, zavar

Tim really annoyed me in the meeting this morning.

I'm sorry - is my cough annoying you?

It annoys me that she just expects us to help.

It really annoys me when people expect me to tip as well as pay a service charge in a restaurant.

bear verb /beər/ *(bore, borne) 1 visel, elvisel, tűr, eltűr; kibír, kiáll; elszenved [T]

I like her but I can't bear her friends.

I can't bear being bored.

He couldn't bear to see the dog in pain.

How can you bear to talk to him?

bother verb /ˈbɒð.ər/ 1 zavar vkit, terhére van vkinek [T]

I'm sorry to bother you, but could you direct me to the station?

I didn't want to bother her with work matters on her day off.

mind verb /maɪnd/ 1 bán vki vmit; zavar vkit vmi (főleg kérdő és tagadó mondatokban) [I or T]

Would she mind if I came too?

Take Juan's book - I'm sure he wouldn't mind.

I don't mind driving.

I don't mind taking her if you're too busy.

Do you mind me smoking?

I'd prefer to stay in tonight, if you don't mind.

relieve verb /rɪˈliːv/ [T] megkönnyebbülést okoz, megszabadít vmitől (pl. fájdalomtól)

Breathing exercises can help to relieve stress.

spoil verb /spɔɪl/ [T] *(spoiled or spoilt, spoiled or spoilt) 1 elront (látványt, szórakozást, estét, étvágyat, stb.)

He tried not to let the bad news spoil his evening.

I haven't seen the film, so don't spoil it for me by telling me what happens.

You'll spoil your appetite for dinner if you have a cake now.

suffer verb /ˈsʌf.ər/ 1 szenved (testileg/lelkileg) [I]

She really suffers in the winter when it's cold and her joints get stiff.

I think he suffered quite a lot when his wife left him.

If you're not happy with it, you should complain. Don't just suffer in silence.

suffer verb /ˈsʌf.ər/ 2 szenved, elszenved vmit; kárt szenved, romlik [I or T]

The party suffered a crushing defeat in the last election.

Twenty-five policemen suffered minor injuries during the protest.

The city suffered another blow last month with the closure of the local car factory.

If you will insist on eating three helpings of dessert, I'm afraid you'll have to suffer the consequences!

When you're working such long hours, it's almost inevitable that your marriage will start to suffer.

upset verb /ʌpˈset/ [T] *(upsetting, upset, upset) felzaklat, felizgat

The phone call had clearly upset her.

It still upsets him when he thinks about the accident.

Don't upset yourself by thinking about what might have happened.

fuss noun /fʌs/ [U or no plural] rumli, nagy felhajtás

What's all the fuss about?

I don't know why you're making such a fuss about it.

It's all a fuss about nothing.

We tried to arrange a ceremony with as little fuss as possible.

misery noun /ˈmɪz.ər.i/ [C or U] nyomor, nyomorúság, gyötrelem

The war brought misery to millions of people.

We have witnessed the most appalling scenes of human misery.

Ten years of marriage to him have made her life a misery.

nuisance noun /ˈnjuː.sənts/ [C usually no plural] kellemetlenkedő (ember); nyűg; háborgatás

I've forgotten my umbrella - what a nuisance!

It's such a nuisance having to rewrite those letters.

I hate to be a nuisance, but could you help me?

Local residents claimed that the noise was causing a public nuisance.

peace noun /piːs/ [U] 1 békesség, nyugalom

You'll need peace and quiet to study.

He says he's at peace when he's walking in the mountains.

Go away and leave us to finish our dinner in peace.

There'll be no peace until she gets what she wants.

pressure noun /ˈpreʃ.ər/ 2 stressz (nehéz/feszült/problémás helyzet) [C or U]

She's got a lot of pressure on her at work just now.

Be nice to him - he's been under a lot of pressure recently.

Can you work well under pressure?

the pressures of work

relief noun /rɪˈliːf/ 1 megkönnyebbülés (megnyugvás) [U or no plural]

It'll be such a relief when these exams are over.

"James can come tonight." "Well, that's a relief!"

I felt such a sense of relief when we finished the project.

stress noun /stres/ 1 feszültség, stressz [C or U]

People under a lot of stress may experience headaches, minor pains and sleeping difficulties.

Yoga is a very effective technique for dealing with stress.

the stresses and strains of work

stress-related illness

awkward adjective /ˈɔː.kwəd/ 1 kínos, nehéz, kellemetlen; alkalmatlan (pl. időpont)

an awkward customer

Some of the questions were rather awkward.

My car's quite awkward to drive.

They'd chosen an awkward time to call as I'd just got into the bath.

She's put me in quite an awkward position/situation.

There was an awkward silence.

embarrassed adjective /ɪmˈbær.əst/ feszélyezett, zavart

She felt embarrassed about undressing in front of the doctor.

I was too embarrassed to admit that I was scared.

nervous adjective /ˈnɜː.vəs/ ideges, izgatott

He gets very nervous before exams.

I was too nervous to speak.

I was very nervous about driving again after the accident.

She's always been nervous around dogs.

a nervous cough/laugh

peaceful adjective /ˈpiːs.fəl/ 1 békés, nyugodt, csendes

a peaceful afternoon/place

upset adjective /ʌpˈset/ [never before noun] zaklatott, feldúlt

They'd had an argument and she was still upset about it.

Mike got very upset when I told him the news.

She was very upset to hear that the holiday had been cancelled.

He was very upset that you didn't reply to his letters.

quietly adverb /ˈkwaɪət.li/ 2 nyugodtan

He sat quietly on the sofa, reading a book.

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