General idioms and phrasal verbs Flashcards

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1
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nullszaldó

A

I almost broke even

break even

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2
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szűkmarkú

A

Carl is so closefisted

be closefisted

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3
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költségeket megfelez

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We had a date last night and we went Dutch.

go Dutch

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4
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arannyá válik amihez ér

A

Jane really has the Midas touch.

have the Midas touch

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5
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pénzes, tele van pénzzel

A

A new car again? I think his family is loaded.

be loaded

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6
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beszáll valamennyivel

hozzátesz valamit

A

Everyone pitched in with efforts to entertain the children.

  • pitch in*
  • pitch in with somebody/something*
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7
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elszórja a pénzt valamire

A

I splash out on a new IPhone.

  • splash out*
  • splash out on something*
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8
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megél valahogy

A

When I was a student I could only get by.

get by

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átver; lehúz valakit pénzzel

A

The taxi driver definitely ripped us off.

rip someone off

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10
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valamennyibe kerül valakinek

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The new laptop I bought set me back $1000 euros

set someone back

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11
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megédesíti a keserű pirulát

A

I need to find a way to sugar the pill first.

to sugar the pill

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őrült, hibbant, elmebeteg

A

A nutcase american tourist jumped down from Margaret bridge

  • nut-case*
  • nutcases*
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13
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mindent nem kaphatsz meg egyszerre

A

you can’t have your cake and eat it too

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14
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kikotyog valamit

A

Her husband accidentally spilled the beans and now everyone knows.

to spill the beans

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15
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van fontosabb dolog

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to have a bigger fish to fry

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16
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ledolgoz valamit, lemozogja a kaját

A

I will go for a run later to work off all the ice-cream I had for lunch.

  • work off stress*
  • work something off*
17
Q

behabzsol, gyorsan bekapkodja a kaját

A

I bolted down some pizza and left

bolt down food

18
Q

összedob valamit, összecsap munkát

A

I didn’t feel well so I whipped up an omelette and went to bed

  • whip up*
  • whip something up*
19
Q

csökkent valamit, lefarag valamiből

A

I haven’t been feeling well lately, I think I really need to cut back on alcohol.

cut back on something

20
Q

csipeget, majszol

A

I think she was quite sad, she only picked at her food and couldn’t finish the meal at all.

pick at food

21
Q

kidolgoz, rájön vmire, megold vagy megfejt vmit

A

We need to work out how we’re going to get there.

work out something

22
Q

tisztáz, kiderít

A

They never cleared up the mystery of the missing money.

clear up something

23
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elsimít (nehézséget)

A

They met to iron out the details of the contract.

  • iron out something*
  • iron something out*
24
Q

sarokba szorítva, szorult helyzetbe kerül

A

I was driven into a corner when I lost my job

drive into a corner

25
Q

italt benyakali, kaját elpuszítani

A

We polished off 3 bottles Whiskey.

polish off smth

26
Q

kikötöttünk valahol

A

We winded up polishing off 5 bottles wines.

wind up somewhere / doing smth

27
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félvállról kezel valakit, lekezel valakit

A

A few of my co-workers started giving me the cold shoulder

give someone the cold shoulder

28
Q

kilép valahonnan idő előtt

A

I have dropped out of the meeting after 1 hour

dropped out of somewhere

29
Q

felületesen foglalkozik valamivel, csinálgat, -get

A

I am dabbling in Spanish

  • dabble with something*
  • dabble in something*