2020.02.18. Flashcards
current affairs (aktuális ügyek)
political news about events happening now
adopt
to accept or start to use something new: The new tax would force companies to adopt energy-saving measures.
newsworthy (hírértékű)
interesting enough to be described in a news report:
Nothing newsworthy ever happens around here. It’s so boring.
reputation (megítélés)
the opinion that people in general have about someone or something, or how much respect or admiration someone or something receives, based on past behaviour or character:
The company has a worldwide reputation for quality.
vacancy (üresedés állásban)
a job that no one is doing and is therefore available for someone new to do:
There is a vacancy for a shop assistant on Saturdays.
forgetful (feledékeny)
often forgetting things:
She’s getting very forgetful in her old age
absent-minded (szórakozott)
Someone who is absent-minded often forgets things or does not pay attention to what is happening near them because they are thinking about other things.
on reflection (hosszas megfontolás után)
If someone admits or accepts something on reflection, they admit or accept it after having thought carefully about it.
On reflection, he says, he very much regrets the comments.
account for smth (a magyarázata vminek)
to explain the reason for something or the cause of something:
Rural Americans are often older than those in other parts of America and that may account for the slower adoption rates for internet access.
applicant (jelentkező, pályázó)
a person who formally requests something, especially a job, or to study at a college or university:
How many applicants did you have for the job?
anxious (igyekvő, ideges)
eager to do something:
Developing countries that are anxious for hard currency can rarely afford to protect the environment.
make up your mind (dönteni)
to decide:
I haven’t made up my mind where to go yet.
be prone to sth/do sth (szenvedni valamilyen betegségtől, negatív tulajdonságtól)
likely to suffer from an illness or show a particular negative characteristic:
I’ve always been prone to headaches.
on impulse (megfontolatlanul, spontán)
If you do something on impulse, you suddenly decide to do it, without planning it.
Sean’s a fast thinker, and he acts on impulse.
take offence (megbántani, megsérteni)
If someone takes offence at something you say or do, they feel upset, often unnecessarily, because they think you are being rude to them.
She never takes offence at anything.
precarious (bizonytalan)
in a dangerous state because of not being safe or not being held in place firmly:
The lorry was lodged in a very precarious way, with its front wheels hanging over the cliff.
fold (bezárni sikertelen vállalkozás miatt)
(of a business) to close because of failure:
Many small businesses fold within the first year.
derisively (gúnyosan)
in a way that shows a complete lack of respect, as if something is stupid or of no value:
“What would that accomplish?” she asked derisively
doggedly (makacsul)
in a very determined way, even if something is very difficult:
I kept at it, doggedly and patiently, until finally I could skate.
pepper (megtüzel)
to direct something suddenly and repeatedly at someone, as if attacking the person:
The mayor was peppered with questions from reporters about the municipal corruption scandal.
unsolicited (kéretlen)
not asked for:
unsolicited advice
strike lucky (váratlan mázli)
If someone strikes lucky or strikes it lucky, they suddenly have some good luck. I arrived at 12.30 to give myself time to find a parking meter, but struck lucky immediately.
commission (munkára való megbízás)
to formally choose someone to do a special piece of work, or to formally ask for a special piece of work from someone:
The newspaper commissioned a series of articles on the worst excesses of the fashion industry.
fair-minded (elfogulatlan)
treating everyone equally:
a fair-minded employer
