he's slow on the uptake

jelentése / meaning:
lassú a felfogása


not able to understand something quickly

"I know I'm a bit slow on the uptake."

példák/ examples:

• I tried to explain how the printer works to my brother, but he's a little slow on the uptake.
• I tend to be a little slow on the uptake. ( I tend to =hajlamos vagyok)
• Working with colleagues who are a bit slow on the uptake. 
• I know I'm a bit slow on the uptake.

at the outset

jelentése / meaning:

kezdetben

at the very beginning

példák/ examples:

• At the outset we were told everything we had to do.
• Here are some of the most common – and important – blogging terms that you should know at the outset. cikk / article
• 10 of the worst places to be at the outset of a zombie apocalypse cikk/article

source 

I have a lot on my plate

jelentése / meaning:

sok dolgom van / azt sem tudom hol áll a fejem

to be very busy with many different activities, problems

source

példák/ examples:

• I can't take that on now; I've got too much on my plate already. Read more
• My brother is attending university, he has a full-time job, and volunteers at a school. He really has a lot on his plate.
• I don't want to bother my wife with my problems, she's got enough on her plate with her mother in hospital.

I have to dash

jelentése / meaning:

Rohannom kell! Sietek.

I need to move with haste / rush 

 

"I have to dash, boys!"

source

példák/ examples:

• I have to dash now.
• Anyway, I have to dash to rehearsal today, so I will write more tomorrow. (rehearsal=színházi próba)
• I have to dash off to the store, but I'll be back soon.
• He dashed across the field.

it gives me the creeps

jelentése / meaning:

a frászt hozza rám, libabőrös leszek tőle,

a hideg ráz tőle

makes me feel frightened, anxious and disgusted

példák / examples:

• This old house gives me the creeps.
• Spiders give me the creeps
• Walking through the graveyard late at night gave me the creeps.
• How to make your boyfriend happy: Friends, especially old friends, are usually particularly close to his heart so never let slip that they give you the creeps or wonder out loud what on earth he has in common with them.Read more: here 

to freeload

jelentése/meaning:

potyázik

to take advantage of the charity, generosity, or hospitality of others,
to accept food and housing 

példák/ examples:

• He was angry at his brother because he was always freeloading and never worried about finding a job. 
• "Washington is a town of freeloaders so of course it's only natural that some people compile lists of the best freeloading events of the Christmas party season."  source

Is he just using me to freeload?
 forrás/source

in the public eye

jelentése / meaning:

valami vagy valaki a figyelem középpontjában van

/ közszereplő/ sokszor szerepel TV-ben vagy rádióban/

known and talked about by many people, visible to all

"She has found herself in the public eye."

formái:

• to be in the public eye
• get into the public eye
• find herself/himself in the public eye
• remain in the public eye

példák / examples:

• MPs find themselves constantly in the public eye.
• The former senator remained in the public eye even after retirement.
• Vaccines are in the public eye. 
• Important information will never catch the public's eye.
• The popular and profane Broadway musical “The Book of Mormon,” is putting Mormons in the public eye. (tovább a cikkre)

he cut me dead

jelentése / meaning:

úgy csinál mintha nem is ismerne, levegőnek néz

 ignore somebody totally because you are angry with them or do not like them

példák / examples:

• I saw Johnny in town but he simply cut me dead.
• I bumped into Dana in the street and started to talk to her but she just cut me dead.
• They changed their table in the dining-room and they cut me dead whenever we met on deck.

hold out

jelentése / meaning:

kibír, kitart, elegendő valameddig 

continue to be enough, endure, last, continue to function

példák / examples:

•  The car engine started making very strange noises, but thankfully it managed to hold out until I got home.
• How long can they hold out without water?
• The garrison held out for another month.( helyőrség)

 Jakov Halip-Szomjúság

'will' vagy 'going to'?

'Will' vagy 'going to' ?Mikor melyiket használjuk? 

Összefoglalás:

going to = gonna:

• tervek, szándékok (már korábban kitalált) -  We are going to York in the summer. / I am going to wait here until Jim gets back.
• biztosan bekövetkező dolgok, amiknek látjuk az okát - It is going to rain. ( if you see black clouds in the sky) / Look at the tree! It's going to fall.  /She's going to have a baby ( is you see she is pregnant)
  

will:

• reakció, hirtelen döntés -I'll take this one /I'll wait here until Jim gets back.
  
• nem biztosan bekövetkező dolog, feltételezés, tippelés -The company will make a profit next year./ That'll be Jim at the door. / He'll be rich one day.
• 'bizonyosságok' - Our anniversary will be on a Sunday this year.

go through a bad patch

 jelentése /meaning:
nehéz időket él meg, rájár a rúd

patch= folt,toldás

  

go through a period of poor luck 

formái / forms:

• go through a bad patch
• hit a bad patch
• strike a bad patch

példák / examples:

• The Hungarian economy has certainly been going through a bad patch but there are definite signs of improvement now.
• Our marriage has hit a bad patch.
• Let's hope that is the end of our bad patch. -Liverpool football team.                    (Reméljük ezzel vége a rossz szériánknak.)
• I"m wondering what people here use as a measuring tool whether a relationship is just a bad patch or entirely over?( tovább olvasom )
• Lately, I feel like I've been going through somewhat of a “bad patch”, in terms of blogging and social networking.

in terms of something= valamivel  kapcsolatban

get your feet wet

jelentése / meaning:
kipróbál valamit, nekilát valaminek,
 kipróbálja magát valamiben

begin something, do something for the first time

- said especially about something that involves taking a risk 

 példák / examples:

• He has managed to get his feet wet in the publishing business and is ready to start his own business now. 
• I am looking forward to learning to drive. I can't wait to get behind the steering wheel and get my feet wet.
• If you've never invested money in the stock market, now is the time to get your feet wet.
• Are you ready to get your feet wet?