to let somebody down

jelentése / meaning:

valakit cserben hagy, becsap, csalódást kelt valakiben

to disappoint somebody or to fail to uphold a commitment
 

"They let me down."

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példák / examples:

• He really let me down when he didn't arrive on time. 
• I won't let you down.
• The AMD FX processor won't let you down.
• All you need to remember is that God will never let you down.
• I'll have to let you down right now.
• My country let me down.

Ne feledjük, hogy a let ige második és harmadik alakja (múlt idő) is let.

burn the midnight oil

jelentés / meaning: 

késő éjszakáig tanul vagy dolgozik

to study (or work) late into the night 

példák / examples:

• I have an important exam tomorrow so I'll be burning the midnight oil tonight.
• I've got to get this report finished by tomorrow so I guess I'll be burning the midnight oil tonight.
• I was up all night burning the midnight oil.
• That call was from the office and I guess I'll have to burn the midnight oil again.

 

he's got a point

jelentés / meaning: 

"mond valamit", jól érvel, igaza van ebben

• "This term is used when acknowledging someones opinion on a given object of discussion. Typically used when someone brings a new idea into a conversation."
• He has a valid idea about that.

 “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.”
―Mark Twain

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példák / examples: 

Legtöbbször a beszélt nyelvben fordul elő,ott viszont nagyon gyakran. ezek a példák is mind párbeszédekből lettek kiemelve:

• You have to admit, he's got a point there.
• You know, she's got a point, Barry.
• But at least take a blood sample. ... She's got a point there, Frank.

left me with a lot of ideas

jelentés /meaning: 

sok ötletet adott nekem / elgondolkoztatott

 "It left me with a lot of ideas on how to develop my new blog"

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példák / examples:

• The novel left me with a lot of ideas to ponder. One of the ideas that I am still thinking about after reading this novel is the comparison between ant colonies and human civilization. (source)
• That last discussion we had left me with a lot of ideas in my head.
• Both of these left me with a lot of ideas zinging around my brain, and I'll post about some of them in the next few days.
• I think this break has left me with a lot of ideas and a fresh enthusiasm.

to be out of the woods

jelentés / meaning: 

kint van a vízből, kint van a pácból, túl van a nehezén, túl van a problémán, megmenekült,

overcome difficult challenges

free from difficulty or danger; safe.

"We are not out of the woods yet."

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 példák / examples:

• Joe was sick two weeks ago and we were very worried, but now it looks like he is out of the woods.
• It is true that the economy is getting stronger, but we are not out of the woods yet.
• Is Hungary out of the woods?

get somebody's hopes up

jelentés / meaning:

reményeket ébreszt valakiben,(sokszor hiú reményeket)

ha magáról van szó: nagy reményeket fűz valamihez 

to make someone think that what they want is going to happen

to make someone more hopeful

 

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példák / examples:

• Don't get your hopes up: our chances of winning are slim.
• I'm telling myself not to get my hopes up.  (~nem szabad túlságosan reménykednem, bíznom benne) 
• I'm sorry for getting your hopes up. (Bocs, hogy hiú reményeket ébresztettem benned.)
• I don’t want to get your hopes up, but I think we may have won the lottery!
• Shelly got her hopes up when she called the radio station to try and win tickets to see Britney Spears. She was disappointed, however, when she didn’t win. 

• Mary: I think he may be going to ask me to marry him!
  Rebecca: Don’t go getting your hopes up, are you sure it’s an engagement ring?

 

it is still early days

meaning/jelentése:

még korai megítélni,(mert még kezdeti szakaszában van valami)

it is too soon to make a judgement about something

 It's still early days, but will the new 3D revolution become just another short-lived cinema fad?

examples/példák:

• It looks like we will earn a profit, but it's early days yet and we can't be sure.
• It's still early days for social impact measurement in the housing sector. We're pretty excited about the opportunity there, but it's still early days.
• Already, this approach is starting to yield results, although it is still early days.  
• It's still early days in the rehearsals but the set looks amazing.

social impact= társadalmi hatás

opportunity=lehetőség

rehearsal= színházi próba

set= díszlet

fad=hóbort, vesszőparipa

put up with something

jelentése/ meaning:

tolerál, belenyugszik

tolerate, to accept or continue to accept an unpleasant situation 

 "A funny list of the things which we have to put up with getting on a plane."

példák/examples:

• I can't put up with my neighbour's noise any longer; it's driving me mad.
• Why do you put up with it?
• I put up with a lot of nonsense, but this is too much.
• The workers in the factory had been badly treated for a long time and they couldn't put up with it any more, so they went on strike.
• "Hannah's Diary" was themed around the question of how much the characters were willing to put up with in order to get something they need.

 

natural selection

jelentése / meaning:

természetes kiválasztódás

Natural selection is the process by which species adapt to their environment.
Natural selection is the idea that organisms that are best suited to survive pass their traits down.

példák / examples:

• Does it take long periods of time for natural selection to occur?
• The term natural selection was first used by Charles Darwin in his ground-breaking work The Origin of Species, which presented his unique views on evolution. 

 

to be in the clear

jelentése / meaning:

(valaki) tiszta, nem bűnös, nem hibás

not guilty of a crime, not responsible for a mistake,  

free from danger or suspicion of wrongdoing

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példák / examples:

•  Mark is in the clear.
• The police breathalysed him last night, but he was in the clear.
• The X-rays showed that she's in the clear.
• The evidence showed that the suspect was actually in the clear.

she had a go at me

to have a go at somebody

jelentése/ meaning:

leszid valakit, nekiesik vagy nekitámad valakinek (verbálisan)

to verbally attack somebody, tell somebody off,  confront somebody over a particular issue,  starting an argument, shout at somebody

"My mother had a go at me for not doing my homework."

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példák/examples:

• My wife had a go at me last night. She said 'You'll drive me to my grave'.
• Mum had a go at me for not doing my homework.
• The boss had a go at me for being late for work.

to kick one's heels

jelentése / meaning:

 tűkön ül/ idegesen és hosszasan várakozik / megvárakoztatnak valakit

 közben az ember akár tényleg a saját sarkát rugdossa türelmetlenségében

to be kept waiting

 "Let the applicants kick their heels in your hall."

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példák / examples:

• She kicked her heels for hours at the gate of the Embassy
• I was left kicking my heels for half an hour.
• The problem is that I am on time and now I have to kick my heels for 20-30 minutes.