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Set and Put
to set your heart on sg |
He has set his heart on becoming a pilot. |
vágyni valamire |
to set the world to right |
We were up late last night setting the world to right. |
fontos problémákat megbeszélni |
to set fire to |
He admitted that he had set fire to the house. |
felgyújtani |
to set foot in |
The minute he set foot in my apartment, he started to criticise everything. |
valahova menni, betenni a lábát valahova |
to be set in your ways |
It’s quite hard for people in their forties to live together because people are set in their ways by that time. |
amikor nagyon megszoktunk bizonyos dolgokat és nem akarunk, vagy nem tudunk változtatni rajta |
to set a good example |
I want to set a good example for my teenage kid by not smoking. |
jó példát állítani |
to put your foot down |
You should put your foot down and tell them who the boss is. |
a sarkára állni |
to put all your eggs in one basket |
No matter how hard my mom tried to convince me to apply to more universities, I only applied to Yale. Though she kept telling me that I shouldn’t put all my eggs in one basket. |
kockáztatni az által, hogy csak egy dolgot próbálunk kis sok helyett. Vagy egy lapra feltenni mindent. |
to put your mind to |
If you put your mind to it, I’m sure you could do it. |
nagyon erősen koncentrálni valamire |
to put two and two together |
Did you think I’m stupid and I’m not going to figure it out one day? You know I can put two and two together. |
levonni egy egyértelmű következtetést |
to put sg in a nutshell |
The explanation is quite complicated but let me put it in a nutshell for you. |
valamit pontosan és röviden megállapítani |
a put-up job |
It seemed like a good investment but it turned out to be a put-up job. |
előre megrendezett dolog, átverés |
Find the definitions of the following expressions, please.
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set your heart on, set the world to right, set fire to, set foot in, set in your ways, set a good example, put your foot down, put all your eggs in one basket, put your mind to, put two and two together, put sg in a nutshell, a put-up job |
1. to cause fire somewhere
2. to really want and desire to do something
3. to be fixed in your habits and find it very hard to change
4. an attempt to trick or deceive someone
5. to risk everything you have for one thing
6. to behave in a way other people should copy
7. to put a lot of effort into something
8. to figure out something obvious
9. to discuss a very important problem
10. to go somewhere
11. to explain something in a short and accurate way
12. to be firm about something or somebody
Key:
1. set fire to
2. set your heart on
3. set in your ways
4. a put-up job
5. put all your eggs in one basket
6. set a good example
7. put your mind to
8. put two and two together
9. set the world to right
10. set foot in
11. put sg in a nutshell
12. put your foot down
