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baker’s dozen |
a group of thirteen (Bakers often added an extra item to an order for a dozen). |
tizenhárom darab valamiből |
square meal |
a substantial, satisfying, and balanced meal |
rendes étkezés |
to beef about |
to repeatedly complain |
folyton panaszkodni |
to beef up |
to strengthen, reinforce |
megerősíteni |
corny |
banal, commonplace |
banális, közhelyes |
to egg on |
to urge on, to cause to act |
cselekvésre biztat, ösztökél |
the cream of the crop |
the best of the best |
valaminek a krémje |
to pepper somebody with questions |
to ask a lot of questions |
kérdésekkel elhalmozni |
fishy |
arousing feelings of doubt or suspicion, questionable |
kérdéses, gyanús |
to take the cake or biscuit |
be the most remarkable or foolish of its kind |
elviszi a pálmát |
upper crust |
the upper classes in a society |
a felsőbb osztálya a társadalomnak |
to hot dog |
to show off |
dicsekedni |
Hot dog! |
cool, great |
Nagyszerű! Zsír! |
1. Luke hopes his research encourages software-makers to …….. their password security.
2. It sounds ……, but as soon as I saw her I knew she was the one.
3. The other children ……. the boy but he did not want to throw the stone through the window.
4. These three students are very bright. They are the …………….. in their class.
5. I’m convinced there is something ……… going on. It’s too good to be true.
6. I have seen a lot of foolishness in my life, but what John has done definitely ……………….
7. Little children always ………… their parents with questions. It can be very annoying sometimes.
8. Ha! We got free tickets! …………..!
9. We ended up with a ………………. of socks and undershirts on our shopping trip.
10. Why are you always ………….. your sad situation? It’s time to cheer up.
11. I want to belong to the ………………. I want to be rich and famous.
12. There is no reason to …………… You’d better be modest.
13. You should eat three …………….. a day if you want to eat healthily.
Key:
1. beef up
2. corny
3. egged on
4. cream of the crop
5. fishy
6. takes the cake/biscuit
7. pepper
8. Hot dog
9. baker’s dozen
10. beefing about
11. upper crust
12. hot dog
13. square meals
