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1 expensive
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2 luxury
plural - luxuries; noun1) (great comfort usually amongst expensive things: They live in luxury; ( also adjective) gold jewellery and other luxury goods.) luxus2) (something pleasant but not necessary, and often rare and expensive: We're going to give up all those luxuries and only spend money on essentials.) luxuscikk•- luxuriously
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3 beside
vkin kívül, mellett, mellé* * *1. preposition1) (by the side of or near: beside the window; She sat beside her sister.) mellé2) (compared with: She looks ugly beside her sister.) mellett•- besides2. adverb(also: These shoes are expensive - besides, they're too small; She has three sons and an adopted one besides.) amellett- be beside oneself with- be beside oneself
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4 beyond one's means
(too expensive(ly): A painting by Picasso is beyond my means; He lives well beyond his means (= he spends more money than he earns).) elérhetetlen -
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6 cloth
ruhaanyag* * *[kloƟ]plural - cloths; noun((a piece of) woven material from which clothes and many other items are made: a tablecloth; a face-cloth; a floor-cloth; Woollen cloth is often more expensive than other cloths.) anyag; törlő(rongy) -
7 clothe
öltöztet, felöltöztet, öltöztet, felöltöztet* * *[kləuð]past tense, past participle - clothed; verb1) (to provide with clothes: The widow did not have enough money to clothe her children.) felruház2) (to put clothes on: She was clothed in silk; She clothed herself in the most expensive materials.) (fel)öltöztet•- clothes- clothes-peg
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8 competitive
versenyképes, verseny-* * *[kəm'petətiv]1) ((of a person) enjoying competition: a competitive child.) versengő2) ((of a price etc) not expensive, therefore able to compete successfully with the prices etc of rivals.) versenyképes3) ((of sport etc) organised in such a way as to produce a winner: I prefer hill-climbing to competitive sports.) verseny- -
9 exclusive
zártkörű, kizárólagos* * *[ik'sklu:siv]1) (tending to exclude.) kizárólagos2) ((of a group etc) not easily or readily mixing with others or allowing others in: a very exclusive club.) zártkörű3) (given to only one individual or group etc: The story is exclusive to this newspaper.) exkluzív4) (fashionable and expensive: exclusive shops/restaurants.) előkelő•- exclusiveness
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10 expend
felhasznál, költ, ráfordít* * *[ik'spend](to use or spend (supplies etc).) (fel)használ- expense
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11 first-class
1) (of the best quality: a first-class hotel.) első osztályú2) (very good: This food is first-class!) elsőrendű3) ((for) travelling in the best and most expensive part of the train, plane, ship etc: a first-class passenger ticket; ( also adverb) She always travels first-class.) első osztályú -
12 flaunt
lengetés, fitogtatás, lobogtatás to flaunt: elhenceg, büszkélkedik, páváskodik, tüntet, lobog* * *[flo:nt](to show off in order to attract attention to oneself: She flaunted her expensive clothes.) fitogtat -
13 footwear
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14 frill
fodor, flanc* * *[fril]1) (a decorative edging to a piece of cloth, made of a strip of cloth gathered along one side and sewn on: She sewed a frill along the bottom of the skirt.) fodor2) ((often in plural) something unnecessary added as decoration: the frills of business (= having expensive dinners etc).) póz; sallang•- frilled- frilly -
15 furnishings
noun plural (furniture, equipment etc: The office had very expensive furnishings.) (lak)berendezés -
16 hard-back
noun (a book with a hard cover: Hard-backs are more expensive than paperbacks.) kemény kötésű -
17 in the first
(expressions used to show steps in an argument, explanation etc: He decided not to buy the house, because in the first place it was too expensive, and in the second place it was too far from his office.) ad egy... ad kettő -
18 indulge
elkényeztet, kedvébe jár, kielégít* * *1) (to allow (a person) to do or have what he wishes: You shouldn't indulge that child.) elkényeztet2) (to follow (a wish, interest etc): He indulges his love of food by dining at expensive restaurants.) kedvébe jár vkinek3) (to allow (oneself) a luxury etc: Life would be very dull if we never indulged (ourselves).) megenged magának vmit•- indulgent
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19 inexpensive
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20 lady
hölgy* * *['leidi]1) (a more polite form of woman: Tell that child to stand up and let that lady sit down; The lady in the flower shop said that roses are expensive just now; Ladies' shoes are upstairs in this shop; ( also adjective) a lady doctor.) hölgy2) (a woman of good manners and refined behaviour: Be quiet! Ladies do not shout in public.) hölgy3) (in the United Kingdom, used as the title of, or a name for, a woman of noble rank: Sir James and Lady Brown; lords and ladies.) Lady (angol cím)•- ladylike- Ladyship
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