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muri, alaphang, detto, ugyanaz, tonika, C-hang to do: cselekszik, elér vmilyen eredményt, megcsinál* * *[du:] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - does; verb1) (used with a more important verb in questions and negative statements: Do you smoke?)2) (used with a more important verb for emphasis; ; [ðo sit down])3) (used to avoid repeating a verb which comes immediately before: I thought she wouldn't come, but she did.)4) (used with a more important verb after seldom, rarely and little: Little did he know what was in store for him.)5) (to carry out or perform: What shall I do?; That was a terrible thing to do.) (meg)tesz, elvégez6) (to manage to finish or complete: When you've done that, you can start on this; We did a hundred kilometres in an hour.) (el)készít, (meg)csinál7) (to perform an activity concerning something: to do the washing; to do the garden / the windows.) tesz, végez, csinál8) (to be enough or suitable for a purpose: Will this piece of fish do two of us?; That'll do nicely; Do you want me to look for a blue one or will a pink one do?; Will next Saturday do for our next meeting?) megfelel, elegendő9) (to work at or study: She's doing sums; He's at university doing science.) tanul(mányoz)10) (to manage or prosper: How's your wife doing?; My son is doing well at school.) boldogul11) (to put in order or arrange: She's doing her hair.) rendbe tesz12) (to act or behave: Why don't you do as we do?) cselekszik, viselkedik13) (to give or show: The whole town gathered to do him honour.) ad, mutat14) (to cause: What damage did the storm do?; It won't do him any harm.) okoz15) (to see everything and visit everything in: They tried to do London in four days.) megnéz2. noun(an affair or a festivity, especially a party: The school is having a do for Christmas.) felhajtás, buli- doer- doings
- done
- do-it-yourself
- to-do
- I
- he could be doing with / could do with
- do away with
- do for
- done for
- done in
- do out
- do out of
- do's and don'ts
- do without
- to do with
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3 leisure
szabad, szabadidő, ráérő* * *['leʒə, ]( American[) 'li:ʒər](time which one can spend as one likes, especially when one does not have to work: I seldom have leisure to watch television.) szabadidő -
4 once in a blue moon
(very seldom: He visits his mother once in a blue moon.) hébe-hóba
См. также в других словарях:
Seldom — Sel dom (s[e^]l d[u^]m), adv. [Usually, Compar. {More seldom} (m[=o]r s[e^]l d[u^]m); superl. {Most seldom} (m[=o]st s[e^]l d[u^]m); but sometimes also, {Seldomer} (s[e^]l d[u^]m*[ e]r), {Seldomest}.] [AS. seldan, seldon, seldum, fr. seld rare;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Seldom — Sel dom, a. Rare; infrequent. [Archaic.] A suppressed and seldom anger. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Seldom — was a Seattle based pop rock trio. Their line up consisted of piano, bass, and drums, but some songs included electric guitar, mellotron, strings, or other keyboard instruments. They toured in support of both Pedro the Lion (with David Bazan… … Wikipedia
seldom — O.E. seldum, alteration of seldan rare, on analogy of adverbial dative plurals in um (e.g. whilom at one time ), from P.Gmc. *selda strange, rare (Cf. O.N. sjaldan, O.Fris. selden, Du. zelden, Ger. selten), perhaps ultimately from the base of… … Etymology dictionary
seldom — [adv] infrequently a few times, every now and then, from time to time, hardly, hardly ever, in a few cases, inhabitually, irregularly, little, not often, not very often, occasionally, on and off, once in a blue moon*, once in a while, rarely,… … New thesaurus
seldom — ► ADVERB ▪ not often. ► ADJECTIVE dated ▪ infrequent. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
seldom — [sel′dəm] adv. [ME selden < OE seldan, strange, rare, akin to Ger selten < Gmc base * selda < ? IE * selo : see SELF] not often; rarely; infrequently adj. rare; infrequent seldomness n … English World dictionary
seldom — sel|dom [ˈseldəm] adv [: Old English; Origin: seldan] very rarely or almost never ▪ Karen had seldom seen him so angry. ▪ Ellie seldom wears slacks. seldom has sb done sth ▪ Seldom have I read an article that was so full of lies. see usage note… … Dictionary of contemporary English
seldom — [[t]se̱ldəm[/t]] ADV BRD NEG, ADV before v, ADV with cl/group If something seldom happens, it happens only occasionally. They seldom speak... I ve seldom felt so happy... We were seldom at home. Ant: often … English dictionary
seldom — rarely, seldom It is acceptable to say rarely if ever or seldom if ever but not (except informally) rarely ever or seldom ever: We rarely if ever go out / ☒ We rarely ever go out. In the second example, hardly ever or scarcely ever could be… … Modern English usage
seldom — Synonyms and related words: abnormally, at infrequent intervals, few, hardly, hardly ever, incredibly, infrequently, irregularly, little, not often, occasional, occasionally, rare, rarely, scarce, scarcely, scarcely ever, seldom if ever, sparsely … Moby Thesaurus
