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1 -proof
(able to withstand or avoid something: waterproof covering.) -mentes -
2 dodge
kitérés, félreugrás, csel, ügyes szerkezet to dodge: ravaszkodik, kikerül, félreugrik, mesterkedik* * *[do‹] 1. verb(to avoid (something) by a sudden and/or clever movement: She dodged the blow; He dodged round the corner out of sight; Politicians are very good at dodging difficult questions.) kikerül, kitér vmi elől2. noun1) (an act of dodging.) kitérés2) (a trick: You'll never catch him - he knows every dodge there is.) csel•- dodgy -
3 shrink
összemenés, visszahőkölés, összehúzódás, hátrálás to shrink: visszariad, elfonnyad, összezsugorít, összemegy* * *I [ʃriŋk] verb1) (to (cause material, clothes etc to) become smaller: My jersey shrank in the wash; Do they shrink the material before they make it up into clothes?) összemegy2) (to move back in fear, disgust etc (from): She shrank (back) from the man.) visszariad3) (to wish to avoid something unpleasant: I shrank from telling him the terrible news.) meghátrál•- shrunken II [ʃriŋk] noun((slang) a psychiatrist.) pszichiáter, diliorvos -
4 spare
fölösleges, pót-, pótkerék, tartalék, szikár to spare: nélkülözni tud, takarékoskodik, megtakarít, kímél* * *[speə] 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) nélkülözni tud, nélkülözni lehet2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) megtakarít3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) kíméletes vkivel4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) (meg)kímél5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) kímél6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) (meg)kímél (vkit vkitől)2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) fölösleges; tartalék, pót-2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) szabad3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) (pót)alkatrész2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) pótkerék•- sparing- sparingly
- spare part
- spare rib
- and to spare
- to spare -
5 scandal
botrány* * *['skændl]1) (something that is considered shocking or disgraceful: The price of such food is a scandal.) botrány2) (an outburst of public indignation caused by something shocking or disgraceful: Her love affair caused a great scandal amongst the neighbours; They kept the matter secret, in order to avoid a scandal.) botrány3) (gossip: all the latest scandal.) pletyka•- scandalise
- scandalous
- scandalously -
6 chicken out
(to avoid doing something because of cowardice: He chickened out at the last minute.) kiszáll vmiből -
7 do
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
- what are you doing with -
8 draft
összeírás, katonai összeírás, váltó, tervezet to draft: megszerkeszt, behív, besoroz, megír, kikülönít* * *1. noun1) (a rough sketch or outline of something, especially written: a rough draft of my speech.) vázlat, fogalmazvány2) (a group (of soldiers etc) taken from a larger group.) különítmény3) (an order (to a bank etc) for the payment of money: a draft for $80.) váltó4) ((American) conscription: He emigrated to avoid the draft.) sorozás2. verb1) (to make in the form of a rough plan: Could you draft a report on this?) vázlatot/tervezetet készít, megfogalmaz2) ((American) to conscript into the army etc: He was drafted into the Navy.) besoroz•- draft dodger
- draft evasion
- draftsman -
9 get out of
(to (help a person etc to) avoid doing something: I wonder how I can get out of washing the dishes; How can I get him out of going to the party?) kibújik (vmi alól) -
10 have nothing to do with
1) (to avoid completely: After he came out of prison, many of his friends would have nothing to do with him.) nincs kapcsolatban vmivel, vkivel2) ((also be nothing to do with) to be something that a person ought not to be interested in: This letter has/is nothing to do with you.) semmi köze vmihez, vkihez -
11 pick one's way
(to walk carefully (around or between something one wishes to avoid touching etc): She picked her way between the puddles.) óvatosan lépked -
12 shirk
kitér vmi elől, kihúzza magát vmi alól* * *[ʃə:k](to avoid doing, accepting responsibility for etc (something one ought to): She shirked telling him the bad news that night.) kitér (vmi elől)- shirker -
13 take lying down
(to accept or suffer (something) without arguing, complaining or trying to avoid it.) lenyel -
14 touch wood
((used as an interjection) to touch something made of wood superstitiously, in order to avoid bad luck: None of the children has ever had a serious illness, touch wood!) lekopogni!
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