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to+take+in+the+act+(of)

  • 1 take a/the hint

    (to understand a hint and act on it: I keep making jokes to my secretary about her coming to work late every day, but she never takes the hint.) veszi a lapot

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  • 2 take pity on

    (to act kindly, or relent, towards (someone), from a feeling of pity: He took pity on the hungry children and gave them food.) megszán vkit

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  • 3 hit

    becsapódás, bírálgató megjegyzés, szerencsés ötlet to hit: lök, eltalál, odaér, ráakad, ráakad, nekiütődik
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    [hit] 1. present participle - hitting; verb
    1) (to (cause or allow to) come into hard contact with: The ball hit him on the head; He hit his head on/against a low branch; The car hit a lamp-post; He hit me on the head with a bottle; He was hit by a bullet; That boxer can certainly hit hard!) (meg)üt
    2) (to make hard contact with (something), and force or cause it to move in some direction: The batsman hit the ball (over the wall).) üt
    3) (to cause to suffer: The farmers were badly hit by the lack of rain; Her husband's death hit her hard.) sújt
    4) (to find; to succeed in reaching: His second arrow hit the bull's-eye; Take the path across the fields and you'll hit the road; She used to be a famous soprano but she cannot hit the high notes now.) rátalál
    2. noun
    1) (the act of hitting: That was a good hit.) (célba találó) ütés
    2) (a point scored by hitting a target etc: He scored five hits.) találat
    3) (something which is popular or successful: The play/record is a hit; ( also adjective) a hit song.) siker, sláger
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    - hit-or-miss
    - hit back
    - hit below the belt
    - hit it off
    - hit on
    - hit out
    - make a hit with

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  • 4 hold

    odú, börtön, gyám, korona, hajótér, fermata, vár to hold: tartalmaz, befog, tartósnak bizonyul, leköt, fog
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    I 1. [həuld] past tense, past participle - held; verb
    1) (to have in one's hand(s) or between one's hands: He was holding a knife; Hold that dish with both hands; He held the little boy's hand; He held the mouse by its tail.) tart
    2) (to have in a part, or between parts, of the body, or between parts of a tool etc: He held the pencil in his teeth; She was holding a pile of books in her arms; Hold the stamp with tweezers.) (meg)fog
    3) (to support or keep from moving, running away, falling etc: What holds that shelf up?; He held the door closed by leaning against it; Hold your hands above your head; Hold his arms so that he can't struggle.) (vissza)tart
    4) (to remain in position, fixed etc when under strain: I've tied the two pieces of string together, but I'm not sure the knot will hold; Will the anchor hold in a storm?) (ki)tart
    5) (to keep (a person) in some place or in one's power: The police are holding a man for questioning in connection with the murder; He was held captive.) fogva tart
    6) (to (be able to) contain: This jug holds two pints; You can't hold water in a handkerchief; This drawer holds all my shirts.) tartalmaz (edény); fér (vmibe)
    7) (to cause to take place: The meeting will be held next week; We'll hold the meeting in the hall.) tart, rendez
    8) (to keep (oneself), or to be, in a particular state or condition: We'll hold ourselves in readiness in case you send for us; She holds herself very erect.) tart(ja magát)
    9) (to have or be in (a job etc): He held the position of company secretary for five years.) marad, betölt
    10) (to think strongly; to believe; to consider or regard: I hold that this was the right decision; He holds me (to be) responsible for everyone's mistakes; He is held in great respect; He holds certain very odd beliefs.) tart
    11) (to continue to be valid or apply: Our offer will hold until next week; These rules hold under all circumstances.) érvényes, hatályos
    12) ((with to) to force (a person) to do something he has promised to do: I intend to hold him to his promises.) kényszerít vkit vmi megtartására
    13) (to defend: They held the castle against the enemy.) megvéd
    14) (not to be beaten by: The general realized that the soldiers could not hold the enemy for long.) feltartóztat
    15) (to keep (a person's attention): If you can't hold your pupils' attention, you can't be a good teacher.) leköt (figyelmet)
    16) (to keep someone in a certain state: Don't hold us in suspense, what was the final decision?) tart
    17) (to celebrate: The festival is held on 24 June.) tart, megünnepel
    18) (to be the owner of: He holds shares in this company.) birtokol
    19) ((of good weather) to continue: I hope the weather holds until after the school sports.) folytatódik
    20) ((also hold the line) (of a person who is making a telephone call) to wait: Mr Brown is busy at the moment - will you hold or would you like him to call you back?) vár
    21) (to continue to sing: Please hold that note for four whole beats.) (ki)tart
    22) (to keep (something): They'll hold your luggage at the station until you collect it.) (meg)őriz
    23) ((of the future) to be going to produce: I wonder what the future holds for me?) tartogat
    2. noun
    1) (the act of holding: He caught/got/laid/took hold of the rope and pulled; Keep hold of that rope.) fogás
    2) (power; influence: He has a strange hold over that girl.) befolyás
    3) ((in wrestling etc) a manner of holding one's opponent: The wrestler invented a new hold.) fogás (birkózásban)
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    - - holder
    - hold-all
    - get hold of
    - hold back
    - hold down
    - hold forth
    - hold good
    - hold it
    - hold off
    - hold on
    - hold out
    - hold one's own
    - hold one's tongue
    - hold up
    - hold-up
    - hold with     II [həuld] noun
    ((in ships) the place, below the deck, where cargo is stored.) hajóűr; raktér

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  • 5 fall

    veszte vkinek, tönkrejutás, vkinek a veszte, ősz to fall: vmilyen állapotba kerül, esik, süllyed, lehull
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    [fo:l] 1. past tense - fell; verb
    1) (to go down from a higher level usually unintentionally: The apple fell from the tree; Her eye fell on an old book.) (le)esik
    2) ((often with over) to go down to the ground etc from an upright position, usually by accident: She fell (over).) elesik
    3) (to become lower or less: The temperature is falling.) süllyed
    4) (to happen or occur: Easter falls early this year.) esik
    5) (to enter a certain state or condition: She fell asleep; They fell in love.) elalszik, beleesik vkibe, stb.
    6) ((formal: only with it as subject) to come as one's duty etc: It falls to me to take care of the children.) rá marad, neki jut
    2. noun
    1) (the act of falling: He had a fall.) esés
    2) ((a quantity of) something that has fallen: a fall of snow.) csapadék (mennyisége)
    3) (capture or (political) defeat: the fall of Rome.) bukás
    4) ((American) the autumn: Leaves change colour in the fall.) ősz
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    - fallout
    - his
    - her face fell
    - fall away
    - fall back
    - fall back on
    - fall behind
    - fall down
    - fall flat
    - fall for
    - fall in with
    - fall off
    - fall on/upon
    - fall out
    - fall short
    - fall through

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  • 6 lift

    lift, felvonó, emelkedés, emelés, felemelkedés to lift: felemelkedik, emel, kiemelkedik, megszüntet
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    [lift] 1. verb
    1) (to raise or bring to a higher position: The box was so heavy I couldn't lift it.) (fel)emel
    2) (to take and carry away: He lifted the table through into the kitchen.) visz
    3) ((of mist etc) to disappear: By noon, the fog was beginning to lift.) felszáll, eltűnik
    4) (to rise: The aeroplane lifted into the air.) felemelkedik
    2. noun
    1) (the act of lifting: a lift of the eyebrows.) (fel)emelés
    2) ((American elevator) a small enclosed platform etc that moves up and down between floors carrying goods or people: Since she was too tired to climb the stairs, she went up in the lift.) lift
    3) (a ride in someone's car etc: Can I give you a lift into town?) elvihetlek...?
    4) (a raising of the spirits: Her success in the exam gave her a great lift.) lendület
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  • 7 arrest

    lefoglalás, letartóztatás, zár alá vétel to arrest: lefog, feltartóztat, leköt, lefékez, letartóztat
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    [ə'rest] 1. verb
    1) (to capture or take hold of (a person) because he or she has broken the law: The police arrested the thief.) letartóztat
    2) (to stop: Economic difficulties arrested the growth of industry.) feltartóztat
    2. noun
    1) (the act of arresting; being arrested: The police made several arrests; He was questioned after his arrest.) letartóztatás
    2) (a stopping of action: Cardiac arrest is another term for heart failure.) leállás (szívműködésé)
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  • 8 retreat

    csendes pihenőhely, takarodó, magányosság to retreat: hátrál, megszalad
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    [ri'tri:t] 1. verb
    1) (to move back or away from a battle (usually because the enemy is winning): After a hard struggle, they were finally forced to retreat.) visszavonul
    2) (to withdraw; to take oneself away: He retreated to the peace of his own room.) visszavonul
    2. noun
    1) (the act of retreating (from a battle, danger etc): After the retreat, the soldiers rallied once more.) visszavonulás
    2) (a signal to retreat: The bugler sounded the retreat.) takarodó
    3) ((a place to which a person can go for) a period of rest, religious meditation etc: He has gone to a retreat to pray.) lelkigyakorlat, "csendes napok"

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  • 9 removal

    eltávolítás
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    noun (the act of removing or the state of being removed, especially the moving of furniture etc to a new home: After his removal from power, the dictator was sent into exile; Our removal is to take place on Monday; ( also adjective) a removal van.) elszállítás; elköltözés; eltávolítás

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  • 10 aim

    szándék, célzás to aim: irányoz, igyekszik, megcéloz, célpontra irányít
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    [eim] 1. verb
    1) ((usually with at, for) to point or direct something at; to try to hit or reach etc: He picked up the rifle and aimed it at the target.) céloz
    2) ((with to, at) to plan, intend or to have as one's purpose: He aims at finishing tomorrow; We aim to please our customers.) az a célja...
    2. noun
    1) (the act of or skill at aiming: His aim is excellent.) cél
    2) (what a person intends to do: My aim is to become prime minister.) cél
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    - aimlessly
    - aimlessness
    - take aim

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  • 11 appeal

    vonzerő, felhívás, fellebbezés, kérés to appeal: könyörög, folyamodik, fellebbez, felhívást intéz
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    [ə:pi:l] 1. verb
    1) ((often with to) to ask earnestly for something: She appealed (to him) for help.) folyamodik
    2) (to take a case one has lost to a higher court etc; to ask (a referee, judge etc) for a new decision: He appealed against a three-year sentence.) fellebbez
    3) ((with to) to be pleasing: This place appeals to me.) tetszik
    2. noun
    1) ((the act of making) a request (for help, a decision etc): The appeal raised $500 for charity; a last appeal for help; The judge rejected his appeal.) fellebbezés, kérés, felhívás
    2) (attraction: Music holds little appeal for me.) vonzerő
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  • 12 challenge

    kihívás, alkalom az erőpróbára, érdeklődéskeltés to challenge: kétségbe von, megállásra felszólít, felhív, dacol
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    [' ælin‹] 1. verb
    1) (to ask (someone) to take part in a contest: He challenged his brother to a round of golf.) kihív
    2) (to question (someone's authority or right, the truth of a statement etc).) kérdőre von
    2. noun
    1) (an invitation to a contest: He accepted his brother's challenge to a fight.) kihívás
    2) (the act of questioning someone's right, a statement etc.) kétségbevonás
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    - challenging

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  • 13 hijack

    repülőgépet eltérít
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    1. verb
    1) (to take control of (an aeroplane) while it is moving and force the pilot to fly to a particular place.) eltérít (repülőt)
    2) (to stop and rob (a vehicle): Thieves hijacked a lorry carrying $20,000 worth of whisky.) (feltartóztat és) kirabol
    3) (to steal (something) from a vehicle: Thieves hijacked $20,000 worth of whisky from a lorry.) elrabol
    2. noun
    (the act of hijacking.) gépeltérítés

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  • 14 turn

    esztergapad, forduló, ijedtség, váltás, turnus to turn: forgolódik, esztergályoz, elfordít, válik vmivé
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    [tə:n] 1. verb
    1) (to (make something) move or go round; to revolve: The wheels turned; He turned the handle.) forog; forgat; fordít
    2) (to face or go in another direction: He turned and walked away; She turned towards him.) (meg)fordul
    3) (to change direction: The road turned to the left.) kanyarodik
    4) (to direct; to aim or point: He turned his attention to his work.) irányít (figyelmet)
    5) (to go round: They turned the corner.) bekanyarodik
    6) (to (cause something to) become or change to: You can't turn lead into gold; At what temperature does water turn into ice?) átalakít; átalakul (vmivé)
    7) (to (cause to) change colour to: Her hair turned white; The shock turned his hair white.) vmivé válik; változtat
    2. noun
    1) (an act of turning: He gave the handle a turn.) (meg)fordulás; megfordítás
    2) (a winding or coil: There are eighty turns of wire on this aerial.) (tekercs)menet
    3) ((also turning) a point where one can change direction, eg where one road joins another: Take the third turn(ing) on/to the left.) útelágazás; kanyar
    4) (one's chance or duty (to do, have etc something shared by several people): It's your turn to choose a record; You'll have to wait your turn in the bathroom.) (következés:) rajtad a sor
    5) (one of a series of short circus or variety acts, or the person or persons who perform it: The show opened with a comedy turn.) szám
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    - turnover
    - turnstile
    - turntable
    - turn-up
    - by turns
    - do someone a good turn
    - do a good turn
    - in turn
    - by turns
    - out of turn
    - speak out of turn
    - take a turn for the better
    - worse
    - take turns
    - turn a blind eye
    - turn against
    - turn away
    - turn back
    - turn down
    - turn in
    - turn loose
    - turn off
    - turn on
    - turn out
    - turn over
    - turn up

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  • 15 play

    játék, gyors váltakozás, szórakozás to play: megjátszik, ráirányít, hangszeren játszik, kezel
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    [plei] 1. verb
    1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) játszik
    2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) játszik
    3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) szerepel, játszik
    4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.)...t játsszák
    5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) játszik (hangszeren)
    6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) becsap vkit
    7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) vkivel játszik
    8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) villog
    9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) ráirányít
    10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) kijátszik
    2. noun
    1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) játék
    2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) (szín)darab
    3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) játék
    4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) holtjáték
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    - playable
    - playful
    - playfully
    - playfulness
    - playboy
    - playground
    - playing-card
    - playing-field
    - playmate
    - playpen
    - playschool
    - plaything
    - playtime
    - playwright
    - at play
    - bring/come into play
    - child's play
    - in play
    - out of play
    - play at
    - play back
    - play down
    - play fair
    - play for time
    - play havoc with
    - play into someone's hands
    - play off
    - play off against
    - play on
    - play a
    - no part in
    - play safe
    - play the game
    - play up

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  • 16 show

    látványosság, siker, felmutatás, előadás, vállalat to show: megmutat, látszik, felfed, látszik vminek
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    [ʃəu] 1. past tense - showed; verb
    1) (to allow or cause to be seen: Show me your new dress; Please show your membership card when you come to the club; His work is showing signs of improvement.) (meg)mutat
    2) (to be able to be seen: The tear in your dress hardly shows; a faint light showing through the curtains.) látszik
    3) (to offer or display, or to be offered or displayed, for the public to look at: Which picture is showing at the cinema?; They are showing a new film; His paintings are being shown at the art gallery.) bemutat
    4) (to point out or point to: He showed me the road to take; Show me the man you saw yesterday.) megmutat
    5) ((often with (a)round) to guide or conduct: Please show this lady to the door; They showed him (a)round (the factory).) kísér, (körül)vezet
    6) (to demonstrate to: Will you show me how to do it?; He showed me a clever trick.) bemutat
    7) (to prove: That just shows / goes to show how stupid he is.) igazol, mutat
    8) (to give or offer (someone) kindness etc: He showed him no mercy.) tanúsít
    2. noun
    1) (an entertainment, public exhibition, performance etc: a horse-show; a flower show; the new show at the theatre; a TV show.) bemutató; műsor
    2) (a display or act of showing: a show of strength.) bemutatás
    3) (an act of pretending to be, do etc (something): He made a show of working, but he wasn't really concentrating.) látszat
    4) (appearance, impression: They just did it for show, in order to make themselves seem more important than they are.) látszat
    5) (an effort or attempt: He put up a good show in the chess competition.) (kimagasló) teljesítmény
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    - showiness
    - show-business
    - showcase
    - showdown
    - showground
    - show-jumping
    - showman
    - showroom
    - give the show away
    - good show!
    - on show
    - show off
    - show up

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  • 17 ease

    lágyság, könnyek kezelhetőség, kényelmesség to ease: enyhül, megkönnyít, óvatosan helyére illeszt
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    [i:z] 1. noun
    1) (freedom from pain or from worry or hard work: a lifetime of ease.) nyugalom
    2) (freedom from difficulty: He passed his exam with ease.) könnyedség
    3) (naturalness: ease of manner.) természetesség
    2. verb
    1) (to free from pain, trouble or anxiety: A hot bath eased his tired limbs.) enyhít
    2) ((often with off) to make or become less strong, less severe, less fast etc: The pain has eased (off); The driver eased off as he approached the town.) felenged, enyhül; (meg)lazít
    3) (to move (something heavy or awkward) gently or gradually in or out of position: They eased the wardrobe carefully up the narrow staircase.) cipel
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    - easiness
    - easy     3. interjection
    (a command to go or act gently: Easy! You'll fall if you run too fast.) Nyugi!
    - easy-going
    - at ease
    - easier said than done
    - go easy on
    - stand at ease
    - take it easy
    - take one's ease

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  • 18 fight

    ütközet, bokszmérkőzés, küzdelem, harcképesség to fight: verekedik, harcol
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    1. past tense, past participle - fought; verb
    1) (to act against (someone or something) with physical violence: The two boys are fighting over (= because of) some money they found.) harcol
    2) (to resist strongly; to take strong action to prevent: to fight a fire; We must fight against any attempt to deprive us of our freedom.) küzd
    3) (to quarrel: His parents were always fighting.) veszekszik
    2. noun
    1) (an act of physical violence between people, countries etc: There was a fight going on in the street.) harc
    2) (a struggle; action involving effort: the fight for freedom of speech; the fight against disease.) küzdelem
    3) (the will or strength to resist: There was no fight left in him.) küzdeniakarás
    4) (a boxing-match.) bokszmérkőzés
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    - fight back
    - fight it out
    - fight off
    - fight one's way
    - fight shy of
    - put up a good fight

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  • 19 cut

    szabás, riszt, réselés, metszet, lógás, hasíték to cut: vág, megvág, lenyír, kiszab, leszállít (árat)
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    1. present participle - cutting; verb
    1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.) vág
    2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.) vág
    3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.) kiszab
    4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.) levág
    5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.) csökkent
    6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.) meghúz (cikket); vág (filmet)
    7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.) elvág
    8) (to divide (a pack of cards).) emel (kártyát)
    9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!') megállít
    10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.) átvág
    11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.) metsz
    12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.) ellóg (óráról)
    13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.) tudomást sem vesz (vkiről)
    2. noun
    1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) vágás
    2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) szabás
    3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) szelet
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    - cutting 3. adjective
    (insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) csípős
    - cut-price
    - cut-throat     4. adjective
    (fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.) öldöklő
    - cut and dried
    - cut back
    - cut both ways
    - cut a dash
    - cut down
    - cut in
    - cut it fine
    - cut no ice
    - cut off
    - cut one's losses
    - cut one's teeth
    - cut out
    - cut short

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  • 20 strike

    légi csapás, sztrájk, telér to strike: támad vmi ellen, megfeneklik, rábukkan, csap
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    1. past tense - struck; verb
    1) (to hit, knock or give a blow to: He struck me in the face with his fist; Why did you strike him?; The stone struck me a blow on the side of the head; His head struck the table as he fell; The tower of the church was struck by lightning.) (meg)üt
    2) (to attack: The enemy troops struck at dawn; We must prevent the disease striking again.) támad
    3) (to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing: He struck a match/light; He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.) csihol
    4) ((of workers) to stop work as a protest, or in order to force employers to give better pay: The men decided to strike for higher wages.) sztrájkol
    5) (to discover or find: After months of prospecting they finally struck gold/oil; If we walk in this direction we may strike the right path.) vmire bukkan
    6) (to (make something) sound: He struck a note on the piano/violin; The clock struck twelve.) leüt; fog; üt
    7) (to impress, or give a particular impression to (a person): I was struck by the resemblance between the two men; How does the plan strike you?; It / The thought struck me that she had come to borrow money.) vmilyennek talál, vmilyen benyomást tesz vkire; meglep(ődik); feltűnik (vkinek vmi)
    8) (to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).) ver
    9) (to go in a certain direction: He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.) vmilyen irányba megy
    10) (to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).) (tábort) bont; zászlót bevon
    2. noun
    1) (an act of striking: a miners' strike.) sztrájk
    2) (a discovery of oil, gold etc: He made a lucky strike.) szerencsés lelet
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    - striking
    - strikingly
    - be out on strike
    - be on strike
    - call a strike
    - come out on strike
    - come
    - be within striking distance of
    - strike at
    - strike an attitude/pose
    - strike a balance
    - strike a bargain/agreement
    - strike a blow for
    - strike down
    - strike dumb
    - strike fear/terror into
    - strike home
    - strike it rich
    - strike lucky
    - strike out
    - strike up

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