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  • 1 down

    le-, le, alsó, leégve, lefelé, pihe, lent to down: leszállásra kényszerít
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    I 1. adverb
    1) (towards or in a low or lower position, level or state: He climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.) le(felé)
    2) (on or to the ground: The little boy fell down and cut his knee.) le, lent
    3) (from earlier to later times: The recipe has been handed down in our family for years.) tovább (ad)
    4) (from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc: Prices have been going down steadily.) leszállítva
    5) (towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre: We went down from Glasgow to Bristol.) le
    2. preposition
    1) (in a lower position on: Their house is halfway down the hill.) lefelé
    2) (to a lower position on, by, through or along: Water poured down the drain.) le
    3) (along: The teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.) irányában
    3. verb
    (to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp: He downed a pint of beer.) lehajt
    - downwards
    - downward
    - down-and-out
    - down-at-heel
    - downcast
    - downfall
    - downgrade
    - downhearted
    - downhill
    - downhill racing
    - downhill skiing
    - down-in-the-mouth
    - down payment
    - downpour
    - downright
    4. adjective - downstream
    - down-to-earth
    - downtown
    - downtown
    - down-trodden
    - be/go down with
    - down on one's luck
    - down tools
    - down with
    - get down to
    - suit someone down to the ground
    - suit down to the ground
    II noun
    (small, soft feathers: a quilt filled with down.) pehely
    - downy

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  • 2 go down

    1) ((with well/badly) to be approved or disapproved of: The story went down well (with them).) vhogyan fogadják
    2) ((of a ship) to sink: They were lost at sea when the ship went down.) elsüllyed
    3) ((of the sun or moon) to go below the horizon.) lenyugszik
    4) (to be remembered: Your bravery will go down in history.) emlékezetes marad
    5) ((of places) to become less desirable: This part of town has gone down in the last twenty years.) lerobban

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  • 3 be/go down with

    (to be or become ill with: The children all went down with measles.) betegen fekszik

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  • 4 settle down

    1) (to (cause to) become quiet, calm and peaceful: He waited for the audience to settle down before he spoke; She settled the baby down at last.) elcsendesedik; lehiggad
    2) (to make oneself comfortable: She settled (herself) down in the back of the car and went to sleep.) elhelyezkedik, letelepedik
    3) (to begin to concentrate on something, eg work: He settled down to (do) his schoolwork.) hozzáfog vminek

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  • 5 attendance

    jelenlét, látogatás, ápolás, látogatottság
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    noun His attendance (= the number of times he attends) at school is poor; Attendances (= the number of people attending) at the concerts went down after the price of tickets increased.) megjelenés, jelenlét, látogatottság

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  • 6 conveyor belt

    (an endless, moving belt carrying articles from one place to another in a factory etc: She put nuts on the chocolates as they went down the conveyor belt.) szállítószalag

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  • 7 double back

    (to turn and go back the way one came: The fox doubled back and went down a hole.) visszakanyarodik

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  • 8 horizon

    szemhatár, rétegszint, munkaszint, horizont, szint
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    (the line at which the earth and the sky seem to meet: The sun went down below the horizon; A ship could be seen on the horizon.) horizont
    - horizontally

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  • 9 trough

    árkos vető, kis légnyomású csatorna, fenéktér
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    [trof]
    1) (a long, low, open container for animals' food or water: a drinking-trough for the cattle.) vályú
    2) (a low part between two waves (in the sea etc): The boat went down into a trough.) hullámvölgy
    3) (an area of low pressure in the atmosphere, usually causing rain.) (légnyomási) teknő

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  • 10 run

    közlekedik, állattenyésztő terület, kampány, ívás to run: közlekedik, lefut, járat, működtet, kisüt, szól
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    1. present participle - running; verb
    1) ((of a person or animal) to move quickly, faster than walking: He ran down the road.) fut
    2) (to move smoothly: Trains run on rails.) halad (jármű)
    3) ((of water etc) to flow: Rivers run to the sea; The tap is running.) folyik
    4) ((of a machine etc) to work or operate: The engine is running; He ran the motor to see if it was working.) működik
    5) (to organize or manage: He runs the business very efficiently.) irányít, vezet
    6) (to race: Is your horse running this afternoon?) versenyez, fut
    7) ((of buses, trains etc) to travel regularly: The buses run every half hour; The train is running late.) közlekedik
    8) (to last or continue; to go on: The play ran for six weeks.) megy
    9) (to own and use, especially of cars: He runs a Rolls Royce.) tart (autót)
    10) ((of colour) to spread: When I washed my new dress the colour ran.) ereszt, fog (textilfesték)
    11) (to drive (someone); to give (someone) a lift: He ran me to the station.) elvisz vkit
    12) (to move (something): She ran her fingers through his hair; He ran his eyes over the letter.) átfut
    13) ((in certain phrases) to be or become: The river ran dry; My blood ran cold (= I was afraid).) válik vmivé
    2. noun
    1) (the act of running: He went for a run before breakfast.) futás
    2) (a trip or drive: We went for a run in the country.) út, kirándulás
    3) (a length of time (for which something continues): He's had a run of bad luck.) sorozat
    4) (a ladder (in a stocking etc): I've got a run in my tights.) (szem)lefutás (harisnyán)
    5) (the free use (of a place): He gave me the run of his house.) szabad bejárás (vhová)
    6) (in cricket, a batsman's act of running from one end of the wicket to the other, representing a single score: He scored/made 50 runs for his team.) kifutó (baromfinak)
    7) (an enclosure or pen: a chicken-run.)
    - running 3. adverb
    (one after another; continuously: We travelled for four days running.) folyamatosan, egyfolytában
    - runaway
    - rundown
    - runner-up
    - runway
    - in
    - out of the running
    - on the run
    - run across
    - run after
    - run aground
    - run along
    - run away
    - run down
    - run for
    - run for it
    - run in
    - run into
    - run its course
    - run off
    - run out
    - run over
    - run a temperature
    - run through
    - run to
    - run up
    - run wild

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  • 11 lay

    fekvés, helyzet, ballada, hever, vesztegel, laikus to lay: előterjeszt, tesz, feltesz, lefektet, elcsendesít
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    I 1. [lei] past tense, past participle - laid; verb
    1) (to place, set or put (down), often carefully: She laid the clothes in a drawer / on a chair; He laid down his pencil; She laid her report before the committee.) helyez, (le)tesz
    2) (to place in a lying position: She laid the baby on his back.) (le)fektet
    3) (to put in order or arrange: She went to lay the table for dinner; to lay one's plans / a trap.) elrendez
    4) (to flatten: The animal laid back its ears; The wind laid the corn flat.) megdönt
    5) (to cause to disappear or become quiet: to lay a ghost / doubts.) elűz
    6) ((of a bird) to produce (eggs): The hen laid four eggs; My hens are laying well.) tojik
    7) (to bet: I'll lay five pounds that you don't succeed.) fogad
    2. verb
    (to put, cut or arrange in layers: She had her hair layered by the hairdresser.) rétegez, rétegesen vág
    - lay-by
    - layout
    - laid up
    - lay aside
    - lay bare
    - lay by
    - lay down
    - lay one's hands on
    - lay hands on
    - lay in
    - lay low
    - lay off
    - lay on
    - lay out
    - lay up
    - lay waste
    II see lie II III [lei] adjective
    1) (not a member of the clergy: lay preachers.) világi
    2) (not an expert or a professional (in a particular subject): Doctors tend to use words that lay people don't understand.) laikus
    IV [lei] noun
    (an epic poem.) epikus vers

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  • 12 go

    megegyezés, esemény, vizsga, mozgás, járás, alku to go: menni, való vhova, szól vmiről, telik, folyik
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    [ɡəu] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - goes; verb
    1) (to walk, travel, move etc: He is going across the field; Go straight ahead; When did he go out?) megy
    2) (to be sent, passed on etc: Complaints have to go through the proper channels.) átmegy
    3) (to be given, sold etc: The prize goes to John Smith; The table went for $100.) vkinek adják; elkel
    4) (to lead to: Where does this road go?) vezet vhová
    5) (to visit, to attend: He goes to school every day; I decided not to go to the movie.) látogat
    6) (to be destroyed etc: This wall will have to go.) eltűnik
    7) (to proceed, be done: The meeting went very well.) megy, (le)zajlik
    8) (to move away: I think it is time you were going.) elindul
    9) (to disappear: My purse has gone!) eltűnik
    10) (to do (some action or activity): I'm going for a walk; I'm going hiking next week-end.) szándékozik vmit csinálni
    11) (to fail etc: I think the clutch on this car has gone.) lerobban
    12) (to be working etc: I don't think that clock is going.) működik, jár
    13) (to become: These apples have gone bad.) vmivé válik
    14) (to be: Many people in the world regularly go hungry.) van
    15) (to be put: Spoons go in that drawer.) való (vhova)
    16) (to pass: Time goes quickly when you are enjoying yourself.) múlik, telik
    17) (to be used: All her pocket-money goes on sweets.) "megy" vmire
    18) (to be acceptable etc: Anything goes in this office.) elmegy
    19) (to make a particular noise: Dogs go woof, not miaow.) hallat
    20) (to have a particular tune etc: How does that song go?) szól
    21) (to become successful etc: She always makes a party go.) "feldob"
    2. noun
    1) (an attempt: I'm not sure how to do it, but I'll have a go.) kísérlet
    2) (energy: She's full of go.) energia
    3. adjective
    1) (successful: That shop is still a going concern.) menő
    2) (in existence at present: the going rate for typing manuscripts.) jelenleg érvényes
    4. noun
    (permission: We'll start as soon as we get the go-ahead.) engedély
    - going-over
    - goings-on
    - no-go
    - all go
    - be going on for
    - be going on
    - be going strong
    - from the word go
    - get going
    - give the go-by
    - go about
    - go after
    - go against
    - go along
    - go along with
    - go around
    - go around with
    - go at
    - go back
    - go back on
    - go by
    - go down
    - go far
    - go for
    - go in
    - go in for
    - go into
    - go off
    - go on
    - go on at
    - go out
    - go over
    - go round
    - go slow
    - go steady
    - go through
    - go through with
    - go too far
    - go towards
    - go up
    - go up in smoke/flames
    - go with
    - go without
    - keep going
    - make a go of something
    - make a go
    - on the go

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  • 13 lie

    vacok, tanya, fekvés, helyzet to lie: hever, fekszik, horgonyoz, hazudik, vesztegel
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    I 1. noun
    (a false statement made with the intention of deceiving: It would be a lie to say I knew, because I didn't.) hazugság
    2. verb
    (to say etc something which is not true, with the intention of deceiving: There's no point in asking her - she'll just lie about it.) hazudik
    II present participle - lying; verb
    1) (to be in or take a more or less flat position: She went into the bedroom and lay on the bed; The book was lying in the hall.) fekszik
    2) (to be situated; to be in a particular place etc: The farm lay three miles from the sea; His interest lies in farming.) fekszik
    3) (to remain in a certain state: The shop is lying empty now.) (üresen) áll
    4) ((with in) (of feelings, impressions etc) to be caused by or contained in: His charm lies in his honesty.) (vmiben) van
    - lie down
    - lie in
    - lie in wait for
    - lie in wait
    - lie low
    - lie with
    - take lying down

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  • 14 back

    hátul, ezelőtt, törekvő, támla, hátvéd, hátulja to back: hátrafelé megy, visszatolat, fogad (lóra)
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    [bæk] 1. noun
    1) (in man, the part of the body from the neck to the bottom of the spine: She lay on her back.) hát
    2) (in animals, the upper part of the body: She put the saddle on the horse's back.) hát
    3) (that part of anything opposite to or furthest from the front: the back of the house; She sat at the back of the hall.) hátulja
    4) (in football, hockey etc a player who plays behind the forwards.) hátvéd
    2. adjective
    (of or at the back: the back door.) hátsó
    3. adverb
    1) (to, or at, the place or person from which a person or thing came: I went back to the shop; He gave the car back to its owner.) hátra, vissza
    2) (away (from something); not near (something): Move back! Let the ambulance get to the injured man; Keep back from me or I'll hit you!) hátrafelé, el-
    3) (towards the back (of something): Sit back in your chair.) hátrafelé
    4) (in return; in response to: When the teacher is scolding you, don't answer back.) vissza
    5) (to, or in, the past: Think back to your childhood.) vissza
    4. verb
    1) (to (cause to) move backwards: He backed (his car) out of the garage.) tolat
    2) (to help or support: Will you back me against the others?) támogat
    3) (to bet or gamble on: I backed your horse to win.) fogad vmire
    - backbite
    - backbiting
    - backbone
    - backbreaking
    - backdate
    - backfire
    - background
    - backhand
    5. adverb
    (using backhand: She played the stroke backhand; She writes backhand.) fonákkal; balra dőlő kézírással
    - back-number
    - backpack
    - backpacking: go backpacking
    - backpacker
    - backside
    - backslash
    - backstroke
    - backup
    - backwash
    - backwater
    - backyard
    - back down
    - back of
    - back on to
    - back out
    - back up
    - have one's back to the wall
    - put someone's back up
    - take a back seat

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  • 15 charge

    vád, kötelesség, hivatal, töltés, szolgálat, roham to charge: megvádol, rohamoz, vádol, gondjaira bíz, felszámít
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    1. verb
    1) (to ask as the price (for something): They charge 50 cents for a pint of milk, but they don't charge for delivery.) felszámít (költséget)
    2) (to make a note of (a sum of money) as being owed: Charge the bill to my account.) megterhel (számlát)
    3) ((with with) to accuse (of something illegal): He was charged with theft.) (meg)vádol (vmivel)
    4) (to attack by moving quickly (towards): We charged (towards) the enemy on horseback.) megrohamoz
    5) (to rush: The children charged down the hill.) lerohan
    6) (to make or become filled with electricity: Please charge my car battery.) (fel)tölt (akkut)
    7) (to make (a person) responsible for (a task etc): He was charged with seeing that everything went well.) (meg)tölt (puskát)
    2. noun
    1) (a price or fee: What is the charge for a telephone call?) díj
    2) (something with which a person is accused: He faces three charges of murder.) vád
    3) (an attack made by moving quickly: the charge of the Light Brigade.) roham
    4) (the electricity in something: a positive or negative charge.) töltés
    5) (someone one takes care of: These children are my charges.) rábízott(ak)
    6) (a quantity of gunpowder: Put the charge in place and light the fuse.) töltet
    - in charge of
    - in someone's charge
    - take charge

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  • 16 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
    - 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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  • 17 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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  • 18 live

    élénk, működő, egyenesben, élőben, egyenes adás to live: megél vmit, megér vmit, létezik, lakik
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    I 1. [liv] verb
    1) (to have life; to be alive: This poison is dangerous to everything that lives.) él
    2) (to survive: The doctors say he is very ill, but they think he will live; It was difficult to believe that she had lived through such an experience.) túlél vmit
    3) (to have one's home or dwelling (in a particular place): She lives next to the church; They went to live in Bristol / in a huge house.) lakik
    4) (to pass (one's life): He lived a life of luxury; She lives in fear of being attacked.) él (vmilyen életet)
    5) ((with by) to make enough money etc to feed and house oneself: He lives by fishing.) megél vmiből
    - - lived
    - living 2. noun
    (the money etc needed to feed and house oneself and keep oneself alive: He earns his living driving a taxi; She makes a good living as an author.) megélhetés
    - live-in
    - live and let live
    - live down
    - live in
    - out
    - live on
    - live up to
    - within living memory
    - in living memory
    II 1. adjective
    1) (having life; not dead: a live mouse.) élő
    2) ((of a radio or television broadcast etc) heard or seen as the event takes place; not recorded: I watched a live performance of my favourite opera on television; Was the performance live or recorded?) élő, egyenes (adás)
    3) (full of energy, and capable of becoming active: a live bomb) aktív
    4) (burning: a live coal.) izzó
    2. adverb
    ((of a radio or television broadcast etc) as the event takes place: The competition will be broadcast live.) élőben
    - liveliness
    - livestock
    - live wire

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  • 19 over

    felüli, felső, szerte, szaporítás (kötésben), át to over: átugrik vmin, legyűr, átjut vmin
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    ['əuvə] 1. preposition
    1) (higher than; above in position, number, authority etc: Hang that picture over the fireplace; He's over 90 years old.) fölött; fölé
    2) (from one side to another, on or above the top of; on the other side of: He jumped over the gate; She fell over the cat; My friend lives over the street.) (vmin) át
    3) (covering: He put his handkerchief over his face.) fölé, rá
    4) (across: You find people like him all over the world.) keresztül, szerte
    5) (about: a quarrel over money.) -ról, -ről
    6) (by means of: He spoke to her over the telephone.) (vmin) keresztül
    7) (during: Over the years, she grew to hate her husband.) alatt
    8) (while having etc: He fell asleep over his dinner.) alatt
    2. adverb
    1) (higher, moving etc above: The plane flew over about an hour ago.)
    2) (used to show movement, change of position: He rolled over on his back; He turned over the page.)
    3) (across: He went over and spoke to them.)
    4) (downwards: He fell over.)
    5) (higher in number etc: for people aged twenty and over.)
    6) (remaining: There are two cakes for each of us, and two over.)
    7) (through from beginning to end, carefully: Read it over; Talk it over between you.)
    3. adjective
    (finished: The affair is over now.) följebb
    4. noun
    ((in cricket) a certain number of balls bowled from one end of the wicket: He bowled thirty overs in the match.) sorozat
    5. as part of a word
    1) (too (much), as in overdo.) túl
    2) (in a higher position, as in overhead.) felső
    3) (covering, as in overcoat.) felső
    4) (down from an upright position, as in overturn.) fel-
    5) (completely, as in overcome.) felül
    - over all
    - over and done with

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  • 20 place

    lakás, passzus, otthon, megillető hely, ház, tér to place: helyez, elhelyez, kihelyez, eszközöl
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    [pleis] 1. noun
    1) (a particular spot or area: a quiet place in the country; I spent my holiday in various different places.) hely
    2) (an empty space: There's a place for your books on this shelf.) tér, hely
    3) (an area or building with a particular purpose: a market-place.) tér
    4) (a seat (in a theatre, train, at a table etc): He went to his place and sat down.) (ülő)hely
    5) (a position in an order, series, queue etc: She got the first place in the competition; I lost my place in the queue.) hely(ezés)
    6) (a person's position or level of importance in society etc: You must keep your secretary in her place.) állás
    7) (a point in the text of a book etc: The wind was blowing the pages of my book and I kept losing my place.) rész (ahol tartottam)
    8) (duty or right: It's not my place to tell him he's wrong.) nem az én dolgom...
    9) (a job or position in a team, organization etc: He's got a place in the team; He's hoping for a place on the staff.) hely; felvétel (vmely egyetemre stb.)
    10) (house; home: Come over to my place.) otthon
    11) ((often abbreviated to Pl. when written) a word used in the names of certain roads, streets or squares.) tér
    12) (a number or one of a series of numbers following a decimal point: Make the answer correct to four decimal places.) négy tizedes pontosságig
    2. verb
    1) (to put: He placed it on the table; He was placed in command of the army.) (el)helyez
    2) (to remember who a person is: I know I've seen her before, but I can't quite place her.) nem tudom hova tenni
    - go places
    - in the first
    - second place
    - in place
    - in place of
    - out of place
    - put oneself in someone else's place
    - put someone in his place
    - put in his place
    - take place
    - take the place of

    English-Hungarian dictionary > place

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