1. I´m John Davis from London
head of the department of public relations - a reklám/propaganda osztaly fonoke
The lift´s over there - Arra van a lift.
One monet please - Kis turelmet kérek.
This way, please - Erre tessék.
2. Your particulars
particulars - személyi adatok
I see - Értem.
Will you fill in this from - Legyen szives toltse ki ezt az urlapot.
I´m married, with two children.
place of birth
year of birth
marital status
profession - foglalkozás
occupation - beosztás
permanent address
representative - képviselo
I live in a one room flat on Euston Road.
I the mornings I usually get up at half past 6.
I wash and get deressed.
Esther makes breakfast while I am in the bathroom.
We have breakfast and I leave home at a quarter to 8.
We stop for lunch at 12.30 and at 1.30 we start work again.
After work I usually go home immediately.
I always do some exercises before going to bed.
Esther and Leslie laugh but I don´t mind.
When do you get up?
When do you leave home?
What time do you begin work?
What are your working hours?
When does he stop for lunch?
Do Esther and Leslie laugh?
Does he mind?
Do you work as a waiter?
get up, make breakfast, stop for lunch, leave home
start/stop/finish work
breakfast/lunch/dinner
3. The Kennedis
She´s sixteen and goes to secondary school.
She´s not a primary school girl any longer.
any longer - továbbra, ezentúl, már
Fortunately, both my father´s parents and my mother´s mother are alive.
My mother´s father is dead.
beard, moustache
full beard - korszakall
elderly - idos
middle-aged - kozepkoru
Mr. Hardi has an old-age pension - Mr. Hardy nyugdijas.
son/daughter/sister/brother/mother/father-in-love
uncle,nephew,niece,cousin,husband,wife
cousin [kazn]- unokatestvér
nephew - unokaocs
niece - unokahúg
adult [ädalt] - felnott
Susan is married to Tom.
I´m sure that you will like them.
I´m not sure you know it.
They live in a nearby village but they seldom meet.
I´m not sure that Tom likes his mother-in-love very mutch.
Are you quite sure that Mrs. McDonald likes her son-in-love very much?
Whose parents live in the provinces?
in the provinces - videken
Susan is tall and slim, but Tom is the opposite. He is small and fat.
They have got only one thing in common: their blue eyes.
tall, short, good-looking, slim, small, fat, plain
plain - jellegtelen, csúnya, nem szép, egyszeru, oszinte, egyenes, becsuletes
thinning hair - ritkuló haj
suit - oltony
tie - nyakkendo
He never wears a suit or a tie.
He has got no girlfrien at the moment.
But he wants to get married so he places an advertisement in a daily (news)paper.
adult, relatives
pipe - pipa
Are you quite sure that Richard wants to get married?
They have got one thing in common - Egy kozos vonasuk van.
4. Where do you live
They have got a flat in a bog block of flat.
It´s fairly big flat with three room.
fairly - meglehetose
It´s 71 square metres.
bedroom/sitting-room/balcony/bathroom/kitchen/hall/pantry/toilet/cellar
They share one bedroom and their children share the other.
They have their meals there - Itt étkeznek.
build-in cupboard/running water
What´s the kitchen like? - Milyen a konyha?
How many rooms they have got?
Where do they have their meals?
He showes her round the flat.
pleasant - kellemes
That´s a great pity - I´m sorry to hear that - Nagy kár.
The view is marvellous - A kilátás csodálatos/remek.
carpets on the floor
curtains at the window
paintings on the wall
vase[va:z] of flovers
settee [se´ti:] - kanapé
dark/light colours
tile on the walls - csempe a falakon
bath - kád
basin - mosdó
On the wall there are four shelves where they keep their toilet things.
They keep their towels on a towel-rail.
towel-rail - torulkozo tarto
The kitchen is also up-to-date.
up-to-date - korszeru
vacuum cleaner - porszivo
cupboard - szekrény
wardrobe - ruhasszekrény
fridge/tape-recorder/record-player/furniture/armchair/chair
They keep their record-palyer on top of TV set.
The TV is on a big table a long way from the window.
The vase is on the bookshelf.
The children´s room is old-fashioned.
new-fashioned - moderný
radiator [reidieitô]
record - lemez
5. Consolidation - megszilarditas
series [siôri:z] - sorozat
student of arts - bolcseszhallgato
Faculty of Arts - bolcseszettudomanyi kar
Faculty of Law and Political sciences - Jogi kar
He studies in her second year - Másodikos.
room-mate - szobatárs
students´ hostel [hostôl]-diakszálló
Faculty of Natural Sciences
University of Technology
University of Economics - economist
University of Medicine
Collage of Trade and Catering - Vendéglátóipari foiskola
Collage of Finance and Accountancy - book-keeper - Pénzugyi és számviteli foiskola
Academy of Fine Arts - sculptor - szobrász - Képzomuveszeti foiskola
Academy of Applied Arts - potter - fazekas - Iparmuveszeti foiskola
Teachers´ Training Collage - Tanárépzo foiskola
What he studies?
What he wants to be?
The Academic year is over - Az iskolai evnek/tanévnek vege.
Their home is much noisier than his.
He lives in a suburb of Budapest in a quiet semi-detached house.
suburb[sabôb] - kulvaros
quiet - csendes
semi-detached - ikerhaz
There are no shops nearby.
The two small room belong to Ann and her parents.
When Ann and Jack arrive home all her relatives are there.
handbag - retikul
identity card [ai´dentiti]
I can´t find my handbag. I think I´ve lost it with my identity card and all my money in it.
car/scooter/bicycle
pharmacist [fa:môsist] - gyógyszerész
Which years is she in? - Hányad éves?
6. Your surroundings - kornyek
She has some free time.
She is going to see her colleague.
Take off zour coat and let me show you round.
I´m not sure that it´s much more comfortable.
It´s a two-storey house.
storey - szint
It´s much more comfortable.
Garage has got room only for one car.
We don´t have enough room for both car in the garage.
I always leave car outside the house.
Is it big enough for two cars?
better, worse, nicer, taller, smaller,bigger, newer, older, younger, more comfortable, more beautiful
a bit/little older, much older
Who does the house in the firts picture belong to? It´s Geoff´s.
Play-school is opposite the bank. - bolcsode
behind, on the left of, in the left-hand corner , not far from ,near, next to, in front of
This is a surprise! What a surprise! How nice to see you!
That is surprising - Ez meglepo.
spring, summer, autumn, winter
7. Shopping for food - élelmiszerbevásárlás
She is comming to stay a few days the day after tomorrow.
She is arriving in the evening.
They have to do some shopping first.
They agree that Susan will go to the butcher´s and the grocer´s and Judy will go top the greengrocer´s.
That´s a good idea.
Who are they talking about?
How long is she staying?
Does Judy go shopping with her mother?
butcher´s, chemist´s, baker´s, grocer´s, jeweller´s, florist´s, greengrocer´s, shoemaker´s, tobbaconist´s - trafikos
bookshop, post office, supermarket, department store, record shop
meat, pork, beef, ham, chicken
cattle, pig, chicken
What would you like?
Can I help you? I´d like to buy some meat. Perhabs some pork, please.
How much ist it? It´s a bit less. Anything else?
That´s xxx forints, altogether.
packet of salt, two klios of sugar, three kilos of flour, one litre of milk, packet of cocoa
250 grams of butter, two dozen eggs
Unfortunately we are out of cocoa at the moment. Then I´d like some cofee instead.
That´s all for now. Here is the change, 101 forints. Here is 74 forints change.
She is doing her shopping at the grocer´s.
500 forint note - 500 forintos bankjegy
apple, pear, orange, friut, vegetables, patato, tomato
Let me see. Hadd nézzem.
That´s wrong change, I´m afraid.
He is polite, but he gives the wrong change.
I buy a bread at the grocer´s.
sausages, milk, flour, cheese,shampoo, toothpaste, soap...
I am out of sugar. Where can I buy some? You can buy sugar at the grocer´s.
Betty is a very nice girl. I think you love her,too. O course, I do. Certainly, I do.
Betty is staying in Hungary for a month.
I don´t think so, she is only in Hungary for few days.
Betty spends her days in the office, so she has lunch there.
that´s why she has lunch there.
therefore she has lunch there.
She has no idea - Fogalma sincs.
How much? How much is ist?
That will do - Ez jo lesz.
Just a little - Egy keveset vmibol.
8. Shopping for other things
When Susan goes to London, Lis ask her to visit her brother, who is the head of the office.
They are very kind to her and offer to help her with her shopping.
rolls of film
envelope - boriték
photographer´s - fényképészuzlet
stationer´s - papirbolt
salesgirl
develop film - elohiv
When wil it be ready? In two days´ time.
slide - diafilm
receipt [ri´si:t] - nyugta, elismervény
cash desk - pénztár
the latest edition
I want you ask you to take it to her.
I´m afraid, we are out of them at the moment.
When will you have some?
street map, road atlas
It´s thre pounds fifty(pence) altogether.
writing pad - levélpapír, jegyzettomb
carton [ka:tn]
What brand of cigarettes do you smoke?
brand [bränd] - márka
How many cigarettes do you smoke a day?
Are you a heavy smoker?
Do you smoke at all?
I´m going to visit...Are you goingto visit...?
I will visit....Will you visit...?
I intend to visit...Do you intend to visit...?
I´m thinking of visiting...Are you thinking of visiting...?
Give me a light, please?
Could you give me an ashtray, please?
ashtray - hamutartó
lighter - ongyújtó
9. Your job
worker - munkás, dolgozó
column - rovat
correspondens clerk - kereskedelmi levelezo
typist - gépíróno
He picks up a receiver.
Can you send in.
Can you ask John Szabo to come into my room right away.
right away - azonnal
He wil be here in a moment.
Both his colleagues and bosses like him.
both..and.. - mind... mind
They often go abroad, do they?
Do they work forty-four hours a week?
They often work overtime, too.
Who does Mr. Kennedi want to speak to?
Who does Mr. Kennedi speak to in the end?
van [vän] - furgon, csukott teherautó
lorry - nákladné auto, kamion
Can I speak to you for a few minutes?
How long have you been working for this firm? For 20 years. - Mióta dolgozik ennél a cégnél?
Are you satisfied with your job?
Fred gets wages 50 pounds a week. He isn´t satisfied with this wages.
wages [veidis] - mzda - munkabér, kereset
His wife doesn´t go out to work.
salary - fizetés - plat
income - jovedelem
He gets a salary plus tips for services.
tip - borravalo
Not at all. - Nem tesz semmit. Szivesen.
He is an engineer by professon. Foglalkozasat tekintve mernok.
He can hardly manage on his salary - Nehezen tud kijonni a fizetesebol.
hardly - alig
What´s the atmosphere like in the office where you work - Milyen a hangulat?
atmosphere [ätmôsfiô]
for a long time - sokaig
He has fifteen days paid holiday a year.
fringe benefit - premium, mellékjuttatás - sicialne vyhody
The atmosphere in his department is not bad, especially when the employees get a pay rise.
pay rise - fizetesemeles
What are you by profession?
How many days paid holiday do you get a year?
Have you got an eight hour workin day?
How much do you get?
Do you got any tips or extras?
extra - pótlék, ráadás - prídavok, príplatok
What´s your boss like?
I can speak English. I am able to work ten hours a day.
I can´t speak English. I´m not able to work ten hours a day.
Can you speak English? Are you able to work ten hours a day.
I want to speak to him if I can.
the kindest, nicest, youngest, most beautiful, most difficult.
more easily, better, worse
employee - alkalmazott
10. Consolidation
Can, you help me the shopping for the weekend?
You will have to eat something while we are away.
I have to be at work by a quarter to eight.
And what about milk? Shall I buy some? No, you don´t have to.
Bob helps with the every day shopping.
He has to be at work by 8.
by - ra,re (ido)
That´s what he likes the least.
the least - a legkvésbé
There´s nothing worse than waiting for a long time.
shop-keeper - uzletes
saloon-keeper - kocsmaros
He does shopping on his way home.
She can get what she wants more easily.
He works in three shifts.
He is satisfied with his income.
It consists of his salary, some fringe benefits and the tips he gets from guets.
He quickly gets ready, has breakfast and leaves for the work.
leave for sg - elindul vhova
He thinks the atmosphere at the hotel is not good because of the manager.
Where do you like to do the shopping?
What kind of meat do you like best?
What kind of meat do you like least?
well-trained - jol képzett
He has a high opinion of him.
Their wifes also like each other.
each other - egymast
The two couples often spend their weekends together.
couple - házaspár
9. Do you speak English?
article - ujságcikk
foreign language proficiency [prô´fisônsi] - jártsasság, szakértelem, tudás
Can I have a few words with you?
I understand a lot of things but I can´t speak well.
I think my English is still very poor.
We have four lesson three time a week.
Can I speak to you for a few minute?
That is what I like best about language learning.
As Hungariona is not a widely spoken language,
Hungarians have to speak English, German,Russain or
some other widely spoken language if they
want to communicate with foreigners.
Do you need practice in reading?
What do you do for a living? What´s your job?
It doesn´t make sense.
You have to know expression like this if you want to pass examination this summer.
pass an exam - letenni a vizsgat
take an exam - vizsgazik
Where does she look up the words, she doesn´t know?
look up sy in the dictionary -
What examination is Judy going to take?
When she is going to take tha exam?
Will she be able to pass it?
Fancy meeting/seeing you!
Do you believe that Judy is going to pass her basic level proficiency exam in English?
- alapfoku nyelvvizsga
Do you suppose...
Do you think....
I don´t believe that she is able to pas it.
I think/suppose so.
12. When can I meet you?
Can I fix an appointment with you?
Tomorrow I´m going to be out of town.
Then what about the day after tomorrow?
I´m going to have talk with on of our busisness partner at 9 a.m.
but after that I am free.
When is going to be this appointment.
How much do they cost?
A single room with a bath costs 760 forints.
Do the prices include breakfest, as well?
And which are the busiest month for you?
It´s our high season, so it means tha all our rooms are full then.
And what about low season?
Rooms cost a bit less, od course.
Where do your visitors mostly come from?
Are your guests mostly tourists or businessmen?
Bob was calling her to make a date with her.
make a date with - randevut beszel meg vkivel
Where were you the day before yesterday at half past 7 in the morning?
I was on my way to school.
How long were you at school?
I was there until a quarter to 2.
afterwards - azutan
Let me think - Hadd gondoljam vegig!
What is all this about - Mire megy ki ez az egesz?
investigation - nyomozas
You can think what you want. I have got nothing more to say.
The boy I was walking with was my cousin.
I hope you will believe me.
And now I´ll will tell you what I did on Thursday.
What Bob and Judy often do?
What are you doing on Monday at 9.30 a.m.
Do you think Judy has a new boyfriend? It´s impossible.
It isn´t possible that she´s going out with such a young boy.
It´s possible tha she is going out with another boy.
You can go to the cinema when your homework is finished.
I was very nice/kind of you.
Do you think I can pass this exam? I hope so.
I hope that you will be able to answer all the questions.
Were you having a meeting at 9.30.a.m.?
I can´t answer these letters in an hour.
I can have dinner at 8 p.m.
You can come to see us after work.
I am very angry with you.
13. Excuse me, how do I get to...from...?
He asks a passer-by to tell him the way.
passer-by - járókelo
Get on/off the bus and chnge to the No. 5 bus.
Go 3 stops.
Take the No. 16 bus.
Cross the square, go along the street full of trees.
The house is on the corner.
Excuse me, which bus do I take to get to the Parliamnet?
- the Opera House
- the National Theatre
- the Fisherman´s Bastion [bästiôn]
- Margaret Island
Do I buy ticket from the conductor? [kôn´daktô] - kalauz
How do you pay the fare?
fare - viteldij
bus/tram/tube/metro/underground/car/bicycle/trolly-bus
You buy tickets at the tobacconist´or at the terminus.
terminus - végálomás
And what do I do with my tickets?
You punch your ticket on the bus or at the entrance of the underground.
punch - átut, lyukaszt
Tel Ann to hand your ticket to the conductor.
to hand - odaad, odanyujt
Explain to John where to get off.
Ask this man to tell me when to change.
Do you like going by bus.
I hate going by bus.
I hate to take the crowded No. 7 bus.
I don´t enjoy/like it at all.
Do you enjoy your stay in London? Do you enjoy staying in budapest?
Yes I am enjoying my stay here.
distance - tavolsag
get to somewhere - odaér vhová
Don´t go any further. - Ne menjen tovabb..
14. Travelling by the undeground
You are free until dinner.
Those who are tired can go to the hotel.
What sights do you súggest?
How do we get there. By tube.
Walk as far as the first set of traffic lights.
Do we get the ticket on the tube?
In London you get the ticket from the slot machine.
You put a coin into the slot machine and it gives you a ticket.
coin - aprópénz
You give it to the ticket colletor when you leave the station.
The fare depens on the destination both on the bus and on the tube.
If you go only a shorter distance, you pay a lower fare, if you go
a longer distance, you pay a higher fare.
What does the fare on the tube depend on?
Which bus shall we take?
Any bus that stops at the bus stop opposite the hotel.
How far do we go?
As far as Trafalgar square.
We can go down the escalator to the platform.
I want to have a rest in the afternoon.
This is my first stay in London. I must buy a London city map because I alway lost my way.
He crosses the street at the traffic lights and goes up to the policeman who is standing
on the corner.
How can I get there on foot?
At the corner you turn to the right.
Can/May I opened the window? - Of course, you can/may.
Do you mind if I open the window? - That´ s all right. Not at all.
You must go back to the hotel before 7 o´clock. - muszály, koteles
You needn´t go back to the hotel before 7 o´clock. - nem muszály/koteles
You musn´t leave home untily your homework is finished. - nem szabad
escalator - mozgolepcso
get into - beszall
on foot - gyalog
have a rest - pihen
stay at a hotel - szallodaban lakik
go up to sy - odamegy vkihez
15. Consolidation
Mother´s maiden name
Present occupation
with a roun/oval face
fair - szoke
pensioner [penônô] - nyugdijas
Ask your partner what he was doing on Monday at 7 p.m.
Fill in the gaps
Do we have to change to some other trolley-bus ?
No, the No. 75 trolley-bus takes us right there.
Fine, how many stops do we go?
Which performance do you want to go?
I will go and get ticket right after work and meet you in front
of the cinema at. 6.15.
Telephone to him and make a date with him.
Be carefull! Look out! Mind your head/back!
Tell your partner that you want him to visit you the following day.
ballet [bälei]
civil engineer - altalános mérnok
deal with - foglalkozik
performance [pô´fo:môns]
space research - urkutatas
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