untangle
gb/ʌntˈæŋɡəl/ us/ʌntˈæŋɡəl/
B2
Αγγλικά
kibogoz, tisztáz, szétválaszt
ΡΉΜΑ
B2
1
kibogoz
B2
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
untangle [something]
She spent ten minutes untangling her necklace.
Tíz percig bogozta ki a nyakláncát.
Can you help me untangle these charging cables?
Tudsz segíteni kibogozni ezeket a töltőkábeleket?
He gently untangled the kite string from the tree branch.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
I need to untangle my earphones.
Ki kell bogoznom a fülhallgatómat.
She untangled the rope.
Kibogozta a kötelet.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners may only use this for hair; it is also very common for wires, cords, and strings.
Σημασία
remove knots from something
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
untangle your hair
|untangle a knot
|untangle a necklace
|untangle a cord
|untangle wires
|untangle earphones
|untangle yarn
|untangle fishing line
|untangle a rope
|carefully untangle
Συνώνυμα
disentangle (More formal; often suggests careful separation.)
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unknot (Focuses on removing a knot rather than general tangling.)
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straighten out (More general; can suggest making something lie flat or neat.)
Αντώνυμα
tangle (To twist together into a mess.)
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knot up (To form knots or tight tangles.)
Θέματα
daily_life
|clothing
|tools
Ορισμός
To make something not tangled.
To remove knots or twists from something that has become tangled, so it is straight or separate again.
ΡΉΜΑ
B2
2
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
untangle [a problem/situation/facts]
The lawyer tried to untangle the conflicting accounts.
Az ügyvéd megpróbálta kibogozni az egymásnak ellentmondó beszámolókat.
It took hours to untangle what went wrong with the booking.
Órákba telt kibogozni, mi ment félre a foglalásnál.
She drew a diagram to untangle the different stages of the process.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
I can’t untangle this problem.
Nem tudom kibogozni ezt a problémát.
The report helped untangle the facts.
A jelentés segített tisztázni a tényeket.
Συχνό λάθος:
Untangle is about sorting connected details; clarify can be used more broadly for any kind of explanation.
Σημασία
make a confusing situation clearer
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
untangle a problem
|untangle a situation
|untangle the facts
|untangle the story
|untangle what happened
|untangle the details
|untangle a dispute
|untangle the evidence
|untangle a mystery
|help untangle
Συνώνυμα
sort out (Very common and informal; emphasizes fixing confusion.)
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unravel (Often used for mysteries or complicated stories discovered step by step.)
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clarify (Emphasizes making something clear, not necessarily separating parts.)
Αντώνυμα
confuse (To make something harder to understand.)
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complicate (To make something more complex or difficult.)
Θέματα
communication
|education
|problem_solving
Ορισμός
To understand something confusing by organizing the details.
To make a confusing situation, story, or set of facts easier to understand by sorting out what is connected and what is true.
ΡΉΜΑ
C1
3
szétválaszt
B1
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
untangle [two/many things]
The company is trying to untangle its international and domestic operations.
A vállalat igyekszik különválasztani a nemzetközi és a hazai tevékenységeit.
It’s hard to untangle personal feelings from professional decisions.
Nehéz szétválasztani a személyes érzéseket a szakmai döntésektől.
They hired an accountant to untangle years of messy records.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
We need to untangle these two issues.
Szét kell választanunk ezt a két kérdést.
It is hard to untangle work and home life.
Nehéz szétválasztani a munkát és az otthoni életet.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners may overuse separate; untangle suggests the parts are complexly linked and hard to separate.
Σημασία
separate closely connected things
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
untangle responsibilities
|untangle relationships
|untangle finances
|untangle accounts
|untangle ownership
|untangle overlapping roles
|untangle incentives
|untangle competing interests
|untangle cause and effect
|untangle the issues
Συνώνυμα
disentangle (Close synonym; often used for complex links or relationships.)
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separate (More general; does not imply complexity.)
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decouple (More technical/business; emphasizes making systems independent.)
Αντώνυμα
entangle (To make things more closely and confusingly connected.)
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intertwine (To connect closely, often intentionally.)
Θέματα
business
|relationships
|problem_solving
Ορισμός
To separate things that are strongly connected.
To separate things that are closely connected or mixed together, so they can be handled or understood as distinct parts.
Γραμματική
Λημματική μορφή
untangle
IPA
GB/ʌntˈæŋɡəl/
US/ʌntˈæŋɡəl/
Συλλαβές και τόνος
un - tangle (2 συλλαβές)
Stress on 2nd syllable (tangle)
Τύποι λέξης
Verb
- Base: untangle
- 3rd Person Singular: untangles
- Present Participle: untangling
- Past: untangled
Εκφράσεις
untangle yourself from [someone/something]
1/ʌntˈæŋɡəl jʊɹsˈɛlf fɹˈʌm sˈoʊmˈoʊnsəmˈɛθɪŋ/
phrasal verb
free yourself from involvement
To get out of a difficult relationship or situation.
Παραδείγματα
- He’s been trying to untangle himself from the contract for months.
- She finally untangled herself from a toxic friendship.
- It can take time to untangle yourself from office politics.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- I want to untangle myself from this problem.