Patrón de uso:
a slice of [food]
She toasted a slice of bread for breakfast.
Megpirított egy szelet kenyeret reggelire.
Would you like another slice of pizza?
Kérsz még egy szelet pizzát?
He cut the cheese into thin slices for the sandwiches.
I saved you a slice of chocolate cake.
Lay a slice of tomato on top of each burger.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
I eat one slice of bread in the morning.
Reggelente egy szelet kenyeret eszem.
He gives each child a small slice of cake.
Minden gyereknek ad egy kis szelet tortát.
Please cut the apple into four slices.
She puts a slice of cheese on the egg.
There is only one slice of pizza left.
Error frecuente:
Learners often say *"a bread"* instead of *"a slice of bread"*. Use *slice* for thin, flat pieces of food like bread, cheese, ham, or cake. Also, remember the plural: *two slices of bread*, not *two slice of bread*.
Significado
thin flat piece cut off
Colocaciones
slice of bread
|slice of cake
|slice of pizza
|thin slice
|thick slice
|orange slice
Sinónimos
piece (More general; can be any shape, not especially thin and flat.)
Antónimos
whole (Refers to the entire item, not a part cut from it.)
Temas
food
|daily life
|food_drink
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Definición
A thin, flat piece cut from something bigger, often food like bread or cake.
A thin, usually flat piece cut from a larger whole, especially of food such as bread, cake, or pizza.
Patrón de uso:
to slice [food]
Slice the onions as thinly as you can.
Szeleteld fel a hagymákat olyan vékonyra, amennyire csak tudod.
He carefully sliced the bread so it wouldn’t crumble.
Óvatosan szeletelte fel a kenyeret, hogy ne morzsálódjon szét.
She sliced the chicken and fried it with vegetables.
Use a sharp knife to slice the tomatoes.
The machine slices the cheese automatically.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
Please slice the bread for me.
Kérlek, szeleteld fel nekem a kenyeret.
He slices the apple and gives it to the baby.
Felszeleteli az almát, és odaadja a babának.
She slices the meat and puts it on a plate.
First, slice the cucumber, then add salt.
Be careful when you slice the onion.
Error frecuente:
Learners sometimes say *"slice in small pieces"* instead of *"slice into small pieces"*, or they use *slice* when the shape is not flat (e.g. they say *"slice the carrot"* when they really want *"chop the carrot"*). Use *slice* when you want thin, flat pieces, and *chop* for small chunks.
Significado
cut into thin flat pieces
Colocaciones
slice bread
|slice onions
|thinly sliced
|slice the tomatoes
|freshly sliced
|slice the meat
Sinónimos
cut (Very general; does not suggest thin, flat pieces like *slice* does.)
Antónimos
join (Means to put things together, the opposite of cutting them apart.)
Temas
food
|daily life
|daily_life
|food_drink
|core_vocabulary
Definición
To cut food or another thing into thin, flat pieces.
To cut something into thin, usually flat pieces.
Patrón de uso:
a slice of [abstract noun]
Small companies are fighting for a slice of the market.
A kisebb cégek piaci részesedésért küzdenek.
She wants a bigger slice of the profits.
Nagyobb részesedést szeretne a nyereségből.
The documentary offers a fascinating slice of life in rural India.
Everyone involved hoped to get a slice of the action.
The book gives us a small slice of recent history.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
He wants a slice of the money from the project.
Részesedést akar a projektből származó pénzből.
Big companies already have a large slice of the market.
A nagyvállalatoknak már most is nagy piaci részesedésük van.
The film shows a slice of life in a big city.
Each partner gets a slice of the profit.
I only had a small slice of his time.
Error frecuente:
Learners may forget *of* and say *"a slice the profit"* instead of *"a slice of the profit"*. Some also overuse *slice* where *part* or *share* is more natural in formal writing. *Slice* is more vivid and often used in spoken or journalistic style.
Significado
share or portion of something
Colocaciones
a slice of the market
|a slice of the profits
|a slice of the action
|a slice of life
|a slice of time
|a slice of history
Sinónimos
share (Common in business and finance; slightly more formal and general than *slice*.)
Antónimos
whole (Refers to the complete amount, not just a portion.)
Temas
business
|society
|finance
|core_vocabulary
Definición
A part of something bigger, like money, power, or time, that is shared between people.
A share or portion of something, especially money, power, market, or experience, considered as part of a larger whole.
Patrón de uso:
to slice through [something]
The boat sliced through the water at incredible speed.
A hajó hihetetlen sebességgel hasított a vízen.
A single ray of light sliced through the darkness.
Egyetlen fénysugár hasított át a sötétségen.
The bullet sliced through the air and hit the target.
She sliced through the crowd to reach the front of the stage.
The skater sliced through the ice with perfect control.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
The ship slices through the waves.
A hajó hasítja a hullámokat.
The knife sliced through the paper easily.
A kés könnyedén átvágta a papírt.
A plane sliced through the clouds above us.
He sliced through the crowd to catch his train.
A loud cry sliced through the quiet room.
Error frecuente:
Learners sometimes use only *go through* or *pass through* in these situations. *Slice through* adds the idea of speed, smoothness, and sometimes force, especially with water, air, and crowds.
Significado
move quickly through something
Colocaciones
slice through the air
|slice through the water
|slice through the crowd
|slice through the sky
|slice through the silence
|slice through the waves
Sinónimos
cut through (Very close in meaning; slightly more general and less vivid than *slice through*.)
Antónimos
struggle through (Emphasizes slow, difficult movement instead of fast, smooth movement.)
Temas
travel
|nature
|core_vocabulary
Definición
To move fast and smoothly through air, water, or a group of people, like a knife cutting something.
To move quickly, smoothly, and often forcefully through something such as air, water, or a crowd, as if cutting it.
SUSTANTIVO
B2
TECHNICAL
5
Patrón de uso:
a slice [in golf/tennis]
He hit a horrible slice and the golf ball ended up in the trees.
Csúnya slice-ot ütött, és a golflabda végül a fák között kötött ki.
Her serve has a heavy slice that pulls the ball wide.
Az adogatásában erős nyesés van, ami szélesen oldalra viszi a labdát.
The coach is helping me fix my slice off the tee.
A slight slice on the ball made it drift out of bounds.
Most beginners struggle with a slice in their golf swing.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
My golf shot is a bad slice to the right.
A golfütésem egy rossz, jobbra kanyarodó slice.
The tennis player uses a slice on his serve.
A teniszező nyesett szervát üt.
He hit a slice and the ball went into the sand.
I am trying to correct my slice in golf.
Her backhand slice is very hard to return.
Error frecuente:
Learners sometimes confuse *slice* with *hook* in golf. A *slice* usually curves away from the player’s body (for a right‑handed golfer, to the right), while a *hook* curves in the opposite direction.
Significado
curving shot in sports
Colocaciones
hit a slice
|terrible slice
|a nasty slice
|a slight slice
|a big slice
|a slice to the right
Sinónimos
cut shot (Used in some sports like tennis; close but not always identical in technical meaning.)
Antónimos
straight shot (A shot that travels in a straight line without curving.)
Definición
In sports like golf or tennis, a shot where the ball turns to the side because of spin.
In sports such as golf and tennis, a shot in which the ball is hit with spin so that it curves sideways away from the intended straight line.
Patrón de uso:
to slice [the ball]
If you slice the ball, it will drift off to the right.
Ha slice-ot ütsz a labdával, jobbra fog elsodródni.
She likes to slice her serve out wide.
Szeret szélesen kifelé nyesett szervát ütni.
He sliced the ball badly and it flew out of bounds.
Try not to slice the ball when you swing with your driver.
The coach showed him how to slice across the ball for more spin.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
I often slice the ball when I play golf.
Golfozás közben gyakran slice-ot ütök.
He sliced the ball and it went into the water.
Slice-ot ütött, és a labda a vízben kötött ki.
The player slices his backhand to change the speed.
Do not slice the ball; hit it straight.
She slices her serve to make it move away from the opponent.
Error frecuente:
Learners sometimes use *spin* as a verb instead of *slice*, saying *"I spin the ball"* when they mean *"I slice the ball"*. *Spin* is general, while *slice* describes a specific way of hitting that produces a sideways curve.
Significado
hit ball so it curves
Colocaciones
slice the ball
|slice a serve
|slice it wide
|accidentally slice
|tend to slice
|slice across the ball
Sinónimos
cut (In some sports people say *cut the ball*; similar but used less generally than *slice*.)
Antónimos
hit straight (To hit the ball so it travels without curving sideways.)
Definición
To hit a ball so that it turns to the side because of spin.
To hit a ball in such a way that it spins and curves sideways, as in golf or tennis.
SUSTANTIVO
C1
TECHNICAL
7
Patrón de uso:
a slice of [an array / data]
The function returns a slice of the original array.
A függvény az eredeti tömb egy szeletét adja vissza.
In Python, you can use brackets to create a slice of a list.
Pythonban szögletes zárójelekkel hozhatod létre egy lista szeletét.
Each thread processes a different slice of the data.
We analyzed a time slice of the log files from 2 to 3 p.m.
The system allocates a small memory slice to each process.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
This method gives you a slice of the list.
Ez a metódus a lista egy szeletét adja vissza.
We work with a small slice of the data first.
Először az adatok egy kis szeletével dolgozunk.
Each user gets a time slice on the CPU.
You can take a slice of the array using indexes.
The program saves only a slice of the full result.
Error frecuente:
Learners may think *slice* in computing is any random selection. Technically, a slice is usually a continuous block in the original order, not separate, scattered elements.
Significado
contiguous subset of data
Colocaciones
take a slice
|array slice
|data slice
|time slice
|memory slice
|extract a slice
Sinónimos
subset (More general; does not necessarily mean the elements are next to each other or in order.)
Antónimos
whole set (Refers to all elements, not just a selected part.)
Temas
technology
|computing
Definición
In computer science, a group of items taken from part of a list or array.
In computing, a contiguous subset of elements taken from an ordered collection such as an array, list, or sequence.