saga
gb/sˈɑɡə/ us/sˈɑɡə/
B2
Anglų
~ 9500
huzavona, saga, izlandi saga
DAIKTAVARDIS
B2
1
huzavona
B2
Vartosenos šablonas:
the saga of [something]
After months of delays and budget cuts, the airport expansion saga is still not over.
Hónapokig tartó késések és költségvetési megszorítások után a repülőtér-bővítés körüli huzavona még mindig nem ért véget.
The decade-long saga of the two companies' merger finally ended in court.
A két cég egyesülésének évtizedes huzavonája végül a bíróságon ért véget.
Their divorce turned into a bitter saga that the local newspapers followed for years.
The housing saga has left hundreds of families unsure where they will live next year.
Fans have been watching the transfer saga unfold all summer.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
The saga of their broken car went on for weeks.
A meghibásodott autójuk körüli huzavona hetekig tartott.
The pay dispute became a long saga for the workers.
A bérvita hosszú huzavonává vált a dolgozók számára.
We are all tired of the saga about the new airport.
The saga of my visa problems is finally over.
Dažna klaida:
Learners sometimes use saga to mean any story or tragedy. In modern English, saga usually suggests that the situation is long, complicated, and often tiring or frustrating, not just sad. Also, it is countable: we say 'a saga', 'the saga of X', not just 'saga happened'.
Reikšmė
long, complicated series of events
Kolokacijos
family saga
|political saga
|legal saga
|long-running saga
|the saga continues
|the saga of [something]
Sinonimai
ordeal (Focuses more on how unpleasant or painful the experience is, not just that it is long and complicated.)
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drama (Common in casual speech; suggests strong emotions and conflict, but not always that the situation is very long or complex.)
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ongoing story (Less formal and more descriptive, without the slightly literary or humorous tone that saga can have.)
Antonimai
brief episode (A short, simple event, stressing the opposite of something long and complicated.)
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one-off event (Highlights that something happens only once, not as a long series over time.)
Temos
media
|daily life
|relationships
|daily_life
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Apibrėžimas
A long and complicated series of events that goes on for a long time, often with many problems or changes.
A long, drawn-out and often complicated series of related events, especially one involving ongoing problems, disputes, or changes.
DAIKTAVARDIS
B2
2
saga
B2
Vartosenos šablonas:
a saga about [something]
The film is the final part of a space opera saga that began in the 1970s.
A film egy olyan űropera-saga utolsó része, amely az 1970-es években kezdődött.
Her new novel is a sweeping family saga set in post-war Italy.
Új regénye egy nagy ívű családi saga, amely a háború utáni Olaszországban játszódik.
The fantasy saga spans six books and follows three generations of warriors.
He plans to turn his comic-book saga into an animated series.
Critics praised the TV saga for its complex characters and slow-burning plot.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
I am reading a long fantasy saga this summer.
Idén nyáron egy hosszú fantasy sagát olvasok.
The movie is a saga about a family that moves to a new country.
A film egy olyan család sagája, amely új országba költözik.
Star Wars is a famous science-fiction saga.
She loves to watch historical sagas on TV.
Dažna klaida:
Learners sometimes think saga must be about something old or from the Middle Ages. In modern use, it can describe any long, complex story in books, films, or TV, including fantasy and science fiction.
Reikšmė
long, often heroic or epic story
Kolokacijos
epic saga
|fantasy saga
|family saga
|film saga
|historical saga
|multi-part saga
Sinonimai
epic (Often suggests something grand and heroic; can be a noun for a long serious poem or story, or an adjective.)
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chronicle (Focuses more on a detailed record of events in time order, sometimes with a more factual or historical feel.)
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saga series (Emphasizes that the story continues across several books or films.)
Antonimai
short story (A brief work of fiction, opposite of a long, multi-part narrative.)
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vignette (A short descriptive scene or sketch, lacking the long, sweeping scope of a saga.)
Temos
literature
|entertainment
|history
|arts_entertainment
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Apibrėžimas
A long book, film, or story that tells many events in the lives of one person, family, or group, often over many years.
A long story, especially in books or films, that follows many connected events and characters, often over a long period and sometimes with a heroic or epic tone.
C1
LITERARY
3
izlandi saga
C1
Vartosenos šablonas:
an Icelandic saga about [someone/something]
We studied several Icelandic sagas in our medieval literature course.
Középkori irodalomórán több izlandi sagát tanulmányoztunk.
The saga tells of the feuds between powerful families in 13th-century Iceland.
A saga a 13. századi Izland nagyhatalmú családjai közötti viszályokról szól.
Scholars debated the historical accuracy of the events described in the saga.
This manuscript contains one of the most complete versions of the saga.
She based her fantasy novel loosely on an Old Norse saga.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
He is writing a paper on an Icelandic saga.
Egy izlandi sagáról ír dolgozatot.
The saga is about a hero who travels by sea.
A saga egy tengeren utazó hősről szól.
Many students read sagas in their history class.
This museum has a copy of a very old saga.
Dažna klaida:
Learners may confuse this specific literary-historical sense with the general meaning of a long story. When used without modifiers in everyday English, saga usually does not automatically mean a medieval Icelandic text unless the context is clearly about literature or history.
Reikšmė
medieval Icelandic heroic narrative
Kolokacijos
Icelandic saga
|Old Norse saga
|saga literature
|saga manuscript
|the sagas of Icelanders
|saga tradition
Sinonimai
Icelandic epic (An explanatory phrase; highlights the heroic and grand scale but does not capture the specific prose style and cultural context of a saga.)
Antonimai
modern novel (Contrasts the medieval, traditional form of a saga with a contemporary prose narrative form.)
Temos
literature
|history
|culture
|arts_entertainment
|education
Apibrėžimas
An old story written in medieval Iceland, usually in prose, that tells about real or legendary people and events.
A medieval Icelandic prose narrative, typically telling the stories of families, kings, or legendary heroes in a detailed and often realistic style.
Gramatika
Pagrindinė forma
saga
IPA
GB/sˈɑɡə/
US/sˈɑɡə/
Skiemenys ir kirčiavimas
saga (1 skiemuo)
Stress on 1st syllable (saga)
Žodžio formos
Noun
- Base: saga
- Plural: sagas
Žodžių šeima
Posakiai
family saga
1/fˈæmɪli sˈɑɡə/
fixed phrase
long multi-generation family story
A long book, movie, or TV show that tells the story of one family over many years and often several generations.
Pavyzdžiai
- Her debut novel is a family saga set in rural India.
- The series is a family saga that follows the lives of three sisters from childhood to old age.
- He prefers crime thrillers to multi-generation family sagas.
the saga continues
1/ðə sˈɑɡə kəntˈɪnjuz/
fixed phrase
the long, messy situation goes on
Used to say that a long and complicated situation, usually with many problems or changes, is still not finished.
Pavyzdžiai
- After the company announced another round of delays, journalists sighed, 'And so the saga continues.'
- With new accusations appearing every week, the political saga continues.
- Our search for an apartment has hit another problem—the saga continues.
the saga of
1/ðə sˈɑɡə əv/
fixed phrase
introducing a long, messy story
Used before naming a person or thing to mean the long and complicated story or history related to them, often in a slightly humorous way.
Pavyzdžiai
- The saga of our broken washing machine could fill a book.
- Newspapers have followed the saga of the delayed stadium for over a decade.
- He told us the saga of how he finally got his visa approved.