tea
gb/tˈi/ us/tˈi/
A1
Anglų
~ 1200
tea, teafű, pletyka, szaftos részletek
DAIKTAVARDIS
A1
1
tea
A1
Vartosenos šablonas:
drink [tea]
I like to start my day with a cup of tea.
Szeretem egy csésze teával kezdeni a napomat.
Would you like some tea or coffee?
Kérsz teát vagy kávét?
She brewed a pot of green tea for her guests.
Tea is often served with biscuits in the afternoon.
He prefers black tea without sugar.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
I drink tea every morning.
Minden reggel teát iszom.
She makes tea for her family.
Teát készít a családjának.
We have green tea at lunch.
My father likes hot tea.
Do you want some tea?
Dažna klaida:
Learners sometimes confuse 'tea' with 'herbal tea', which in English is often not considered true tea since it doesn't come from the Camellia sinensis plant.
Reikšmė
Hot drink from tea leaves
Kolokacijos
cup of tea
|drink tea
|green tea
|black tea
|make tea
Sinonimai
brew (Refers to the prepared drink, but can also refer to other infused beverages like coffee or beer.)
Antonimai
coffee (Another common hot drink, made from roasted coffee beans instead of tea leaves.)
Temos
daily life
|food
|beverages
|food_drink
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Apibrėžimas
A hot drink made by putting dried tea leaves in hot water.
A hot beverage made by pouring boiling water over dried and processed leaves of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis).
DAIKTAVARDIS
A2
2
Vartosenos šablonas:
buy [tea]
This shop sells high-quality loose-leaf tea.
Ez a bolt kiváló minőségű szálas teát árul.
We need to buy more tea for the office.
Több teát kell vennünk az irodába.
The factory processes fresh leaves into black tea.
She keeps her tea in an airtight container.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
I buy tea from the market.
A piacon veszek teát.
This box has green tea inside.
Ebben a dobozban zöld tea van.
We put the tea in a cup with hot water.
He likes fresh tea leaves.
Reikšmė
Dried leaves for making tea
Kolokacijos
loose-leaf tea
|tea bag
|buy tea
|imported tea
Sinonimai
tea leaves (Specifically refers to the leaves themselves, not the prepared drink.)
Temos
food
|beverages
|food_drink
|core_vocabulary
Apibrėžimas
Dried leaves that you put in hot water to make tea.
The dried and processed leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant, used for making the beverage tea.
DAIKTAVARDIS
B2
INFORMAL
3
pletyka
B1
Vartosenos šablonas:
spill [the tea]
Come on, spill the tea—what happened at the party?
Na, ki vele – mi történt a bulin?
She always has the latest tea about celebrities.
Mindig tudja a legfrissebb pletykákat a hírességekről.
They were sipping their drinks and sharing some juicy tea.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
Tell me the tea about your trip.
Meséld el a szaftos részleteket az utadról.
She knows all the tea in school.
Ismeri az összes iskolai pletykát.
He likes to talk about celebrity tea.
Dažna klaida:
Learners may confuse this slang with the literal drink and not recognize it as figurative speech in certain contexts.
Reikšmė
Gossip or personal information
Kolokacijos
spill the tea
|sip the tea
|hot tea
Sinonimai
gossip (More general and standard term for talking about other people's private lives.)
Antonimai
secrecy (The act of keeping information private, opposite of revealing gossip.)
Temos
social life
|slang
|communication
|relationships
|core_vocabulary
Apibrėžimas
Informal word for gossip or news about someone’s personal life.
Informal slang for gossip or personal information, especially about someone's private life.
Gramatika
Pagrindinė forma
tea
IPA
GB/tˈi/
US/tˈi/
Skiemenys ir kirčiavimas
tea (1 skiemuo)
Stress on 1st syllable (tea)
Žodžio formos
Noun
- Base: tea
- Plural: tea, teas
Žodžių šeima
Forms
teas
noun
Core family
teabag
noun
teapot
noun
teacup
noun
Related words
Posakiai
spill the tea
1/spˈɪl ðə tˈi/
idiom
slang
Reveal gossip or secrets
To tell someone news or gossip about another person’s private life.
Pavyzdžiai
- Come on, spill the tea! What happened last night?
- She spilled the tea about her co-worker's secret engagement.
not my cup of tea
1/nˈɑt mˈaɪ kˈʌp əv tˈi/
idiom
informal
Not something one likes
Something you do not like or enjoy doing.
Pavyzdžiai
- Horror movies are not my cup of tea.
- Jogging early in the morning is not my cup of tea.
- Thanks for inviting me, but hiking is really not my cup of tea.
storm in a teacup
1/stˈɔɹm ˈɪn ə tˈikˌʌp/
idiom
Making too much fuss over little things
When people make a small problem seem very big.
Pavyzdžiai
- The argument was just a storm in a teacup; they made up the next day.
- Their argument was just a storm in a teacup; it was over in minutes.
- It’s only a minor issue—don’t make it into a storm in a teacup.
- The media turned it into a huge scandal, but it was really a storm in a teacup.