untangle
gb/ʌntˈæŋɡəl/ us/ʌntˈæŋɡəl/
B2
Anglų
kibogoz, tisztáz, szétválaszt
VEIKSMAŽODIS
B2
1
kibogoz
B2
Vartosenos šablonas:
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.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
I need to untangle my earphones.
Ki kell bogoznom a fülhallgatómat.
She untangled the rope.
Kibogozta a kötelet.
Dažna klaida:
Learners may only use this for hair; it is also very common for wires, cords, and strings.
Reikšmė
remove knots from something
Kolokacijos
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
Sinonimai
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.)
Antonimai
tangle (To twist together into a mess.)
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knot up (To form knots or tight tangles.)
Temos
daily_life
|clothing
|tools
Apibrėžimas
To make something not tangled.
To remove knots or twists from something that has become tangled, so it is straight or separate again.
VEIKSMAŽODIS
B2
2
Vartosenos šablonas:
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.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
I can’t untangle this problem.
Nem tudom kibogozni ezt a problémát.
The report helped untangle the facts.
A jelentés segített tisztázni a tényeket.
Dažna klaida:
Untangle is about sorting connected details; clarify can be used more broadly for any kind of explanation.
Reikšmė
make a confusing situation clearer
Kolokacijos
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
Sinonimai
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.)
Antonimai
confuse (To make something harder to understand.)
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complicate (To make something more complex or difficult.)
Temos
communication
|education
|problem_solving
Apibrėžimas
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.
VEIKSMAŽODIS
C1
3
szétválaszt
B1
Vartosenos šablonas:
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.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
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.
Dažna klaida:
Learners may overuse separate; untangle suggests the parts are complexly linked and hard to separate.
Reikšmė
separate closely connected things
Kolokacijos
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
Sinonimai
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.)
Antonimai
entangle (To make things more closely and confusingly connected.)
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intertwine (To connect closely, often intentionally.)
Temos
business
|relationships
|problem_solving
Apibrėžimas
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.
Gramatika
Pagrindinė forma
untangle
IPA
GB/ʌntˈæŋɡəl/
US/ʌntˈæŋɡəl/
Skiemenys ir kirčiavimas
un - tangle (2 skiemenys)
Stress on 2nd syllable (tangle)
Žodžio formos
Verb
- Base: untangle
- 3rd Person Singular: untangles
- Present Participle: untangling
- Past: untangled
Posakiai
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.
Pavyzdžiai
- 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.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- I want to untangle myself from this problem.