bread
gb/bɹˈɛd/ us/bɹˈɛd/
A1
Engelsk
~ 2300
kenyér, lóvé
SUBSTANTIV
A1
1
kenyér
A1
Bruksmønster:
eat [bread]
She bought a fresh loaf of bread from the bakery.
Vett egy friss vekni kenyeret a pékségben.
Bread is best eaten warm with butter.
A kenyér melegen, vajjal a legfinomabb.
We ran out of bread, so I need to go shopping.
This bread is made with whole wheat flour.
I prefer sourdough bread over white bread.
Eksempler for deg som lærer
I eat bread for breakfast.
Reggelire kenyeret eszem.
This bread is soft.
Ez a kenyér puha.
He buys bread every day.
We need more bread.
She likes brown bread.
Vanlig feil:
Learners sometimes confuse 'bread' with 'loaf'. 'Bread' is the general food; 'loaf' is a single shaped mass of it.
Betydning
Baked food from flour and water
Ordkombinasjoner
slice of bread
|loaf of bread
|fresh bread
|white bread
|wholemeal bread
Synonymer
loaf (Refers to a whole unit of bread, not the general category.)
Antonymer
rice (A common staple food that is not bread.)
Temaer
food
|daily life
|food_drink
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Definisjon
Food made by baking flour and water, often eaten in slices.
A type of food made by baking a dough of flour, water, and usually yeast or another leavening agent.
SUBSTANTIV
B1
SLANG
2
lóvé
B2
Bruksmønster:
earn [bread]
He needs to work hard to earn some bread.
Keményen kell dolgoznia, hogy keressen egy kis lóvét.
They make good bread at that job.
Jó lóvét lehet keresni annál a munkánál.
I spent a lot of bread on this jacket.
Eksempler for deg som lærer
He needs bread to pay rent.
Lóvé kell neki, hogy ki tudja fizetni az albérletet.
She makes bread from her job.
A munkájával keresi a lóvét.
I have no bread today.
Vanlig feil:
Learners may take this literally as the food rather than slang for money. Context usually clarifies the meaning.
Betydning
Slang term for money
Ordkombinasjoner
make bread
|earn bread
|spend bread
Synonymer
cash (Neutral term for physical money.)
Antonymer
poverty (The state of having no money.)
Temaer
money
|informal speech
|finance
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Definisjon
Informal word for money.
Slang for money, especially cash used for everyday expenses.
Grammatikk
Oppslagsform
bread
IPA
GB/bɹˈɛd/
US/bɹˈɛd/
Stavelser og trykk
bread (1 stavelse)
Stress on 1st syllable (bread)
Bøyingsformer
Noun
- Base: bread
- Plural: bread, breads
Ordfamilie
Forms
breads
noun
Related words
Uttrykk
break bread
1/bɹˈeɪk bɹˈɛd/
idiom
Share a meal together
To eat together with someone, often as a sign of friendship or peace.
Eksempler
- We broke bread with our new neighbors last night.
- Diplomats from both countries broke bread to improve relations.
take the bread out of someone's mouth
1/tˈeɪk ðə bɹˈɛd ˈaʊt əv sˈʌmwˌʌnz mˈaʊθ/
idiom
Remove someone's source of income
To take away someone's job or way to make money.
Eksempler
- By stealing his clients, they took the bread out of his mouth.
- The new law could take the bread out of many workers' mouths.
know which side your bread is buttered on
1/nˈoʊ wˈɪt͡ʃ sˈaɪd jˈʊɹ bɹˈɛd ˈɪz bˈʌtɚd ˈɔn/
idiom
informal
understand where advantage lies
To understand who or what helps you most, and behave in a way that keeps their support.
Eksempler
- She always agrees with her boss—she knows which side her bread is buttered on.
- She always agrees with the boss; she knows which side her bread is buttered on.
- Politicians know which side their bread is buttered on when they vote.
- Politicians who know which side their bread is buttered on rarely oppose big business.
- He helps his best client first because he knows which side his bread is buttered on.