Words Flashcards

1
Q

listen to

this

A

check this out

Hey, check this out. Y’know what Eric asked me when I got into work this
morning?

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2
Q

I do not

know

A

I have no idea

I have no idea, what’d he ask you?

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3
Q

you cannot be serious

A

You’ve gotta be kidding,

Earthquake? You’ve gotta be kidding, I didn’t feel an earthquake.

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4
Q

making a
joke by lying to someone
and pretending the lie is
true

A

pullin’ my leg

I thought he was pullin’ my leg when he first talked
about it.

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5
Q

unbelievable

A

far-fetched
Well, I guess it’s not so far-fetched considering we live on a major fault line
here.

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6
Q

törésvonal

A

fault line

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7
Q

exactly east of

someplace

A

due east

the earthquake he said was due east of San Jose

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8
Q

epicentrum

A

epicenter

he was
obviously a lot closer to the epicenter than we were.

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9
Q

Ja, hogy van értelme.

A

Yeah, that makes sense

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10
Q

right away with no warning

A

all of a sudden

all of a suddenit just felt like, this shift.

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11
Q

an
earthquake that happens
right after another
earthquake

A

aftershock

it was,
um, aftershock from the tsunami

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12
Q

I remembered; I realized

A

it dawned on me

Then it dawned on me, oh, that was an earthquake.
it dawned on me

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13
Q

there is no

doubt

A

when you live here it’s a given that you’re gonna

experience earthquakes.

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14
Q

what
someone thinks about
something

A

perspective

So it was interesting to get their perspective

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15
Q

happening

A

taking place
y’know,
it was, uh, taking placein San Francisco.

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16
Q

no longer was

able to be seen

A

And, uh, all of a sudden the TV coverage cut out.

17
Q

information

A

I wanted to get a rundown on what happened.

18
Q

to look or

dig through

A

And they started showing pictures, uh, maybe
thirty minutes later, of these people who were, uh,trying to weed throughthe rubble
of these buildings that had been, like, coming down. So, I mean, it was…

19
Q

kőtörmelék

A

rubble

20
Q

that is

for sure

A

I’ll tell you what…

it was pretty scary, I’ll tell you what…

21
Q

very

common

A

a dime a dozen

22
Q

unreal

A

surreal

very surreal feel

23
Q

jobbra tolódás és visszatolás

A

shift to the right and then shift right back.

24
Q

Ez tényleng furcsa

A

it’s really weird

25
Q

volt az egész zaj

A

there was all this rattling