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اصطلاحات و عبارات رایج فارسی / Persian common expressions & phrases 

قول بده

Confusing words
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Confusing words - intermediate 

Confusing words - win, earn, make (money or benefits)

Ottó

Új szavak:
hirdetés = advertisement 
történt = it happened
kaland = adventure
megáll = to stop
egyik lábát felemeli = one leg lifts up 
állja a vadat = to point
szaladgál = to run around
munkakutya = “working dog” (Tomi őrző-védő, bombakereső és vipera kereső képesítést kapott) 


Van egy kutyám, Ottó. Ottó már nagyon öreg, de nem tudjuk, hány éves. Ottót nem vettük, hanem találtuk. Nagyon érdekes sztori. A barátom, Edvárd nagyon akart egy kutyát. Egy magyar vizslát. Az egyik kollégája pedig galambokat akart venni. Az interneten keresett eladó galambokat. És volt egy hirdetés: magyar vizsla a Galamb utcában, Hajdúsámsonban. Hajdúsámson egy kisváros, Debrecen mellett. A barátom, Edvárd kocsival elment Hajdúsámsonba, február nyolcadikán. Ez volt az a nap, amikor lett egy kutyánk. Ez tíz éve történt.
Ottó nagyon jó kutya, na gyon szeretem. Sőt, nem szeretem, imádom! Ő a legjobb barátom, mindenem. Mindennap együtt sétálunk. Sok kalandunk volt már.
És miért Ottó a neve? Ez is érdekes.
A barátom biológus, a kedvenc állata a viperák. Volt egy magyar biológus, akit Hermann Ottónak hívtak. Hermann Ottónak is voltak kutyái. Ők is magyar vizslák voltak. És ezek a vizslák találtak először viperát Magyarországon. Sajnos nem tudjuk, mi volt Hermann Ottó vizsláinak a neve, ezért lett Ottó.
És most kérdezed, hogy Ottó talált már viperát? Igen, Ottó tud viperát találni. Amikor lát egy viperát, megáll, egyik lábát felemeli, és nem csinál semmit, csak csendben vár. Erre mondják, hogy “állja a vadat”. Az állja a vadat egy kifejezés, idióma. Azt jelenti, to point.
Sajnos az baj, hogy Ottó csak akkor talál viperát, amikor akar. Nem lehet kérni, nem szeret dolgozni. Ő csak játszik és szaladgál. 
Ezért van egy másik kutyánk, Tomi. Tomi dolgozik, ő egy munkakutya. De ez már egy másik sztori. →
https://nlc.hu/lelek/20210322/rakosi-vipera-mentes-kereso-kutya-tomi/
https://index.hu/mindekozben/poszt/2021/04/21/kutyaval-mentik-a-viperakat-a-magyarorszagi-nemzeti-parkban/ 

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This is a slang word — icks are things that give you "a sudden feeling that you dislike someone" or are no longer attracted to them, according to the Cambridge Dictionary.

Icks are not always really big things. Being rude to an employee at a store, for example, might be an ick for someone, or eating with your mouth open.

People will often say they "got the ick" when they noticed something about a person that made them feel they were no longer attracted to them.

If they get to that point, it may be hard for them to feel attracted again!

If you're looking through dating profiles on an app, the most common ick is people who are negative or bitter.

That's according to a survey for Forbes Health. One thousand Americans who had used a dating app in the last year were asked about their dating habits.

And about 70% said people who are negative or bitter in their bios, perhaps about a previous relationship, give them the ick.

Other common icks include people with edited photos, people who are too interested in their possessions, and people with bad spelling or grammar.

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