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ET Entertainment Flashcards

Book/Film 1

1
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a blurb

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a short text usually printed on the back cover of a book describing what that book is about, sometimes includes quotes from critics

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a protagonist

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the main character in a play, film, book or story

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an antagonist

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the protagonist’s opponent

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to please someone’s appetite

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to satisfy the feeling that you want to do or have sth

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twists and turns

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intricate, convoluted circumstances (in a story)

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a vivid portrait

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a clear and detailed picture of sth

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a blockbuster

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a very successful film, show, book

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to have a strong aversion to sb

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to dislike sb/sth strongly

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to be reluctant to do sth

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to be unwilling to so sth

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can’t stand sb/sth

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can’t bear sb/sth

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to loathe sb/sth

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to dislike sb/sth very much

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to detest sb

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to hate sb/sth

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a flyleaf

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the first or last page of a book that is next to the cover and has nothing printed on it

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a voracious reader

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a person very keen on reading

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a bookworm

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someone who loves reading books and spends a lot of time doing it

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to read sth from cover to cover

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from beginning to end (of a book, magazine etc.)

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to read sth in one sitting

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at once

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to flick through sth

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to turn pages of a book, magazine etc. very quickly looking at some of the pages for a very short time

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a dull book/film

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a boring book/film

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atrocious

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very bad in quality

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sentimental

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making people experience feelings of sadness, sympathy, love etc., especially in a deliberate and obvious way

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full of clichés

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full of ideas that are boring because people use them a lot and they are no longer original

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a shallow character

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not interesting

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feeble jokes

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not strong enough to make people laugh

25
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a wooden dialogue

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without emotions

26
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a mediocre acting

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average or below average in quality

27
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sb was miscast

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given a part without being suitable for it

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dire

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ˈdaɪə(r)/ (adj.) terrible

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sb was unconvincing

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not capable of persuading the audience

30
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utter rubbish

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absolutely terrible

31
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to be bored stiff

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to be very bored

32
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to be bored out of your mind

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to be extremely bored

33
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a touching story

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a story that is making you feel emotional

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a nail-biting moment

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a moment that makes you very excited

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suspenseful

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(a story, film) keeps you wanting to know what will happen next

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a sob-story

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a story that evokes sympathy

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evocative scenes

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scenes which arouse memories or images

38
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the ending slays me

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impresses someone, especially by making them laugh

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an intriguing plot

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a very interesting plot, especially because of being strange or mysterious

40
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a multisensory experience

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relating to many senses

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soulless

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not at all interesting or attractive

42
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memoirs

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written record of a person’s own life

43
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lightweight

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not complex

44
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a bedtime reading

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nice to read in bed

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heavy going

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difficult to read or understand

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a lugubrious setting

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a rather dark and gloomy setting

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a page-turner

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a very interesting and engaging story

48
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an enigmatic tale

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a mysterious story

49
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a wry humour

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a humour in the face of a bad situation

50
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an idealized portrayal of

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an exaggerated description of

51
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graphic

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giving a lot of detail

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tenable

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reasonable with evidence to support it

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