FILM Flashcards
stuck in a rut
atrapat en una rutina
taking centre stage
atraure totes les mirades/ ser el centre d’atenció
Has life ever thrown you a curveball?
una pilota amb efecte? Difícil de parar)
supply
subministrament
yield
the full amount of an agricultural or industrial product.
the milk yield was poor
thirty-odd years
trenta i tants
movie-goers
espectadors
convey emotion through music
transmetre emocions a través de la música
music scores
partitures musicals
slightly
lleugerament
to be craving
estar anhelant
panic button
something which frightens you so much you want to call emergency services for help
ALARMA
perspire
transpirar
get butterflies in the pit of our stomachs.
sentir papallones a la boca de l’estomac
hard-wired to be drawn
programats per ser atrets
vicariously
directly, first-hand
cathartic
emotive.
Creepy stories
històries de terror
to release
alliberar
let go of these pent up fears
deixar de banda aquests terrors reprimits
scary movie
pel·lícula de por
to push the envelope
to go to the limits of what you are allowed to do
threat
a statement of an intention to inflict pain, injury, damage, or other hostile action on someone in retribution for something done or not done.AMENAÇA
it is nevertheless harmful to us.
no obstant és perjudicial per a nosaltres
face your fears
to confront the things that you are afraid of
run its course
to continue naturally until it finishes
pent up
repressed (fears or other emotions)
adrenaline rush
a feeling of excitement, stimulation and enhanced physical ability in response to a sudden stress situation
have the daylights frightened out of you
to be scared by something or someone very much
I’m not into horror films, I hate having the daylights frightened out of me.
no m’agraden les pel·lícules de terror….
I once got stuck in a lift. It’s the closest I’ve ever been to a panic button experience.
Un cop es va quedar encallat en un ascensor. És el més a prop que he estat d’una experiència de botó de pànic.
squeaky door
porta grinyolant
stranded
encallat
1 A noun phrase preface is used to announce a topic first, before going on to the main point.
Example
All that money, just think what we could do with it!
2 A noun phrase tag comes at the end of a sentence, like a question tag, and clarifies the preceding pronoun.
Example
Does it hurt much, your leg?
Example
All that money, just think what we could do with it!
Example
His idea is far too simple
It’s far too simple, his idea
painstakingly
acuradament
That noise made me jump out of my skin
saltar de la meva pell (ensurt)
This woman gave me goosebumps
posar la pell de gallina!
Everyone fled shaking like a leaf
tots van fugir, tremolant com una fulla
The interviewee dodged the question immediately…
L’entrevistat va esquivar la pregunta immediatament …
The premiere of this scary film gave me the heebie-jeebies!
calfreds
I’m a sucker for trekking, I love the mountain.
a person or thing that sucks, in particular.
a gullible or easily deceived person.
The gullible sucker actually plunks down money for an ‘outfit’ of software and seed emails.
heebie-jeebies
a state of nervous fear or anxiety.
it takes a lot more than a measly poltergeist to give me the heebie-jeebies
