Films, Plays And Books

Question 1

a book that is easy and compelling to read

Answer 1

A page-turner

Question 2

to make the audience laugh or clap a lot

Answer 2

to bring THE house down

Question 3

to make the audience burst into uncontrollable laughter

Answer 3

to have THE audience rolling in THE aisles

Question 4

мурашки бегут

Answer 4

to send shivers down one’s spine

Question 5

продираться сквозь текст

Answer 5

to wade through sth

Question 6

to find mistakes for the sake of it, be picky

Answer 6

to find holes in sth

Question 7

тяжело читаться, плохо идти (о книге)

Answer 7

to be heavy going

Question 8

got all the attention and praise at an event or performance

Answer 8

to steal THE show

Question 9

зарезать (о рецензии на книгу, фильм, и пр)

Answer 9

do A hatchet job on sth

Question 10

be famous (idiom, think of posters)

Answer 10

to have one’s name in the lights

Question 11

an important member of

Answer 11

A leading light (of sth)

Question 12

to act on stage, in the theatre

Answer 12

to tread THE boards

Question 13

behave in a way that makes people like you (often disapproving)

Answer 13

play to THE gallery

Question 14

ready to become important as an actor (often used metaphorically - ready to act)

Answer 14

to wait in THE wings

Question 15

sth attracting a lot of attention and interest

Answer 15

crowd-puller

Question 16

become the most important person in the play (often used metaphorically)

Answer 16

take _centre stage (in sth)

Question 17

(of sth being rehearsed or prepared) sure to be good during the actual performance

Answer 17

to be all right on THE night

Question 18

1. A short, usually comic dramatic performance or work; a theatrical sketch.
2. A short humorous or satirical piece of writing.

Answer 18

skit