P.33-36 Flashcards by Rizao S5

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Prolific

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Productive

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Adapted

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Change, to turn into smth

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Pen name

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Writers name, Pseudonym

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Suspense

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Thrill ( spanning)

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Page-turner

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Book you can’t stop reading

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To hang by

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to hang by a thread/hands

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The high-rise block

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skyscraper

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to gaze

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look in someones eyes

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descending

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going down, come down (t.o.g ascend)

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Vanishing

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Dissapear, fade away

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Alighted

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Focused on

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Disbelief

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Incredulity, scepticism

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To take precautions

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Smth to be safe, everything safe

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Film unit

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Film crew

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dummy

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mannequin (from shops)

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paved courts

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Open space between buildings with a stone core

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deserted

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empty

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to clutch

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to hold on

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Anchorage

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Fixed point to hold onto

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Melodrama

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Anticlimax - letdown

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Constituent

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Frequent, common

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She had lost her nerves

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To lose your cool, courage

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Occupied

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Taken

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Limelight

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Attention

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Gossip

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Tittle-tattle - chitchat - tales

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Acute

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Suddenly

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To convened

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set op, assemble

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Profound

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Deep , great, intense

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Pensively

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Thinking deeply ( in gedachten verzonken)

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Retreat

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Pull back, withdraw