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Słówka Flashcards

1
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designing clothes for particular customers

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bespoke

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the raised area at a fashion show that the models walk along, used for referring to fashion shows and the fashion industry

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catwalk

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clothes or other products that become available at a particular time of year

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collection

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someone who designs and makes very expensive clothes

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couturier

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a company that designs new styles of expensive clothes

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fashion house

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mainly journalism someone who is very interested in fashion or who works in the fashion industry

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fashionista

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an event at which models show new styles of clothes

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fashion show

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cheap clothing produced quickly and sold in large quantities in order to respond to the latest fashion trends

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fast fashion

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a type of fashion that was first popular in the 1980s, in which people have black clothes, black hair, very white make-up and dark lipstick

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Goth

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10
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formal expensive and fashionable clothes, or the business of designing and making them. Someone who makes or sells these clothes is a haute couturier.

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haute couture

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11
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used in the names of some companies, especially those that design and sell clothes

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house

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12
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a company that designs and makes expensive clothes

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label

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13
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a particular style in clothes, furniture etc

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look

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old-fashioned someone whose job is to wear and show new styles of clothes made by fashion designers

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mannequin

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formal a particular fashion or style of art, literature, clothes etc

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mode

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someone whose job is to show clothes, make-up etc by wearing them at fashion shows or in magazine photographs

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model

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17
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the job of working as a model

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modelling

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18
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very informal the clothing industry

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the rag trade

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19
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american a catwalk at a fashion show

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runway

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20
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the shape of a piece of clothing

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silhouette

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21
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the particular way that clothing is made or designed

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style

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22
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a very famous fashion model who earns a lot of money

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supermodel

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23
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the style in which clothes are made

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tailoring

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24
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photographers who follow famous people

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paparazzi

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25
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the method of combining parts of different photos

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photomontage

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a way of communicating information and ideas, especially to a lot of people, for example newspaper and TV

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medium

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When somebody is in the media so much, that people lose interest

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overexposure

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28
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information in newspapers and on TV and radio intended to make people interested in something

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fanfare

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29
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a situation when every TV company, newspaper etc. report on one thing

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saturation coverage

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30
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a lot of attention and excitement from the public and medias

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a blaze of publicity/media etc.

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attention from television, newspapers, especially when you do not want it

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the glare of publicity/glory

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32
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involving a combination of social and cultural matters

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Sociocultural

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33
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formal buildings, objects, or ideas that a society gets from the people who lived in the past
future shock

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patrimony

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34
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an activity, experience, or situation that is fun

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a (good) laugh

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35
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an activity that is provided for entertainment

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amusement

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36
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something that is fun or funny

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a (real) hoot

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37
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informal a pleasant conversation or enjoyable time

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crack, craic

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38
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old-fashioned behaviour that is intended to cause trouble but is usually done for fun

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devilment

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39
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an activity that you can do for fun or entertainment

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distraction

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40
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an activity that you do for fun

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diversion

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41
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performances that people enjoy

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entertainment

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42
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a short time during which you have a lot of fun, especially before you start doing something more serious

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fling

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43
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just for fun, and not for any serious reason

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for the hell of it

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44
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a happy lively game or activity

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frolic

45
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enjoyment, especially from an activity that is not important or serious, an enjoyable activity

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fun

46
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enjoyable activities

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fun and games

47
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old-fashioned events or activities that are fun

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gaieties

48
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something that you do for fun because you think it is funny

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giggle

49
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the behaviour of people who are excited and having fun

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high jinks

50
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the rough lively play of children

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horseplay

51
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something that you do for fun or excitement

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lark

52
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noisy fun and enjoyment

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merry-making

53
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behaviour or play, especially of children, that causes trouble but not serious harm to other people

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mischief

54
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the enjoyment of life at a basic level, which includes being happy and healthy, rather than having lots of money

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quality of life

55
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time that you spend with someone, usually your partner or child, doing enjoyable things together so that your relationship remains strong

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quality time

56
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an event or activity in which a lot of people have fun in a noisy way

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riot

57
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rough behaviour when playing

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rough-and-tumble

58
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an occasion on which children or animals play or move around in a lively and often noisy way

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romp

59
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mainly literary enjoyment and excitement

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savour

60
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an entertaining idea, plan, or joke

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wheeze

61
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jokes, or things that you do for fun

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sport

62
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used for saying that people will do what they want and have fun if someone in authority is not there

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when/while the cat’s away (the mice will play)

63
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the difficulty that some people experience in dealing with changes in technology and society

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Future shock

64
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the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with people of other cultures

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intercultural competence

65
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involving people from different ethnic groups, someone who is multiethnic has parents who are from different ethnic groups

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multiethnic

66
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an old copy of a magazine or newspaper

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back copy, back issue, back number

67
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a magazine that is published twice a month or twice a week

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biweekly/monthly

68
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a newspaper printed on large sheets of paper. Broadsheets are generally believed to contain more serious news than tabloid newspapers, which are smaller, although many broadsheets are now printed in compact size.

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broadsheet

69
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a small magazine containing details and pictures of goods or services that you can buy

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brochure

70
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a magazine or newspaper that a club or organization produces regularly to give information to its members

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bulletin

71
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a magazine that contains stories told in a series of drawings

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comic, comic book

72
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a newspaper with fairly small pages that deals with serious news issues

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compact

73
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a newspaper that is published every day, except Sunday

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daily

74
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a set of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are published at the same time

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edition

75
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a special edition of a newspaper that is published when something important happens

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extra

76
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a magazine written for and by fans

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fanzine

77
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one of the first printed copies of a newspaper published for a particular day, the first set of printed copies of a new magazine, newspaper etc

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first edition

78
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an official newspaper that publishes lists of people in government, legal, military, or university jobs, used in the names of newspapers

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gazette

79
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a magazine printed on shiny paper, containing a lot of bright fashionable pictures but not much serious information

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glossy, glossy magazine

80
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showing disapproval newspapers that contain a lot of shocking stories about crime, sex, and famous people

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the gutter press

81
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informal a serious newspaper

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heavy

82
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a magazine that is published at a particular time

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issue

83
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a magazine containing articles relating to a particular subject or profession also a newspaper

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journal

84
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a magazine (for short)

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mag

85
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a large thin book with a paper cover, containing reports, photographs, stories etc, usually published once a month or once a week

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magazine

86
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Japanese comics or cartoons with stories that are aimed at adults as well as children

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manga

87
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a magazine published once a month

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monthly

88
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used about newspapers and magazines that are used to do this

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mouthpiece

89
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the various newspapers that are published in a particular country or area

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the newspapers

90
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a thin newspaper containing information about a company or organization

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news-sheet

91
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a copy of a magazine or newspaper

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number

92
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a magazine, newspaper, or regular letter that contains official information from an organization such as a political party

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organ

93
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synonym for newspaper

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paper

94
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a magazine on a particular subject that is published regularly

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periodical

95
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newspapers and news magazines

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the press, the print media

96
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a magazine, newspaper, or book

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publication

97
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a magazine that is published four times a year

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quarterly

98
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a newspaper that is not very good

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rag

99
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a newspaper with fairly small pages mostly containing stories about famous people and not much serious news. More serious newspapers are called broadsheets, which have bigger pages, or compacts.

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red-top, tabloid

100
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a word used in the name of some newspapers

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tribune

101
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a newspaper or magazine that is published once a week

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weekly

102
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a camera that uses film to take photographs rather than producing digital images

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analogue camera

103
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the hole in a camera that lets light in

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aperture

104
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cinema a pole with a camera or microphone attached to it, used in film-making or broadcasting

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boom

105
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a small camera used for recording pictures and sound

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camcorder

106
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a small container with film or magnetic tape inside that you put into a camera or tape recorder

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cartridge

107
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a thin clear plastic material used in the past for making film for cameras

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celluloid

108
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british a camera used in the past for producing moving pictures on film

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cine-camera

109
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a camera that produces photographs immediately, or a photograph from it

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Polaroid

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