Tom Felton Flashcards
to stay away from school or work or to leave early, especially without permissio
Bunk off
rather than, say, bunking off to lark about on a film set
to enjoy yourself by behaving in a silly way synonym mess around.
Lark about
rather than, say, bunking off to lark about on a film set
Obtain
Derive
they derive entirely from those years at Cranmore
A stupid or unintelligent person;
Spanner
a person’s occupation or position within society.
Walk of life
To communicate with people from all walks of life.
escape blame, punishment
Get away with
Up until that point I’d got away with being a cheeky little boy. In fact, I’d more than got away with it – it had landed me film roles
a very confident and arrogant or self-important gait or manner.
Swagger
I was developing a bit of a swagger
lasting or seeming to last longer than is necessary.
Drawn-out
The auditioning process was longer and more drawn out than anything I’d experienced before
Arrogant
Cocky
I felt pretty cocky about it
feeling or indicating feelings of weariness, boredom, or cynicism as a result of long experience of life.
World-weary
I glanced up at it, world-weary and slightly full of myself
very self-satisfied and with an exaggerated sense of self-worth.
Full of yourself
I glanced up at it, world-weary and slightly full of myself
it is difficult to find.
Hard to come by
They’re very rare, these are, ‘Arry. They’re very hard to come by.
offensive word for a person, especially a man, that you are annoyed with or think is unpleasant.
Sod
I just giggled, little sod that I was
Calmness
Calmness
I made an outward show of nonchalance
Calmness
Calmness
I made an outward show of nonchalance
Pain
Twinge
I won’t lie, there was a twinge of disappointment
to study intensively
Mug up
Would Draco have gone home to mug up, Hermione-like, on Harry Potter books?
Aloof
Distant
I was probably a little aloof towards these younger kids
Surface
Veneer
To be in the same room as the Sheriff himself was enough to penetrate even my veneer of schoolboy cockiness
Wicked and cruel
dastardly
was obsessed with Alan’s performance as the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham
do as (someone) asks or desires in order to help or please them.
Oblige
Very kindly, he obliged
Buttocks
Bum
XXX on the bum
By profession
By trade
Famous and respectful
eminent
An eminent geophysicist, I might add, with a long list of awards and even an award named after him
Disorganized or untidy
Scrappy
scrappy blond kid
Small boy
Nipper
whose own fans I briefly stole as a nipper in New York
Behave in silly or aimless way
Muck about or muck around
it won’t take long before they’re all mucking around
Suppress
Stifle
He made no attempt to stifle that
Fall or drop with a high speed
Plummet
which later melted, causing the candles to plummet
Relaxed
Laid-back
to gulp down a liquid very quickly.
Guzzle
I guzzled mine down and put my empty cup on the ground
Throw
Chuck
Richie did just that. He chucked it. Hard
Nonsense
poppycock
small close-knit group of people who do not readily allow others to join them.
clique
Almost immediately after filming began, life had started to mirror art and I found myself in a little clique with Jamie and Josh – Crabbe and Goyle
Although
Albeit
So imagine the noise a gun makes, albeit a blank firer
Avoid
Dodge
in a poor or neglected state after having been prosperous
Run-down
It was the shabbiest, most run-down block I’d ever seen
Shaky
Rickety
Old rickety stairs, sticky checkerboard lino on the floor
food that is heavy, filling, and high in carbohydrates.
Stodge
hash browns and beans, good British stodge to fill up a hungry teenager
walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall.
Stagger
Then I’d stagger up those rickety stairs to the production office to get my ‘sides’
express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behaviour or actions.
Rebuke
express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behaviour or actions.
Rebuke
Rebuke
Reprimand
I was furiously reprimanded each time
small worthless objects, especially household ornaments.
Knick-knack
Other stages were floor to ceiling with props and nicknacks that would have been a Harry Potter fan’s dream to explore
filled with something to the point of overflowing.
Brimful
Room of Requirement. It was brimful of random wizarding paraphernalia
miscellaneous articles, especially the equipment needed for a particular activity.
Paraphernalia
It was brimful of random wizarding paraphernalia
Freedom
Leeway
The adult actors had more leeway
Horrified
Aghast
Without exception they’d look aghast and confused
Completely
Implicitly
Alan understood this implicitly
Chaos
Mayhem
VIP
Bigwig
wriggle or twist the body from side to side, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort.
Squirm
I felt myself squirming
Uncooperative
Bolshie
she can be quite bolshie when people crowd me
Dissolute
Dissipated
the fans dissipated
get its mouth into the correct position around the nipple.
Latch on
Since I was the only one who engaged with her in any way, she latched on to me
bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind.
Evocative
in the same way that listening to a particular song can be evocative of something else
F*k
Fudge
Hit with a blow from a flat object
To swat away
trying to swat them away
Device
Contraption
a see-saw-like contraption
Inventiveness
Ingenuity
Actually flying the things took a bit more ingenuity
Hero-worship
Adulation
The actors might get all the adulation, but so often it’s the stunt artists that make us look good and Holmesey is the best of them
a persistent feeling of ill will or resentment resulting from a past insult or injury.
Grudges
and the old Hogwarts grudges have by no means been diminished by the years
Skill
Prowess
Or your prowess on skateboard or BMX
An act or incident involving adventure
Escapade
Exploit
I’ve already told you about my escapade in HMV
Sneering
Mocking
I remember one teacher putting me in my place by mocking my hair colour and asking me who’d cracked an egg on my head
Fail to read the required standard
Flunk
I flunked drama with a series of Ds
The feeling that something is unworthy of your respect
Disdain
No doubt it outwardly looked like regular teenage disdain
The feeling that something is unworthy of your respect
Disdain
No doubt it outwardly looked like regular teenage disdain
Crowd
Mob
Gently and persistently persuade
Coax
standing in line to get into an under-18 nightclub in Guildford that my friends had coaxed me to come along to
Do without
Forego
I decided that I could forego an evening in the nightclub for a quiet life
Secluded
Cloistered
At the very least, they were not part of the cloistered upbringing I could easily have had forced upon me
Clumsy, slow
Lumbering
They were huge, lumbering animals half the size of a horse
Drool
Slobber
Doggie slobber
Noisy disturbance
Commotion
It’s not easy to get an animal to do what you want it to do with all that commotion going on
Discharge slowly and steadily
Exude
Like Professor McGonagall herself, Maggie exudes a quiet, calm authority, and she’s always hiding a wry smile
Using dry, especially mocking humor
Wry
Wry smile
Serious
Stern
L ike Alan Rickman she has the ability to be really quite stern while also remaining incredibly patient
Respect
Esteem
kids who have no real idea who you are, no concept of the esteem in which you’re held
Strong, healthy, and full of energy
Vigorous
They had to move the poor creature several times to stop his vigorous pastime ruining the shot
Compliant, ready to perceive instructions
Docile
He was a fairly docile little chap
Hit
Thwack
that I hadn’t meant her to thwack me in the face
Smelling unpleasant as a result of being old and stale
Rancid
I remember somebody making a rancid potion of Coke, milk and coffee beans and offering a quid to anyone who would drink it
emphasizes sameness
In a similar vein
So perhaps, in a similar vein, somebody had offered him fifty pence to deck me
Repressed, contained
Pent-up
But there was sometimes a sense that he carried round with him a kind of pent-up aggression
Constantly
Incessantly
Jamie was winding me up incessantly
Wishing to do work or duty well
Conscientious
but I did try to be professional. I did try to be conscientious
Irritating
Irksome
For whatever reason, I found Jamie’s needling particularly irksome that day
In low spirits from loss of hope or courage
Despondent
He seemed to lack enthusiasm, to be despondent even
to experience sympathy and sadness for someone because they are suffering
Feel for you
I felt for him
Twist the body from side to side because of nerves
Squirm
The more my mum squirmed at the thought of her youngest son immortalised in mannequin form, the more Robbie waved the decoy Draco in her direction
Lovable
Endearing
He had the ears, he had the face, he had the endearing accent
Assemble
Congregate
Each year, when we all congregated to make the next film
large, strong, and sexually attractive (typically used of a man).
Hunky
Each year, when we all congregated to make the next film, Matthew was ever so slightly hunkier
continue at tedious and unnecessary length.
Drag on
It seemed to be dragging on, and Alan and I were enshrouded by a long, awkward silence
Envelope
Enshroud
It seemed to be dragging on, and Alan and I were enshrouded by a long, awkward silence
make an effort to do something that frightens one.
pluck up the courage
I eventually plucked up the courage to say, ‘How’s it going then, Alan? You alright? Feeling okay?’
Enjoy
Relish
I needed to relish the time I had with this smart, witty, interesting man
Marihyana
Joint
Marihyana cigarette
Spliff
Joint vs Spliff vs blunt
Marihyana and paper
Marihyana, tobacco, and paper
Marihyana and cigarette paper
A person, who smokes Marihyana
Pothead
Questioning
Interrogation
A uniformed officer came in, gave me a full-on Line of Duty interrogation
Walking stick
Cane
Part of Lucius’s costume was a black cane with two fangs at the end. It was Jason’s idea that the cane should conceal his wand
Downhearted
Crestfallen
And a crestfallen Jason, well aware that he had just been politely refused, returned the book to the kid, who must have thought his precious copy had just been snaffled in quite a Malfoy-esque manner
Serious, strict
Stern
She could look really quite stern, as though she could put you on the floor any time she wanted to, but I learned that she was soft-natured at heart
Try hard to do or achieve something
Endeavour
The final Potter movie was a colossal endeavour because it was two films shot together, as opposed to the usual six-month break between the previous films
Cry
Bawl
The moment I was in the car, I started to bawl
Sturdy and well-built
Stocky
She stood out for many reasons, but mostly for being such a tiny thing surrounded by these stocky, burly stuntmen
Catch in trap
Ensnare
who had tricked me into thinking I had a new job in order to ensnare me here
Who conceal true motiffs
Dissembler
They were dissemblers
Absurd
Preposterous
I blinked. Were they insane? This was preposterous
Liking
Predilection
vast majority were in for what seemed to me to be much more serious predilections than mine: heroin, opioids, benzos, crystal meth, crack cocaine
Look thoughtfully
so I just sat there with my cigarette, contemplating my situation and the events of the past couple of days
The lowest point
Nadir
No clue that I would reach a terrible nadir, and that I would have to rely on the kindness of strangers to see me through
Lack of sensation
Numbness
I realised that before I had been existing in a state of absolute numbness
in an embarrassed manner due to shame or a lack of self-confidence.
Sheepishly
Thank you,’ I said sheepishly
to deal with a problem or difficulty calmly and not to allow it to influence what you are doing
Take something in your stride
Acutely Embarrassing
Cringeworthy
It was something so absurd, so traumatically cringe-worthy, that my brain has blocked it from my memory
