Unit 4 Flashcards

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Absurd (adj)

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Stupid or unreasonable; silly in a humorous way

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Bizarre (adj)

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Very strange and unsual

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Bother (v)

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To make the effort to do something

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Breathtaking (adj)

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Extremely exciting, beautiful or suprising

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Cast (n)

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The actors in a film, play or show

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Count on (pv)

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To be confident that you can depend on someone

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Delightful (adj)

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Very pleasant, attractive or enjoyable

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Depend on (pv)

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To trust someone or something and know that they will help you or do what you want or expect them to do

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Entertaining (adj)

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Funny and enjoyable

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Exceptional (adj)

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Much greater than usual, especially in skill, intelligence, quality, etc.

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Fine (adj)

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Excellet or much better than average

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Focus on (pv)

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To give a lot of attention to one particular person, subject or thing

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Go on (pv)

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To continue

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Impressive (adj)

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If an object or achievement is impressive, you admire or respect it, usually because it is special, important or very large

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Log on (pv)

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To connect a computer to a computer system by typing your name, so that you can start working

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Lyrics (n)

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The words of a song, especially a pop song

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Moving (adj)

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Causing strong feeling or sadness or sympathy

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Outstanding (adj)

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Excellent, clearly very much better than what is usual

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Plot (n)

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The story of a book, film, play, etc.

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Poor (adj)

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Not good, being of a very low quality, quantity or standard

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Regret (v)

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To feel sorry about a situation, especially something sad or wrong or a mistake that you have made

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Rely on (pv)

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To need a particular thing or the help and support of someone or something in order to continue, to work correctly, or to succeed

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Remarkable (adj)

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Unusual or special and therefore surprising and worth mentioninig

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Scene (n)

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A part of a play or film in which events happen in one place

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Set (v)

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If a story, a film, etc. is set in a particular time or place, the action in it happens in that time or place

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Shot (n)

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A short piece in a film in which there is a single action or a short series of actions

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Solo (n)

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A musical performance done by one person alone, or a musical performance in which one person is given special attention

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Soundtrack (n)

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The sounds, especially the music, of a film, or a separate recording of this

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Superb (adj)

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Of excellent quality, very great

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Tend (v)

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To be likely to behave in a particular way or have a particular characteristic

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Tense (adj)

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If a situation is tense, it causes feeling of worry or nervousness

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Theme (n)

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The main subject of a talk, book, film, etc.

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Tremendous (adj)

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Very great in amount or level, or extremely good

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Work (n)

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Something created as a result of effort, especially a painting, book or piece of music