Unit 9 Flashcards
To be grateful for opportunities or good fortune
To thank one’s lucky stars (Balza)
To try and achieve very challenging aims
15 minutes of fame (Balza)
To stay that course of events or outcome is certain to happen
To be written in the stars(Balza)
To suddenly become famous after a successful film or another remarkable achievement
To shoot to fame (Balza)
An unusual or interesting reason why something or someone may have become well known
A claim to fame(Balza)
to have a naively enthusiastic or over optimistic view
to be starry-eyed (paula)
transform
turn into (paula)
practise
run through (paula)
audition
read for (paula)
require
calls for (paula)
To try and achieve very challenging aims
To reach for the stars (Silvia)
To be greatful for opportunities or good fortune
To thank one’s lucky stars (Silvia)
The short-lived period of time where a person in briefly famous and receives lots of media attention
15 minutes of fame (Silvia)
To suddenly become famous after a successful film or another remarkable achievement
To shoot to fame (Silvia)
Say that the course of events or outcome is certain to happen
Be written in the stars (Silvia)
a curved or angled piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, or suspending something
hook (dima)
to suffer destruction or ruin
perish (dima)
characterized by or exhibiting opulence
opulent (dima)
used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
rethorical (dima)
without pity or compassion
ruthless ( dima)
A phrase used to suggest that the acquusition of fame may not be worth all the suffering that goes with it
What priece fame (jose)
Perform
Act out (jose)
Start to do something
Break into (jose)
Gradually disappear
Fade out (jose)
no longer believing in the value of something, especially having learned of the problems with it:
Disenchantment (iria)
to provide a view of, especially from above
overlooked (iria)
to destroy or badly damage something
wreck (iria)
giving all your attention to something
intent on (iria)
to make someone become excited or angry
fired up (iria)
Be seen by others in a certain way
Put on (jose)
A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.
Antithesis (Francisco del Campo )
Extremely impressive or attractive
Stunning (Francisco del Campo)
A mistake
Flaw (Miguel)
The character who tells the story
Narrator (Miguel)
A dangerous scene of a film
Stunt (Miguel)
The film’s music
Soundtrack (Miguel)
The place you buy tickets in
Box office (Miguel)
Having or showing no pity or compassion for others.
Ruthless (Francisco del Campo )
Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.
Fastidious (Francisco del Campo )
persuade someone to pay more money than they originally offered or wanted to.
Talk up (Francisco del Campo )
get rid of
Shake off (Julian)
an interjected scene back in time
Flashback (Julian)
Requiring considerable labour
Labourious (Julian)
clench your teeth with something unpleasant
grit your teeth (Julian)
indulge with attention
Pamper (Julian
Mistake
Flaw (Elena)
The music if a film
Soundtrack (Elena)
A place
Location (Elena)
The text for a film
Screenplay (Elena)
the way that someone or something is described or represented
Portrayal (Elena)
To indicate the main features of smth
To outline (Javier Caña Álvaro)
An important part or characteristic
Feature (Javier Caña Álvaro)
Te state of being a member of smth (sometimes money is required)
Membership (Javier Caña Álvaro)
A price given as a recognison of smth
Award (Javier Caña Álvaro)
That causes attonishment
Stunning (Javier Caña Álvaro)
indulge with every attention, comfort, and kindness
pamper (Nicolás Gálvez)
the treatment of injuries or disorders of the body by incision or manipulation, especially with instruments.
surgery (Nicolás Gálvez)
asked in order to produce an effect or to make a statement rather than to elicit information.
Rhetorical (Nicolás Gálvez)
ostentatiously costly and luxurious.
opulent (Nicolás Gálvez)
special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand.
jargon (Nicolás Gálvez)
any of a number of compounds of silicon that are used in making artificial rubber, paint, polish, varnish, etc.
silicone (Alonso)
Stellar people or activities are of an extremely high standard.
stellar (Alonso)
a white liquid produced by many plants, especially rubber trees, or a rubber-like substance made from this or from plastic, used in making clothes, paint, glue, etc
Latex (Alonso)
to destroy something completely
wreck (Alonso)
If something baffles you, you cannot understand it at all.
baffle
a feeling of disappointment about someone or something you previously respected or admired
disenchantment (kaixuan)
a recording of the musical accompaniment of a film.
Soundtrack (kaixuan)
Very emotional or excited, positively or negatively
fired up(kaixuan)
the fact of being a member of a group.
Membership (kaixuan)
a particular place or position.
Location (kaixuan)
if a group of people act out an event, they show how it happened by pretending to be the people who were involved in it
act out (Marcos)
to disappear slowly or become quieter, or to make a picture or sound do this
fade out (Marcos)
to succeed in communicating an idea or piece of information to someone, or to be communicated successfully
get across (Marcos)
to put a piece of clothing on your body / to put a record, tape, or cd into a machine and start playing it
put on (Marcos)
to say some of the words that are said by a particular character in a play, as a test of your ability to act
read for (Marcos)
a person who respects and likes only people who are of a high social class, and a person who has extremely high standards who is not satisfied by the things that ordinary people like.
Snobbery (María)
skill and experience, especially in relation to making objects
craft (María)
a long, narrow space between rows of seats
aisle (María)
not willing to do something and therefore slow to do it
reluctant (María)
to fix something firmly into a substance
Embed (María)
ostentatiously costly and luxurious.
Opulent (Amaya)
fail to notice.
Overlook (Amaya)
indulge with every attention, comfort, and kindness; spoil.
Pamper (Amaya)
die, especially in a violent or sudden way.
Perish (Amaya)
the destruction of a ship at sea; a shipwreck
Wreck (Amaya)
being responsible about a specific duty, or trust.
To be held accountable (Jimena)
to be criticized
To come under fire (Jimena)
to clench one’s teeth together tightly because of pain or frustration
To grit your teeth (Jimena)
to discuss favorably
Talk up (Jimena)
a quality belonging to an individual or thing
Sense of property (Jimena)
to test or put to experimental use
try out (SARA)
the act or practice
censorship (SARA)
to advise (someone) against doing something; discourage
dissuade (SARA)
an art or trade requiring special skill, esp. of the hands
craft (SARA)
make someone responsible
hold accountable (SARA)
