unit 9 best seller

Question 1

comic book

Answer 1

a magazine or book that contains a set of stories told in pictures with a small amount of writing

Question 2

graphic novel

Answer 2

graphic novel is a book made up of comics content

Question 3

fairy tale

Answer 3

a traditional story written for children that usually involves imaginary creatures and magic

Question 4

science fiction

Answer 4

books, films, or cartoons about an imagined future, especially about space travel or other planets:

Question 5

horror

Answer 5

a book that makes an extremely strong feeling of fear and shock, or the frightening and shocking character of something

Question 6

crime fiction

Answer 6

a book that describes a work in which crime is central to the plot

Question 7

romance

Answer 7

a story about love

Question 8

fantasy

Answer 8

a type of story or literature that is set in an imaginary world, often involving traditional myths and magical creatures and sometimes ideas or events from the real world, especially from the medieval period of history

Question 9

thriller

Answer 9

a book, play, or movie that has an exciting and frightening story

Question 10

play

Answer 10

a piece of writing that is intended to be acted in a theatre or on radio or television

Question 11

atlas

Answer 11

a book containing maps showing where particular things are made, found, etc.

Question 12

encyclopedia

Answer 12

a book or set of books containing many articles arranged in alphabetical order that deal either with the whole of human knowledge or with a particular part of it, or a similar set of articles on the internet

Question 13

guidebook

Answer 13

a book that gives information for visitors about a place, such as a city or country

Question 14

chill

Answer 14

(c.n) a sudden unpleasant feeling, especially of fear:

Question 15

contract (ˈkɒn.trækt)

Answer 15

(c. n) a legal document that states and explains a formal agreement between two different people or groups, or the agreement itself
e. g a contract of employment

Question 16

evil

Answer 16

(n) something that is very bad and harmful:

Drug addiction is one of today’s great social evils.

Question 17

guard

Answer 17

(c.n) a person or group of people whose job is to protect a person, place, or thing from danger or attack, or to prevent a person such as a criminal from escaping

Question 18

intrigue ɪnˈtriːɡ

Answer 18

(t.v) to interest someone a lot, especially by being strange, unusual, or mysterious

I was intrigued by his slow, deliberate way of talking and the serious look in his eyes.

Question 19

judge

Answer 19

(c.n) the person who officially decides who is the winner of a competition

Question 20

predator

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(c. n) an animal that hunts, kills, and eats other animals
eg. lions, wolves, and other predators

someone who follows people in order to harm them or commit a crime against them

eg. a sexual predator

a company that buys or tries to buy another company that is in a weaker financial position

eg. France’s Lafarge is seen as a potential predator for the cement maker.

Question 21

giant

Answer 21

(adj) extremely large

Question 22

prologue

Answer 22

(c.n) a part that comes at the beginning of a play, story, or long poem, often giving information about events that happened before the time when the play, story, or poem begins

In addition to the speeches, there are fifty-six prologues.

Question 23

raise

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(t.v) to take care of a person, or an animal or plant, until they are completely grown

Her parents died when she was a baby and she was raised by her grandparents.

Question 24

risk

Answer 24

(n) a situation involving exposure to danger.

It’s always a risk starting up a new business.

Question 25

significance

Answer 25

(u.n) importance

The discovery of the new drug is of great significance for/to people suffering from heart problems.

Question 26

technique

Answer 26

(n) a way of performing a skillful activity, or the skill needed to do it:

We have developed a new technique for detecting errors in the manufacturing process

Question 27

trilogy

Answer 27

(c.n) a series of three books, plays, etc. written about the same situation or characters, forming a continuous story

Question 28

blurb

Answer 28

(c. n) a short description of a book, film, etc., written by the people who have produced it, and intended to make people want to buy it or see it:
eg. The blurb on the cover of English Grammar in Use is “Trusted by millions. Right for you.”

Question 29

creature

Answer 29

(c.n) a life form that is unusual or imaginary

The unicorn is a mythical creature.

Question 30

browse

Answer 30

(i.v) to look through a book or magazine without reading everything, or to walk around a shop looking at several things without intending to buy any of them:
အကြမ်းဖျင်း လှန်လှောကြည့်သည်။

I was browsing through fashion magazines to find a new hairstyle.

Question 31

manual

Answer 31

(c.n) a book that gives you practical instructions on how to do something or how to use something, such as a machine:

The computer comes with a 600-page instruction manual.

Question 32

adaptation

Answer 32

(c. n) the process in which a living thing changes slightly over time to be able to continue to exist in a particular environment, or a change like this:
eg. Evolution occurs as a result of adaptation to new environments