Essential Vocabulary: Expressions, Emotions, and Media Terms
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Comprehensive Glossary of Terms
Absorb
To interest someone a great deal and take up all their attention and energy.
Bite One's Lips
To press the soft parts of the front of the mouth between the teeth.
Bite One's Nails
To press the hard parts on the end of one's fingers between the teeth.
Bond
A legal written agreement or promise.
Box Office Hit
A film's success in terms of the number of tickets sold.
Breathe New Life Into Something
To refresh something old.
Bring About
To cause something to happen.
Bring the House Down
To make the audience laugh, clap, or cheer loudly for a long time because they liked the performance.
Conductor
Someone that directs the orchestra.
Content
Fairly happy and satisfied.
Counsellor
Someone who gives advice on a specified subject.
Current Affairs
Political events and social problems discussed in the media.
Disheartened
Disappointed.
Distress
A medical term for negative stress.
Editorial
The part of the newspaper where the editor writes his/her comments.
Energise
To give energy to someone or something.
Equipped With
Having specific equipment.
Eustress
A medical term for positive stress.
Fall Apart
To lose emotional calm.
Field of Knowledge
A subject area.
Former
The first of two things previously mentioned.
Full Range
Including all possible options.
Give/Take Top Billing
(In a show, a film, etc.) to be advertised as the most important actor.
Groundbreaking
Very new and different from other things.
Hand Down
To give something to a younger family member because one wants them to have it.
Have a Broad Smile
To stretch one's mouth wide and/or show the teeth in pleasure.
Immune System
The system consisting of all the organs and processes in the body, which protects from illness and infection.
In the Short Term
From now until a time in the near future.
Invaluable
Extremely useful.
Lower the Corners of One's Mouth
To drop the outer edges of the mouth lower than the rest.
Make Someone Redundant
To lay someone off.
Make Something Worth It
To make something deserve the effort put into it.
Mild
Not severe.
On the Contrary
The opposite of what has just been stated is true.
Out of Print
(Of a book) its copies are no longer being produced.
Page-Turner
A very interesting book that makes one want to keep reading it.
Peak
Of the best, highest, or greatest level or amount.
Perceive
To see and understand something.
Petrified
Extremely frightened; paralysed with fear.
Point One's Finger at Someone
To extend one's index finger in someone's direction to draw attention to them.
Poverty
The condition of being extremely poor.
Practitioner
Someone who practises medicine.
Prime Time
Peak viewing times.
Progress
To improve or develop in skills, knowledge.
Prolong
To extend; to lengthen.
Prompt
To encourage someone; to cause something to happen as a reaction.
Pursue
To keep trying to achieve something.
Screenwriter
Someone who writes the script of a film or TV show; a scriptwriter.
Secrete
To produce liquid.
Social Element
An aspect of something that involves interacting with other people.
Social Environment
The relationships that someone has with other people.
Something Takes a Heavy Toll on Someone
Something has a seriously bad effect on someone.
State-of-the-Art Technology
The very latest technology.
Sweep the Board
To win everything that is available.
Take Up
To start a new activity.
To a Large Extent
Mostly.
Undoubtedly
In a way which emphasises that something exists or is true.
Upbringing
The way parents educate and treat their children as they grow up.
Viewing Habits
What people usually watch on TV.