Movies + Television

Question 1

Telly

Answer 1

(British, Informal) A telly is a television Could you tell the telly fans what this is all about, Marshal Cogswell?

Question 2

Episode

Answer 2

Episode

Question 3

Series

Answer 3

Series

Question 4

Soap opera

Answer 4

A soap opera is a popular television drama series about the daily lives and problems of a group of people who live in a particular place.

Question 5

Documentary

Answer 5

A documentary is a television or radio program, or a movie, which shows real events or provides information about a particular subject. …a TV documentary on homelessness.

Question 6

Mainstream

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the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend: the mainstream of American culture. Game of Thrones has been credited with an increased popularity of fantasy themes and mainstream acceptance of the fantasy fandom.

Question 7

Sitcom

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A sitcom is an amusing television drama series about a set of characters. Sitcom is an abbreviation for situation comedy comedy program based on everyday experiences What’s your favorite sitcom

Question 8

Audience

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The audience at a play, concert, film, or public meeting is the group of people watching or listening to it. The entire audience broke into loud applause

Question 9

Viewer

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Viewers are people who watch television, or who are watching a particular program on television. These programs are each watched by around 19 million viewers every week.

Question 10

Turn on/off/over

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to change or alter

Question 11

Tune in

Answer 11

If you tune in to a particular television or radio station or program, you watch or listen to it. All over the country, youngsters tune in to Sesame Street every day.

Question 12

Sit in front of the telly

Answer 12

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Question 13

Broadcast

Answer 13

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Question 14

Televise

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If an event or program is televised, it is broadcast so that it can be seen on television. His comeback fight will be televised on network TV.

Question 15

Witty

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Someone or something that is witty is amusing in a clever way. His plays were very good, very witty. humorous, funny, amusing; clever; sharp, shrewd

Question 16

Enlightening

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tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance SubmitI am going to give you a beautiful and enlightening example of what I read

Question 17

Mind-numbing

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It was mind-numbingly boring. If you describe an event or experience as mind-numbing, you mean that it is so bad, boring, or great in extent that you are unable to think about it clearly. It was another day of mind-numbing tedium. mind-numbingly adverb …a mind-numbingly boring sport. Now, with a start he had trouble concealing, he suddenly realized a mind-numbing fact!

Question 18

Televised (adj)

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If an event or program is televised, it is broadcast so that it can be seen on television. His comeback fight will be televised on network TV.

Question 19

Live-broadcast

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TV broadcast

Question 20

Attention-grabbing

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Interesting An attention-grabbing remark or activity is one that is intended to make people notice it. …an attention-grabbing marketing campaign.

Question 21

Pre-recorded

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Question 22

Channel surf

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Change TV channels frequently. I usually sit in front of the telly and channel surf.

Question 23

Watch the box

Answer 23

I often watch the box at weekends.

Question 24

moviebuff

Answer 24

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Question 25

Character

Scene

Director

Cast

Plot

Answer 25

Character
Which character did you like the best?

🔸Scene
How that infamous bear-attack scene in ‘The Revenant’ was made?!

🔹Director
Oscar-winning director James Cameron is best known for the highly acclaimed, box-office hits Titanic and Avatar.

🔸Cast
Films like ‘Troy’ have a cast of thousands.

all the people who act in a play or film/movie:
The whole cast performs / perform brilliantly. * members of the cast * an all-star cast (= including many well-known actors) * the supporting cast (= not the main actors, but the others) * a cast list

🔹Plot
It was a good film, but the plot was difficult to follow at times.