Lecture 3: Leisure & Lifestyle Flashcards
units 16, 18, 20, 21, 22 (130 cards)
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rewarding
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gives you a lot of positive experiences
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fruitful
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produces good results
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lucrative
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makes a lot of money
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therapeutic
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makes you healthy in body and/or mind
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relaxing/calming
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reduces stress, gives a peaceful feeling
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time-consuming
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takes a long time to do
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a culture-vulture
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big fan of anything cultural
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couch potato
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physically very inactive person
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amateur
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someone who does sth as a hobby, not a job
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dabbler
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person who never keeps doing an activity for long
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chores
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boring tasks that have to be done
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lawn
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grass
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shopaholic
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person addicted to shopping
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to be heavily into sth
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to be very involved in
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to go off
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to stop liking, to lose interest in
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to lock themselves away
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to isolate themselves
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to be hooked on sth
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to be addicted to
18
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to get up to sth
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to do
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i have a full diary
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a lot of activities, hectic social life
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to be a keen participant
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to take part enthusiastically
21
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squat
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empty building where people start living without the owners permission
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hovel
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small, dirty house/flat in a bad condition
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run down
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in a bad condition
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furnished/unfurnishes
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with(out) furniture
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penthouse
a luxure flat on the top of a building
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council/social housing
rented accomodation provided by the state for people who have low incomes
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council estate
a large group of such hosuing
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high-rise (flats) / tower blocks
flats in a tall, modern building with a lot of floors
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granny flat
set of rooms for an elderly person, connected to a relative's house
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to get on like a house on fire
to get along very well with sth
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a household word/name
something/someone everyone knows
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on the house
free of charge
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home truths
information that is true but not pleasant or welcome
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nothing to write home about
nothing special (like a town)
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to hit home
to become fully understood/felt
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to make yourself at home
make yourself feel comfortable in someone else's home
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to live life in the fast lane
a way of life that is full of activity and excitement
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to have the time of your life
to have a wonderful time
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get a new lease of life
become more energetic and active than before
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a dog's life
a very unhappy and difficult life
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to lead a sheltered life
to have a life that is protected from unpleasantness
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to not be a matter of life and death
to not be very serious
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take your life in your hands
to do sth very dangerous
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to breathe new life into
to bring new ideas and energy to sth
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overrated
not as good as people say
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hackneyed
done so often it is boring
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disjointed
unconnected and not in a clear order
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far-fetched
impossible to believe
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risqué
against accepted social standards, likely to shock some people
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gripping film
exciting and keeping your attention the whole time
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harrowing
extremely upsetting
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a moving story
aking you feel pity or sadness
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memorable/unforgettable
you remember it long after
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understated
done or expressed in a simple but sttractive style
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tedious
boring
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hilarious
extremely funny
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applause
clapping to show enjoyment
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glowing reviews
excellent reviews
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encore
call from the audience to perform some more
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standing ovation
the audience stood up and applauded at the end of the performance
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award
prize /honour
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masterpiece
very great work of art
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up-and-coming actor
likely to become very successful
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to become typecast as someone
always associated with that type of role
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to get panned/slated
very negatively criticised
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to be lauded
highly praised
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to bomb
to be a failure
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to be booed
to get disapproving noises by the audience
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to be a total flop
to be a complete failure
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to be miscast
to be the wrong person for that role
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to be unconvincing
to not seem real/true
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audition
short performance where actors show what they can do, hoping to get a role
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rehearsal
practice performances
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interpretations
way of understanding and performing it
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version
one of several performances that exist
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cover
version of a song that is not the original
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portrayal
the picture one creates
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a dauber
someone who paints quickly and carelessly
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deemed
considered (formal)
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subject matter
content
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school of art
art movement
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visually literate
educated with regard to art
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inured to
not affected by
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original
new in a special and interesting way
opp: predictable
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highbrow
intended for educated, intelligent people, often disapproving
opp: lowbrow
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impenetrable
extremely difficult to understand
opp: transparent
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sophisticated
showing advanced skills and understandind
opp: primitive
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challenging
demanding considerable effort to be understood
opp: undemanding
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dazzling
inspiring great admiration because it's brilliant in some way
opp: pedestrian
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evocative
calling up images and memories
opp: uninspiring
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thought-provoking
making people think
opp: unstimulating
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exquisite
having rare beauty or delicacy
opp: clumsy
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intriguing
interesting because it is strange or mysterious
opp: dreary
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peerless
better than any other
opp: run-of-the-mill
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tongue-in-check
not intended to be taken seriously, despite appearing serious
opp: earnest
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priceless
extremely valuable
opp: worthless
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skilful
skillful in american english
clever, masterly, done well
opp: poorly done
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to illuminate
make (something) visible or bright by shining light on it; light up
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blurb
a short text printed on the back cover of a book, describing what a book is, sometimes including quotes from critics
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poignant
moving and sad
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chronicle
description of a sequence of events
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acclaimed
praised by the public
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compelling
very interesting and engaging
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macabre
often cruel and disgusting, concerned with death
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lugubrious
rather dark, mournful and gloomy
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chilling
causing great fear
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page-turner
powerful story that keeps you interested
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insight
the ability to understand what something is really like
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gripping
so interesting or exciting that it holds your attention totally
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enigmatic
mysterious
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breathtaking
amazing
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wry
in the face of a bad situation
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evocative
which arouse memories or images
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eponymous
who has the same name as the title of the book
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protagonist
main character
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engaging
pleasant and interesting
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journal
written record of what you have done each day
publication containing academic articles, published at regular intervals
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memoirs
a written record of a person's own life, typically by a politician or military figure
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encyclopedia
book or set of books containing articles arranged in alphabetical order, dealing with the whole of human knowledge or a part of it
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anthology
collection of poems or short stories by different authors
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manual
usually a technical book with instructions, eg a car manual
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logbook
a book that records events, times, etc
for example all the journeys made ba a lorry or ship
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compulsive reading (informal)
formal, difficult to stop once you've started it
informal: you can't put it down
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informative
gives a lot of useful information
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ahead of its time
contained ideas that noone had yet thought of or discussed at that time
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lightweight
not complex, slightly negative connotation
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bedtime reading
nice to read in bed
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heavy going
difficult to read
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to get into it
become involve/engaged with
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readership
number of people who read them
