Unit 9 Flashcards by Encarna Gonzalez

To be grateful for opportunities or good fortune

To thank one’s lucky stars (Balza)

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To try and achieve very challenging aims

15 minutes of fame (Balza)

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To stay that course of events or outcome is certain to happen

To be written in the stars(Balza)

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To suddenly become famous after a successful film or another remarkable achievement

To shoot to fame (Balza)

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An unusual or interesting reason why something or someone may have become well known

A claim to fame(Balza)

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to have a naively enthusiastic or over optimistic view

to be starry-eyed (paula)

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transform

turn into (paula)

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practise

run through (paula)

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audition

read for (paula)

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require

calls for (paula)

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To try and achieve very challenging aims

To reach for the stars (Silvia)

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To be greatful for opportunities or good fortune

To thank one’s lucky stars (Silvia)

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The short-lived period of time where a person in briefly famous and receives lots of media attention

15 minutes of fame (Silvia)

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To suddenly become famous after a successful film or another remarkable achievement

To shoot to fame (Silvia)

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Say that the course of events or outcome is certain to happen

Be written in the stars (Silvia)

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a curved or angled piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, or suspending something

hook (dima)

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to suffer destruction or ruin

perish (dima)

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characterized by or exhibiting opulence

opulent (dima)

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used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.

rethorical (dima)

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without pity or compassion

ruthless ( dima)

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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)

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Perform

Act out (jose)

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Start to do something

Break into (jose)

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Gradually disappear

Fade out (jose)

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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)

Unit 9 Flashcards

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