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Storytelling a
Life Upper Intermediate Unit 2 Set a
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adaption | The act of o changing as the environment changes eg a story changes if is it taken from a book and put into a movie. |
| box office | the place that sells tickets to a performance |
| budget | an estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time. |
| capture | to express the meaning or importance of something so that people recognise and understand it |
| cast | the actors in a film, play, or show |
| imaginary | not real |
| native | born in a particular place |
| spirit | the way something is meant to be understood or felt, not necessarily its literal meaning |
| storyline | plot |
| stunning | extremely impressive or attractive |
| varied | incorporating a number of different types or elements. |
| approach | the way you decide to deal with a problem or situation |
| background | all the things that lead up to the events of the story but are not part of the main action |
| baking hot | very high temperature |
| bank | a raised area of ground, often along the side of something such as a field, river, canal, road etc |
| bonnet | the front part of a car or van, that covers the engine |
| bounce back | to return quickly to a normal condition after a difficult situation or event |
| bumpy | covered with high spots or lumps |
| burst into flames | suddenly began burning strongly |
| cliff | the steep, almost vertical edge of a hill, mountain, or plain |
| collapse | to fall down |
| context | the particular set of circumstances surrounding an event that might influence it or help to explain it |
| copper miner | a worker in a copper mine, who works getting the metal copper out of the ground |
| emerge | appear from somewhere after having been hidden or out of sight |
| extreme | very great in degree |
| faint | to lose consciousness |
| go ahead | to take place as planned |
| intense | a very strong effect |
| marshal | a person whose job is to supervise everything that happens at a public event including controlling the crowds |
| pits | the places at the edge of a motor racing, track where the drivers bring their cars when they need to get petrol or change tyres during a race |
| plastic surgery | medical procedures to improve your physical appearance |
| plot | Sequence of events in a story |
| plunge | to go down suddenly |
| put to sleep | euthanize, kill mercifully |
| set off | to start a journey |
| setting | The time and place of a story |
| trapped | not able to escape |
| turning point | a moment during a process or sequence of events when things start to change and develop in a different way and therefore change the eventual result |
| animation | a film that uses drawings or computer images that appear to move, rather than using real people or objects. Also, the process used in making these films |
| blogging | the activity of regularly writing for a particular page or set of pages on a website where someone writes short articles |
| bring a story to life | tell or show the events of a narrative in an exciting way that makes your reader or audience very interested in it |
| combine | to join or bring together |
| data | Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis |
| delight | a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction |
| engage | attract someone's interest or attention |
| express | to communicate something such as an emotion using words, pictures, music, etc |
| icon | a representation or image of something |
| infographic | a visual image such as a chart or diagram used to represent information or data |
| insert | put or introduce into something |
| launch | to officially start something |
| life jacket | a jacket without sleeves, that can be filled with air, designed to help you float if you fall in water |
| migrant crisis | The mass movement of people out of the region due to violence, war, and unstable living conditions. |
| refugee | A person who has been forced to leave their home in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster |
| risk | a situation involving exposure to danger |
| social networking | the use of social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc. to share information, find people with similar interests, etc. |
| striking | noticeable |
| take off | start to become popular and involve a large number of people |
| upload | to transfer an image, document, or file, from your computer to a website |
| visual | having to do with sight or seeing; the picture elements of something |
| youthful | remaining young and energetic |
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