Gateway B1 - Unit 9

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1. adaptation: something produced by adapting: an adaptation of 6. autobiography:

a play for television
2. almost:

nearly
3. assassination:
An account of a person's life written by that person
7. back cover:

Murder, by secret assault or treachery.

4. An atlas:
the back of a book
8. best-selling:

best-selling
A book of maps
a book or other product that is among those sold in the
5. author:
largest numbers

someone who writes a book

9. biography: 12. browse:

look through a book or magazine without reading everything,

or to walk around a shop looking at several things without
intending to buy any of them:
A story about a person's life written by another person. 13. carefully:
10. blurb:

taking care or paying attention

14. certainly:

a short description to advertise a product, especially a book

11. boarding school:

a school where pupils live during term time

without any doubt

15. character: 18. Cookbook:

a book of recipes and cooking instructions

a person in a book, film
19. A cover (of a book):
16. combine:

Ex. I like the _______ of that book. = the top page of a book or
to put two things together
magazine that you can see.
17. A comic:
20. A cowboy:

A humorous scene or speech intended to lighten the mood

Un cow-boyCattle handlers who drove large herds across the
southern Great Plains.
21. A credit card: 24. Dictionary:

A plastic card used to make purchases now and pay for them
later.
22. A crime novel:
A book that lists words in alphabetical order and gives their
meanings, pronunciations, and etc.
25. A dragon:

a long written story with crime as its theme

23. A customer:

(noun) an imaginary' animal that looks like a giant lizard with

wings and claws,
26. An elf:

a person or business to whom merchandise or services are

sold

small and sprightly; mischievous, fairylike

27. An encyclopedia: 30. fantasy:

A book or set of books containing facts and explanations of a

wide variety of subjects
28. end up:

highly imaginative writing that contains elements not found in

real life
31. floor:

eventually reach/do/decide
29. fairy tale:
the part of a room on which you stand
32. following:

a fictional tale, marked by fantasy and magic, often appealing the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
to the imagination
33. Graphic novel:
a children's story about magical and imaginary beings and
lands

an illustrated story that aims to be longer and more

developed than a comic book
34. A guidebook: 37. how long:

a book that gives visitors information about a particular place

35. historical fiction:

for an extended time or at a distant time

38. how often: used for talking about how many times something
happens in a particular period of time
39. An impact:

fiction; based on real historical events

36. Horror:

influencing strongly
an effect or result
40. inspiration:

Fiction in which events evoke a feeling of dread in both the

characters and the reader.
a product of your creative thinking and work
41. in stock: 44. A magazine:

a thin book published every week or month, that has shiny,

available colorful pages with articles and pictures
42. intrigue: 45. A manual:

If someone or something intrigues you, they interest you very

much
43. keep up: a handbook; a book of instructions
46. A newspaper:

A daily or weekly publication of current events.

47. order:

continue

an authoritative direction or instruction

48. A passion: 52. prologue:

strong feeling or emotion

49. A play:

an introduction to a book, film, or play

53. publication: a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
54. related:

a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a

stage
50. A predator:

connected
55. A ring:

An animal that hunts other animals for food

51. previous:

a piece of jewelry that is worn usually on a finger

Earlier; happening before

56. romance: 60. shock:

in general, a story in which an idealized hero or heroine

undertakes a quest and is successful. a sudden usually unpleasant or upsetting feeling caused by
57. science fiction: something unexpected
61. story:

A type of fantasy that uses science and technology. (Robots,

time machines, etc.).
58. scuba-diving: n. the telling or writing of an event, either real or imagined
62. sufficient:

the sport of swimming underwater with special breathing

equipment
59. section:

enough; adequate

a separate part of something

63. survive: 67. to climb:

to stay alive where there is a chance of dying or being killed v. to go up or down something by using the feet and
64. A textbook: sometimes the hands
68. to cross out: draw a line through
69. to fill in:

to complete (a form, a questionnaire, etc.)

70. to flick through:
A book used in the study of a subject
65. though: despite the fact that
66. A thriller:

to look quickly through a book

71. together:

a suspenseful adventure story or play or movie

with each other

72. To jump in/into: 75. to read out:

interrupt in a conversation read aloud rather than silently

73. to look up: 76. To risk:

to find (or try to find) something (e.g. a word in a dictionary)

74. to read on:
a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
77. to spend (money):

to use money to pay for something

continue reading 78. to turn over:

turn a page so that the other side is towards you

79. troll: 82. witch:

(in folklore) an ugly cave-dwelling creature depicted as either

a giant or a dwarf.
80. unnecessary: a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers
derived from the devil
83. A wolf:

not required
81. A wedding ring:
Can be tamed to be a dog.

what the bride and groom wear on their finger