ENTERTAINMENT – VOCABULARY (Student’s Book, pp.

134-135)

Ex.4

CAST – all the actors in a film / play

CREW – all the people involved in shooting a film
REHEARSAL – проба, DRESS REHEARSAL – генерална проба
ACT – a part of a play / musical consisting of several scenes (чин)
COMMENTARY – description of what is going on (e.g. when watching a sports match you hear
commentary as well as being able to see what’s happening)
REMAKE – a new modern version of an existing film
SUBTITLES – the text that shows the translations of what the actors are saying in a foreign film; compare
DUBBED;
OPENING SCENE – the first scene
REMINISCENT of sth –when sth reminds you of sth you’ve seen or experienced before
PILOT EPISODE – the episode that is intended to show whether a series will be popular
AIR – to air a program means to broadcast it on radio or television (we can also say that a program airs)
– емитовати (се)
REPEAT (n) – a programme that has been broadcast before (=rerun)
CLIFFHANGER – part of a story or a film that keeps you in suspense (you don’t know what will happen
next, so you want to watch or read on – episodes often end in a cliffhanger)
END CREDITS – a list of all the cast and the crew that appear at the end of a film or TV program

Ex.5

a)the odd adjectives:

story – CHARISMATIC
plot – HIGH-TECH
performance – UNFORESEEN
special effects – TANGLED
ending – ABSORBING

RIVETING – interesting and exciting (story, plot, book, film)

OVERRATED – overestimated
GRIPPING – when a story, book or film is so exciting that it holds your attention completely and makes
you keep reading / watching it
INTRIGUING – interesting and mysterious
TEDIOUS – boring, dull
UNFORESEEN – unexpected, that you couldn’t foresee, i.e. predict
COMPELLING – very interesting
CAPTIVATING – interesting, exciting, attractive, impressive (очаравајући, CAPTIVATE – очарати)
TANGLED – complicated (замршен, упетљан)
DREARY – uninteresting, dull
ABSORBING – when sth is absorbing it holds your attention completely (=gripping, engrossing)
CONTRIVED – artificial, difficult to believe (усиљено, неуверљиво, неприродно, извештачено)
POIGNANT – making you feel sadness and pity (дирљив, болан)
b)GRIPPING, INTRIGUING, CAPTIVATING, BREATHTAKING, PREDICTABLE

HAVE / KEEP sb ON THE EDGE OF their SEAT – very excited and giving your full attention to sth, e.g.
when you are watching sth exciting and interesting

Ex.7

1.ILLUSTRATED, EDITED
2.DEPICTING (DEPICT = show), CHILLING (=frightening)
3.STORYTELLER
4.BESTSELLING, COPIES

Ex.8

1.GIG (informal for performance)

2.LYRICS
3.MELODY
4.MELLOW (this adjective is used to describe soft and pleasant sounds)
5.VOCALS
6.SINGLE

Ex.9

1.BY popular demand (because the audience requested it)

2.engage WITH (interact, communicate with; pay attention to the expression ENGAGE sb IN
CONVERSATION – start a conversation with sb)
3.inspired BY
4.auditioned FOR
5.pitched … TO (when you pitch an idea, product etc. to somebody, you try to persuade them to take,
buy or accept it)
6.insight INTO (better knowledge and understanding of sth – увид у нешто)

Ex.10

1.TUNE IN – start watching a TV or radio show (compare PHONE IN – when viewers or listeners phone a
program to express their opinions or ask questions)
2.COMES UP WITH
3.BREAK INTO SONG
4.DISPENSED WITH (=got rid of); pay attention to the word EXTRAS – people in films who don’t have
speaking parts and who are usually part of a scene, e.g. in a crowd)

Ex.11

1.SOLUTION
2.ORIGINATED
3.BEGINNERS
4.AMBITIOUS
5.OUTSTANDING
6.PERFORMANCES
7.MUSICALS
8.UNAPOLOGETIC (=showing that you aren’t sorry)