Vocabulary

• action movie: A film genre featuring exciting and often violent scenes.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• signed on to: To formally agree to something, often by signing a document.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• like fun: Very fast or with great effort or enthusiasm.
• lean into: To bend or move your body closer to something, often for support or to get a better view.
• fast and furious: Done with great speed and energy; full of excitement and intensity.
• silver screen: The cinema; the film industry.
• the silver screen: The cinema; the world of films.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• screen in: To enclose a space with a screen or mesh.
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• iconic: Being widely recognized as a symbol of something
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• script: Written text of a book, play, film, or speech
• dumb: Senseless; stupid
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• spike: The top point in a graph
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
• adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
• asset: Thing that has value to you
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• fortune: What might happen to you in the future
• costume: Special clothes, e.g. clothes for acting in a film
• sniff: To detect something, e.g. a potential problem
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• skull: Structure of bones forming the face and head
• comedy: Amusing play, film, usually with a happy ending
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• punch: Alcoholic drink made from wine and fruit, etc.
• director: Senior person who manages part of an organization
• attach: To be associated or connected with
• sequel: Story, movie etc. that follows another similar one
• success: Achievement of a desired purpose or goal
• screen: To hide or block something from being seen
• pal: Friend
• sweep: Man who cleans chimneys
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• whine: To complain in an annoying crying voice
• angst: Often worried or unhappy, especially about personal problems
• diesel: Heavy mineral oil used for power engines
• trek: Slow or difficult journey
• live: To be alive
• gritty: Showing strong determination
• special: Being additional or extra
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• don: a lecturer (= a college teacher), especially at Oxford or Cambridge University in England
• rampage: To rush about in a wild, violent, or riotous way
• novelist: Author who writes novels
• spider: Small creature with 8 legs that spins cobwebs
• oscar: Annual award given in the movie industry
• tabletop: Top horizontal work surface of a table