Vocabulary

• in terms of
• in return: As a reciprocal action or gesture; in exchange or repayment.
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• a good portion: A significant or substantial amount of something.
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• out of focus: Not clear or sharp in appearance; blurry.
• hard to say: Difficult to know or predict; uncertain.
• with the exception of: Excluding; not including.
• out of the gate: At the very beginning of an event or process.
• stand out
• up the ante: To increase what is at stake or the level of risk in a situation.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• have to: Must do
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• on time
• down to earth: Practical, realistic, and approachable.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• episode: One separate event in a series of events
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• iconic: Being widely recognized as a symbol of something
• compelling: To force someone to do something
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• strike: To hit something
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
• villain: Character in a story who is mean or evil
• pathetic: Causing feelings of sadness, pity and sympathy
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
• visual: Of or relating to vision
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• exception: Something different or not included
• subordinate: Grammar (of a clause) dependent on the main clause
• original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
• devote: To dedicate
• interior: Part of country that is far from the border, coast
• domain: A field of knowledge, thought or influence
• director: Senior person who manages part of an organization
• breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
• faint: To suddenly become unconscious and fall down
• representation: Depicting objects, figures, or scenes as seen
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• pristine: Being in a natural and undamaged state
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• flexibility: The quality of being able to be bent or stretched
• noticeable: Being easy or likely to be sensed or noticed
• empire: Group of countries controlled by one government
• annoy: To make someone angry
• evenly: Equally; with advantage to both sides
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• visually: With respect to vision
• flash: To appear suddenly and briefly
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• silhouette: Image/drawing showing only the outline, as of head
• inventive: Having the ability to think up/create new things
• sear: To use high heat to quickly burn the surface of
• face: To cover a surface with something like paint
• watch: To keep in check, manage, or control something
• trilogy: Series of three connected works
• mystique: Certain quality that makes something interesting
• cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
• fat: Amount beyond what is usual or necessary
• earl: Man with a high or noble rank in a society
• elemental: Being basic and important
• quartz: Hard mineral, that is used as jewellery
• cinematography: Act of making a film
• spaceship: Spacecraft designed to travel into space
• runtime: Length of time a machine operates