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Steven Spielberg – Glossary

adventure noun [count/uncount] knack noun [singular]
an exciting, unusual, and sometimes dangerous a skill or ability
experience She had a knack of making people feel really special.
The children were looking for adventure.
life-size adjective
alien noun [count] a life-size picture, model etc of something is the same
a person or creature from a planet other than Earth size as the real thing

attack verb memorable adjective

to use violence to harm a person, animal, or place worth remembering or easy to remember, because of
It was shortly before midnight when the terrorists being special in some way
attacked. The romantic evening cruise will be a memorable
experience.
award noun [count]
a prize or other reward that is given to someone model adjective
who has achieved something a model railway, aircraft, boat etc is a small copy of a
real one
battle noun [count/uncount]
a fight between two armies in a war moving adjective
The Battle of Waterloo making you feel emotional

career noun [count] passion noun [count]

a job or series of related jobs that you do, a strong enthusiasm or interest
especially a profession that you spend a lot of your He and his wife shared a passion for classical music.
working life in
Choosing a career can be a very difficult decision. persuade verb
to make someone agree to do something by giving
coastal adjective them reasons why they should
on land beside a sea He did finally come with us, although it took a long
time to persuade him.
cowboy noun [count]
a man in stories and films called Westerns about recreation noun [count/uncount]
the North American West. the process of making something exist again

dinosaur noun [count] scary adjective

a large frightening animal that lived a very long making you feel frightened
time ago but is now extinct (=all of them died) a scary story

director noun [count] science fiction noun [uncount]

someone who is in charge of making a film or books and films about imaginary future events and
programme, or getting a play ready for characters, often dealing with space travel and life on
performance other planets.

impressive adjective shark noun [count]

if something is impressive, you admire it, for
example because it is very good, large, or shows
great skill
an impressive performance
influence verb
to affect the way that someone thinks or behaves
a large fish with sharp teeth that lives in the sea
Some types of shark attack people.
slow down phrasal verb
if someone slows down, or if something slows them
down, they become less active or effective
For me, holidays are a time to slow down and relax.

influential adjective spaceship noun [count]

able to influence the way other people think or a vehicle that can travel in space
behave
A highly influential book
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special effect noun [count]
an unusual image or sound in a film, created
artificially using various technical methods

success noun [count]

a plan or an attempt that achieves good results
The party was a huge success.

tension noun [uncount]

the feeling of being so nervous or worried that you
cannot relax

terrorise verb
to frighten people by threatening them or by using
violence
This gang terrorised the entire community.

UFO noun [count]

an unidentified flying object: a strange object that
flies through the sky that no one can recognize
Some people think UFOs are a sign of life on other
planets.

unbearable adjective
so extreme that you cannot deal with the pain,
feeling etc
The heat was unbearable.

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