COMPLETE FIRST - UNIT 8 | VOCABULARY

Match the words and their definitions.

BINGE-WATCH GENRE PLAY (n) STUNNING
BLACKOUT GRIPPING PLOT SWITCH OFF
BLOCKBUSTER HEAVY GOING (adj) RELEASE TWIST
CATCH UP ON HOOKED RERUN UNAPPEALING
CLIFFHANGER LIGHT-HEARTED SPOILER WIDE-RANGING
GENDER PERFORMANCE STAGE

1. a book or movie that is very successful

2. a change in the way in which something happens
a piece of writing that is intended to be acted in a theatre or on
3.
radio or television
a story or a situation that is exciting because its ending or result is
4.
uncertain until it happens
5. covering many subjects
6. difficult to read or understand
enjoying something so much that you are unable to stop having
7.
it, watching it, doing it, etc.
8. extremely beautiful or attractive
9. happy and not serious
information that tells you what happens in a programme, which may
10.
spoil your enjoyment of it if you have not already seen it
11. not attractive or interesting
12. produced according to a particular model or style
13. so interesting or exciting that it holds your attention completely
14. the act of making something public or available for use
the action of entertaining other people by dancing, singing, acting,
15.
or playing music
the action taken to make certain that information about something is
16.
not reported to the public
17. the area in a theatre that is often raised above ground level
18. the story of a book, film, play, etc.
19. to do something that you have not been able to do recently
20. to show a television programme, film, etc. again
21. to stop giving your attention to someone or something
to watch several episodes (= separate parts) of a television series or
22.
programme, one after another
23. used to refer to the condition of being physically male or female