IELTS VOCABULARY

BOOKS AND LITERATURE

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1. Author (noun) - a writer of a book, article, or report - автор

2. Adventure book - a story of adventures, such as travel, difficult quests,
and discoveries
- приключенческая книга.
3. Artwork (noun) - illustrations, photos, and other non-textual material in
a publication - иллюстрация
4. Atmospheric (adjective) - creating a distinctive ambiance - атмосферный
5. A bookworm (noun) - a person unusually devoted to reading and study/ a
person who reads a lot. - книжный червь
6. A novel (noun) - a long printed story about imaginary characters and events -
Роман
7. A short story - an invented story that is no more than about 10,000 words in
length - рассказ.
8. A saga (noun)- a person who physically attacks another. - эпопея
9. A sequel (noun) - a book, film, or play that continues the story of a previous
book, etc - продолжение
10. A trilogy (noun) - a series of three books, plays, etc. written about the same
situation or characters, forming a continuous story - трилогия
11. A self-help book - a book written with the intention to instruct its readers
on solving personal problems. - oбучающая книга
12. A children’s book - material written and produced for the information or
entertainment of children and young adults - книга для детей.
13. A horror story- a story in which the focus is on creating a feeling of fear -
истории ужасов
14. A historical novel – a novel that has as its setting a period of history and
that attempts to convey the spirit, manners, and social conditions of a past age -
исторический роман
15. A thriller – a work of fiction or drama designed to hold the interest by the
use of a high degree of intrigue, adventure, or suspense. - триллер/ боевик
16. An autobiography - an account of a person's life written by that person.-
автобиография
18. A tear-jerker - something that makes you cry - душещипательный.
19. A plot twist– a surprising change in the story - поворот сюжета
20. A real page-turner– a book you read quickly because it is so good -
читается на одном дыхании
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21. A strong plotline - a good story that keeps moving - сильная сюжетная линия
22. Action-packed (adjective) - full of action - наполнен событиями
23. Addictive (adjective) - a book or film that you quickly become addicted to. -
вызывающее сильную зависимость.
24. Beautifully crafted book - a book that made in a skillful manner - красиво
оформленная книга
25. Bedtime reading - a book you read in your bed before going to sleep -
чтение перед сном
26. Best-seller (noun) - a book or other product that sells in very large numbers
- ходовая книга
27. Black humour - funny but rather dark or mysterious as well - Черный юмор
28. Breathtaking story - astonishing, so as to take one’s breath away, account of
imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment - Захватывающая
история
29. Creepy (adjective) - producing a sensation of uneasiness or fear, scary. -
бросающий в дрожь
30. Crime story - the literary genre that fictionalizes crimes, their detection,
criminals, and their motives - детектив
31. Character (noun) - a person in a novel, play, or film - персонаж
32. Chronicle (noun) - factual written account of important or historical events
in the order of their occurrence - летопись
33. Captivating (adjective) - holding your attention by being extremely
interesting, exciting, pleasant, or attractive - увлекательный
34. Compelling (adjective) - very exciting and interesting and make you want to
watch or read - захватывающий
35. Compelling character - character evoking interest, attention, or admiration
in a powerfully irresistible way - неотразимый персонаж
36. Comic book / comic/ comic magazine - a magazine or a book that contains
pictures with less writing - комикс
37. Cover to cover - from start to finish - корки до корки
38. Curl up with a book (idiom) - to get comfortable and read - читать,
устроившись поудобнее
39. Cultural Heritage - the background and history of a country - Культурное
наследие
40. Don't judge a book by its cover (proverb) - a metaphorical phrase which
means "you shouldn't judge someone or something by its appearance alone". -
Не суди книгу по обложке
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41. Ebook (noun) - an electronic version of a printed book that can be read on
a computer or handheld device designed specifically for this purpose -
электронная книга
43. E-reader (noun) - a gadget for reading books - электронная книга
44. Event (noun) - an occurrence, a thing that happens - событие
45. Enhancing (adjective) - improving the quality, amount, or strength of
something - расширение
46. Gripping (adjective) – an exciting story that grabs your attention -
захватывающий
47. Haunting (adjective) - beautiful, but in a sad way and often in a way that
cannot be forgotten - навязчивый
48. Hardcover (noun) - a book with hardcover - книга в твердой обложке
49. Inspirational (adjective) - evoking inspiration - вдохновляющий
50. Intense (adjective) - a book or film loaded with actions and emotions that
evoke strong feelings - напряженный
51. Intensive reading - reading intensively with full comprehension -
интенсивное чтение
52. Page-turner (noun) - a book which is so good that you cannot stop reading
it. - читается на одном дыхании
53. Poignant (adjective)– very sad/touching - проницательный
54. Plot (noun) - a storyline of a book or film - сюжет
55. Provocative (adjective) - causing an angry reaction, usually intentionally -
провокационный
56. Recommended to me by a smo - someone suggested that I read it - кто-то
предложил мне прочитать его
57. Review (noun) - a formal assessment of something with the intention of
instituting change if necessary - обзор
58. Romance novel / romantic novel - a story of a romantic relationship
between two people - любовный роман
59. Self-help book/self-improvement book - a book with the intention of
helping readers solve personal problems - oбучающая книга
60. Scanning - a type of reading wherein you only look for specific information
such as the name of the author, a particular event, telephone number, or
address - сканирование
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61. Science fiction - a book with imaginative concepts about advanced

science and technology, time travel, and extraterrestrial life - научная
фантастика
63. Skimming / skim reading / skim-read - reading a text quickly to get the
general idea
64. Tale (noun) - a fictional story - Сказка
65. Tension (noun) - feelings of excitement or apprehension experienced in
response to sth, eg a film or play - напряжение
66. Tome (noun) – huge, very long book - том
67. Title (noun) - the name of a book, composition, or other artistic work -
заглавие
68. Thought-provoking (adjective) - a book or film that makes you think of
new ideas or that changes your attitude to something - заставляет
задуматься
69. The characters (noun) - people in a novel, play, or film - персонажи
70. The protagonist (noun) - one of the main characters in a story or a play -
главный герой
71. The hero (noun) - the main character or the main male character in a
book or film, who is usually good - главное действующее лицо (м.р.)
72. The heroine (noun) - the main character or the main female character in a
book or film, who is usually good - главное действующее лицо (ж.р.)
73. Poignant (adjective)– very sad/touching - проницательный
74. To flick through (PV) - to look quickly through a book - пролистать
75. To know like a book (idiom) - to know something extremely well - знать
как свои пять пальцев
76. Readable (adjective) - easy and enjoyable to read - удобочитаемый
77. To read between the lines (idiom) - to understand the hidden meaning of
something - читать между строк/Догадываться о скрытом смысле
написанного
78. Unravelling of the plot - the way in which a story develops over time. -
Разгадка сюжета
79. To get lost in a book - give the book so much of their attention that they
don't notice or think about anything else - затеряться в книге
80. To publish - prepare and issue (a book, journal, piece of music, etc.) for
public sale, distribution, or readership. - опубликовать
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Additional Vocabulary/ Infomation

Top 20 benefits on the importance of books in our life:
1.Books are our best friends.
2.Books illuminate your imagination.
3.Books help you form your own unique perspective of the world around you.
4.Books build confidence.
5.Books help you grow mentally and emotionally.
6.Books enhance your vocabulary.
7.Books help you learn new languages.
8.Books inculcate analytical skills in you.
9.Books are therapeutic and offer wonderful recluse.
10.Books impart crucial life lessons.
11.Books sharpen your ingenuity.
12.Books make students intelligent.
13.Books improve memory.
14.Books relieve the stress of students.
15.Books improve your writing skills.
16.Books introduce us to things and perspectives.
17.Books help in self-improvement.
18.Reading books improve your communication skills.
19.Books record history and spread awareness.
20.Reading is an excellent hobby.

List Life Lessons to Learn from Books

The importance of books in our lives is not limited to the knowledge it
provides us. Books also bring change in our personality, develops us into our
better sleeves, and give us lessons to cherish lifelong. Here are some of
them:
1.Self-confidence
2.A better understanding of yourself
3.Emotionally strong and expressive
4.Mental visualization
5.Sense of identity
6.Keeping a wild imagination
7.Always staying curious
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Review of the Book - Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki

A very motivational book without a lot of practical
steps to magically achieve the goals listed. Some
inaccurate information such as Charles Schwab dying
penniless. More important is the author filed for
bankruptcy in 2012. Why is that? Research it on your
own. For most people this will motivate them to THINK
differently and think outside the box, but not
necessarily ACT differently, as we still need money to
live on and have to work some and not just dream big
without action and income behind it.

Some people complain that this book does not give a step-by-step process for
change. I would counter that one size shoe does not fit all feet. There are many
individual paths to wealth, and Kiyosaki sets the guiding stars to navigate by, but
you have to walk your own individual road.

Some key concepts of this book are:

1) Assets put money in your pocket even when you are on vacation. Liabilities
take money out of your pocket, therefore your house is a liability [unless you rent
out rooms and the garage as one person I know did while rebuilding his asset
base].
2) Wealthy people buy assets first and then let their assets buy their luxuries from
the surplus cash flow.
3) Wealthy people continuously increase their assets by reinvesting their surplus
cash flow in more assets.
4) There are 3 primary asset classes: Real Estate, Businesses, and Paper assets
(stocks bonds notes, etc)
5) Cash Flow is more important than Net Worth. Net Worth is similar to potential
energy, to use it you have to spend it, then it is gone. Cash Flow is like power from
a hydroelectric dam, constantly replenished.
The rich don't work for money, they work for assets.
The tax laws are fair from the standpoint that the laws that the rich spent billions
of dollars to have modified and interpreted apply to everyone who learns how to
use them.
(Source: https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-Poor-Teach-Middle/product-
reviews/1612680178/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_show_all_btm?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews)
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Review of the Book - 1984 by George Orwell

1984 is a thrilling classic novel by George Orwell that
brings readers into a dystopian society where citizens
know “Big brother is watching you.” (Orwell 2) The book
follows Winston Smith as he secretly denounces the all-
powerful government, Big Brother, and decides to live a
daring life of scandals and secrets. As expected, Big
Brother catches Winston, and tortures him ruthlessly until
he is a shell of his former self.
Although the storyline itself is exhilarating enough to make readers want to
turn the next page, it’s really the larger message that makes this read so
worthwhile: extreme political philosophies, like Big Brothers’ totalitarianism, are
no good. Regardless of whether or not the characters are relatable, the book
definitely serves as a cautionary tale to all those who have scanned its pages.
This book has many horrifying elements and scenes, such as telescreens, the
things constantly watching people even in their own homes. Newspeak, Big
Brother’s official language, is also very unsettling, as the government controls
what people say and think without them realizing it, because the words to think
bad thoughts do not even exist. However, limited language and stalking screens
are nothing compared to the awful dehumanization that Big Brother inflicts on
those who don’t agree with them.
Perhaps, though, the scariest thing about this novel was that I didn’t find it all
that scary. Many things Orwell brilliantly predicted are a reality now, like cameras
in the pockets of nearly every person in a developed country that could
potentially “see” and “hear” everything. Phones like the iPhone not only have
fingerprints (for touch identification) but now are starting to delve into the world
of facial recognition, and no one truly knows for sure where this information
goes. We see far worse things than Winston saw in the Ministry of Love by simply
turning on the news. Nations like North Korea have complete control over their
citizens, and the saddest part is, these citizens are too shielded from reality to
even know that there is something wrong with the way they are treated. People
also have the tendency to blindly trust whatever the media says, which could just
be another way us people are manipulated every day. It makes me wonder, is
2+2 really 4… or, because numbers are a concept created by man, could it really
equal 5?
(Source: https://www.amazon.com/1984-Signet-Classics-George-Orwell/product-
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Review of the Book - The Great Gatsby by A F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby, the third novel by F. Scott
Fitzgerald, was published in 1925 by Charles
Scribner’s Sons. Set in Jazz Age New York, the
novel tells the tragic story of Jay Gatsby, a self-
made millionaire, and his pursuit of Daisy
Buchanan, a wealthy young woman whom he
loved in his youth. The book is narrated by Nick
Carraway, a Yale University graduate from the
Midwest who moves to New York after World War
I to pursue a career in bonds and becomes
familiar with Gatsby.
The moral of The Great Gatsby is that the
American Dream is ultimately unattainable. Jay
Gatsby had attained great wealth and status as a
(Source: socialite; however, Gatsby's dream was to have a
https://www.britannica.com/ future with his one true love, Daisy.
topic/The-Great-Gatsby)
The Great Gatsby is a recognized classic. Interestingly, the book did not sell very
well during Fitzgerald’s lifetime, and when he died in 1940 he seemed to have
regarded the book as a failure. When he died, scholars started to assess his work,
and The Great Gatsby was recognized as an important work of literature. Besides
its recognition, one must also think about its meaning for us in the present day
The “prohibition” period that he writes about was a strangely decadent period in
America. Furthermore, the catastrophes of the Holocaust and WWII changed
much about the U.S. and its position in the world.
Since then, too, there has been substantial progress in civil rights, including the
rights of women. In this sense, his novel seems parochial, and not very relevant
for us today: Too much has changed about the world. Nevertheless, I think that if
you approach the novel with an open mind and some knowledge of the historical
context, you can see elements that remain of interest today. Fitzgerald was
struggling with themes that are larger than his times and still speak to us today.

(Source: https://www.amazon.com/Great-Gatsby-Original-Fitzgerald-Classic/product-
reviews/B093MYWTT5/ref=cm_cr_getr_d_paging_btm_next_3?
ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews&pageNumber=3)