Unit 8 WB

Array

A certain number (of peoplle, things)

Burrow

an underground passage that some animals make to live in

Camera rig

A stucture for holding movie cameras

Compromise

To do sth against your beliefs and principles

Crucial

Essential

Culprit

Sb who has commited a crime

Detached

Desconnected

Distant

Far-away

Evolving

Developing

immersive

Engaging

Multiple

Numerous

Render

To place sb/sth in a specific situation

Subtly

Not quite obviously

Terabyte

A unit measuring computer storage, equl to 1 trillion bytes

Viable

Functional

Visual

Observable

Anchor

A newsreader

Caption

Words under a picture explaining it

Columnist

A newspaper/magazine journalist who writes about a specific subject

Concise

Brief and clear

Correspondent

A newspaper/TV journalist who is employed to report from specific area

Exquisite

Very beautiful and delicate

Feature

A rather long story in a newspaper/magazine

First-rate

Excellent

Get around

(of news) to spread

Heading

The title of a chapter

Hold a press conference

To have a meeting during which sb answers journalists’ questions

Inadequate

Not enough

Insufficient

Less than needed

Invaluable

Highly useful

Issue a press release

To make an official statement for tha newsppers, radio and TV

Lavish

Extravagant

Let on

To reveal secret information

Make the front page

(of a piece of news) to beee so important that it appears on the first page of a newspaper

News bulletin

A brief TV/radio programme with the mot important pieces of news

Optimum

The most suitable

Potencial

Possible

Prime

Most important

Put across

To clearly communicate yor ideas, etc

Reporter

A journalist

Run a story

To report a piece of news

Seek publicity

To try to obtain attention from the public

Shallow

Not deep

Shout down

To speak loudly in order to prevent sb from being heard

Speak out

To openly protest against sth

Sue for libel

To start a legal case against sb who has harmed you with what they've written

Superior

Better or more important than sb else

Ultimate

The most important

Illusion

A visual trick

Janitor

A caretaker of a building, school, et

Breach

To break a rule, a law, ect

Curator

Sb in carge of a museum/art gallery

Recruit

An employee who has just been hired

Enhance

To improve

Literary

Reffering to literature

Amateur

Not professional

Crossover

A combination of two different artistic styles

Hard-edged

(of a piece of music, a play, an article, etc) uncomromising

Harmonising

(of notes/melodies) combined together and producing a pleasant effect

Showcase

To present sth clearly

Soloist

An artist who performs alone

Adornment

Decoration

Advent

The coming of sth

Demise

The end of sth

Engraver

An artist who cuts designs into metal, wood, glass, stone, etc

Etch

To cut designs/words into a surface

Intricate

Complex

Ornate

Decorated

Patron

A sponsor of an artist

Procure

To obtain sth

Renowned

Famous

Scarcity

Lack

Ubiquity

The fact that sth seems to be everywhere

Whimsy

Unusual and rather playful behaviour

Accentuated

Made more noticeable

Acquainted

Knowing sth/sb very well

Adaptation

A film based on a book

Admiration

Great liking and respect for sb

Adoption

Legally becoming a parent of sb else's child

Afflicted

Affected by pain, illness, etc

Alert

Aware of sth damgerous/importat

Alteration

A minor change

Altercation

A noisy argument

Appreciation

Gratitude to sb for sth they have done for you

Aspiration

An ambition

Bash

To attack and hit sb hard

Be on he threshold of sth

To be about to start sth good or get affected by sth

Bountiful

Plentiful

Break down

To start crying

Break into (a smile, an applause, a laughter, etc)

To suddenly start doing sth

Break out (in rash, spots, etc)

To have spots appearing on your skin

Break up

(of an item) to get divided into many smaller pieces

Bring about

To cause sth to happen

Bring in

To introduce sth new

Bring on

To cause sth bad to happen

Bring up

To raise a subject for discussion

Careless

Not paying attention to what you are doing

Caress

To touch sb lovingly

Cause

An event that makes sth happen

Clarify

To make sth easier for sb to understand