SCIENCE AND FILMAKING

cohort

a group of people who share a characteristic, usually age:

This study followed up a cohort of 386 patients aged 65+ for six months after their discharge home.

fragile

A fragile object is easily damaged or broken:

Be careful with that vase - it's very fragile.

illusion

an idea or belief that is not true:

under no illusion - I'm under no illusions (= I understand the truth) about the man I married.

opaque

ADJ. preventing light from travelling through, and therefore not transparent or translucent:

opaque glass/tights

translucent

ADJ. If an object or a substance is translucent, it is almost transparent, allowing some light through it in an attractive way:

translucent plastic/glass

mimic

to copy the way in which a particular person usually speaks and moves, usually in order to make people laugh:

She was mimicking the various people in our office.

date back to something

to have existed since a particular time:

This method of calculation dates back to the days before computers.

astrophysics

the type of astronomy that uses physical laws and ideas to explain the behaviour of the stars and other objects in space - Thiên văn học

possess

to have or own something, or to have a particular quality:

I don't possess a single DVD (= I don't have even one DVD).

simulate

to do or make something that looks real but is not real:

In cheap furniture, plastic is often used to simulate wood.

pore

a very small hole in the skin of people or other animals, or a similar hole on the surface of plants or rocks: - skin pores

weave

(n/v) - dệt. the way in which cloth has been woven, for example with the threads pulled firmly together, or the pattern produced by this process:

a tight weave

hurdle

n. (FENCE)
v. to run in a race in which there are hurdles to be jumped over, or to jump over something while running:

He hurdled the gate and scrambled up the hill.

wrinkle

a small line in the skin caused by old age:

fine wrinkles around the eyes

intricate

having a lot of small parts that are arranged in a complicated or delicate way: - phức tạp

The novel’s intricate plot will not be easy to translate into a movie.