Vocabulary with movies - Lesson 1

Vocabulary with movies - Lesson 1

 accuse

to say that someone is responsible for a crime or for having done something wrong

• ·        He was accused of failing to pay his taxes.
• ·        She accused me of lying

barrier

anything used or acting to block someone from going somewhere or from doing something, or to block something from happening:

• The Secret Service erected concrete barriers around the White House.

• Jackie Robinson was the African-American who succeeded in breaking major league baseball’s color barrier 

candidate

a person who is competing to get a job or elected to a position:

• There are three candidates running for sheriff

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daughter

a female child in relation to her parents:

• We have a son and a daughter

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especially

(used to emphasize the importance of one thing among others of its type or to point to one thing among others) very; particularly:

• He was especially fond of his youngest brother.

• She campaigned throughout the US, but especially in the northeast.

favourite

best liked or most enjoyed:

• "What's your favourite colour?" "Green."

• my favourite restaurant/book/song

guarantee

 a promise that something will be done or will happen, esp. a written promise by a company to repair or change a product that develops a fault within a particular period of time:

• The vacuum cleaner comes with a two-year guarantee.

•  No matter how many stars you have in the show, there’s no guarantee (= it is not certain that) it will be a success.

 Guarantee is also the state of being certain of a particular result:

helicopter

a type of aircraft without wings but with large blades that spin on top

individual

a single person or thing, esp. when compared to the group or set to which it belongs:

• We will remember him as an individual who always tried to make people happy.

judge

judge noun 

 a person who is in charge of a court of law:

• The judge dismissed the charge after a preliminary hearing.

judge noun  : PERSON WHO DECIDES

 a person who is qualified to form or give an opinion about something:

 judge verb : (DECIDE)

to have or give an opinion, or to decide about something or someone, esp. after thinking carefully:

•  He seems to be handling the job well, but it’s really too soon to judge.

• It’s hard to judge how old he is.

 To judge a competition : is to decide officially who has won

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