adaptation
/ˌædəpˈteɪʃən/
nouna movie, TV program, etc. that is based on a book or play
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1. This adaptation has to do with a specialized enzyme: lactase.
2. Other creatures' eyes display different adaptations.
3. Adaptation is already happening.
4. Adaptation is already happening.
5. Our point was adaptation.
black-and-white movie
/blˈækændwˈaɪt mˈuːvi/
nouna motion picture including no colors except the colors black, white and a range of gray
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1. Those who watch black-and-white movies or TV before bed have often reported experiencing their dreams in shades of grey as well - showing just how susceptible our subconscious is to visual influences.
B-movie
/bˈiːmˈuːvi/
nouna low-budget motion picture that is considered to be of low quality
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1. Somebody does voiceover work for B-movie cartoons.
2. Apart from roles in a few humiliating B-movies and commercials, Penny never does make it as an actress.
3. B-movie veteran Richard Moll had shaved his head for a role when he auditioned for Night Court.
4. That B-movie feel may not be intentional, but it's the only reason The Happening is at all watchable, and ultimately keeps it from claiming the title of "Worst Shyamalan Movie."
5. It's solid B-movie material elevated to hidden gem status by colorful characters, surprisingly good special effects, and fun dialogue.
chick flick
/tʃˈɪk flˈɪk/
nouna motion picture that is aimed at a female audience, usually depicting a romantic relationship
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1. [male narrator] A total chick flick that nails women.
2. Will the next big-budget blockbuster movies actually be chick flicks?
3. A movie education on the best chick flicks there are.
4. I said chick flick, that counts.
5. Chick flick, yes, I like scary movies that make you jump.
costume drama
/kˈɔstuːm dɹˈɑːmə/
nouna motion picture or theatrical production with a historical setting in which the actors wear the costume appropriate to that time period
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director's cut
/dɚɹˈɛktɚz kˈʌt/
nouna version of a motion picture that is edited in a way that the director wanted it to be originally, containing scenes that are not included in the studio version
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franchise
/ˈfɹænˌtʃaɪz/
nouna set of related movies or novels that portray the same character or characters in different settings and situations
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1. A franchise is a legal and commercial agreement between an individual and a parent company.
2. Narrator: Franchise owners, on the other hand, took the hit.
3. 186 venues were franchises.
4. The teams are not franchises.
5. The franchise has spawned novelization, reference books, RPGs, board games, and a cook book since its untimely removal from the airwaves.
genre
/ˈʒɑnɹə/
nouna style of art, music, literature, film, etc. that has its own special features
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1. Even genre is a form of paratext.
2. Body genres are essentially, by definition, low quality.
3. [speaking Korean] - Twice genre is Twice.
4. The first word is genre.
5. The genre means the category.
film
/ˈfɪɫm/
nouna story shown on television or in a cinema with sound and a series of pictures that move
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1. Five soldiers filmed the entire time.
2. Film burns.
3. Maybe film some musicallys.
4. Filming a video.
5. Do you guys have film?
new wave
/nˈuː wˈeɪv/
nounan art movement in French cinema in the 1960s
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1. The use of nuclear bombs brought new waves of terror about the advancement of military technology in the post war era.
2. A new wave of anti-government protests flared across Southern Iraq today.
3. That is the new wave of entrepreneur.
4. That is the new wave of icon.
5. the New Wave movement of the late 70s and 80s is one of the most unique moments in the history of popular music.
prequel
/ˈpɹikwɛɫ/
nouna novel, motion picture, etc. that depicts the events and stories taking place before the events of an earlier work
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1. It's a prequel.
2. This is my prequel to the other outfit.
3. Star Wars has several sequels and prequels.
4. These are like prequel things.
5. I liked the prequels.
remake
/ˈɹiˈmeɪk/
nouna motion picture or piece of music that is made based on an old song or movie
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1. I had to remake the gun.
2. It'll remake an entire industry like healthcare.
3. Technology is remaking all of society.
4. Bedazzled, not the remake.
5. People are remaking things into fashion.
sequel
/ˈsikwəɫ/
nouna book, movie, play, etc. that continues and extends the story of an earlier one
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1. And just as with the Final Destination movies, the sequels have pretty much the same plot, just some new actors.
2. Sequel's not out yet.
3. Sequels work now.
4. And Sequel truly is a real car.
5. Free Radical Design, creator of TimeSplitters, made two sequels.
sleeper
/ˈsɫipɝ/
nouna movie, novel, play, etc. that is initially underappreciated, but gains sudden and unexpected success later on
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1. First of all, sleepers were completely isolated.
2. Over-sleepers, rejoice!
3. The next line is the sleeper.
4. We need, like, sleepers.
5. Alright, show us your sleeper.
spin-off
/spˈɪnˈɔf/
nounproduction of something new based on a successful movie or TV show
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1. That's the spin-off of The Good Wife.
2. It could encourage spin-off developments.
3. Starting out in the UK, the Got Talent show format has generated spin-offs in over 58 countries.
4. Then we formed a spin-off company.
5. Hanson's character was spun-off of 90210, and right onto Melrose Place.
talkie
/ˈtɔki/
nouna motion picture that is set to a soundtrack, as opposed to a silent movie
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1. - Hey, have you seen my walkie-talkie? -
2. The age of talkies had finally arrived.
3. An off-network walkie-talkie called Linc and others.
4. - We were on walkie talkies.
5. [INAUDIBLE] walkie talkie me.
tearjerker
/tˈɪɹdʒɚkɚ/
nouna narrative that makes the audience feel extremely sad and excessively sentimental
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1. Honestly, it's probably gonna be a bit of a tearjerker as we finally say goodbye to one of the MCU's OGs.
2. Arnold Schwarzenegger movies aren't generally considered tearjerkers, but the ending of Terminator 2: Judgment Day has caused so many sobs from macho movie fans that it’s basically the action movie equivalent of The Notebook.
3. This one's a real tearjerker, by the way.
4. Here's another kind of shocking thing, now I'm going to give you some shocking pictures and tearjerkers but it's important to see.
5. But it's a tearjerker of a song nonetheless.
telefilm
/tˈɛlɪfˌɪlm/
nouna movie that is intended to be broadcast on TV, rather than being projected on the screen
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weepy
/ˈwipi/
nouna sad movie, play, book, etc. that is too sentimental and makes the audience cry
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1. Virgin Atlantic started issuing weepy warnings before particularly sad movies after a Facebook survey revealed people were more likely to reach for a tissue on flights.
2. You're getting weepy there.
3. We shouldn’t feel weird in our weepy squirrel position.
4. We should trust not what we feel now, in our weepy disconsolate state, but what we must have known then.
5. gosh you almost get weepy thinking about that.
credit
/ˈkɹɛdət/, /ˈkɹɛdɪt/
nouna motion picture, TV or radio program, etc. that someone has contributed to
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1. Open an incognito window if you don't want to give them credit and do your transaction that way.
2. Many people deserve credit for this achievement.
3. Credit disappeared.
4. Again, the press deserves credit for this.
5. Experts credit the high content of vitamins A, B, C, and proteolytic enzymes in papaya for its wonderful effects on the skin.
audience
/ˈɑdiəns/, /ˈɔdiəns/
nounthe group of people who have assembled to watch and listen to a play, concert, etc.
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1. Either way, the human cannonball thrilled audiences.
2. Audiences are back.
3. Do you-- AUDIENCE:
4. So regarding-- AUDIENCE:
5. Instead, audiences saw the boy-crazed teen focus more on her social life.
playgoer
/plˈeɪɡoʊɚ/
nounsomeone who frequently goes to watch plays at a theater
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1. Thrown back into an era of standing, heckling and OP, Original Pronunciation, playgoers detected suspicious traces of one particular dialect: their own.
comedy of manners
/kˈɑːmədi ʌv mˈænɚz/
nouna comic play, movie, book, etc. that portrays the behaviors of a particular social class, satirizing them
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1. Also very well received and translated into numerous languages, it's a scintillating and witty comedy of manners that follows the travails of Casey Han, a young Korean American Princeton graduate who makes her way in New York at the turn of the 21st century.
2. As did Richard Brinsley Sherida (1751-1816) in his comedy of manners The Rivals:
farce
/ˈfɑɹs/
nouna comic movie or play that depicts unlikely or silly situations by the use of buffoonery
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1. No one does farce like the Brits.
2. But down to every detail, the entire event was a farce.
3. The farce just opens up in your mouth.
4. It makes a farce of our idea of equality.
5. To do the farce.
period piece
/pˈiəɹɪəd pˈiːs/
nouna movie, novel, play, etc. that is set in an earlier historical era
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1. "I need cars for a period piece."
2. "Well, it's a period piece."
3. I leave that to you as a period piece.
4. Whatever the case is, this hilariously bad work of art is certainly a period piece.
5. These lower-budget films included the mid-20th century period piece Married Life, the military dramedy The Lucky Ones, and the political thriller State of Play.
potboiler
/ˌpɑˈbɔɪɫɝ/
nouna book, painting, play, etc. that is created according to the common taste of the public in order to earn money
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1. It's a potboiler.
2. And if you're reading anything, which I probably highly doubt, but if you are reading something I really, really want to hear what you're reading and keep in mind if it's something that is a potboiler, I don't consider that reading.
smash
/ˈsmæʃ/
nounsomething that is extremely successful, such as a song, motion picture, play, etc.
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1. - Smashed.
2. - Smash that snack.
3. My momma smashed cake in my face.
4. Smashing success.
5. Smash this thing?
whodunit
/huˈdənɪt/
nouna story, play, movie, etc. about a mystery or murder that the audience cannot solve until the end
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1. But we always made this film not as a whodunit.
2. From perplexing puzzles to harrowing whodunits, here are the best mysterious movies currently on Netflix.
3. Writer/director Rian Johnson wowed fans with Knives Out, his inspired tribute to Agatha Christie-style whodunits.
4. It maintains a quick pace and sets up a spine-tingling whodunit mystery.
5. At the time, Decatur Police Sergeant John Bradford reportedly referred to the case as a "Real whodunit."
filmgoer
/fˈɪlmɡoʊɚ/
nounsomeone who frequently goes to watch movies at a cinema
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1. What the studio didn't like was del Toro's projected budget of one hundred fifty million dollars on a project that would most definitely earn an R rating for its violence and general scariness, thus limiting its box office draw by shutting out teenage filmgoers.
2. Iron Man set the tone for this universe, essentially selling the whole concept of the MCU to filmgoers.
3. Christopher McDonald - Happy Gilmore Christopher McDonald isn't exactly a household name, but his performance in Happy Gilmore is so memorable that generations of filmgoers can't look at a picture of his face without blurting out "Hey, it's Shooter McGavin!"
4. Just as the filmgoer sees things from the point of view of the camera, so we see Tony the Tow Truck from the point of view of the tow truck, right?
5. Shortly after the release of Mean Girls, McAdams wowed filmgoers again that same year just a few months later when she played Allie in The Notebook, which ended up becoming another iconic hit.
flop
/ˈfɫɑp/
nounsomething that is unsuccessful or fails to meet expectations, such as a movie, play, or product
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1. That flop ignited a mini beef between Shaq and his old coach, Van Gundy.
2. The whole side flopped off.
3. They flip flop.
4. Eminem’s first album flopped.
5. - I flopped backwards--
masterpiece
/ˈmæstɝˌpis/
nouna piece of art created with great skill, which is an artist's best work
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1. The master must sign his masterpiece.
2. A person has painted three masterpieces.
3. This one is masterpiece.
4. Check out this masterpiece!
5. This masterpiece had a grand Ferris wheel, kid-friendly carousels and a roller coaster with lots of loops.
merchandising
/ˈmɝtʃənˌdaɪzɪŋ/
nounproducts such as clothes, toys, etc. that are related to a motion picture, TV show or sports team; the process of selling these products
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1. I'm a merchandising manager for devices on Google Play.
2. The show offers endless merchandising opportunities.
3. Maybe you know a little bit about merchandising.
4. The marketing, the merchandising was all amazing.
5. But your major is fashion merchandising.
rave review
/ɹˈeɪv ɹɪvjˈuː/
nounan article published in a newspaper or magazine that praises a movie, book, etc.
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1. He received rave reviews from such esteemed critics as Leonard Maltin and Roger Ebert.
2. These things get rave reviews, and the earbuds are cut from the same cloth.
3. It's actually a rave review of the ride.
4. Now he's earning rave reviews again for his new movie Wonder.
5. In 2017, supermodel Ashley Graham's lingerie collection, Addition Elle, made its New York Fashion Week debut to rave reviews.
review
/ˌɹivˈju/
nouna report that is published in a newspaper or a magazine, in which someone gives an opinion of a play, movie, book, etc.
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1. Review the order.
2. These scientists review the results of lab work on soil samples.
3. Reviews have an incredible effect on revenues.
4. Mentally review each emotion.
5. Review your bathing habits.
spoiler
/ˈspɔɪɫɝ/
noununwanted information about how the plot of a movie, game, book, etc. develops or ends that can ruin one's enjoyment
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1. Spoilers are coming.
2. I hate spoilers.
3. Spoilers abound.
4. Warning spoilers ahead!
5. Spoilers beware.
running time
/ɹˈʌnɪŋ tˈaɪm/
nounthe duration of a musical performance, theater or motion picture
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1. So one film had a running time of 81 minutes.
2. One film had a running time of 92.
3. One had a running time of 93.
4. The running time of the original recording of that song that they use in the film is two minutes and 28 seconds.
5. The running time will also be shown here.
acting
/ˈæktɪŋ/
nounthe performance of a role in a movie or play; the act or art of performing in movies, plays or TV series
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1. Acting is all fake.
2. Acting is reacting.
3. acting is so good.
4. Acting is reacting.
5. So, acting is my biggest crush.
first night
/fˈɜːst nˈaɪt/
nounthe opening night at which a play, movie, etc. is presented to the public
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1. Tonight is the first night of my Korean skincare challenge.
2. - Remember your first night?
3. The first night it rained.
4. her first night in the lab because she was going to make the sensor.
5. The first night we served 300 people.
beat
/ˈbit/
nouna moment or pause in a scene where a character experiences a change in emotion or thought, often used to build tension, convey subtext, or advance the story.
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1. beat style rhythm.
2. Scissors beats paper again!
3. In Helena, Montana, a first time candidate beat a 16-year incumbent.
4. - Beat that internet!
5. - "My cold heart beats again."
score
/ˈskɔɹ/
nounthe music composed for a movie or play
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1. Only the Prussian allies and the Hunters scored victories on the Austrians.
2. Justice has scored the tying run, Bream to the plate.
3. - 16-year-old lifeguards can score cigs.
4. Scored two goals.
5. Scored two goals.
opening night
/ˈoʊpənɪŋ nˈaɪt/
nounthe first night in which a play is publicly performed or a movie is presented for public view
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1. Then, it's opening night.
2. So the style is called "Opening Night."
3. Opening night arrived without a trade on the table.
4. Opening night we were always there.
5. The Canadian pop icon lost his lunch on the opening night of his 2012 Believe tour during a show in Glendale, Arizona.
movies
/ˈmuviz/
nounthe events that take place in films or films in general
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1. Movies and TV shows are full of instant science.
2. On the next episode of Could You Survive The Movies?
3. We are at the Movies for Grownups Awards.
4. Of course Movies is going to have things like your iMovie files and files from other video editing software.
5. What's Movies Anywhere?
plot
/ˈpɫɑt/
nounthe events that are crucial to the formation and continuity of a story in a movie, play, novel, etc.
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1. Plotting attack vector.
2. Actions include: Plots.
3. Did plot bring music together?
4. The indicator then plots this value as a line on the stock chart.
5. Plotting my next strategy.
scene
/ˈsin/
nouna part of a movie, play or book in which the action happens in one place or is of one particular type
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1. You create scenes.
2. Nother cut scene.
3. Catching Fire deleted scene?
4. Scene four take one.
5. Scene change.
script
/ˈskɹɪpt/
nouna written text that a movie, show, or play is based on
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1. We finna write scripts.
2. [ Laughter ] -Script is script.
3. Script stays same.
4. None of my videos are scripted.
5. Third, script your videos.
backstory
/bˈækstoːɹi/
nounthe events that have happened to a character before their story in a book, movie, etc. begins
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1. So, the name came before the backstory.
2. They have more backstory.
3. Acts, chapter 1, gives the backstory.
4. I love a backstory, though.
5. We know the backstory now.
intermission
/ˌɪntɝˈmɪʃən/
nouna short pause between parts of a play, movie, etc.
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1. "Intermission" was brought to you by Hotels.com, book your stay today.
2. Alright it is intermission.
3. - It's intermission.
4. It's intermission right now.
5. It's intermission!
climax
/ˈkɫaɪˌmæks/
nounthe most significant moment in a story, play, movie, etc. with a high dramatic suspense
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1. You both reach climax simultaneously.
2. An elephant ride climaxes the visit to Amber.
3. By 1794, The Northwest Indian war was nearing its climax.
4. You climaxed?
5. You climaxed?
ending
/ˈɛndɪŋ/
nounthe final part of a story, movie, etc.
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1. That ending blows my mind every time.
2. The class was more or less ending.
3. ED ending makes a T here.
4. Here the ED ending makes a T sound.
5. Even eight-legged freaks can get happy endings.
interlude
/ˈɪntɝˌɫud/
nouna short interval between parts of a play, movie, etc.
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1. And in the book I put an interlude on computers in the book.
2. A ride in a motor launch on the lake provides a relaxing interlude.
3. And peace was merely a brief interlude between wars.
4. from there, we go prechorus, chorus, and then the interlude.
5. So that is the interlude on metallic objects called conductors.
narrator
/ˈnɛɹeɪtɝ/
nouna person who provides a spoken commentary for a TV show, movie, etc. whom the audience cannot see
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1. Narrator: 6,000 technicians can fix every inch of pretty much any commercial jet on the planet, from 150 other airlines, government organizations, and even military branches.
2. Narrator: Recruits get one of the most painful parts of training out of the way early.
3. Narrator: Remember waterbeds?
4. Narrator: Check out this ball toss.
5. Narrator: University of Virginia's researchers have also linked the alpha-gal allergies with a higher risk of heart disease.
prologue
/ˈpɹoʊɫɑɡ/
nounthe beginning section of a movie, book, play, etc. that introduces the work
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1. So the prologue of the book starts with an account of his--
2. The Power Couple’s downward descent was prologue to Perón’s appointment of a friend of Evita’s as head of the Department of Posts and Telegraph.
3. Second, the historical prologue bridges the gap between generations.
4. So we get the pre-existence of Jesus and his divinity, right there in the prologue.
5. - That was just the prologue?
setting
/ˈsɛtɪŋ/
nounthe time and place in which the story of a movie, play, etc. is taking place
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1. Click "Settings."
2. Oh, see settings.
3. So, settings are correct.
4. Settings is now segmented.
5. You get Settings.
subplot
/ˈsəbpɫɑt/
nouna series of events in a novel, movie, etc. that is separate from the main story and is less important but is linked to it
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1. There’s a scuffle between farmers and cowmen, and some comedy subplot stuff.
2. There's a subplot about child selling, and if you're wondering, "Does the child seller sing?"
3. And subplots that go on and on for years.
4. The death of Eddie Corcoran Not only is Eddie Corcoran's story one of the more tragic subplots in the book, but he didn't even make it into the movie.
5. And there are his used tissues, again, subplot.
voice over
/vˈɔɪs ˈoʊvɚ/
nounspoken descriptions given in a movie or a television show, etc. by a narrator that is not seen by the audience
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1. The voice over narration was done by Armstrong himself.
2. So, voice over Evelyn: do the final drop girl.
3. And there are different genres of voice over.
4. You can write epic voice over.
5. Voice Over Utility is an accessibility feature for people with vision impairments.
clip
/ˈkɫɪp/
nouna short part of a movie or broadcast that is viewed separately
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1. The cameras clip back into place easy enough.
2. Clip the battery back into place.
3. Clip the wire cable back into the little bracket.
4. Clip the battery back into place.
5. Clips typically fall off days to weeks post procedure.
showing
/ˈʃoʊɪŋ/
nounan act of displaying a movie or TV show
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1. We still had a good showing.
2. That's canvas showing!
3. Under current US law, a finding of discrimination under the Equal Protection Clause of the US Constitution would require a showing of discriminatory intent or purpose.
4. Ultimately has strong showings in Wisconsin, Indiana, and Maryland.
5. I think your buttcrack's showing.
buddy film
/bˈʌdi fˈɪlm/
nouna film in which two close friends go on an adventure together
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