Insightful

135. corny = trite or banal

136. tedious = causing fatigue or tedium; monotonous

137. screenwriter = a person who writes screenplays

138. extras = actors who don’t have any lines

139. cameraman/woman = a person who operates a film or television camera

140. masterpiece = the most outstanding piece of work of a creative artist, craftsman, etc.

141. make-over = a series of alterations, including beauty treatments and new clothes, intended to make a noticeable improvement in a person's appearance; creating a new image

142. to eavesdrop on = to listen secretly to the private conversation of others

143. to dub (into some language) = to substitute for the soundtrack of (a film) a new soundtrack, esp. in a different language

144. craze = a fad, a short-lived fashion

145. pictorial art = painting

146. on one’s last legs = which’s days are to be counted

147. snapshot = an informal photograph taken with a simple camera

148. in the shadow of = near, next to

149. to go up = to increase (# about prices)

150. to go under = to fail (# about business)

151. to pick out = to select (# clothes)

152. to pick on sb = to bully

153. to go over = to examine (# some reasons)

154. to pick up = to collect (по пути)

155. to pick at (food) = to nibble at

156. implausible (# plot line) = provoking disbelief; unlikely

157. cumbersome = uncomfortable to wear or carry (# costume)

158. spook = ghost, poltergeist, phantom, spectre, spirit

159. undetected = not noticed

160. ethereal = ghostly

161. trickery = deception

162. fraud (=deliberate deception, trickery, or cheating intended to gain an advantage), hoax (=a deception, esp. a practical joke), prank (=a mischievous trick or joke, esp. one in which something is done rather than said)

163. irrefutable = indisputable (# proof)

164. demise = death; untimely demise

165. communal = collective

166. to surface = to appear

167. moving = touching

168. merit = a deserving or commendable quality or act

169. to distort = to alter or misrepresent (facts, motives, etc.)

170. prolific (# career, poet, etc.) = producing constant or successful results

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