Buying tickets

HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF CITY LIFE

Living in the City

Advantages and disadvantages of city life

Metropolis

A city-dweller

Hustle and bustle of city life

A choice of public transport

In the rush hour

Crowded and dirty public transport

The best way to get around

To find good cheap accommodation

To be full of bustle and variety

To squeeze onto a bus or an underground train

To be squashed together

To have the best of both worlds

To be within easy reach of London

To mind the noise, pollution and heavy traffic

To keep yourself to yourself

To be stuck in traffic jams/ to be held up (a hold-up)

To be particularly appealing to smb

To help each other out

To look for open space/ for the peace and quiet of the countryside

To commute between … and … (a commuter)

You name it, it’s there

For every plus there is a minus

You need never feel bored

MOTORING

Traffic Means of transport A vehicle

The Underground / Tube / Subway / Metro Platform Escalator Sliding doors

DRIVING EXPERIENCE

To drive / to steer a car

To start a car

To go for a drive / to take a drive

To get a driving licence, to pass a driving exam

To drive at a speed of / to do 100 kilometers per hour / at top speed / at low speed / high speed / at breakneck speed

To accelerate / to pick up speed / to gather speed / to speed up

To brake / to put on the brakes / to slam on the brakes / to brake to a halt / to skid to a halt

To change gear

To do / to make a U-turn

To give way to smb / smth

To overtake

To speed by smb / to pass by smb

To stall

To reverse

To turn round the corner

To come up to / to approach a roundabout

To slow down

To park outside the house

To run out of petrol

To fill up (the tank)

To give smb a lift

To wait for the lights to change

To be stuck in traffic / in a traffic jam

To keep at the same distance from the kerb

To keep to the speed limit

To stop at a red light (The lights are on amber)

Drivers / motorists

Driving instructor

Traffic warden / traffic cop

Hitch-hiker

Back-seat driver

Pedestrian

Traffic lights

A traffic island

A parking space / parking lot / car park

A parking meter

A pedestrian walkway / footbridge

A pedestrian precinct

A roundabout / traffic circle

A fork in the road

A kerb

A road sign (No Parking sign)

A lay-by (to park in a lay-by)

A pedestrian / zebra / pelican crossing

A subway / underpass

At a / the crossroads

ACCIDENT

To avoid an accident

To drive on a slippery road

To exceed the speed (limit)/ to break the speed limit

To swerve past smb / smth

To dip one’s headlights

To roar over a zebra crossing

To shoot the lights / to jump a light / to drive past red

To brake sharply; to brake at every bent

To wrench the steering wheel

To mount the pavement / to hit the kerb

To have a flat tyre / to have a puncture

To drive through a stop sign

To drive under the influence / to drive while intoxicated

To fasten seat belts / safety belts

To jerk one’s foot off the accelerator

To grab the steering wheel

To break down

To smash into / to bump into / to drive into / to run into / to smash one’s car

To collide with; to have a head-on collision

To have a bad / serious / nasty accident

To be a witness to smth

To be a culprit

To be scratched; to be dented

To get a parking fine

To write out a parking ticket

To tow

Road safety

Safety measures / precautions / checks / rules

THEATRE

Theatre / Playhouse / Music hall/ Opera house / Ballet house

Repertory theatre / repertory company

Opera Comedy Ballet Musical comedy Musical tragicomedy Drama Farce

Historical play Vaudeville Comedy of manners Show / variety show Revue Matinee, evening performance

INTERIOR

Box office Foyer Stage Footlights Curtain Orchestra pit The stalls

The pit The dress circle The boxes The upper circle The balcony / the gods The gallery Aisle

Auditorium / house (to have a seating capacity of)

Dressing room

Row (to sit in a row)

Wings (to stand in the wings, to watch from the wings)

Scenery / sets

Props

An aisle seat (a seat on the aisle)

BUYING TICKETS

A box office

A free, complimentary, standing ticket

A ticket for the concert; to the theatre, in the balcony, in the stalls

A seat in the circle, four seats together in the stalls, in row C

To accept bookings by phone / to take telephone bookings

To book tickets

To pick up tickets from the box office

I’ve got two stalls

The dress circle is completely booked up

We are sold out

House full / Sold out / All tickets sold

Entrance is by tickets only.

PROCEDURE

To audition actors for the part

To hold an audition

To find a cast capable of working together

To cast smb as Romeo; to be cast as Romeo

To have an all-star cast, a supporting cast,

To co-star, to be co-stars

To put a play into rehearsal

To be in rehearsal, to rehearse / to have / to hold a dress rehearsal

To produce / to put on / to stage a play / to put on a production

To deliver / to give a performance

To revive a play

To present a play to the public

To go to / attend / frequent the theatre

To see a play on its first night / opening night / premiere

The play ran for 2 years at the theatre.

PEOPLE

Audience / theatre-goers/ members of the audience; Compare: spectators

Company

Cast (all-star, supporting)

Actor, actress / performer (a star performer)

Co-stars

Chorus of a musical

Playwright / dramatist

Stage director

Casting director

Producer

Critic

Choreographer

Stage designer / set designer

Costumes manager / costume designer / costumier / costumer

Make-up designer

Stage manager

Understudy

Compere

Prompter

Stagehand / scene-shifter

Usher / usherette (to show smb to their seats)

Cloakroom attendant

PERFORMANCE

To buy a programme

To show smb to their seats

To have a seat at the back / at the front / in the middle of the auditorium

The lights go down

The curtain rises / goes up

To get a good view of the stage from the gallery

To go on stage

To be on stage

To appear before the footlights / to go on the stage

To play the role of …

To play / appear / be in / to perform / to act

To play the hero (heroine) / to have a leading part / a main part /

To play a title role/ a male part, a female part

To play a supporting part

To have a walk-on part / bit parts

To enter into a part

To stand in for smb

The scene is set in …

A play in 5 acts

An interval

The lights go up for the interval

To applaud/ cheer / clap / approve (warmly, loudly)

The curtain comes down / drops; to draw / pull / close the curtain

SUCCESS

To attract / pull / draw a large audience

To be filled to capacity

A good / brilliant acting

The play was well acted

Smb as Romeo is remarkable; to be at one’s best

To be very good in one’s part / to speak one’s part well /to act the part well

To have the audience rolling in the aisle /

To have everyone in stitches

To play to perfection the role of …

To grip / move / electrify an audience

Appreciative / enthusiastic / responsive / sympathetic audience

The actor was loudly applauded

To get a big round of applause / to win a storm of applause

To break into thunderous / heavy / lengthy / enthusiastic / loud applause

To give smb a standing ovation

To take curtain calls

To get an encore; to give an encore / to play smth as an encore

To be a great tremendous success / to be a smash hit /

To be a box office winner / a huge box office success / a good box-office

To click with the public / to get over the footlights /

To bring down the house / to bring the audience to their feet /

To play to capacity / to draw capacity audiences

To get good / favourable reviews

To be a welcome change

To receive wide acclaim for the role

To arise wide interest in the audience and almost unanimous praise from critics

To be a critical success

To be enthusiastically received by the public

To put on a breathtaking / superb / inspired / never-to-be-forgotten performance

The real standout for the reviewer is …

No praise could be too high for the brilliant acting, perfect technique, superb timing,

fabulous scenery and highly effective costumes

FAILURE

A mediocre / amateurish / terrible / poor acting

To play to the gallery

To forget one’s lines

The actors just rattled off their lines

A poor performer

A weak plot

A sloppy scenery

No change of scene during the play

The final scene is unconvincing

The lighting is gloomy

Unresponsive / cold / passive / listless / unsympathetic audience

There was a thin audience

The audience seemed handcuffed

To feel like walking out

Weak / polite / light applause

Hisses rose from all parts of the auditorium

To boo and hiss

To be a total (terrible) flop / an utter (complete) failure / a fiasco/ to flop

To get poor / terrible reviews

To provoke a lot of controversy

To be a milestone in the history of coarse acting

CINEMA

Cinema / movie theatre

Film / movie

Action film / adventure film Cartoon Biopic Comedy Drama Disaster film Documentary Fantasy film Horror film Musical

Science fiction film Soap opera, compare: kitchen sink drama Thriller War film Western Juvenile film Love story Serial

A trailer for the following week’s film

A poster for “Romeo and Juliet”

A screen version of a book

Tear-jerking romance / Tear-jerker / tear-tearing film

To be on (What is on at the cinema?)

To make / produce / shoot a film

To shoot in the studio, on location

Cinematography, cinematographer / cameraman

Scriptwriter / screenwriter

Director

Critic / reviewer

Film / movie star

Co-stars

Starlet

An extra

The best civilizing device ever developed

A harmless pastime

A way to kill time

A cause of crime and sexual offence

Too much violence on screen

To increase one’s appreciation of beauty

To be the best cheap entertainment

To have a powerful impact on one’s mind and soul

To spend time in more wholesome recreation

It is a joy to see

This movie is the best in a long time

The acting is superb / profound with … at one’s best.

A blockbuster

A star-studded cast

An Oscar-nominated actor

A perfect production with imaginative sets, photography, costumes and make-up

The finest filmmaking techniques

Excellent special effects

To give a dazzling performance in this much-loved movie

To be lacking in violence and cruelty, hatred and fear

To be packed with human interest

To be well reviewed in the newspapers

Plot: weak, unsophisticated, uncomplicated, tedious and clichéd

To lack realism and good acting

To be rarely truly funny

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