1. Inside Out
Soap operas - Glossary
adopt verb [transitive] impact noun [count]
to start using a particular way of speaking, an effect, or an influence
thinking, or behaving that is not the one you Her paper discusses the likely impact of global
usually use warming on climate change.
When questioned, he adopted a very aggressive
attitude. longest-running adjective
having continued for a long time
audience noun [count] one of the longest-running plays on Broadway
all the people who watch a television programme,
listen to a radio broadcast, or are reached by on air phrase
advertising on radio or television
The series has attracted an audience of more than The programme first went on the air 28 years ago.
10 million.
praise verb [transitive]
broadcast noun [count] to express strong approval or admiration for
a programme that can be seen or heard on radio or someone or something, especially in public
television He praised the staff for encouraging the artistic
a radio broadcast talents of the prisoners.
content noun [uncount] still going strong phrasal verb
the subject, ideas, or story that a piece of writing or successful or healthy, and doing well
a radio or television programme deals with My grandmother’s 95 and still going strong.
The show’s content is not suitable for young
children. resident noun [count]
someone who lives in a particular place
deal with phrasal verb Many local residents have objected to the scheme.
to be about a subject
Chapter 5 deals only briefly with this issue. theme tune noun [count]
a short piece of music that is played at the
dramatic adjective beginning and end of a radio or television
Exciting and impressive programme or a film
a dramatic game the theme from the film Rocky
drumbeat noun [count] tune in phrasal verb
the steady beat of music played on drums to listen to or watch a particular broadcast on the
radio or television
episode noun [count] Millions of people tuned in to watch the election
a part of a television or radio story that is broadcast results.
separately and forms one of a series
viewer noun [count]
export verb [transitive/intransitive] someone who is watching, or who watches,
to send a product to another country so that it can television programmes
be sold there The show attracted twenty-eight million viewers.
Their flowers are exported around the world.
working class adjective
glamorous adjective of the social class that consists of people who do
attractive and interesting in an exciting and not have much money, education, or power and
unusual way who work mainly in manual jobs (jobs that involve
It’s a very glamorous holiday destination. physical work)
honour noun [count, often plural]
a prize that someone is given because they have
achieved something important
Twenty children received honours for bravery.
This page has been downloaded from www.insideout.net. It is photocopiable, but all copies must be complete pages.
Copyright © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009. Definitions from the Macmillan English Dictionary 2nd Edition © Macmillan
Publishers Limited 2007 and the Macmillan Essential Dictionary © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2003
www.macmillandictionaries.com