1 Literature and writing

columnist	a journalist who writes regular articles for a newspaper or magazine	Johanna Malinen is a columnist who writes for YLE.	kolumnisti
epilogue	a speech, etc. at the end of a play, book, or film that comments on or acts as a conclusion to what has happened	A lot of Shakespeare's plays have epilogues like his play As You Like It.	epilogi
inscription	words written in the front of a book or cut in stone or metal	All of his books have a meaningful inscription on the cover.	kaiverrus/omituskirjoitus
proofread	to read and correct a piece of written or printed work	Our teacher always reminds us to proofread our essays before handing them in.	oikolukea
protagonist	the main character in a play, film or book	Harry Potter might be the best known protagonist of all time.	päähenkilö
satire	a way of criticizing a person, an idea or an institution in which you use humour to show their faults or weaknesses; a piece of writing that uses this type of criticism	Many comedians use satire to express their frustration with politics all over the world.	satiiri
unreadable	(of a book, etc.) too boring or difficult to be worth reading	The plot in his book had so many mistakes that it was unreadable.	lukukelvoton
ode	a poem that speaks to a person or thing or celebrates a special event	He wrote a play for his wife which he described as on ode for her.	oodi
parody	a piece of writing, music, acting, etc. that deliberately copies the style of somebody/something in order to be humorous	Conan O’Brien was at one point known for his parody of Tarja Halonen.	parodia
twist	an unexpected change or development in a story or situation	There were many twists in the story but the most unexpected twist was the death of the protagonist.	käänne

2 Art

watercolour	paints that you mix with water, not oil, and use for painting pictures	Some of his watercolour paintings sold for millions of euros.	vesiväri
symbolism	the use of symbols to represent ideas, especially in art and literature	Many paintings from the 1800s include Christian symbolism.	symboliikka/symbolismi
restoration	the work of repairing and cleaning an old building, a painting, etc. so that its condition is as good as it originally was	Restoration is a very time consuming job.	restaurointi
sketch	to make a quick drawing of somebody/something	He started his career by sketching people on the metro.	luonnostella/hahmotella
oil colour	a type of paint that contains oil	Monet used oil colours for most of his pieces.	öljyväri
pigment	a substance that exists naturally in people, animals and plants and gives their skin, leaves, etc. a particular colour	The paint he used was very bright, it probably had too much pigment.	pigmentti
muse	a person or spirit that gives a writer, painter, etc. ideas and the desire to create things	The woman painted in the Mona Lisa is the most famous muse in the world and yet people have no idea who she actually was.	muusa
landscape	everything you can see when you look across a large area of land, especially in the country, a painting of a view of the countryside; this style of painting	She decided to paint a landscape painting of her hometown to give to her parents.	maisema/maisemakuva
exhibit	a collection of things, for example works of art, that are shown to the public	There was a Van Gogh exhibit in Finland last year.	näyttely
cartoon	a humorous drawing in a newspaper or magazine, especially one about politics or events in the news	He drew a cartoon that made fun of a local politican and it caused an outrage.	sarjakuva/piirretty

3 TV, radio and news

anchor	a person who presents a live radio or television programme and introduces reports by other people	Her mom works as an anchor on the local news.	uutistenlukija/uutisankkuri
broadcasting	the business of making and sending out radio and television programmes	Broadcasting has really evolved in the last 10 years.	lähetys
endorsement	a statement made in an advertisement, usually by somebody famous or important, saying that they use and like a particular product	They got Johnny Depp's endorsement on their new hair care brand.	hyväksyntä/kannatus
laugh track	a recording of laughter played during a television show to make it sound as though the audience is laughing	The laugh track used in the TV show Friends might seem annoying to some these days.	naururaita/ääniraita
network	to broadcast a television or radio programme on stations in several different areas at the same time	Their local news network got in trouble last fall for creating fake stories news.	verkosto
publicist	a person whose job is to make something known to the public, for example a new product, actor, etc.	We asked Meryl Streep to come on our late-night show but her publicist declined the offer.	tiedottaja
air	to broadcast a programme on the radio or on television; to be broadcast	Last week channel 5 aired the wrong episode of Modern Family.	lähettää televisio- tai muuta ohjelmaa
censorship	the act or policy of censoring books, etc.	She wasn't allowed to read her story on the show because of the channels censorship.	sensurointi/sensuuri
commentary	a spoken description of an event that is given while it is happening, especially on the radio or television	Our network has been getting a lot of positive feedback about our new sports commentary show.	selostus
exclusive	an item of news or a story about famous people that is published in only one newspaper or magazine or broadcast on only one TV or radio station	Did you see the channel five exclusive about the two home intruders who got caught?	eksklusiivinen/ yksinomainen juttu jostain