Aihepiiri 1 (Culture)
Art
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Crayon | a coloured pencil or stick of soft coloured chalk or wax, used for drawing | She used crayons to draw the picture. | väriliitu |
Collage | a picture made by sticking pieces of coloured paper, cloth or photographs onto a surface, or by putting images together on a computer | She makes collages from everyday objects that she finds. | kollaasi |
Fresco | a picture that is painted on a wall while the plaster is still wet; the method of painting in this way | The church is famous for its frescoes. | fresko |
Bid | to offer to pay a particular price for something, especially at an auction | I bid £2 000 for the painting. | huutokauppatarjous |
Pottery | pots, dishes, etc. made with clay that are baked in an oven, especially when they are made by hand | There were fragments of Iron Age pottery | savitavara |
Kiln | a large oven for baking clay and brick, drying wood and grain, etc. | The vases are then fired in a kiln. | uuni/polttouuni |
Restoration | the work of repairing and cleaning an old building, a painting, etc. so that its condition is as good as it originally was. | The palace is closed for restoration. | entisöinti |
Tapestry | a picture or pattern that is made by weaving coloured wool onto heavy cloth. | He likes crafts such as embroidery and tapestry. | kuvakudos |
Exhibit | an object or a collection of objects put in a public place, for example a museum, so that people can see it. | The museum contains some interesting exhibits on Spanish rural life. | näyttelyesine |
Vivid | producing very clear pictures in your mind (of memories, a description, etc.) | This painting gives me vivid memories | selvä |
Film and Theatre
Cue | an action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something | Jon's arrival was a cue for more champagne. | vihjaus/merkki |
Rehearsal | time that is spent practising a play or piece of music in preparation for a public performance. | We only had six days of rehearsal. | harjoitus |
Debutant | a person who is making their first public appearance, especially in sport or films. | Being a debutant, she'd hoped to watch others audition, but her name was called first. | debytantti |
Aisle | a passage between rows of seats in a church, theatre, train, etc., or between rows of shelves in a supermarket. | The aisles are narrow. | käytävä |
Sequence | a set of events, actions, numbers, etc. which have a particular order and which lead to a particular result. |
He described the sequence of events leading up to the robbery. | jakso |
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. | Fortinbras speaks the epilogue in Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’. | loppunäytös |
Weepy | a sad film or play that makes you want to cry. | Last night i saw a weepy film. | nyyhkyelokuva, nyyhkynäytös |
Rough cut | the first version of a film, after the different scenes have been put together. | Calling it the most difficult edit of her entire career, Duane de la Vega has already assembled a rough cut of the film. | raakaversio |
Soliloquy | a speech in a play in which a character, who is alone on the stage, speaks his or her thoughts; the act of speaking thoughts in this way. | Hamlet’s famous soliloquy, ‘To be or not to be…’ | yksinpuhelu |
Revue | a show in a theatre, with songs, dances, jokes, short plays, etc., often about recent events. | This unique musical revue is a one-of-a-kind show. | revyy |
TV, radio and news
Canard | a false report or piece of news. | The book repeats some of history's oldest canards. | uutisankka. |
Bulletin | a short news report on the radio or television. | The story led the television news bulletins that evening. | uutiskatsaus |
Correspondent | a person who reports news from a particular country or on a particular subject for a newspaper or a television or radio station. | She's the BBC's political correspondent. | kirjeenvaihtaja |
Snapper | a photographer, especially one who takes pictures of famous people for newspapers and magazines. | My friend David is a snapper. | napsija/valokuvaaja |
Reportage | the reporting of news or the typical style in which this is done in newspapers, or on TV and radio. | We need accurate up-to-the-minute reportage of events. | uutisointi |
Rag | a newspaper that you believe to be of low quality. | I don't know how you can bear to read that awful rag! | ryysy |
Readership | the number or type of people who read a particular newspaper, magazine, etc. | In its new format, the magazine hopes to attract a much wider readership. | lukijakunta |
Sleb | a famous person. | Who is your favourite sleb? | julkisuuden henkilö |
Omnibus | a television or radio programme that combines several recent programmes in a series. | An omnibus edition of his more popular stories | kertaus |
Tabloid | a newspaper with small pages. | She is used to seeing her name in the tabloid. | pienikokoinen uutislehti |