MANHATTAN – Opening scene
A. How are the following expressions used in the scene?
tunes
thrive
hustle and bustle
know all the angles
corny
preachy
decay
desensitised
coiled
B. Fill in the gaps with words from the scene.
_____________ : repeated too often to be interesting or funny, too sentimental
______________: to grow very well, or to become very healthy or successful:
_______________: Inclined or given to tedious and excessive moralizing; didactic.
____________: to know all the tricks and artifices of dealing with someone or something.
_____________ : busy movement and noise, especially where there are a lot of people:
_____________: something wound in a continuous series of loops.
_____________:To render insensitive or less sensitive
_______________: Inclined or given to tedious and excessive moralizing; didactic.
C. Complete the sentences with one of the words from A.
1. He wanted to escape the ________________of city life.
2. How do you address social issues without being _______________?
3. Seeing too much violence on television can _________________people to it.
4. Her hair was ________________in a bun on top of her head.
5. The movie was okay, but the love scene was really ___________. He sent a bouquet with a card that read ‘Would you marry me?’
6. Ask my accountant about taxes. He ____________________.So he will know how to get you out of that tricky problem of yours.
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