thanks 0<ei]ks/ [n plural] what you say, write, or do to thank someone letter/message of thanks He wrote me a short letter of thanks. without a word of thanks (=without saying thank you) She got up and left without a word of thanks.
thank-you letter/thank-uou note
etc ''вэедк ju: (letter etc)/ |n C[a letter etc that you send to someone to thank them, for example when they have given you a present or when you have stayed at their house: We spent three days after the wedding writing thank-you letters for all the presents we'd had.
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Osay thank you 'sei 'ваецк ju:/spoken
to thank someone for what they have done: This little gift is our way of saying thank you to everyone who worked so hard.
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В when you feel that you want to thank someone
grate/ul /'greitt>l [adj] feeling that you want to thank someone, especially because they have done something for
you and helped you a lot: Dr. Shah has received hundreds of letters from grcte- fui patients.
grate/ul to sb for sth I'm really grateful to you for all your help. qrate/цЦу [adv] We gratefully accepted her offer.
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Don't confuse thankful (chappy because something good has happened or something bad has been prevented) and grateful (^wanting to thank someone).
gratitude granMju:dj-tu:d/ (n U] when
you feel gratefuclass="underline" I'd just like to express my gratitude for all the help I've received.
when someone does not
thank you
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ung rate/ul An'grcitOl [adj] someone who is ungrateful does not thank you when you do something for them, and this makes you annoyed or upset: Our chi/ciren are so ungrateful! They don't realize how much we do for them.
D a place where you go to watch plays
theatre especially british theater American Buiu1"' [n С] a place where people go to watch plays being performed: They're building a new theatre in the town centre.
go to the theatre/theater (=go to а theatre to see a play) When was the last
theatre
time you went to the theatre?
the plays that are performed in the theatre
piau piei [n С] a story that is written to be performed by actors in a theatre, or on the television or radio: his new play 'Fat Men in Skirts'
see a play There 's a new play on at the Leeds Playhouse that I'd like to see. a Shakespeare play/a Brecht play etc
(=a play written by Shakespeare, Brecht etc)
drama draimolj'draimo. dramio (n U| plays in general, especially when they are
considered as a form of literature, the
influence of Greek drama on modern
playwrights I a course in 20th century
American drama
the theatre British theaterAV,FP
ican Лэ 'Hi3t3r/ [n singular] theatres in general - use this to talk about the work of acting in plays, writing plays etc-, a Hollywood actor; who began his career in the theatre I a play on the TV which was originally written for the theatre
production /Р^лкрп [n C] a play.
opera, or snow performed in a theatre: a new production of 'Private Lives' at the Curren Theater
performance In C) when a
play is performed: There are two per for mances every day, one in the afternoon and one in the evening.
types of play
comedy /'tomadilfka:-/ [n C/U] a play
tnat is intended to make you laugh: a comedy starring Julie Walters and Boh Hoskins
trace du /'trae^3di/ [n C/U] a serious play thaldeaTs with the bad, violent, or harmful
side of human nature, and usually ends
with the death of the main character
musical; mJu:ziQ a play in which
the characters speak, sing, and dance to tel) a story.- Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical 'Cats'
opera /'ор^гэ||'о:р-/ (n С] a play in which all the words are sung: \/erc/i"s last and besi opera Talstaff'
opera singer Luciano Pavarotti, the Italian opera singer, will be appearing tonight in Berlin.
Q people in the theatre
actor ln C] someone who acts in a
play
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actress /'^ф/ ln С) a woman who acts
i\ You can use
actor
woman. Some women prefer to be called and do not use the word
actress
cast In singular] all the actors
who act in a play: After the play, there was a big party for the cast, a strong cast (=when all the actors in a play are very good)
director -d.Vrekt3r. dai-/ In C] the person wno is in charge of a play, and who tells the actors what to do
ramatist P|e[rf- dr*m-
writes plays: Ben Jonson was a 17th-century playwright.
to perform in a play
act/iekt/ (u I/T] to perform in a play, especially as a job: Secretly, she had afways wanted to act.
well/badly acted I thought the whole play was very well acted.
plau to say words and do
the' actions of a particular character in a
play: She is currently playing Ophelia in
a new production of 'Hamlet'.
play the part of I once played the part
of Stella in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'.
be ir\/appear in//bi:m'9'P,3rln/ifsome"
one islna play or appears in a play, they act as one of the characters in it: Sfr Alec Guinness will be appearing in a new play this autumn.