teij>n, kwaot. [n CJ a sentence or phrase from a book. He started his speech with a quotation from Shakespeare. I a famous quotation about love
descriptive passage /disknpnv
piesidj, [n С] a piece of writing that describes the way someone or something looks, sounds, smells etc
style (also style о/ writing) /stall.
.stail raitit] [n C] the way in which a writer uses words in order to express ideas or tell a story-. Margaret Atwood's my favourite author ~ I like her style. I a very distinctive style of writing
the people in a book
character k.'erЈkt«->r [n C) a person in the story of a book: The main character is a soldier in the First World War. I a character from Dickens.
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hero/heroine ;'Ы:гэо, heraoin, fn С] the most important man or woman in a book: In the end the heroine dies. I Paul Morel is the hero of 'Sons and Lovers'.
the ideas or subject of a book
be about /.ЪК s'baot/ if a book is about a person, idea, or event, that person, idea, or event is the main subject of the book: Her first novel is about her childhood. 1 I want to buy a book about gardening.
be set in /(Ы: set in/ if a book is set in a place or period of time, the story happens in that place or during that time: Aldous Huxley's 'Brave New World' is set in the future I The story is set in Paris.
be based ОП ,/bi: 'beist Dn if a book is
based on a story or event, the things that happen in the book are very similar to the things that really happened: a novel based on a true story 1 The book is based on Hemingway's experiences in the Spanish civil war.
theme /вкт; [n C| one of the main ideas that an author writes about in a book: The themes of 'Oliver Twist' are poverty and crime. 1 Love is the main theme in all his novels.
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poems
poem /рэо^т \n C] a piece of writing which is arranged in patterns of lines and sounds: a poem by Sylvia Plath ! She quoted a few lines from Eliot's famous poem 'The Waste Land'.
poetry poo^tri [n U'l poems in generaclass="underline" a
book of modern poetry I Do you read much poetry9
poet 'pooj,t [n C] someone who writes poems: the French poet Rimbaud
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a place where you can get books
bookshop britjsh bookstore American
/'bokjnp. boksto:r |-ja:p- [n C| a shop that sells books
library 'laibrari|-breri [n C] a place that has a lot of books that you can borrow for a short time, usually without paying money: the college library
BORING/BORED
opposite interesting/interested
Д Don't confuse boring and bored. If something is boring, it is not interesting. If you feel bored you are not interested in something, or you have nothing interesting to do.
boring jobs, books, films, activities etc
boring boini] [adj] something that is boring is not interesting in any way and makes you feel tired: a boring job in an office I a long boring lecture on economic planning I / thought the party was really boring. I What a boring way to spend an evening!
Д Be careful not to say 'I am boring' when you mean 'I am bored'.
Qnot very interesting not veri mtr^stii} especially spoken very ordinary. and not really interesting or enjoyable: Did you watch that TV show about Prince Charles? It wasn't very interesting, was it? I There was nothing very
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interesting in the local newspaper - just the usual stuff.
monotonous /тэ'гюшэБЦтэ'па:-/ lad;)
something that is monotonous is boring because it always continues in the same way and it never changes
monotonous worfc/job/routine a monotonous factory job
monotonous so und/vo ice/rhythm The
teacher's low monotonous voice almost sent me to sleep.
tedious /'tiidias/ [adj] something that is tedious is boring and tiring because it continues for too long: a tedious journey I Doing all those calculations without a computer would be extremely tedious.
bore /Ьэ:г/ [и T] to make someone feel bored, for example by talking too much about the same thing: Am I boring you? bore sb with sth He bores everyone with his constant talk about computers, bore sb to death/to tears informal (=make someone very bored) Being alone with a baby all day bored her to tears.
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boring /'bini]/ [adj] someone who is boring never says or does anything interesting-. He's so boring - а/f he ever talks about is football. I Diana's nice enough. A bit boring though.
dull (adj] someone who is dull is not unpleasant, but their life and their conversation is never interesting or exciting: Our neighbours are OK, I suppose, but they're so dull! I I'm afraid I must seem very dull compared with all those interesting people you meet.