Dame Judy Dench 3

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. to show clearly that you do not respect someone or something
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cock a snook at sb /sth
Part of playing Titania isn’t just to cock a snook at ageing
a rude gesture, made by putting one thumb to the nose with the fingers of the hand outstretched
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snook
cock a snook at ageing
to provide light for a place
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light
Things are not being greenlit as much
a ______ situation or state is one which may very easily or quickly become worse;
Pol. niebezpieczny, niepewny
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precarious
The state of the arts has always been, and will always be, precarious
to decide officially that something, especially money, can only be used for a particular purpose
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ringfence
” Should funding be set and ring-fenced?
a type of theatre work in which actors perform different plays on different days, instead of doing the same play for a long time;
Pol. teatr repertuarowy
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repertory company
I mourn that there are so many repertory companies that aren’t around any more
a solution to a problem that can be done quickly, but is not a good or permanent solution
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quick fix
Celebrity culture has led to a “quick fix” mentality on the part of younger actors
sth that you can use to replace sth that does not work or is lost
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backup
“They think a big part will change their life, without any back-up
a continuous series of performances of a play, film etc in the same place
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run
Young actors go into a run and don’t do all the performances
to make a series of long low sounds, especially a long distance away from you;
Pol. zagrzmieć, zadudnić
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rumble
All this rumbling anger may help to get rid of her kindly image
in a very bad temper and likely to get angry
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in a foul temper /mood
the rumours of her having a foul temper are true
. Pol. tlić się
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smoulder
. It’s not sudden anger, it smoulders and then if I really let it go on for a bit the shit hits the fan.
the large brown shiny seed of the horse chestnut tree
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conker
a children's game in which conkers are hung from pieces of string and you try to break the other person's conker by hitting it with your own
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conkers
I get furious about the whole business of not allowing conkers in school
to make someone come to court to hear what their crime is
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arraign
nobody’s actually going to be arraigned for what happened.”
used to say that a particular person is responsible for something
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the buck stops here
“I’d like the buck to stop somewhere and know where that buck stops
the qualities in a young person that other young people admire, especially because of their knowledge and experience of real life
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street cred
They give you street cred.
if a machine ____, it stops working because there is something wrong with it
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packs up
‘Oh Christ, what’s packed up now?’
almost not [= hardly] wrinkled
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barely wrinkled
she pulls her barely wrinkled skin back on her face
if someone behaves or speaks in a ____ way, they are confident, polite, and firm, but not very friendly
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crisp
she is suddenly the crisp, haughty, commanding
behaving in a proud unfriendly way; Pol. wyniosły, dumny
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haughty
she is suddenly the crisp, haughty, commanding
to depend on sth happening or sb doing sth [= count on]
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bank on sth
I’ll accept the mission, though I’m not banking on its success.

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