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382. Cliffhanger - IELTS Nouns - English Vocabulary - Cliffhanger / Cliff-hanger / Cliff

by 정이로운 잉여생활 2022. 11. 2.
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Cliffhanger (Cliff-hanger) : (이야기/상황) 서스펜스가 연속되는 드라마나 영화, 이야기의 엔딩이나 결과가 불확실한것,  마지막 순간까지 결과를 알수없는 경기나 시합

Cliff : (특히 바닷가의)절벽

 

1)
a cliff, is a rock face, nearly vertical and the rock just goes straight up

 

2)
a cliffhanger, this is a stroy or a situation or something like that
that's exciting buecause the result or the ending is uncertain
normally th end of each episode there is a cliffhanger, there's a dramatic situation where you want to know what's going to happen next

 

3)
a cliffhanger, we use this for the outcome of something
the match was a real cliffhanger, it's very uncertain who was going to win
the result of the election is going to be a cliffhanger, it's going to be uncertain which side is going to win
there's an a strong element of suspense that you don't know who is going to win, this is our cliffhanger
it's a dramatic situation which is uncertain, it's not going
sporting events that are cliffhangers


Formality : 5 for a cliff
Formality : 4 for a cliffhanger 

 

 

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