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🌟 Modifying comparative structures
🚩Use these modifiers with comparative structures to show ...
✅a large difference: far, a lot, considerably, infinitely, much, way: He's way more intelligent than me.
✅a moderate difference: somewhat , rather: A rather bigger house than ours. (Both of these modifiers are fairly formal in style)
✅a small difference: a bit, a little, slightly: It’s just slightly smaller than the last one.
✅no difference: no: It’s no faster than going by bus.

🚩Use these modifiers with structures with as ... as... to show:
✅a large difference: nowhere near, nothing like, not nearly: He's nowhere near as tall as his father.
✅a small difference: almost, nearly: She's almost as good as her sister.
✅no difference: just: He’s just as bad as ever.

You can also use modifiers to intensify superlative structures:
She is by far / far and away the best teacher.

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🌟 DID YOU KNOW?

It is considered bad luck to say the word "Macbeth" in a theater, and instead, actors refer to it as "The Scottish Play."

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Playhouse (устар.) – театр.

Have you heard it? They're staging Othello in the Edinburgh Playhouse next month!

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🚩 Break a leg - a way to wish someone good luck, especially before a performance.
🚩In the limelight - being the center of attention, much like an actor in the spotlight on stage.
🚩Upstage someone - to draw attention away from someone else, often by being more impressive or attractive.
🚩Play to the gallery - to behave in a way intended to appeal to the least sophisticated audience, often for applause or approval.
🚩Drama queen - someone who is overly dramatic or tends to exaggerate situations.

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🌟 Слово дня:
To catcall – освистывать.

The audience was so captivated by the performance that no one dared to catcall, respecting the actors' hard work on stage.

✨ Изначально a catcall - дудка, в XVII веке использовавшаяся зрителями для выражения своего неодобрения в театре. Предположительно, звук дудки напоминал звуки, издаваемые рассерженным котом.

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🎭 Box office - the place where tickets are sold for a theatre performance.
🎭 Cast - the group of actors performing in a play or production.
🎭 Curtain call - when actors return to the stage to take a bow after the performance ends.
🎭 Dress rehearsal - the final practice before a performance, where everything is done as if it’s the actual show.
🎭 Encore - an additional performance or piece requested by the audience after the show has ended.
🎭 Intermission (Am) / interval (BrE) - a short break between parts of a play or performance.
🎭 Matinee - a performance that takes place in the afternoon.
🎭 Playbill - a printed program or booklet given to audience members, containing details about the performance.
🎭 Props (Properties): The objects used by actors during a performance.
🎭 Understudy - an actor who learns the part of another actor and is ready to perform if the original actor is unable to.

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🌟 Слово дня:
Stagy – показной, театральный, аффектированный.

Her performance felt overly stagy, lacking the genuine emotion that would have truly engaged the audience.

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🌟 If you were blown away by your recent theatre experience, here are some phrases to help you capture the magic.

🔠"What a performance!"
🔠"The acting was top-notch."
🔠"The set design was incredible."
🔠"I was on the edge of my seat!"
🔠"The dialogue was so sharp and witty."
🔠"The chemistry between the leads was fantastic."
🔠"The director really brought the play to life."
🔠"It was a real showstopper." (a particularly impressive or memorable part of the performance)

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🌟 Слово дня:
Playwright – драматург.

Christopher Marlowe was not only a renowned playwright, but also a talented translator, having translated several classical works from Latin into English.

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