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Jumanji, Welcome to the Jungle: Choose your video character character

Level: A2-B1

Tags: the Rock, avatar, video game, male, female, American, action, comedy

Vocabulary: overweight, crushing, middle-aged, avatar, sue

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Jumanji, Welcome to the Jungle: Choose your video character character

Jumanji, Welcome to the Jungle: Choose your video character

  • Level: A2-B1
  • Vocabulary: overweight, crushing, middle-aged, avatar, sue
  • Tags: the Rock, avatar, video game, male, female, American, action, comedy

It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using 'Content here, content here',

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The Queen's Gambit: How to Act Confident

Level: A2-B1

Tags: TV show, chess, registration, male, female, American, drama

Vocabulary: opponent, eat (you) alive, tournament, unrated, prize

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The Queen's Gambit: How to Act Confident

The Queen's Gambit: How to Act Confident

  • Level: A2-B1
  • Vocabulary: opponent, eat (you) alive, tournament, unrated, prize
  • Tags: TV show, chess, registration, male, female, American, drama

"Netflix released The Queen's Gambit on October 23, 2020. After four weeks it had become Netflix's most-watched scripted miniseries.[1] It was acclaimed by critics, who lauded Taylor-Joy's performance as well as the cinematography and production values. It has also received a positive response from the chess community, and data suggests that it has increased public interest in the game." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Gambit_(miniseries)

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Expand Your Vocabulary with this secret Netflix tool

Level: C1-C2

Tags: fight scene, audio description, Netflix, female, American, action

Vocabulary: attacker, assailant, kidnapper, evade, dodge, shove, fling, bash, jab, slam

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Expand Your Vocabulary with this secret Netflix tool

Expand Your Vocabulary with this secret Netflix tool

  • Level: C1-C2
  • Vocabulary: attacker, assailant, kidnapper, evade, dodge, shove, fling, bash, jab, slam
  • Tags: fight scene, audio description, Netflix, female, American, action

"Extraction is a 2020 American action-thriller film starring Chris Hemsworth and released on Netflix. It is directed by Sam Hargrave (in his feature directorial debut) and written by Joe Russo, based on the graphic novel Ciudad by Ande Parks, Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Fernando León González, and Eric Skillman." - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraction_(2020_film)

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Mean Girls: How to survive your first day of school

Level: A2-B1

Tags: high school, first day, adjectives, female, American, comedy

Vocabulary: surreal, in trouble, random, blur, fantastic, stressful

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Mean Girls: How to survive your first day of school

Mean Girls: How to survive your first day of school

  • Level: A2-B1
  • Vocabulary: surreal, in trouble, random, blur, fantastic, stressful
  • Tags: high school, first day, adjectives, female, American, comedy
Worksheet: "Mean Girls" Worksheet Color

"Mean Girls is a 2004 American teen comedy film directed by Mark Waters, and written by Tina Fey. The film stars Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Tim Meadows, Ana Gasteyer, Amy Poehler and Fey. It is based in part on Rosalind Wiseman's 2002 non-fiction self-help book, Queen Bees and Wannabes, which describes female high school social cliques and the damaging effects they can have on girls." - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_Girls

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Birds of Prey: Describing Your Favourite Food

Level: B2-C1

Tags: favourite food, female, American, action, comedy

Vocabulary: You're a life saver, I'm good for it, All(the money) I have in the world, It is so worth it, I don't think so, Are you kidding me?

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Birds of Prey: Describing Your Favorite Food

Birds of Prey: Describing Your Favorite Food

  • Level: B2-C1
  • Vocabulary: You're a life saver, I'm good for it, All(the money) I have in the world, It is so worth it, I don't think so, Are you kidding me?
  • Tags: favorite food, female, American, action, comedy

"Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)[a] is a 2020 American superhero film based on the DC Comics team the Birds of Prey. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is the eighth installment in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) and a spin-off/sequel to Suicide Squad (2016)... The film follows Harley Quinn, after breaking up with the Joker, joining forces with Helena Bertinelli, Dinah Lance, and Renee Montoya to save Cassandra Cain from Gotham City crime lord Roman Sionis, forming the Birds of Prey altogether." - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds_of_Prey_(2020_film)

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About Time: Ordering food, going to bed, and travelling through time

Level: B2-C1

Tags: ordering food, going to bed, male, British, female, American, comedy

Vocabulary: lights out, worries, take away, what a relief, discharged

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About Time: Ordering food, going to bed, and traveling through time

About Time: Ordering food, going to bed, and traveling through time

  • Level: B2-C1
  • Vocabulary: lights out, worries, take away, what a relief, discharged
  • Tags: ordering food, going to bed, male, British, female, American, comedy
Worksheet: "About Time" Worksheet Color

"About Time is a 2013 British romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Richard Curtis, and starring Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams and Bill Nighy. The film is about a young man with the ability to time travel who tries to change his past in hopes of improving his future." - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/About_Time_(2013_film)

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Easy A: How to apologize to the school principal

Level: C1-C2

Tags: apologize, principal, high school, female, male, American, British, comedy

Vocabulary: public school, detention, progressive, warranted, remotely

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Easy A: How to apologize to the school principal

Easy A: How to apologize to the school principal

  • Level: C1-C2
  • Vocabulary: public school, detention, progressive, warranted, remotely
  • Tags: apologize, principal, high school, female, male, American, British, comedy
Worksheet: "Easy A" Worksheet Color

"Easy A is a 2010 American teen comedy-drama film directed by Will Gluck, written by Bert V. Royal and starring Emma Stone, Stanley Tucci, Patricia Clarkson, Thomas Haden Church... The screenplay was partially inspired by the 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne." - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_A

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