African Film Festival reaction to Oscar

hail (ICE) Hide phonetics
noun [U]
1 small hard balls of ice which fall from the sky like rain

2 a hail of sth a lot of similar things or remarks, thrown or shouted at someone at the same time:
a hail of bullets
The Prime Minister was greeted with a hail of insults as she arrived at the students' union.

mưa đá

groan Hide phonetics
noun [C]
a deep long sound showing great pain or unhappiness:
We could hear the groans of the wounded soldiers.
He looked at the piles of dirty dishes and gave a groan of dismay.

sư rên rỉ

script (TEXT) Hide phonetics
noun [C]
1 the words of a film, play, broadcast or speech:
Bruce Robinson wrote the script for 'The Killing Fields'.

nguyên bản

latch Hide phonetics
noun [C]
a device for keeping a door or gate closed that consists of a metal bar which fits into a hole and which is lifted by pushing down on another bar

cái chốt cửa

inject (DRUG) Hide phonetics
verb [T]
to use a needle and syringe (= small tube) to put a liquid such as a drug into a person's body:
Phil's a diabetic and has to inject himself with insulin every day.

exploit (USE WELL) Hide phonetics
verb [T]
to use something for advantage:
We need to make sure that we exploit our resources as fully as possible.