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 Brief
Details
Directed
by:
Simon West
Writing
credits:
Sara B. Cooper (story)
Mike Werb (story)
Plot
Outline:
Video game adventurer Lara Croft comes to life in a movie
where she races against time and villains to recover powerful
ancient artifacts.
Useful
Expressions
1. The first day
of a planetary alignment.
= the planets form one straight line
2. That's more
time than I'm prepared to commit to this enterprise.
= He confirms that he has enough time to do the task.
to commit = to promise or give your loyalty, time or money
to a particular principle, person or plan of action
3. I am a free
spirit.
= I enjoy what I do. I am not limited by usual rules of
social behavior.
4. You're a tomb
raider
= a person which enters a tomb by force in order to steal
from it (to take valuable things, eg. Gold, diamonds, etc)
Tomb = large stone structure or underground room where
someone dead, especially an important person, is buried
5. I'm also running
backwards.
= the direction which is opposite to the usual direction
E.g.) He began counting backwards: "Ten, nine, eight
..."
6. I gave its possessor
the power to control time.
= someone who owns something
E.g.) I am a possessor of Drivers License.
7. This is an obsession.
= something or someone that you think about all the time
E.g.) I have a chocolate obsession = I think about chocolate
all the time.
8. The origin of
this clock completely eludes me .
= I do not have any idea where the clock was made.
Elude = not achieve, not remember
I don't achieve something = Something eludes me.
E.g.) My goal eludes me.
9. My ignorance
amuses me.
= I enjoy having not enough information
10. Sounds like a
bunch of lawyers.
= a company, a group
11. You are nosey.
= you are too interested in what other people are doing
12. I knew you would
figure this out.
= I knew you would understand everything
13. I have
failed & must place an awful burden on your shoulders.
= I haven't finished (haven't done) the task & now you
will have to finish it.
Fail = to not do something which you should do
E.g.) He failed to arrive on time
Burden =something difficult to deal with, to worry about
E.g.) My mother worries she has a burden to me.
14. Their abuse
of the power led to the destruction of the city.
= They used the power too much. Therefore, the city was destructed.
15. This you
must prevent at all costs.
= you must stop it whatever happens
At all costs = no matter what happens
16. Lara, give
it up!
= Lara, stop trying to do it! To give up
17. There is no
rest for a wicked (idiom)
= said when you have to continue with your work even if
you are very tired
18. Your father
mentored me in the order.
= Your father supported me (with the advice) and kept me
in limits.
19. Don't dwell
on it.
= Stop thinking or talking about something, especially
bad or unpleasant
20. We will
fulfil the sacred promise to our ancestors.
= keep the promise for our parents & grandparents
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