Brands and the City – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B2)
beaujolais
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Beaujolais Nouveau"
christian
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Christian Louboutin"
louboutin
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Christian Louboutin"
pharmaceuticals
B1A pharmaceutical or pharmacological preparation or product; a drug.
Example:
"Elan Pharmaceuticals"
entertainment
B2An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.
Example:
"Entertainment Weekly"
frederick's
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Frederick's of Hollywood"
breakfast
A2The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
Example:
"Grand Slam breakfast"
harlequin
A2A pantomime fool, typically dressed in checkered colorful clothes.
Example:
"Harlequin Romances"
rubinstein
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Helena Rubinstein"
johnson's
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Howard Johnson's"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| beaujolais | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| christian | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| louboutin | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| pharmaceuticals | B1 | A pharmaceutical or pharmacological preparation or product; a drug. |
| entertainment | B2 | An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games. |
| frederick's | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
| breakfast | A2 | The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning. |
| harlequin | A2 | A pantomime fool, typically dressed in checkered colorful clothes. |
| rubinstein | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| johnson's | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
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