English Listening Comprehension – Movie Clip 35
B2/C1| Movie | The Holdovers — Comedy-Drama |
| Dialect | American English |
| Watch the clip below and answer the questions. | |
QUESTIONS:
1. The younger man (Angus) _______________.
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2. What do the men want to do with Mary?
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3. Mary is bereft. This means that she's _________________.
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4. Who is Elise?
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5. Paul _______________ God.
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Did you know?
The Holdovers is full of precise, slightly formal vocabulary — for example, this clip uses the word “bereft”, a more literary way of saying “very sad” or “devastated”. Watching dialogue-driven dramas like this one is a great way to pick up these higher-register synonyms for everyday emotion words.
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