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100

TV advertisement

commercial

100

Extremely funny and makes you laugh a lot.

hilarious

100

the ability to do something

capability (n)

100

that can be believed or trusted

credible (adj.)

100

devices that use the sun’s rays to make electricity or heat

solar panels

200

device for changing the TV channel

remote

200

Provides important knowledge and teaches you something new.

informative

200

energy released as particles or waves

radiation (n)

200

collect or obtain something

harvest (v)

200

the power or energy that comes from moving water

hydropower

300

a single story on television or radio broken into several episodes

serial/mini-series

300

Very emotional and dramatic, like in a soap opera or a movie with intense emotions.

melodramatic

300

a person or thing which saves someone or something from difficulty or danger

saviour (n)

300

 the word or words inputted to a computer program in order to produce a result

prompt (n)

300

a machine that uses the wind to turn a rotor/propeller and make electricity

wind turbine

400

a television series with the same characters, created to make people laugh

sitcom

400

a person who is very lazy and addicted to television

couch potato

400

create a model which imitates something else

simulate (v)

400

copy somebody/something

imitate (v)

400

able to be trusted or depended on

reliable

500

television series about the lives and problems of ordinary people

soap operas

500

became known by more and more people

spread like wildfire

500

something that is amazing and incredible (idiom)

mind-blowing (adj.)

500

 a difficulty or problem that delays or prevents something, or makes a situation worse (idiomatic)

setback (n)

500

to stop working or functioning properly

break down

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