![]() This word has several different possible uses on the TOEFL. Two or more things are “reunited” if they were taken apart from each other, but are now being put back together. By calling “Finding Dory” an “instant-classic,” Travers is saying that the movie is so wonderful that its greatness and value can be recognized by people right now, instead of slowly growing over many years. ![]() “The Wizard of Oz,” made in 1939, is a classic American movie. “Classical music,” for instance, would be music composed hundreds of years ago by master musicians such as Mozart, Beethoven, and Bach. In its common use, the word “classic” refers to old works of art that have gained respect over time. “Classic” refers to a work of art that people agree is very good, important, and valuable. Which brings us to the meaning of our next TOEFL-like word… classic This means that the author of the review, Peter Travers, really loves the movie. “Instant” means “produced immediately or quickly.” When the review describes “Finding Dory” as “instant-classic,” it is saying that the movie will become a classic right away. ![]() Enjoy! TOEFL vocabulary in the first paragraph instant In this post, we’ll start a TOEFL vocabulary study of Rolling Stone’s review of the Disney/Pixar animated movie “Finding Dory.” The review is fairly short (you can read it at the link in the previous sentence), but it contains a lot of TOEFL-like vocabulary words! In fact, this review is so “vocabulary-rich” that we’ll organize them in this post by the paragraph they appear in. Movie review vocabulary can be surprisingly academic, more than you’d expect in entertainment news. ![]() They deal with fun subjects that you can buy into and enjoy and they have a high level of vocabulary. Movie reviews make for great TOEFL Reading practice. By David Recine on Jin English Vocabulary ![]()
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