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Aug 26, 2011 · Senior Member. (1) celebrity - this person is famous. We see celebrities on TV and other media frequently. They are usually in the entertainment business - singers, actors, musicians, etc. (2) personality - this person is also famous. Personalities are famous because people like them, think they are funny, or feel like they know them.
Mar 16, 2021 · Russian. Mar 16, 2021. #1. Hello. In the film "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" Gilderoy Lockhart says, "Fame is a fickle friend, Harry. Celebrity is as celebrity does". So, the question is, why does Lockhart say it instead of, "Celebrity is as a celebrity does". Thanks in advance!
Aug 24, 2011 · A celebrity endorsement is when someone famous appears in an ad, with the implication that you will be as cool, important, sexy, or whatever as the celebrity if you use the product. It's somewhat parodied in the latest Haynes commercials with Michael Jordan, in which strangers continually show him that they wear the underwear he advertises.
Mar 10, 2014 · The sentence is: "Students will play the game using music celebrities’ names." So, should it be celebrities’ names (with the apostrophe) or celebrities...
Sep 17, 2012 · Sep 17, 2012. #2. Yes, that's what you need to do if you want to use those here. The construction in your test paper, using adjectives as nouns, is fairly common. The equivalence is the vain and vacuous = vain and vacuous people. When you drop people you have to add the definite article.
May 18, 2009 · Banned. Chinese. May 18, 2009. #1. Three years later, Danica became the fourth woman to race in the Indy 500. She finished fourth and became an instant celebrity. Hi, We would say "instantly became a celebrity" in our mother tongue rather than "became an instant celebrity" in the above.
May 14, 2007 · Senior Member. I was just wondering if there is a French equivalent of celebrity culture? As you might be able to guess, this refers to the fascination surrounding the lives of famous people. This shows us the importance of celebrity culture in France and the curiosity which surrounds there people. Cela nous montre aussi l’importance de la ...
Feb 23, 2021 · Question: The underlined sentence indicates that any wrong step will possibly: A. influence the price of a celebrity's products. B. cut short the artistic career of a celebrity in show business. C. damage the image of a celebrity in the eyes of the general public. D. decrease the popularity of a celebrity and the sales of his products.
Sep 21, 2020 · Senior Member. Fans used to be crazy about a specific film, but now the public tends to base its consumption on the interest of celebrity attached to a specific product. 1. interest: Does it mean 'attraction' like 'the reason fans buy something is simply that they like a certain person', or does it mean the 'advantage' that is brought to that ...
Oct 17, 2010 · I'd like to know if there's a simple term or expression that refers to a celebrity that is not so famous. In Spain we would say famosillo or famosete. The term would include local celebrities, people that got their 15 minutes of glory, onetime stars, people who are very well-known to a small group, etc. Someone that would be recognized by some in the grocery store, so to speak.
