transcription, транскрипция: [ æktə(r) ]
( actors)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
An actor is someone whose job is acting in plays or films. ‘Actor’ in the singular usually refers to a man, but some women who act prefer to be called ‘actors’ rather than ‘actresses’.
His father was an actor in the Cantonese Opera Company...
You have to be a very good actor to play that part.
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