noun
1 one separate event in sb's life/a story
ADJECTIVE
▪ dramatic , exciting
▪ bizarre , extraordinary
▪ sad , tragic
▪ shameful , unfortunate , unpleasant
▪ latest
▪
She has only told you about the latest ~ in a long history of mental illness.
▪ brief
▪ major
▪ acute , severe ( medical )
▪
an acute ~ of pneumonia
▪ recurrent ( medical )
▪ depressive , manic , psychotic ( all medical )
VERB + EPISODE
▪ remember
▪ forget
▪ experience
PREPOSITION
▪ during an ~
▪
during a brief ~ of socialist rule
▪ ~ from
▪
I still remember that ~ from my childhood.
▪ ~ in
▪
an extraordinary ~ in American history
PHRASES
▪ the entire ~ , the whole ~
▪
He says he just wants to forget the whole unfortunate ~.
2 one part of a TV/radio drama
ADJECTIVE
▪ exciting , thrilling
▪
Don't miss next week's exciting ~!
▪ classic
▪ next , upcoming ( esp. AmE )
▪ previous
▪ first , second , etc.
▪ pilot
▪ premiere ( AmE )
▪ final , last
▪ two-part
▪ half-hour , hour-long , one-hour , etc.
VERB + EPISODE
▪ catch , see , watch
▪
I caught a few ~s of seasons one and two.
▪ miss
▪ do , film , make , record , shoot
▪
The next ~ has not yet been filmed.
▪ direct
▪ air ( esp. AmE ), broadcast
▪ repeat , rerun ( AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ during an/the ~ , in an/the ~
▪
It happened in the final ~ of ‘Star Trek’.