noun
1 place where sth happened
ADJECTIVE
▪ accident , crash , crime , murder
▪
footprints found near the murder ~
VERB + SCENE
▪ attend , be on
▪
A police officer attended the ~.
▪ arrive at , arrive on , reach
▪
An ambulance soon arrived at the ~ of the accident.
▪ return to , rush to
▪ flee , leave
▪ be called to
▪
The police were called to the ~.
▪ cordon off ( esp. BrE )
PREPOSITION
▪ at the ~
▪
Police say the man died at the ~.
▪
a gun found at the ~ of the crime
▪ on the ~
▪
Photographers were on the ~ in seconds.
▪ ~ of
▪
The criminal often revisits the ~ of the crime.
2 what you see around you
ADJECTIVE
▪ beautiful , charming , idyllic , peaceful , picturesque
▪ bucolic , pastoral
▪ grisly , gruesome , horrific
▪ appalling , distressing
▪ touching
▪ bizarre , extraordinary , strange
▪
She opened the door on an extraordinary ~ of disorder.
▪ familiar
▪ domestic
▪
a touching domestic ~
▪ city , country , rural , street
▪ nativity
VERB + SCENE
▪ stare at , survey , watch , witness
▪
He surveyed the ~ with horror.
▪ imagine , picture
▪ recall , remember , replay
▪
I replayed the ~ in my mind.
▪ describe
SCENE + VERB
▪ occur , unfold
▪
We sat in horror watching the ~s of violence unfold before us.
▪ be reminiscent of sth
▪
Paramedics tended the wounded in ~s reminiscent of wartime.
PREPOSITION
▪ amid ~s of
▪
The star arrived amidst ~s of excitement.
▪ in a/the ~
▪ ~ from
▪
~s from Greek mythology
▪ ~ of
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He painted ~s of country life.
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The battlefield was a ~ of utter carnage.
PHRASES
▪ a change of ~ ( esp. BrE ) (usually a change of scenery in AmE )
▪
You're exhausted. What you need is a complete change of ~.
3 one part of book, play, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ opening
▪ climactic , final , last
▪ dramatic , funny , romantic , steamy , touching , tragic
▪
The movie has several steamy bedroom ~s.
▪ courtroom , crowd
▪ action , battle , chase , fight
▪ bedroom , kissing , love , sex
▪ death
▪ cut , deleted
VERB + SCENE
▪ act , play
▪
She plays the love ~s brilliantly.
▪ rehearse , run through
▪
We ran through the final ~ again.
▪ recreate
▪ write
▪ film , shoot
▪ stage
▪ set
▪
The ~ is set in the first paragraph with an account of Sally's childhood.
▪ steal
▪
The little girl stole the ~ from all the big stars.
SCENE + VERB
▪ feature sb
▪ depict sth , show sth
▪ begin
▪ take place
▪ shift
▪
Then the ~ shifts to the kitchen.
SCENE + NOUN
▪ change
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
He appears in the opening ~.
▪ ~ between
▪
There is a dramatic fight ~ between the two brothers.
PHRASES
▪ behind the ~s (= behind the stage)
▪
The documentary takes a look behind the ~s at the making of the hit TV series.
▪ a change of ~
4 public display of anger, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , little
▪ angry ( esp. BrE ), terrible , ugly , unpleasant
▪ emotional , violent
VERB + SCENE
▪ cause , create , make
▪
Quiet! Don't make a ~!
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ between
▪
There have been a couple of ugly ~s between him and the manager.
5 area of activity
ADJECTIVE
▪ burgeoning , flourishing , lively
▪ contemporary
▪ international , local , world
▪ art , arts , cultural , literary , music , musical , theatre/theater
▪
He is heavily involved in the local art ~.
▪ club , dance
▪ fashion , political , social
▪ dating , singles
▪ gay
▪ drug ( esp. AmE ), drugs ( esp. BrE ), underground
▪ folk , jazz , pop , rap , rock , etc.
VERB + SCENE
▪ be involved in , be part of
▪ appear on , arrive on , come on , come onto
▪
A new face has arrived on the South African literary ~.
▪ burst onto , explode onto
▪ vanish from
▪
Many of the stars of the nineties have completely vanished from the music ~.
▪ dominate
PREPOSITION
▪ on the ~ , onto the ~
▪
the eruption of Cuban music onto the world ~
PHRASES
▪ a newcomer to the ~
▪
The movie's director is a newcomer to the Hollywood ~.
▪ not your ~ ( informal )
▪
Hillwalking is not my ~, so I stayed at home.