SCENE


Meaning of SCENE in English

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

He painted ~s of country life.

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.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .