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| admission |
Admission is the money you pay to enter a place, such as a movie theater, museum, or amusement park. [1/3 definitions] |
| cinema |
a movie theater. [1/2 definitions] |
| exit |
An exit is a way out of something. You leave the school bus through an exit. You leave a building, like a movie theater or a grocery store, through an exit. [1/3 definitions] |
| feature |
the main film in a movie theater. [1/4 definitions] |
| impolite |
If someone is impolite, they have bad manners or they are rude. They don't know or don't care how they should act toward other people. There are many different ways of being impolite, and people don't always agree about what is impolite or not. For example, many people think it is impolite if people talk loudly during a movie at a movie theater. Other people might think it's okay. |
| in time |
If you arrive at the airport in time to take your flight, then you are not too late and you can get on the plane. If you get to the movie theater in time to see the beginning of the movie, then you have enough time to arrive before the movie starts. You are not too late. |
| movie theater |
A movie theater is a place where you can go to see a movie on a large screen. There are many seats, and many different people come to watch the movie. Usually, you have to pay money for a ticket to get into the theater. |
| rude |
When someone is rude, they say or do things that are not polite. They don't think about the feelings of other people. If you talk very loud in a movie theater while other people are trying to watch the movie, you are being rude. [1/2 definitions] |
| screen |
A screen is a flat, white surface on which you can see movies, pictures, or other images. In a movie theater, they show movies on a very large screen. [1/7 definitions] |
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