Best seller meaning in English
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Definition
a best seller: a hit, a smash, a number one (book), a very successful (book)
(a) best-selling (novel): (a) popular, successful (novel)
This is one of our best-selling items. We have already sold out twice this week.
(this product is) a big seller: (this product) has been sold a lot, very widely, very successfully
Examples
- "The best-selling author Kay C."
- "Delavigne Corp, already considered a maverick in the cosmetics industry for its staunch refusal to use animals in the testing of its products, hopes to promote ecological awareness among customers as well as take advantage of a new wave of environmental consciousness brought to national attention by the recent bestseller "Global Warming: It's all your fault"."
- "Any good films, plays, operas, musicals, concerts, art exhibits, or best-selling books to recommend?"
- "Are your friends reading best sellers, but you can't join in the fun?"
- "It is Delavigne's biggest seller Down Under (in Australia), and had been among the most popular fragrances for men aged 25-40 until recently."
- "It's our best-selling perfume."
- "And finally "Apocalypse"... A new book for children, debuts at #1 on the best seller list."
- "We package this perfume as part of a collection of our best-selling fragrances from the past few years (possibly "Moulin Magic" and "Patchouli Junction") and form a "best-of" Delavigne perfume collection."
Exercise 1
Brent makes statements about several different topics during this broadcast.
Select all the TRUE statements Brent makes, there may be more than 1!
Brent talks about:
Select all the TRUE statements Brent makes, there may be more than 1!
Brent talks about:
Brent makes statements about several different topics during this broadcast.
Select all the TRUE statements Brent makes, there may be more than 1!
Brent talks about:
Select all the TRUE statements Brent makes, there may be more than 1!
Brent talks about:
This is one of the topics that Brent discusses during this broadcast. Brent mentions the popularity of "Cancer" (a constellation shaped like a crab). Brent mentions that a "survey" or "poll" was conducted and that "Cancer" was elected the most popular constellation in the sky. "Cancer" of course also refers to the common disease or sickness.
This is not correct. Brent does discuss a genre of popular music (death metal, a cousin of heavy metal), however it is to describe the popularity of the music among a certain demographic (white teenagers).
This is one of the topics that Brent discusses during this broadcast. Brent says that the "Swine Flute quartet", a group of pig musicians will be playing "Carnegie Hall" (a famous New York City music venue) next Tuesday. "Swine Flu" is the aggressive virus which originated from tainted pork meat. "(An) upcoming (event)" is one which will take place in the near future.
This is not correct. Brent mentions the plans of a film studio (Warner Brothers) to "release" or "produce" and "launch" a film. Brent doesn't discuss the success of the film.
This is one of the topics that Brent discusses during this broadcast. Brent reports that "Apocalypse", the title of a children's book, "debuted" (or began) as the number one book on a list of "best-selling" book. "Apocalypse" also refers to a "cataclysm" or world-ending disaster or chaos.
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