acting career

collocation in English

meaningsofactingandcareer

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acting
adjective
uk
/ˈæk.tɪŋ/us
/ˈæk.tɪŋ/
someone who does a job for a short time while the person who usually does that job is ...
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career
noun[C]
uk
/kəˈrɪər/us
/kəˈrɪr/
the job or series of jobs that you do during your working life, especially if you continue to get better jobs and earn ...
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(Definition ofactingandcareerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He began anactingcareer, but this was chronically jeopardised by his repeatedly becoming hoarse on stage.
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Candy attempted to reinvigorate hisactingcareerby broadening his range and playing more dramatic roles.
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In his early ages, he started pursuing what was to become a long and successfulactingcareer, in minor roles in theatres.
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She soon dropped out of high school to fully concentrate on heractingcareer.
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This film is the only documentation of hisactingcareer.
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Although he was a successful real estate executive, he eventually became her manager after heractingcareerbecame so significant.
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Between then and 1930, when talkies ended hisactingcareer, he appeared in more than 180 films.
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He returned months later to pursue anactingcareer, but continued working full-time as a musician.
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Heractingcareerbegan in the theater aged 15, and in spite of never having studied drama, she began to work in television aged 20.
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He worked as a book-binder for seven years before pursuing anactingcareer.
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Hisactingcareer, it seemed, had run its course ending with many television appearances.
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She believed that only actors were admitted to the show, and felt that this would be a boost to heractingcareer.
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He developed anactingcareerat some point, but it is uncertain when he started.
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Unfortunately, heractingcareerwas cut short by a car accident.
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She has 3 cuts, 3 millimeters thick, and it may be the end of heractingcareer.
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After hisactingcareerhad ended, he became a pianist.
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He later left school to pursue anactingcareer.
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Heractingcareerendured from 1922 through 1956.
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He began hisactingcareerin repertory theatre and decided he was best suited to performing comic roles.
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He worked as a carpenter before making a success of hisactingcareer.
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