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Doctor Who S4E9: English vocabulary

Season 4, Episode 9Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

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  • swaggerer

    Word

    a person who behaves in a very confident, showy, and often arrogant way

  • erasure

    Word

    the act of removing writing, marks, or data

  • nutter

    Word

    a crazy or strange person

  • veiling

    Word

    a thin piece of cloth used to cover or partly cover something

  • mooned

    Word

    to show your bare buttocks to someone as a joke or insult

  • welcomer

    Word

    a person whose job or role is to welcome and help guests or newcomers

  • rhubarb

    Word

    a plant with thick red or green stalks that are cooked and eaten

  • damper

    Word

    something that reduces or spoils the enjoyment of a situation

  • stammer

    Word

    to speak with pauses or repeated sounds because of difficulty controlling your speech

  • gob

    Word

    a lump or blob of something, especially a sticky or wet one

  • squabble

    Word

    to argue about something unimportant

  • fragmented

    Word

    broken into small parts or pieces

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  • tint

    Word

    a slight color or shade

  • visor

    Word

    a part on a helmet that can be lowered to protect the face

  • spoiler

    Word

    a comment or post that reveals an important part of a story, movie, or game before you see it

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • handcuff

    Word

    to put handcuffs on someone

  • swagger

    Word

    a confident, often slightly arrogant way of walking or behaving

  • spore

    Word

    a tiny cell that a plant, fungus, or some bacteria uses to reproduce

  • braving

    Word

    while facing something difficult or dangerous bravely

  • rambling

    Word

    long and not clearly organized, especially in speech or writing

  • evener

    Word

    something that makes a surface, line, or shape even or level

  • carnivorous

    Word

    eating meat and other animals

  • checkered

    Word

    having a pattern of squares or checks

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  • regenerate

    Word

    to grow back or become healthy again after damage or loss

  • beamed

    Word

    smiled broadly and happily

  • communicator

    Word

    a person who is good at expressing ideas clearly

  • stripping

    Word

    the act of removing a covering, layer, or clothes

  • shadowing

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    the practice of learning a job by following and watching an experienced worker

  • pluck

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    to pull something off or out from where it grows or is attached

  • tripping

    Word

    moving or walking with quick, light steps

  • not done

    Phrase

    not acceptable in polite society; considered improper or rude

  • beaming

    Word

    smiling broadly and showing happiness or excitement

  • live on

    Phrase

    to continue to exist or be remembered

  • checker

    Word

    a person or thing that checks something

  • transcription

    Word

    the act of writing down spoken words, music, or sounds in written form

  • fives

    Word

    a game in which a player or side must reach five points before the other side does

  • go at

    Phrase

    to attack someone or something, or start arguing with them

  • bounding

    Word

    moving quickly with light, springy steps

  • intellect

    Word

    a person's ability to think and understand things well

  • criticise

    Word

    to say that someone or something is bad, wrong, or not good enough

  • decimal

    Word

    written with a decimal point

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • pass as

    Phrase

    to be accepted or believed as a particular type of person or thing, especially because you look like it

  • decency

    Word

    behavior that shows good manners and respect for other people

  • get out of my sight

    Phrase

    an angry order telling someone to go away and stop bothering you

  • node

    Word

    a point where lines, paths, or branches meet

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • turned out

    Phrase

    looking neat, smart, or well dressed

  • neural

    Word

    relating to nerves or the nervous system

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • what's new

    Phrase

    an informal way of greeting someone and asking what has happened recently in their life

  • keep it together

    Phrase

    to stay calm and keep control of your emotions in a difficult situation

  • power surge

    Phrase

    a sudden, temporary increase in electrical voltage

  • doorstep

    Word

    the area just outside a door, especially the step or small space in front of a house

  • swarm

    Word

    a large group of insects flying or moving together

  • for nothing

    Phrase

    without paying anything

  • go round

    Phrase

    to spread from one person to another, or through a group

  • book in

    Phrase

    to arrange a time or appointment for someone

  • reason with

    Phrase

    to try to persuade someone to do or accept something by using reason

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • work in

    Phrase

    to find time or space for something in a busy schedule or limited place

  • winding

    Word

    having many bends or turns

  • integrate

    Word

    to combine different parts or systems so they work together as one

  • archaeologist

    Word

    a person who studies the past by digging up and examining old objects, buildings, and remains

  • back up

    Phrase

    to support a claim with facts or proof

  • real world

    Phrase

    the ordinary world of everyday life, especially as different from school, theory, or imagination

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • inconvenience

    Word

    something that causes trouble, delay, or extra work

  • lettered

    Word

    marked or decorated with letters or writing

  • say what

    Phrase

    a casual way of saying you didn’t hear or understand something, or that you’re surprised by it

  • bedded

    Word

    past tense and past participle of bed

  • reproduction

    Word

    the process by which living things produce young

  • work on

    Phrase

    to spend time and effort improving or dealing with something

  • rewrite

    Word

    to write something again in a different or improved way

  • donna

    Word

    an Italian title used before a woman's name

  • peek

    Word

    to look quickly, especially secretly or from a hidden place

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • subtitle

    Word

    the words shown at the bottom of a screen that translate or show what people are saying

  • adore

    Word

    to love or like someone or something very much

  • see ya

    Phrase

    a casual way to say goodbye

  • one moment

    Phrase

    used to ask someone to wait for a short time

  • pulp

    Word

    a soft, wet mass of material

  • scent

    Word

    a smell, especially a pleasant one

  • what's happening

    Phrase

    a casual way to greet someone and ask how they are

  • no time

    Phrase

    a very short period of time

  • bedtime story

    Phrase

    a story read to a child before bedtime

  • decimal point

    Phrase

    the dot used to show a decimal number

  • vowel

    Word

    a speech sound made with an open mouth, like a, e, i, o, or u

  • veil

    Word

    a piece of thin cloth worn to cover the face, especially by a bride or in some cultures for religious reasons

  • can't wait

    Phrase

    to feel very excited and eager for something that will happen soon

  • meant to

    Phrase

    supposed to; expected or required to do something

  • married couple

    Phrase

    a husband and wife considered as one unit

  • hatching

    Word

    the process of a young bird, fish, or reptile coming out of its egg

  • not quite

    Phrase

    almost, but not completely

  • watch over

    Phrase

    to stay with someone or something and make sure they are safe

  • inviting

    Word

    pleasant, attractive, or welcoming and making you want to go closer or stay longer

  • oh oh

    Phrase

    an exclamation used when something goes wrong or seems about to go wrong

  • surge

    Word

    to move forward suddenly and strongly, or rise quickly

  • to go

    Phrase

    for food or drink that you buy and take away to eat or drink somewhere else

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