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Dallas S12E15: English vocabulary

Season 12, Episode 15SoapDramaFamily

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  • seclude

    Word

    to keep someone or something apart from other people

  • tenderfoot

    Word

    a beginner, especially someone new to a place or activity

  • stomaching

    Word

    the present participle of stomach

  • oilman

    Word

    a person who owns or works in the oil business

  • dynamiting

    Word

    the act of blowing something up with dynamite

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • leavings

    Word

    things that are left over after something is used, eaten, or finished

  • snagged

    Word

    caught on something and torn or damaged

  • thrifty

    Word

    careful with money and not wasteful

  • muscling

    Word

    the use of force or pressure to get something

  • trashy

    Word

    cheap-looking, low-quality, or tasteless

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  • roving

    Word

    moving from place to place, especially as part of a job

  • bewilder

    Word

    to make someone feel confused and unable to understand something

  • frustrate

    Word

    to make someone feel annoyed, upset, or disappointed

  • alienate

    Word

    to make someone feel less connected or less friendly toward you or a group

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • saddled

    Word

    having a saddle on it

  • caterer

    Word

    a person or company that provides food and drink for an event

  • evener

    Word

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

  • snag

    Word

    a small problem or difficulty that stops something from going smoothly

  • boning

    Word

    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • cuddle

    Word

    to hold someone or something close in your arms in a loving way

  • midwife

    Word

    a person trained to help women during childbirth

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  • remarry

    Word

    to marry again

  • auditor

    Word

    a person who checks a company's financial records to make sure they are correct

  • jerking

    Word

    making quick, sharp movements

  • petite

    Word

    small and attractively delicate, especially used about a woman

  • chops

    Word

    the sides of the face below the eyes

  • rightly

    Word

    in a way that is deserved or justified

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • congratulation

    Word

    an expression of praise or good wishes for someone's success or good luck

  • blood out

    Phrase

    to leave a gang by killing someone for it, so the person can’t safely inform on the gang

  • to the house

    Phrase

    home; to or at home

  • live on

    Phrase

    to continue to exist or be remembered

  • paling

    Word

    a fence made of upright wooden stakes

  • home in

    Phrase

    to move closer to a target or goal and focus on it

  • going away

    Phrase

    the act of leaving a place

  • fives

    Word

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

  • ride with

    Phrase

    to spend time with someone or be part of their group

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • gun down

    Phrase

    to shoot someone and kill them

  • complicate

    Word

    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • back into

    Phrase

    to end up in a situation by accident or because of circumstances

  • fancied

    Word

    imagined rather than real

  • wicket

    Word

    a small gate or door, especially one in a larger door or wall

  • jerk around

    Phrase

    to treat someone unfairly or keep delaying or misleading them

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • seduce

    Word

    to persuade someone to have sex with you or do something they might not otherwise do

  • have an accident

    Phrase

    a polite or informal way of saying that someone accidentally urinated or defecated in their clothes

  • one big happy family

    Phrase

    a group of people who are very close and get along well

  • pooling

    Word

    the act of combining money, resources, or efforts for a shared purpose

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • reckoning

    Word

    the act of making a calculation or estimate

  • smoothing

    Word

    the process of making a surface or material smooth

  • on second thought

    Phrase

    used when you change your mind after thinking again

  • gun it

    Phrase

    to drive a vehicle very fast, especially by pressing the accelerator hard

  • headlight

    Word

    a light on the front of a vehicle that helps you see the road at night

  • heel out

    Phrase

    to leave quickly

  • police department

    Phrase

    the local office that handles police work in a town or city

  • bagging

    Word

    the act of putting things into bags or packages

  • frenchman

    Word

    a man from France

  • memoir

    Word

    a book in which someone describes their own life and experiences

  • mount up

    Phrase

    to get on a horse or other animal

  • puke

    Word

    to vomit

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • framing

    Word

    the way something is presented so that people understand it in a particular way

  • riches

    Word

    a large amount of money, property, or valuable things

  • bicycling

    Word

    the activity of riding a bicycle

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • make up

    Phrase

    to invent something, especially a story, excuse, or plan

  • flushing

    Word

    the act of becoming red in the face or skin

  • sensational

    Word

    very exciting, impressive, or successful

  • stay on

    Phrase

    continue to stay in a place, job, or situation

  • catch up

    Phrase

    to find out the latest news or information after missing it for a while

  • work around

    Phrase

    to find a way to deal with a problem or obstacle

  • bluff

    Word

    to pretend you have an advantage, skill, or plan in order to trick someone

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • dynamite

    Word

    a powerful explosive used for blasting or demolition

  • bedded

    Word

    past tense and past participle of bed

  • truce

    Word

    an agreement to stop fighting or arguing for a period of time

  • awfully

    Word

    very; extremely

  • cocaine

    Word

    an illegal drug that can make people feel very excited and energetic for a short time

  • second thoughts

    Phrase

    a feeling of doubt or hesitation after you have made a decision

  • set up

    Phrase

    prepare something so it can be used or can happen

  • whatsoever

    Word

    at all; used for emphasis in negative statements

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • back off

    Phrase

    to move away and stop bothering someone

  • one way

    Phrase

    allowing travel in only one direction

  • bottled

    Word

    preserved or sold in bottles

  • see ya

    Phrase

    a casual way to say goodbye

  • get better

    Phrase

    to become healthier or improve

  • in business

    Phrase

    ready to work or start functioning

  • reckon

    Word

    to calculate something

  • marvelous

    Word

    very good, beautiful, or impressive

  • saddle

    Word

    a seat fixed on the back of a horse or other animal for riding

  • South American

    Phrase

    relating to South America

  • work time

    Phrase

    the time during the day when people are expected to be working

  • too late

    Phrase

    so late that something can no longer be done or changed

  • friend of mine

    Phrase

    one of the speaker's or writer's friends

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