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Dallas S12E7: English vocabulary

Season 12, Episode 7SoapDramaFamily

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  • gusher

    Word

    a sudden strong flow of liquid, especially oil or water

  • refiner

    Word

    a person or thing that makes something purer or less mixed

  • implacable

    Word

    not willing to be softened, changed, or persuaded

  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • rearer

    Word

    a person who breeds and cares for animals

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • feathering

    Word

    the feathers fixed to the back of an arrow or dart to help it fly straight

  • chink

    Word

    a narrow opening or crack

  • rustle

    Word

    to make a soft, dry sound like leaves or paper moving

  • hogging

    Word

    to take or use more than your fair share of something

  • ahold

    Word

    the ability to contact or reach someone, especially in get ahold of

  • caroling

    Word

    singing Christmas carols, often while going from house to house

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  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • misinterpret

    Word

    to understand or explain something in the wrong way

  • trespass

    Word

    to enter land or property without permission

  • evener

    Word

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

  • penciled

    Word

    written or marked lightly with a pencil

  • sweeten

    Word

    to make something sweet or sweeter

  • peril

    Word

    serious danger, especially danger of death or injury

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • digger

    Word

    a person or animal that digs

  • in for the kill

    Phrase

    ready to attack, defeat, or finish something off

  • sweeten the pot

    Phrase

    to offer extra money or another extra benefit to persuade someone to do something

  • sharpen

    Word

    to make something sharp or sharper

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  • liquored up

    Phrase

    very drunk

  • potting

    Word

    the act of putting a plant into a pot or container

  • gassing

    Word

    to talk in a casual, lively way

  • sizing

    Word

    a process that makes cloth stiffer and stronger by coating it with a special substance

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • tabling

    Word

    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • layering

    Word

    the use of several layers, especially in clothing

  • back into

    Phrase

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

  • refinery

    Word

    a factory where oil is cleaned and made into fuel and other products

  • send it

    Phrase

    to do something with full effort or confidence

  • run out on

    Phrase

    to leave a partner or commitment suddenly and without warning

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • play on

    Phrase

    to take advantage of someone's weakness, fear, or beliefs

  • search warrant

    Phrase

    an official court order that allows police to search a place

  • 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

  • run out of gas

    Phrase

    to become very tired and unable to continue

  • back down

    Phrase

    to stop fighting, arguing, or refusing to give in

  • about time

    Phrase

    used to say that something should have happened earlier

  • to tell the truth

    Phrase

    used to introduce a statement that is honest or frank

  • look ahead

    Phrase

    to think about the future and plan for it

  • state line

    Phrase

    the border between two U.S. states

  • liquor up

    Phrase

    to make someone drunk with liquor

  • sharpen up

    Phrase

    to improve in sharpness, skill, or effectiveness

  • can't help

    Phrase

    to be unable to stop yourself from doing something

  • sit on

    Phrase

    to delay dealing with something

  • flatter

    Word

    to praise someone too much, often to get something from them

  • run away from

    Phrase

    to try to avoid a problem, duty, or responsibility

  • turn out

    Phrase

    to be found to be true, real, or the case

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • work in

    Phrase

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

  • come around

    Phrase

    to change your opinion and start agreeing with someone

  • knock it off

    Phrase

    used to tell someone to stop doing something annoying or unwanted

  • drop in

    Phrase

    to visit someone briefly and informally

  • get over

    Phrase

    to recover from an illness, shock, or painful experience

  • sly

    Word

    clever in a sneaky or dishonest way

  • look in

    Phrase

    to visit someone or somewhere briefly and casually

  • stay on

    Phrase

    continue to stay in a place, job, or situation

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • lettered

    Word

    marked or decorated with letters or writing

  • ranch hand

    Phrase

    a person who works on a ranch, especially caring for animals

  • don't ask

    Phrase

    used to say that something is too strange, embarrassing, or complicated to explain

  • take over

    Phrase

    to take control of something or start doing a job that someone else was doing

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

  • rig

    Word

    to arrange or set up something, especially equipment, for a particular purpose

  • figure out

    Phrase

    to find an answer to something or understand it after thinking about it

  • go beyond

    Phrase

    to be more than something in amount, degree, or importance

  • phantom

    Word

    a ghost or a figure that seems real but is not

  • chopper

    Word

    a helicopter

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • back off

    Phrase

    to move away and stop bothering someone

  • faulting

    Word

    the act of blaming or criticizing someone

  • shelling

    Word

    the act of removing shells or outer coverings from nuts, seeds, or other food

  • sucker

    Word

    informal: a person who is easily fooled or taken advantage of

  • see ya

    Phrase

    a casual way to say goodbye

  • forgiving

    Word

    willing to forgive mistakes and not easily upset by them

  • out of gas

    Phrase

    with no fuel left

  • just in case

    Phrase

    used to say that you are doing something as a precaution

  • like it or not

    Phrase

    used to say that something will happen or is true even if someone does not want it

  • laying

    Word

    present participle of lay: to put something down in a flat position

  • what's happening

    Phrase

    a casual way to greet someone and ask how they are

  • move in

    Phrase

    to begin living in a new home

  • club soda

    Phrase

    a clear fizzy drink made from carbonated water

  • ice skate

    Phrase

    a skate with a blade for moving on ice

  • too late

    Phrase

    so late that something can no longer be done or changed

  • can't wait

    Phrase

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

  • every time

    Phrase

    used to say that something happens on each occasion that something else happens

  • anyhow

    Word

    in any case; anyway

  • to go

    Phrase

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

  • come by

    Phrase

    to visit someone or a place briefly and informally

  • any longer

    Phrase

    used after a negative verb to mean that something is no longer true or happening

  • freeze over

    Phrase

    to become covered with ice as it gets colder

  • power on

    Phrase

    to turn on a device or machine

  • fencing

    Word

    the sport of fighting with swords, using special rules and protective gear

  • run out

    Phrase

    to use all of something so that none is left

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