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Doctor Who S5E5: English vocabulary

Season 5, Episode 5Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

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  • magnetize

    Word

    to make something magnetic

  • whir

    Word

    to make a low, steady sound like a small machine or insect

  • orientate

    Word

    to find your position or direction, especially in a new place

  • blare

    Word

    to make a loud, harsh sound, or to make something do that

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • statics

    Word

    the study of forces on structures that are not moving

  • wriggle

    Word

    to twist or move with quick, small movements

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • clang

    Word

    to make a loud, sharp metallic sound

  • hulled

    Word

    having the outer husk or shell removed

  • unwritten

    Word

    not written down or recorded

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

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  • handcuff

    Word

    to put handcuffs on someone

  • prim

    Word

    stiff, formal, and a little old-fashioned

  • rad

    Word

    excellent or very cool

  • starlight

    Word

    the light that comes from stars

  • evener

    Word

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

  • fiancee

    Word

    a woman who is engaged to be married

  • compressor

    Word

    a machine that squeezes air or gas and increases its pressure

  • communicator

    Word

    a person who is good at expressing ideas clearly

  • cleric

    Word

    a religious leader, especially a Christian priest

  • screech

    Word

    a loud, harsh, high-pitched sound

  • madman

    Word

    an offensive word for a man who is thought to be mentally ill or behaving in a wild way

  • ruptured

    Word

    damaged so badly that it has split open or torn

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  • plugging

    Word

    the act of sealing a hole or gap

  • containment

    Word

    the act of keeping something dangerous, unwanted, or spreading under control

  • beaming

    Word

    smiling broadly and showing happiness or excitement

  • kill me

    Phrase

    a rude, exaggerated way of saying you are very annoyed or frustrated

  • go there

    Phrase

    used to say something that is bold, rude, or about a taboo topic

  • rupture

    Word

    a serious break in a relationship or situation

  • plunge

    Word

    to suddenly put someone or something into a difficult situation or state

  • wheeling

    Word

    the act of moving something on wheels

  • fives

    Word

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

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • buzzer

    Word

    a device that makes a buzzing sound, often to signal something

  • complicate

    Word

    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • fall back

    Phrase

    move back to a safer place

  • rumbling

    Word

    a deep, low, continuous sound

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • cabling

    Word

    the installation of cables or a cable system

  • big bang

    Phrase

    the event that marked the beginning of the universe

  • get life

    Phrase

    A rude way of telling someone to stop being silly or annoying

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • presume

    Word

    to think that something is probably true or will happen

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • now for

    Phrase

    used to introduce the next thing that will happen or be shown

  • hold that thought

    Phrase

    used to ask someone to pause for a moment so you can deal with something else

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • trusting

    Word

    willing to believe that other people are honest and will not harm you

  • dominion

    Word

    power or control over a place or people

  • hush

    Word

    to tell someone to be quiet

  • back down

    Phrase

    to stop fighting, arguing, or refusing to give in

  • rescue mission

    Phrase

    an operation to rescue people from danger

  • flight deck

    Phrase

    the part of an aircraft carrier where planes take off and land

  • override

    Word

    to use your authority to cancel or ignore a decision

  • get in there

    Phrase

    used to show approval or encouragement

  • count down

    Phrase

    to count backward to a time or event

  • spill out

    Phrase

    to move out of a place in large numbers

  • put in

    Phrase

    to submit something, such as a request or application

  • wreckage

    Word

    the broken pieces left after something is badly damaged or destroyed

  • gasp

    Word

    to take a quick breath in because you are surprised, shocked, or in pain

  • turn out

    Phrase

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

  • clamp

    Word

    a device used to hold two things tightly together

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • turn on

    Phrase

    to depend on something; to be decided by something

  • run up

    Phrase

    to make something increase or build up, especially a debt or a score

  • grouping

    Word

    the act of putting people or things into groups

  • clockwise

    Word

    in the direction that a clock's hands move

  • curing

    Word

    the process of preserving food by salting, drying, or smoking

  • get past

    Phrase

    to pass by someone or something without being noticed or stopped

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • ducking

    Word

    to lower your head or body quickly to avoid being hit or seen

  • get through

    Phrase

    to manage to deal with or survive something difficult

  • take over

    Phrase

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

  • rewrite

    Word

    to write something again in a different or improved way

  • transcript

    Word

    a written copy of spoken, recorded, or printed material

  • sneaking

    Word

    done in a quiet, secret way

  • go for it

    Phrase

    used to encourage someone to do something or try something

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • wakey wakey

    Phrase

    a playful way to tell someone to wake up

  • sigh

    Word

    to let out a long, deep breath that shows sadness, relief, tiredness, or frustration

  • one way

    Phrase

    allowing travel in only one direction

  • bottled

    Word

    preserved or sold in bottles

  • subtitle

    Word

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

  • sucker

    Word

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

  • see ya

    Phrase

    a casual way to say goodbye

  • now then

    Phrase

    used to get someone's attention before saying something

  • starve

    Word

    to suffer or die from lack of food

  • forgiving

    Word

    willing to forgive mistakes and not easily upset by them

  • console

    Word

    to comfort someone who is sad or upset

  • ringed

    Word

    having a ring or rings around it

  • sync

    Word

    to make two devices or systems work together by sharing data

  • thank god

    Phrase

    used to express relief that something bad did not happen

  • marvel

    Word

    a wonderful or surprising person or thing

  • presumably

    Word

    used to say that something is probably true, but you are not certain

  • 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

  • space ship

    Phrase

    a vehicle designed to travel in space

  • forwarding

    Word

    the act of sending something on to another place

  • how are things

    Phrase

    a casual way of asking how someone is doing or how life is going

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