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Doctor Who S5E12: English vocabulary

Season 5, Episode 12Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

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  • fizzle

    Word

    to fail or end in a weak, disappointing way

  • riddling

    Word

    hard to understand; mysterious or puzzling

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • draconian

    Word

    very harsh and severe, especially about laws or punishment

  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • trickster

    Word

    a person who tricks or deceives others

  • entitle

    Word

    to give someone the right to have or do something

  • squabble

    Word

    to argue about something unimportant

  • manipulator

    Word

    a person who uses other people in a clever or dishonest way to get what they want

  • spoiler

    Word

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

  • thud

    Word

    to make a dull, heavy sound

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

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  • concur

    Word

    to agree with someone or with a statement

  • sentry

    Word

    a soldier or guard whose job is to keep watch

  • correlate

    Word

    to have a close relationship or connection with something, often so that one changes when the other changes

  • blanketing

    Word

    covering something completely, especially with a layer of snow, smoke, or other material

  • assimilate

    Word

    to learn and understand something so well that you can use it easily

  • nit

    Word

    the egg of a louse, especially one attached to a hair

  • braving

    Word

    while facing something difficult or dangerous bravely

  • nameless

    Word

    having no name; not identified by name

  • evener

    Word

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

  • persuasive

    Word

    able to persuade people to do or believe something

  • headless

    Word

    having no head

  • vortex

    Word

    a mass of air or water that spins around very fast

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  • goblin

    Word

    a small, ugly, or evil creature in stories and folklore

  • psychics

    Word

    people who claim they can sense hidden things or predict the future

  • snapshot

    Word

    a photo taken quickly and casually

  • stonehenge

    Word

    a famous prehistoric monument in southern England, made of a circle of large standing stones

  • forget you

    Phrase

    an angry or dismissive way of telling someone to go away or stop bothering you

  • shadowing

    Word

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

  • whiz

    Word

    a person who is very skilled at something

  • fresh meat

    Phrase

    an informal way of describing a newcomer who may be an easy target or a possible sexual partner

  • get it in

    Phrase

    to have sex

  • bring it

    Phrase

    to do your best and put a lot of energy into something

  • duff up

    Phrase

    to beat someone up

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • devise

    Word

    to think of and create a plan, idea, or solution

  • sob

    Word

    to cry in a noisy way with short, broken breaths

  • layering

    Word

    the use of several layers, especially in clothing

  • complicate

    Word

    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • barbarian

    Word

    a person who is thought of as uncivilized or cruel

  • up top

    Phrase

    a casual way to ask for a high five

  • deep cover

    Phrase

    a fielding position in cricket near the boundary on the off side

  • rumbling

    Word

    a deep, low, continuous sound

  • scramble

    Word

    to move or act quickly, but with difficulty or in a clumsy way

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • fruiting

    Word

    producing fruit

  • soaking

    Word

    completely wet

  • black day

    Phrase

    a day of great sadness, trouble, or disaster

  • disarm

    Word

    to take weapons away from someone or something

  • arming

    Word

    the act of giving weapons to people or preparing them for fighting

  • residue

    Word

    a small amount of something that is left after the rest has been removed or used

  • temporal

    Word

    relating to time

  • machining

    Word

    the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

  • hush

    Word

    to tell someone to be quiet

  • finish with

    Phrase

    to end a romantic relationship with someone

  • time travel

    Phrase

    the idea of traveling to the past or future

  • cosmos

    Word

    the universe and everything in it

  • 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

  • die off

    Phrase

    to gradually disappear because the people, animals, or things in it die or stop existing

  • put in

    Phrase

    to submit something, such as a request or application

  • turn out

    Phrase

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

  • psychic

    Word

    someone who claims to have special powers to know things or see the future

  • live for

    Phrase

    to care about something so much that it gives you energy or purpose

  • italic

    Word

    written in a slanted style of type

  • zoned

    Word

    restricted by zoning rules to a particular type of use or area

  • underestimate

    Word

    to think that something is less important, serious, or valuable than it really is

  • kind of like

    Phrase

    somewhat like; in a way similar to

  • get past

    Phrase

    to pass by someone or something without being noticed or stopped

  • bluff

    Word

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

  • lettered

    Word

    marked or decorated with letters or writing

  • ion

    Word

    a charged atom or group of atoms formed when it gains or loses electrons

  • riddle

    Word

    a question or statement that is meant to be solved as a game or puzzle

  • duplicate

    Word

    an exact copy of something

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • fuss

    Word

    unnecessary excitement, activity, or concern about something

  • see ya

    Phrase

    a casual way to say goodbye

  • transmit

    Word

    to send or pass something from one place or person to another

  • one moment

    Phrase

    used to ask someone to wait for a short time

  • ringed

    Word

    having a ring or rings around it

  • literal

    Word

    using the exact meaning of words, without exaggeration or metaphor

  • non

    Word

    a prefix meaning 'not' or 'without

  • what's happening

    Phrase

    a casual way to greet someone and ask how they are

  • toned

    Word

    having firm, well-defined muscles

  • friend of mine

    Phrase

    one of the speaker's or writer's friends

  • great big

    Phrase

    very large; huge

  • alignment

    Word

    the way things are arranged so that they are in the right position or line

  • every time

    Phrase

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

  • impatient

    Word

    annoyed because you have to wait or because something is too slow

  • oh oh

    Phrase

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

  • to go

    Phrase

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

  • red hair

    Phrase

    hair that is reddish or ginger in color

  • thrust

    Word

    to push or force something suddenly and strongly

  • attic

    Word

    a room or space just below the roof of a house, often used for storage

  • commence

    Word

    to begin or start

  • collision

    Word

    a crash in which two moving things hit each other

  • in time

    Phrase

    at the right time, before it is too late

  • less than

    Phrase

    the sign <, used to show that one number or amount is smaller than another

  • plan on

    Phrase

    to intend or expect to do something

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