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Doctor Who S7E3: English vocabulary

Season 7, Episode 3Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

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  • niggling

    Word

    causing slight but persistent annoyance, worry, or discomfort

  • neigh

    Word

    to make the high sound a horse makes

  • deliverer

    Word

    a person or thing that delivers something

  • incinerate

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    destroy something by burning it completely

  • decimate

    Word

    to damage or destroy something very badly

  • anachronistic

    Word

    not belonging to the time period being shown or discussed

  • sleight

    Word

    skillful hand movements used to trick people, especially in magic

  • adulation

    Word

    excessive admiration or praise, often for a famous person

  • afresh

    Word

    again, starting over from the beginning

  • destruct

    Word

    to destroy something completely, especially by using an explosive device or a self-destruct system

  • subterfuge

    Word

    secret or dishonest behavior used to trick someone and get what you want

  • welcomer

    Word

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

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  • townsfolk

    Word

    the people who live in a town

  • atrocity

    Word

    an extremely cruel or shocking act

  • ferocity

    Word

    the quality of being very fierce, violent, or intense

  • bewilder

    Word

    to make someone feel confused and unable to understand something

  • disengage

    Word

    to separate something from what it is attached to or connected with

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • rudimentary

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    basic and not yet well developed

  • technicals

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    the practical details of something, especially the technical ones

  • evener

    Word

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

  • incursion

    Word

    a sudden short attack or movement into another place, especially across a border

  • unaffected

    Word

    not changed or influenced by something

  • undertaker

    Word

    a person whose job is to arrange funerals and prepare bodies for burial or cremation

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  • repent

    Word

    to feel sorry and guilty about something wrong you have done

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • chap

    Word

    a man or boy

  • tripping

    Word

    moving or walking with quick, light steps

  • ingenious

    Word

    very clever and original; showing inventiveness

  • toasting

    Word

    the act of drinking a drink in honor of someone or something

  • solitude

    Word

    the state of being alone, often by choice

  • cholera

    Word

    a serious infectious disease that causes severe diarrhea

  • fives

    Word

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

  • bring it

    Phrase

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

  • lynch mob

    Phrase

    a group of people who want to punish or attack someone without legal authority

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • tabling

    Word

    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • weaponry

    Word

    weapons considered as a group

  • rout

    Word

    a complete defeat in which one side is forced to run away in disorder

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • specification

    Word

    a detailed set of requirements or technical details for something to be made or done

  • welcome to my world

    Phrase

    used to say that you understand someone’s difficult situation because you have had the same kind of experience

  • hasty

    Word

    done too quickly and without enough thought

  • maturing

    Word

    becoming more mature and fully developed

  • 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

  • reckoning

    Word

    the act of making a calculation or estimate

  • reformation

    Word

    the process of making important changes to improve something

  • past it

    Phrase

    no longer as strong, active, or effective as before

  • space cowboy

    Phrase

    a character in a science-fiction or futuristic story who is like a cowboy

  • thy

    Word

    your; belonging to you

  • machining

    Word

    the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

  • hunt down

    Phrase

    to search for someone or something and catch or find them

  • stroll

    Word

    a short, relaxed walk

  • about time

    Phrase

    used to say that something should have happened earlier

  • turn against

    Phrase

    to start opposing someone or something you used to support

  • rig up

    Phrase

    to put something together quickly, usually as a temporary solution

  • bagging

    Word

    the act of putting things into bags or packages

  • reassure

    Word

    to make someone feel less worried, afraid, or uncertain

  • under control

    Phrase

    in a situation where something is being controlled or is no longer causing trouble

  • override

    Word

    to use your authority to cancel or ignore a decision

  • wreckage

    Word

    the broken pieces left after something is badly damaged or destroyed

  • alteration

    Word

    a change made to something, especially to improve it or make it fit better

  • lynch

    Word

    to kill someone illegally, especially by hanging, without a fair trial

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • pant

    Word

    to breathe quickly and loudly, usually because you are tired or hot

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • live for

    Phrase

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

  • reinforcement

    Word

    the act of making something stronger or more effective

  • shoot me

    Phrase

    a casual way to say you feel embarrassed, annoyed, or frustrated

  • get past

    Phrase

    to pass by someone or something without being noticed or stopped

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • cultured

    Word

    well educated and interested in art, literature, music, and similar subjects

  • rig

    Word

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

  • tricking

    Word

    the act of deceiving or cheating someone

  • weathering

    Word

    the wearing away or breaking down of rock and other materials by air, water, and weather

  • dedicate

    Word

    to give your time, energy, or effort to a task or purpose

  • casualty

    Word

    a person who is killed or injured in an accident, war, or other event

  • peek

    Word

    to look quickly, especially secretly or from a hidden place

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • tick

    Word

    a small insect-like animal that bites animals and people and sucks blood

  • subtitle

    Word

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

  • 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

  • reckon

    Word

    to calculate something

  • crumb

    Word

    a small piece of bread, cake, or other baked food

  • bow tie

    Phrase

    a short necktie tied in a bow at the front

  • blinding

    Word

    so bright that it is hard to see

  • evacuate

    Word

    to move people out of a dangerous place to safety

  • archer

    Word

    a person who shoots arrows with a bow, especially in sport

  • seldom

    Word

    not often; rarely

  • every time

    Phrase

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

  • what's going on

    Phrase

    an informal way to greet someone or start a casual conversation

  • execute

    Word

    to do or carry out a plan, order, or task

  • real life

    Phrase

    life outside the internet, games, or imagination

  • no worries

    Phrase

    used to tell someone not to worry or apologize

  • fuse

    Word

    a safety device that stops an electric circuit if the current is too strong

  • don't worry

    Phrase

    A friendly way to tell someone not to be anxious or upset

  • second chance

    Phrase

    another chance to do something after you failed or missed it before

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