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Doctor Who S9E12: English vocabulary

Season 9, Episode 12Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

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  • whir

    Word

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

  • raver

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    a person who goes to rave parties and likes rave music and culture

  • crossbreed

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    to breed two different types of animals or plants together

  • entrap

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    to catch someone by tricking them or setting a trap for them

  • prophesy

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    to say that something will happen in the future, especially in a religious or formal way

  • answerable

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    responsible for something and expected to explain or justify it

  • trowel

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    a small tool with a flat, pointed blade, used for spreading or smoothing plaster, cement, or soil

  • wraith

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    a ghost or ghostlike figure

  • mire

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    wet, soft ground that you can sink into

  • strum

    Word

    to play a stringed instrument by moving your fingers across the strings

  • battlement

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    the high wall at the top of a castle or fort, with gaps for defense

  • mooned

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    to show your bare buttocks to someone as a joke or insult

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  • shafting

    Word

    unfair treatment, especially when someone is cheated or badly treated

  • velvety

    Word

    smooth, soft, and slightly shiny like velvet

  • welcomer

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

  • looped

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    twisted or bent into a loop or loops

  • squawk

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    to make a loud, harsh sound

  • unfreeze

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    to make something frozen become liquid or less frozen

  • ember

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    a small piece of burning wood or coal left in a dying fire

  • sisterhood

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    the friendship, support, or solidarity among women

  • rustle

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

  • redeemer

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    a person who saves or rescues someone from a bad situation

  • entitle

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    to give someone the right to have or do something

  • clang

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    to make a loud, sharp metallic sound

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  • polarity

    Word

    the state of having two opposite sides, forces, or charges

  • fragmented

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    broken into small parts or pieces

  • matchmaker

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    a person who arranges romantic matches or marriages between other people

  • cloister

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    a covered walkway around a courtyard, especially in a monastery or church

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • slider

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    a small hamburger

  • concur

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    to agree with someone or with a statement

  • scaffold

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    a temporary frame of poles and boards used by workers to reach high parts of a building

  • exterminate

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    to destroy or kill something completely

  • crackling

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    the sound of many short, sharp pops or snaps

  • crackle

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    to make a series of short, sharp, snapping sounds

  • braving

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    while facing something difficult or dangerous bravely

  • evener

    Word

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

  • painless

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    not causing pain

  • huff

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    to breathe heavily and noisily, often because you are tired or annoyed

  • crypt

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    a room or vault under a church, often used for burial or prayer

  • banish

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    to force someone to leave a place, country, or group

  • resurrect

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    bring back to life

  • purification

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    the process of making something clean or pure by removing unwanted substances

  • unravel

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    to separate threads or fibers, or come apart into threads

  • eerie

    Word

    strange in a way that makes you feel nervous or frightened

  • forget you

    Phrase

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

  • vibrate

    Word

    to move quickly and repeatedly from side to side

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • old time

    Phrase

    the distant past

  • should hope

    Phrase

    used to strongly agree that something is obviously true or expected

  • chameleon

    Word

    a small lizard that can change color to match its surroundings

  • wiggle

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    to move with small quick side-to-side or up-and-down motions

  • have no right

    Phrase

    to have no moral or legal permission to do something

  • plugging

    Word

    the act of sealing a hole or gap

  • Other Side

    Phrase

    the life or world believed to exist after death

  • time stream

    Phrase

    another spelling of timestream

  • impending

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    about to happen very soon

  • brilliantly

    Word

    in a very skillful or impressive way

  • growl

    Word

    to make a low, rough sound, especially in anger or warning

  • fives

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

  • put it down

    Phrase

    to perform very well; to do something impressively

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • stun

    Word

    to shock or surprise someone very much

  • firing squad

    Phrase

    a group of soldiers who are ordered to shoot someone as a form of execution

  • rumbling

    Word

    a deep, low, continuous sound

  • bargain for

    Phrase

    to expect or allow for something, especially something unpleasant

  • regeneration

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    the action or process of regenerating or being regenerated, in particular the formation of new animal or plant tissue.

  • cramp

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    a sudden painful tightening of a muscle

  • cabling

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    the installation of cables or a cable system

  • howl

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    to make a long, loud, sad cry

  • amend

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    to make small changes to a text, plan, or law

  • scheming

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    making secret plans to get what you want, often in a dishonest way

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • break in

    Phrase

    to interrupt a conversation or discussion by speaking

  • neural

    Word

    relating to nerves or the nervous system

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • recreate

    Word

    make something again, especially in a new or different way

  • seeing as

    Phrase

    used to give a reason or explanation

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • machining

    Word

    the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

  • on earth

    Phrase

    used in questions to express surprise, emphasis, or strong curiosity

  • back out

    Phrase

    to decide not to do something you had agreed or planned to do

  • take that

    Phrase

    used to say you have won or beaten someone

  • to tell the truth

    Phrase

    used to introduce a statement that is honest or frank

  • ring in

    Phrase

    to celebrate the start of something, especially a new year or season

  • half time

    Phrase

    the break between the two halves of a sports game or match

  • bagging

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    the act of putting things into bags or packages

  • prophecy

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    a statement that says what will happen in the future, especially one believed to come from God or a holy person

  • what do you say

    Phrase

    used to ask if someone is willing to do something or agrees with an idea

  • cowardly

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    showing a lack of courage

  • stop off

    Phrase

    to make a short stop somewhere while travelling

  • bossed

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    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • run away from

    Phrase

    to try to avoid a problem, duty, or responsibility

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • zoned

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

  • winding

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    having many bends or turns

  • eccentric

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    slightly strange or unusual in a way that is interesting or amusing

  • reinforcement

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    the act of making something stronger or more effective

  • stand in

    Phrase

    to do someone else's job or perform their role for a short time

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

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