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Doctor Who S10E12: English vocabulary

Season 10, Episode 12Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

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  • whir

    Word

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

  • rile

    Word

    make someone annoyed or angry

  • bayed

    Word

    to make a long, loud cry, especially like a hound

  • 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

  • shafting

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    unfair treatment, especially when someone is cheated or badly treated

  • dismember

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    to cut a body into pieces

  • welcomer

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

  • sisterhood

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    the friendship, support, or solidarity among women

  • clank

    Word

    to make a sharp, hard metallic sound

  • resonant

    Word

    deep, clear, and lasting in sound

  • condolence

    Word

    an expression of sympathy, especially when someone has died

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  • thud

    Word

    to make a dull, heavy sound

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • tempering

    Word

    the process of heating and cooling metal to make it harder and less brittle

  • arse

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    a rude word for the buttocks

  • wail

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    to cry out in a long, high, sad sound

  • pitying

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    showing pity in a way that can seem a little superior

  • terrify

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    to make someone feel extreme fear

  • hazy

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    not clear or sharp; covered with mist or haze

  • braving

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    while facing something difficult or dangerous bravely

  • impossibility

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    the state of being impossible

  • glimmer

    Word

    a faint or unsteady light

  • evener

    Word

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

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  • intensify

    Word

    to become stronger, more serious, or more intense

  • regenerate

    Word

    to grow back or become healthy again after damage or loss

  • groan

    Word

    to make a deep sound because of pain, sadness, or tiredness

  • scarecrow

    Word

    a figure, often made to look like a person, that is put in a field to scare birds away

  • augment

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    to increase or make something greater in size, amount, or strength

  • tor

    Word

    a steep rocky hill or peak

  • grinder

    Word

    a machine or tool used for grinding or crushing things into smaller pieces

  • fresh meat

    Phrase

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

  • tripping

    Word

    moving or walking with quick, light steps

  • pervert

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    to change something so that it becomes distorted or corrupted

  • foundry

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    a factory where metal is melted and poured into molds

  • tedious

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    boring because it takes too long or keeps repeating the same thing

  • giggle

    Word

    to laugh quietly in a nervous, shy, or silly way

  • home in

    Phrase

    to move closer to a target or goal and focus on it

  • fives

    Word

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

  • feed through

    Phrase

    to gradually begin to have an effect or be noticed

  • weaponry

    Word

    weapons considered as a group

  • sob

    Word

    to cry in a noisy way with short, broken breaths

  • fall back

    Phrase

    move back to a safer place

  • back into

    Phrase

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

  • exodus

    Word

    a large movement of people leaving a place

  • tempting

    Word

    so attractive or appealing that it is hard to resist

  • rumbling

    Word

    a deep, low, continuous sound

  • regeneration

    Word

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

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • empower

    Word

    to give someone the power or confidence to do something

  • footstep

    Word

    the sound of someone walking, or one step in a walk

  • hide out

    Phrase

    to stay in a place secretly, especially to avoid being found or arrested

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • wharf

    Word

    a place by the water where ships load and unload goods or passengers

  • parameter

    Word

    a value or limit that affects how something works or is measured

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • thundering

    Word

    making a loud, deep, rumbling sound

  • machining

    Word

    the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

  • back down

    Phrase

    to stop fighting, arguing, or refusing to give in

  • fuel line

    Phrase

    a pipe or tube that carries fuel to an engine

  • twinned

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    officially linked with another town, city, or organization

  • doorstep

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    the area just outside a door, especially the step or small space in front of a house

  • rearrange

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    to change the order or position of things

  • gasp

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

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • make up

    Phrase

    to invent something, especially a story, excuse, or plan

  • hang around

    Phrase

    to spend time in a place without doing anything in particular

  • bridging

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    the act of building a bridge

  • curing

    Word

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

  • windmill

    Word

    a tall structure with blades that turns in the wind to grind grain or pump water

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • sewage

    Word

    dirty water and waste from homes, factories, and toilets that is carried away through sewers

  • waltz

    Word

    a dance for two people in 3/4 time, or the music for it

  • bedded

    Word

    past tense and past participle of bed

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

  • every second

    Phrase

    every other one; each alternate one

  • duct

    Word

    a tube or passage that carries air, liquid, or another substance

  • debating

    Word

    the activity of discussing a topic in a formal way, especially to argue different sides

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • one way

    Phrase

    allowing travel in only one direction

  • see ya

    Phrase

    a casual way to say goodbye

  • upgrade

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    to make something newer, better, or more advanced

  • get better

    Phrase

    to become healthier or improve

  • ringed

    Word

    having a ring or rings around it

  • netting

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    a light open fabric made of threads or cord with holes in it

  • sync

    Word

    to make two devices or systems work together by sharing data

  • algorithm

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    a set of step-by-step rules used to solve a problem or do a task, especially by a computer

  • blasting

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    very loud and forceful

  • razor

    Word

    a tool with a very sharp blade used for shaving hair

  • calculation

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    the process of working out an answer using numbers

  • what's happening

    Phrase

    a casual way to greet someone and ask how they are

  • up till

    Phrase

    until a particular time or event

  • tin man

    Phrase

    a toy figure made of tin

  • forwarding

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    the act of sending something on to another place

  • evacuate

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    to move people out of a dangerous place to safety

  • too late

    Phrase

    so late that something can no longer be done or changed

  • blow up

    Phrase

    explode or burst violently

  • great big

    Phrase

    very large; huge

  • doom

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    something terrible that is going to happen, or a feeling that something terrible is coming

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