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Peaky Blinders S6E2: English vocabulary

Season 6, Episode 2DramaCrime

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  • trounce

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    to defeat someone very easily and completely

  • retch

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    to make the sound and movement of vomiting, without necessarily bringing anything up

  • dozy

    Word

    sleepy or drowsy

  • slumming

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    to live or travel in much poorer or rougher conditions than you are used to

  • turpitude

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    moral wickedness or corruption

  • peaky

    Word

    looking pale and unhealthy

  • squelch

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    to make a soft, wet, sucking sound

  • heckle

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    to shout rude or hostile comments at a speaker or performer

  • blinder

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    a very good shot, pass, or piece of play in football

  • muffle

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    to make a sound quieter or less clear

  • slowness

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    the state of being slow

  • adulation

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    excessive admiration or praise, often for a famous person

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  • indistinctly

    Word

    in a way that is not clear or easy to hear, see, or understand

  • scoff

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    to show that you think something is silly or not worth taking seriously

  • raucous

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    loud, rough, and harsh-sounding

  • overrule

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    to use your authority to change or reject a decision

  • cobble

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    to make or repair shoes

  • tinkle

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    to make a light, clear ringing sound

  • meanness

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    unkind or unfair behavior or speech

  • forlorn

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    sad, lonely, and seeming abandoned

  • israelite

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    a member of the ancient people of Israel

  • welcomer

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

  • nosing

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    the front edge of a step or stair

  • hungered

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    to feel very hungry

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  • scab

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    a hard, dry covering that forms over a wound as it heals

  • murmuring

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    a soft, low, continuous sound

  • bellows

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    a tool with two handles that is squeezed to blow air into a fire

  • jingling

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    making a light, clear ringing sound

  • clink

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    to make a light, sharp ringing sound

  • clang

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    to make a loud, sharp metallic sound

  • condolence

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    an expression of sympathy, especially when someone has died

  • crescendo

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    a gradual increase in loudness or intensity

  • covet

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    to want something very much, especially something that belongs to someone else

  • thud

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    to make a dull, heavy sound

  • bellow

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    to shout in a deep, loud voice, especially in anger or pain

  • pining

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    full of longing or sadness for someone or something

  • terrify

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    to make someone feel extreme fear

  • bayonet

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    a knife fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon

  • braving

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    while facing something difficult or dangerous bravely

  • murmur

    Word

    a soft, quiet sound, especially of people speaking

  • adversity

    Word

    difficult or unlucky conditions in life

  • lavatory

    Word

    a room with a toilet and a sink

  • graver

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    a small tool used for engraving or carving hard material

  • stabling

    Word

    the act of keeping horses in stables

  • evener

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

  • boning

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    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • syringe

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    a medical tool used to inject or remove liquid

  • narcotic

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    a drug that affects the mind or body, especially one that is illegal or used for pain relief

  • incidental

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    happening as a small part of something else, not the main thing

  • virtuous

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    having high moral standards and behaving in a good and honest way

  • groan

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

  • obsess

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    to fill someone's mind so much that they cannot think about much else

  • crutch

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    a stick with a support at the top that helps someone walk

  • mink

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    a small animal with dark brown fur that lives near water

  • sedative

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    a drug that makes someone calm or sleepy

  • coasting

    Word

    the act of moving along without using power

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • second act

    Phrase

    a later stage in someone’s life or career when they start doing something new

  • on drive

    Phrase

    a cricket shot hit along the ground toward the front of the batter

  • shadowing

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

  • liberate

    Word

    to free someone from prison, slavery, or control

  • thwart

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    to stop someone from doing or achieving something

  • alternatively

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    used to introduce another choice or possibility

  • Big Brother

    Phrase

    a person or system that closely watches people and limits their privacy

  • come right

    Phrase

    to end well or be resolved successfully

  • prussian

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    relating to Prussia or its people

  • proverb

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    a short saying that gives advice or expresses a general truth

  • slum

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    a very poor, crowded area of a city where people live in bad conditions

  • extinguish

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    to stop a fire or flame from burning

  • distort

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    to change the shape of something so it looks twisted or unclear

  • laced

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    fastened with laces

  • fuck off

    Phrase

    used to tell someone very rudely to go away

  • aspiration

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    a strong hope or ambition to do something

  • paling

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    a fence made of upright wooden stakes

  • tuxedo

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    a formal suit jacket worn by men for very dressy occasions

  • dissent

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    to express disagreement with an official opinion or decision

  • fives

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

  • envoy

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    a person sent to represent a government or organization, especially in talks with another country

  • shotted

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    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • underline

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    to draw a line under a word or phrase, especially for emphasis

  • reluctance

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    unwillingness to do something

  • mumble

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    to speak quietly and unclearly, so that it is hard to understand

  • bitterness

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    the bitter taste of something

  • opium

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    a strong addictive drug made from the juice of the opium poppy

  • shading

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    the use of light and dark areas in a drawing or picture

  • footstep

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

  • prevailing

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    most common or widely accepted at a particular time

  • look for trouble

    Phrase

    to deliberately do things that are likely to cause trouble or a fight

  • irishman

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    a man from Ireland

  • prostitution

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    the practice of having sex with people in exchange for money

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • the finest

    Phrase

    the police

  • tenor

    Word

    the highest adult male singing voice

  • sniff

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    to breathe in through your nose noisily, especially to smell something

  • prevail

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    to become stronger or more successful than something else

  • chuckle

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    to laugh quietly

  • sounder

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    a group of wild boars

  • thundering

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    making a loud, deep, rumbling sound

  • gypsy

    Word

    a member of the Romani people

  • refined

    Word

    elegant, polished, and cultured in style or manner

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