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The Simpsons S2E17: English vocabulary

Season 2, Episode 17FamilyAnimationComedy

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  • blowgun

    a tube that you blow through to shoot a dart or pellet

  • pomade

    a thick, scented hair product used to style hair

  • slumming

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

  • bloodsucker

    a person who takes advantage of other people for money or help

  • corncob

    the hard core of an ear of corn, after the kernels have been removed

  • grovel

    to act in a very humble, desperate, or self-abasing way, especially to get forgiveness or favor

  • junket

    a sweet dish made from curdled milk, often served with fruit

  • electrify

    to make something carry or use electricity

  • sardinian

    relating to Sardinia, its people, or their language

  • spousal

    relating to a husband or wife, or to marriage

  • pallbearer

    a person who helps carry a coffin at a funeral

  • sullen

    bad-tempered, quiet, and unfriendly

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  • barnyard

    the area next to a barn where farm animals are kept

  • ravishing

    extremely beautiful or attractive

  • oddity

    the quality of being strange or unusual

  • ventricle

    one of the two lower chambers of the heart that pump blood out of the heart

  • innuendo

    a remark that suggests something indirectly, often something rude or sexual

  • spender

    a person who spends money in a particular way

  • jerky

    dried meat, usually beef, eaten as a snack

  • blower

    a device that blows air, especially one used to clear leaves or dust

  • shawl

    a long piece of cloth worn around the shoulders or over the head

  • bayonet

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

  • partake

    to take part in something

  • executor

    a person named in a will to carry out its instructions after someone dies

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