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The Simpsons S4E15: English vocabulary

Season 4, Episode 15AnimationComedy

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  • goatee

    Word

    a small pointed beard on the chin

  • retell

    Word

    to tell a story, event, or experience again

  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • travesty

    Word

    something that makes a serious situation seem ridiculous, unfair, or absurd

  • nosebleed

    Word

    bleeding from the nose

  • recoup

    Word

    to recover money or costs that you have lost or spent

  • fume

    Word

    a strong smell, especially smoke, gas, or vapor

  • baboon

    Word

    a large monkey with a long face, found in Africa and Arabia

  • firstborn

    Word

    born first among your children or siblings

  • deceitful

    Word

    dishonest and likely to trick people

  • yearn

    Word

    to want something very much, especially something you have lost or cannot have

  • pitying

    Word

    showing pity in a way that can seem a little superior

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  • evener

    Word

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

  • bah

    Word

    an exclamation used to show disgust, contempt, or annoyance

  • boyhood

    Word

    the period of a person's life when they are a boy

  • whoop

    Word

    to shout loudly because you are excited or happy

  • frosty

    Word

    covered with frost or looking cold and icy

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • soothe

    Word

    to make someone feel calmer, less upset, or less in pain

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • Founding Father

    Phrase

    one of the people who helped found an important country or organization

  • folly

    Word

    foolish behavior or a foolish decision

  • soothing

    Word

    making you feel calm and relaxed

  • tailing

    Word

    the act of following someone closely in order to watch them or spy on them

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  • butting

    Word

    to hit or push with the head or horns

  • eat it

    Phrase

    to fall forward and land face first

  • bug in

    Phrase

    to stay in one place and protect yourself during danger or an emergency

  • paling

    Word

    a fence made of upright wooden stakes

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • floor it

    Phrase

    to press the gas pedal all the way down

  • backside

    Word

    the back part of a person's body, especially the buttocks

  • bloodshed

    Word

    the killing and wounding of many people, especially in war or violence

  • send it

    Phrase

    to do something with full effort or confidence

  • circulate

    Word

    to move around within a system or area, or make something do this

  • crayon

    Word

    a small stick of colored wax used for drawing or coloring

  • maniac

    Word

    a person who is extremely enthusiastic about something, often in an excessive way

  • booting

    Word

    the process of starting a computer

  • whack out

    Phrase

    to make something quickly and carelessly

  • crazy talk

    Phrase

    informal speech or ideas that seem silly, unrealistic, or not worth taking seriously

  • come to think of it

    Phrase

    used to add something you have just realized or remembered

  • reckoning

    Word

    the act of making a calculation or estimate

  • whack

    Word

    to hit something with a quick, hard blow

  • now for

    Phrase

    used to introduce the next thing that will happen or be shown

  • providence

    Word

    careful planning for the future

  • let me tell you

    Phrase

    used to introduce something surprising, important, or emphatic

  • pregnancy test

    Phrase

    a test used to find out whether someone is pregnant

  • secret admirer

    Phrase

    a person who secretly admires someone, often with romantic feelings

  • highway robbery

    Phrase

    an unfairly high price

  • persistence

    Word

    the quality of continuing to try hard, even when something is difficult

  • oyster

    Word

    a sea animal with a hard shell that lives attached to rocks

  • pageant

    Word

    a public show or procession with elaborate costumes and scenery

  • what do you say

    Phrase

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

  • expire

    Word

    to come to an end or stop being valid

  • grunt

    Word

    a short, low sound made by a person or an animal

  • broth

    Word

    the liquid made by simmering meat, bones, or vegetables in water

  • flatter

    Word

    to praise someone too much, often to get something from them

  • pant

    Word

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

  • admirer

    Word

    a person who admires someone or something

  • make up

    Phrase

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

  • underestimate

    Word

    to think that something is less important, serious, or valuable than it really is

  • look in

    Phrase

    to visit someone or somewhere briefly and casually

  • yankee

    Word

    a person from the northern US, especially New England

  • rex

    Word

    a king; used in the Latin title of a ruler or in names and titles

  • now now

    Phrase

    a mild way of telling someone to calm down or stop arguing

  • homer

    Word

    a home run

  • gag

    Word

    a device or piece of cloth used to stop someone from speaking

  • convertible

    Word

    a car with a roof that folds back or comes off

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • faulting

    Word

    the act of blaming or criticizing someone

  • vista

    Word

    a wide, attractive view of the land or scenery

  • subtitle

    Word

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

  • tar

    Word

    a thick, sticky black substance used on roads and roofs

  • reckon

    Word

    to calculate something

  • toothbrush

    Word

    a small brush with a long handle, used for cleaning teeth

  • marvelous

    Word

    very good, beautiful, or impressive

  • crude

    Word

    in a raw, natural, or unrefined state

  • tail light

    Phrase

    the light at the back of a vehicle that shows it from behind

  • drilling

    Word

    the process of making holes with a drill

  • sincerely

    Word

    used at the end of a letter or email to show respect or warmth

  • impatient

    Word

    annoyed because you have to wait or because something is too slow

  • valentine

    Word

    a card or message sent to someone on Valentine's Day

  • crooked

    Word

    not straight; bent or uneven

  • to go

    Phrase

    for food or drink that you buy and take away to eat or drink somewhere else

  • next door

    Phrase

    in the house or place next to yours

  • one hundred

    Phrase

    the number 100

  • keep at

    Phrase

    to keep doing something even when it is difficult

  • deal out

    Phrase

    to give things out to people one by one

  • say no

    Phrase

    to refuse to do or accept something

  • reviewer

    Word

    a person who writes or publishes a review of a book, film, restaurant, or similar thing

  • urine

    Word

    a waste liquid made by the kidneys and passed out of the body

  • sentiment

    Word

    a feeling or opinion that people in a group have about something

  • nickel

    Word

    a hard, silvery metal used in alloys and batteries

  • marge

    Word

    a female given name

  • hey hey

    Phrase

    an informal, friendly greeting

  • big deal

    Phrase

    something that is not important or impressive

  • no thanks

    Phrase

    a polite way to say you do not want something

  • rash

    Word

    a sudden red, itchy area on the skin

  • check out

    Phrase

    to look at something in order to see what it is like

  • take out

    Phrase

    to remove something from a place, container, or package

  • righter

    Word

    more correct or more suitable

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