Modern Family S6E3: English vocabulary

to stay somewhere longer than needed, often because you do not want to leave

a player whose job is to kick the ball in football

to fall forward and land face first

to talk too proudly about your achievements, possessions, or abilities

to sit, lean, or fall heavily, often with a bent back

a feeling that you or the things around you are spinning, often making you lose your balance

past tense and past participle of shoot

the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

turning around a central point or axis

a male donkey

to make something more difficult or harder to understand

to keep a student at school after class as a punishment

a short text that explains a picture or photo

to do something with full effort or confidence

a boyfriend or male companion

the main sports team that represents a school or college

the act of making secret or unknown information known

a complete and terrible destruction, especially one that is thought of as the end of the world

becoming more mature and fully developed

to make someone feel excited and eager

to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

to give a very impressive performance or do something extremely well

to make something white or lighter using a chemical process

a wheelbarrow or a similar cart with one wheel

to become very strong or intense, especially feelings or emotions

the act of giving weapons to people or preparing them for fighting

a group of people, vehicles, or animals moving together in an orderly line, often in a ceremony

the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

kept cold, especially in a refrigerator or with ice

used to say you have won or beaten someone

used to say that something should have happened earlier

to make someone feel worried or under pressure

to continue for a longer time than expected

to get a recording ready to play at the right moment

relating to photographs or photography

a shaped part in a machine that makes another part move in a controlled way

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

the crucial point when the result of something becomes clear

to become more level, even, or balanced

to remove a part of a film, recording, or text during editing

to stop something from happening or continuing

used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

to make a long, low sound because of pain, sadness, or pleasure

very strong anger

to suddenly and involuntarily force air out through your nose and mouth

to recover from an illness, shock, or painful experience

cut out of a piece of material or paper

the act of rubbing something with your hand or a cloth

an improvement that makes something better or more effective

as; in the same way that

to support the weight of something so it does not fall

showing strong feelings of love, sadness, or tenderness

past tense and past participle of bed

to spend time and effort improving or dealing with something

not real, or seeming strange and hard to believe

a feeling that you are going to vomit

an informal way of saying yes or certainly

to cover or lie partly over something else

gray or white hair on someone's head, especially as a sign of aging

the wires in a building, vehicle, or machine, or the system they form

to some extent; fairly

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

the activity of trying food or drink to judge its flavor

a casual way to say goodbye

a heavy, repeated beating or striking sound

recorded video material of an event or place

an exclamation used to show surprise or mild shock

to enter a place on foot

washed or carried onto land by the sea

used to warn someone to be careful or stop what they are doing

an exclamation used to show surprise, shock, or excitement

a place where people can look at works of art

a team sport played on grass or turf with sticks and a ball

a web made by a spider

the act of sending something on to another place

in a vertical or straight-up position