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Doctor Who S3E13: English vocabulary

Season 3, Episode 13Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

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  • petrify

    Word

    to make someone feel so shocked or frightened that they cannot move or think clearly

  • peripatetic

    Word

    traveling from place to place, especially for work

  • ampere

    Word

    the unit used to measure electric current

  • joule

    Word

    the standard unit of energy or work in the SI system

  • blare

    Word

    to make a loud, harsh sound, or to make something do that

  • regress

    Word

    to return to an earlier or less developed state

  • drumbeat

    Word

    the repeated sound of a drum

  • devastate

    Word

    to destroy something badly or cause it to fail completely

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • pining

    Word

    full of longing or sadness for someone or something

  • rejoice

    Word

    to feel or show great joy

  • swede

    Word

    a large round root vegetable with yellow flesh

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  • evener

    Word

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

  • whirlpool

    Word

    a strong spinning current of water that can pull things down or around

  • vortex

    Word

    a mass of air or water that spins around very fast

  • regenerate

    Word

    to grow back or become healthy again after damage or loss

  • psychics

    Word

    people who claim they can sense hidden things or predict the future

  • degenerate

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    to become worse in quality, health, or morals

  • archangel

    Word

    a very important angel in some religions

  • coasting

    Word

    the act of moving along without using power

  • lightning strike

    Phrase

    a sudden strike by workers with little or no warning

  • tripping

    Word

    moving or walking with quick, light steps

  • revert back

    Phrase

    to reply or get back to someone

  • valiant

    Word

    showing courage and determination

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  • kill me

    Phrase

    a rude, exaggerated way of saying you are very annoyed or frustrated

  • slave labour

    Phrase

    the use of enslaved people as workers

  • assassinate

    Word

    to kill an important person, especially for political reasons

  • milling

    Word

    the process of grinding grain into flour or other small particles

  • fives

    Word

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

  • put it down

    Phrase

    to perform very well; to do something impressively

  • ticking

    Word

    the sound of something, especially a clock, ticking

  • rift

    Word

    a deep crack or split in something

  • labour camp

    Phrase

    a place where people are kept and forced to work

  • very well

    Phrase

    used to say that you agree to something, often reluctantly

  • cascade

    Word

    a small waterfall, or a series of small waterfalls

  • blazing

    Word

    burning very brightly and strongly

  • fancied

    Word

    imagined rather than real

  • paradox

    Word

    a situation or idea that seems impossible or contradictory but may still be true

  • inward

    Word

    toward the inside or center

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • close up

    Phrase

    at a very short distance; with little space between things

  • eye of the storm

    Phrase

    the calm center of a storm

  • come to power

    Phrase

    to become the leader or ruler of a country or organization

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • recreate

    Word

    make something again, especially in a new or different way

  • utopia

    Word

    an imaginary perfect place or society

  • get across

    Phrase

    to make an idea or message clear and understood

  • machining

    Word

    the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

  • siding

    Word

    a short track connected to a main railway line, used for parking or loading trains

  • on earth

    Phrase

    used in questions to express surprise, emphasis, or strong curiosity

  • access code

    Phrase

    a code you use to open or log in to something

  • poster boy

    Phrase

    a man who is seen as a typical example of a particular group, cause, or style

  • bagging

    Word

    the act of putting things into bags or packages

  • sol

    Word

    the basic unit of money in Peru

  • cuff

    Word

    the part of a sleeve that fits tightly around the wrist

  • can't help

    Phrase

    to be unable to stop yourself from doing something

  • last words

    Phrase

    the final words someone says before they die

  • collide

    Word

    to hit something hard while moving

  • walk on

    Phrase

    to come onto the stage in a performance

  • count down

    Phrase

    to count backward to a time or event

  • kneel

    Word

    to rest on one or both knees

  • gasp

    Word

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

  • clamp

    Word

    a device used to hold two things tightly together

  • psychic

    Word

    someone who claims to have special powers to know things or see the future

  • trillion

    Word

    the number 1,000,000,000,000

  • work in

    Phrase

    to find time or space for something in a busy schedule or limited place

  • live for

    Phrase

    to care about something so much that it gives you energy or purpose

  • pitted

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    having many small holes or dents on the surface

  • zoned

    Word

    restricted by zoning rules to a particular type of use or area

  • integrate

    Word

    to combine different parts or systems so they work together as one

  • saxon

    Word

    a member of the Saxons, a Germanic people who lived in northern Europe and later settled in England

  • carve

    Word

    to cut or shape something with a knife or tool

  • break up

    Phrase

    to make a group of people separate and go away

  • storming

    Word

    moving forward quickly and forcefully

  • strait

    Word

    a narrow strip of water between two larger areas of water

  • down time

    Phrase

    time when a machine, system, or person is not working or being used

  • furnace

    Word

    a large enclosed heater used to warm a building or to heat materials to very high temperatures

  • vanity

    Word

    too much pride in your own appearance, abilities, or achievements

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

  • shipyard

    Word

    a place where ships are built and repaired

  • drumming

    Word

    the act of playing drums

  • set up

    Phrase

    prepare something so it can be used or can happen

  • wag

    Word

    move quickly from side to side

  • immortal

    Word

    living forever; never dying

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • align

    Word

    to put things in the correct position or line

  • faulting

    Word

    the act of blaming or criticizing someone

  • blaze

    Word

    a very large, bright fire

  • ape

    Word

    a large monkey without a tail, such as a chimpanzee or gorilla

  • subtitle

    Word

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

  • inject

    Word

    to put a liquid, drug, or other substance into something or someone

  • adore

    Word

    to love or like someone or something very much

  • see ya

    Phrase

    a casual way to say goodbye

  • starve

    Word

    to suffer or die from lack of food

  • forgiving

    Word

    willing to forgive mistakes and not easily upset by them

  • good girl

    Phrase

    said to a female animal, especially a dog, when she has done something well

  • transmit

    Word

    to send or pass something from one place or person to another

  • extinction

    Word

    the process of a plant or animal species dying out completely

  • one moment

    Phrase

    used to ask someone to wait for a short time

  • ringed

    Word

    having a ring or rings around it

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