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Modern Family S10E9: English vocabulary

Season 10, Episode 9Comedy

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  • sot

    Word

    a person who drinks too much alcohol regularly

  • sweepings

    Word

    bits of dirt, dust, and other small waste collected when you sweep a floor

  • overstay

    Word

    to stay longer than you are allowed or longer than you planned

  • pander

    Word

    to try to please people in order to gain support, often in a dishonest way

  • spigot

    Word

    a tap or valve for controlling the flow of liquid from a container or pipe

  • thresher

    Word

    a machine used to separate grain from the rest of the plant

  • incensed

    Word

    very angry

  • fizz

    Word

    a soft hissing or bubbling sound

  • ratting

    Word

    the act of hunting or trapping rats

  • wrinkly

    Word

    having a lot of wrinkles

  • organically

    Word

    in a way that uses natural methods and avoids artificial chemicals

  • mooned

    Word

    to show your bare buttocks to someone as a joke or insult

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  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • leavings

    Word

    things that are left over after something is used, eaten, or finished

  • tolerable

    Word

    bad or unpleasant, but not too bad to deal with

  • hoarding

    Word

    the act of keeping and storing a lot of things, often too many

  • butchering

    Word

    the process of cutting an animal into pieces for meat

  • astrophysics

    Word

    the study of the physical nature of stars, planets, and other objects in space

  • cranked

    Word

    turned or operated by a crank

  • overheat

    Word

    to become too hot, or to make something too hot

  • quirk

    Word

    a small habit or feature that is a little unusual but not serious

  • downright

    Word

    used to emphasize something, often in a strong or negative way

  • snooze

    Word

    to sleep lightly for a short time

  • swoop

    Word

    to move quickly down through the air

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  • blanketing

    Word

    covering something completely, especially with a layer of snow, smoke, or other material

  • terrify

    Word

    to make someone feel extreme fear

  • sprinkler

    Word

    a device that sprays water over grass or plants

  • evener

    Word

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

  • joyous

    Word

    full of joy; very happy and cheerful

  • necking

    Word

    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • heartfelt

    Word

    showing sincere, deep feeling

  • lapping

    Word

    moving gently against something with a soft, light sound

  • deodorant

    Word

    a product you put on your body to stop or reduce body odor

  • motoring

    Word

    a drive or trip in a car, especially for pleasure

  • turquoise

    Word

    a greenish-blue color

  • screech

    Word

    a loud, harsh, high-pitched sound

  • darn

    Word

    to repair a hole in knitted cloth by sewing yarn through it

  • virginity

    Word

    the state of never having had sex

  • springing

    Word

    moving with quick, light jumps

  • vibrate

    Word

    to move quickly and repeatedly from side to side

  • wrapper

    Word

    a piece of paper, plastic, or similar material that covers something

  • knuckle

    Word

    one of the hard joints in the middle of your fingers

  • It boy

    Phrase

    a young man who is very fashionable and widely talked about

  • titanic

    Word

    extremely large, strong, or powerful

  • raccoon

    Word

    a gray-brown North American animal with a black face mask and a ringed tail

  • save it

    Phrase

    used to tell someone to stop talking or stop making excuses

  • sanded

    Word

    smoothed by rubbing with sandpaper

  • eat it

    Phrase

    to fall forward and land face first

  • live on

    Phrase

    to continue to exist or be remembered

  • taker

    Word

    a person or thing that takes part in a particular activity or gets something offered

  • enlighten

    Word

    to help someone understand something better

  • sacking

    Word

    the act of being dismissed from a job

  • ride on

    Phrase

    to attack someone in a drive-by shooting

  • jarring

    Word

    causing a sudden unpleasant feeling because it does not fit well with what is around it

  • grasshopper

    Word

    an insect with long back legs that can jump high and makes a chirping sound

  • incense

    Word

    a substance that is burned for its pleasant smell

  • crush it

    Phrase

    to do something very well and succeed impressively

  • down the toilet

    Phrase

    in a ruined or hopeless state; badly failed

  • sham

    Word

    something that is fake or meant to deceive

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • beat up

    Phrase

    to attack someone and hit them hard

  • mean the world to

    Phrase

    to be very important or deeply meaningful to someone

  • arming

    Word

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

  • to the moon

    Phrase

    a slogan used to say that a cryptocurrency will rise a lot in value

  • don't give me that

    Phrase

    an informal way to say that you do not believe what someone has said

  • reunite

    Word

    to come together again after being apart

  • nice try

    Phrase

    used to say that an attempt was not successful

  • drive down

    Phrase

    to make a price, amount, or rate go down

  • eat away at

    Phrase

    to gradually damage or wear something away

  • pageant

    Word

    a public show or procession with elaborate costumes and scenery

  • cam

    Word

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

  • caught up

    Phrase

    involved in a situation, often without wanting to be

  • what do you want

    Phrase

    a rude way of asking why someone is bothering or interrupting you

  • hands on

    Phrase

    involving doing things yourself, not just watching or planning

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • syllable

    Word

    a unit of speech with one vowel sound

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • check up on

    Phrase

    to visit or contact someone to see how they are doing

  • flushing

    Word

    the act of becoming red in the face or skin

  • winding

    Word

    having many bends or turns

  • better off

    Phrase

    in a better situation, especially after a change or decision

  • cut out

    Phrase

    cut out of a piece of material or paper

  • like crazy

    Phrase

    very much; to an extreme degree

  • track down

    Phrase

    to find someone or something after searching for them

  • buddhism

    Word

    a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha

  • Rubik's Cube

    Phrase

    a puzzle cube with colored squares that you twist to make each side one color

  • crank

    Word

    a bent part on a machine that turns back-and-forth motion into circular motion

  • work on

    Phrase

    to spend time and effort improving or dealing with something

  • take over

    Phrase

    to take control of something or start doing a job that someone else was doing

  • plumber

    Word

    a person whose job is to install and repair pipes, sinks, toilets, and other water systems

  • irresponsible

    Word

    not showing good judgment or taking proper care

  • homemade

    Word

    made at home, not in a store or factory

  • whispering

    Word

    the act of speaking very quietly, or the soft sound of someone speaking quietly

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • get the point

    Phrase

    to understand the main idea or what someone means

  • hand on

    Phrase

    to give something to another person

  • faulting

    Word

    the act of blaming or criticizing someone

  • forgiving

    Word

    willing to forgive mistakes and not easily upset by them

  • just wondering

    Phrase

    used to introduce a question or comment that you are making out of curiosity

  • netting

    Word

    a light open fabric made of threads or cord with holes in it

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