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Dallas S3E23: English vocabulary

Season 3, Episode 23SoapDramaFamily

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  • oilman

    Word

    a person who owns or works in the oil business

  • mutilate

    Word

    to injure someone or something badly and permanently

  • newsman

    Word

    a man who reports the news on radio or television

  • supremely

    Word

    to a very great degree; extremely

  • sequestered

    Word

    kept apart from other people or things, often in a private or hidden place

  • prejudicial

    Word

    causing harm or making something worse

  • overrule

    Word

    to use your authority to change or reject a decision

  • mimosa

    Word

    a tropical plant with yellow flowers and leaves that fold up when touched or in low light

  • monstrosity

    Word

    something very large and ugly, especially a building

  • confounded

    Word

    feeling confused and unable to think clearly

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • sanitarium

    Word

    a place where people stay to recover from illness or get long-term medical care

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  • oiled

    Word

    covered or treated with oil

  • inconceivable

    Word

    impossible to believe or imagine

  • hutch

    Word

    a low cupboard with shelves, often used for dishes or display

  • confound

    Word

    to confuse or surprise someone greatly

  • solemnly

    Word

    in a serious, formal, or dignified way

  • decompose

    Word

    to break down naturally into simpler substances

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • distillery

    Word

    a place where alcoholic drinks are made by distilling

  • frivolous

    Word

    not serious or important; silly and wasteful

  • indulgence

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    something you do or buy for pleasure, especially when it is a little extravagant

  • allege

    Word

    to say that something is true, especially without proving it

  • bailiff

    Word

    an official who keeps order in a court and may escort people or serve legal papers

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  • splatter

    Word

    to make liquid, paint, or mud fly and land in small drops

  • evener

    Word

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

  • vendetta

    Word

    a long-running bitter feud or revenge between people or families

  • acquittal

    Word

    a legal decision that someone is not guilty

  • yea

    Word

    yes; used to show agreement or approval

  • flimsy

    Word

    easily damaged, broken, or bent

  • adjourn

    Word

    to stop a meeting, trial, or game for a time, with plans to continue later

  • necking

    Word

    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • indict

    Word

    to formally accuse someone of a serious crime

  • righteousness

    Word

    the quality of being morally right and fair

  • jerking

    Word

    making quick, sharp movements

  • psalm

    Word

    a sacred song or poem, especially one from the Bible

  • digger

    Word

    a person or animal that digs

  • shadowing

    Word

    the practice of learning a job by following and watching an experienced worker

  • recessed

    Word

    set back into a surface so it does not stick out

  • corpus

    Word

    a large collection of written or spoken texts used for study or analysis

  • tripping

    Word

    moving or walking with quick, light steps

  • go outside

    Phrase

    a rude way of telling someone to stop arguing online and go out into the real world

  • cover up

    Phrase

    to hide the truth about something, especially a mistake or crime

  • land with

    Phrase

    to give someone extra work or a difficult task to deal with

  • juror

    Word

    a person who serves on a jury

  • bring it

    Phrase

    to do your best and put a lot of energy into something

  • go at

    Phrase

    to attack someone or something, or start arguing with them

  • bounding

    Word

    moving quickly with light, springy steps

  • fall in

    Phrase

    to move into position in a line or formation, especially in the military

  • step down

    Phrase

    to resign from an important job or public position

  • very well

    Phrase

    used to say that you agree to something, often reluctantly

  • snore

    Word

    to breathe noisily while sleeping

  • caption

    Word

    a short text that explains a picture or photo

  • engraving

    Word

    the process of cutting a design or words into a hard surface

  • saloon

    Word

    a bar, especially in an old-fashioned western setting

  • prospective

    Word

    expected or likely to happen in the future

  • prosecute

    Word

    to start legal action against someone, especially for a crime

  • profiling

    Word

    the practice of analyzing people or data to predict behavior or group people by characteristics

  • alibi

    Word

    proof that someone was somewhere else when a crime happened

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • revolver

    Word

    a handgun with a rotating cylinder that holds several bullets

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • indictment

    Word

    a formal charge that someone has committed a serious crime

  • mailing

    Word

    the sending of letters, packages, or other items by mail

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • thin air

    Phrase

    used in the phrase into thin air to mean that something disappears completely or seems to vanish

  • thy

    Word

    your; belonging to you

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • caliber

    Word

    the quality or level of someone's skill, ability, or character

  • thou

    Word

    an old word for 'you' when speaking to one person

  • take that

    Phrase

    used to say you have won or beaten someone

  • can't stand

    Phrase

    to dislike someone or something very much and be unable to tolerate them

  • go at it

    Phrase

    to fight or argue intensely

  • electrical storm

    Phrase

    a storm with thunder and lightning

  • unfaithful

    Word

    not faithful to a partner or spouse

  • traffic violation

    Phrase

    a breaking of traffic laws

  • concession

    Word

    something that is given or allowed, especially after a request or demand

  • eyewitness

    Word

    a person who saw an event happen, especially a crime or accident

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • wreckage

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    the broken pieces left after something is badly damaged or destroyed

  • framing

    Word

    the way something is presented so that people understand it in a particular way

  • riches

    Word

    a large amount of money, property, or valuable things

  • pasture

    Word

    land covered with grass for animals to graze on

  • scotch

    Word

    to stop something from happening or continuing

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • hand off

    Phrase

    to give something to another person or group, especially so they can continue using or dealing with it

  • come around

    Phrase

    to change your opinion and start agreeing with someone

  • believable

    Word

    able to be believed; seeming true or real

  • walk through

    Phrase

    to explain something to someone in a clear, step-by-step way

  • split up

    Phrase

    to end a romantic relationship

  • jug

    Word

    a container for liquids, usually with a handle and a narrow top

  • stand in

    Phrase

    to do someone else's job or perform their role for a short time

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • storming

    Word

    moving forward quickly and forcefully

  • desirable

    Word

    worth wanting or having; attractive or useful

  • lettered

    Word

    marked or decorated with letters or writing

  • bedded

    Word

    past tense and past participle of bed

  • work on

    Phrase

    to spend time and effort improving or dealing with something

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

  • mourning

    Word

    the feeling and actions of sadness after someone has died

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