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Dallas S6E8: English vocabulary

Season 6, Episode 8SoapDramaFamily

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  • whet

    Word

    sharpen the blade of a tool or weapon

  • pigeonhole

    Word

    to put someone into a limited category or stereotype

  • oilman

    Word

    a person who owns or works in the oil business

  • exacting

    Word

    needing a lot of care, skill, or attention

  • obliging

    Word

    willing and quick to help other people

  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • appointee

    Word

    a person who has been appointed to a job or office

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • silvering

    Word

    the process of turning silver in color

  • respondent

    Word

    a person who answers questions in a survey, interview, or study

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • saddled

    Word

    having a saddle on it

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  • blanketing

    Word

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

  • ahem

    Word

    used to get someone's attention, or to show mild embarrassment or disapproval

  • evener

    Word

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

  • foresight

    Word

    the ability to think ahead and plan for the future

  • variance

    Word

    the amount by which things differ from each other

  • affidavit

    Word

    a written statement that you swear is true, used as evidence in court

  • necking

    Word

    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • penitentiary

    Word

    a prison for people who have committed serious crimes

  • adoptive

    Word

    connected with adoption; having been adopted

  • whew

    Word

    used to show relief, surprise, or tiredness

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • full out

    Phrase

    printed across the full width of a page or column, with no indentation

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  • shadowing

    Word

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

  • socialize

    Word

    to spend time with other people in a friendly, relaxed way

  • tailing

    Word

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

  • butting

    Word

    to hit or push with the head or horns

  • refine

    Word

    to remove impurities from a substance

  • winner take all

    Phrase

    describing a situation in which the winner gets everything or most of the reward

  • farce

    Word

    a funny play, film, or situation that is full of silly or unlikely events

  • come right

    Phrase

    to end well or be resolved successfully

  • holding company

    Phrase

    a company that owns shares in other companies and controls them

  • live down

    Phrase

    to be unable to forget an embarrassing or unpleasant event

  • toasting

    Word

    the act of drinking a drink in honor of someone or something

  • ride with

    Phrase

    to spend time with someone or be part of their group

  • flat out

    Phrase

    to fail after starting well

  • complicate

    Word

    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • light on

    Phrase

    to land or settle lightly on something

  • refinery

    Word

    a factory where oil is cleaned and made into fuel and other products

  • responsive

    Word

    quick to react or answer

  • whipping

    Word

    the act of beating someone with a whip as punishment

  • dissolution

    Word

    the formal ending of an organization, government, or agreement

  • profiling

    Word

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

  • soaking

    Word

    completely wet

  • plaintiff

    Word

    the person who starts a lawsuit against someone else

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • big one

    Phrase

    a humorous or informal way of saying death

  • no kidding

    Phrase

    used to show surprise, disbelief, or agreement that something is obvious

  • take sides

    Phrase

    to support one side in a disagreement or competition

  • don't give me that

    Phrase

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

  • refined

    Word

    elegant, polished, and cultured in style or manner

  • back out

    Phrase

    to decide not to do something you had agreed or planned to do

  • let me tell you

    Phrase

    used to introduce something surprising, important, or emphatic

  • turn against

    Phrase

    to start opposing someone or something you used to support

  • single out

    Phrase

    to choose one person or thing from a group and pay special attention to them

  • mash up

    Phrase

    to combine two or more songs into one new mix

  • feud

    Word

    a long, angry argument or conflict

  • rodeo

    Word

    a public event where people ride horses and show skills like roping animals

  • frenchman

    Word

    a man from France

  • unprecedented

    Word

    never done, seen, or known before

  • reconciliation

    Word

    the process of becoming friendly again after an argument or disagreement

  • expire

    Word

    to come to an end or stop being valid

  • tied up

    Phrase

    busy and not available

  • push through

    Phrase

    to keep going and finish something difficult

  • put in

    Phrase

    to submit something, such as a request or application

  • sabotage

    Word

    the deliberate damaging or blocking of something to stop it working or succeeding

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • in order

    Phrase

    ready, arranged, or working properly

  • in full

    Phrase

    completely, with nothing left unpaid or unfinished

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • come around

    Phrase

    to change your opinion and start agreeing with someone

  • overdue

    Word

    not done, paid, or arrived by the expected time

  • untrue

    Word

    not true; false or incorrect

  • hornet

    Word

    a large stinging insect like a wasp

  • rubbing

    Word

    the act of rubbing something with your hand or a cloth

  • sly

    Word

    clever in a sneaky or dishonest way

  • look in

    Phrase

    to visit someone or somewhere briefly and casually

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • now now

    Phrase

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

  • get through

    Phrase

    to manage to deal with or survive something difficult

  • warden

    Word

    a person who is in charge of a prison or another place and makes sure rules are followed

  • bedded

    Word

    past tense and past participle of bed

  • disgrace

    Word

    to bring shame or dishonor on someone or something

  • rig

    Word

    to arrange or set up something, especially equipment, for a particular purpose

  • figure out

    Phrase

    to find an answer to something or understand it after thinking about it

  • set up

    Phrase

    prepare something so it can be used or can happen

  • whatsoever

    Word

    at all; used for emphasis in negative statements

  • irresponsible

    Word

    not showing good judgment or taking proper care

  • donna

    Word

    an Italian title used before a woman's name

  • get late

    Phrase

    to become late in the day or evening

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • grudge

    Word

    a lasting feeling of anger or resentment about something that happened in the past

  • bottled

    Word

    preserved or sold in bottles

  • faulting

    Word

    the act of blaming or criticizing someone

  • profiting

    Word

    to make money from a business or activity

  • subtitle

    Word

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

  • tasting

    Word

    the activity of trying food or drink to judge its flavor

  • clearance

    Word

    the removal of things that are blocking a space or getting in the way

  • see ya

    Phrase

    a casual way to say goodbye

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