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Doctor Who S6E1: English vocabulary

Season 6, Episode 1Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

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  • thrum

    Word

    to make a low, steady humming sound

  • incarcerate

    Word

    to put someone in prison

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • impressionable

    Word

    easily influenced by other people or by what happens around you

  • fizz

    Word

    a soft hissing or bubbling sound

  • tumbler

    Word

    a drinking glass with straight sides and no handle

  • mooned

    Word

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

  • screamer

    Word

    a person or thing that screams

  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • biplane

    Word

    an airplane with two wings, one above the other

  • nosing

    Word

    the front edge of a step or stair

  • cloaking

    Word

    the act of hiding something so it is not easily seen or detected

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  • clang

    Word

    to make a loud, sharp metallic sound

  • aloft

    Word

    up in the air; at a high level above the ground

  • spoiler

    Word

    a comment or post that reveals an important part of a story, movie, or game before you see it

  • oblong

    Word

    longer in one direction than in the other, like a stretched rectangle or oval

  • thumping

    Word

    making a dull, heavy sound

  • silvery

    Word

    looking or shining like silver

  • evener

    Word

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

  • incursion

    Word

    a sudden short attack or movement into another place, especially across a border

  • horrid

    Word

    very unpleasant, ugly, or disgusting

  • glitch

    Word

    a small fault or problem in a machine, computer, or system

  • fez

    Word

    a small brimless hat, often red, with a tassel

  • neutralize

    Word

    to make a substance or effect harmless or inactive

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  • loaning

    Word

    the act of lending something to someone

  • envelop

    Word

    a flat paper cover with a flap, used for sending a letter or document

  • custard

    Word

    a sweet, thick dessert made from milk, eggs, and sugar

  • Founding Father

    Phrase

    one of the people who helped found an important country or organization

  • Who's Who

    Phrase

    a book or list of important or famous people

  • stalker

    Word

    a person who follows and watches someone in a way that frightens or annoys them

  • hear things

    Phrase

    to think you are hearing sounds that are not really there

  • swat

    Word

    to hit something quickly with your hand

  • tripping

    Word

    moving or walking with quick, light steps

  • get it in

    Phrase

    to have sex

  • potting

    Word

    the act of putting a plant into a pot or container

  • dodger

    Word

    a person who avoids doing something, especially by making excuses

  • mobilize

    Word

    to organize people or resources for a purpose

  • kill me

    Phrase

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

  • knitting

    Word

    the activity of making clothes or other items by looping yarn with needles

  • flagging

    Word

    becoming weaker or less active

  • fives

    Word

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

  • discreet

    Word

    careful about what you say or do, especially to keep something private

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • coping

    Word

    the process of dealing with stress, problems, or difficult feelings

  • sob

    Word

    to cry in a noisy way with short, broken breaths

  • howdy

    Word

    used as a friendly greeting, especially in American English

  • fancied

    Word

    imagined rather than real

  • summons

    Word

    an official order to appear in court

  • paradox

    Word

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

  • regeneration

    Word

    the action or process of regenerating or being regenerated, in particular the formation of new animal or plant tissue.

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • footstep

    Word

    the sound of someone walking, or one step in a walk

  • cut off

    Phrase

    separated from the rest by cutting

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • rattle

    Word

    a series of short, sharp sounds

  • whack

    Word

    to hit something with a quick, hard blow

  • to the moon

    Phrase

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

  • past it

    Phrase

    no longer as strong, active, or effective as before

  • hands up

    Phrase

    a shouted command telling people to raise their hands, especially in surrender or when being searched

  • temporal

    Word

    relating to time

  • on earth

    Phrase

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

  • time traveler

    Phrase

    a person who travels through time, especially in science fiction

  • avenge

    Word

    to punish someone by doing harm in return for a wrong done to you or someone else

  • time travel

    Phrase

    the idea of traveling to the past or future

  • flatter

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    to praise someone too much, often to get something from them

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • live for

    Phrase

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

  • zoned

    Word

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

  • archaeologist

    Word

    a person who studies the past by digging up and examining old objects, buildings, and remains

  • shoot me

    Phrase

    a casual way to say you feel embarrassed, annoyed, or frustrated

  • classify

    Word

    to put people or things into groups based on shared qualities

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • operative

    Word

    working or in effect

  • all clear

    Phrase

    a signal that danger or an emergency has ended and it is safe to continue

  • rewrite

    Word

    to write something again in a different or improved way

  • duplicate

    Word

    an exact copy of something

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • cloak

    Word

    a loose outer piece of clothing that hangs from the shoulders

  • sit over

    Phrase

    to move a little to one side on a seat to make room for someone

  • stand around

    Phrase

    to stand somewhere and waste time doing nothing useful

  • tasting

    Word

    the activity of trying food or drink to judge its flavor

  • delaware

    Word

    a state in the eastern United States

  • see ya

    Phrase

    a casual way to say goodbye

  • now then

    Phrase

    used to get someone's attention before saying something

  • fairness

    Word

    the quality of being fair and reasonable

  • sync

    Word

    to make two devices or systems work together by sharing data

  • canton

    Word

    one of the political regions of Switzerland

  • laying

    Word

    present participle of lay: to put something down in a flat position

  • beached

    Word

    washed or carried onto land by the sea

  • flirt

    Word

    to behave in a playful romantic way toward someone

  • what's happening

    Phrase

    a casual way to greet someone and ask how they are

  • no time

    Phrase

    a very short period of time

  • space travel

    Phrase

    travel in space, especially in a spacecraft

  • space program

    Phrase

    a government project to explore space

  • travel time

    Phrase

    the time it takes to get from one place to another

  • forwarding

    Word

    the act of sending something on to another place

  • blow up

    Phrase

    explode or burst violently

  • hatching

    Word

    the process of a young bird, fish, or reptile coming out of its egg

  • every time

    Phrase

    used to say that something happens on each occasion that something else happens

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