Doctor Who S2E4: English vocabulary

a small amount of a drink, especially alcohol

a French title used for a woman, like Miss

giving someone or something close attention

the sides of the face below the eyes

a noisy, confused disturbance

moving or walking with quick, light steps

not polite; rude

used to tell someone to stop talking or stop making excuses

a deep, rich sound that continues for a moment

a process that makes cloth stiffer and stronger by coating it with a special substance

the life or world believed to exist after death

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

to indicate or suggest something

to officially choose someone for a job or role

the sound of something, especially a clock, ticking

used to say that you agree to something, often reluctantly

to make something more difficult or harder to understand

deeply involved in a difficult or troublesome situation

to bring up something irrelevant in a discussion

a person who belongs to a noble family

the deliberate damaging or destroying of property

to record that you have started work or a shift

to work very hard and with a lot of energy

the process of cooking food in an oven or over a fire

to shoot and kill someone with a gun

to cut something off or separate it by force

to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

a group of wild boars

relating to time

kept cold, especially in a refrigerator or with ice

used to say that something should have happened earlier

the part of an aircraft carrier where planes take off and land

the period of modern life since space travel began, especially from the late 1950s onward

the act of putting things into bags or packages

causing worry, sadness, or pain

the quality of continuing to try hard, even when something is difficult

old enough to be legally an adult

to use your authority to cancel or ignore a decision

to move away from a place without meaning to

to register that you have arrived at work, usually by using a time clock

used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

to bend or twist out of shape

having many bends or turns

to know that a person or thing exists, but not know much about them

continue to stay in a place, job, or situation

to find out the latest news or information after missing it for a while

as; in the same way that

moving forward quickly and forcefully

usual or accepted in a particular group or situation

a charged atom or group of atoms formed when it gains or loses electrons

past tense and past participle of bed

the process by which living things produce young

used to talk about an earlier time in the past

the act of deceiving or cheating someone

to make things messy or confused by mixing them together

to tell someone that you are happy about their success or good luck

used to refer to something ordinary, typical, or not special

the wires in a building, vehicle, or machine, or the system they form

to some extent; fairly

allowing travel in only one direction

a small insect-like animal that bites animals and people and sucks blood

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

very tired

a small enclosed unit that can be attached to a vehicle, aircraft, or spacecraft for a special purpose

a casual way to greet someone and ask how they are

a very short period of time

a vehicle designed to travel in space

the act of sending something on to another place

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

annoyed because you have to wait or because something is too slow

having a regular, repeated beat or pattern of sound or movement

an informal way to greet someone or start a casual conversation

an emphatic way of saying that something is impossible or that you strongly refuse it

A childish way of saying goodnight

certain and confident

for food or drink that you buy and take away to eat or drink somewhere else