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American Dad! S18E9: English vocabulary

Season 18, Episode 9AnimationComedy

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  • dappled

    Word

    covered with light spots or patches of color or shade

  • testy

    Word

    easily annoyed or impatient

  • dynamiting

    Word

    the act of blowing something up with dynamite

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • quip

    Word

    a short, witty remark

  • bayed

    Word

    to make a long, loud cry, especially like a hound

  • defile

    Word

    to make something dirty, impure, or morally bad

  • bullfrog

    Word

    a large frog that makes a deep, loud croaking sound

  • humbles

    Word

    to make someone feel less proud or less important

  • beeswax

    Word

    a wax made by bees, used in candles, cosmetics, and polish

  • snot

    Word

    thick mucus from the nose

  • fruitless

    Word

    not successful or not producing any useful result

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  • seedy

    Word

    looking dirty, shabby, or a bit unsafe

  • croak

    Word

    to make a deep, hoarse sound, like a frog or a crow

  • thicket

    Word

    a thick group of bushes or small trees

  • urinate

    Word

    to pass urine from the body

  • braving

    Word

    while facing something difficult or dangerous bravely

  • splendor

    Word

    great beauty and impressive quality

  • evener

    Word

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

  • hydrated

    Word

    having enough water in your body

  • raving

    Word

    showing strong enthusiasm or excitement

  • gulp

    Word

    to swallow food or drink quickly, often in a noisy way

  • contraband

    Word

    goods that are brought into or taken out of a country illegally

  • licking

    Word

    the act of moving your tongue over something

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  • infiltrate

    Word

    to enter a place, organization, or group secretly in order to get information or cause harm

  • smuggle

    Word

    to move goods secretly across a border or into a country illegally

  • vernacular

    Word

    the everyday language or dialect used by ordinary people in a place

  • springing

    Word

    moving with quick, light jumps

  • salting

    Word

    the act of adding salt to food or water

  • knuckle

    Word

    one of the hard joints in the middle of your fingers

  • bucking

    Word

    moving up and down suddenly and forcefully, like a horse kicking out

  • have no right

    Phrase

    to have no moral or legal permission to do something

  • sizing

    Word

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

  • sacking

    Word

    the act of being dismissed from a job

  • murderous

    Word

    showing a strong wish to kill or harm someone

  • lyrical

    Word

    expressing strong feeling in a beautiful or imaginative way

  • scooch over

    Phrase

    to move a little to one side to make room for someone else

  • human sacrifice

    Phrase

    the killing of a person as part of a religious ritual

  • no ball

    Phrase

    in cricket, a delivery that is not allowed because it breaks the rules

  • nail down

    Phrase

    to make a plan, decision, or arrangement final and certain

  • fumble

    Word

    to move or handle something awkwardly or clumsily

  • screwing

    Word

    the act of fastening something with a screw

  • fruiting

    Word

    producing fruit

  • lucky break

    Phrase

    a lucky event or opportunity that helps someone succeed

  • close the books

    Phrase

    to finish the financial records for a period

  • crunch

    Word

    to crush or bite something so it makes a loud, dry sound

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • add up

    Phrase

    to seem reasonable or consistent

  • smoothing

    Word

    the process of making a surface or material smooth

  • arming

    Word

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

  • disable

    Word

    to make a machine, system, or device stop working properly or at all

  • back out

    Phrase

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

  • back down

    Phrase

    to stop fighting, arguing, or refusing to give in

  • physical therapist

    Phrase

    a health professional who helps people recover movement and strength after injury or illness

  • bagging

    Word

    the act of putting things into bags or packages

  • farmhouse

    Word

    a house on a farm, usually where the farmer's family lives

  • ceremonial

    Word

    used in a ceremony or connected with one

  • what do you say

    Phrase

    used to ask if someone is willing to do something or agrees with an idea

  • time line

    Phrase

    another spelling of timeline

  • thug

    Word

    a violent criminal or troublemaker

  • cafeteria

    Word

    a place where people choose food from a counter and pay before eating

  • flatter

    Word

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

  • shack

    Word

    a small, simple, roughly built house or shelter

  • hook up

    Phrase

    to connect a device to a power source or another device

  • gasp

    Word

    to take a quick breath in because you are surprised, shocked, or in pain

  • blacked out

    Phrase

    made dark so that light cannot pass through

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • hit the head

    Phrase

    to go to the toilet

  • pant

    Word

    to breathe quickly and loudly, usually because you are tired or hot

  • gee

    Word

    used to express surprise, worry, or mild annoyance

  • look over

    Phrase

    to check or read something quickly

  • seasoning

    Word

    salt, pepper, herbs, or other spices added to food to give it more flavor

  • handicap

    Word

    a physical or mental condition that makes it harder for someone to do things in everyday life

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • shatter

    Word

    to break suddenly into many pieces

  • violate

    Word

    to break a rule, law, or agreement

  • down time

    Phrase

    time when a machine, system, or person is not working or being used

  • lunch lady

    Phrase

    A woman who works in a school cafeteria and serves food

  • dynamite

    Word

    a powerful explosive used for blasting or demolition

  • 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

  • slack

    Word

    not tight or firm; loose

  • slug

    Word

    a small shell-less land mollusk that moves slowly and leaves a trail of slime

  • unreal

    Word

    not real, or seeming strange and hard to believe

  • unload

    Word

    remove things from a vehicle, container, or machine

  • salute

    Word

    to greet or show respect to someone in a formal way

  • rave

    Word

    a party with loud electronic music and dancing

  • jellyfish

    Word

    a sea animal with a soft, jelly-like body and stinging tentacles

  • logging

    Word

    the business of cutting and selling trees for wood

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • one way

    Phrase

    allowing travel in only one direction

  • shelling

    Word

    the act of removing shells or outer coverings from nuts, seeds, or other food

  • subtitle

    Word

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

  • pounding

    Word

    a heavy, repeated beating or striking sound

  • insecure

    Word

    not feeling confident about yourself or your abilities

  • next generation

    Phrase

    the generation that comes after the current one

  • ringed

    Word

    having a ring or rings around it

  • just in case

    Phrase

    used to say that you are doing something as a precaution

  • pod

    Word

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

  • pact

    Word

    a formal agreement between people, groups, or countries

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