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Doctor Who S12E2: English vocabulary

Season 12, Episode 2Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

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  • overstatement

    Word

    a statement that makes something sound bigger, better, or worse than it really is

  • paralyse

    Word

    to make part or all of the body unable to move

  • cower

    Word

    to crouch low because you are afraid

  • egress

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    the act of leaving a place, especially a building

  • worser

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    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • tranquillity

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    a state of being calm, quiet, and peaceful

  • fizz

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    a soft hissing or bubbling sound

  • recur

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    to happen again, especially regularly

  • spate

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    a large number of similar things happening in a short time

  • anomalous

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    different from what is normal or expected

  • teutonic

    Word

    relating to the ancient Teutons or their languages

  • welcomer

    Word

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

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  • silvering

    Word

    the process of turning silver in color

  • quadratic

    Word

    relating to an equation with x² as the highest power

  • fraught

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    full of trouble, danger, or difficulty

  • cursor

    Word

    a blinking mark on a screen that shows where the next typed letter will appear

  • contraption

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    a strange or complicated machine or device

  • archetype

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    a very typical example of a person or thing

  • raze

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    to completely destroy a building, town, or other place

  • sentient

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    able to feel and understand things

  • infuriate

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    to make someone extremely angry

  • overpowering

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    so strong that it is unpleasant or hard to ignore

  • embed

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    to put something firmly inside or into something else

  • rifling

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    the spiral grooves inside a gun barrel that make a bullet spin

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  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • amass

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    to collect or gather a large amount of something over time

  • carnage

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    the violent killing of many people

  • masquerade

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    a party where people wear masks and costumes

  • subside

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    to become weaker, quieter, or less severe

  • calibration

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    the process of checking or adjusting a measuring device so it gives accurate results

  • cyanide

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    a very poisonous chemical compound used in some industrial processes

  • braving

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    while facing something difficult or dangerous bravely

  • stabling

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    the act of keeping horses in stables

  • evener

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

  • revoke

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    to officially cancel a law, decision, license, or agreement

  • gent

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    an informal word for a man

  • momentarily

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    for a very short time

  • apparition

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    a ghost or a strange image of a person or thing that seems to appear suddenly

  • regenerate

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    to grow back or become healthy again after damage or loss

  • psychics

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    people who claim they can sense hidden things or predict the future

  • voided

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    made invalid or no longer legally effective

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • keynote

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    the main speech at a conference or event

  • forget you

    Phrase

    an angry or dismissive way of telling someone to go away or stop bothering you

  • confine

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    to keep someone or something within limits or in one place

  • repel

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    to force an attack, person, or thing to move back or away

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • Founding Father

    Phrase

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

  • sleeper agent

    Phrase

    a spy who stays inactive in a place or group until they are needed

  • Last Day

    Phrase

    the day when God judges everyone, according to Christian belief

  • swat

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    to hit something quickly with your hand

  • oar

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    a long pole with a flat end, used for moving a boat through water

  • renegade

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    a person who has betrayed a group, country, or belief

  • tripping

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    moving or walking with quick, light steps

  • earthly

    Word

    relating to the earth or to life on earth

  • timeless

    Word

    lasting or appealing across different times and styles; not easily dated

  • intelligence officer

    Phrase

    a government official who gathers and handles secret information

  • intelligence service

    Phrase

    an organization that collects secret information for a government

  • reasonable person

    Phrase

    a legal standard meaning an ordinary careful person

  • carry away

    Phrase

    to make someone so excited or emotional that they lose control

  • assassinate

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    to kill an important person, especially for political reasons

  • graced

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    to honor an event or place by being present

  • fives

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

  • parisian

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    relating to Paris or its people

  • shotted

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    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • bounding

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    moving quickly with light, springy steps

  • send it

    Phrase

    to do something with full effort or confidence

  • arrogance

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    too much pride in yourself and a belief that you are better than other people

  • dearly

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    in a way that shows strong love or care

  • man on

    Phrase

    a shout warning that an opponent is coming up behind you

  • pass as

    Phrase

    to be accepted or believed as a particular type of person or thing, especially because you look like it

  • regeneration

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

  • gunning

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    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • stomp

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    to hit the ground or floor with your foot hard, often because you are angry or excited

  • cabling

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    the installation of cables or a cable system

  • sleeper

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    a sofa that can be turned into a bed

  • ready or not

    Phrase

    used to say that something will happen whether people are ready or not

  • have an accident

    Phrase

    a polite or informal way of saying that someone accidentally urinated or defecated in their clothes

  • maroon

    Word

    a dark red-purple color

  • presume

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    to think that something is probably true or will happen

  • paneling

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    wooden boards or panels used to cover a wall

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • don't you know

    Phrase

    used at the end of a statement to ask for agreement or confirmation

  • sane

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    mentally healthy and able to think clearly

  • nightly

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    happening or done every night

  • spied

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    to notice or see someone or something unexpectedly

  • trusting

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    willing to believe that other people are honest and will not harm you

  • temporal

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    relating to time

  • machining

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    the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

  • diagnose

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    to identify an illness or problem by examining the signs and tests

  • on earth

    Phrase

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

  • efficiently

    Word

    in a way that uses time, money, or effort well with little waste

  • the Bomb

    Phrase

    the first nuclear bomb ever made or used

  • for days

    Phrase

    for a very long time

  • make with

    Phrase

    to create or produce something using a particular material or method

  • secret agent

    Phrase

    a person who secretly works for a government to get information

  • power surge

    Phrase

    a sudden, temporary increase in electrical voltage

  • radio operator

    Phrase

    a person whose job is to send and receive radio messages

  • looping

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    the repeated playing of a video, song, or other media

  • can't help

    Phrase

    to be unable to stop yourself from doing something

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