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Outlander S6E3: English vocabulary

Season 6, Episode 3DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

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  • sassenach

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    a Scottish word for an English person, often used in a teasing or unfriendly way

  • chasten

    Word

    to correct or punish someone in a strict way

  • sweetmeat

    Word

    a sweet food, especially a piece of candied or preserved fruit

  • crofter

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    a person who rents and works a small farm in Scotland or northern England

  • snowbird

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    a person who spends the winter in a warm place

  • billow

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    a large wave or a swelling mass of water, smoke, or fabric

  • sutured

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    closed with stitches

  • gullet

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    the throat or the tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach

  • scamp

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    a mischievous or cheeky person, especially a child

  • thyself

    Word

    an old-fashioned or poetic form of "yourself

  • bairn

    Word

    a child

  • prophesy

    Word

    to say that something will happen in the future, especially in a religious or formal way

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  • inducement

    Word

    something that encourages someone to do something, especially by offering a reward

  • throb

    Word

    to beat or move with a strong, regular rhythm

  • idleness

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    the state of not working or being active; laziness

  • cherokees

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    the plural form of Cherokee, a Native American people from the southeastern United States

  • swoon

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    to faint, especially from strong emotion or excitement

  • befall

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    to happen to someone, especially something bad

  • squirm

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    to twist and move your body from side to side, especially because you feel nervous or uncomfortable

  • bullfrog

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    a large frog that makes a deep, loud croaking sound

  • confection

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    a sweet food, especially a fancy one

  • flog

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    to beat someone with a whip or stick as punishment

  • rebuff

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    to reject someone or something in a blunt or unfriendly way

  • hemlock

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    a highly poisonous plant with small white flowers and a bad smell

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  • reek

    Word

    to smell very bad

  • tartan

    Word

    a pattern of colored checks and crossing lines, especially one linked to a Scottish clan

  • feverish

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    showing signs of a fever, such as heat, sweating, or restlessness

  • savor

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    to enjoy something very much by paying close attention to it

  • divination

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    the practice of trying to learn about the future or the unknown by magical or supernatural means

  • rustle

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    to make a soft, dry sound like leaves or paper moving

  • tiredness

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    the feeling of being tired

  • hungered

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    to feel very hungry

  • highlander

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    a person from the Scottish Highlands

  • palmed

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    to hide something in your hand, especially secretly

  • auld

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    old; used in Scottish English

  • wickedness

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    the quality of being evil or morally wrong

  • baptize

    Word

    to give someone the Christian rite of baptism

  • lass

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    a girl or young woman, especially in Scottish English

  • bugger

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    an annoying or unpleasant person

  • exalt

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    to praise or admire someone or something very much

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • quench

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    to make a fire stop burning

  • incomprehensible

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    impossible or very hard to understand

  • scoundrel

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    a dishonest or unpleasant person

  • pitying

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    showing pity in a way that can seem a little superior

  • fearsome

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    causing fear or dread

  • startle

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    to make someone suddenly feel shocked or alarmed

  • ether

    Word

    a clear, colorless liquid once used as an anesthetic and solvent

  • suitor

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    a person who is trying to win someone's love or marry them

  • suture

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    a stitch used to close a wound or surgical cut

  • braving

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    while facing something difficult or dangerous bravely

  • stitching

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    the sewing of stitches, especially as a visible part of a garment

  • sensibility

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    the ability to notice and appreciate subtle feelings, beauty, or art

  • evener

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

  • boning

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    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • yea

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    yes; used to show agreement or approval

  • pious

    Word

    deeply religious and devoted to God

  • edict

    Word

    an official order or announcement from a person in authority

  • syringe

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    a medical tool used to inject or remove liquid

  • remarry

    Word

    to marry again

  • necking

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    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • wedded

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    married

  • limbo

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    a state of uncertainty while you are waiting for a decision or result

  • righteousness

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    the quality of being morally right and fair

  • spiritually

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    in a way that relates to the spirit or soul

  • hideous

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    extremely ugly or unpleasant

  • compel

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    to force someone to do something, or make them feel they must do it

  • madman

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    an offensive word for a man who is thought to be mentally ill or behaving in a wild way

  • disapprove

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    to have or show a bad opinion of something

  • coasting

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    the act of moving along without using power

  • springing

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    moving with quick, light jumps

  • potion

    Word

    a liquid drink used as a medicine or in magic

  • breaded

    Word

    covered with breadcrumbs or a similar coating before cooking

  • with young

    Phrase

    pregnant, used about a female animal

  • shadowing

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

  • brothel

    Word

    a place where people pay for sex

  • linger

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    to stay somewhere longer than needed, often because you do not want to leave

  • as you please

    Phrase

    used after an adjective to mean 'very' or 'as much as possible

  • thrash

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    hit someone or something repeatedly and violently

  • grieve

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    to feel deep sadness, especially because someone has died

  • grotesque

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    very strange, ugly, or distorted in a way that can be shocking or funny

  • skirting

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    a board or strip fixed along the bottom of a wall

  • wheeling

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    the act of moving something on wheels

  • fives

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

  • savor of

    Phrase

    to suggest a particular quality or feeling, often slightly or indirectly

  • entrust

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    to give someone the responsibility for something or for taking care of something

  • conceive

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    to form or imagine an idea, plan, or situation in your mind

  • peat

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    a dark brown material made from partly decayed plants, found in bogs and used as fuel or in gardening

  • fancied

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    imagined rather than real

  • healer

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    a person who helps sick people get better, especially outside regular medicine

  • superstition

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    a belief that something bad will happen or that certain actions or events can bring good or bad luck

  • inward

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    toward the inside or center

  • gunning

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    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • rarity

    Word

    the quality of being rare or unusual

  • round up

    Phrase

    to gather people or things together, often by force or pressure

  • Holy Ghost

    Phrase

    the third person of the Christian Trinity

  • from nowhere

    Phrase

    from an unexpected place, source, or time

  • bonnet

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    a hat for a woman or child that ties under the chin and often frames the face

  • delicacy

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    a special food that is rare, expensive, or especially enjoyable to eat

  • pharaoh

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    a ruler of ancient Egypt

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