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Stranger Things S1E5: English vocabulary

Season 1, Episode 5Action & AdventureMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy

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  • thumper

    Word

    a person or thing that thumps.

  • riddling

    Word

    hard to understand; mysterious or puzzling

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • looped

    Word

    twisted or bent into a loop or loops

  • bub

    Word

    a small bubble of air or gas in a liquid.

  • nosing

    Word

    the front edge of a step or stair

  • poling

    Word

    the act of moving a boat by pushing a pole against the bottom of the water

  • caroling

    Word

    singing Christmas carols, often while going from house to house

  • wafer

    Word

    a very thin, crisp biscuit or cookie

  • acrobat

    Word

    a person who performs difficult gymnastic tricks, often in a circus or show

  • pretentious

    Word

    trying to seem more important, stylish, or impressive than you really are

  • couched

    Word

    to express something in a particular way

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  • hallucination

    Word

    something you see, hear, or feel that seems real but is not caused by anything outside your mind

  • evener

    Word

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

  • headless

    Word

    having no head

  • quarried

    Word

    to cut stone out of the ground in a quarry

  • fireball

    Word

    a ball of fire, especially one caused by an explosion

  • dismay

    Word

    to make someone feel shocked, upset, or disappointed

  • deflect

    Word

    to make something move in a different direction

  • shadowing

    Word

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

  • morgue

    Word

    a place where dead bodies are kept until they are identified or examined

  • depress

    Word

    to make someone feel very sad, discouraged, or hopeless

  • hard on

    Phrase

    A strong sexual desire for someone

  • benevolent

    Word

    kind and wanting to help other people

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  • Other Side

    Phrase

    the life or world believed to exist after death

  • electromagnetic field

    Phrase

    a region around a charged object where electric and magnetic forces act

  • True North

    Phrase

    the direction of the Earth's geographic North Pole

  • hopper

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    a container at the top of a machine that holds loose material and lets it drop down gradually

  • lover boy

    Phrase

    a man or boy who is very charming and good at attracting romantic attention

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • accountable

    Word

    responsible for explaining your actions or decisions to someone in authority

  • tremble

    Word

    to shake slightly and uncontrollably, often because you are nervous, cold, or weak

  • screw with

    Phrase

    to annoy someone or interfere with something, often in a playful or irritating way

  • crayon

    Word

    a small stick of colored wax used for drawing or coloring

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • wheeler

    Word

    a person who rides a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle

  • screwing

    Word

    the act of fastening something with a screw

  • scripture

    Word

    the holy writings of a religion

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • damn well

    Phrase

    used to strongly emphasize that something is true or should happen

  • vale

    Word

    a valley

  • on edge

    Phrase

    nervous and unable to relax

  • vast majority

    Phrase

    the very large majority of people or things

  • hands up

    Phrase

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

  • take that

    Phrase

    used to say you have won or beaten someone

  • screw up

    Phrase

    to make a serious mistake or do something badly

  • can't help

    Phrase

    to be unable to stop yourself from doing something

  • cosmos

    Word

    the universe and everything in it

  • feed into

    Phrase

    to flow into a larger river, lake, or sea

  • gross out

    Phrase

    to make someone feel disgusted

  • uphold

    Word

    to support and keep something going, especially a belief, rule, or principle

  • righteous

    Word

    morally good and fair; doing what is right

  • sabotage

    Word

    the deliberate damaging or blocking of something to stop it working or succeeding

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • knock it off

    Phrase

    used to tell someone to stop doing something annoying or unwanted

  • pay off

    Phrase

    to produce a good result or success after effort or time

  • have nots

    Phrase

    people who have little money or wealth

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • bedded

    Word

    past tense and past participle of bed

  • riddle

    Word

    a question or statement that is meant to be solved as a game or puzzle

  • figure out

    Phrase

    to find an answer to something or understand it after thinking about it

  • dale

    Word

    a narrow valley, especially in northern England

  • mourning

    Word

    the feeling and actions of sadness after someone has died

  • stray

    Word

    to move away from the right path, place, or topic

  • crisp

    Word

    firm, dry, and pleasantly hard or crunchy

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • faulting

    Word

    the act of blaming or criticizing someone

  • forgiving

    Word

    willing to forgive mistakes and not easily upset by them

  • theoretical

    Word

    based on ideas or theory, not on practical experience or real facts

  • quarry

    Word

    a place where stone, sand, or other materials are dug out of the ground

  • metaphor

    Word

    a word or phrase that describes something by comparing it to something else in a non-literal way

  • thank god

    Phrase

    used to express relief that something bad did not happen

  • walk in

    Phrase

    to enter a place on foot

  • blinding

    Word

    so bright that it is hard to see

  • disrupt

    Word

    to stop something from continuing normally by causing problems or confusion

  • upside down

    Phrase

    with the top and bottom reversed

  • compass

    Word

    a device with a needle that shows direction, especially magnetic north

  • flea

    Word

    a small insect that jumps and feeds on the blood of animals and birds

  • upsetting

    Word

    making someone feel unhappy, worried, or upset

  • what's going on

    Phrase

    an informal way to greet someone or start a casual conversation

  • to go

    Phrase

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

  • real life

    Phrase

    life outside the internet, games, or imagination

  • don't worry

    Phrase

    A friendly way to tell someone not to be anxious or upset

  • fencing

    Word

    the sport of fighting with swords, using special rules and protective gear

  • choke

    Word

    have trouble breathing because something blocks the throat or airway

  • hey hey

    Phrase

    an informal, friendly greeting

  • in time

    Phrase

    at the right time, before it is too late

  • on time

    Phrase

    arriving or happening at the expected time

  • ugh

    Word

    used to show disgust, annoyance, or frustration

  • righter

    Word

    more correct or more suitable

  • back home

    Phrase

    in or to the place where you live, especially your home country or hometown

  • decay

    Word

    to rot or break down naturally over time

  • mores

    Word

    the customs and accepted ways of behaving in a society or group

  • waking

    Word

    the act of becoming awake

  • oh no

    Phrase

    an exclamation said when something bad or surprising happens

  • calm down

    Phrase

    to become calmer, less angry, or less upset

  • so much

    Phrase

    to a very great degree; very much

  • not even

    Phrase

    used to emphasize that something is not true, not possible, or not done

  • open up

    Phrase

    to make something open, or to become open

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