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Doctor Who S3E8: English vocabulary

Season 3, Episode 8Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

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  • matronly

    Word

    looking or sounding like a mature, older woman, often in a traditional or old-fashioned way

  • dolt

    Word

    a stupid or foolish person

  • parch

    Word

    to make or become very dry, especially from heat

  • discouragement

    Word

    a feeling of losing confidence or hope

  • sniffle

    Word

    to breathe in and out through your nose in short, quiet sounds

  • avowed

    Word

    openly admitted or declared

  • verity

    Word

    the quality of being true or accurate

  • constancy

    Word

    the quality of staying the same or continuing without change

  • chipper

    Word

    cheerful and lively

  • londoner

    Word

    a person who lives in London

  • suffragette

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    a woman who campaigned for women's right to vote, especially in the early 1900s

  • fob

    Word

    a small ring or ornament attached to a key chain or watch chain

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  • fascinate

    Word

    to attract and hold someone's attention or interest strongly

  • clouding

    Word

    the act or process of becoming less clear or transparent

  • relent

    Word

    to become less angry, strict, or determined

  • housemaid

    Word

    a woman employed to do housework in a private home

  • sardine

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    a small fish that is often eaten canned or preserved in oil

  • watchmaker

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    a person who makes or repairs watches

  • manipulator

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    a person who uses other people in a clever or dishonest way to get what they want

  • shoddy

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    of poor quality and badly made

  • matron

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    a woman who is in charge of a hospital or similar institution

  • infatuated

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    having a strong but usually short-lived romantic attraction to someone

  • cinder

    Word

    a small piece of burned coal or wood that is still hot

  • caged

    Word

    trapped or unable to leave a place or situation

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  • desist

    Word

    to stop doing something or to stop yourself from doing something

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • trespass

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    to enter land or property without permission

  • stoppage

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    the act of stopping something, or the state of being stopped

  • impediment

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    something that makes it hard to do something or slows you down

  • evener

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

  • vortex

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    a mass of air or water that spins around very fast

  • boning

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    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • necking

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    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • mockery

    Word

    mocking or insulting words or behavior

  • mutton

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    meat from an adult sheep, used as food

  • madman

    Word

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

  • considerate

    Word

    showing care and thought for other people's feelings and needs

  • shadowing

    Word

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

  • chap

    Word

    a man or boy

  • chameleon

    Word

    a small lizard that can change color to match its surroundings

  • filth

    Word

    very dirty or disgusting matter

  • residual

    Word

    left after most of something has gone or been used

  • potting

    Word

    the act of putting a plant into a pot or container

  • valiant

    Word

    showing courage and determination

  • giggle

    Word

    to laugh quietly in a nervous, shy, or silly way

  • improvise

    Word

    to create or perform something without preparing it first

  • fives

    Word

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

  • put it down

    Phrase

    to perform very well; to do something impressively

  • tell of

    Phrase

    to describe or talk about something

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • tumble

    Word

    to fall suddenly, often in a messy or uncontrolled way

  • fall in

    Phrase

    to move into position in a line or formation, especially in the military

  • very well

    Phrase

    used to say that you agree to something, often reluctantly

  • meteorite

    Word

    a piece of rock or metal from space that lands on Earth

  • complicate

    Word

    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • bloodshed

    Word

    the killing and wounding of many people, especially in war or violence

  • told you so

    Phrase

    a remark that shows you were right after someone else was wrong

  • meteor

    Word

    a bright streak of light in the sky caused by a small rock burning up in the atmosphere

  • sniff out

    Phrase

    to find or discover something hidden, especially by searching carefully

  • poor show

    Phrase

    an old-fashioned way to show disapproval or annoyance

  • coming on

    Phrase

    almost; very nearly

  • hide behind

    Phrase

    to use someone or something as a way to avoid blame or responsibility

  • plain and simple

    Phrase

    used to emphasize that something is completely true or definite

  • have an eye for

    Phrase

    to be good at noticing, choosing, or judging something

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • on tick

    Phrase

    goods bought now and paid for later

  • wick

    Word

    the string in a candle or lamp that burns to give light

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • arming

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

  • sniff

    Word

    to breathe in through your nose noisily, especially to smell something

  • sounder

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    a group of wild boars

  • machining

    Word

    the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

  • germ

    Word

    a tiny living thing, especially one that can cause disease

  • arched

    Word

    curved like an arch

  • can't help

    Phrase

    to be unable to stop yourself from doing something

  • agony

    Word

    severe physical or mental pain

  • come along

    Phrase

    to appear or happen, especially by chance

  • storm in

    Phrase

    to enter a place suddenly and angrily

  • turn out

    Phrase

    to be found to be true, real, or the case

  • riches

    Word

    a large amount of money, property, or valuable things

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • adventurer

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    a person who likes exciting or unusual experiences

  • pilgrim

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    a person who travels to a holy place for religious reasons

  • winding

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    having many bends or turns

  • integrate

    Word

    to combine different parts or systems so they work together as one

  • run off

    Phrase

    to leave quickly, often in a hurry or without saying much

  • look in

    Phrase

    to visit someone or somewhere briefly and casually

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • storming

    Word

    moving forward quickly and forcefully

  • lettered

    Word

    marked or decorated with letters or writing

  • waltz

    Word

    a dance for two people in 3/4 time, or the music for it

  • rewrite

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    to write something again in a different or improved way

  • concussion

    Word

    a brain injury caused by a blow or jolt to the head, often causing confusion or dizziness

  • wiring

    Word

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

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • singular

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    referring to one person or thing, not more than one

  • stand around

    Phrase

    to stand somewhere and waste time doing nothing useful

  • bottled

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    preserved or sold in bottles

  • tick

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

  • premise

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    a statement or idea that forms the basis of an argument or theory

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