WordStudyFriends season 1 episode 9: vocabulary
«The One Where Underdog Gets Away». 2,357 words spoken, 502 different words. Here are the ones worth learning before you watch.
A typical learner knows this share of the words spoken in the episode:
| Your level | Familiar words | New words per episode |
|---|---|---|
| A2 | ≈ 92% | ≈ 86 |
| B1 | ≈ 95% | ≈ 46 |
| B2 | ≈ 97% | ≈ 28 |
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Sorted by how often they are said in the episode. Character names are left out.
B1 words in this episode B1
| lump | a hard piece of something with no clear shape | 5 |
| advance | to move forward or get better | 3 |
| ruined | completely damaged and no longer useful | 3 |
| disease | an illness that makes your body not work well | 2 |
| lesbian | woman attracted to other women | 2 |
| totally | completely, in every way | 2 |
| weird | very strange and different from normal | 2 |
| pumpkin | large round orange vegetable | 2 |
| means | way of doing something | 2 |
| major | very big or important | 2 |
| yam | large root vegetable with orange or white flesh inside | 2 |
| whip | a long thin piece of leather used to hit animals | 2 |
| salary | money you get for your work each month | 1 |
| normally | in the usual way, most of the time | 1 |
| independence | being free to do things on your own | 1 |
| possibility | something that may happen or be true | 1 |
| department | a part of a big company or government | 1 |
| officially | in a way accepted by people in charge | 1 |
| clinic | place where you go to see a doctor | 1 |
| supposed | thought to be true, or expected to do something | 1 |
| assume | to think something is true without proof | 1 |
| pilgrim | person who travels to a holy place | 1 |
| lunar | about the moon | 1 |
| absolutely | completely, fully, yes for sure | 1 |
| skin | outer covering of a person's or animal's body | 1 |
| concept | an idea or thought about something | 1 |
| otherwise | if not, or in a different way | 1 |
| turtle | an animal with a hard round cover on its back | 1 |
| classic | very good and well known for a long time | 1 |
| refer | to talk about or look at something | 1 |
| owe | to need to pay money back to someone | 1 |
| buck | male deer, or one dollar | 1 |
| traditional | done the same way for many years | 1 |
| feast | large special meal for many people | 1 |
| magnificent | very beautiful and impressive | 1 |
| divorced | no longer married to your partner | 1 |
| appreciate | to be thankful for something | 1 |
| reverse | to go backwards, or the opposite side or direction | 1 |
| business | work of buying and selling things | 1 |
| blossom | a flower on a tree, or to grow and develop well | 1 |
B2 words in this episode B2
| slash | to cut with a long sweeping movement | 2 |
| asthma | a condition causing difficulty breathing and tightness in chest | 1 |
| faculty | a part of a university that teaches a group of related subjects | 1 |
| obsession | when you cannot stop thinking about something | 1 |
| infectious | able to spread disease from person to person | 1 |
| mull | to think about something slowly and carefully | 1 |
| stuffing | material put inside something, or food put inside meat | 1 |
| cranberry | a small sour red berry used in food and drink | 1 |
| underdog | a person or team expected to lose | 1 |
| acoustical | about sound and how it moves in a space | 1 |
| keyhole | the hole where you put a key to open a lock | 1 |
| syphilis | a serious disease passed between people through contact | 1 |
Harder words (C1–C2)
ding C1 terry C1 lyme C2 boycott C1 bein C2 mouthful C1 spritz C1 cider C2 turk C2 mope C2 merriment C2 unborn C1 inflatable C2 paleontology C2 zillion C2 gal C2 projectile C1 hemorrhoid C2
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