WordStudyFriends season 1 episode 18: vocabulary
«The One with All the Poker». 2,187 words spoken, 441 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% | ≈ 68 |
| B1 | ≈ 95% | ≈ 37 |
| B2 | ≈ 97% | ≈ 22 |
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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
| poker | card game, or metal stick for a fire | 17 |
| deal | an agreement or to give out cards | 5 |
| owe | to need to pay money back to someone | 5 |
| buck | male deer, or one dollar | 3 |
| totally | completely, in every way | 2 |
| typical | normal and what you would think to see | 2 |
| spade | a tool for digging with a flat metal blade | 2 |
| dealer | person whose business is trading in one kind of goods | 2 |
| settle | to decide or agree on something, or sit calmly | 2 |
| incident | event, usually bad or unusual | 2 |
| cursed | under a spell of bad things happening | 2 |
| hop | to jump on one foot | 2 |
| purse | small bag for carrying money and small things | 2 |
| response | an answer to something said or done | 2 |
| inquiry | question or careful look for answers | 1 |
| sarcastic | saying the opposite of what you mean to be funny | 1 |
| weep | to cry tears | 1 |
| lame | not able to walk well or not very good | 1 |
| salmon | large pink fish good for eating | 1 |
| fax | machine that sends copies of papers by phone line | 1 |
| colony | area ruled by another country far away | 1 |
| hell | place some believe bad people go after death | 1 |
| basically | in the most simple way | 1 |
| speech | words spoken to a group of people | 1 |
| press | to push something down or newspapers and TV | 1 |
| jerk | quick sudden pull, or a stupid annoying person | 1 |
| competitive | wanting to win very much | 1 |
| kettle | pot used to heat water | 1 |
| differ | to be not the same as something else | 1 |
| gesture | movement of hand or body to show meaning | 1 |
| slip | to slide and almost fall | 1 |
| sake | reason or purpose for doing something | 1 |
| buyer | person who buys something | 1 |
| pure | clean and with nothing else mixed in | 1 |
| crap | something of very poor quality | 1 |
| cave | large hole in the side of a hill or under ground | 1 |
| recommend | to say that something is good | 1 |
| absolutely | completely, fully, yes for sure | 1 |
| taste | how food or drink feels in your mouth | 1 |
| ones | things already talked about | 1 |
B2 words in this episode B2
| bluff | try to trick someone into believing something false | 3 |
| plaything | a toy, or something treated without care | 1 |
| roulette | a game where a ball spins on a wheel of numbers | 1 |
| syllable | a single unit of sound in a word | 1 |
| stake | a strong pointed stick pushed into the ground | 1 |
| resume | to start again after stopping, or a short document listing your work and skills | 1 |
| rematch | a second game between the same players or teams | 1 |
| exert | use effort or influence to make something happen | 1 |
| joker | a person who tells jokes, or a special playing card | 1 |
| birdie | a small bird, or a good score in golf | 1 |
| unbearable | too painful or bad to accept or deal with | 1 |
Harder words (C1–C2)
ante C2 scone C1 assort C2 trident C1 shuffle C1 gal C2 formality C1 bucko C2 hooker C2
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