Finding Nemo Vocabulary: Part I
First vocabulary set from the movie.
Terms
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- anemone
- marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles
- stinking
- very bad; refers to a very bad smell
- petting zoo
- a collection of docile animals for children to pet and feed
- to kick in
- enter a particular state; start working, e.g. when the novocaine kicks in, the dentist can begin to work
- the coast is clear
- there's no danger in sight
- to hitch a ride on the porcelain express
- slang for being flushed down a toilet
- odds
- the probability of a specified outcome
- a big deal
- anything of great importance or consequence
- dodgy
- risky (British or Australian)
- awesome
- inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
- to clock someone
- (informal) to hit someone, especially on the head
- to dare
- a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy; take upon oneself
- to bleed
- lose blood from one's body
- to freak out
- if somebody freaks or if something freaks them, they react very strongly to something that makes them suddenly feel shocked, surprised, frightened
- butt
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- short-term memory loss
- not able to remember things that happened very recently
- conscience
- The faculty in man by which he distinguishes between right and wrong in character and conduct.
- fin
- organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals
- woozy
- having or causing a whirling sensation
- to poke out
- poke out or thrust abruptly
- get-together
- an informal meeting
- fella (fellow)
- a boy or man
- to duck
- to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away
- to decontaminate
- rid of contamination
- to roll
- get started; begin operating or running
- to make (the octopus) ink
- to cause it to eject its ink as if it were a child made to urinate after shock
- to get something off one's chest
- to express feelings that have been kept bottled up inside
- (to be) bound to
- headed or intending to head in a certain direction
- to fall off the wagon
- to return to the addiction that you were trying to avoid
- practical joke
- a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish)
- stuck
- caught or fixed
- pledge
- a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something
- nuts
- informal or slang terms for mentally irregular or unstable
- to get something over with
- Do something you don't enjoy so you won't have to do it later.
- intolerant
- not able to put up with
- sting
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- grumpy
- angry or in a bad mood
- there there
- words used to express sympathy for someone in pain
- gills
- organs for breathing found in fish and amphibians
- neck of the woods
- a surrounding or nearby region
- {something} runs in the family
- to share similar physical or personality features with your parents, grandparents, etc.
- novocaine
- procaine administered as a anesthesia (trade name Novocain)
- mate
- informal term for a friend of the same sex
- to squirm
- the act of wiggling usually when one is uncomfortable or nervous