Finding Nemo Vocabulary
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- get something over with
- do something you don't enjoy so you don't have to do it later
- root beer float
- mix of ice cream and root beer
- take on
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- sting
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- get something off one's chest
- to express feelings that have been kept (bottled up) inside
- woozy
- having or causing a whirling sensation
- bleed
- to lose blood from one's body
- fin
- organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals
- dare
- a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
- a big deal
- anything of great importance or consequence
- squirt
- someone who is small and insignificant
- offspring
- young, children, descendants
- there there
- words used to express sympathy for someone in pain
- awesome
- causing a feeling of wonder, fear, and respect
- nectar
- (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods
- squirm
- the act of wiggling
- rundown
- a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)
- drain
- a pipe through which liquid is carried away
- pledge
- a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something
- grumpy
- angry or in a bad mood
- crank it
- travel along a zigzag path
- (To be) on the tip of my tongue
- to be about to remember something and say it
- righteous
- slang for fantastic, amazing, incredible
- practical joke
- a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish)
- to run in the family
- to share the same physical or personality features with your parents
- manna
- any sudden or unexpected help, advantage, or aid to success; divine or spiritual food.
- the porcelain express
- the toilet
- Duck!
- to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away
- {scum} angel
- shape formed by moving one's limbs up and down to form an image of an angel; this is usually referring to a snow angel!
- gills
- organs for breathing found in fish and amphibians
- mate
- informal term for a friend of the same sex
- butt
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- clock (someone)
- to hit someone especially on the head
- conscience
- conformity to one's own sense of right conduct
- brat
- a very troublesome spoiled child
- roll it
- move by turning over or rotating
- fella (fellow)
- a boy or man
- jellies
- plural, any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans
- H2O intolerant
- not able to put up with water
- the coast is clear
- there's no danger in sight
- decontaminate
- rid of contamination or germs
- punch it
- deliver a quick blow to
- nuts
- informal term meaning crazy
- to freak out
- suddenly feeling shock, surprise, or fright
- anemone
- marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles
- bound to
- headed or intending to head in a certain direction
- sweet
- slang meaning cool
- piece of kelp (cake)
- easy as (fish) pie: kelp is any large, brown, cold-water seaweed
- dodgy
- risky (British or Australian English)
- hurlin'
- slang for throwing up
- petting zoo
- a collection of docile animals for children to pet and feed
- On your mark, get set, go.
- phrase used to begin a race
- to make (the octopus) ink
- to cause it to eject its ink as if it were a child made to urinate after a shock
- guts
- fortitude and determination
- odds
- the probability of a specified outcome
- dude
- A word for man, brother, friend, etc.; This is even used among young women referring to one another!
- to play the gender card
- to bring up sex or gender as an issue in order to make a point
- get-together
- an informal meeting
- stinking
- smelling very bad
- give it a shot
- make an attempt
- poke out
- reach outward in space
- rip it
- move precipitously or violently
- cat (fish) got your tongue?
- are you having difficulty speaking?
- Smarty Pants
- phrase meaning a wise guy or someone who assumes he's smarter than others
- short-term memory loss
- not able to remember what happened recently
- (to be from) one's neck of the woods
- to be from someone's region or nearby area
- to fall off the wagon
- to return to an addiction that you were trying to avoid
- hitch a ride
- to stop a car on the highway to get a ride somewhere
- Novocain
- drug used as an anesthetic
- potty
- a receptacle for urination or defecation in order to train infants
- roll
- to get started, e.g. 'Let's roll"
- scum
- a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid
- stuck
- caught or fixed
- you totally rock
- you are the absolute best
- to kick in
- to enter a particular state e.g. 'wait for the Novacain to kick in"