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Stranger Things Season 1

The Duffer Brothers

A quiet town is shaken when young Will Byers mysteriously disappears, and his friends, family, and the local police begin a desperate search. Along the way, they encounter Eleven, a strange girl with supernatural powers, and uncover the terrifying truth of a parallel world called the Upside Down. As Joyce communicates with her son through flickering lights, Hopper discovers the secret lab that opened the gate, and the children face a monster that hunts across worlds. In the end, Will is rescued and the monster destroyed, but Eleven vanishes, and it becomes clear the darkness of the Upside Down has not truly left.

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flickered / ˈflɪkərd /verb

To burn unsteadily or fitfully; flicker

The candle flickered in the wind.

flashgleamshimmer

to whisper / tuː ˈwɪspər /verb

speak softly and secretively

Neighbors began to whisper.

murmurgossiping

felt / felt /verb

experience (an emotion or sensation) strongly

He felt a sharp pain in his knee.

senseexperiencego through

stretch / strɛʧ /verb

To extend or reach out

Her imagination could stretch to incredible lengths.

extendreach

strange / streɪndʒ /adjective

unusual; odd

He had a strange look on his face.

peculiarodduncommon

gathered / ˈɡæðərd /verb

To come together; assemble or congregate

The students gathered in the hall.

assemblecongregate

vanished / ˈvænɪʃt /verb

To disappear suddenly and completely

The magician vanished in a puff of smoke.

disappearevaporatefade

determination / dɪˌtɜːrmɪˈneɪʃən /noun

The quality of being determined; firmness of purpose; resoluteness

Her determination to succeed was evident in her tireless efforts.

resolvededicationtenacitypersistence

grief / ɡriːf /noun

Intense sorrow, especially caused by someone's death

Some said grief had broken her.

sorrowmourninglament

gasped / ɡæspt /verb

To inhale suddenly with surprise

Nancy gasped as she saw the ghost.

exclaiminhalepant

ordinary / ˈɔːrdənɛri /adjective

Common; not special or unusual

The ordinary car was nothing special.

averagetypicalusual

quieter / ˈkwaɪətər /adjective

More silent; making less noise

He was quieter than his boisterous brother.

silentsoft-spokenreserved

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