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Criminal Minds S5E17: English vocabulary

Season 5, Episode 17CrimeDramaMystery

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  • chivalrous

    Word

    showing polite, honorable behavior, especially toward women

  • barmaid

    Word

    a woman who serves drinks in a bar or pub

  • leavings

    Word

    things that are left over after something is used, eaten, or finished

  • preferential

    Word

    giving someone special treatment or an advantage

  • strangulation

    Word

    the act of choking someone by pressing on the throat or neck

  • infuriate

    Word

    to make someone extremely angry

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • fetal

    Word

    relating to a fetus

  • trucker

    Word

    a person who drives a truck for a living

  • chatty

    Word

    talkative and eager to chat

  • delusional

    Word

    having false beliefs that are not based in reality

  • evener

    Word

    something that makes a surface, line, or shape even or level

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  • tryout

    Word

    a test or audition to see if someone is suitable for a team, role, or activity

  • trucking

    Word

    the business of transporting goods by truck

  • adoptive

    Word

    connected with adoption; having been adopted

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • abduct

    Word

    to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

  • strangle

    Word

    to kill or try to kill by squeezing someone's throat or neck

  • gassing

    Word

    to talk in a casual, lively way

  • at rest

    Phrase

    dead, in a respectful way

  • less so

    Phrase

    to a lesser degree; not as much

  • independent contractor

    Phrase

    a person or business hired to do work for someone else, but not as an employee

  • yard up

    Phrase

    to drive animals into an enclosed area

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

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  • tabling

    Word

    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • revolving

    Word

    turning around a central point or axis

  • hide in plain sight

    Phrase

    to be hard to notice even though it is visible

  • confinement

    Word

    the state of being kept in a place and not allowed to leave

  • rapped

    Word

    to hit a surface with short, quick knocks

  • companionship

    Word

    the friendly feeling of being with someone and enjoying their company

  • profiling

    Word

    the practice of analyzing people or data to predict behavior or group people by characteristics

  • turn around

    Phrase

    cause something to improve a lot

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • abduction

    Word

    the act of taking someone away by force and keeping them somewhere against their will

  • remorse

    Word

    a strong feeling of regret and guilt about something wrong you did

  • heartless

    Word

    showing no kindness or sympathy

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • special someone

    Phrase

    the person you are dating or in a romantic relationship with

  • logos

    Word

    a symbol or design used to identify a company, product, or organization

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • arming

    Word

    the act of giving weapons to people or preparing them for fighting

  • girl talk

    Phrase

    casual conversation between women or girls, especially about personal topics

  • sugared

    Word

    coated or mixed with sugar

  • back down

    Phrase

    to stop fighting, arguing, or refusing to give in

  • police department

    Phrase

    the local office that handles police work in a town or city

  • state line

    Phrase

    the border between two U.S. states

  • easy target

    Phrase

    A person or thing that is easy to attack, criticize, or make fun of

  • foster parent

    Phrase

    a person who cares for a child as a parent without legally adopting them

  • doorstep

    Word

    the area just outside a door, especially the step or small space in front of a house

  • foster care

    Phrase

    care for a child in another family, usually for a limited time

  • first woman

    Phrase

    the first woman to hold a particular role or title

  • what do you want

    Phrase

    a rude way of asking why someone is bothering or interrupting you

  • on the road

    Phrase

    away from home, especially while travelling or playing in another team’s venue

  • even out

    Phrase

    to become more level, even, or balanced

  • narrow down

    Phrase

    to reduce the number of possibilities so something becomes more specific

  • spill out

    Phrase

    to move out of a place in large numbers

  • amp up

    Phrase

    to make something stronger, louder, or more intense

  • stumble onto

    Phrase

    to find something by chance

  • put in

    Phrase

    to submit something, such as a request or application

  • deem

    Word

    to think of someone or something in a particular way

  • riches

    Word

    a large amount of money, property, or valuable things

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • make up

    Phrase

    to invent something, especially a story, excuse, or plan

  • zoned

    Word

    restricted by zoning rules to a particular type of use or area

  • restraint

    Word

    the act of controlling yourself and not reacting too strongly

  • hang around

    Phrase

    to spend time in a place without doing anything in particular

  • tavern

    Word

    a place where people go to drink and eat

  • prostitute

    Word

    a person who has sex for money

  • unfit

    Word

    not suitable or not good enough for a particular purpose

  • big rig

    Phrase

    a large truck, especially one used for long-distance hauling

  • loo

    Word

    a toilet or bathroom

  • stay on

    Phrase

    continue to stay in a place, job, or situation

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • amaze

    Word

    to fill someone with wonder or great surprise

  • narrowing

    Word

    the process of becoming narrower

  • work on

    Phrase

    to spend time and effort improving or dealing with something

  • staging

    Word

    the way a play, show, or event is arranged and presented

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

  • rig

    Word

    to arrange or set up something, especially equipment, for a particular purpose

  • tricking

    Word

    the act of deceiving or cheating someone

  • figure out

    Phrase

    to find an answer to something or understand it after thinking about it

  • manually

    Word

    by hand, not with a machine or computer

  • offender

    Word

    a person who has done something illegal or wrong

  • attendant

    Word

    a person who works in a place and helps customers or passengers

  • flexibility

    Word

    the ability to change or be changed easily

  • wade

    Word

    to walk through water or another liquid with effort

  • manifest

    Word

    clear and obvious

  • see ya

    Phrase

    a casual way to say goodbye

  • dramatically

    Word

    in a sudden and very noticeable way

  • outgoing

    Word

    friendly, open, and easy to talk to

  • great job

    Phrase

    used to praise someone for doing something well

  • pancake

    Word

    a thin, flat cake made from batter and cooked in a pan

  • netting

    Word

    a light open fabric made of threads or cord with holes in it

  • sync

    Word

    to make two devices or systems work together by sharing data

  • stumble

    Word

    to trip or lose your balance for a moment

  • laying

    Word

    present participle of lay: to put something down in a flat position

  • refill

    Word

    to fill something again, especially a container or tank

  • rest stop

    Phrase

    a place by a road where drivers can stop to rest, eat, or use the toilet

  • diesel fuel

    Phrase

    fuel used in diesel engines

  • solitary

    Word

    living, done, or existing alone

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