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Desperate Housewives S2E3: English vocabulary

Season 2, Episode 3MysteryDramaComedy

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  • recuperation

    Word

    the process of getting better after illness, injury, or exhaustion

  • prospectus

    Word

    a booklet that gives information about a school, college, course, or company

  • wrinkly

    Word

    having a lot of wrinkles

  • savagely

    Word

    in a fierce, violent, or uncontrolled way

  • polygraph

    Word

    a device used to record a person's breathing, pulse, and other body changes, often used in lie-detection tests

  • glaring

    Word

    very bright and hard to look at

  • cubby

    Word

    a small enclosed space or compartment for storing things

  • welcomer

    Word

    a person whose job or role is to welcome and help guests or newcomers

  • aback

    Word

    taken by surprise or shock

  • forgetfulness

    Word

    the quality of often forgetting things

  • stipulation

    Word

    a condition or rule that must be accepted as part of an agreement

  • loon

    Word

    a large water bird that lives on lakes and has a loud, eerie call

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  • orgy

    Word

    a wild party with a lot of drinking and sexual activity

  • conspire

    Word

    to secretly plan with other people to do something illegal or harmful

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • pining

    Word

    full of longing or sadness for someone or something

  • headstone

    Word

    a stone marker placed at a grave

  • pitying

    Word

    showing pity in a way that can seem a little superior

  • equate

    Word

    to say that two things are the same or very similar

  • renal

    Word

    relating to the kidneys

  • platonic

    Word

    describing a close relationship or friendship that is not sexual

  • grandeur

    Word

    great beauty, size, or importance that is impressive

  • evener

    Word

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

  • lapsed

    Word

    no longer valid because it has expired or was not renewed

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  • lapse

    Word

    a small mistake or failure in concentration, memory, or judgment

  • invoice

    Word

    a bill that shows what goods or services were provided and how much is owed

  • raving

    Word

    showing strong enthusiasm or excitement

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • brisk

    Word

    quick, lively, and energetic

  • waiver

    Word

    an official statement that you will not use a right or claim

  • formality

    Word

    the quality of being very formal and following rules of etiquette closely

  • anomaly

    Word

    something that is different from what is normal or expected

  • relive

    Word

    to experience something again, especially in your memory or imagination

  • accommodating

    Word

    helpful and willing to make things easier for other people

  • folly

    Word

    foolish behavior or a foolish decision

  • scale in

    Phrase

    to buy a financial asset in small amounts over time instead of all at once

  • graced

    Word

    to honor an event or place by being present

  • ruse

    Word

    a trick or plan used to deceive someone

  • recital

    Word

    a public performance of music or dance, often by a student or solo performer

  • speak of

    Phrase

    to indicate or suggest something

  • complicate

    Word

    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • holed up

    Phrase

    staying hidden or shut away in a place, often for safety or privacy

  • manslaughter

    Word

    the crime of killing someone without intending to kill them

  • hunch

    Word

    a feeling or guess based on intuition, not facts

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • profiling

    Word

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

  • way of thinking

    Phrase

    a person's usual way of thinking about things

  • sham

    Word

    something that is fake or meant to deceive

  • excite

    Word

    to make someone feel excited and eager

  • anticipate

    Word

    to expect something or think it will happen

  • attire

    Word

    clothes, especially formal or stylish clothes

  • pharmacist

    Word

    a person who is trained to prepare and give out medicines

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • machining

    Word

    the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

  • on earth

    Phrase

    used in questions to express surprise, emphasis, or strong curiosity

  • stress out

    Phrase

    to make someone feel worried or under pressure

  • sneak around

    Phrase

    to move or act secretly so other people do not notice what you are doing

  • prairie

    Word

    a large area of open grassland, especially in North America

  • potassium

    Word

    a chemical element that is important for plant and animal life

  • sol

    Word

    the basic unit of money in Peru

  • go through with

    Phrase

    to do something difficult or unpleasant that you planned or agreed to do

  • low profile

    Phrase

    a way of behaving that avoids attracting attention

  • cheat on

    Phrase

    to be sexually unfaithful to your partner

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • lay off

    Phrase

    to stop bothering or criticizing someone

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • tickle

    Word

    to touch someone lightly in a way that makes them laugh

  • big guy

    Phrase

    a friendly way to address a man or boy

  • break up

    Phrase

    to make a group of people separate and go away

  • have nots

    Phrase

    people who have little money or wealth

  • cozy

    Word

    comfortable, warm, and pleasant in a way that makes you feel relaxed

  • maternal

    Word

    relating to a mother or motherhood

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • rex

    Word

    a king; used in the Latin title of a ruler or in names and titles

  • now now

    Phrase

    a mild way of telling someone to calm down or stop arguing

  • lowering

    Word

    the act of making something lower or of becoming lower

  • say what

    Phrase

    a casual way of saying you didn’t hear or understand something, or that you’re surprised by it

  • get through

    Phrase

    to manage to deal with or survive something difficult

  • run back

    Phrase

    to drive someone back somewhere, especially home

  • bedded

    Word

    past tense and past participle of bed

  • hostess

    Word

    a woman who welcomes and looks after guests in a restaurant, club, or at an event

  • sneaking

    Word

    done in a quiet, secret way

  • billing

    Word

    the work of sending bills and collecting payment

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

  • autopsy

    Word

    a medical examination of a body after death to find the cause of death

  • good times

    Phrase

    a period in the past that was enjoyable or memorable, often remembered with nostalgia

  • duplicate

    Word

    an exact copy of something

  • set up

    Phrase

    prepare something so it can be used or can happen

  • go for it

    Phrase

    used to encourage someone to do something or try something

  • mourning

    Word

    the feeling and actions of sadness after someone has died

  • plumber

    Word

    a person whose job is to install and repair pipes, sinks, toilets, and other water systems

  • whispering

    Word

    the act of speaking very quietly, or the soft sound of someone speaking quietly

  • back off

    Phrase

    to move away and stop bothering someone

  • sodium

    Word

    a chemical element, symbol Na, that is a soft, highly reactive metal

  • investigator

    Word

    a person who carries out an investigation, especially for the police or another organization

  • faulty

    Word

    not working properly because of a defect or mistake

  • subtitle

    Word

    the words shown at the bottom of a screen that translate or show what people are saying

  • incapable

    Word

    not able to do something or deal with it

  • see ya

    Phrase

    a casual way to say goodbye

  • agenda

    Word

    a list of topics to be discussed at a meeting

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