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Law & Order S21E6: English vocabulary

Season 21, Episode 6CrimeDrama

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  • milliliter

    Word

    a unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter

  • victimize

    Word

    to treat someone cruelly or unfairly, especially by bullying them

  • colloquialism

    Word

    a word or phrase used in ordinary, informal conversation

  • animus

    Word

    strong dislike or hostility toward someone or something

  • ods

    Word

    a hypothetical force formerly thought to be responsible for many natural phenomena, such as magnetism, light, and hypnotism.

  • soiree

    Word

    a small evening social gathering

  • stomaching

    Word

    the present participle of stomach

  • contusion

    Word

    a bruise caused by a blow or fall

  • metabolize

    Word

    to break down food or a substance in the body so it can be used

  • embolden

    Word

    to make someone feel braver or more confident

  • inadmissible

    Word

    not allowed or not acceptable, especially in a legal or official situation

  • overrule

    Word

    to use your authority to change or reject a decision

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  • obliging

    Word

    willing and quick to help other people

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • sleet

    Word

    small balls of ice that fall from the sky, often mixed with rain or snow

  • perverse

    Word

    deliberately unreasonable or hard to deal with

  • allege

    Word

    to say that something is true, especially without proving it

  • preposterous

    Word

    so silly or unreasonable that it is hard to believe

  • transcend

    Word

    to go beyond what is usual, expected, or possible

  • terrify

    Word

    to make someone feel extreme fear

  • couched

    Word

    to express something in a particular way

  • negligent

    Word

    not careful enough, especially in a way that causes harm or breaks a duty

  • caterer

    Word

    a person or company that provides food and drink for an event

  • townhouse

    Word

    a house that is joined to other houses in a row

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  • evener

    Word

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

  • persuasive

    Word

    able to persuade people to do or believe something

  • punctured

    Word

    damaged by a sharp object that has made a hole in it

  • syringe

    Word

    a medical tool used to inject or remove liquid

  • lapping

    Word

    moving gently against something with a soft, light sound

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • hemorrhage

    Word

    a heavy loss of blood from a blood vessel

  • Hell no

    Phrase

    an emphatic, rude way of saying no

  • socialize

    Word

    to spend time with other people in a friendly, relaxed way

  • strangle

    Word

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

  • horrific

    Word

    extremely shocking, violent, or upsetting

  • comprehension

    Word

    the ability to understand something

  • puncture

    Word

    a small hole made by something sharp, especially in a tire

  • disposed

    Word

    willing to do something or likely to agree to it

  • save it

    Phrase

    used to tell someone to stop talking or stop making excuses

  • kicker

    Word

    a player whose job is to kick the ball in football

  • live on

    Phrase

    to continue to exist or be remembered

  • parole officer

    Phrase

    a person who supervises someone who has been released from prison on parole

  • lethal dose

    Phrase

    an amount of a poison or drug that can cause death

  • buck for

    Phrase

    to try hard to get something, especially a job or promotion

  • toxicity

    Word

    the quality of being poisonous or harmful

  • home in

    Phrase

    to move closer to a target or goal and focus on it

  • wheeling

    Word

    the act of moving something on wheels

  • fives

    Word

    a game in which a player or side must reach five points before the other side does

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • walk free

    Phrase

    to avoid punishment or legal consequences, especially after a court case

  • send it

    Phrase

    to do something with full effort or confidence

  • fancied

    Word

    imagined rather than real

  • anecdote

    Word

    a short, interesting story about a real person or event

  • slam dunk

    Phrase

    something that is very easy to do or achieve

  • prosecute

    Word

    to start legal action against someone, especially for a crime

  • profiling

    Word

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

  • nail down

    Phrase

    to make a plan, decision, or arrangement final and certain

  • search warrant

    Phrase

    an official court order that allows police to search a place

  • are you deaf

    Phrase

    used as an angry rhetorical question to say someone is not listening

  • leave it be

    Phrase

    to leave something alone and not try to change or affect it

  • job order

    Phrase

    an order or ticket for a specific job or repair work

  • excite

    Word

    to make someone feel excited and eager

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • prostitution

    Word

    the practice of having sex with people in exchange for money

  • arming

    Word

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

  • drug addict

    Phrase

    a person who is addicted to drugs

  • iceberg

    Word

    a large piece of ice floating in the sea, broken off from a glacier or ice sheet

  • credibility

    Word

    the quality of being trusted and believed

  • restrain

    Word

    to stop someone or something from moving or acting freely

  • uptown

    Word

    the upper part of a city or town, especially away from the center

  • wheeled

    Word

    equipped with wheels

  • meth

    Word

    methamphetamine, a highly addictive illegal drug

  • dope

    Word

    very good or impressive

  • outrageous

    Word

    shockingly bad, excessive, or offensive

  • for nothing

    Phrase

    without paying anything

  • vivid

    Word

    very clear, detailed, and easy to imagine or remember

  • social status

    Phrase

    a person's position or rank in society

  • sit on

    Phrase

    to delay dealing with something

  • cheat on

    Phrase

    to be sexually unfaithful to your partner

  • zoom in on

    Phrase

    to focus closely on a particular subject, detail, or image

  • ride up

    Phrase

    to move upward so that part of clothing no longer stays in place

  • peel off

    Phrase

    to remove an outer layer or covering by pulling it away

  • broth

    Word

    the liquid made by simmering meat, bones, or vegetables in water

  • accomplice

    Word

    a person who helps someone commit a crime or other bad act

  • put in

    Phrase

    to submit something, such as a request or application

  • reach out

    Phrase

    to contact someone, especially to offer help or start a conversation

  • hook up

    Phrase

    to connect a device to a power source or another device

  • framing

    Word

    the way something is presented so that people understand it in a particular way

  • indifference

    Word

    a lack of interest, concern, or sympathy

  • riches

    Word

    a large amount of money, property, or valuable things

  • casually

    Word

    in a relaxed, informal, or not very serious way

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • in the first place

    Phrase

    at the beginning; originally

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • hand off

    Phrase

    to give something to another person or group, especially so they can continue using or dealing with it

  • shoot me

    Phrase

    a casual way to say you feel embarrassed, annoyed, or frustrated

  • prostitute

    Word

    a person who has sex for money

  • look in

    Phrase

    to visit someone or somewhere briefly and casually

  • track down

    Phrase

    to find someone or something after searching for them

  • violate

    Word

    to break a rule, law, or agreement

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