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Dexter S8E5: English vocabulary

Season 8, Episode 5CrimeDramaMystery

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  • rosebush

    Word

    a bush that grows roses

  • tormentor

    Word

    a person who hurts or cruelly bothers someone, especially over time

  • delude

    Word

    to make someone believe something that is false

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • spatter

    Word

    to scatter small drops or particles over a surface

  • indiscretion

    Word

    a careless or embarrassing mistake, especially in speech or behavior

  • recant

    Word

    to formally say that you no longer believe or support something you said before

  • abductor

    Word

    a person who takes someone away by force or trickery

  • impregnate

    Word

    to make a woman or female animal pregnant

  • phalanx

    Word

    a group of soldiers or police standing or moving in a tight formation

  • clack

    Word

    to make a sharp clicking sound

  • corroborate

    Word

    to show that something is true or correct by giving evidence

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  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • resilient

    Word

    able to recover quickly from problems or difficult changes

  • swab

    Word

    a small piece of soft material used for cleaning a wound or taking a sample

  • expedite

    Word

    to make a process or task happen faster

  • faxed

    Word

    to send something by fax

  • stalked

    Word

    to follow someone closely and watch them in a threatening way

  • evener

    Word

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

  • boning

    Word

    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • scorn

    Word

    a feeling that someone or something is not worthy of respect

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • compel

    Word

    to force someone to do something, or make them feel they must do it

  • shit yeah

    Phrase

    an excited, informal way of saying yes

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  • broken in

    Phrase

    used to describe an animal that has been trained to be calm and easy to handle

  • harvesting

    Word

    the act of gathering a crop from the fields

  • when it's at home

    Phrase

    used to ask what something really means or is, especially in British English

  • lesion

    Word

    an area of damaged tissue in the body caused by injury or disease

  • discrete

    Word

    separate and clearly different from other things

  • semen

    Word

    the thick fluid that contains sperm and is released from the penis during ejaculation

  • cover up

    Phrase

    to hide the truth about something, especially a mistake or crime

  • kill me

    Phrase

    a rude, exaggerated way of saying you are very annoyed or frustrated

  • easy mark

    Phrase

    a person who is easy to trick or take advantage of

  • scarring

    Word

    the process of forming scars as a wound heals

  • fives

    Word

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

  • turmoil

    Word

    a state of confusion, disorder, or strong emotional upset

  • holed up

    Phrase

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

  • fancied

    Word

    imagined rather than real

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • sexual relations

    Phrase

    sexual activity between two people

  • wrestle with

    Phrase

    to struggle to deal with a difficult problem, decision, or feeling

  • one thing led to another

    Phrase

    used to say that one event caused a series of other events

  • cabling

    Word

    the installation of cables or a cable system

  • far cry

    Phrase

    a big difference between two things

  • hit rock bottom

    Phrase

    To reach the lowest point in your life or situation

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • veggie

    Word

    a vegetable, especially when spoken about informally

  • horribly

    Word

    to a very bad or unpleasant degree

  • mend

    Word

    to repair something, especially by hand

  • restrain

    Word

    to stop someone or something from moving or acting freely

  • stirring

    Word

    moving or able to move people strongly

  • figuring out

    Phrase

    the process of trying to understand or solve something

  • double date

    Phrase

    a date that two couples go on together

  • hit up

    Phrase

    to contact someone, especially casually or to ask for something

  • bagging

    Word

    the act of putting things into bags or packages

  • muffin

    Word

    a small sweet cake, usually baked in a cup-shaped mold

  • sperm

    Word

    the male sex cell that can fertilize an egg

  • can't help

    Phrase

    to be unable to stop yourself from doing something

  • walk out

    Phrase

    leave a place suddenly, often to show anger or disapproval

  • eyewitness

    Word

    a person who saw an event happen, especially a crime or accident

  • respectful

    Word

    showing respect for other people and their feelings, rights, or opinions

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling 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

  • work in

    Phrase

    to find time or space for something in a busy schedule or limited place

  • check up on

    Phrase

    to visit or contact someone to see how they are doing

  • carve

    Word

    to cut or shape something with a knife or tool

  • wrestle

    Word

    to struggle with someone by holding and pushing them, especially in a sport

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • now now

    Phrase

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

  • raging

    Word

    very strong and violent

  • bedded

    Word

    past tense and past participle of bed

  • narrowing

    Word

    the process of becoming narrower

  • forensic

    Word

    relating to the scientific study used in solving crimes

  • work on

    Phrase

    to spend time and effort improving or dealing with something

  • curl

    Word

    to form into curls or ringlets

  • blueberry

    Word

    a small blue or purple berry that you can eat

  • 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

  • figure out

    Phrase

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

  • logging

    Word

    the business of cutting and selling trees for wood

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • premise

    Word

    a statement or idea that forms the basis of an argument or theory

  • isolate

    Word

    to keep someone or something apart from others

  • see ya

    Phrase

    a casual way to say goodbye

  • po' boy

    Phrase

    a sandwich made with French bread, usually filled with meat, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise

  • don't forget to write

    Phrase

    a friendly way to remind someone to send a letter or message

  • sync

    Word

    to make two devices or systems work together by sharing data

  • either way

    Phrase

    used to say that the result is the same no matter which choice happens

  • toned

    Word

    having firm, well-defined muscles

  • can't wait

    Phrase

    to feel very excited and eager for something that will happen soon

  • friend of mine

    Phrase

    one of the speaker's or writer's friends

  • upsetting

    Word

    making someone feel unhappy, worried, or upset

  • testament

    Word

    something that shows clearly that a quality or fact is true

  • what's going on

    Phrase

    an informal way to greet someone or start a casual conversation

  • front desk

    Phrase

    the place where guests or visitors check in or ask for help in a hotel, office, or similar place

  • two times

    Phrase

    twice as much or as many

  • confidential

    Word

    meant to be kept secret or shared only with a few people

  • technician

    Word

    a person who is trained to work with technical equipment or systems

  • to go

    Phrase

    for food or drink that you buy and take away to eat or drink somewhere else

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