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Criminal Minds S4E26: English vocabulary

Season 4, Episode 26CrimeDramaMystery

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  • inhumanly

    Word

    in a way that is cruel or without compassion

  • undermanned

    Word

    having too few workers or staff

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • unsophisticated

    Word

    simple and not very refined

  • retardation

    Word

    the act of slowing down or delaying something

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • paralyze

    Word

    to make a person or part of the body unable to move

  • locator

    Word

    a device or system that helps find the location of something

  • snuff

    Word

    powdered tobacco that is sniffed through the nose

  • copped

    Word

    to get something, especially in a casual or slightly sneaky way

  • childlike

    Word

    having the innocent, trusting, or curious qualities of a child

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

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  • psychosis

    Word

    a serious mental illness that can cause a person to lose touch with reality

  • couched

    Word

    to express something in a particular way

  • haystack

    Word

    a pile of hay

  • evener

    Word

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

  • necking

    Word

    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • exceedingly

    Word

    to a very great degree; extremely

  • abyss

    Word

    a very deep hole or empty space that seems to have no bottom

  • transient

    Word

    lasting for only a short time

  • abduct

    Word

    to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

  • 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

  • strangle

    Word

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

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  • go outside

    Phrase

    a rude way of telling someone to stop arguing online and go out into the real world

  • sizing

    Word

    a process that makes cloth stiffer and stronger by coating it with a special substance

  • inner core

    Phrase

    the solid center of the Earth or another planet

  • keep in

    Phrase

    to keep a student at school after class as a punishment

  • hook up with

    Phrase

    to start a casual romantic or sexual relationship with someone

  • dripping

    Word

    the act of liquid dripping in drops

  • personal property

    Phrase

    property that is movable and not land or buildings

  • profiling

    Word

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

  • proprietary

    Word

    relating to ownership, or owned and controlled by one company or person

  • regeneration

    Word

    the action or process of regenerating or being regenerated, in particular the formation of new animal or plant tissue.

  • volatile

    Word

    changing quickly and unpredictably, often in a way that can cause problems

  • lang

    Word

    a measure of length, equal to about 33 inches (84 centimeters).

  • loose ends

    Phrase

    unfinished things that still need attention

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • hands up

    Phrase

    a shouted command telling people to raise their hands, especially in surrender or when being searched

  • back out

    Phrase

    to decide not to do something you had agreed or planned to do

  • can't stand

    Phrase

    to dislike someone or something very much and be unable to tolerate them

  • for days

    Phrase

    for a very long time

  • sneak around

    Phrase

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

  • loose end

    Phrase

    a small unfinished task or problem that still needs attention

  • emergency response

    Phrase

    the organized help and action taken to deal with an emergency

  • drug user

    Phrase

    a person who uses illegal drugs regularly

  • bagging

    Word

    the act of putting things into bags or packages

  • avenge

    Word

    to punish someone by doing harm in return for a wrong done to you or someone else

  • gale

    Word

    a very strong wind

  • for nothing

    Phrase

    without paying anything

  • farmhouse

    Word

    a house on a farm, usually where the farmer's family lives

  • cuff

    Word

    the part of a sleeve that fits tightly around the wrist

  • sleep on

    Phrase

    to wait until the next day before deciding something

  • back onto

    Phrase

    to drive a vehicle backward onto something

  • put in

    Phrase

    to submit something, such as a request or application

  • hook up

    Phrase

    to connect a device to a power source or another device

  • socket

    Word

    a part that a plug, bulb, or other object fits into to make a connection

  • in the first place

    Phrase

    at the beginning; originally

  • disconnect

    Word

    to break or end a connection between things

  • spinal

    Word

    relating to the spine or spinal cord

  • work in

    Phrase

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

  • split up

    Phrase

    to end a romantic relationship

  • prostitute

    Word

    a person who has sex for money

  • penned

    Word

    wrote, especially in a formal or literary style

  • curing

    Word

    the process of preserving food by salting, drying, or smoking

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • forensic

    Word

    relating to the scientific study used in solving crimes

  • coped

    Word

    to deal with a difficult situation successfully

  • sneaking

    Word

    done in a quiet, secret way

  • neatly

    Word

    in a tidy, orderly, or careful way

  • set up

    Phrase

    prepare something so it can be used or can happen

  • supervise

    Word

    to be in charge of a person, group, or activity and make sure it is done properly

  • concussion

    Word

    a brain injury caused by a blow or jolt to the head, often causing confusion or dizziness

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • hand on

    Phrase

    to give something to another person

  • stand around

    Phrase

    to stand somewhere and waste time doing nothing useful

  • subtitle

    Word

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

  • dialing

    Word

    the act of entering a phone number to call someone

  • baby sister

    Phrase

    a younger sister, especially one who is still a child

  • pounding

    Word

    a heavy, repeated beating or striking sound

  • loft

    Word

    a room or open space directly under the roof of a building

  • laying

    Word

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

  • scent

    Word

    a smell, especially a pleasant one

  • either way

    Phrase

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

  • conditioned

    Word

    trained to react in a particular way

  • Bad Thing

    Phrase

    something that has a bad effect or causes trouble

  • exact same

    Phrase

    completely the same; identical

  • auntie

    Word

    a familiar word for aunt

  • oh oh

    Phrase

    an exclamation used when something goes wrong or seems about to go wrong

  • what's going on

    Phrase

    an informal way to greet someone or start a casual conversation

  • no way

    Phrase

    an emphatic way of saying that something is impossible or that you strongly refuse it

  • to go

    Phrase

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

  • real life

    Phrase

    life outside the internet, games, or imagination

  • keep at

    Phrase

    to keep doing something even when it is difficult

  • say no

    Phrase

    to refuse to do or accept something

  • how's it going

    Phrase

    a casual way of asking how someone is doing

  • turner

    Word

    a person who shapes wood, metal, or other material on a lathe

  • drip

    Word

    to fall in small drops

  • less than

    Phrase

    the sign <, used to show that one number or amount is smaller than another

  • walk around

    Phrase

    to walk around an area without a clear purpose

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