Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S17E23: English vocabulary

a woman who is engaged to be married

to officially cancel a law, decision, license, or agreement

to take something away from someone using legal or official authority

to formally accuse someone of a serious crime

to fill someone's mind so much that they cannot think about much else

the act of gently rubbing or stroking something

a thick mass of blood or another liquid that has become partly solid

a military command to hold a rifle upright in front of the body as a salute

an insulting remark about someone, especially one that attacks their race, religion, or identity

the day when God judges everyone, according to Christian belief

relating to blood vessels

to have sex

to stop a bad situation from getting worse

to defeat someone or something by using greater strength or power

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

to make it possible for something to happen

used to say something that is bold, rude, or about a taboo topic

a sexual action or activity

the degree to which something is serious, severe, or intense

the act of drinking a drink in honor of someone or something

a fence made of upright wooden stakes

a humorous way to refer to very muscular biceps

the act of leaving a place

to give someone a drug, especially to make them sleepy or calm them down

past tense and past participle of shoot

the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

the act of putting things into a pile or piles

a drug-induced loss of feeling, or of feeling and consciousness, used during a medical procedure

a person who is likely to run away before a trial or punishment

showing that someone is begging or asking for something in a strong, urgent way

to press something so that it becomes smaller, flatter, or tighter

to shoot and kill someone with a gun

a CT scan

used to say that something is not believable

in a friendly relationship with someone

to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

a formal charge that someone has committed a serious crime

far away; at a great distance

to leave a place suddenly, especially in protest or anger

to open something quickly or roughly

the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

used to say you have won or beaten someone

a place where donated blood is collected, tested, and stored for later use

a prison officer who supervises prisoners

very angry or annoyed

a device on a stove or heater that produces a flame or heat

a shaped part in a machine that makes another part move in a controlled way

very good or impressive

leave a place suddenly, often to show anger or disapproval

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

a very serious crime, usually one that can be punished by prison

used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

deserving praise, help, or respect

to care about something so much that it gives you energy or purpose

to think about the past, or about what happened before

having many bends or turns

to keep going in a difficult situation and not give up

to recover from an illness, shock, or painful experience

an official record or list of names, events, or items

to feel deep sadness because someone has died

to watch carefully for something or someone

as; in the same way that

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

to manage to deal with or survive something difficult

to spend time and effort improving or dealing with something

to deal with a difficult situation successfully

unable to feel part of your body, often because it is cold or injured

to give your time, energy, or effort to a task or purpose

any one of a group, without saying which one

the lower part of the body between the chest and the hips

to tell someone officially or formally about something

to some extent; fairly

very cruel or violent

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

not able to do something or deal with it

a casual way to say goodbye