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CSI: Miami S3E24: English vocabulary

Season 3, Episode 24DramaMysteryCrime

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  • whiffing

    Word

    moving or drifting out in small puffs or wisps

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • hummer

    Word

    a large, powerful off-road vehicle made by Hummer

  • altimeter

    Word

    an instrument that measures height above sea level, especially in an aircraft

  • misstep

    Word

    a small mistake or wrong move, especially one that causes a problem

  • stave

    Word

    one of the wooden strips that make up the side of a barrel or cask

  • skew

    Word

    to make something lean or slant; to put it at an angle

  • numeric

    Word

    relating to numbers or written in numbers

  • whiff

    Word

    a brief smell that you notice for a moment

  • cog

    Word

    a tooth on a wheel that fits into another wheel to transfer motion

  • meteorology

    Word

    the scientific study of weather and the atmosphere

  • copped

    Word

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

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  • embed

    Word

    to put something firmly inside or into something else

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • clog

    Word

    to block a pipe, drain, or other passage so that nothing can flow through it

  • jacketed

    Word

    covered with a protective outer layer

  • stalked

    Word

    to follow someone closely and watch them in a threatening way

  • thyroid

    Word

    a gland in the neck that makes hormones controlling growth and metabolism

  • evener

    Word

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

  • counteract

    Word

    to reduce or cancel the effect of something by acting against it

  • detonation

    Word

    the act of making an explosive device explode

  • narcotic

    Word

    a drug that affects the mind or body, especially one that is illegal or used for pain relief

  • glitch

    Word

    a small fault or problem in a machine, computer, or system

  • cocking

    Word

    the act of pulling back a gun’s hammer or firing mechanism

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  • neutralize

    Word

    to make a substance or effect harmless or inactive

  • voided

    Word

    made invalid or no longer legally effective

  • iodine

    Word

    a chemical element used in medicine and as a nutrient in small amounts

  • infiltrate

    Word

    to enter a place, organization, or group secretly in order to get information or cause harm

  • detonate

    Word

    to make something explode

  • inched

    Word

    to move very slowly and carefully in a particular direction

  • ultimatum

    Word

    a final demand that someone must accept or face serious consequences

  • craze

    Word

    a fashion or activity that becomes very popular for a short time

  • when it's at home

    Phrase

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

  • ordnance

    Word

    weapons, ammunition, and military equipment

  • salting

    Word

    the act of adding salt to food or water

  • Big Brother

    Phrase

    a person or system that closely watches people and limits their privacy

  • titanic

    Word

    extremely large, strong, or powerful

  • radiation poisoning

    Phrase

    an illness caused by too much exposure to radiation

  • material witness

    Phrase

    a person whose testimony is important in a legal case and who may be kept available for court

  • live down

    Phrase

    to be unable to forget an embarrassing or unpleasant event

  • wheeling

    Word

    the act of moving something on wheels

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • longitude

    Word

    the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • stand over

    Phrase

    to watch or supervise someone closely, often in an annoying way

  • all bets are off

    Phrase

    used to say that a situation is no longer predictable and anything may happen

  • paneling

    Word

    wooden boards or panels used to cover a wall

  • rattle

    Word

    a series of short, sharp sounds

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • cut to the chase

    Phrase

    to get to the main point quickly

  • in your dreams

    Phrase

    used to say that something is impossible or very unlikely

  • dew

    Word

    small drops of water that form on cool surfaces, especially at night or in the early morning

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • the Bomb

    Phrase

    the first nuclear bomb ever made or used

  • back down

    Phrase

    to stop fighting, arguing, or refusing to give in

  • all told

    Phrase

    including everything; in total

  • security deposit

    Phrase

    money paid in advance for a rental or service, returned if nothing is damaged or owed

  • birth defect

    Phrase

    a physical problem that a baby is born with

  • squat

    Word

    to bend your knees and lower your body close to the ground

  • right out

    Phrase

    in a blunt or direct way

  • fingerprint

    Word

    the pattern of lines on the tip of a finger, used to identify a person

  • potassium

    Word

    a chemical element that is important for plant and animal life

  • get into it

    Phrase

    to start arguing or fighting with someone

  • promoter

    Word

    a person or company that organizes and advertises events such as concerts or sports matches

  • latitude

    Word

    the distance of a place north or south of the equator

  • what do you want

    Phrase

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

  • stumble onto

    Phrase

    to find something by chance

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • road rage

    Phrase

    anger or aggressive behavior shown by a driver in traffic

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • look back

    Phrase

    to think about the past, or about what happened before

  • flushing

    Word

    the act of becoming red in the face or skin

  • winding

    Word

    having many bends or turns

  • stay on

    Phrase

    continue to stay in a place, job, or situation

  • chances are

    Phrase

    it is likely that something will happen or be true

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • injure

    Word

    to hurt someone’s body, especially in an accident or during sport

  • interstate

    Word

    relating to travel or activity between states

  • vibration

    Word

    a shaking or trembling movement

  • disperse

    Word

    to spread people or things over a wider area

  • mess up

    Phrase

    to make a mistake or do something badly

  • firearm

    Word

    a gun that can be carried and used by one person

  • all clear

    Phrase

    a signal that danger or an emergency has ended and it is safe to continue

  • coped

    Word

    to deal with a difficult situation successfully

  • transcript

    Word

    a written copy of spoken, recorded, or printed material

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

  • weathering

    Word

    the wearing away or breaking down of rock and other materials by air, water, and weather

  • figure out

    Phrase

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

  • id

    Word

    an official card or document that shows who someone is

  • crisp

    Word

    firm, dry, and pleasantly hard or crunchy

  • wiring

    Word

    the wires in a building, vehicle, or machine, or the system they form

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • grudge

    Word

    a lasting feeling of anger or resentment about something that happened in the past

  • profiting

    Word

    to make money from a business or activity

  • discharge

    Word

    to officially allow someone to leave a hospital or other institution

  • subtitle

    Word

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

  • see ya

    Phrase

    a casual way to say goodbye

  • ringed

    Word

    having a ring or rings around it

  • stumble

    Word

    to trip or lose your balance for a moment

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