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CSI: Miami S2E12: English vocabulary

Season 2, Episode 12DramaMysteryCrime

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  • mechanize

    Word

    to replace people doing work by hand with machines

  • bondsman

    Word

    a person who guarantees that someone will pay a debt or appear in court, especially for bail

  • snowbird

    Word

    a person who spends the winter in a warm place

  • jackknife

    Word

    a large pocketknife with a folding blade

  • hauler

    Word

    a person or company that transports goods or materials

  • ibis

    Word

    a large bird with a long curved bill, long neck, and long legs

  • contusion

    Word

    a bruise caused by a blow or fall

  • clotted

    Word

    thickened into a solid mass or lumps

  • coagulation

    Word

    the process of changing from a liquid into a thicker or solid mass

  • indigent

    Word

    very poor; lacking the money needed for basic needs

  • subcutaneous

    Word

    located under the skin

  • welcomer

    Word

    a person whose job or role is to welcome and help guests or newcomers

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  • ricochet

    Word

    to bounce off a surface after hitting it

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • silvering

    Word

    the process of turning silver in color

  • tomcat

    Word

    a male cat

  • canvass

    Word

    to go from place to place asking people for opinions, votes, or support

  • disseminate

    Word

    to spread information, ideas, or news widely

  • ahold

    Word

    the ability to contact or reach someone, especially in get ahold of

  • ensue

    Word

    to happen afterward, especially as a result of something else

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • handcuff

    Word

    to put handcuffs on someone

  • bender

    Word

    a period of heavy drinking

  • filament

    Word

    a very thin thread or fiber

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  • evener

    Word

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

  • retard

    Word

    to delay or slow something down

  • irreversible

    Word

    not able to be changed back to the way it was before

  • oxidation

    Word

    the process of a substance combining with oxygen

  • necking

    Word

    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • sneaker

    Word

    a soft shoe with a rubber sole, worn for sports or casual use

  • pelvis

    Word

    the large group of bones at the bottom of the spine, between the hips

  • clot

    Word

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

  • fender

    Word

    a metal or plastic guard over a car wheel that helps protect it from mud and damage

  • tailing

    Word

    the act of following someone closely in order to watch them or spy on them

  • disposed

    Word

    willing to do something or likely to agree to it

  • conveniently

    Word

    in a way that is useful or fits a plan or situation well

  • go there

    Phrase

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

  • bail bondsman

    Phrase

    a person or business that arranges bail for someone in jail

  • subdural hematoma

    Phrase

    a dangerous build-up of blood between the brain and the tissues around it after a head injury

  • dummy up

    Phrase

    to suddenly stop talking

  • 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

  • stacking

    Word

    the act of putting things into a pile or piles

  • complicate

    Word

    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • back into

    Phrase

    to end up in a situation by accident or because of circumstances

  • light on

    Phrase

    to land or settle lightly on something

  • engraving

    Word

    the process of cutting a design or words into a hard surface

  • trajectory

    Word

    the path that something moving through the air or space follows

  • hunch

    Word

    a feeling or guess based on intuition, not facts

  • casing

    Word

    a hard outer cover that protects or encloses something

  • sic

    Word

    used to show that a word or passage is copied exactly as it appears, even if it looks wrong

  • profiling

    Word

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

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • talk at

    Phrase

    to speak to someone in a way that ignores their replies or feelings

  • revolver

    Word

    a handgun with a rotating cylinder that holds several bullets

  • pooling

    Word

    the act of combining money, resources, or efforts for a shared purpose

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • the sticks

    Phrase

    an informal way to say a remote rural area far from towns and cities

  • get right

    Phrase

    to do something correctly or in the right way

  • top to bottom

    Phrase

    completely, from one end to the other

  • arming

    Word

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

  • memorize

    Word

    to learn something so well that you can say or write it from memory

  • gun it

    Phrase

    to drive a vehicle very fast, especially by pressing the accelerator hard

  • dispose

    Word

    to get rid of something

  • rush in

    Phrase

    to act too quickly without thinking carefully

  • county line

    Phrase

    the boundary between two counties

  • competent

    Word

    having enough skill or knowledge to do something well

  • African American

    Phrase

    a Black person from the United States

  • ask round

    Phrase

    to ask several people for information or help

  • framing

    Word

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

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • work in

    Phrase

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

  • hand off

    Phrase

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

  • hang in

    Phrase

    to keep going in a difficult situation and not give up

  • hang around

    Phrase

    to spend time in a place without doing anything in particular

  • bumper

    Word

    the bar on the front or back of a car that helps protect it in a crash

  • look in

    Phrase

    to visit someone or somewhere briefly and casually

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • pharmaceutical

    Word

    relating to medicinal drugs and their preparation or use

  • time frame

    Phrase

    a period of time allowed for something to happen or be completed

  • firearm

    Word

    a gun that can be carried and used by one person

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

  • teller

    Word

    a bank employee who takes in and gives out money

  • gigantic

    Word

    extremely large

  • back off

    Phrase

    to move away and stop bothering someone

  • probable

    Word

    likely to happen or be true, but not certain

  • hand on

    Phrase

    to give something to another person

  • sucker

    Word

    informal: a person who is easily fooled or taken advantage of

  • see ya

    Phrase

    a casual way to say goodbye

  • broker

    Word

    a person or company that arranges the buying and selling of things like property, stocks, or insurance for others

  • console

    Word

    to comfort someone who is sad or upset

  • yeah right

    Phrase

    an expression used to show that you do not believe what someone has said

  • laying

    Word

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

  • some people

    Phrase

    an exclamation used to show disapproval or annoyance at someone's silly or rude behavior

  • rubber band

    Phrase

    a small elastic loop used for holding papers or other things together

  • metal detector

    Phrase

    a device that finds metal and makes a signal when it does

  • rest stop

    Phrase

    a place by a road where drivers can stop to rest, eat, or use the toilet

  • fender bender

    Phrase

    a minor car crash, usually with little damage

  • tail light

    Phrase

    the light at the back of a vehicle that shows it from behind

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