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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S1E19: English vocabulary

Season 1, Episode 19CrimeDramaMystery

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  • blather

    Word

    long, silly, or meaningless talk

  • twinge

    Word

    a sudden, sharp pain or feeling

  • disenfranchise

    Word

    to take away someone's right to vote

  • stubbed

    Word

    past tense and past participle of stub

  • fondle

    Word

    to touch or stroke gently and affectionately

  • plasterer

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    a worker who puts plaster on walls and ceilings

  • ream

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    a pack of paper, usually 500 sheets

  • prejudicial

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    causing harm or making something worse

  • virility

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    the quality of being strong, energetic, and sexually potent

  • hydrant

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    a pipe or outlet that firefighters use to get water from the water supply

  • specter

    Word

    a bad thing that seems likely to happen

  • impropriety

    Word

    behavior, language, or an action that is not proper or acceptable

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  • mooned

    Word

    to show your bare buttocks to someone as a joke or insult

  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • unwarranted

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    not justified or not needed

  • nosing

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    the front edge of a step or stair

  • undying

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    lasting forever; never ending

  • contaminate

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    to make a substance or place dirty or unsafe by adding harmful material

  • strangulation

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    the act of choking someone by pressing on the throat or neck

  • consensual

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    done with the agreement of everyone involved

  • poling

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    the act of moving a boat by pushing a pole against the bottom of the water

  • impotent

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    unable to act or help effectively; powerless

  • coffeehouse

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    a café where people go to drink coffee and talk

  • heinous

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    extremely evil and shocking

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  • millionth

    Word

    being number one million in a sequence

  • copped

    Word

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

  • overpowering

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    so strong that it is unpleasant or hard to ignore

  • slighting

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    showing disrespect or contempt

  • pining

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    full of longing or sadness for someone or something

  • pelvic

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    relating to the pelvis or the area around it

  • jacketed

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    covered with a protective outer layer

  • splatter

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    to make liquid, paint, or mud fly and land in small drops

  • technicals

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    the practical details of something, especially the technical ones

  • evener

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

  • bureaucrat

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    a government official, especially one who is seen as slow or too focused on rules and paperwork

  • munch

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    to eat something in a noisy or casual way

  • hooded

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    wearing a hood or having a hood over the head

  • peppermint

    Word

    a plant with a strong, fresh smell and taste, used in food and drinks

  • voucher

    Word

    a paper or digital ticket that gives you a discount or can be exchanged for goods or services

  • fruity

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    having a taste or smell like fruit

  • streaked

    Word

    having thin lines or marks of a different color

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • jerking

    Word

    making quick, sharp movements

  • evaporate

    Word

    to change from a liquid into a gas

  • appalling

    Word

    very bad, unpleasant, or shocking

  • inched

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    to move very slowly and carefully in a particular direction

  • springing

    Word

    moving with quick, light jumps

  • yak

    Word

    a large wild ox with long hair and horns, found in Tibet and nearby areas

  • Chinese Wall

    Phrase

    a rule or arrangement that keeps different groups from sharing confidential information

  • soothing

    Word

    making you feel calm and relaxed

  • decoy

    Word

    something used to trick or attract someone or something

  • apprehend

    Word

    to arrest someone, especially a suspect

  • save it

    Phrase

    used to tell someone to stop talking or stop making excuses

  • overpower

    Word

    to defeat someone or something by using greater strength or power

  • hard on

    Phrase

    A strong sexual desire for someone

  • misconduct

    Word

    bad or dishonest behavior, especially by someone in authority or at work

  • tooling

    Word

    the equipment and setup used to make products in a factory

  • genetic material

    Phrase

    DNA or RNA that carries an organism’s hereditary information

  • uncanny

    Word

    strange and a little unsettling, especially in a way that seems almost supernatural

  • skirting

    Word

    a board or strip fixed along the bottom of a wall

  • fives

    Word

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

  • go at

    Phrase

    to attack someone or something, or start arguing with them

  • pickle

    Word

    a cucumber preserved in vinegar or brine

  • mustang

    Word

    a wild horse found in North America

  • head up

    Phrase

    to lead a group, team, or project

  • nicking

    Word

    stealing things, especially in a casual or sneaky way

  • wrapped up

    Phrase

    so absorbed in something that you do not notice other things

  • man on

    Phrase

    a shout warning that an opponent is coming up behind you

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • profiling

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

  • janitor

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    a person whose job is cleaning and taking care of a building

  • powerless

    Word

    unable to act, influence events, or change a situation

  • weeping

    Word

    crying or showing tears

  • flop

    Word

    to fall or move down heavily and loosely

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • indictment

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    a formal charge that someone has committed a serious crime

  • smoothing

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    the process of making a surface or material smooth

  • get right

    Phrase

    to do something correctly or in the right way

  • arming

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

  • what is your problem

    Phrase

    a rude or angry way of asking why someone is behaving badly or causing trouble

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • uptown

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    the upper part of a city or town, especially away from the center

  • machining

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    the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

  • errand

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    a short trip to do a small job, like shopping or delivering something

  • unborn

    Word

    not yet born

  • back down

    Phrase

    to stop fighting, arguing, or refusing to give in

  • about time

    Phrase

    used to say that something should have happened earlier

  • catcher

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    a person or thing that catches something

  • vivid

    Word

    very clear, detailed, and easy to imagine or remember

  • eyewitness

    Word

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

  • what do you want

    Phrase

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

  • sit on

    Phrase

    to delay dealing with something

  • punch in

    Phrase

    to enter information by pressing keys or buttons

  • get on at

    Phrase

    to keep criticizing or nagging someone

  • write over

    Phrase

    to save new data in the same place, replacing what was there before

  • reflex

    Word

    a quick automatic reaction to something, without thinking

  • commuter

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    a person who travels regularly between home and work

  • felony

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

  • bossed

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    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • organ donor

    Phrase

    a person who has agreed to give an organ after death for transplantation

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