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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S2E12: English vocabulary

Season 2, Episode 12CrimeDramaMystery

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  • rile

    Word

    make someone annoyed or angry

  • telephoto

    Word

    a camera lens that makes distant objects look closer and larger

  • celibate

    Word

    not having sex, often because of religious beliefs or personal choice

  • remorseful

    Word

    feeling sorry and guilty about something you did

  • shoplifting

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    to steal goods from a store

  • handiwork

    Word

    work made by hand, especially something carefully crafted

  • doer

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    a person who takes action and gets things done

  • swinger

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    a person who has sex with other people’s partners, usually in a consensual arrangement

  • parka

    Word

    a warm jacket with a hood, worn in cold weather

  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • insatiable

    Word

    impossible to satisfy; always wanting more

  • fining

    Word

    the act of making someone pay a fine

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  • canvass

    Word

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

  • innermost

    Word

    farthest inside; most deeply hidden

  • strangulation

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

  • booted

    Word

    wearing boots

  • heinous

    Word

    extremely evil and shocking

  • sleazy

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    dishonest, immoral, or unpleasant in a way that seems dirty or cheap

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • incest

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    sexual relations between people who are closely related

  • deviant

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    different from what is normal or accepted

  • subpoena

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    an official order to appear in court or give evidence

  • jacketed

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    covered with a protective outer layer

  • trespass

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    to enter land or property without permission

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  • stalked

    Word

    to follow someone closely and watch them in a threatening way

  • scrapbook

    Word

    a book with blank pages for pasting in photos, clippings, and other keepsakes

  • graver

    Word

    a small tool used for engraving or carving hard material

  • yiddish

    Word

    a language traditionally spoken by many Jewish communities, based on German and written in Hebrew letters

  • evener

    Word

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

  • snort

    Word

    to make a sudden, noisy sound through the nose

  • munch

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    to eat something in a noisy or casual way

  • centerpiece

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    the main or most eye-catching part of something

  • misdemeanor

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    a minor crime, especially one less serious than a felony

  • necking

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    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • indict

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    to formally accuse someone of a serious crime

  • bitters

    Word

    a bitter liquid used in small amounts to flavor cocktails

  • distraught

    Word

    very upset, worried, or shocked

  • inferno

    Word

    a large, destructive fire

  • bystander

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    a person who sees an event or situation but does not get involved

  • prescribe

    Word

    to officially tell someone to take a medicine or treatment

  • genitals

    Word

    the external sex organs

  • hemorrhage

    Word

    a heavy loss of blood from a blood vessel

  • compel

    Word

    to force someone to do something, or make them feel they must do it

  • weeding

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    the act of removing weeds from a garden or other area

  • grader

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    a person or machine that checks, marks, or scores work

  • articulate

    Word

    able to speak or express yourself clearly and confidently

  • sling

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    to throw something with a quick, forceful motion

  • congratulation

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    an expression of praise or good wishes for someone's success or good luck

  • lingerie

    Word

    women's underwear, especially attractive or delicate styles

  • stalker

    Word

    a person who follows and watches someone in a way that frightens or annoys them

  • yours truly

    Phrase

    a humorous way to sign off a letter or note

  • hard case

    Phrase

    an amusing, odd, or unusual person

  • strangle

    Word

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

  • morning after

    Phrase

    the day after a night of heavy drinking, when you feel hungover

  • semen

    Word

    the thick fluid that contains sperm and is released from the penis during ejaculation

  • despairing

    Word

    feeling or showing that you have lost all hope

  • come right

    Phrase

    to end well or be resolved successfully

  • adultery

    Word

    sex between a married person and someone who is not their spouse

  • pervert

    Word

    to change something so that it becomes distorted or corrupted

  • go there

    Phrase

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

  • sex addict

    Phrase

    a person who is unable to control their sexual behavior

  • plea bargain

    Phrase

    an agreement in which a defendant pleads guilty to a less serious charge to avoid a trial

  • victimless crime

    Phrase

    a crime that does not directly harm a specific person

  • scream for

    Phrase

    to strongly suggest that something is needed or appropriate

  • paling

    Word

    a fence made of upright wooden stakes

  • sacking

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    the act of being dismissed from a job

  • fives

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    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

  • puberty

    Word

    the stage in life when a child's body begins to change into an adult body

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • drug of choice

    Phrase

    the particular drug a person uses most or prefers most

  • majestic

    Word

    beautiful, impressive, and grand in a way that inspires admiration

  • rapped

    Word

    to hit a surface with short, quick knocks

  • manslaughter

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    the crime of killing someone without intending to kill them

  • disciplinary

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    relating to rules, discipline, or punishment for breaking rules

  • fancied

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    imagined rather than real

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • fling

    Word

    to throw something with a lot of force

  • come onto

    Phrase

    to make sexual or romantic advances toward someone

  • alibi

    Word

    proof that someone was somewhere else when a crime happened

  • prodigy

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    a child or young person with an unusually high level of skill or talent

  • seduce

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    to persuade someone to have sex with you or do something they might not otherwise do

  • what's in it for me

    Phrase

    a question meaning: what benefit will I get from this?

  • intercourse

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    communication or social dealings between people or groups

  • quick fix

    Phrase

    a temporary or simple solution to a problem

  • stalk

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    the main stem of a plant

  • birds and bees

    Phrase

    a humorous way of talking about sex education

  • excite

    Word

    to make someone feel excited and eager

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • drug bust

    Phrase

    a police raid that finds and seizes illegal drugs

  • indictment

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    a formal charge that someone has committed a serious crime

  • uncontrollable

    Word

    too strong or sudden to be controlled

  • prostitution

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    the practice of having sex with people in exchange for money

  • covert

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    kept secret or done in a hidden way

  • regent

    Word

    a person who rules temporarily because the king, queen, or ruler is too young or unable to rule

  • expel

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    force someone to leave a place, school, or organization

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • motivate

    Word

    to give someone a reason or desire to do something

  • take that

    Phrase

    used to say you have won or beaten someone

  • can't stand

    Phrase

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

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