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Chicago Fire S8E15: English vocabulary

Season 8, Episode 15Drama

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  • ods

    Word

    a hypothetical force formerly thought to be responsible for many natural phenomena, such as magnetism, light, and hypnotism.

  • cribbing

    Word

    the act of copying someone else’s work or ideas without permission

  • muffle

    Word

    to make a sound quieter or less clear

  • shoplifting

    Word

    to steal goods from a store

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • constrict

    Word

    to make something narrower or tighter by squeezing it

  • weirdness

    Word

    the quality of being strange or unusual

  • nosing

    Word

    the front edge of a step or stair

  • retrograde

    Word

    moving or directed backward

  • scoot

    Word

    to move or go somewhere quickly, often in a playful or casual way

  • swerve

    Word

    to turn or move suddenly to one side to avoid something

  • oftentimes

    Word

    often; many times

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  • copped

    Word

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

  • crusading

    Word

    strongly and publicly committed to a cause or campaign

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • braving

    Word

    while facing something difficult or dangerous bravely

  • flutter

    Word

    to move lightly and quickly, or to flap gently

  • evener

    Word

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

  • vortex

    Word

    a mass of air or water that spins around very fast

  • necking

    Word

    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • intermediary

    Word

    a person or organization that helps two sides communicate or reach an agreement

  • Big Brother

    Phrase

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

  • peso

    Word

    the basic money unit used in several countries in the Americas and the Philippines

  • counterfeit

    Word

    to make an illegal copy of something in order to trick people

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  • gassing

    Word

    to talk in a casual, lively way

  • go there

    Phrase

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

  • can wait

    Phrase

    a sarcastic way of saying someone does not have to wait

  • citizen's arrest

    Phrase

    the arrest of a suspected criminal by a private person, usually until the police arrive

  • pile on

    Phrase

    to criticize or attack someone together with other people

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • check you out

    Phrase

    a playful or friendly way of saying goodbye

  • seeker

    Word

    a person who is trying to find or get something

  • stretcher

    Word

    a frame with handles or poles for carrying a sick or injured person

  • dearly

    Word

    in a way that shows strong love or care

  • roll with

    Phrase

    to deal with a problem or change in a calm, flexible way

  • get life

    Phrase

    A rude way of telling someone to stop being silly or annoying

  • wrong crowd

    Phrase

    a group of people who are likely to have a bad influence on someone

  • flake

    Word

    a small thin piece that has broken off from something

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • expel

    Word

    force someone to leave a place, school, or organization

  • stoke

    Word

    to add fuel to a fire so it burns more strongly

  • machining

    Word

    the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

  • birth mother

    Phrase

    the woman who gave birth to someone, especially when she is not the person's adoptive mother

  • come down on

    Phrase

    to punish or criticize someone severely

  • drug test

    Phrase

    a test to check for illegal drugs in a sample of blood, urine, or hair

  • wait out

    Phrase

    to wait until a difficult or unpleasant situation is over

  • slip out

    Phrase

    to leave a place quietly so no one notices

  • point guard

    Phrase

    a basketball player who brings the ball up the court and starts the team's offense

  • flake out

    Phrase

    to fall asleep suddenly because you are very tired or have had too much alcohol

  • twinned

    Word

    officially linked with another town, city, or organization

  • bust out

    Phrase

    to escape from a place, especially a prison, often by force

  • run over

    Phrase

    to hit someone or something with a vehicle and drive over them

  • looping

    Word

    the repeated playing of a video, song, or other media

  • sideways

    Word

    toward or to the side

  • get into it

    Phrase

    to start arguing or fighting with someone

  • missing person

    Phrase

    a person whose whereabouts are unknown

  • auditorium

    Word

    a large room or hall where people sit to watch a performance or hear a speech

  • sit on

    Phrase

    to delay dealing with something

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • reach out

    Phrase

    to contact someone, especially to offer help or start a conversation

  • hacker

    Word

    a person who breaks into computer systems or networks

  • spinal

    Word

    relating to the spine or spinal cord

  • come around

    Phrase

    to change your opinion and start agreeing with someone

  • cruiser

    Word

    a warship that is smaller than a battleship and faster than many other ships

  • back up

    Phrase

    to support a claim with facts or proof

  • stay on

    Phrase

    continue to stay in a place, job, or situation

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • injure

    Word

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

  • lettered

    Word

    marked or decorated with letters or writing

  • bedded

    Word

    past tense and past participle of bed

  • 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

  • crib

    Word

    a baby's bed with bars on the sides

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

  • rig

    Word

    to arrange or set up something, especially equipment, for a particular purpose

  • abdomen

    Word

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

  • donna

    Word

    an Italian title used before a woman's name

  • probation

    Word

    a period when someone is watched to see if they behave well, especially after a crime or before a job becomes permanent

  • crusade

    Word

    an organized campaign to achieve a social, political, or religious goal

  • starve

    Word

    to suffer or die from lack of food

  • leave it alone

    Phrase

    to stop touching, changing, or interfering with something

  • ringed

    Word

    having a ring or rings around it

  • like it or not

    Phrase

    used to say that something will happen or is true even if someone does not want it

  • thank god

    Phrase

    used to express relief that something bad did not happen

  • piles

    Word

    a large amount of something

  • high schooler

    Phrase

    a student at a high school

  • friend of mine

    Phrase

    one of the speaker's or writer's friends

  • do business

    Phrase

    to be involved in buying and selling goods or services

  • overdose

    Word

    an amount of a drug that is too large and can be dangerous or fatal

  • every time

    Phrase

    used to say that something happens on each occasion that something else happens

  • asylum

    Word

    protection given by a country to someone who has left their own country because they are in danger

  • what's going on

    Phrase

    an informal way to greet someone or start a casual conversation

  • to go

    Phrase

    for food or drink that you buy and take away to eat or drink somewhere else

  • come by

    Phrase

    to visit someone or a place briefly and informally

  • hang with

    Phrase

    to spend time with someone socially

  • din

    Word

    a loud, unpleasant noise

  • mercury

    Word

    a heavy silver-white metal that is liquid at room temperature

  • polar

    Word

    relating to the North or South Pole or the cold areas around them

  • trailing

    Word

    hanging down or extending over the edge of something

  • semester

    Word

    one of the two main periods of study in a school or college year

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