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Chicago Fire S11E1: English vocabulary

Season 11, Episode 1Drama

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  • swaggerer

    Word

    a person who behaves in a very confident, showy, and often arrogant way

  • aflame

    Word

    burning or covered in flames

  • injector

    Word

    a device that injects fuel, medicine, or another liquid

  • untangle

    Word

    to separate things that are twisted or knotted together

  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • extricate

    Word

    to free someone or something from a difficult place or situation

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • catheter

    Word

    a thin tube put into the body to remove or add fluid

  • paralyze

    Word

    to make a person or part of the body unable to move

  • waver

    Word

    to move slightly back and forth, especially because of wind or uncertainty

  • sorcery

    Word

    the use of magic, especially evil magic

  • copped

    Word

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

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  • dialysis

    Word

    a medical treatment that removes waste from the blood when the kidneys cannot do it properly

  • sine

    Word

    a trigonometric function based on the ratio of two sides of a right triangle

  • pining

    Word

    full of longing or sadness for someone or something

  • swagger

    Word

    a confident, often slightly arrogant way of walking or behaving

  • inhalation

    Word

    the act of breathing in

  • stabling

    Word

    the act of keeping horses in stables

  • evener

    Word

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

  • penciled

    Word

    written or marked lightly with a pencil

  • kink

    Word

    a sharp bend or twist in something that should be straight

  • pusher

    Word

    a person who sells illegal drugs

  • mutter

    Word

    to speak quietly and unclearly, often because you are annoyed or upset

  • carver

    Word

    a person who carves wood, stone, or another material

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  • stroking

    Word

    the act of gently rubbing or stroking something

  • chloride

    Word

    a chemical compound containing chlorine

  • dell

    Word

    a small, narrow valley

  • stripping

    Word

    the act of removing a covering, layer, or clothes

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • congratulation

    Word

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

  • spun out

    Phrase

    confused, dazed, or unable to think clearly

  • makeshift

    Word

    temporary and improvised, used because the proper thing is not available

  • save it

    Phrase

    used to tell someone to stop talking or stop making excuses

  • wildfire

    Word

    a large fire in the wild that spreads quickly and is hard to control

  • confidential informant

    Phrase

    a person who secretly gives information to the police about a crime or criminal

  • pile on

    Phrase

    to criticize or attack someone together with other people

  • head on

    Phrase

    directly, without turning or avoiding anything

  • stabilize

    Word

    to make something more steady and less likely to change suddenly

  • vested

    Word

    earned or officially guaranteed, so it cannot be taken away

  • tracker

    Word

    a device or app that helps you find or follow the location of someone or something

  • step back

    Phrase

    a setback or decline

  • tabling

    Word

    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • complicate

    Word

    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • chaplain

    Word

    a religious official who works for a hospital, school, prison, military unit, or similar group

  • turn around

    Phrase

    cause something to improve a lot

  • wash over

    Phrase

    to affect someone suddenly and strongly, especially with a feeling or mood

  • keel

    Word

    the long ridge under a ship or boat that runs along the bottom and helps support it

  • cabling

    Word

    the installation of cables or a cable system

  • fast track

    Phrase

    a quicker route or method for reaching a goal or getting ahead

  • under wraps

    Phrase

    kept secret or not yet made public

  • no chance

    Phrase

    an informal way of saying that something is impossible or will definitely not happen

  • on edge

    Phrase

    nervous and unable to relax

  • arming

    Word

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

  • stoke

    Word

    to add fuel to a fire so it burns more strongly

  • don't you know

    Phrase

    used at the end of a statement to ask for agreement or confirmation

  • cocky

    Word

    too confident in yourself in a way that annoys other people

  • hype

    Word

    a lot of publicity or excitement about something, often more than it deserves

  • back down

    Phrase

    to stop fighting, arguing, or refusing to give in

  • ice fishing

    Phrase

    fishing done through a hole in ice

  • access point

    Phrase

    a device that provides wireless access to a network

  • heat stroke

    Phrase

    a dangerous illness caused by the body overheating

  • twinned

    Word

    officially linked with another town, city, or organization

  • bagging

    Word

    the act of putting things into bags or packages

  • bust out

    Phrase

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

  • inclined

    Word

    willing or likely to do something; having a tendency to do it

  • potassium

    Word

    a chemical element that is important for plant and animal life

  • pike

    Word

    a long weapon with a pointed metal tip, used in the past by soldiers

  • rearrange

    Word

    to change the order or position of things

  • phrasing

    Word

    the way words are chosen and put together in speech or writing

  • swing by

    Phrase

    to make a short, informal visit

  • canopy

    Word

    a roof-like cover stretched over something for shade or shelter

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • put in

    Phrase

    to submit something, such as a request or application

  • wreckage

    Word

    the broken pieces left after something is badly damaged or destroyed

  • turn out

    Phrase

    to be found to be true, real, or the case

  • hash browns

    Phrase

    a dish of shredded or grated potatoes fried until crisp and golden

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • yank

    Word

    a sudden hard pull or jerk

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • check up on

    Phrase

    to visit or contact someone to see how they are doing

  • hang in

    Phrase

    to keep going in a difficult situation and not give up

  • cut out

    Phrase

    cut out of a piece of material or paper

  • informant

    Word

    a person who gives information, especially secretly

  • catch up

    Phrase

    to find out the latest news or information after missing it for a while

  • rye

    Word

    a grain used for making flour, bread, and whiskey

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • medic

    Word

    a person trained to give emergency medical care

  • PA system

    Phrase

    a public-address system used for announcements in a public place

  • coped

    Word

    to deal with a difficult situation successfully

  • 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

  • figure out

    Phrase

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

  • set up

    Phrase

    prepare something so it can be used or can happen

  • fuel up

    Phrase

    to put fuel into a vehicle or aircraft

  • stairway

    Word

    a set of steps inside a building that connects one floor to another

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • align

    Word

    to put things in the correct position or line

  • bottled

    Word

    preserved or sold in bottles

  • subtitle

    Word

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

  • vinyl

    Word

    a strong plastic used to make records and many other products

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