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CSI: Miami S7E9: English vocabulary

Season 7, Episode 9DramaMysteryCrime

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  • unhinge

    Word

    to make someone feel very upset or mentally unstable

  • tented

    Word

    covered with tents or made up of tents

  • prance

    Word

    to move or walk with light, springy steps

  • scuff

    Word

    to scrape or drag your foot or shoe along the ground

  • electrocute

    Word

    to kill someone or something with electricity

  • shiner

    Word

    a black eye

  • ophthalmologist

    Word

    a doctor who specializes in eye diseases and eye surgery

  • choker

    Word

    a short necklace that fits closely around the neck

  • chloroform

    Word

    a colorless liquid once used as an anesthetic and sometimes as a solvent

  • gnaw

    Word

    to bite or chew something repeatedly, especially for a long time

  • jugular

    Word

    the vein in the neck that carries blood from the head back to the heart

  • carotid

    Word

    either of the two main arteries that carry blood to the head and neck

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  • dilation

    Word

    the process of becoming wider or larger

  • strapping

    Word

    tall, strong, and healthy-looking

  • solicitation

    Word

    the act of asking people for money, help, or business

  • whimper

    Word

    to make quiet, weak sounds because you are scared, hurt, or upset

  • dilate

    Word

    to make something wider or more open, or become wider or more open

  • nosing

    Word

    the front edge of a step or stair

  • canvass

    Word

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

  • palmed

    Word

    to hide something in your hand, especially secretly

  • holster

    Word

    a holder for carrying a handgun

  • circumstantial

    Word

    based on the facts and details of a situation

  • vengeful

    Word

    having a strong desire to get revenge

  • corroborate

    Word

    to show that something is true or correct by giving evidence

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  • copped

    Word

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

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • swab

    Word

    a small piece of soft material used for cleaning a wound or taking a sample

  • pining

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    full of longing or sadness for someone or something

  • restrictive

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    limiting what people can do or what is allowed

  • jacketed

    Word

    covered with a protective outer layer

  • subdued

    Word

    quiet, soft, or less strong than usual

  • stabling

    Word

    the act of keeping horses in stables

  • evener

    Word

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

  • latent

    Word

    present but not yet obvious, active, or fully developed

  • scapegoat

    Word

    a person who is blamed for other people's mistakes or problems

  • reinstate

    Word

    to give someone back their job, rank, or previous position

  • edgy

    Word

    nervous, tense, or easily annoyed

  • chemically

    Word

    in a way that involves chemistry or chemical reactions

  • inconclusive

    Word

    not giving a clear answer or result

  • lapping

    Word

    moving gently against something with a soft, light sound

  • lotion

    Word

    a liquid or cream you put on your skin to make it softer or treat it

  • subdue

    Word

    to bring something under control, especially by force or effort

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • overalls

    Word

    a piece of clothing with trousers and a bib front, worn over a shirt for work or casual wear

  • clasp

    Word

    a small device that fastens two things together

  • total loss

    Phrase

    using a fluid once and then discarding it instead of recirculating it

  • abduct

    Word

    to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

  • shadowing

    Word

    the practice of learning a job by following and watching an experienced worker

  • morgue

    Word

    a place where dead bodies are kept until they are identified or examined

  • strangle

    Word

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

  • mileage

    Word

    the number of miles a vehicle has traveled

  • penetrating

    Word

    clear and strong, and hard to ignore

  • tooling

    Word

    the equipment and setup used to make products in a factory

  • sizing

    Word

    a process that makes cloth stiffer and stronger by coating it with a special substance

  • lithium

    Word

    a soft, light metal used especially in batteries

  • chemical composition

    Phrase

    the substances that something is made of and the amounts of each one

  • fives

    Word

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

  • speak of

    Phrase

    to indicate or suggest something

  • put it down

    Phrase

    to perform very well; to do something impressively

  • walk free

    Phrase

    to avoid punishment or legal consequences, especially after a court case

  • fall in

    Phrase

    to move into position in a line or formation, especially in the military

  • layering

    Word

    the use of several layers, especially in clothing

  • stylist

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    a person whose job is to cut and style hair

  • hunch

    Word

    a feeling or guess based on intuition, not facts

  • inflict

    Word

    to cause someone to suffer something unpleasant or painful

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • large scale

    Phrase

    done on a very big scale

  • profiling

    Word

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

  • torso

    Word

    the main part of the human body, not including the head, arms, or legs

  • despise

    Word

    to hate or strongly dislike someone or something

  • alibi

    Word

    proof that someone was somewhere else when a crime happened

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • tread

    Word

    to step or walk in a careful, heavy, or deliberate way

  • cabling

    Word

    the installation of cables or a cable system

  • cut off

    Phrase

    separated from the rest by cutting

  • far cry

    Phrase

    a big difference between two things

  • come unhinged

    Phrase

    to become very angry and lose control of your emotions

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • arming

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

  • follow up

    Phrase

    to contact someone again after an earlier conversation, meeting, or message

  • restrain

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    to stop someone or something from moving or acting freely

  • diagnose

    Word

    to identify an illness or problem by examining the signs and tests

  • as ever

    Phrase

    as usual; as always

  • small scale

    Phrase

    done on a limited or relatively small scale

  • on the button

    Phrase

    exactly right or correct

  • work away

    Phrase

    to keep working steadily on something

  • prone

    Word

    likely to experience something bad or unwanted

  • usher

    Word

    a person who shows people to their seats, especially in a theater or at a wedding

  • arched

    Word

    curved like an arch

  • missing person

    Phrase

    a person whose whereabouts are unknown

  • muscular

    Word

    having strong, well-developed muscles

  • back onto

    Phrase

    to drive a vehicle backward onto something

  • put in

    Phrase

    to submit something, such as a request or application

  • wrongly

    Word

    in a mistaken or incorrect way

  • clamp

    Word

    a device used to hold two things tightly together

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • in full

    Phrase

    completely, with nothing left unpaid or unfinished

  • tickle

    Word

    to touch someone lightly in a way that makes them laugh

  • check up on

    Phrase

    to visit or contact someone to see how they are doing

  • run up

    Phrase

    to make something increase or build up, especially a debt or a score

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