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Fargo S1E2: English vocabulary

Season 1, Episode 2CrimeDrama

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  • unguent

    a soft oily substance used on the skin or for healing

  • slicking

    making something smooth and glossy

  • grimly

    in a serious, gloomy, or worried way

  • fracas

    a noisy fight or argument, often in public

  • tutti

    all together; used as a musical direction

  • truancy

    the act of staying away from school without permission

  • ruffian

    a violent or cruel person, especially a criminal or thug

  • worser

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • dink

    a light tap or hit

  • hydrant

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

  • blackmailer

    a person who demands money or something else by threatening to reveal damaging or embarrassing information

  • mooned

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

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  • hobo

    a homeless person who travels from place to place looking for work

  • driftwood

    wood that has been carried by water onto a beach or shore

  • nosing

    the front edge of a step or stair

  • moll

    a soft, friable earth, clay, or soil.

  • savagery

    extreme cruelty or violence

  • cutthroat

    ruthless and intensely competitive

  • seashell

    the hard outer shell of a sea creature, often found on a beach

  • copped

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

  • topical

    relating to a current issue or event

  • dishing

    giving out or handing out something, often quickly or generously

  • combing

    the act of combing hair

  • dissect

    to cut open a body, plant, or animal in order to study its parts

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