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Hawaii Five-0 S4E11: English vocabulary

Season 4, Episode 11CrimeDramaAction & Adventure

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  • whiffing

    Word

    moving or drifting out in small puffs or wisps

  • witticism

    Word

    a clever or witty remark

  • muffle

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    to make a sound quieter or less clear

  • blare

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    to make a loud, harsh sound, or to make something do that

  • ibis

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    a large bird with a long curved bill, long neck, and long legs

  • kea

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    a large New Zealand parrot with a reputation for curiosity and intelligence

  • wormed

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    treated with medicine to remove worms from the body

  • strum

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    to play a stringed instrument by moving your fingers across the strings

  • prowler

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    a person who moves around quietly, especially to steal or break into places

  • tumbler

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    a drinking glass with straight sides and no handle

  • welcomer

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

  • feverish

    Word

    showing signs of a fever, such as heat, sweating, or restlessness

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  • interlock

    Word

    to connect or fit together so that the parts lock

  • muscling

    Word

    the use of force or pressure to get something

  • canvass

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

  • numero

    Word

    a number or numeral

  • clack

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    to make a sharp clicking sound

  • atrocity

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    an extremely cruel or shocking act

  • keepsake

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    something kept because it reminds you of a person, place, or event

  • recede

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    to move back or farther away

  • whiff

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    a brief smell that you notice for a moment

  • grooving

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    to move or dance in a relaxed way to music

  • butchering

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    the process of cutting an animal into pieces for meat

  • transgression

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    an act of breaking a law, rule, or moral code

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  • observant

    Word

    good at noticing small details

  • impound

    Word

    to take and keep something, especially a vehicle, because someone has broken a law or rule

  • locket

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    a small decorative case worn on a chain around the neck, often holding a photo or keepsake

  • wail

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    to cry out in a long, high, sad sound

  • jacketed

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    covered with a protective outer layer

  • evener

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

  • latex

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    a milky liquid from some plants, used to make rubber

  • confiscate

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    to take something away from someone using legal or official authority

  • cocking

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    the act of pulling back a gun’s hammer or firing mechanism

  • redundancy

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    something extra that is not needed

  • groan

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    to make a deep sound because of pain, sadness, or tiredness

  • obsess

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    to fill someone's mind so much that they cannot think about much else

  • degenerate

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    to become worse in quality, health, or morals

  • penance

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    something done to show regret for a wrong action, often as a religious duty

  • screech

    Word

    a loud, harsh, high-pitched sound

  • relive

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    to experience something again, especially in your memory or imagination

  • coasting

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    the act of moving along without using power

  • discontinue

    Word

    to stop doing or providing something

  • stripping

    Word

    the act of removing a covering, layer, or clothes

  • whine

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    to complain in a high, annoying voice

  • intrigue

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    to make someone very interested or curious

  • wrapper

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    a piece of paper, plastic, or similar material that covers something

  • cynical

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    believing that people are mostly selfish and cannot be trusted to be sincere

  • horrific

    Word

    extremely shocking, violent, or upsetting

  • degrade

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    to treat someone in a cruel or insulting way

  • disposed

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    willing to do something or likely to agree to it

  • plugging

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    the act of sealing a hole or gap

  • tooling

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    the equipment and setup used to make products in a factory

  • cleanup

    Word

    an act of cleaning a place or area

  • kill me

    Phrase

    a rude, exaggerated way of saying you are very annoyed or frustrated

  • mercy killing

    Phrase

    the act of ending a person's life to stop severe suffering

  • knitting

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    the activity of making clothes or other items by looping yarn with needles

  • lock off

    Phrase

    to stop talking to someone and ignore them

  • graced

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    to honor an event or place by being present

  • medical examiner

    Phrase

    a government official who examines deaths to determine the cause

  • foil

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    to stop something from succeeding

  • put it down

    Phrase

    to perform very well; to do something impressively

  • shotted

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    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • bounding

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    moving quickly with light, springy steps

  • after the fact

    Phrase

    after something has already happened or been decided

  • buzzer

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    a device that makes a buzzing sound, often to signal something

  • quake

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    to shake or tremble

  • affluent

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    having a lot of money and a comfortable lifestyle

  • get to the bottom of

    Phrase

    to find out the real reason for something or solve a problem

  • burglary

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    the crime of getting into a building illegally in order to steal or commit another crime

  • casing

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    a hard outer cover that protects or encloses something

  • inflict

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    to cause someone to suffer something unpleasant or painful

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • deity

    Word

    a god or goddess

  • profiling

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

  • alibi

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    proof that someone was somewhere else when a crime happened

  • gunning

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    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • cabling

    Word

    the installation of cables or a cable system

  • special agent

    Phrase

    an FBI or other government detective

  • small wonder

    Phrase

    used to say that something is not surprising

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • retailer

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    a person or business that sells goods directly to customers

  • maximize

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    to make something as effective, useful, or large as possible

  • rattle

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    a series of short, sharp sounds

  • whack

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    to hit something with a quick, hard blow

  • cut to the chase

    Phrase

    to get to the main point quickly

  • dune

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    a hill of sand formed by the wind, especially near the sea or in a desert

  • chuckle

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    to laugh quietly

  • dispose

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    to get rid of something

  • uptown

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    the upper part of a city or town, especially away from the center

  • caliber

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    the quality or level of someone's skill, ability, or character

  • for days

    Phrase

    for a very long time

  • meal ticket

    Phrase

    a person or thing that provides someone with money or support

  • indistinct

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    not clear, sharp, or easy to see or hear

  • bagging

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    the act of putting things into bags or packages

  • fingerprint

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    the pattern of lines on the tip of a finger, used to identify a person

  • cam

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    a shaped part in a machine that makes another part move in a controlled way

  • what do you say

    Phrase

    used to ask if someone is willing to do something or agrees with an idea

  • security system

    Phrase

    a system that protects a building or area from intruders and may sound an alarm

  • take it out on

    Phrase

    to show anger or frustration by treating someone badly, even though they did not cause the problem

  • narrow down

    Phrase

    to reduce the number of possibilities so something becomes more specific

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