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Person of Interest S4E14: English vocabulary

Season 4, Episode 14DramaAction & AdventureCrime

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  • embezzle

    Word

    to steal money that you were trusted to manage

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • royally

    Word

    used for emphasis to mean 'very' or 'extremely

  • sequestered

    Word

    kept apart from other people or things, often in a private or hidden place

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • conundrum

    Word

    a confusing problem or question that is hard to solve

  • slush

    Word

    partly melted snow or ice on the ground

  • attrition

    Word

    a gradual reduction in strength, numbers, or effectiveness over time

  • copped

    Word

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

  • backlog

    Word

    a pile of work or tasks that have not been finished yet

  • samaritan

    Word

    a very helpful or kind person, especially one who helps a stranger

  • bailiff

    Word

    an official who keeps order in a court and may escort people or serve legal papers

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  • clipping

    Word

    a small piece cut off something

  • technicals

    Word

    the practical details of something, especially the technical ones

  • evener

    Word

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

  • armpit

    Word

    the hollow under your shoulder where your arm joins your body

  • deliberation

    Word

    careful discussion before making a decision

  • adjourn

    Word

    to stop a meeting, trial, or game for a time, with plans to continue later

  • extradition

    Word

    the process of sending someone back to another country to face trial or punishment

  • obsess

    Word

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

  • ulcer

    Word

    a painful open sore on the skin or inside the body

  • Hell no

    Phrase

    an emphatic, rude way of saying no

  • congratulation

    Word

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

  • cranky

    Word

    bad-tempered, easily annoyed, or in a bad mood

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  • recessed

    Word

    set back into a surface so it does not stick out

  • It boy

    Phrase

    a young man who is very fashionable and widely talked about

  • misconduct

    Word

    bad or dishonest behavior, especially by someone in authority or at work

  • sizing

    Word

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

  • citizen's arrest

    Phrase

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

  • knitting

    Word

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

  • disobey

    Word

    to not do what a person, rule, or order says

  • migraine

    Word

    a severe headache that often affects one side of the head and may cause nausea or vision problems

  • milling

    Word

    the process of grinding grain into flour or other small particles

  • juror

    Word

    a person who serves on a jury

  • reasonable doubt

    Phrase

    the level of doubt needed to avoid a guilty verdict

  • fives

    Word

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

  • lover boy

    Phrase

    a man or boy who is very charming and good at attracting romantic attention

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • leverage

    Word

    the power or advantage you get from using something to help you achieve more

  • absorption

    Word

    the process of taking in or soaking up a substance, light, heat, or sound

  • illegitimate

    Word

    not allowed by law or by accepted rules

  • fancied

    Word

    imagined rather than real

  • summons

    Word

    an official order to appear in court

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • government issue

    Phrase

    clothing or equipment supplied by the government, especially for the military

  • hasty

    Word

    done too quickly and without enough thought

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • odd man out

    Phrase

    the person or thing in a group that is different from the others

  • allegation

    Word

    a claim that someone has done something wrong or illegal, without proof

  • sane

    Word

    mentally healthy and able to think clearly

  • knit

    Word

    to make cloth or clothing by looping yarn with needles

  • morse

    Word

    a system of dots and dashes used to send messages

  • machining

    Word

    the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

  • hunt down

    Phrase

    to search for someone or something and catch or find them

  • can't stand

    Phrase

    to dislike someone or something very much and be unable to tolerate them

  • nice try

    Phrase

    used to say that an attempt was not successful

  • what's the deal

    Phrase

    an informal way of asking what is happening or what the situation is

  • speak out

    Phrase

    to say what you think openly, especially when it is difficult or risky

  • play around

    Phrase

    to behave in a casual or unserious way, especially with money or ideas

  • hit up

    Phrase

    to contact someone, especially casually or to ask for something

  • strong suit

    Phrase

    a skill or area that someone is especially good at

  • jury duty

    Phrase

    the legal duty to serve as a juror in a trial

  • fingerprint

    Word

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

  • hooker

    Word

    a person who has sex for money

  • hardship

    Word

    a difficult situation that causes suffering or lack of basic needs

  • perpetrator

    Word

    a person who commits a harmful, illegal, or immoral act

  • what do you say

    Phrase

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

  • caught up

    Phrase

    involved in a situation, often without wanting to be

  • take it away

    Phrase

    a cheerful way to tell someone to start speaking or performing

  • missing person

    Phrase

    a person whose whereabouts are unknown

  • go along

    Phrase

    to agree to something or let something happen, often reluctantly

  • fungus

    Word

    a living thing like a mold, yeast, or mushroom that grows on dead or decaying matter

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • nine times out of ten

    Phrase

    usually; in most cases

  • framing

    Word

    the way something is presented so that people understand it in a particular way

  • riches

    Word

    a large amount of money, property, or valuable things

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • work in

    Phrase

    to find time or space for something in a busy schedule or limited place

  • wind up

    Phrase

    to end up in a particular place, situation, or state

  • come around

    Phrase

    to change your opinion and start agreeing with someone

  • winding

    Word

    having many bends or turns

  • look over

    Phrase

    to check or read something quickly

  • watt

    Word

    a unit used to measure power

  • iris

    Word

    the colored part of the eye around the pupil

  • finch

    Word

    a small bird that eats seeds and often sings

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • track down

    Phrase

    to find someone or something after searching for them

  • coped

    Word

    to deal with a difficult situation successfully

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

  • contempt

    Word

    a strong feeling that someone or something is not worthy of respect

  • nausea

    Word

    a feeling that you are going to vomit

  • resent

    Word

    to feel angry or upset about something unfair

  • kilogram

    Word

    a unit of mass equal to 1,000 grams

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • rational

    Word

    based on reason and logic, not feelings

  • one way

    Phrase

    allowing travel in only one direction

  • faulting

    Word

    the act of blaming or criticizing someone

  • subtitle

    Word

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

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