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Lucifer S4E9: English vocabulary

Season 4, Episode 9CrimeSci-Fi & Fantasy

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  • psoriasis

    Word

    a long-term skin disease that causes red, scaly patches

  • bolo

    Word

    a long knife used in the Philippines for cutting plants or wood

  • overdraft

    Word

    the amount by which a bank account goes below zero

  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • silvering

    Word

    the process of turning silver in color

  • solver

    Word

    a person or thing that solves a problem or puzzle

  • thumbed

    Word

    past tense and past participle of thumb through

  • bode

    Word

    to be a sign that something is likely to happen, especially something bad

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • ghastly

    Word

    very unpleasant, ugly, or frightening

  • masquerade

    Word

    a party where people wear masks and costumes

  • charade

    Word

    something that hides the truth or makes a situation seem better than it is

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  • lucifer

    Word

    a match that lights when struck

  • interrogate

    Word

    to question someone closely for a long time, especially in an official or forceful way

  • evener

    Word

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

  • fanatic

    Word

    a person who is extremely enthusiastic about something, especially a sport, hobby, or cause

  • epiphany

    Word

    a sudden moment of understanding or realization

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • when it's at home

    Phrase

    used to ask what something really means or is, especially in British English

  • lightning strike

    Phrase

    a sudden strike by workers with little or no warning

  • decker

    Word

    used in the phrase double-decker: something with two levels or decks

  • make after

    Phrase

    to chase or follow someone or something

  • throw it back

    Phrase

    to move your hips and lower back backward in a dance, often in a sexy way

  • murderous

    Word

    showing a strong wish to kill or harm someone

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  • rise up

    Phrase

    to rebel against authority or start a revolt

  • foggy

    Word

    full of fog

  • eagerly

    Word

    with excitement and strong interest

  • look on

    Phrase

    to think of someone or something in a particular way

  • penthouse

    Word

    a luxury apartment on the top floor of a building

  • crumble

    Word

    to break into small pieces or fall apart

  • hunch

    Word

    a feeling or guess based on intuition, not facts

  • pay grade

    Phrase

    a pay level in a system that sets how much someone earns, especially in the military or government

  • turn around

    Phrase

    cause something to improve a lot

  • alibi

    Word

    proof that someone was somewhere else when a crime happened

  • contraction

    Word

    the process of becoming smaller or shorter, or of squeezing together

  • mainstream

    Word

    accepted by most people; not unusual or extreme

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • maniac

    Word

    a person who is extremely enthusiastic about something, often in an excessive way

  • booting

    Word

    the process of starting a computer

  • scrubbed

    Word

    cleaned thoroughly by rubbing

  • screwing

    Word

    the act of fastening something with a screw

  • search warrant

    Phrase

    an official court order that allows police to search a place

  • stand over

    Phrase

    to watch or supervise someone closely, often in an annoying way

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • old fashioned

    Phrase

    a cocktail made with whiskey, sugar, bitters, and a twist or slice of orange

  • put out

    Phrase

    to cause someone trouble or inconvenience

  • sinner

    Word

    a person who has committed a sin

  • from hell

    Phrase

    used after a noun to say that something is extremely bad or unpleasant

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • back out

    Phrase

    to decide not to do something you had agreed or planned to do

  • back down

    Phrase

    to stop fighting, arguing, or refusing to give in

  • on the case

    Phrase

    actively dealing with something or working on it

  • to tell the truth

    Phrase

    used to introduce a statement that is honest or frank

  • run off with

    Phrase

    to leave with something that does not belong to you, usually by stealing it

  • holding cell

    Phrase

    a room where police or court staff keep someone for a short time before they are moved or released

  • barge into

    Phrase

    to enter a place suddenly and roughly

  • twinned

    Word

    officially linked with another town, city, or organization

  • pissed off

    Phrase

    very angry or annoyed

  • prophecy

    Word

    a statement that says what will happen in the future, especially one believed to come from God or a holy person

  • take it out on

    Phrase

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

  • dead on

    Phrase

    exactly right; very accurate

  • first woman

    Phrase

    the first woman to hold a particular role or title

  • eyewitness

    Word

    a person who saw an event happen, especially a crime or accident

  • cheat on

    Phrase

    to be sexually unfaithful to your partner

  • bounty

    Word

    a reward, especially one offered for catching someone or finding something

  • deep down

    Phrase

    in your real thoughts or feelings, even if you do not show them

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • look back

    Phrase

    to think about the past, or about what happened before

  • park in

    Phrase

    to park a vehicle so that another vehicle cannot get out

  • winding

    Word

    having many bends or turns

  • going over

    Phrase

    a quick, informal check or inspection

  • rubbing

    Word

    the act of rubbing something with your hand or a cloth

  • cruiser

    Word

    a warship that is smaller than a battleship and faster than many other ships

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • bad influence

    Phrase

    a person or thing that has a bad effect on someone and encourages bad behavior

  • gag

    Word

    a device or piece of cloth used to stop someone from speaking

  • runaway

    Word

    a person, especially a child or teenager, who has run away from home or another place where they were staying

  • work on

    Phrase

    to spend time and effort improving or dealing with something

  • take over

    Phrase

    to take control of something or start doing a job that someone else was doing

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

  • family business

    Phrase

    a business owned and run by members of the same family

  • head start

    Phrase

    an advantage gained by starting before other people

  • dedicate

    Word

    to give your time, energy, or effort to a task or purpose

  • figure out

    Phrase

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

  • realization

    Word

    a sudden understanding of something

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • faulting

    Word

    the act of blaming or criticizing someone

  • profiting

    Word

    to make money from a business or activity

  • subtitle

    Word

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

  • adore

    Word

    to love or like someone or something very much

  • see ya

    Phrase

    a casual way to say goodbye

  • forgiving

    Word

    willing to forgive mistakes and not easily upset by them

  • pardon me

    Phrase

    a polite way to say sorry or to ask someone to repeat something or let you pass

  • precinct

    Word

    a police station or the area it serves

  • ringed

    Word

    having a ring or rings around it

  • voluntarily

    Word

    in a way that is done willingly, not because someone is forced to do it

  • what's happening

    Phrase

    a casual way to greet someone and ask how they are

  • no time

    Phrase

    a very short period of time

  • snow day

    Phrase

    a day when school is closed because of heavy snow

  • forwarding

    Word

    the act of sending something on to another place

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