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Desperate Housewives S5E18: English vocabulary

Season 5, Episode 18MysteryDramaComedy

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  • whir

    Word

    to make a low, steady sound like a small machine or insect

  • sniffle

    Word

    to breathe in and out through your nose in short, quiet sounds

  • crumple

    Word

    to crush or press into wrinkles or folds

  • puncher

    Word

    a tool used for making holes in paper or other thin material

  • yardstick

    Word

    a standard used for judging or comparing something

  • indistinctly

    Word

    in a way that is not clear or easy to hear, see, or understand

  • ratting

    Word

    the act of hunting or trapping rats

  • scoff

    Word

    to show that you think something is silly or not worth taking seriously

  • afterthought

    Word

    an idea or remark that comes too late to be useful or important

  • defile

    Word

    to make something dirty, impure, or morally bad

  • ricochet

    Word

    to bounce off a surface after hitting it

  • silvering

    Word

    the process of turning silver in color

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  • nosing

    Word

    the front edge of a step or stair

  • jingling

    Word

    making a light, clear ringing sound

  • cranked

    Word

    turned or operated by a crank

  • sordid

    Word

    morally bad, unpleasant, or shameful

  • miserably

    Word

    in a very unhappy, unpleasant, or unsuccessful way

  • rifling

    Word

    the spiral grooves inside a gun barrel that make a bullet spin

  • thud

    Word

    to make a dull, heavy sound

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • exhale

    Word

    to breathe air out of your lungs

  • faxed

    Word

    to send something by fax

  • crackling

    Word

    the sound of many short, sharp pops or snaps

  • crackle

    Word

    to make a series of short, sharp, snapping sounds

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  • eunuch

    Word

    a man who has been castrated, especially one who served in a royal court or guarded women’s quarters in the past

  • squeal

    Word

    to make a long, high-pitched cry or noise

  • eraser

    Word

    a small tool used to remove pencil marks

  • clipping

    Word

    a small piece cut off something

  • couched

    Word

    to express something in a particular way

  • creak

    Word

    to make a harsh, high-pitched sound as it moves or is pressed

  • jolt

    Word

    to cause a sudden shock or surprise

  • demeanor

    Word

    the way someone looks or behaves to other people

  • evener

    Word

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

  • acquittal

    Word

    a legal decision that someone is not guilty

  • floss

    Word

    a soft thread used for cleaning between your teeth

  • flimsy

    Word

    easily damaged, broken, or bent

  • quarried

    Word

    to cut stone out of the ground in a quarry

  • figurine

    Word

    a small model or decorative figure of a person or animal

  • inched

    Word

    to move very slowly and carefully in a particular direction

  • old time

    Phrase

    the distant past

  • big boys

    Phrase

    important or experienced people, especially those with power or authority

  • little go

    Phrase

    a dated British university exam taken before the final degree exam

  • butting

    Word

    to hit or push with the head or horns

  • stride

    Word

    walk with long, confident steps

  • your girl

    Phrase

    a humorous or informal way for a female speaker to say "I" or "me

  • dashing

    Word

    attractive, stylish, and confident

  • live on

    Phrase

    to continue to exist or be remembered

  • lithium

    Word

    a soft, light metal used especially in batteries

  • nervous breakdown

    Phrase

    a serious mental or emotional collapse

  • horny

    Word

    sexually excited

  • fives

    Word

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

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • nurture

    Word

    to help someone or something develop and grow

  • tabling

    Word

    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • wake up one day

    Phrase

    to suddenly realize something or decide to change your life one day

  • buzzer

    Word

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

  • very well

    Phrase

    used to say that you agree to something, often reluctantly

  • whipping

    Word

    the act of beating someone with a whip as punishment

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • footstep

    Word

    the sound of someone walking, or one step in a walk

  • conflicting

    Word

    not agreeing with something else; contradictory

  • small wonder

    Phrase

    used to say that something is not surprising

  • inch by inch

    Phrase

    very gradually; little by little

  • turned out

    Phrase

    looking neat, smart, or well dressed

  • great outdoors

    Phrase

    the countryside, mountains, forests, and other natural places away from towns

  • expel

    Word

    force someone to leave a place, school, or organization

  • girl talk

    Phrase

    casual conversation between women or girls, especially about personal topics

  • chuckle

    Word

    to laugh quietly

  • spied

    Word

    to notice or see someone or something unexpectedly

  • intestine

    Word

    the long tube in your body that takes food from the stomach and absorbs nutrients

  • petty theft

    Phrase

    a small or minor theft

  • rat out

    Phrase

    to tell the police or other authorities about someone’s wrongdoing

  • place of business

    Phrase

    the official address or location where a business operates

  • in stride

    Phrase

    without being upset or affected by something

  • first session

    Phrase

    the period of play in cricket between the start of the day and lunch

  • consolation

    Word

    comfort and support that helps you feel less sad or upset

  • grunt

    Word

    a short, low sound made by a person or an animal

  • jingle

    Word

    a light ringing sound

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • gasp

    Word

    to take a quick breath in because you are surprised, shocked, or in pain

  • in order

    Phrase

    ready, arranged, or working properly

  • pant

    Word

    to breathe quickly and loudly, usually because you are tired or hot

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • look over

    Phrase

    to check or read something quickly

  • cut out

    Phrase

    cut out of a piece of material or paper

  • penned

    Word

    wrote, especially in a formal or literary style

  • get past

    Phrase

    to pass by someone or something without being noticed or stopped

  • work through

    Phrase

    to deal with a problem or difficult feeling gradually, step by step

  • sounding

    Word

    the act of measuring how deep water is

  • overwhelm

    Word

    to affect someone so strongly that they cannot think clearly or deal with things well

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • lowering

    Word

    the act of making something lower or of becoming lower

  • imitate

    Word

    to copy the way someone speaks, moves, or behaves

  • aspirin

    Word

    a common medicine used to reduce pain, fever, and swelling

  • gag

    Word

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

  • crank

    Word

    a bent part on a machine that turns back-and-forth motion into circular motion

  • bedded

    Word

    past tense and past participle of bed

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

  • figure out

    Phrase

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

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

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