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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S17E23: English vocabulary

Season 17, Episode 23CrimeDramaMystery

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  • transfuse

    Word

    to move a liquid, especially blood, from one place or container to another

  • ream

    Word

    a pack of paper, usually 500 sheets

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • forcible

    Word

    using force or violence

  • clotted

    Word

    thickened into a solid mass or lumps

  • supersede

    Word

    to replace something older, weaker, or less important

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • fining

    Word

    the act of making someone pay a fine

  • ahold

    Word

    the ability to contact or reach someone, especially in get ahold of

  • sodomy

    Word

    anal sex

  • emergent

    Word

    starting to appear or become important

  • poling

    Word

    the act of moving a boat by pushing a pole against the bottom of the water

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  • heinous

    Word

    extremely evil and shocking

  • copped

    Word

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

  • overpowering

    Word

    so strong that it is unpleasant or hard to ignore

  • sepsis

    Word

    a serious medical condition caused by the body's extreme response to an infection

  • neurology

    Word

    the branch of medicine that deals with the brain, nerves, and nervous system

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • tempering

    Word

    the process of heating and cooling metal to make it harder and less brittle

  • temps

    Word

    short for a temporary worker

  • remand

    Word

    to send a case back to a lower court for further action

  • jacketed

    Word

    covered with a protective outer layer

  • braving

    Word

    while facing something difficult or dangerous bravely

  • evener

    Word

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

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  • fiancee

    Word

    a woman who is engaged to be married

  • revoke

    Word

    to officially cancel a law, decision, license, or agreement

  • confiscate

    Word

    to take something away from someone using legal or official authority

  • indict

    Word

    to formally accuse someone of a serious crime

  • obsess

    Word

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

  • stroking

    Word

    the act of gently rubbing or stroking something

  • clot

    Word

    a thick mass of blood or another liquid that has become partly solid

  • present arms

    Phrase

    a military command to hold a rifle upright in front of the body as a salute

  • slur

    Word

    an insulting remark about someone, especially one that attacks their race, religion, or identity

  • Last Day

    Phrase

    the day when God judges everyone, according to Christian belief

  • vascular

    Word

    relating to blood vessels

  • get it in

    Phrase

    to have sex

  • stop the bleeding

    Phrase

    to stop a bad situation from getting worse

  • overpower

    Word

    to defeat someone or something by using greater strength or power

  • kill me

    Phrase

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

  • open the door

    Phrase

    to make it possible for something to happen

  • go there

    Phrase

    used to say something that is bold, rude, or about a taboo topic

  • sexual act

    Phrase

    a sexual action or activity

  • severity

    Word

    the degree to which something is serious, severe, or intense

  • toasting

    Word

    the act of drinking a drink in honor of someone or something

  • paling

    Word

    a fence made of upright wooden stakes

  • gun show

    Phrase

    a humorous way to refer to very muscular biceps

  • going away

    Phrase

    the act of leaving a place

  • dope up

    Phrase

    to give someone a drug, especially to make them sleepy or calm them down

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • tabling

    Word

    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • stacking

    Word

    the act of putting things into a pile or piles

  • anesthesia

    Word

    a drug-induced loss of feeling, or of feeling and consciousness, used during a medical procedure

  • flight risk

    Phrase

    a person who is likely to run away before a trial or punishment

  • pleading

    Word

    showing that someone is begging or asking for something in a strong, urgent way

  • compress

    Word

    to press something so that it becomes smaller, flatter, or tighter

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • CAT scan

    Phrase

    a CT scan

  • that's a good one

    Phrase

    used to say that something is not believable

  • on good terms

    Phrase

    in a friendly relationship with someone

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • indictment

    Word

    a formal charge that someone has committed a serious crime

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • walk out of

    Phrase

    to leave a place suddenly, especially in protest or anger

  • crack open

    Phrase

    to open something quickly or roughly

  • machining

    Word

    the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

  • take that

    Phrase

    used to say you have won or beaten someone

  • blood bank

    Phrase

    a place where donated blood is collected, tested, and stored for later use

  • corrections officer

    Phrase

    a prison officer who supervises prisoners

  • pissed off

    Phrase

    very angry or annoyed

  • burner

    Word

    a device on a stove or heater that produces a flame or heat

  • cam

    Word

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

  • dope

    Word

    very good or impressive

  • walk out

    Phrase

    leave a place suddenly, often to show anger or disapproval

  • what do you want

    Phrase

    a rude way of asking why someone is bothering or interrupting you

  • felony

    Word

    a very serious crime, usually one that can be punished by prison

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • live for

    Phrase

    to care about something so much that it gives you energy or purpose

  • look back

    Phrase

    to think about the past, or about what happened before

  • winding

    Word

    having many bends or turns

  • hang in

    Phrase

    to keep going in a difficult situation and not give up

  • get over

    Phrase

    to recover from an illness, shock, or painful experience

  • registry

    Word

    an official record or list of names, events, or items

  • mourn

    Word

    to feel deep sadness because someone has died

  • keep an eye out

    Phrase

    to watch carefully for something or someone

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • now now

    Phrase

    a mild way of telling someone to calm down or stop arguing

  • get through

    Phrase

    to manage to deal with or survive something difficult

  • work on

    Phrase

    to spend time and effort improving or dealing with something

  • coped

    Word

    to deal with a difficult situation successfully

  • numb

    Word

    unable to feel part of your body, often because it is cold or injured

  • dedicate

    Word

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

  • whichever

    Word

    any one of a group, without saying which one

  • abdomen

    Word

    the lower part of the body between the chest and the hips

  • notify

    Word

    to tell someone officially or formally about something

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • vicious

    Word

    very cruel or violent

  • subtitle

    Word

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

  • incapable

    Word

    not able to do something or deal with it

  • see ya

    Phrase

    a casual way to say goodbye

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