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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S20E24: English vocabulary

Season 20, Episode 24CrimeDramaMystery

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  • disbar

    Word

    to officially remove a lawyer from the legal profession

  • suborn

    Word

    to persuade someone to do something illegal or dishonest, often by paying them

  • liquefy

    Word

    to make a solid substance become liquid

  • acuity

    Word

    the sharpness of sight, hearing, or thought

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • ophthalmologist

    Word

    a doctor who specializes in eye diseases and eye surgery

  • ratting

    Word

    the act of hunting or trapping rats

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • fining

    Word

    the act of making someone pay a fine

  • consensual

    Word

    done with the agreement of everyone involved

  • understatement

    Word

    the act of making something seem less important or less serious than it really is

  • heinous

    Word

    extremely evil and shocking

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  • circumstantial

    Word

    based on the facts and details of a situation

  • underage

    Word

    too young to be allowed to do something by law

  • perjury

    Word

    the crime of lying under oath in court

  • appreciative

    Word

    feeling or showing gratitude

  • couched

    Word

    to express something in a particular way

  • implicate

    Word

    to show or suggest that someone is involved in something bad or illegal

  • haystack

    Word

    a pile of hay

  • evener

    Word

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

  • vendetta

    Word

    a long-running bitter feud or revenge between people or families

  • boning

    Word

    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • narcotic

    Word

    a drug that affects the mind or body, especially one that is illegal or used for pain relief

  • eyeball

    Word

    the round part of the eye

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  • coasting

    Word

    the act of moving along without using power

  • congratulation

    Word

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

  • sitter

    Word

    a person who looks after children for a short time while their parents are away

  • China White

    Phrase

    an illegal street drug related to fentanyl

  • semen

    Word

    the thick fluid that contains sperm and is released from the penis during ejaculation

  • speechless

    Word

    unable to speak for a short time, especially because of shock or strong emotion

  • breast implant

    Phrase

    a medical device placed in the breast to make it larger or to rebuild it after surgery

  • done for

    Phrase

    in a situation where failure or disaster seems certain

  • freaking

    Word

    used to add emphasis, especially in informal speech

  • can wait

    Phrase

    a sarcastic way of saying someone does not have to wait

  • circumstantial evidence

    Phrase

    evidence that suggests something is true, but does not prove it directly

  • foreign exchange

    Phrase

    the business of buying and selling foreign currencies

  • sex party

    Phrase

    a party where people meet for sexual activity

  • horny

    Word

    sexually excited

  • grieve

    Word

    to feel deep sadness, especially because someone has died

  • blackmailing

    Word

    the act of demanding money or something else by threatening to reveal damaging information

  • paling

    Word

    a fence made of upright wooden stakes

  • wheeling

    Word

    the act of moving something on wheels

  • ruse

    Word

    a trick or plan used to deceive someone

  • 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

  • backwards and forwards

    Phrase

    in a very thorough way; completely

  • sag

    Word

    to bend, sink, or hang downward under weight or pressure

  • rapped

    Word

    to hit a surface with short, quick knocks

  • hook up with

    Phrase

    to start a casual romantic or sexual relationship with someone

  • signify

    Word

    to mean or indicate something

  • stamping

    Word

    the act of making a mark or design by pressing a stamp onto something

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • screw with

    Phrase

    to annoy someone or interfere with something, often in a playful or irritating way

  • comprehend

    Word

    to understand something fully

  • turn over

    Phrase

    to give something to someone in authority or for official handling

  • implant

    Word

    to place a medical device inside the body by surgery

  • screwing

    Word

    the act of fastening something with a screw

  • build in

    Phrase

    to add something to a design or system so it is included from the start

  • ashore

    Word

    toward or onto land from the water

  • dust settles

    Phrase

    when a difficult or emotional situation has calmed down

  • word to the wise

    Phrase

    a brief remark that gives someone useful advice or a warning

  • 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

  • break in

    Phrase

    to interrupt a conversation or discussion by speaking

  • put out

    Phrase

    to cause someone trouble or inconvenience

  • exchange student

    Phrase

    a student who studies at another school or university for a period as part of an exchange program

  • leaving do

    Phrase

    a party or social event for someone who is leaving a job

  • bagging

    Word

    the act of putting things into bags or packages

  • twitch

    Word

    to make a sudden small movement, or to move with sudden small movements

  • tidal

    Word

    relating to the movement of the sea caused by the moon and sun

  • fingerprint

    Word

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

  • for nothing

    Phrase

    without paying anything

  • phrasing

    Word

    the way words are chosen and put together in speech or writing

  • missing person

    Phrase

    a person whose whereabouts are unknown

  • what do you want

    Phrase

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

  • dance around

    Phrase

    to avoid giving a direct answer or dealing with a topic directly

  • flatter

    Word

    to praise someone too much, often to get something from them

  • felony

    Word

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

  • hook up

    Phrase

    to connect a device to a power source or another device

  • framing

    Word

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

  • blacked out

    Phrase

    made dark so that light cannot pass through

  • 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

  • in order

    Phrase

    ready, arranged, or working properly

  • pant

    Word

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

  • zoned

    Word

    restricted by zoning rules to a particular type of use or area

  • look over

    Phrase

    to check or read something quickly

  • falsely

    Word

    in a false or misleading way; not truthfully

  • shoot me

    Phrase

    a casual way to say you feel embarrassed, annoyed, or frustrated

  • stay on

    Phrase

    continue to stay in a place, job, or situation

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • time frame

    Phrase

    a period of time allowed for something to happen or be completed

  • narrowing

    Word

    the process of becoming narrower

  • autopsy

    Word

    a medical examination of a body after death to find the cause of death

  • tricking

    Word

    the act of deceiving or cheating someone

  • 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

  • id

    Word

    an official card or document that shows who someone is

  • authorization

    Word

    official permission to do something

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

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