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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S7E5: English vocabulary

Season 7, Episode 5CrimeDramaMystery

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  • garble

    Word

    to change a message, sound, or image so that it is unclear or distorted

  • cribbing

    Word

    the act of copying someone else’s work or ideas without permission

  • loiter

    Word

    to stand or wait somewhere without a clear reason or purpose

  • theatricals

    Word

    plays or other dramatic performances, especially as a form of entertainment

  • ratting

    Word

    the act of hunting or trapping rats

  • docket

    Word

    a list of cases or matters to be dealt with in court

  • arraignment

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    a court hearing where a person is formally told the criminal charge against them and asked to respond

  • rearer

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    a person who breeds and cares for animals

  • silvering

    Word

    the process of turning silver in color

  • justifiable

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    able to be shown to be reasonable or right

  • fining

    Word

    the act of making someone pay a fine

  • canvass

    Word

    to go from place to place asking people for opinions, votes, or support

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  • palmed

    Word

    to hide something in your hand, especially secretly

  • heinous

    Word

    extremely evil and shocking

  • sponging

    Word

    clean something with a sponge

  • methodical

    Word

    careful and organized, with each step done in a planned way

  • rigor

    Word

    careful, exact, and thorough work or study

  • cranked

    Word

    turned or operated by a crank

  • copped

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

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • ludicrous

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    so silly or unreasonable that it seems ridiculous

  • snowstorm

    Word

    a storm with heavy snow and strong wind

  • faxed

    Word

    to send something by fax

  • subpoena

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    an official order to appear in court or give evidence

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  • blanketing

    Word

    covering something completely, especially with a layer of snow, smoke, or other material

  • evener

    Word

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

  • knowingly

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    in a way that shows you know something is true or wrong

  • bouncer

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    a person whose job is to stop troublemakers from entering a bar, club, or similar place

  • storeroom

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    a room where things are kept for later use

  • narcotic

    Word

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

  • preventive

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    intended to stop something from happening or coming back

  • tweak

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    to make small changes to something to improve it or make it work better

  • detonate

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    to make something explode

  • compulsive

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    done because of a strong, hard-to-control urge

  • springing

    Word

    moving with quick, light jumps

  • posse

    Word

    a small group of people brought together for a job or task

  • stripping

    Word

    the act of removing a covering, layer, or clothes

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • inhibitor

    Word

    a person or thing that slows or stops a process

  • white party

    Phrase

    a party where people use cocaine

  • straining

    Word

    the act of pulling something tight

  • morgue

    Word

    a place where dead bodies are kept until they are identified or examined

  • tripping

    Word

    moving or walking with quick, light steps

  • Big Brother

    Phrase

    a person or system that closely watches people and limits their privacy

  • save it

    Phrase

    used to tell someone to stop talking or stop making excuses

  • sex drug

    Phrase

    a drug used to help with sexual performance, especially for erectile dysfunction

  • go there

    Phrase

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

  • your man

    Phrase

    the person who is best suited to do something or help with it

  • grand theft

    Phrase

    the crime of stealing something that is worth a lot of money

  • entry wound

    Phrase

    the wound where a bullet or other object enters the body

  • easy mark

    Phrase

    a person who is easy to trick or take advantage of

  • tweak on

    Phrase

    to attack someone suddenly

  • laden

    Word

    covered with or weighed down by something heavy

  • fives

    Word

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

  • speak of

    Phrase

    to indicate or suggest something

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • bounding

    Word

    moving quickly with light, springy steps

  • even money

    Phrase

    a situation in which each side has an equal chance of winning or losing

  • drug of choice

    Phrase

    the particular drug a person uses most or prefers most

  • rapped

    Word

    to hit a surface with short, quick knocks

  • fancied

    Word

    imagined rather than real

  • stamping

    Word

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

  • prosecute

    Word

    to start legal action against someone, especially for a crime

  • bust in

    Phrase

    to enter a place suddenly and forcefully

  • come onto

    Phrase

    to make sexual or romantic advances toward someone

  • messiah

    Word

    the promised savior in Jewish belief

  • compress

    Word

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

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • janitor

    Word

    a person whose job is cleaning and taking care of a building

  • life savings

    Phrase

    money that someone has saved over a long time, especially a large amount

  • odds on

    Phrase

    very likely to happen or succeed

  • down the toilet

    Phrase

    in a ruined or hopeless state; badly failed

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • walk out of

    Phrase

    to leave a place suddenly, especially in protest or anger

  • whack

    Word

    to hit something with a quick, hard blow

  • see things

    Phrase

    to think you are seeing something that is not really there

  • sniff

    Word

    to breathe in through your nose noisily, especially to smell something

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • obstruction

    Word

    something that blocks movement or makes progress difficult

  • hustle

    Word

    to move or act quickly, especially because you are in a hurry

  • diagnose

    Word

    to identify an illness or problem by examining the signs and tests

  • caliber

    Word

    the quality or level of someone's skill, ability, or character

  • go down with

    Phrase

    to become ill with something, especially a cold or the flu

  • HIV positive

    Phrase

    having HIV in your body

  • unprotected sex

    Phrase

    sex without using protection against pregnancy or sexually transmitted infections

  • verge

    Word

    the edge or border of something

  • diminish

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    to make something smaller, weaker, or less important

  • avenge

    Word

    to punish someone by doing harm in return for a wrong done to you or someone else

  • fingerprint

    Word

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

  • meth

    Word

    methamphetamine, a highly addictive illegal drug

  • cam

    Word

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

  • step up

    Phrase

    to take action and become more involved or helpful

  • cuff

    Word

    the part of a sleeve that fits tightly around the wrist

  • walk out

    Phrase

    leave a place suddenly, often to show anger or disapproval

  • drug dealer

    Phrase

    a person who sells illegal drugs

  • of age

    Phrase

    old enough to be legally an adult

  • falling out

    Phrase

    a quarrel that ends a friendship or makes a relationship worse

  • imminent

    Word

    likely to happen very soon

  • what do you want

    Phrase

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

  • major in

    Phrase

    to study a subject as your main subject at college or university

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