Blue Bloods S1E21: English vocabulary

to make a loud, harsh sound with a horn or voice

a period of heavy drinking

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

a small glass container for holding a liquid, especially medicine

written or marked lightly with a pencil

a milky liquid from some plants, used to make rubber

a soft shoe with a rubber sole, worn for sports or casual use

food for farm animals

careful and sensible, especially about the future or about money

a person or thing that chases something

having two opposite parts, sides, or poles

the act of lending something to someone

seeming reasonable or likely to be true

having a narrow cut or opening

the act of removing weeds from a garden or other area

to move very slowly and carefully in a particular direction

relating to dogs or similar animals

floating on water and not sinking

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

bad-tempered, easily annoyed, or in a bad mood

a group of three close friends or companions

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

moving or walking with quick, light steps

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

home; to or at home

smoothed by rubbing with sandpaper

the act of putting a plant into a pot or container

fastened with laces

a process that makes cloth stiffer and stronger by coating it with a special substance

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

the person who leads a police force or police department

DNA or RNA that carries an organism’s hereditary information

make someone annoyed, impatient, or angry

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

the state of being mentally healthy and able to think clearly and reasonably

to attack someone or something, or start arguing with them

to spend time with someone or be part of their group

to join a gang by doing a violent act as part of an initiation

past tense and past participle of shoot

the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

a point at which you decide to stop accepting changes or to refuse to go any further

to cry in a noisy way with short, broken breaths

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

to trace over a sketch or outline with a darker, more permanent line

having thoughts of killing yourself

imagined rather than real

a dirty layer or froth that forms on the surface of a liquid

a minor theft offense involving something of low value

a deep, low, continuous sound

to record that you have started work or a shift

proof that someone was somewhere else when a crime happened

used at the end of a sentence to check that someone is following or agrees

to shoot and kill someone with a gun

to be obtained by people who should not have it

to step or walk in a careful, heavy, or deliberate way

the act of fastening something with a screw

separated from the rest by cutting

the elected group that runs a city

to publicly support a person, product, or idea

completely wet

used to say that two people or things are very different

the act of combining money, resources, or efforts for a shared purpose

to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

without making any progress

a member of the Methodist Church

to attack someone and hit them hard

to laugh quietly

a group of wild boars

a reduction in planned spending

a lot of publicity or excitement about something, often more than it deserves

used to introduce something surprising, important, or emphatic

to fight or argue intensely

to gradually become fully understood or emotionally felt

to find or meet someone or something by chance

the upper part of the goal in ice hockey

a unit of area equal to a square that is 1 inch on each side