Blue Bloods S2E13: English vocabulary

a basic belief or principle of a system, religion, or theory

relating to the pancreas

having a saddle on it

an official order to appear in court or give evidence

mysterious or hard to understand

showing strong enthusiasm or passion

the practice of not having sex, especially before marriage

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

a small glass container for holding a liquid, especially medicine

to ask questions about someone’s private life in a way that is annoying or rude

the daughter of your husband or wife from an earlier relationship

a fee paid in advance to keep someone's services available

happening, published, or awarded after someone's death

the area or group of parishes under an archbishop

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

a poisonous chemical element

the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

to officially tell someone to take a medicine or treatment

a public walkway, especially one by the sea or along a river

a formal title used for some important officials, such as ambassadors or governors

to sit quietly and focus your mind, often for relaxation or spiritual reasons

locked with a key

to accept and obey a rule, decision, or law

a difficult problem or burden that someone has to live with

(informal, humorous) to suddenly become very religious or strongly convinced about something

a rude way of telling someone to stop arguing online and go out into the real world

a drug used to stop pain or make someone unconscious during a medical procedure

to hide the truth about something, especially a mistake or crime

a false belief that someone strongly believes even though it is not true

to make it possible for something to happen

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

careful about what you say or do, especially to keep something private

to fight or meet an enemy in battle

the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

after something has already happened or been decided

to officially choose someone for a job or role

the crime of getting into a building illegally in order to steal or commit another crime

to record that you have started work or a shift

cancer that begins in the pancreas

to escape or avoid something, especially by cleverness or trickery

to start legal action against someone, especially for a crime

to describe the main qualities of someone or something

to change something after thinking about it again or getting new information

a strong pain-relieving medicine used in hospitals

an official court order that allows police to search a place

to use someone or something as a way to avoid blame or responsibility

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

the ability to know or understand something quickly without thinking it through

to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

to interrupt a conversation or discussion by speaking

a state of severe mental illness

far away; at a great distance

a person who is trained to prepare and give out medicines

a newspaper notice about someone's death, often with a short life story

to cause someone trouble or inconvenience

to be released from prison or another place of confinement

a person who has committed a sin

a person who is addicted to drugs

a small shelter or cage for keeping chickens or other birds

to laugh quietly

having a strong effect or influence

to contact someone again after an earlier conversation, meeting, or message

to make an idea or message clear and understood

a small amount of something that is left after the rest has been removed or used

used in expressions like “I hope to God” to show a very strong wish or hope

a short drive in a car to check how it feels before buying it

having a mental illness

the period when a member of the armed forces is serving full-time

used to tell someone rudely to go away

advice from a lawyer about a legal matter

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

a ring of light around the sun, moon, or another bright object

to find and remove something bad or hidden

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

a small round bread roll, sometimes sweet

used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned