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Chicago Fire S11E21: English vocabulary

Season 11, Episode 21Drama

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  • lurker

    Word

    someone who watches or reads without taking part, especially online

  • indecipherable

    Word

    impossible to read or understand

  • blackball

    Word

    to vote against allowing someone to join a club or group

  • feeler

    Word

    a long thin part of an animal, such as a tentacle or antenna, used for feeling or exploring

  • dehydrate

    Word

    to remove water from something, especially food, so it can be stored for longer

  • crier

    Word

    a person who makes public announcements in a town

  • ejector

    Word

    a device that pushes something out of a machine or weapon

  • interloper

    Word

    a person who is in a place or situation where they are not wanted or do not belong

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • ratting

    Word

    the act of hunting or trapping rats

  • berate

    Word

    to criticize someone angrily and at length

  • immobilize

    Word

    to make something or someone unable to move

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  • refresher

    Word

    a short course or session that helps you review something you already learned

  • handcuff

    Word

    to put handcuffs on someone

  • lurk

    Word

    to stay hidden and wait for a chance to act

  • spook

    Word

    a ghost or spirit, especially in stories or jokes

  • optics

    Word

    the scientific study of light and how it behaves

  • subtlety

    Word

    the quality of being subtle, especially when something is not obvious at first

  • encampment

    Word

    a temporary camp, especially for soldiers or travelers

  • stalked

    Word

    to follow someone closely and watch them in a threatening way

  • realistically

    Word

    in a sensible way that is based on what is actually possible

  • evener

    Word

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

  • bureaucrat

    Word

    a government official, especially one who is seen as slow or too focused on rules and paperwork

  • misdemeanor

    Word

    a minor crime, especially one less serious than a felony

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  • silo

    Word

    a tall structure on a farm used for storing grain or animal feed

  • custodian

    Word

    a person who is responsible for looking after something

  • reinstate

    Word

    to give someone back their job, rank, or previous position

  • vacate

    Word

    to leave a place you have been using or living in

  • carver

    Word

    a person who carves wood, stone, or another material

  • obsess

    Word

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

  • reprimand

    Word

    to criticize someone sharply, especially for bad behavior

  • confine

    Word

    to keep someone or something within limits or in one place

  • disorderly

    Word

    not neat or organized; messy

  • adoptive

    Word

    connected with adoption; having been adopted

  • internal affairs

    Phrase

    a police department that investigates complaints against officers

  • kill me

    Phrase

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

  • dump on

    Phrase

    to complain to someone about your problems for a long time

  • fly at

    Phrase

    to attack someone suddenly and aggressively, with words or physically

  • bring it

    Phrase

    to do your best and put a lot of energy into something

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • off the radar

    Phrase

    not getting much attention or being noticed

  • designate

    Word

    to officially choose someone for a job or role

  • head up

    Phrase

    to lead a group, team, or project

  • wrapped up

    Phrase

    so absorbed in something that you do not notice other things

  • tip off

    Phrase

    to secretly give someone information, especially to warn them or help them

  • get to the bottom of

    Phrase

    to find out the real reason for something or solve a problem

  • miraculous

    Word

    very surprising and seeming impossible in a good way

  • turn around

    Phrase

    cause something to improve a lot

  • lay down on

    Phrase

    to fail to support or help someone when you should, especially in an informal or disloyal way

  • despise

    Word

    to hate or strongly dislike someone or something

  • pleading

    Word

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

  • screwing

    Word

    the act of fastening something with a screw

  • round up

    Phrase

    to gather people or things together, often by force or pressure

  • get ahead of

    Phrase

    to deal with a problem before it gets worse

  • get the word out

    Phrase

    to make something known to many people

  • shot in the dark

    Phrase

    a guess made with very little information or chance of being right

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • no go

    Phrase

    something that is not possible or not acceptable

  • detach

    Word

    to separate something from something else, or to become separated

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • hands up

    Phrase

    a shouted command telling people to raise their hands, especially in surrender or when being searched

  • follow up

    Phrase

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

  • adoptive parent

    Phrase

    a person who has legally adopted a child

  • restrain

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    to stop someone or something from moving or acting freely

  • overturn

    Word

    to turn something over so that it is upside down or on its side

  • figuring out

    Phrase

    the process of trying to understand or solve something

  • mentally ill

    Phrase

    having a mental illness

  • access point

    Phrase

    a device that provides wireless access to a network

  • scrape

    Word

    to rub or move something hard across a surface to remove dirt, paint, or another layer

  • looping

    Word

    the repeated playing of a video, song, or other media

  • can't help

    Phrase

    to be unable to stop yourself from doing something

  • hold down

    Phrase

    to keep a job or manage to do something difficult for a period of time

  • 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

  • check up on

    Phrase

    to visit or contact someone to see how they are doing

  • order in

    Phrase

    to order food to be delivered to your home

  • winding

    Word

    having many bends or turns

  • harness

    Word

    a set of straps used to hold and control an animal, or to attach it to a cart or other vehicle

  • bourbon

    Word

    a type of American whiskey made from corn

  • bridging

    Word

    the act of building a bridge

  • back up

    Phrase

    to support a claim with facts or proof

  • know of

    Phrase

    to know that a person or thing exists, but not know much about them

  • catch up

    Phrase

    to find out the latest news or information after missing it for a while

  • assurance

    Word

    a statement that is meant to make someone feel confident or safe

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • injure

    Word

    to hurt someone’s body, especially in an accident or during sport

  • violate

    Word

    to break a rule, law, or agreement

  • mildly

    Word

    to a slight degree; somewhat

  • medic

    Word

    a person trained to give emergency medical care

  • ducking

    Word

    to lower your head or body quickly to avoid being hit or seen

  • to be honest

    Phrase

    used to introduce a frank opinion or statement

  • bedded

    Word

    past tense and past participle of bed

  • vaguely

    Word

    in a way that is not clear or exact

  • slack

    Word

    not tight or firm; loose

  • detached

    Word

    not connected to anything else; separate

  • figure out

    Phrase

    to find an answer to something or understand it after thinking about it

  • smack

    Word

    to hit someone or something with a quick, sharp blow

  • call over

    Phrase

    to ask someone to come over to where you are

  • pawn

    Word

    the smallest chess piece, which can move forward and capture diagonally

  • reclaim

    Word

    to get back something that was lost, taken, or given away

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