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Person of Interest S3E2: English vocabulary

Season 3, Episode 2DramaAction & AdventureCrime

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  • apprise

    Word

    to tell someone something, especially official information

  • victimize

    Word

    to treat someone cruelly or unfairly, especially by bullying them

  • expunge

    Word

    to remove something completely, especially from a record or document

  • triangulate

    Word

    to find the position of something by using measurements from known points

  • turnkey

    Word

    ready to use immediately, with everything included

  • tollbooth

    Word

    a place where drivers pay a toll on a road or bridge

  • stomaching

    Word

    the present participle of stomach

  • prying

    Word

    too interested in other people's private matters

  • impenetrable

    Word

    impossible or very hard to pass through, enter, or see through

  • stalked

    Word

    to follow someone closely and watch them in a threatening way

  • eulogy

    Word

    a speech or piece of writing that praises someone, especially after they have died

  • apathy

    Word

    a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern

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  • evener

    Word

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

  • quail

    Word

    a small bird with a plump body, often hunted for food

  • analytic

    Word

    using logic and careful thinking to understand something

  • factoring

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    the practice of selling unpaid bills to get money before they are paid

  • pedigree

    Word

    the record of an animal's family line, showing its ancestors

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • reassign

    Word

    to give someone a different job, role, or place to work

  • collier

    Word

    a person who works in a coal mine

  • dismantle

    Word

    to take something apart so it can be moved, repaired, or examined

  • stripping

    Word

    the act of removing a covering, layer, or clothes

  • congratulation

    Word

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

  • stalker

    Word

    a person who follows and watches someone in a way that frightens or annoys them

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  • revisit

    Word

    to go back to a place, topic, or situation and deal with it again

  • elaborated

    Word

    to explain something in more detail

  • sherry

    Word

    a type of strong, pale wine from Spain

  • dang

    Word

    used to express mild annoyance, surprise, or disappointment

  • kill me

    Phrase

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

  • class action

    Phrase

    a lawsuit brought by one person or a small group on behalf of many people with the same claim

  • blackmailing

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

  • milling

    Word

    the process of grinding grain into flour or other small particles

  • vested

    Word

    earned or officially guaranteed, so it cannot be taken away

  • improvisation

    Word

    the act of creating or performing something without preparing it in advance

  • discreet

    Word

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

  • ride on

    Phrase

    to attack someone in a drive-by shooting

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • scratch the surface

    Phrase

    to understand or deal with only a small part of something

  • coupon

    Word

    a paper or digital voucher that gives you a discount

  • retribution

    Word

    punishment or suffering that is seen as payback for a wrong

  • postage

    Word

    the cost of sending a letter or package by mail

  • accountability

    Word

    the fact of being responsible for your actions and able to explain them

  • throttle

    Word

    a control that changes the speed or power of an engine

  • public record

    Phrase

    official information or documents that anyone can access

  • profiling

    Word

    the practice of analyzing people or data to predict behavior or group people by characteristics

  • screw with

    Phrase

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

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • scrubbed

    Word

    cleaned thoroughly by rubbing

  • screwing

    Word

    the act of fastening something with a screw

  • janitor

    Word

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

  • fiance

    Word

    a man who is engaged to be married

  • small wonder

    Phrase

    used to say that something is not surprising

  • plaintiff

    Word

    the person who starts a lawsuit against someone else

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • retailer

    Word

    a person or business that sells goods directly to customers

  • rattle

    Word

    a series of short, sharp sounds

  • compatibility

    Word

    the ability of two things to work or exist together without problems

  • disable

    Word

    to make a machine, system, or device stop working properly or at all

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • machining

    Word

    the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

  • take that

    Phrase

    used to say you have won or beaten someone

  • identity theft

    Phrase

    the crime of stealing someone's personal information and using it to commit fraud

  • electrical engineer

    Phrase

    a person whose job is to design, build, or maintain electrical systems and equipment

  • reassure

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    to make someone feel less worried, afraid, or uncertain

  • inclined

    Word

    willing or likely to do something; having a tendency to do it

  • perpetrator

    Word

    a person who commits a harmful, illegal, or immoral act

  • big shot

    Phrase

    an important or powerful person, especially one who likes to show it

  • override

    Word

    to use your authority to cancel or ignore a decision

  • poke around

    Phrase

    to look around a place casually, often while searching for something

  • hands on

    Phrase

    involving doing things yourself, not just watching or planning

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • law firm

    Phrase

    a business that gives legal advice and represents clients in court

  • yank

    Word

    a sudden hard pull or jerk

  • work in

    Phrase

    to find time or space for something in a busy schedule or limited place

  • get over

    Phrase

    to recover from an illness, shock, or painful experience

  • finch

    Word

    a small bird that eats seeds and often sings

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • humiliate

    Word

    make someone feel ashamed, embarrassed, or foolish

  • jump at

    Phrase

    to accept something eagerly, especially an offer or opportunity

  • work on

    Phrase

    to spend time and effort improving or dealing with something

  • ironic

    Word

    using irony

  • suppress

    Word

    to stop something by force or authority

  • id

    Word

    an official card or document that shows who someone is

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • ideology

    Word

    a set of beliefs or ideas that shapes how people think about politics or society

  • hand on

    Phrase

    to give something to another person

  • faulting

    Word

    the act of blaming or criticizing someone

  • profiting

    Word

    to make money from a business or activity

  • alias

    Word

    a false or different name used by someone

  • get better

    Phrase

    to become healthier or improve

  • precinct

    Word

    a police station or the area it serves

  • broker

    Word

    a person or company that arranges the buying and selling of things like property, stocks, or insurance for others

  • godfather

    Word

    a man who is a child's sponsor at baptism

  • footage

    Word

    recorded video material of an event or place

  • delightful

    Word

    very pleasant or enjoyable

  • simplify

    Word

    to make something simpler and easier to understand or do

  • caller

    Word

    a person who makes a phone call

  • forwarding

    Word

    the act of sending something on to another place

  • sure thing

    Phrase

    a casual way of saying that something is certain or agreed to

  • every time

    Phrase

    used to say that something happens on each occasion that something else happens

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