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Castle S6E2: English vocabulary

Season 6, Episode 2DramaCrime

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  • whir

    Word

    to make a low, steady sound like a small machine or insect

  • toccata

    Word

    a piece of music, usually for keyboard, that shows off the player's skill

  • typographical

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    relating to the appearance and arrangement of printed text

  • whisking

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    to beat or stir food quickly with a whisk

  • quip

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    a short, witty remark

  • statics

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    the study of forces on structures that are not moving

  • lode

    Word

    a rich source of something useful or valuable

  • quash

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    to officially cancel or reject a legal decision or order

  • clank

    Word

    to make a sharp, hard metallic sound

  • stave

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    one of the wooden strips that make up the side of a barrel or cask

  • nosing

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    the front edge of a step or stair

  • retrace

    Word

    to go back over the same route or path

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  • rustle

    Word

    to make a soft, dry sound like leaves or paper moving

  • clack

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    to make a sharp clicking sound

  • contaminate

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    to make a substance or place dirty or unsafe by adding harmful material

  • fugue

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    a piece of music in which a main theme is repeated and developed by different voices or instruments

  • synthesize

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    to make a substance by combining simpler substances or elements

  • clatter

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    to make a series of short, sharp rattling sounds

  • credential

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    an official document or piece of information that proves who you are or shows your qualifications

  • thud

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    to make a dull, heavy sound

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • shortness

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    the quality of being short in length, time, or amount

  • ingest

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    to take food, drink, or a substance into the body by swallowing or absorbing it

  • exhale

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    to breathe air out of your lungs

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  • slighting

    Word

    showing disrespect or contempt

  • crackling

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    the sound of many short, sharp pops or snaps

  • crackle

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    to make a series of short, sharp, snapping sounds

  • squeal

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    to make a long, high-pitched cry or noise

  • honk

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

  • sludge

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    thick, wet mud or dirty liquid with solid material in it

  • creak

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    to make a harsh, high-pitched sound as it moves or is pressed

  • ramadan

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    the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, when Muslims fast from dawn to sunset

  • combing

    Word

    the act of combing hair

  • haystack

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    a pile of hay

  • raptor

    Word

    a bird that hunts and eats other animals

  • technicals

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    the practical details of something, especially the technical ones

  • evener

    Word

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

  • vial

    Word

    a small glass container for holding a liquid, especially medicine

  • inhale

    Word

    to breathe air, smoke, or gas into your lungs

  • combatant

    Word

    a person who fights in a war or battle

  • syringe

    Word

    a medical tool used to inject or remove liquid

  • withhold

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    to deliberately not give something that someone expects or has a right to receive

  • retaliate

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    to hurt or punish someone in return for something they did to you

  • cocking

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    the act of pulling back a gun’s hammer or firing mechanism

  • plume

    Word

    a long, soft feather, or a bunch of feathers used for decoration

  • toxin

    Word

    a poisonous substance produced by a living thing, especially bacteria

  • bookcase

    Word

    a piece of furniture with shelves for books

  • obstruct

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    to block a place or path, or make movement difficult

  • screech

    Word

    a loud, harsh, high-pitched sound

  • sedative

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    a drug that makes someone calm or sleepy

  • detonate

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    to make something explode

  • inched

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    to move very slowly and carefully in a particular direction

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • clean room

    Phrase

    a specially cleaned room used for scientific work or making delicate equipment

  • whisk

    Word

    a kitchen tool with wire loops used for beating eggs, cream, or batter

  • abduct

    Word

    to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

  • when it's at home

    Phrase

    used to ask what something really means or is, especially in British English

  • go to the mat

    Phrase

    to keep fighting or arguing for something until the result is decided

  • boomerang

    Word

    a curved throwing stick that can return to the person who throws it

  • unheard

    Word

    not heard or not listened to

  • cover up

    Phrase

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

  • dashing

    Word

    attractive, stylish, and confident

  • sizing

    Word

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

  • kill me

    Phrase

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

  • enemy combatant

    Phrase

    a person fighting for the enemy in a war

  • chemical agent

    Phrase

    a substance used to make a chemical reaction happen or go faster

  • fives

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

  • step back

    Phrase

    a setback or decline

  • go at

    Phrase

    to attack someone or something, or start arguing with them

  • shotted

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    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • tabling

    Word

    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • ding

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    a short, sharp ringing sound

  • proportional

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    in the same proportion as something else

  • retaliation

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    harm done in return for harm received; revenge

  • hunch

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    a feeling or guess based on intuition, not facts

  • man on

    Phrase

    a shout warning that an opponent is coming up behind you

  • operational

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    working properly and ready to use

  • turn around

    Phrase

    cause something to improve a lot

  • alibi

    Word

    proof that someone was somewhere else when a crime happened

  • gunning

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    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • footstep

    Word

    the sound of someone walking, or one step in a walk

  • special agent

    Phrase

    an FBI or other government detective

  • antidote

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    a medicine that stops a poison from harming someone

  • investigative

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    used for investigating or intended to investigate

  • small wonder

    Phrase

    used to say that something is not surprising

  • one and the same

    Phrase

    used to emphasize that two things are exactly the same

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • parameter

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    a value or limit that affects how something works or is measured

  • covert

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    kept secret or done in a hidden way

  • sinister

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    suggesting that something bad, dangerous, or evil may happen

  • chuckle

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    to laugh quietly

  • sugared

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    coated or mixed with sugar

  • sounder

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    a group of wild boars

  • motivate

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    to give someone a reason or desire to do something

  • ring in

    Phrase

    to celebrate the start of something, especially a new year or season

  • electrical system

    Phrase

    the wires and equipment that supply electricity to a building, vehicle, or machine

  • indistinct

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    not clear, sharp, or easy to see or hear

  • afghan

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    a soft knitted or crocheted blanket

  • usher

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    a person who shows people to their seats, especially in a theater or at a wedding

  • fingerprint

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

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