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Blue Bloods S14E5: English vocabulary

Season 14, Episode 5CrimeDrama

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  • stomaching

    Word

    the present participle of stomach

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • frisk

    Word

    to search someone by feeling their clothes and pockets, usually for weapons or illegal items

  • teamster

    Word

    a person who drives a wagon or truck, especially as a job

  • bayed

    Word

    to make a long, loud cry, especially like a hound

  • transformative

    Word

    causing a big and important change

  • blatantly

    Word

    in a completely obvious and unashamed way

  • trafficker

    Word

    a person who illegally buys, sells, or moves drugs, people, or other banned goods

  • insular

    Word

    uninterested in ideas, cultures, or people outside your own group

  • welcomer

    Word

    a person whose job or role is to welcome and help guests or newcomers

  • inexplicably

    Word

    in a way that is hard or impossible to explain

  • muscling

    Word

    the use of force or pressure to get something

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  • impasse

    Word

    a situation where no further progress is possible, especially because people disagree

  • wishful

    Word

    showing a strong wish or hope for something, often without much chance of it happening

  • impersonate

    Word

    pretend to be someone else, often to trick people or for entertainment

  • copped

    Word

    to get something, especially in a casual or slightly sneaky way

  • infraction

    Word

    a small breaking of a law or rule

  • allege

    Word

    to say that something is true, especially without proving it

  • plunger

    Word

    a tool with a rubber cup on a handle, used to clear blocked drains or toilets

  • implicate

    Word

    to show or suggest that someone is involved in something bad or illegal

  • braving

    Word

    while facing something difficult or dangerous bravely

  • evener

    Word

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

  • budge

    Word

    to move a little, or make something move a little

  • withhold

    Word

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

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  • remarry

    Word

    to marry again

  • necking

    Word

    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • bystander

    Word

    a person who sees an event or situation but does not get involved

  • lotto

    Word

    a game or lottery in which people buy tickets with numbers and prizes are given to winning numbers drawn at random

  • smuggle

    Word

    to move goods secretly across a border or into a country illegally

  • when it's at home

    Phrase

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

  • sit on it

    Phrase

    Used to tell someone rudely to go away or stop bothering you

  • butting

    Word

    to hit or push with the head or horns

  • benevolent

    Word

    kind and wanting to help other people

  • counterfeit

    Word

    to make an illegal copy of something in order to trick people

  • extortion

    Word

    the crime of getting money or something else by threats or force

  • parole officer

    Phrase

    a person who supervises someone who has been released from prison on parole

  • police commissioner

    Phrase

    the person who leads a police force or police department

  • set against

    Phrase

    to make people oppose or dislike someone or something

  • endowment

    Word

    money or property given to support a person, school, or organization

  • witness protection

    Phrase

    a government program that gives witnesses new identities and protection when they are in danger

  • tracker

    Word

    a device or app that helps you find or follow the location of someone or something

  • rascal

    Word

    a mischievous or cheeky person, especially a child

  • step back

    Phrase

    a setback or decline

  • look on

    Phrase

    to think of someone or something in a particular way

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • tabling

    Word

    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • gracious

    Word

    kind, polite, and pleasant to people

  • forfeit

    Word

    to lose something, especially a right, game, or prize, as a penalty

  • hector

    Word

    to bully or speak to someone in a harsh, overbearing way

  • veterinarian

    Word

    a trained doctor who treats animals

  • caption

    Word

    a short text that explains a picture or photo

  • veto

    Word

    the right or power to stop a decision, law, or plan from being accepted

  • prospective

    Word

    expected or likely to happen in the future

  • get ahead of

    Phrase

    to deal with a problem before it gets worse

  • soft on

    Phrase

    showing too much sympathy or leniency toward someone

  • thoroughbred

    Word

    a horse of a pure breed, especially one used for racing

  • and counting

    Phrase

    used after a number to show that there are more of the same kind than the number mentioned

  • thanks for nothing

    Phrase

    an angry remark used to show that someone has not helped you at all

  • with flying colors

    Phrase

    in a very successful way

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • button it

    Phrase

    a rude way to tell someone to stop talking

  • dirty business

    Phrase

    secretly dishonest or illegal activity

  • dead horse

    Phrase

    a topic or argument that has been discussed too much and is no longer useful

  • prostitution

    Word

    the practice of having sex with people in exchange for money

  • flying colours

    Phrase

    used to say that someone has succeeded very well

  • foremost

    Word

    most important, famous, or powerful

  • trusting

    Word

    willing to believe that other people are honest and will not harm you

  • come down on

    Phrase

    to punish or criticize someone severely

  • weakest link

    Phrase

    the part of a system, group, or plan that is most likely to fail

  • flying colors

    Phrase

    a great success

  • innocent bystander

    Phrase

    a person who is not involved in a situation but is hurt by it

  • for nothing

    Phrase

    without paying anything

  • rip off

    Phrase

    to steal something from someone

  • veterinary

    Word

    relating to the care and treatment of animals

  • eyewitness

    Word

    a person who saw an event happen, especially a crime or accident

  • what do you want

    Phrase

    a rude way of asking why someone is bothering or interrupting you

  • sit on

    Phrase

    to delay dealing with something

  • join up

    Phrase

    to connect things so they form one line or group

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • reach out

    Phrase

    to contact someone, especially to offer help or start a conversation

  • hump

    Word

    a rounded lump or raised part on the back of a camel or some other animals

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • work in

    Phrase

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

  • reinforcement

    Word

    the act of making something stronger or more effective

  • step in

    Phrase

    to get involved in a situation to help, stop something, or take control

  • cut out

    Phrase

    cut out of a piece of material or paper

  • gambler

    Word

    a person who likes gambling or often gambles

  • have nots

    Phrase

    people who have little money or wealth

  • stand in

    Phrase

    to do someone else's job or perform their role for a short time

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • solidarity

    Word

    support and unity among people in a group, especially when they are facing a problem

  • collared

    Word

    having a collar

  • bedded

    Word

    past tense and past participle of bed

  • coped

    Word

    to deal with a difficult situation successfully

  • family business

    Phrase

    a business owned and run by members of the same family

  • id

    Word

    an official card or document that shows who someone is

  • parole

    Word

    temporary release of a prisoner before the end of a sentence, with conditions

  • interruption

    Word

    the act of stopping something for a short time

  • wiring

    Word

    the wires in a building, vehicle, or machine, or the system they form

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