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The Mentalist S7E5: English vocabulary

Season 7, Episode 5CrimeDramaMystery

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  • slaw

    Word

    a salad made from finely shredded cabbage, often with mayonnaise or vinegar dressing

  • wrecker

    Word

    a tow truck

  • shoplifting

    Word

    to steal goods from a store

  • seasick

    Word

    feeling sick and dizzy because of the movement of a boat or ship

  • silvering

    Word

    the process of turning silver in color

  • thermostat

    Word

    a device that controls the temperature in a room or building

  • palmed

    Word

    to hide something in your hand, especially secretly

  • scurvy

    Word

    a disease caused by not getting enough vitamin C, which can make gums bleed and teeth loosen

  • racking

    Word

    causing a lot of pain or suffering

  • temps

    Word

    short for a temporary worker

  • encampment

    Word

    a temporary camp, especially for soldiers or travelers

  • couched

    Word

    to express something in a particular way

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  • implicate

    Word

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

  • evener

    Word

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

  • meticulous

    Word

    very careful about small details and exactness

  • sunburn

    Word

    red, painful skin caused by too much sun

  • hammock

    Word

    a hanging bed made of rope or fabric, used for resting or sleeping

  • manicure

    Word

    a beauty treatment for the hands and fingernails

  • omelet

    Word

    a dish made by cooking beaten eggs in a pan, often with other ingredients

  • chops

    Word

    the sides of the face below the eyes

  • springing

    Word

    moving with quick, light jumps

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • tailing

    Word

    the act of following someone closely in order to watch them or spy on them

  • sanded

    Word

    smoothed by rubbing with sandpaper

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  • sizing

    Word

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

  • Other Side

    Phrase

    the life or world believed to exist after death

  • your man

    Phrase

    the person who is best suited to do something or help with it

  • paling

    Word

    a fence made of upright wooden stakes

  • fives

    Word

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

  • bring it

    Phrase

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

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • stacking

    Word

    the act of putting things into a pile or piles

  • meow

    Word

    the sound a cat makes

  • back into

    Phrase

    to end up in a situation by accident or because of circumstances

  • light on

    Phrase

    to land or settle lightly on something

  • preferably

    Word

    used to say what you would prefer

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • slam dunk

    Phrase

    something that is very easy to do or achieve

  • fling

    Word

    to throw something with a lot of force

  • provoke

    Word

    to cause a strong reaction or feeling, especially anger, fear, or excitement

  • jarring

    Word

    causing a sudden unpleasant feeling because it does not fit well with what is around it

  • let on

    Phrase

    to hint at or reveal something indirectly, often a secret or embarrassing fact

  • roasting

    Word

    the process of cooking food in an oven or over a fire

  • alibi

    Word

    proof that someone was somewhere else when a crime happened

  • civil right

    Phrase

    a legal right that protects a person's freedom and equal treatment

  • behind the counter

    Phrase

    available only by asking the pharmacist, not on open display

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • break in

    Phrase

    to interrupt a conversation or discussion by speaking

  • walk out of

    Phrase

    to leave a place suddenly, especially in protest or anger

  • stimulation

    Word

    the act of making someone or something more active, interested, or alert

  • in bad

    Phrase

    out of favor with someone; not liked by them

  • let me tell you

    Phrase

    used to introduce something surprising, important, or emphatic

  • ring in

    Phrase

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

  • work back

    Phrase

    to work extra hours to make up for time off or finish a shift

  • bagging

    Word

    the act of putting things into bags or packages

  • run over

    Phrase

    to hit someone or something with a vehicle and drive over them

  • outrageous

    Word

    shockingly bad, excessive, or offensive

  • walk out

    Phrase

    leave a place suddenly, often to show anger or disapproval

  • flatter

    Word

    to praise someone too much, often to get something from them

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • in the first place

    Phrase

    at the beginning; originally

  • key in

    Phrase

    to enter information by typing it into a computer or device

  • screen out

    Phrase

    to remove or reject people or things that do not meet a standard

  • get over

    Phrase

    to recover from an illness, shock, or painful experience

  • penned

    Word

    wrote, especially in a formal or literary style

  • curing

    Word

    the process of preserving food by salting, drying, or smoking

  • cozy

    Word

    comfortable, warm, and pleasant in a way that makes you feel relaxed

  • interrogation

    Word

    the act of questioning someone closely, especially by police

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • raging

    Word

    very strong and violent

  • down time

    Phrase

    time when a machine, system, or person is not working or being used

  • patriotic

    Word

    showing love for and support of your country

  • narrowing

    Word

    the process of becoming narrower

  • calculated

    Word

    carefully planned or done on purpose

  • weathering

    Word

    the wearing away or breaking down of rock and other materials by air, water, and weather

  • head south

    Phrase

    to travel toward the south

  • peek

    Word

    to look quickly, especially secretly or from a hidden place

  • whispering

    Word

    the act of speaking very quietly, or the soft sound of someone speaking quietly

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • subtitle

    Word

    the words shown at the bottom of a screen that translate or show what people are saying

  • see ya

    Phrase

    a casual way to say goodbye

  • sit still

    Phrase

    to remain seated and not move around

  • pounding

    Word

    a heavy, repeated beating or striking sound

  • ringed

    Word

    having a ring or rings around it

  • tactical

    Word

    carefully planned to achieve a particular goal, especially in a difficult situation

  • sync

    Word

    to make two devices or systems work together by sharing data

  • yeah right

    Phrase

    an expression used to show that you do not believe what someone has said

  • laying

    Word

    present participle of lay: to put something down in a flat position

  • beached

    Word

    washed or carried onto land by the sea

  • french fry

    Phrase

    a long, thin piece of potato cooked in hot oil

  • instinct

    Word

    a natural feeling or reaction that makes you act without thinking

  • what's going on

    Phrase

    an informal way to greet someone or start a casual conversation

  • no way

    Phrase

    an emphatic way of saying that something is impossible or that you strongly refuse it

  • to go

    Phrase

    for food or drink that you buy and take away to eat or drink somewhere else

  • just now

    Phrase

    a very short time ago

  • french fries

    Phrase

    long, thin pieces of potato that are fried and eaten as a side dish or snack

  • say no

    Phrase

    to refuse to do or accept something

  • wipe off

    Phrase

    to remove something by wiping it

  • move out

    Phrase

    to leave the home you live in and start living somewhere else

  • pull over

    Phrase

    to move a vehicle to the side of the road and stop

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