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Better Call Saul S1E5: English vocabulary

Season 1, Episode 5CrimeDrama

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  • sensitize

    Word

    to make people more aware of an issue or problem

  • annotate

    Word

    to add notes or comments to a text, image, or diagram

  • palpitation

    Word

    a fast, strong, or irregular heartbeat, often caused by stress, exercise, or illness

  • moxie

    Word

    confidence and courage; the nerve to do something difficult

  • commode

    Word

    a piece of furniture with drawers, sometimes used to hold a chamber pot

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • hummel

    Word

    a decorative figurine made by the Hummel company, often showing a child or children

  • chipper

    Word

    cheerful and lively

  • coercive

    Word

    using force, threats, or pressure to make someone do something

  • tinnitus

    Word

    a condition that causes you to hear ringing or buzzing in your ears

  • bashful

    Word

    shy and uncomfortable in social situations

  • peephole

    Word

    a small opening in a door that lets you see who is outside

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  • agitate

    Word

    to make someone feel worried or upset

  • leavings

    Word

    things that are left over after something is used, eaten, or finished

  • incoherent

    Word

    hard to understand because it is confused or badly expressed

  • muscling

    Word

    the use of force or pressure to get something

  • secede

    Word

    to leave a country, organization, or group officially

  • travesty

    Word

    something that makes a serious situation seem ridiculous, unfair, or absurd

  • custodial

    Word

    relating to cleaning and looking after a building or place

  • nosing

    Word

    the front edge of a step or stair

  • involuntarily

    Word

    in a way that is not controlled or intended

  • objectively

    Word

    in a way that is based on facts and not personal feelings or opinions

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • shortness

    Word

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

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  • requisite

    Word

    needed for a particular purpose or situation

  • technicals

    Word

    the practical details of something, especially the technical ones

  • suggestive

    Word

    suggesting something, often in a subtle or indirect way

  • evener

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

  • boning

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    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • petitioning

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    to formally ask an authority or organization for something

  • validation

    Word

    the act of checking that something is correct, real, or acceptable

  • retainer

    Word

    a fee paid in advance to keep someone's services available

  • remarry

    Word

    to marry again

  • factoring

    Word

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

  • geographically

    Word

    in a way that relates to geography or to the physical features of a place

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • oppressive

    Word

    causing suffering or unfair control, especially by those in power

  • operative word

    Phrase

    the word in a phrase that is most important for the meaning or point being made

  • tanning

    Word

    the process of making skin darker by exposure to the sun or a tanning bed

  • breaded

    Word

    covered with breadcrumbs or a similar coating before cooking

  • shadowing

    Word

    the practice of learning a job by following and watching an experienced worker

  • hourly

    Word

    happening or done every hour

  • go outside

    Phrase

    a rude way of telling someone to stop arguing online and go out into the real world

  • delusion

    Word

    a false belief that someone strongly believes even though it is not true

  • gassing

    Word

    to talk in a casual, lively way

  • sizing

    Word

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

  • open the door

    Phrase

    to make it possible for something to happen

  • your man

    Phrase

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

  • circuit court

    Phrase

    a court that travels to different places in its district to hear cases

  • of sound mind

    Phrase

    mentally capable of making sensible decisions

  • electromagnetic field

    Phrase

    a region around a charged object where electric and magnetic forces act

  • psychiatry

    Word

    the branch of medicine that deals with mental illness and emotional disorders

  • vertigo

    Word

    a feeling that you or the things around you are spinning, often making you lose your balance

  • manifestation

    Word

    a clear sign or example of something

  • probable cause

    Phrase

    legal grounds that justify an arrest, search, or similar police action

  • fives

    Word

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

  • prick

    Word

    to make a small hole or mark in something with a sharp point

  • man on

    Phrase

    a shout warning that an opponent is coming up behind you

  • drastic

    Word

    very sudden and extreme, with a strong effect

  • chandler

    Word

    a person who makes or sells candles

  • glamour

    Word

    an attractive quality that makes someone or something seem exciting and special

  • green stamp

    Phrase

    money, especially when spoken of in the plural

  • for reasons

    Phrase

    used to say that the reason is unknown or not being stated

  • dead and buried

    Phrase

    completely finished and not likely to happen again

  • turned out

    Phrase

    looking neat, smart, or well dressed

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • machining

    Word

    the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

  • alpine

    Word

    relating to high mountains or the plants that grow there

  • questionable

    Word

    likely to cause doubt, concern, or suspicion

  • let me tell you

    Phrase

    used to introduce something surprising, important, or emphatic

  • for days

    Phrase

    for a very long time

  • in any event

    Phrase

    used to say that the result is the same no matter what happens

  • tanning bed

    Phrase

    a bed-like machine that uses ultraviolet light to make your skin look tanned

  • twinned

    Word

    officially linked with another town, city, or organization

  • distressing

    Word

    causing worry, sadness, or pain

  • oversight

    Word

    a mistake caused by not noticing or remembering something

  • can't help

    Phrase

    to be unable to stop yourself from doing something

  • chipping

    Word

    small pieces that break off from a hard surface

  • hands on

    Phrase

    involving doing things yourself, not just watching or planning

  • riches

    Word

    a large amount of money, property, or valuable things

  • pasture

    Word

    land covered with grass for animals to graze on

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • flashlight

    Word

    a small battery-powered light you can carry in your hand

  • come around

    Phrase

    to change your opinion and start agreeing with someone

  • reinforcement

    Word

    the act of making something stronger or more effective

  • gladly

    Word

    willingly; with pleasure

  • curing

    Word

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

  • stay on

    Phrase

    continue to stay in a place, job, or situation

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • hold up

    Phrase

    to support the weight of something so it does not fall

  • imitate

    Word

    to copy the way someone speaks, moves, or behaves

  • operative

    Word

    working or in effect

  • jump at

    Phrase

    to accept something eagerly, especially an offer or opportunity

  • pi

    Word

    the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet, written as Π or π

  • bedded

    Word

    past tense and past participle of bed

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

  • tricking

    Word

    the act of deceiving or cheating someone

  • awfully

    Word

    very; extremely

  • good times

    Phrase

    a period in the past that was enjoyable or memorable, often remembered with nostalgia

  • discomfort

    Word

    a feeling of slight pain, worry, or unease

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