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Hawaii Five-0 S5E5: English vocabulary

Season 5, Episode 5CrimeDramaAction & Adventure

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  • mishandle

    Word

    to handle or manage something badly

  • hoarder

    Word

    a person who keeps too many things and finds it hard to throw them away

  • exhume

    Word

    to dig up something buried, especially a body

  • gasket

    Word

    a ring or shaped piece of rubber or other material used to seal a joint

  • scrawny

    Word

    unattractively thin, with little flesh on the body

  • antagonize

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    to make someone angry or hostile toward you

  • welcomer

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

  • leavings

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

  • rounder

    Word

    having a more curved or rounded shape

  • hoarding

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    the act of keeping and storing a lot of things, often too many

  • canvass

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    to go from place to place asking people for opinions, votes, or support

  • aggravate

    Word

    make a problem, injury, or situation worse

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  • yoke

    Word

    a wooden bar placed across the necks of two animals so they can pull a cart or plow together

  • shredding

    Word

    the act of cutting or tearing something into small pieces

  • copped

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

  • ballistics

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    the science of how bullets, shells, and other projectiles move through the air

  • handcuff

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    to put handcuffs on someone

  • spook

    Word

    a ghost or spirit, especially in stories or jokes

  • jacketed

    Word

    covered with a protective outer layer

  • hazy

    Word

    not clear or sharp; covered with mist or haze

  • pictorial

    Word

    using pictures or illustrations

  • samoan

    Word

    relating to Samoa, its people, or their language

  • braving

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    while facing something difficult or dangerous bravely

  • graver

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    a small tool used for engraving or carving hard material

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  • stitching

    Word

    the sewing of stitches, especially as a visible part of a garment

  • evener

    Word

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

  • washer

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    a small flat ring used with a bolt or screw to spread pressure or make a joint tighter

  • meddle

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    to interfere in someone else's affairs when you are not wanted or needed

  • pusher

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    a person who sells illegal drugs

  • manifold

    Word

    many and varied; having many different parts or aspects

  • inconclusive

    Word

    not giving a clear answer or result

  • carding

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    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • relive

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    to experience something again, especially in your memory or imagination

  • peril

    Word

    serious danger, especially danger of death or injury

  • compulsive

    Word

    done because of a strong, hard-to-control urge

  • when it's at home

    Phrase

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

  • cold blood

    Phrase

    used to describe an action done deliberately and without pity or emotion

  • on my life

    Phrase

    used to emphasize that you are telling the truth or are completely serious

  • to the house

    Phrase

    home; to or at home

  • have no right

    Phrase

    to have no moral or legal permission to do something

  • counterfeit

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

  • go there

    Phrase

    used to say something that is bold, rude, or about a taboo topic

  • aggravated assault

    Phrase

    a serious criminal attack that is done with a weapon or in a way that could cause serious injury

  • grieve

    Word

    to feel deep sadness, especially because someone has died

  • bug in

    Phrase

    to stay in one place and protect yourself during danger or an emergency

  • fives

    Word

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

  • go at

    Phrase

    to attack someone or something, or start arguing with them

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • retribution

    Word

    punishment or suffering that is seen as payback for a wrong

  • back into

    Phrase

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

  • keep in

    Phrase

    to keep a student at school after class as a punishment

  • swear on

    Phrase

    to swear using something as a witness or guarantee, especially to show that you are telling the truth

  • hunch

    Word

    a feeling or guess based on intuition, not facts

  • casing

    Word

    a hard outer cover that protects or encloses something

  • alibi

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    proof that someone was somewhere else when a crime happened

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • close up

    Phrase

    at a very short distance; with little space between things

  • burrow

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    a hole or tunnel dug by an animal, especially a rabbit, for living in

  • revolver

    Word

    a handgun with a rotating cylinder that holds several bullets

  • conflicting

    Word

    not agreeing with something else; contradictory

  • lead in

    Phrase

    to give the musical cue that lets someone start singing or playing

  • get straight

    Phrase

    to make something clear or settled

  • serve time

    Phrase

    to spend time in prison as punishment for a crime

  • get the bullet

    Phrase

    to be fired from a job

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • wrench

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    a tool used for gripping and turning nuts, bolts, or pipes

  • differential

    Word

    showing or based on a difference

  • add up

    Phrase

    to seem reasonable or consistent

  • trojan

    Word

    a computer virus that hides inside another file or program

  • my man

    Phrase

    a friendly way to address a man or show approval or excitement

  • hustle

    Word

    to move or act quickly, especially because you are in a hurry

  • diagnose

    Word

    to identify an illness or problem by examining the signs and tests

  • take that

    Phrase

    used to say you have won or beaten someone

  • medical record

    Phrase

    an official file with details of a person's health, treatment, and medical history

  • close in on

    Phrase

    to get closer to someone or something, especially while chasing or searching

  • Shirley Temple

    Phrase

    a nonalcoholic drink made with lemon-lime soda and grenadine

  • scrape together

    Phrase

    to gather small amounts of money or other things with difficulty

  • meth

    Word

    methamphetamine, a highly addictive illegal drug

  • bookshop

    Word

    a shop that sells books

  • setback

    Word

    a problem that slows or stops progress

  • can't help

    Phrase

    to be unable to stop yourself from doing something

  • what do you say

    Phrase

    used to ask if someone is willing to do something or agrees with an idea

  • get into it

    Phrase

    to start arguing or fighting with someone

  • felony

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    a very serious crime, usually one that can be punished by prison

  • bossed

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    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • check up on

    Phrase

    to visit or contact someone to see how they are doing

  • pitted

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    having many small holes or dents on the surface

  • follow up on

    Phrase

    to check on something later or continue dealing with it

  • stump

    Word

    the bottom part of a tree left in the ground after the tree is cut down

  • big guy

    Phrase

    a friendly way to address a man or boy

  • real world

    Phrase

    the ordinary world of everyday life, especially as different from school, theory, or imagination

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • shatter

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    to break suddenly into many pieces

  • say what

    Phrase

    a casual way of saying you didn’t hear or understand something, or that you’re surprised by it

  • humiliate

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    make someone feel ashamed, embarrassed, or foolish

  • don't ask

    Phrase

    used to say that something is too strange, embarrassing, or complicated to explain

  • coped

    Word

    to deal with a difficult situation successfully

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

  • autopsy

    Word

    a medical examination of a body after death to find the cause of death

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