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Blue Bloods S6E12: English vocabulary

Season 6, Episode 12CrimeDrama

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  • waster

    Word

    a person who wastes time, money, or other resources

  • sorrowed

    Word

    feeling or showing deep sadness, especially after a death or loss

  • malcontent

    Word

    a person who is unhappy, dissatisfied, and often complains or rebels

  • rile

    Word

    make someone annoyed or angry

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • twit

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    a foolish or annoying person

  • forthwith

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    immediately; at once

  • ratting

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    the act of hunting or trapping rats

  • wry

    Word

    showing dry, slightly mocking humor

  • enrage

    Word

    to make someone extremely angry

  • grumble

    Word

    to complain quietly in an annoyed way

  • twittering

    Word

    the soft, repeated sound birds make

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  • silvering

    Word

    the process of turning silver in color

  • stammer

    Word

    to speak with pauses or repeated sounds because of difficulty controlling your speech

  • rotunda

    Word

    a round building or room, often with a dome

  • terrorize

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    to make someone feel extreme fear and distress

  • corroborate

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    to show that something is true or correct by giving evidence

  • croak

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    to make a deep, hoarse sound, like a frog or a crow

  • copped

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

  • felon

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    a person who has been convicted of a serious crime

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • exhale

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    to breathe air out of your lungs

  • pining

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    full of longing or sadness for someone or something

  • instill

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    to teach someone a belief, feeling, or habit gradually

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  • honk

    Word

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

  • jacketed

    Word

    covered with a protective outer layer

  • evener

    Word

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

  • concourse

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    a large open passage or hall in a public building, especially at an airport or station

  • misdemeanor

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    a minor crime, especially one less serious than a felony

  • whoop

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    to shout loudly because you are excited or happy

  • retaliate

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

  • reinstate

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    to give someone back their job, rank, or previous position

  • groan

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    to make a deep sound because of pain, sadness, or tiredness

  • bystander

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

  • screech

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    a loud, harsh, high-pitched sound

  • inched

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    to move very slowly and carefully in a particular direction

  • assortment

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    a mixture of different kinds of things

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • congratulation

    Word

    an expression of praise or good wishes for someone's success or good luck

  • craze

    Word

    a fashion or activity that becomes very popular for a short time

  • old time

    Phrase

    the distant past

  • Tommy gun

    Phrase

    a small automatic gun, especially one associated with gangsters in the 1920s and 1930s

  • benign

    Word

    not harmful or dangerous

  • butting

    Word

    to hit or push with the head or horns

  • grievance

    Word

    a complaint about unfair treatment or a problem that someone thinks should be fixed

  • even as

    Phrase

    at the same time that something else is happening

  • impartial

    Word

    fair and not influenced by personal feelings or sides

  • voodoo

    Word

    a religion and set of spiritual practices that developed in Haiti and other parts of the Caribbean

  • omen

    Word

    a sign that something good or bad is going to happen

  • Other Side

    Phrase

    the life or world believed to exist after death

  • kill me

    Phrase

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

  • open the door

    Phrase

    to make it possible for something to happen

  • crack pipe

    Phrase

    a small pipe used for smoking crack cocaine

  • superstitious

    Word

    believing that certain events or objects can bring good or bad luck

  • fives

    Word

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

  • blood in

    Phrase

    to join a gang by doing a violent act as part of an initiation

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • rest his soul

    Phrase

    used after a person's name to show that the person has died

  • slept on

    Phrase

    not appreciated enough; overlooked or undervalued

  • even the score

    Phrase

    to get revenge on someone

  • cockroach

    Word

    a large brown insect that often lives in warm, damp places and is hard to get rid of

  • gun down

    Phrase

    to shoot someone and kill them

  • retaliation

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    harm done in return for harm received; revenge

  • slay

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    to kill a person or animal in a violent way

  • casing

    Word

    a hard outer cover that protects or encloses something

  • weakly

    Word

    in a weak or feeble way

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • turn around

    Phrase

    cause something to improve a lot

  • mow

    Word

    to cut grass or crops with a machine or a scythe

  • opium

    Word

    a strong addictive drug made from the juice of the opium poppy

  • superstition

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    a belief that something bad will happen or that certain actions or events can bring good or bad luck

  • gunning

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    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • stomp

    Word

    to hit the ground or floor with your foot hard, often because you are angry or excited

  • get the band back together

    Phrase

    to reunite a group, especially after a long time apart

  • coming on

    Phrase

    almost; very nearly

  • house call

    Phrase

    a visit by a doctor to a patient at home

  • soaking

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    completely wet

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • whack

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    to hit something with a quick, hard blow

  • chuckle

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    to laugh quietly

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • hands up

    Phrase

    a shouted command telling people to raise their hands, especially in surrender or when being searched

  • residue

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    a small amount of something that is left after the rest has been removed or used

  • siding

    Word

    a short track connected to a main railway line, used for parking or loading trains

  • back out

    Phrase

    to decide not to do something you had agreed or planned to do

  • go back on

    Phrase

    to fail to keep a promise or agreement

  • active duty

    Phrase

    the period when a member of the armed forces is serving full-time

  • rile up

    Phrase

    to make someone feel annoyed or angry

  • innocent bystander

    Phrase

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

  • indistinct

    Word

    not clear, sharp, or easy to see or hear

  • gutter

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    a shallow channel under the edge of a roof that carries away rainwater

  • cuff

    Word

    the part of a sleeve that fits tightly around the wrist

  • sedan

    Word

    a car with a closed body and usually four doors

  • what do you want

    Phrase

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

  • sleep on

    Phrase

    to wait until the next day before deciding something

  • rule on

    Phrase

    to make an official decision about a case or issue

  • grunt

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    a short, low sound made by a person or an animal

  • felony

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

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • hump

    Word

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

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