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Blue Bloods S7E10: English vocabulary

Season 7, Episode 10CrimeDrama

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  • lawbreaker

    Word

    a person who breaks the law

  • recognizance

    Word

    a legal promise to appear in court or obey certain conditions, often instead of paying bail

  • bluster

    Word

    to speak in a loud, angry, or threatening way, often without much real effect

  • overreach

    Word

    to go beyond the proper limit or use more than is sensible

  • peritonitis

    Word

    a serious infection that causes inflammation of the lining of the abdomen

  • lunged

    Word

    to make a sudden forward movement, usually to attack or grab something

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • playbook

    Word

    a book or document that shows the plays or strategies a team plans to use

  • slugger

    Word

    a baseball player who hits the ball very well, especially for home runs

  • obliging

    Word

    willing and quick to help other people

  • placate

    Word

    to make someone less angry or upset

  • lunge

    Word

    a sudden forward movement, especially in an attack or to catch something

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  • leavings

    Word

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

  • megaphone

    Word

    a device that makes your voice louder and carries it farther

  • buckling

    Word

    the bending or curving of something under pressure

  • cask

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    a large wooden barrel used for storing drinks, especially wine or beer

  • entitle

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    to give someone the right to have or do something

  • persecute

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    to treat someone cruelly or unfairly, especially because of their beliefs or identity

  • aggravate

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    make a problem, injury, or situation worse

  • discriminating

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    able to notice small differences and make careful judgments

  • copped

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

  • handcuff

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    to put handcuffs on someone

  • oblige

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    to make someone legally or morally required to do something

  • intolerant

    Word

    not willing to accept other people's beliefs, opinions, or ways of behaving

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  • underage

    Word

    too young to be allowed to do something by law

  • abuser

    Word

    a person who treats someone cruelly or violently, especially repeatedly

  • subpoena

    Word

    an official order to appear in court or give evidence

  • blanketing

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    covering something completely, especially with a layer of snow, smoke, or other material

  • taint

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    to spoil something by adding a harmful or unwanted substance or influence

  • evener

    Word

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

  • seaboard

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    the land along the sea; the coast

  • vacate

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    to leave a place you have been using or living in

  • discriminate

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    to notice or understand the difference between things

  • corny

    Word

    predictable and not funny, especially because it is too obvious

  • tryout

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    a test or audition to see if someone is suitable for a team, role, or activity

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • feeble

    Word

    weak and lacking energy or strength

  • chilling

    Word

    making you feel very cold; cold enough to make you shiver

  • confine

    Word

    to keep someone or something within limits or in one place

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • down bad

    Phrase

    very attracted to someone, often in a way that feels a bit desperate or embarrassing

  • lacrosse

    Word

    a team sport played with long sticks and a small ball

  • gall

    Word

    shameless boldness

  • despairing

    Word

    feeling or showing that you have lost all hope

  • done for

    Phrase

    in a situation where failure or disaster seems certain

  • sherry

    Word

    a type of strong, pale wine from Spain

  • police brutality

    Phrase

    violent or abusive behavior by police, especially when they use too much force

  • civil suit

    Phrase

    a lawsuit in a civil court

  • grieve

    Word

    to feel deep sadness, especially because someone has died

  • beat on

    Phrase

    to keep talking for a long time in a boring or annoying way

  • graced

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    to honor an event or place by being present

  • senseless

    Word

    stupid, pointless, or not sensible

  • fives

    Word

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

  • ride on

    Phrase

    to attack someone in a drive-by shooting

  • game on

    Phrase

    to trick someone or take advantage of them for personal gain

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • complicate

    Word

    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • unpack

    Word

    to take things out of a bag, box, or other container

  • rhetoric

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    the skill of using language to persuade or impress people

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • screwing

    Word

    the act of fastening something with a screw

  • clean slate

    Phrase

    a chance to start again without being affected by past problems

  • what's eating

    Phrase

    what is bothering or upsetting someone

  • word to the wise

    Phrase

    a brief remark that gives someone useful advice or a warning

  • tough case

    Phrase

    an informal way to describe a person who is hard to deal with or understand

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • brutality

    Word

    extreme cruelty or violent behavior

  • foe

    Word

    an enemy or opponent

  • initiation

    Word

    the act of officially admitting someone into a group, often with a ritual

  • see things

    Phrase

    to think you are seeing something that is not really there

  • go free

    Phrase

    to be released from prison or another place of confinement

  • mean the world to

    Phrase

    to be very important or deeply meaningful to someone

  • what's eating you

    Phrase

    What is bothering or upsetting you?

  • hands up

    Phrase

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

  • take that

    Phrase

    used to say you have won or beaten someone

  • to God

    Phrase

    used in expressions like “I hope to God” to show a very strong wish or hope

  • sink in

    Phrase

    to gradually become fully understood or emotionally felt

  • identity theft

    Phrase

    the crime of stealing someone's personal information and using it to commit fraud

  • detective work

    Phrase

    work that involves carefully finding out facts or solving a mystery

  • straight face

    Phrase

    a serious expression that shows no amusement or emotion

  • police captain

    Phrase

    a police officer who is in charge of a police station or district

  • stall out

    Phrase

    to stop suddenly, especially because an engine or vehicle loses power

  • cuff

    Word

    the part of a sleeve that fits tightly around the wrist

  • institutional

    Word

    relating to an institution or institutions

  • worked up

    Phrase

    very upset, angry, or excited

  • home invasion

    Phrase

    a burglary in which someone breaks into a house while people are inside

  • in the least

    Phrase

    not at all; to no extent

  • tied up

    Phrase

    busy and not available

  • go up against

    Phrase

    to compete or fight against someone or something

  • screen in

    Phrase

    to cover a porch or other area with window screens

  • bossed

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    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • sort through

    Phrase

    to look through a group of things carefully to find what you need or decide what matters

  • dictate

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    to say words slowly and clearly so someone can write them down

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • in the first place

    Phrase

    at the beginning; originally

  • work in

    Phrase

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

  • winding

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    having many bends or turns

  • penned

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    wrote, especially in a formal or literary style

  • have nots

    Phrase

    people who have little money or wealth

  • catch up

    Phrase

    to find out the latest news or information after missing it for a while

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