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Death in Paradise S8E7: English vocabulary

Season 8, Episode 7ComedyCrimeDrama

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  • bemuse

    Word

    to make someone feel confused or slightly puzzled

  • wailer

    Word

    a person or thing that wails loudly and sadly

  • puzzler

    Word

    a person who likes solving puzzles

  • shoplifter

    Word

    a person who steals goods from a shop or store

  • irrefutable

    Word

    impossible to deny, question, or prove false

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • spurn

    Word

    to reject someone or something in a rude or contemptuous way

  • shoplifting

    Word

    to steal goods from a store

  • bayed

    Word

    to make a long, loud cry, especially like a hound

  • amiss

    Word

    not quite right or normal

  • afresh

    Word

    again, starting over from the beginning

  • audacious

    Word

    showing a willingness to take bold risks

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  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • splice

    Word

    to join ropes or cables by weaving their strands together

  • incoherent

    Word

    hard to understand because it is confused or badly expressed

  • remit

    Word

    to send money as payment

  • punctual

    Word

    arriving or doing things at the expected time; not late

  • palmed

    Word

    to hide something in your hand, especially secretly

  • baffle

    Word

    to confuse or puzzle someone

  • shifty

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    looking or acting as if you are hiding something

  • corroborate

    Word

    to show that something is true or correct by giving evidence

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • racking

    Word

    causing a lot of pain or suffering

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  • slighting

    Word

    showing disrespect or contempt

  • therein

    Word

    in or into that place, thing, or document

  • encyclopaedia

    Word

    a book or set of books that gives information on many subjects

  • ticker

    Word

    a machine or display that shows changing stock prices

  • splatter

    Word

    to make liquid, paint, or mud fly and land in small drops

  • rambling

    Word

    long and not clearly organized, especially in speech or writing

  • negligent

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    not careful enough, especially in a way that causes harm or breaks a duty

  • calibre

    Word

    the level of skill or quality that someone or something has

  • hurried

    Word

    done too quickly, often without enough care

  • evener

    Word

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

  • manicure

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    a beauty treatment for the hands and fingernails

  • nip

    Word

    a small amount of a drink, especially alcohol

  • ponder

    Word

    think about something carefully, especially before making a decision

  • eyeball

    Word

    the round part of the eye

  • faintly

    Word

    in a way that is barely noticeable or easy to hear, see, or feel

  • cleverly

    Word

    in an intelligent, skillful, or effective way

  • your mum

    Phrase

    an insulting remark about someone's mother

  • wag the dog

    Phrase

    to do something dramatic to distract people from a bigger problem, especially in politics

  • shadowing

    Word

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

  • chap

    Word

    a man or boy

  • needless

    Word

    not necessary; able to be avoided

  • tailing

    Word

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

  • estimation

    Word

    a rough calculation or guess of the size, amount, or cost of something

  • internal affairs

    Phrase

    a police department that investigates complaints against officers

  • advert

    Word

    a short public notice or ad that promotes a product, service, or event

  • Other Side

    Phrase

    the life or world believed to exist after death

  • live on

    Phrase

    to continue to exist or be remembered

  • entry wound

    Phrase

    the wound where a bullet or other object enters the body

  • graced

    Word

    to honor an event or place by being present

  • fives

    Word

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

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • tabling

    Word

    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • very well

    Phrase

    used to say that you agree to something, often reluctantly

  • swear on

    Phrase

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

  • rue

    Word

    to feel regret about something you did or about what happened

  • clarinet

    Word

    a woodwind instrument with a single reed and keys

  • fancied

    Word

    imagined rather than real

  • get to the bottom of

    Phrase

    to find out the real reason for something or solve a problem

  • fling

    Word

    to throw something with a lot of force

  • alibi

    Word

    proof that someone was somewhere else when a crime happened

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • the bee's knees

    Phrase

    something that is excellent or very impressive

  • search warrant

    Phrase

    an official court order that allows police to search a place

  • round up

    Phrase

    to gather people or things together, often by force or pressure

  • amend

    Word

    to make small changes to a text, plan, or law

  • ring off the hook

    Phrase

    to ring repeatedly or nonstop, especially a phone

  • outside work

    Phrase

    a job you do in addition to your main job

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • hang about

    Phrase

    a casual way to say 'wait a minute' or 'hold on

  • machining

    Word

    the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

  • reunite

    Word

    to come together again after being apart

  • back out

    Phrase

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

  • take that

    Phrase

    used to say you have won or beaten someone

  • emergency services

    Phrase

    the police, fire service, and ambulance service that deal with emergencies

  • cue up

    Phrase

    to get a recording ready to play at the right moment

  • reassure

    Word

    to make someone feel less worried, afraid, or uncertain

  • listen in

    Phrase

    to listen secretly to a conversation or broadcast

  • fingerprint

    Word

    the pattern of lines on the tip of a finger, used to identify a person

  • cuff

    Word

    the part of a sleeve that fits tightly around the wrist

  • can't help

    Phrase

    to be unable to stop yourself from doing something

  • day one

    Phrase

    from the very beginning

  • record label

    Phrase

    a company that releases and sells music recordings

  • carry on

    Phrase

    to take a bag or other item onto an airplane with you instead of checking it

  • play along

    Phrase

    to pretend to agree with or help with something

  • hands on

    Phrase

    involving doing things yourself, not just watching or planning

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • in full

    Phrase

    completely, with nothing left unpaid or unfinished

  • work in

    Phrase

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

  • make up

    Phrase

    to invent something, especially a story, excuse, or plan

  • pick it up

    Phrase

    to speak or act more quickly

  • happen on

    Phrase

    to find something by chance

  • park in

    Phrase

    to park a vehicle so that another vehicle cannot get out

  • in theory

    Phrase

    according to what is expected or believed, but not necessarily in real life

  • walk through

    Phrase

    to explain something to someone in a clear, step-by-step way

  • going over

    Phrase

    a quick, informal check or inspection

  • write up

    Phrase

    to write something in full or in a finished form

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