I. Vocabulary and grammar list

I. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR LIST

NO	LANGUAGE UNITS	NOTES
1.	shutter	1 DHone of a pair of wooden or metal covers on the outside of a window that can be closed to keep light out or prevent thieves from coming in 2 TCPa part of a camera that opens for a very short time to let light onto the film
2.	Pull yourself together, Teddy! Pull yourself together.	to force yourself to stop behaving in a nervous, frightened, or uncontrolled way: With an effort Mary pulled herself together.
3.	Doesn’t exactly square with Teddy Daniels, the man of legend.	if you square two ideas, statements etc with each other or if they square with each other, they are considered to be in agreement: His story simply does not square with the facts. How do you square that with your religious beliefs?
4.	It’s a mental hospital for the criminally insane.	people who are mentally ill: a hospital for the insane
5.	The other side of the island is rock bluffs.	a very steep cliff or slope
6.	We’ll be casting off as soon as you two are ashore.	to untie the rope that fastens your boat to the shore so that you can sail away
7.	Your boys seem a little on edge.	on edge nervous, especially because you are expecting something unpleasant to happen: Paul felt on edge about meeting Lisa.
8.	That building is the male ward.	a large room in a hospital where people who need medical treatment stay a young nurse in her first day on the wards the other patients in the ward
9.	Admittance to ward C is forbidden without the written consent and physical presence of both myself and Dr. Cawley.	permission to do something: COLLOCATIONS He took the car without the owner's consent. Her parents gave their consent to the marriage.
10.	You act as if insanity is catching.	Guess!
11.	We are duly appointed federal marshals.	federal/US marshal American English SCLa police officer employed by the national government to make sure people do what a court order says they must do
12.	Code of Penitentiary	American English SCJa prison - used especially in the names of prisons: the North Carolina state penitentiary
13.	Dr. Cawley will have to fill you in on the situation.	to tell someone about recent events, especially because they have been away from a place I think you'd better fill me in on what's been happening.
14.	Dr. Cawley has been consulted several times by MI5 …	The Security Service, commonly known as MI5 (Military Intelligence, Section 5), is the United Kingdom's internal counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its core intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6) focused on foreign threats, Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and Defence Intelligence (DI).
15.	A moral fusion between law and order and clinical care.	a combination of separate qualities or ideas: Her work is a fusion of several different styles. the best fusion cuisine in the whole of Vancouver
16.	The patients we deal with here used to be shackled and left in their own filth.	to put shackles on someone
17.	They are violent offenders, they’ve hurt people?	someone who is guilty of a crime: Community punishment is used for less serious offenders. At 16, Scott was already a persistent offender (=someone who has been caught several times for committing crimes).
18.	Personally, Doctor, I’d have to say screw their sense of calm.	screw you/him etc spoken not polite an offensive expression used to show that you are very angry with someone
19.	Prone to headaches, aren’t you?	likely to do something or suffer from something, especially something bad or harmful: Some plants are very prone to disease. Kids are all prone to eat junk food.
20.	The warden and his men scoured the island. Not a trace.	to search very carefully and thoroughly through an area, a document etc: Her family began to scour the countryside for a suitable house.
21.	The only window in the room is barred.
22.	It’s as if she evaporated straight through the walls.	if a liquid evaporates, or if heat evaporates it, it changes into a gas: Most of the water had evaporated. The sun evaporates moisture on the leaves.
23.	The orderlies play cards here.	someone who does unskilled jobs in a hospital
24.	You will comply.	formal to do what you have to do or are asked to do: Failure to comply with the regulations will result in prosecution. The newspaper was asked by federal agents for assistance and agreed to comply.
25.	The base of those cliffs is covered in poison ivy, sumac.	poison ivy a North American plant that has an oily substance on its leaves that makes your skin hurt and itch if you touch it sumac
26.	-What’s in there? - Sewage treatment facility.	the mixture of waste from the human body and used water that is carried away from houses by pipes under the ground: The factory secretly dumped millions of gallons of raw sewage (=that had not been treated) into the Ohio river.
27.	I’ll call this off.	to decide that a planned event will not take place: The trip to Italy might be called off.
28.	What? You breached protocols. Christ…	to break a law, rule, or agreement [= break]: The company accused him of breaching his contract.
29.	It’s a little overwhelming. (the house)	having such a great effect on you that you feel confused and do not know how to react: She felt an overwhelming desire to hit him. She found the city quite overwhelming when she first arrived.
30.	The commander was court-martialed.	to hear and judge someone's case in a military court: The drill instructor was court-martialed for having sex with a trainee.
31.	-Your poison, gentlemen? - Rye, if you’ve got it.	what's your poison? old-fashioned spoken a humorous way of asking which alcoholic drink someone would like =rye whiskey American English a type of American whisky made from rye
32.	Isn’t it common for men in your profession to imbibe?	formal to drink something, especially alcohol - sometimes used humorously: Both men imbibed considerable quantities of gin.
33.	I’ve always heard your profession is overrun with boozeys and drunks.	overrun if unwanted things or people overrun a place, they spread over it in great numbers a tiny island overrun by tourists The house was overrun with mice. boozy ADJECTIVE showing that someone has drunk too much alcohol: boozy laughter
34.	You must be quite adept at interrogation.	good at something that needs care and skill [= skilful]: Melissa quickly became adept at predicting his moods. I'm afraid she's also an adept liar.
35.	That’s quite an assumption to make.	something that you think is true although you have no definite proof: A lot of people make the assumption that poverty only exists in the Third World. My calculations were based on the assumption that house prices would remain steady.
36.	Please, please, edify us, Doctor.	formal to improve someone's mind or character by teaching them something: For our edification, the preacher reminded us what `duty' meant.
37.	We were both paper pushers over there.	someone whose job is doing unimportant office work [= pen pusher BrE; = pencil pusher AmE ]
38.	You’re bunking in the orderlies’ quarter.	informal to sleep somewhere, especially in someone else's house: You can bunk down on the sofa for tonight.
39.	This medicine tames patients.	1 to reduce the power or strength of something and prevent it from causing trouble: The Prime Minister managed to tame the trade unions. 2 to train a wild animal to obey you and not to attack people [= domesticate]: The Asian elephant can be tamed and trained.
40.	What should be the last resort becomes the first response.	last/final resort what you will do if everything else fails: Drug treatment should only be used as a last resort. a weapon of last resort Economic sanctions will be used only in the last resort.
41.	The drugs were only intermittently effective.	stopping and starting often and for short periods [= sporadic]: The weather forecast is for sun, with intermittent showers.
42.	She was trying to make ends meet.	to have only just enough money to buy the things you need: When Mike lost his job, we could barely make ends meet.
43.	He’s not hard on the eyes as my mother would say.	Interpret.
44.	She was coached.	to help someone prepare what they should say or do in a particular situation - used to show disapproval: The girl must have been carefully coached in what to say in court.
45.	It’s not exactly by the book.	exactly according to rules or instructions: She feels she has to go by the book and can't use her creativity.
46.	He was a firebug.	informal someone who deliberately starts fires to destroy property [= arsonist]
47.	He tried to kill himself before we got there, but he botched it.	informal to do something badly, because you have been careless or because you do not have the skill to do it properly: The builders really botched up our patio. a botched investigation
48.	It wasn’t warfare, it was murder.	the activity of fighting in a war - used especially when talking about particular methods of fighting: the realities of modern warfare chemical/nuclear/germ etc warfare trench/jungle/mountain etc warfare guerrilla warfare (=fighting by small groups of fighters in mountains, forests etc)
49.	He walks into a bar and stabs three men to death.	to push a knife into someone or something [↪ stabbing]: He was stabbed to death in a fight.
50.	I’m gonna blow the lid off this place.	take the lid off something also lift the lid on something to let people know the true facts about a bad or shocking situation: a documentary that takes the lid off the world of organized crime
51.	HUAC	House Un-American Activities Committee as an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. It was created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having Nazi ties.
52.	If the facility floods, they’ll drown.	to cover a place with water, or to become covered with water: Towns and cities all over the country have been flooded. The houses down by the river flood quite regularly.
53.	They can’t just hop a ferry, scoot over to the mainland over a weak havoc.	a situation in which there is a lot of damage or a lack of order, especially so that it is difficult for something to continue in the normal way A strike will cause havoc for commuters. Rain has continued to play havoc with sporting events.
54.	If they’re manacled to the floor, they’ll die.	an iron ring on a chain that is put around the wrist or ankle of a prisoner
55.	I’d put all of them in manual restraints.	relating to how well you use your hands to make or do things: No great manual dexterity (=skill in using your hands) is required to perform the technique.
56.	There’s been a sighting of a known communist subversive in this area passing out literature.	sighting an occasion on which something is seen, especially something rare or something that people are hoping to see There were two unconfirmed sightings of UFOs in the area. Where was the latest sighting? subversive someone who secretly tries to damage or destroy the government or an established system: a known subversive
57.	There’s water, cots. It’s the safest place to be.	American English a camp bed
58.	He looks like an ex-military prick.	spoken not polite a very offensive word for a stupid unpleasant man
59.	Do you think the whole electrical system is fried?	tired out; exhausted
60.	We got most of them locked out now. But some are still loose.	free from being controlled or held in a cage, prison, or institution A 34-year old inmate broke loose from the sheriff's office yesterday. Don't let your dog loose on the beach.
61.	We’ve got to get him to the infirmary.	a room in a school or other institution where people can get medical treatment
62.	Everything you were up to. Your whole plan.	spoken doing something secret or something that you should not be doing: The children are very quiet. I wonder what they're up to. I always suspected that he was up to no good (=doing something bad).
63.	You’re a rat in a maze.
64.	We’ve got the intake form.	a document on admitting a new patient
65.	The tide is in.	the tide is in/out (=the sea is at a high or low level) Is the tide going out or coming in We went for a walk and got cut off by the tide.
66.	I started asking about shipping this large amount of sodium.	to send goods somewhere by ship, plane, truck etc A new engine was shipped over from the US.
67.	That makes the patient much more obedient. Tractable.	formal easy to control or deal with [≠ intractable]: The issues have proved to be less tractable than expected.
68.	It’s barbaric.	very cruel and violent [= barbarous]: The way the whales are killed is nothing short of barbaric.
69.	A man cannot be interrogated because he has no memories to confess.	to admit, especially to the police, that you have done something wrong or illegal [↪ confession]: Edwards confessed to being a spy for the KGB. Occasionally people confess to crimes they haven't committed just to get attention.
70.	POWs	a prisoner of war
71.	They turned soldiers into traitors.	someone who is not loyal to their country, friends, or beliefs: a politician who turned traitor (=became a traitor) to the government
72.	They do things sane men would never do.	vs. insane
73.	I was an esteemed psychiatrist.	formal respected and admired: the esteemed French critic Olivier Boissiere highly esteemed scholars
74.	- What goes on in the lighthouse? - Brain surgery.	medical treatment in which a surgeon cuts open your body to repair or remove something inside [↪ operation] She required surgery on her right knee. emergency surgery for chest injuries
75.	We wage wars, we burn sacrifices, we pillage and plunder.	wage to be involved in a war against someone, or a fight against something The police are waging war on drug pushers in the city. pillage if soldiers pillage a place in a war, they steal a lot of things and do a lot of damage [= plunder] plunder written to steal large amounts of money or property from somewhere, especially while fighting in a war: The rich provinces of Asia Minor were plundered by the invaders.
76.	Can my violence conquer yours?	to gain control over something that is difficult, using a lot of effort She was determined to conquer her fear of flying. efforts to conquer inflation drugs to conquer the disease
77.	I’m as violent as they come.	extremely violent, most violent of all
78.	This patient is delusional.	delusion psychiatry a belief held in the face of evidence to the contrary, that is resistant to all reason
79.	-What is this? - Withdrawal.	the period after someone has given up a drug that they were dependent on, and the unpleasant mental and physical effects that this causes
80.	Shown no remorse for his crime.	a strong feeling of being sorry that you have done something very bad[↪ regret]: She felt a pang of remorse for what she had done. Filled with remorse, Dillon decided to resign.

SOURCES:
http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary
http://en.wikipedia.org
http://www.thefreedictionary.com

II. DISCUSSION:

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