Catch Me If You Can

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  1. fledgling
    a participant with no experience with an activity
  2. airborne
    moved or conveyed by or through air
  3. custody
    guardianship over
    You are legally responsible for another person.
  4. con
    (offensive) a swindle that cheats someone out of money
  5. cop
    uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
  6. scam
    a fraudulent business scheme
  7. swindle
    the act of cheating by some fraudulent scheme
  8. shake off
    get rid of
  9. teeming
    abundantly filled with especially living things
    The place was teeming with human traffic.
  10. payroll
    the department that determines wages for employees
    You can come on the payroll at twenty as a flight engineer.
  11. deadhead
    a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way
    a person who does nothing
  12. slip
    a small sheet of paper
    I fill out a Delta pink slip, stating my destination(...).
  13. thumb
    look through a book or other written material
    I started frequenting bookstores again, thumbing through the various flying publication.
  14. spurious
    plausible but false
    I gave him my spurious age(...).
  15. crooked
    irregular in shape or outline
    Fly a crooked sky.
  16. phoney
    fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
    I shoved my phoney ID card(...).
  17. phoney
    a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
  18. ersatz
    an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
    (...) and my ersatz pilot's licence(...).
  19. deadhead
    a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way
  20. pettifoggery
    a quarrel about petty points
    I was now polished in my pettiforggery as a pilot without portfolio.
    Petty: without importance.
  21. cease
    put an end to a state or an activity
    I never ceased to be fascinated by air traffic, noght or day.
  22. oddly
    in a strange manner
  23. query
    an instance of questioning
    The queries were casual and general, but of the kind designed to establish if I was a bona-fide airline pilot. (bona-fide: not counterfeit or copied).
  24. quandary
    a situation from which extrication is difficult
    'Frankly, Mr Williams,we are in a bit of quandary.(...)'.
  25. credentials
    a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
    'May I see your credentials, please' I handed over the ID card and FAA licence.
  26. goof
    commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
    (...) and hoped his boss didn't find out how the kid had goofed.
  27. encounter
    a casual meeting with a person or thing
    (...) one Saturady afternoon I encountered a squall that quickly built into a tragicomic hurricane.
  28. internship
    the position of working for an expert to learn a profession
  29. paperhanger
    someone who passes bad checks or counterfeit paper money
    To hell with Ganger. I wouldn't let him force me back to the paperhanger's circuit. (ref. to his past)
  30. wary
    marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
    Wary that the subject ofpaediatrics would recure sooner or later, however, I started spending a lot of time (...) reading books (...) that dealt with the subject.
  31. spurious
    plausible but false
    (...) I began to enjoy my spurious role as a medico. (medico: student in a medical school)
  32. fraud
    a person who makes deceitful pretenses
    I sometimes wondered what she'd think if she knew her lover was an eighteen-year-old fraud.
  33. caduceus
    an insignia used by the medical profession
  34. diagnosis
    identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon
    - diagnostic : diagnostique (adj)
    - diagnosis : diagnostic (nm)
    - diagnose : diagnostiquer, établir ou poser un diagnostic
  35. contingency
    the state of being dependent on something
    I hope there wouldn't be any emergences, but I had a plan for such a contigency.
  36. pass judgment
    form a critical opinion of
    They seemed to me (...) to be as competent and capable as some of the staff doctors, but I was not really in a position to pass judgement.
  37. akin
    similar in quality or character
    It would have been akin to an illiterate certifying Einstein's theory of relativity.
  38. harmful
    causing or capable of causing damage
    I knew my delay might be harmful to whomever needed a doctor, but it would be just as harmful if I rushed to the emergency ward.
    harm: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
    ward: block forming a division of a hospital shared by patients.
  39. wane
    decrease in phase
    Some of the confidence became to wane(...)
    conficence: freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities.
  40. mien
    a person's appearance, manner, or demeanor
    (...) but there were ticklish positions where only my antic's mien saved me.
    dignified: having or showing self-esteem.
    ticklish: difficult to handle; requiring great tact.
  41. shift
    the time period during which you are at work
    I was chating with two nurses on my shift at the time the request was made.
  42. impersonation
    pretending to be someone else
    (...) I suddenly knew some child could die as a result of my impersonation.
  43. heyday
    the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
    In my heyday as a hawker of hot paper (...).
  44. hawker
    someone who travels about selling his wares
    In my heyday as a hawher of hot paper (...).
  45. paperhanger
    someone who passes bad checks or counterfeit paper money
    (...) and the paperhanger has long since hooked them(...)
  46. ordeal
    a primitive method of determining guilt or innocence
    What started as a pleasant visit turned into an ordeal for me.
  47. xerox
    a copy made by a xerographic printer
    A xerox of the cheque.
  48. betray
    give away information about somebody
    Rosalie wouldn't betray me, I told myself!
  49. fink
    someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
    My lovely Rosalie had finked on me.
  50. teller
    an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
    I had observed a lovely teller when I entered the bank.
  51. felony
    a serious crime, such as murder or arson
  52. spurious
    plausible but false
    He was the printer of any spurious document I needed or I desired.
  53. loot
    goods or money obtained illegally
    I rented a safe-deposit box(...) in which to store my loot.
  54. garner
    assemble or get together
    I garnered over $5.000 in my felonious foray(...).
  55. foray
    steal goods; take as spoils
    I garnered over $5.000 in my felonious foray(...).
  56. vagrant
    a wanderer with no established residence or means of support
    I'm not a vagrant. I've got nearly $200 on me.
  57. diddle
    manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
    I never diddled a square guy as an individual.
  58. endorse
    sign as evidence of legal transfer
    Just endorse it over me. I'll give you back the $400.
  59. assignment
    a duty that you are designated to perform
    I've got eight stewardesses camping on a special assignment.
  60. dissension
    a conflict of people's opinions, actions, or characters
    You're on a very desirable tour, duty that could cause some dissenssion.
  61. sting
    cause an emotional pain
    The narrator scouted the followings days to this bank. He wanted to sting Jasper.
  62. counsel
    a lawyer who pleads cases in court
    He had the right to have an attorney but had a counsel because he could not afford an attourney.
  63. trial
    a legal process to determine someone's guilt or innocence
    I was brought to trial in Malmo before they would determine both by guilt and my punishment.
  64. guilt
    the state of having committed an offense
    I was brought to trial in Malmo before they would determine both by guilt and my punishment.
  65. prosecutor
    an official conducting criminal cases on behalf of the state
    Various US attorneys and state prosecutors vied for jurisdiction,(...).
  66. jurisdiction
    the right and power to interpret and apply the law
    Various US attorneys and state prosecutors vied for jurisdiction,(...).
  67. predicament
    an unpleasant or difficult situation
    Abagnale was not unaware of his predicament and the knowledge caused him undue mental anguished.
  68. anguished
    experiencing intense pain especially mental pain
    Abagnale was not unaware of his predicament and the knowledge caused him undue mental anguished.
  69. revoke
    cancel officially
    The judge asked to revoke my US passport so I could be sent back to NY.
Created on Thu Dec 26 07:01:20 EST 2013 (updated Fri Feb 07 11:43:11 EST 2014)

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