Alf Vocabulary s4 e3

Alf s1 e3 called Wanted: Dead or Alive. In this episode Willie is a dangerous criminal. Alf tries to hide him, but sensitive neighbours hand over Willie to the FBI.
Phrases
- ...to hunt down dangerous felons for a buck?
- hunt down - if you hunt down a criminal or an enemy, you find them after searching for them
- Our suspect is wanted for polygamy and fraud.
- polygamy - the practice or custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time
- ... and bilking them out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
- bilking - obtain or withhold money from (someone) unfairly or by deceit; cheat or defraud
- ... have described our suspect as anything from boring to nondescript.
- nondescript - lacking distinctive or interesting features or characteristics
- - Well, add up the clues.
- add up - if facts or events do not add up, they make you confused about a situation because they do not seem to be consistent; if something that someone has said or done adds up, it is reasonable and sensible
- ...a classic forehead and bedroom eyes.
- bedroom eyes - refer to a heavy-lidded or half-shut eye, reminiscent of a hazy, dreamy look shared during intimate moments. It's also sometimes used to describe when a person looks at another with sexual longing or a method of putting on eye makeup that makes a woman look seductive
- - You're such a lug.
- lug - a loutish man
- My Willie, a stud.
- stud - a young man thought to be very active sexually or regarded as a good sexual partner
- But since you brought it up, how is your father?
- bring it up - to start to talk about a particular subject
- ALF, have you been hitting the catnip again?
- catnip - a plant of the mint family, with downy leaves, purple-spotted white flowers, and a pungent smell attractive to cats
- Just wanna know, how long have you known your cad?
- cad - a man who behaves dishonourably, especially towards a woman
- Nice jawing with you.
- jaw - talk at length; chatter
- ...leaving me with Kate, a woman scorned.
- scorned - feeling and expression of contempt or disdain for someone or something
- ...your already ruggedly handsome face.
- ruggedly - (of a face) wrinkled or furrowed, as by experience or the endurance of hardship. roughly irregular, heavy, or hard in outline or form; craggy
- Well, you wanna look dapper for that cruise, don't you?
- dapper - (of a man) neat and trim in dress and appearance
- Don't give in to your urges.
- urge - a strong desire or impulse
- hope you're ready to cough up ten grand.
- cough up - if you cough up an amount of money, you pay or spend that amount, usually when you would prefer not to
- grand - a thousand dollars
- Uh, we'd like you to come downtown and answer charges of embezzlement...
- embezzlement - theft or misappropriation of funds placed in one's trust or belonging to one's employer
- A greedy viewer turned you in.
- turn in - if you turn someone in, you take them to the police or tell the police where they are because they are suspected of committing a crime. If you turn yourself in, you go to the police because you have been involved in a crime
- Did I mention I'm a bleeder?
- bleeder - a person regarded with contempt or pity
- I can still dredge up a fantasy life.
- dredge up - if someone dredges up a damaging or upsetting fact about your past, they remind you of it or tell other people about it
- - ALF, I hate to interrupt a good gloat...
- gloat - dwell on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure
- ...you might take it on the lam.
- lam - escape; flee
- That Mouammar, what a prankster.
- prankster - is someone who plays tricks and practical jokes on people
- still find you totally irresistible.
- irresistible - too attractive and tempting to be resisted