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The Wire Season 2 Episodes 9 English Vocabulary List

The Wire S2E9

Stray Rounds

This page offers a comprehensive vocabulary list for "The Wire Season 2 Episode 9," titled "Stray Rounds," where the tension escalates as various characters' lives become increasingly intertwined against the backdrop of Baltimore's port and drug scene. Featuring a total of 442 words, the vocabulary list is predominantly at the B2 CEFR level, making it an excellent resource for intermediate learners looking to enhance their English skills. Here, you can explore the vocabulary in-depth, engage with reading passages that provide context, and practice your speaking skills using AI tools. Whether you're preparing for conversations or simply expanding your lexicon, this page is designed to support your English learning journey effectively.

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442 words
A1
1
A2
10
B1
44
B2
268
C1
99
C2
20
A little luck B1 +
a long time ago A2 +
a man can grow B2 +
accents B1 +
across the pond B2 +
advance B2 +
affiant C2 +
affidavit C1 +
agency-wide C1 +
aim for the chest B2 +
ain't listen B1 +
ain't right B2 +
all the way up to B2 +
allocated B2 +
among friends B2 +
angle B2 +
Any line on weight? C1 +
Any time you guys want B1 +
anyhow B2 +
as far as business go B2 +
as we speak B2 +
ASAC C1 +
asking about B1 +
ass-kiss C2 +
asshole C1 +
Attaboy B2 +
back to business B1 +
bang some heads B2 +
base price B2 +
been a while B1 +
been there B2 +
best bet B2 +
Big night B1 +
bloke B2 +
boilerplate C1 +
bolt cutter B2 +
bolt cutters B2 +
book bag B1 +
brave new world C1 +
bring in B1 +
bring into court B2 +
bring the dredging home C2 +
brought to the point of C1 +
busting heads C1 +
Calm the fuck down B2 +
came from his own people C1 +
can B2 +
canvass hard B2 +
caper C1 +
capital budget C1 +
car trunks B2 +
change the facts from the ground C1 +
change the name of our product B2 +
changed hands B2 +
changing that up B2 +
changing up B2 +
charge B2 +
charges on B2 +
cheated B1 +
cheats B1 +
check digit C1 +
checking up on B2 +
chisel C1 +
chrome C1 +
clean B2 +
clean cans B2 +
clear Customs B2 +
clear those cases B2 +
clears the docks B2 +
closed out B2 +
closer B2 +
coming and going B2 +
coming to you off the port B2 +
coming up B2 +
coming up the alley B2 +
complication B2 +
connect B2 +
connecting the dots B2 +
consider what that shit does to the community B2 +
consistencies B2 +
contact B2 +
copy that B2 +
corners C1 +
couldn't hold liquor for shit C2 +
counterterrorism C1 +
crawling all the way up your ass C1 +
crikey B2 +
criminal investigators B2 +
crumbs B2 +
cut another guy in B2 +
cut loose C1 +
cut to the chase B2 +
dead end B2 +
deal with B1 +
dealing with B2 +
Decisions, decisions B2 +
detail B2 +
DEU C1 +
didn't do a damn thing B2 +
didn't know what to do with B2 +
die happy B2 +
disappear B2 +
disappear these containers C1 +
disrupted B2 +
do a favor A2 +
don't give two fucks C1 +
don't work no more B2 +
double shift B2 +
drama done with C1 +
drank himself to death C1 +
drawn any flies C1 +
dream of cheating B2 +
drive all that chrome over to the harbor C1 +
drive the guns to the water C1 +
dropped that body C1 +
drug money B2 +
ducking and hiding B2 +
dumb white boy B2 +
dumped B2 +
eight-balls C1 +
eyeball witness C1 +
fair enough B1 +
fair is fair B1 +
famous behind C2 +
fierce B2 +
fired a bullet B2 +
first time A2 +
fiscal period C1 +
Flex Squad C1 +
flush down the toilet B2 +
forms B1 +
fought for B2 +
freezing me out C1 +
fresh johns C1 +
Fuck it C1 +
fucked ourselves over C1 +
fucked up C1 +
fucking the dog C2 +
fucking with me C2 +
fucknuts C2 +
get back to B2 +
get back up B2 +
get down on that floor B1 +
get in quick B1 +
get laid C1 +
get out from under C1 +
get the fuck out of here B2 +
get the special B2 +
get upstairs A2 +
get your bags A2 +
gets its undies in a bunch C1 +
getting a sense B2 +
give a damn B2 +
give and take B2 +
give my right leg for C1 +
give them up B2 +
go off B1 +
go to shit C1 +
go to the gun C2 +
God forbid B2 +
goes all the way back B2 +
goes past B2 +
going to a cellphone B2 +
gonna listen to A2 +
got more bodies on him C2 +
Got something out of B2 +
got that friend over B2 +
got you on C1 +
gotta deal with B2 +
had it going on B2 +
Hang on B1 +
hanky-panky C1 +
have a line into C1 +
have hands all over you C1 +
have it over us C2 +
headless or faceless C1 +
heart is heavy B2 +
hi-test C1 +
hit a brothel B2 +
hit that nigger cold C2 +
hit the pavement B2 +
hold down B2 +
hold up B2 +
holding B2 +
holding on to B2 +
hooked me up B2 +
horseshit C1 +
How about B1 +
how much you looking for B2 +
hung this on a duck C2 +
hurled with great abandon C2 +
importing B2 +
in excess of B2 +
in high places B2 +
in the house B2 +
inside job B2 +
intel B2 +
international entrepreneur B2 +
interrogation rooms B2 +
involved in B2 +
Is it soup yet C1 +
jack up B2 +
job one C1 +
king of everything B2 +
know the deal B2 +
know the drill B2 +
laid them out B2 +
law enforcement computer B2 +
laying off B2 +
leaving me very little to work with C1 +
let go of your name C1 +
Let's go A1 +
lieutenant's approval B2 +
live by it B2 +
living the life B2 +
lock that door A2 +
lock your ass up B2 +
long distance call B1 +
long story B2 +
longshoreman C1 +
looking into B1 +
looking out for B2 +
lose us the wire C1 +
love seat B2 +
loyalty B2 +
made a point of B2 +
made himself some money B2 +
main stem C1 +
make a track B2 +
makes sense B1 +
making a call A2 +
man the other B2 +
mark us as weak C1 +
mid-shelf B2 +
Middle Atlantic region B2 +
mind the crossfire C1 +
missing both hands B2 +
mope C1 +
move around B2 +
moving pretty good B2 +
no complaint B1 +
no more worries B2 +
not fucking likely B2 +
Nothing much above five. B2 +
off the docks C1 +
off the warehouse phone B2 +
offload B2 +
Oh, shit. B2 +
on every corner B2 +
on retainer C1 +
on the move B2 +
one-legged B2 +
onto B2 +
onto them B2 +
other half B2 +
Ounces? B2 +
out of line B2 +
out of respect B2 +
out of town B1 +
out-of-town B2 +
outnumbered B2 +
overpass B2 +
owe me B2 +
paint pigments B2 +
patience B2 +
payment on delivery B2 +
PC B2 +
perjure myself C2 +
phone security people B2 +
picks back up B2 +
pimping ourselves C1 +
piss them off B2 +
pissing him off B2 +
play B2 +
played it like that C1 +
playing it slick C1 +
posted bail B2 +
pretty damn quiet B2 +
prime real estate B2 +
prints B2 +
processed B2 +
profile B2 +
progressing B2 +
pull them up B2 +
pulled his chain B2 +
put in his ear C2 +
put to shame C1 +
putting numbers on C1 +
rail shit C1 +
rat fuckers C2 +
reached out B2 +
real targets B2 +
recognize B1 +
respected B2 +
ride the boat C1 +
right off the boat C1 +
ringing out in my mind C1 +
roll C1 +
rolling out B2 +
rolling up B2 +
Run his ass C1 +
run like hell B2 +
run them out the bobtail lane C2 +
running only clean containers C1 +
sad state of affairs C1 +
saw a can disappear B2 +
Say what? B2 +
saying no to drugs B2 +
scuffling B2 +
See if it arrives. B1 +
see it coming B2 +
See what happens then. B1 +
seeing-eye stray B2 +
seen it coming B2 +
seizure B2 +
selling that real B2 +
send up against C1 +
send up word B2 +
set the surveillance B2 +
set to pass B2 +
set up B1 +
settle for half B2 +
ship them in B2 +
short on paperwork B2 +
shot and a beer B2 +
show some flex C1 +
showing clean B2 +
shut everything down B2 +
shut the fuck up B2 +
shutting that warehouse down B2 +
shuttle comes for me B1 +
slide over B2 +
slide up C1 +
small-time B2 +
smuggling B2 +
smuggling operation B2 +
sold dope B2 +
sold heroin like it was water C1 +
soldier B2 +
Son of a bitch B2 +
Sounded that way B1 +
spent all last year with B1 +
spooked B2 +
spot on B2 +
Spot on it B2 +
Spot something B2 +
standing B1 +
starting no shit B2 +
starting to look good to me B2 +
steady customers B2 +
stevedore C1 +
stick-up boys C1 +
stole my ancestors' land B2 +
stolen goods B2 +
stomp on B2 +
storm drains B2 +
straight with it B2 +
street rep C1 +
street talk B2 +
struck me as B2 +
swear B1 +
swear to God B2 +
Tactical B2 +
take a re-up C1 +
take hold of B2 +
take out B2 +
take scalps C1 +
take that responsibility B2 +
take the door B2 +
take you up on your offer B2 +
talk about this first B1 +
talk to him A2 +
talked about sex B1 +
tap that cellphone B2 +
tapped C1 +
taps B2 +
taps are up C2 +
tell it to B2 +
testing us B1 +
That ain't necessary B1 +
That ain't the plan B1 +
that is what it is B2 +
the corner you hold B2 +
the farther out of town B2 +
the rep you carry B2 +
thinking this whole shit through C1 +
this deep in dirt C1 +
throw the guns B2 +
tickle the wire C1 +
ties in B2 +
ties to B2 +
time-out B2 +
tipped our hand C1 +
to err is human C1 +
took out B2 +
top-end players B2 +
topped it off B2 +
transshipment point C1 +
traveling salesman B2 +
truckload B2 +
Trust me A2 +
try something else with it B1 +
turned up dead B2 +
turning away calls B2 +
twenty on the dollar C1 +
unable to resist B2 +
undercover B2 +
Verizon running any new lines B2 +
violated regs B2 +
votes are in B2 +
wait on it B2 +
waiting on B2 +
waiting on a package B2 +
waiting us out B2 +
walk that shit straight in B2 +
want in B2 +
waste film B2 +
weak product B2 +
what do I gotta do B1 +
What the fuck is wrong with you? C1 +
What the hell B2 +
What's the chance of that? B2 +
What's up with B2 +
what's up? B1 +
when push come to shove B2 +
when the shit fall bad C1 +
when the shit fly C2 +
whole numbers B2 +
wholesale B2 +
wholesalers B2 +
wiped them shits down B2 +
wire you up B2 +
wires B2 +
without honor B2 +
WMD C1 +
wolves is at that door C1 +
work on it B1 +
wouldn't last him past lunch C1 +
write around C1 +
You sucked B2 +
you want in B2 +
your back up against the wall C1 +

In "Stray Rounds," the ninth episode of Season 2 of "The Wire," the tension escalates as the lives of various characters become increasingly intertwined amidst the backdrop of Baltimore's port and drug trade. The episode focuses on the aftermath of a tragic incident involving a shooting that leaves the community reeling. The police investigation continues, highlighting the challenges faced by law enforcement in a city plagued by crime and corruption. Meanwhile, the longshoremen at the docks confront their own struggles, grappling with the realities of their jobs and the looming threat of outside forces that threaten their livelihood. As the narrative unfolds, the characters find themselves caught in a web of personal and professional conflicts that reflect the broader societal issues at play in Baltimore.

The episode develops through a series of pivotal moments that reveal the characters’ vulnerabilities and the harsh truths of their environments. The police, led by an increasingly frustrated team, face obstacles as they try to piece together clues related to the shooting. This investigation not only tests their resolve but also exposes the deep-rooted issues within the community they serve. Meanwhile, the longshoremen, particularly Frank and his associates, are forced to confront their moral dilemmas as they navigate the treacherous waters of union politics and crime. The mounting pressure leads to confrontations that highlight the fragility of their situation, with key decisions made that will have lasting consequences. As tensions rise and relationships strain, "Stray Rounds" serves as a powerful commentary on the complexities of human behavior in a city grappling with its own demons.

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