Supergirl S2E15: English vocabulary

a rude, offensive way of telling someone to go away

a fast warship used by a navy

connected with adoption; having been adopted

at the moment something or someone is seen; immediately when seen

to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

covered with breadcrumbs or a similar coating before cooking

showing care and thought for other people's feelings and needs

to stop someone from doing or achieving something

without revealing your identity

to force someone to leave a country, usually because they have broken the law or do not have legal permission to stay

to arrest someone, especially a suspect

in a way that uses physical force or pressure

to send something to a different place, person, or direction

food; a meal or something to eat

the life or world believed to exist after death

a rude, exaggerated way of saying you are very annoyed or frustrated

a sarcastic way of saying someone does not have to wait

the use of psychological techniques to influence or control someone’s thoughts or behavior

a person fighting for the enemy in a war

to not do what a person, rule, or order says

the act of demanding money or something else by threatening to reveal damaging information

to prepare land for growing crops or plants

to end up in a situation by accident or because of circumstances

a large movement of people leaving a place

the path that something moving through the air or space follows

the act of beating someone with a whip as punishment

to shoot and kill someone with a gun

connected with spiritual experiences or mysterious religious feelings

the act of taking someone away by force and keeping them somewhere against their will

not agreeing with something else; contradictory

to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

the act of giving weapons to people or preparing them for fighting

a hill of sand formed by the wind, especially near the sea or in a desert

to make a machine, system, or device stop working properly or at all

a group of wild boars

a man with extraordinary strength, ability, or courage

a short track connected to a main railway line, used for parking or loading trains

to come together again after being apart

used in questions to express surprise, emphasis, or strong curiosity

used to say you have won or beaten someone

to dislike someone or something very much and be unable to tolerate them

actively dealing with something or working on it

the speed of light

a country’s main political leader, especially one who represents it internationally

a shaped part in a machine that makes another part move in a controlled way

able to be trusted or believed

to use your authority to cancel or ignore a decision

to stop something from happening or continuing

used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

at the beginning; originally

to release something or someone from restraint

the number 1,000,000,000,000

an official record or list of names, events, or items

the part of a car that starts the engine

to put people or things into groups based on shared qualities

wrote, especially in a formal or literary style

a type of beer, usually dark and with a strong flavor

a title used when speaking to or about a member of a royal family

to talk quickly and continuously, often about unimportant things

used to talk about an earlier time in the past

to arrange or set up something, especially equipment, for a particular purpose

not tight or firm; loose

a loose coil of yarn, rope, or hair

to find an answer to something or understand it after thinking about it

used to tell someone to catch something you are throwing

preserved or sold in bottles

the act of blaming or criticizing someone

a small enclosed unit that can be attached to a vehicle, aircraft, or spacecraft for a special purpose

a small piece of bread, cake, or other baked food

to kill a large number of people or animals in a violent way

used to express relief that something bad did not happen

a small explosive weapon that is thrown by hand or fired from a launcher

the process of making holes with a drill

so late that something can no longer be done or changed

supposed to; expected or required to do something

a casual way of saying that something is certain or agreed to