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Supergirl S4E9: English vocabulary

Season 4, Episode 9DramaSci-Fi & FantasyAction & Adventure

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  • pique

    Word

    a feeling of annoyance or hurt pride after being slighted

  • mettle

    Word

    the courage and strength to deal with difficult situations

  • cresting

    Word

    to rise and become visible over the horizon

  • headfirst

    Word

    with the head first and the body following

  • outwit

    Word

    to defeat or trick someone by being more clever than they are

  • wishful

    Word

    showing a strong wish or hope for something, often without much chance of it happening

  • centrifugal

    Word

    moving or tending to move away from a center

  • criminally

    Word

    in a way that is extremely bad or excessive

  • dampen

    Word

    to make slightly wet

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • deranged

    Word

    mentally ill or behaving in a wild, uncontrolled way

  • brainy

    Word

    smart and quick to learn or understand

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  • graver

    Word

    a small tool used for engraving or carving hard material

  • evener

    Word

    something that makes a surface, line, or shape even or level

  • clockwork

    Word

    the mechanism inside a clock

  • despicable

    Word

    very bad and deserving strong disapproval

  • rhetorical

    Word

    relating to rhetoric, or the skill of speaking or writing effectively

  • necking

    Word

    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • ledger

    Word

    a book or system for recording financial accounts

  • homesick

    Word

    sad because you are away from home and miss it

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • congratulation

    Word

    an expression of praise or good wishes for someone's success or good luck

  • safe harbor

    Phrase

    a legal rule or clause that protects someone from a penalty or liability

  • amplify

    Word

    to make a sound, signal, or effect stronger or louder

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  • apt

    Word

    suitable or appropriate for a particular situation

  • beat on

    Phrase

    to keep talking for a long time in a boring or annoying way

  • toasting

    Word

    the act of drinking a drink in honor of someone or something

  • paling

    Word

    a fence made of upright wooden stakes

  • solitude

    Word

    the state of being alone, often by choice

  • sacking

    Word

    the act of being dismissed from a job

  • casket

    Word

    a small decorative box for jewelry, letters, or other valuables

  • keep in

    Phrase

    to keep a student at school after class as a punishment

  • channeling

    Word

    the act of directing energy, money, or attention into something

  • preferably

    Word

    used to say what you would prefer

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • scramble

    Word

    to move or act quickly, but with difficulty or in a clumsy way

  • props

    Word

    objects used in a play, movie, or TV show

  • multitude

    Word

    a very large number of people or things

  • screwing

    Word

    the act of fastening something with a screw

  • higher power

    Phrase

    God or another spiritual force that people believe controls what happens

  • duty calls

    Phrase

    a polite way of saying that you have to leave because you must deal with something else

  • get life

    Phrase

    A rude way of telling someone to stop being silly or annoying

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • do the work

    Phrase

    to do the difficult or necessary work needed to make a change or solve a problem

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • superman

    Word

    a man with extraordinary strength, ability, or courage

  • no place

    Phrase

    used to say that something does not belong in a place or situation

  • rhetorical question

    Phrase

    a question asked to make a point, not to get an answer

  • peace out

    Phrase

    a casual, informal way of saying goodbye

  • hug it out

    Phrase

    to end an argument or bad mood by hugging and making up

  • twinned

    Word

    officially linked with another town, city, or organization

  • presently

    Word

    soon; after a short time

  • for nothing

    Phrase

    without paying anything

  • imminent

    Word

    likely to happen very soon

  • lie around

    Phrase

    to spend time doing nothing useful

  • puke

    Word

    to vomit

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • unleash

    Word

    to release something or someone from restraint

  • work in

    Phrase

    to find time or space for something in a busy schedule or limited place

  • fugitive

    Word

    a person who is running away or hiding, especially from the police or from danger

  • kind of like

    Phrase

    somewhat like; in a way similar to

  • penned

    Word

    wrote, especially in a formal or literary style

  • big guy

    Phrase

    a friendly way to address a man or boy

  • stay on

    Phrase

    continue to stay in a place, job, or situation

  • work around

    Phrase

    to find a way to deal with a problem or obstacle

  • android

    Word

    a robot that looks and acts like a human

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • hold up

    Phrase

    to support the weight of something so it does not fall

  • imitate

    Word

    to copy the way someone speaks, moves, or behaves

  • down time

    Phrase

    time when a machine, system, or person is not working or being used

  • gag

    Word

    a device or piece of cloth used to stop someone from speaking

  • rewrite

    Word

    to write something again in a different or improved way

  • sneaking

    Word

    done in a quiet, secret way

  • cosmic

    Word

    relating to the universe and outer space

  • crest

    Word

    the top part of a hill or wave

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • one way

    Phrase

    allowing travel in only one direction

  • subtitle

    Word

    the words shown at the bottom of a screen that translate or show what people are saying

  • sheer

    Word

    used for emphasis to mean complete or extreme

  • see ya

    Phrase

    a casual way to say goodbye

  • sync

    Word

    to make two devices or systems work together by sharing data

  • pod

    Word

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

  • thank god

    Phrase

    used to express relief that something bad did not happen

  • what's happening

    Phrase

    a casual way to greet someone and ask how they are

  • all good

    Phrase

    a casual way of saying that everything is fine or acceptable

  • can't wait

    Phrase

    to feel very excited and eager for something that will happen soon

  • do business

    Phrase

    to be involved in buying and selling goods or services

  • doom

    Word

    something terrible that is going to happen, or a feeling that something terrible is coming

  • optimistic

    Word

    feeling hopeful and expecting good things to happen

  • every time

    Phrase

    used to say that something happens on each occasion that something else happens

  • rhyme

    Word

    a word that has the same ending sound as another word

  • asylum

    Word

    protection given by a country to someone who has left their own country because they are in danger

  • oh oh

    Phrase

    an exclamation used when something goes wrong or seems about to go wrong

  • cue

    Word

    a signal that tells someone when to do something

  • midst

    Word

    the middle of a place, time, or situation

  • to go

    Phrase

    for food or drink that you buy and take away to eat or drink somewhere else

  • don't worry

    Phrase

    A friendly way to tell someone not to be anxious or upset

  • resemblance

    Word

    the fact that two things or people are similar

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