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Smallville S3E4: English vocabulary

Season 3, Episode 4Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDrama

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  • bloodhound

    Word

    a large dog with a very strong sense of smell, used for tracking people or animals

  • receptivity

    Word

    the quality of being open to new ideas, suggestions, or influences

  • neighborly

    Word

    friendly and helpful in a way that makes people feel welcome

  • kismet

    Word

    fate or destiny, especially when something feels meant to happen

  • lunged

    Word

    to make a sudden forward movement, usually to attack or grab something

  • levity

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    a lack of seriousness, often in a situation that needs care or respect

  • flunk

    Word

    to fail an exam, test, or course

  • welcomer

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    a person whose job or role is to welcome and help guests or newcomers

  • altruism

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    the practice of caring about other people and helping them without expecting anything in return

  • weirdness

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    the quality of being strange or unusual

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • psychotherapy

    Word

    treatment that helps someone with mental or emotional problems by talking with a trained therapist

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  • hazy

    Word

    not clear or sharp; covered with mist or haze

  • trespass

    Word

    to enter land or property without permission

  • braving

    Word

    while facing something difficult or dangerous bravely

  • evener

    Word

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

  • lilac

    Word

    a bush with sweet-smelling purple, pink, or white flowers

  • slumber

    Word

    a light, peaceful sleep

  • springing

    Word

    moving with quick, light jumps

  • the good doctor

    Phrase

    a respectful way to refer to a doctor

  • precedence

    Word

    the right of one thing to be considered before another because it is more important or comes first

  • potting

    Word

    the act of putting a plant into a pot or container

  • freaking

    Word

    used to add emphasis, especially in informal speech

  • rightful

    Word

    deserved or legally owned; having a valid claim to something

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  • reestablish

    Word

    to establish something again after it has stopped or been lost

  • metropolis

    Word

    a very large city, especially one that is important for business and culture

  • wheeling

    Word

    the act of moving something on wheels

  • manifestation

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    a clear sign or example of something

  • fives

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    a game in which a player or side must reach five points before the other side does

  • complicate

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    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • frontal

    Word

    relating to the front part of something

  • meteor

    Word

    a bright streak of light in the sky caused by a small rock burning up in the atmosphere

  • public record

    Phrase

    official information or documents that anyone can access

  • profiling

    Word

    the practice of analyzing people or data to predict behavior or group people by characteristics

  • sniff out

    Phrase

    to find or discover something hidden, especially by searching carefully

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • props

    Word

    objects used in a play, movie, or TV show

  • lagoon

    Word

    a shallow area of calm water separated from the sea by sand or coral

  • join the club

    Phrase

    an informal way to say that you have the same bad experience as someone else

  • lobe

    Word

    the rounded part of something, especially one of the sections of a brain or the lower part of the ear

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • green stuff

    Phrase

    money

  • insanity

    Word

    a state of severe mental illness

  • in your dreams

    Phrase

    used to say that something is impossible or very unlikely

  • applaud

    Word

    to show approval by clapping

  • sniff

    Word

    to breathe in through your nose noisily, especially to smell something

  • frown

    Word

    a facial expression in which you pull your eyebrows together, often because you are annoyed, worried, or thinking hard

  • strong suit

    Phrase

    a skill or area that someone is especially good at

  • county line

    Phrase

    the boundary between two counties

  • ceremonial

    Word

    used in a ceremony or connected with one

  • can't help

    Phrase

    to be unable to stop yourself from doing something

  • caffeine

    Word

    a substance in coffee, tea, and some other plants that makes you feel more awake

  • reach out

    Phrase

    to contact someone, especially to offer help or start a conversation

  • riches

    Word

    a large amount of money, property, or valuable things

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • at the wheel

    Phrase

    in control of a vehicle while driving it

  • childish

    Word

    silly or immature in a way that is typical of a child

  • make up

    Phrase

    to invent something, especially a story, excuse, or plan

  • deceive

    Word

    to trick someone by making them believe something false

  • eccentric

    Word

    slightly strange or unusual in a way that is interesting or amusing

  • pull into

    Phrase

    to drive a vehicle into a place and stop there

  • get over

    Phrase

    to recover from an illness, shock, or painful experience

  • bridging

    Word

    the act of building a bridge

  • real world

    Phrase

    the ordinary world of everyday life, especially as different from school, theory, or imagination

  • work through

    Phrase

    to deal with a problem or difficult feeling gradually, step by step

  • windmill

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    a tall structure with blades that turns in the wind to grind grain or pump water

  • coincide

    Word

    to happen at the same time as something else, or match exactly

  • to be honest

    Phrase

    used to introduce a frank opinion or statement

  • irony

    Word

    a situation in which the result is the opposite of what you would expect

  • insufficient

    Word

    not enough for a particular need or purpose

  • forge

    Word

    make something false or copied in order to trick people

  • doubtful

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    not sure that something is true, likely, or good

  • dedicate

    Word

    to give your time, energy, or effort to a task or purpose

  • samurai

    Word

    a Japanese warrior from the past

  • figure out

    Phrase

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

  • wiring

    Word

    the wires in a building, vehicle, or machine, or the system they form

  • peek

    Word

    to look quickly, especially secretly or from a hidden place

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • crater

    Word

    a large round hole in the ground made by an explosion or impact

  • faulting

    Word

    the act of blaming or criticizing someone

  • subtitle

    Word

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

  • clearance

    Word

    the removal of things that are blocking a space or getting in the way

  • forgiving

    Word

    willing to forgive mistakes and not easily upset by them

  • as you know

    Phrase

    used to remind someone of something they already know

  • thank god

    Phrase

    used to express relief that something bad did not happen

  • laying

    Word

    present participle of lay: to put something down in a flat position

  • lucky you

    Phrase

    an informal way of saying that someone is lucky or has good fortune

  • moving truck

    Phrase

    a truck used to move furniture and other belongings when someone changes home

  • too late

    Phrase

    so late that something can no longer be done or changed

  • every time

    Phrase

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

  • what's going on

    Phrase

    an informal way to greet someone or start a casual conversation

  • to go

    Phrase

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

  • next door

    Phrase

    in the house or place next to yours

  • refreshing

    Word

    making you feel more energetic, relaxed, or awake

  • angled

    Word

    slanted or not level

  • beacon

    Word

    a light or signal placed in a high or visible place to guide or warn people

  • hey hey

    Phrase

    an informal, friendly greeting

  • bonded

    Word

    joined firmly to something else by glue, heat, or pressure

  • justify

    Word

    to show that something is right, necessary, or reasonable

  • stop by

    Phrase

    to visit someone or a place briefly and informally

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