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From the episode 'Pilot'

BARBARA: Are you asking me on a date?
WADE: If I say yes, um, would that get you to come?
BARBARA: It might.
WADE: Well, then, yes. Coffee, dinner, you name it!
BARBARA: Wow, that, um, sounds great! Sorry. Wade, I have to go. I'm sorry, um, it's kind of an emergency.
WADE: Is everything okay?
BARBARA: Yeah, yeah. Nothing serious, it's just something I need to take care of right now, so...
WADE: Okay. Great, so... you'll let me know?
BARBARA: Absolutely.

to ask somebody on a date	invitar a alguien a salir (en una cita)
um	Interjección que equivale a 'hmmm, este...'
to get somebody to do something	hacer que alguien haga algo
it might	puede ser, quizás
you name it	lo que tú digas
wow	Interjección que equivale a '¡guau!, ¡vaya!'
that sounds great	Expresión que equivale a '¡Estupendo! ¡Me parece fantástico!'
kind of	especie de, tipo de
yeah	Forma coloquial de yes (sí)
to take care of something	hacerse cargo de algo, ocuparse de algo
right now	ahora mismo
to let somebody know	hacerle saber a alguien

 

DR. QUINZEL: You've been coming here three months, Helena. You've barely said a word. Talk therapy works better when you actually speak.
HELENA: The court sent me here for anger management, right? Observe the managing. I'm cured. You're, you're a genius!
DR. QUINZEL: You sideswiped two cars, flattened a stop sign and crashed a fire hydrant...
HELENA: I was in a hurry.
DR. QUINZEL: ...and knocked out a security guard.
HELENA: I shoved him. To get him out of the way. Barely even touched the guy.
DR. QUINZEL: And why exactly were you in such a hurry?
HELENA: I don't know, I had things to do.
DR. QUINZEL: I understand that whatever it was seemed urgent to you...
HELENA: No, you don't understand. You don't know me. You don't know anything about me. Let's just run the clock out here. It's all good.

barely	apenas
to say a word	decir una palabra
talk therapy
to work	En este caso, significa funcionar.
better	mejor. Es la forma comparativa del adjetivo 'good'. Para aprender a hacer comparaciones, ver Comparatives and superlatives.
actually	realmente. No debe confundirse con 'actualmente', que se dice nowadays, at present.
to speak	hablar. Para aprender diferentes formas de hablar, ver Ways of speaking.
the court	la Corte
anger management	manejo de la ira
to sideswipe	golpear de refilón
to flatten something	aplastar, tirar abajo algo
stop sign	senal de detenerse/pare
to crash something	estrellarse o chocar contra algo
fire hydrant	boca de incendio
to be in a hurry	tener prisa, estar apurado
to knock out somebody	noquear, dejar atónito, dejar K.O. a alguien
security guard	guardia de seguridad
to shove somebody	empujar a alguien
to get somebody out of the way	quitar a alguien de en medio o del camino
such	semejante
whatever	lo que sea
to run the clock out	hacer tiempo

BARBARA: There are people in the world, Dinah, a lot of people with abilities beyond what we think of as human. Um, no two metahumans have the same gifts. Don't ask me where their powers come from. No one knows. Natural mutations, biological experiments.
HELENA: There's been some really weird stuff from meteor showers.
BARBARA: The point is, you're one of a long line of people who've had to hide who they are.
DINAH: So I'm like you?
BARBARA: Uh, like Helena, technically. I'm not metahuman.
DINAH: But you're both heroes and save people.

ability	capacidad, aptitud, talento
beyond	más allá de
gift	don
power	poder
to come from	provenir, venir de
no one	nadie
weird	raro, extraño
stuff	cosas
shower	chubasco, chaparrón, lluvia. En este caso, meteor shower significa 'lluvia de meteoritos'.
to hide	esconder
both	ambos
to save somebody	salvar a alguien

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