Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
  • close up: A photograph or film shot taken of a subject at close range.
  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • end in: To have something as the final result.
  • wake up: To stop sleeping
  • out there: In or to a place that is far away
  • instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
  • sick to death: Extremely annoyed or bored with someone or something.
  • to death: Extremely; to a great degree
  • in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
  • eye: The part of the body that you see with
  • doctor: Person paid to help people become or stay healthy
  • wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
  • bad: Not good; wrong
  • people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • colored: To change or affect someone's opinion
  • language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
  • clock: A device that shows the time
  • open: To make accessible or able to be used, e.g. road
  • old: Having existed for a long time, not young or new
  • read: Person's name
  • problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
  • teach: To help someone learn or do something
  • speak: To be able to use a certain language
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • verb: Word that expresses an action or state
  • contact: Touching or feeling something
  • cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
  • careful: Trying not to make mistakes; working slowly
  • sick: Having a physical or mental illness
  • anymore: No longer; no more
  • crazy: Mentally ill; mad
  • call: A order or request for action
  • form: Sports team or person's current winning record
  • adjective: A word that describes a noun, e.g. happy
  • Double: Person that is exactly like someone else
  • alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
  • noun: The subject or object of a sentence
  • purple: Being a color that is a mixture of red and blue
  • lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
  • proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
  • skin: To defeat someone easily and completely
  • depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
  • pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
  • confuse: To make something unclear or hard to understand
  • switch: A change or shift from one method to another
  • properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
  • shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
  • lady: Another way of saying 'woman'
  • regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
  • death: When someone dies; the end of life
  • laser: Strong narrow beam of high-powered light
  • eyesight: Normal use of the faculty of vision
  • surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
  • unnatural: Not being what you would expect; not normal
  • gentleman: Man who has good manners and is considerate
  • beam: To send out information, signals, or light
  • layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
  • rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
  • victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
  • guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
  • concern: To be about a particular topic
  • constantly: Frequently, or without pause
  • vision: Ability to see; eyesight
  • focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
  • commonly: Typically, normally; not unusually
  • myopia: Inability to clearly see objects that are far away
  • optometrist: Person skilled in testing for defects of vision
  • eyeball: The round part of the eye
  • squint: To look through narrowed eyes
  • blurry: Being indistinguishable or unclear in shape
  • blessed: To make something holy by saying a special prayer
  • realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
  • subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
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    • alarm

      US /əˈlɑ:rm/

      UK /əˈlɑ:m/

      • Noun
      • Sound or light used for a warning or alert
      • an alarm clock
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone unpleasantly surprised
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    • anymore

      US /ˌɛniˈmɔr, -ˈmor/

      UK /'enɪmɔ:/

      • Adverb
      • No longer; no more
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    • beam

      US /bim/

      UK /bi:m/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To send out information, signals, or light
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A long piece of metal or wood used in construction
      • A line of light or energy
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    • blessed

      US /ˈblɛsɪd/

      UK /'blesɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something holy by saying a special prayer
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    • blurry

      US /ˈblə:ɪ/

      UK /ˈblɜ:ri/

      • Adjective
      • Being indistinguishable or unclear in shape
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    • careful

      US /ˈkerfl/

      UK /ˈkeəfl/

      • Adjective
      • Trying not to make mistakes; working slowly
      • Cautious and attentive to potential dangers or problems.
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    • close up

      US /kloz ʌp/

      UK /kləuz ʌp/

      • Countable Noun
      • A photograph or film shot taken of a subject at close range.
      • Adverb
      • To move nearer to someone or something.
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    • colored

      US /'kʌləd/

      UK /'kʌləd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To change or affect someone's opinion
      • To make something colorful using colored pencils
      • Adjective
      • Having a color or kind of color
      • Having a certain color skin, usually dark
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    • commonly

      US /ˈkɑmənlɪ/

      UK /ˈkɒmənli/

      • Adverb
      • Typically, normally; not unusually
      • Widely; by many people.
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    • concern

      US /kənˈsɚn/

      UK /kənˈsɜ:n/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be about a particular topic
      • To have a direct impact on someone
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Company, firm or business
      • Feeling of worry or anxiety
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    • confuse

      US /kənˈfjuz/

      UK /kənˈfju:z/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something unclear or hard to understand
      • To mistake one person or thing for another.
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    • constantly

      US /ˈkɑnstəntlɪ/

      UK /ˈkɒnstəntli/

      • Adverb
      • Frequently, or without pause
      • In a way that is unchanging or faithful
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    • contact

      US /ˈkɑnˌtækt/

      UK /'kɒntækt/

      • Adjective
      • Touching or feeling something
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Touching or feeling something
      • Object that allows electricity to run through it
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    • crazy

      US /ˈkrezi/

      UK /'kreɪzɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Mentally ill; mad
      • Not being sensible or practical
      • Noun
      • Person acting in a manner that is strange and odd
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    • death

      US /dɛθ/

      UK /deθ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • When someone dies; the end of life
      • The cause or manner of someone dying.
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    • depend

      US /dɪˈpend/

      UK /dɪˈpend/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
      • To rely on someone or something for support, help, or existence.
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    • depending on

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
      • Influenced or determined by.
      • Preposition
      • Subject to; contingent on
      • Relying on someone or something for support or assistance.
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    • Double

      US /ˈdʌbəl/

      UK /'dʌbl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Person that is exactly like someone else
      • Adjective
      • Concerning or intended for use by two people
      • Two times the amount or degree; twice
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    • end in

      US /ɛnd ɪn/

      UK /end in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To have something as the final result.
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    • eyeball

      US /ˈaɪˌbɔl/

      UK /ˈaɪbɔ:l/

      • Noun
      • The round part of the eye
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    • eyesight

      US /ˈaɪˌsaɪt/

      UK /ˈaɪsaɪt/

      • Noun
      • Normal use of the faculty of vision
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    • focus

      US /ˈfokəs/

      UK /'fəʊkəs/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
      • To keep your attention, concentration on one thing
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Main purpose or center of interest or activity
      • The clarity of an image produced by a lens.
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    • gentleman

      US /ˈdʒɛntlmən/

      UK /'dʒentlmən/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Man who has good manners and is considerate
      • A polite form of address for a man, especially in formal situations.
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    • guarantee

      US /ˌɡærənˈti/

      UK /ˌɡærən'ti:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To promise to repair a broken product
      • To promise that something will happen or be done
      • Countable Noun
      • A promise to repair a broken product
      • Promise that something will be done as expected
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • in fact

      US /ɪn fækt/

      UK /in fækt/

      • Adverb
      • Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
      • Used to introduce a more detailed or surprising piece of information.
      • Phrase
      • Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that is surprising or contrary to what might be expected.
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    • instead of

      US /ɪnˈstɛd ʌv/

      UK /inˈsted ɔv/

      • Preposition
      • When one thing is replaced by another
      • Adverb
      • As a substitute or alternative.
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    • laser

      US /ˈlezɚ/

      UK /ˈleɪzə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Strong narrow beam of high-powered light
      • A device that emits a narrow beam of coherent light.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To treat with a laser.
      • To cut or engrave with a laser.
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    • layer

      US /ˈleɚ/

      UK /ˈleiə/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • One of several sheets of a material or object
      • A covering of something spread over a surface.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To put things one on top of another
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    • lift

      US /lɪft/

      UK /lɪft/

      • Noun
      • Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
      • Machine carrying people up or down to other floors
      • Transitive Verb
      • To stop or cancel something, such as a rule
      • To move something to higher position
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    • optometrist

      US

      UK

      • Countable Noun
      • Person skilled in testing for defects of vision
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    • out there

      US /aʊt ðɛr/

      UK /aut ðɛə/

      • Adverb
      • In or to a place that is far away
      • Existing in the universe
      • Adjective
      • Unconventional; strange; avant-garde
      • Existing or available.
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    • pronounce

      US /prəˈnaʊns/

      UK /prə'naʊns/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To state something in a legal or official way
      • To give your opinion or decision about something
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    • proper

      US /ˈprɑpɚ/

      UK /'prɒpə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Correct according to social or moral rules
      • Behaving in a polite and socially acceptable way.
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    • properly

      US /ˈprɑːpərli/

      UK /ˈprɔpəlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In an appropriate or correct manner
      • In a way that is suitable or appropriate.
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    • regular

      US /ˈrɛɡjəlɚ/

      UK /ˈregjələ(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Having an equal amount of space or time in between
      • Occurring or being done frequently
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Customers who frequently visit a place
      • Soldier who has a permanent job in the army
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    • rip

      US /rɪp/

      UK /rɪp/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
      • To become torn, opened, or split apart forcefully
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A long tear in something, e.g. a piece of cloth
      • (Slang) A puff of marijuana.
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    • shoot

      US /ʃut/

      UK /ʃu:t/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To kick or throw a ball at a goal
      • To fire a gun; injure or kill someone with a gun
      • Countable Noun
      • Emerging new part of a plant
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    • sick to death

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Extremely annoyed or bored with someone or something.
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    • skin

      US /skɪn/

      UK /skɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To defeat someone easily and completely
      • To hurt yourself, accidentally cutting yourself
      • Noun
      • Outer covering of an animal used for leather; hide
      • Outer covering of a fruit or vegetable
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    • squint

      US /skwɪnt/

      UK /skwɪnt/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To look through narrowed eyes
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    • subscribe

      US /səbˈskraɪb/

      UK /səb'skraɪb/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To regularly pay to receive a service
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    • surgery

      US /ˈsɚdʒəri/

      UK /'sɜ:dʒərɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Medical operation involving cutting into body
      • A doctor's office; health clinic
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    • switch

      US /swɪtʃ/

      UK /swɪtʃ/

      • Noun
      • A change or shift from one method to another
      • Thing you move to turn electrical items on or off
      • Transitive Verb
      • To exchange or replace something for another thing
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    • to death

      US /tu dɛθ/

      UK /tu: deθ/

      • Phrase
      • Extremely; to a great degree
      • Until death
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    • unnatural

      US /ʌnˈnætʃərəl/

      UK /ʌnˈnætʃrəl/

      • Adjective
      • Not being what you would expect; not normal
      • Being different from anything occurring in nature
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    • used to

      US /juzd tu/

      UK /ˈju:st tə/

      • Adjective
      • Did regularly before, but don't do now
      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Have done before, but do not do now
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    • victim

      US /ˈvɪktɪm/

      UK /ˈvɪktɪm/

      • Noun
      • Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
      • Person feeling helpless in times of bad luck
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    • vision

      US /ˈvɪʒən/

      UK /'vɪʒn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Ability to see; eyesight
      • Something you see in your imagination or dreams
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    • wake up

      US /wek ʌp/

      UK /weik ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To stop sleeping
      • To become fully aware and alert to a situation.
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    She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.

    Vocabulary
    • brave

      adj. Having courage

    • comfort zone

      phr. A familiar situation where one feels safe

    Explanation
    a brave step is a noun phrase, where brave is an adjective modifying the noun step, meaning "a courageous step". forward is an adverb modifying step, meaning "ahead". The whole phrase serves as the object, answering the "what" of took (verb) — she took a brave step forward.

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    brave

    US/brev/
    UK/breɪv/
    adj.Brave
    v.t.To bravely face
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