Vocabulary

  • going on: To continue doing something
  • next to: Being located along side another
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • in hand: In one's possession or control.
  • as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
  • squeeze in
  • pissed off: Angry or annoyed.
  • tough it out: To endure a period of hardship or difficulty with determination.
  • glance over: To read something quickly and not carefully.
  • at least: As a minimum
  • in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
  • end in: To have something as the final result.
  • in sight: Visible; able to be seen.
  • stand here: To remain in or move to this specific location.
  • in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
  • to do with: To be about something; concern
  • out there: In or to a place that is far away
  • fill up
  • on fire: Very successful or popular
  • to God: Used to emphasize truth or sincerity.
  • feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
  • awkward: Lacking smooth movement
  • weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
  • pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
  • practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
  • kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
  • squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
  • emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
  • dude: Form of address for a man
  • reward: To give something because of someone's good work
  • insecure: Lacking confidence or certainty about yourself
  • cozy: Comfortable, warm, pleasant, and often, small
  • worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
  • impression: Effect or feeling resulting from an experience
  • field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
  • tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
  • rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
  • swear: To say bad or impolite words to someone
  • contact: Touching or feeling something
  • glance: Quick or temporary look at
  • rub: To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
  • drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
  • foster: To raise a child who is not yours, for payment
  • sink: To push something down into the ground
  • swallow: To believe (something that is not true)
  • courage: Quality of being able to face danger without fear
  • paranoid: Believing others are trying to harm you
  • wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
  • crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
  • stall: Walled area in a barn where a farm animal is kept
  • buddy: Friend, usually male
  • bladder: Soft bag which holds liquid or air
  • eternity: A very long time; forever
  • moment: Very short or brief period of time
  • hell: Any place of pain and suffering
  • bare: Lacking contents; empty
  • relieve: To make less boring by making some change
  • explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
  • holy: Being good according to religious standards
  • stand: To be a candidate in an election
  • weirdo: Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
  • head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
  • front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
  • halfway: A middle point between two extremes
  • ultra: Prefix that denotes a lot of something; extreme
  • finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
  • hold: To agree to keep something for someone
  • think: To have an idea about something without certainty
  • puff: To breath in and out quickly
  • guy: Man; boy; any person
  • piss: To be angry
  • drunk: To put liquid in your body through your mouth
  • pee: To urinate
  • come: To arrive at a place
  • give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
  • hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
  • goddamn: Very bad; terrible
  • confetti: Small pieces of colored paper thrown at a wedding
  • urinal: Wall fixture into which men urinate
  • sash: Long wide piece of cloth worn around waist
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    • as soon as

      US /æz sun æz/

      UK /æz su:n æz/

      • Phrase
      • In a short time after (something happens)
      • Without any delay; immediately
      • Conjunction
      • At the moment that, or immediately after.
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    • at least

      US /æt list/

      UK /æt li:st/

      • Adverb
      • As a minimum
      • Not less than
      • Phrase
      • No less than; at the minimum
      • Used to indicate that something is positive in a bad situation.
      C2
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    • awkward

      US /ˈɔkwəd/

      UK /ˈɔ:kwəd/

      • Adjective
      • Lacking smooth movement
      • Causing embarrassment or trouble
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    • bare

      US /bɛr/

      UK /beə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Lacking contents; empty
      • Not having a covering; naked
      • Transitive Verb
      • To remove your clothes, hat etc.
      A2
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    • bladder

      US /ˈblædɚ/

      UK /ˈblædə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Soft bag which holds liquid or air
      • Part of the body that holds urine
      B1
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    • buddy

      US /ˈbʌdi/

      UK /'bʌdɪ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Friend, usually male
      • A term of address, often used informally.
      B2
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    • confetti

      US /kənˈfɛti/

      UK /kənˈfeti/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Small pieces of colored paper thrown at a wedding
      C1
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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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    • courage

      US /ˈkɚrɪdʒ, ˈkʌr-/

      UK /'kʌrɪdʒ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Quality of being able to face danger without fear
      • The quality of being brave enough to do what is right or necessary, even when it is difficult or dangerous
      • Transitive Verb
      • To encourage or embolden someone.
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    • cozy

      US /ˈkozi/

      UK /'kəʊzɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Comfortable, warm, pleasant, and often, small
      B1
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    • crime

      US /kraɪm/

      UK /kraɪm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
      • Act that is against the law; murder, theft etc.
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    • dude

      US /dud, djud/

      UK /du:d/

      • Noun
      • Form of address for a man
      • (informal) A man; a fellow.
      • Interjection
      • (informal) Used as a term of address, often between men.
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    • emotional

      US /ɪˈmoʃənəl/

      UK /ɪˈməʊʃənl/

      • Adjective
      • Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
      • Relating to or characterized by emotion
      A2
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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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    • eternity

      US /ɪˈtə:nɪti/

      UK /ɪ'tɜ:nətɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • A very long time; forever
      • The state or time that comes after death.
      B2
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    • explode

      US /ɪkˈsplod/

      UK /ɪk'spləʊd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
      • To increase in number or amount very quickly
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    • feel like

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have a desire or inclination for something.
      • To have a particular quality or sensation; resemble.
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    • fill up

      US /fɪl ʌp/

      UK /fil ʌp/

      • Phrase
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make something full.
      • To become full.
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    • foster

      US /'fɔ:stər/

      UK /'fɒstə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To raise a child who is not yours, for payment
      • To raise a child who is not yours, for payment
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    • glance

      US /glæns/

      UK /glɑ:ns/

      • Noun
      • Quick or temporary look at
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To look somewhere quickly and then look away
      A2
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    • glance over

      US /ɡlæns ˈovɚ/

      UK /ɡlɑ:ns ˈəuvə/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To read something quickly and not carefully.
      B1
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    • goddamn

      US /ˈɡɑdˈdæm/

      UK /'gɒd'dæm/

      • Adjective
      • Very bad; terrible
      C2
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    • going on

      US /ˈɡoɪŋ ɑn/

      UK /ˈgəʊɪŋ ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue doing something
      • To happen (usually negative)
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    • halfway

      US /ˌhæfˈweɪ/

      UK /ˌhɑ:fˈweɪ/

      • Adverb
      • A middle point between two extremes
      • At or to a point equidistant between two places.
      • Adjective
      • Located at or being at a point equidistant between two places.
      • Partially completed; at an intermediate stage.
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    • hell

      US /hɛl/

      UK /hel/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Any place of pain and suffering
      • A very unpleasant or difficult experience.
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    • holy

      US /ˈholi/

      UK /'həʊlɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Being good according to religious standards
      • Dedicated or consecrated to God or a religious purpose; sacred.
      • Interjection
      • An exclamation of surprise, shock, or awe.
      B1
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    • impression

      US /ɪmˈprɛʃən/

      UK /ɪmˈpreʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Effect or feeling resulting from an experience
      • Act of pressing into a material to make a pattern
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    • in hand

      US /ɪn hænd/

      UK /in hænd/

      • Phrase
      • In one's possession or control.
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    • in public

      US /ɪn ˈpʌblɪk/

      UK /in ˈpʌblik/

      • Phrase
      • In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
      • Adjective
      • Relating to the government or the people as a whole.
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    • in sight

      US /ɪn saɪt/

      UK /in sait/

      • Phrase
      • Visible; able to be seen.
      • Near to being achieved; imminent.
      More
    • in the middle of

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • In the central part or point of something.
      • Engaged or occupied with something.
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    • insecure

      US /ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊr/

      UK /ˌɪnsɪ'kjʊə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Lacking confidence or certainty about yourself
      • Not being safe or stable
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    • kinda

      US /'kaɪndə/

      UK /'kaɪndə/

      • Noun
      • Short way of saying 'kind of'
      • Adverb
      • Somewhat; to some extent; rather.
      • Sort of; in a way.
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    • next to

      US /nɛkst tu/

      UK /nekst tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Being located along side another
      • In comparison with
      • Adverb
      • Almost; nearly
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    • of course

      US /ʌv kɔː(r)s/

      UK /ɔv kɔː(r)s/

      • Adverb
      • Sure ; Certainly
      • Phrase
      • For sure; certainly
      A2
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    • on fire

      US /ɑn faɪr/

      UK /ɔn ˈfaiə/

      • Adjective
      • Very successful or popular
      • Burning
      A2
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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.
      A1
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    • paranoid

      US /ˈpærəˌnɔɪd/

      UK /ˈpærənɔɪd/

      • Adjective
      • Believing others are trying to harm you
      • Believing others are trying to harm you
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    • pee

      US /pi/

      UK /pi:/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To urinate
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    • pissed off

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Angry or annoyed.
      • Disgusted or bored
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To go away; leave
      • To annoy someone
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    • practice

      US /ˈpræktɪs/

      UK /'præktɪs/

      • Noun
      • The office and place for legal or medical work
      • Doing something many times to become better at it
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To work as a doctor or lawyer
      • To live according to the teachings of a religion
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    • pretend

      US /prɪˈtɛnd/

      UK /prɪ'tend/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To act as if something is true when it is not
      • Adjective
      • Not real; imaginary.
      A2TOEIC
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    • puff

      US /pʌf/

      UK /pʌf/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To breath in and out quickly
      • Countable Noun
      • Sweet baked food filled with cream or jam
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    • relieve

      US /rɪˈliv/

      UK /rɪ'li:v/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make less boring by making some change
      • To replace workers with others
      B1
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    • reward

      US /rɪˈwɔrd/

      UK /rɪ'wɔ:d/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give something because of someone's good work
      • To give someone money for helping the police
      • Noun
      • Money given for information about criminals
      • Something given in recognition of service, effort, or achievement.
      A2TOEIC
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    • rough

      US /rʌf/

      UK /rʌf/

      • Adjective
      • Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
      • (Of situations) tough; difficult to get through
      • Adverb
      • In a manner that is difficult, or violent
      A2
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    • rub

      US /rʌb/

      UK /rʌb/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
      • To move something back and forth along a surface
      • Noun
      • Act of moving you hand forcefully along a surface
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    • sash

      US /sæʃ/

      UK /sæʃ/

      • Noun
      • Long wide piece of cloth worn around waist
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    • sink

      US /sɪŋk/

      UK /sɪŋk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To push something down into the ground
      • To dig (a well)
      • Countable Noun
      • Large bowl in a kitchen or washroom for washing
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    • squeeze

      US /skwiz/

      UK /skwi:z/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
      • Act of putting pressure on, as to get liquid out
      • Transitive Verb
      • To force or threaten someone to give you something
      • To strongly compress something to get liquid out
      C1
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    • squeeze in

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
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    • stall

      US /stɔl/

      UK /stɔ:l/

      • Countable Noun
      • Walled area in a barn where a farm animal is kept
      • A table where things are sold at a market or fair
      • Transitive Verb
      • To put animals inside the room where they are kept
      B1TOEIC
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    • stand here

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To remain in or move to this specific location.
      More
    • swallow

      US /ˈswɑː.loʊ/

      UK /'swɒləʊ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To believe (something that is not true)
      • To make food go from your mouth to your stomach
      • Countable Noun
      • Small northern bird with downward-pointing wings
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    • swear

      US /swɛr/

      UK /sweə(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To say bad or impolite words to someone
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a serious promise to do something
      B1
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    • tense

      US /tɛns/

      UK /tens/

      • Noun
      • The use of grammar to state the time things happen
      • Adjective
      • Unable to relax; feeling nervous or stressed
      • Stretched tight and stiff
      A2TOEIC
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    • to do with

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To be about something; concern
      A1
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    • to God

      US /tə ɡɑd/

      UK /tə ɡɒd/

      • other
      • Used to emphasize truth or sincerity.
      A2
      More
    • tough it out

      US /tʌf ɪt aʊt/

      UK /tʌf it aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To endure a period of hardship or difficulty with determination.
      A1
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    • ultra

      US /'ʌltrə/

      UK /'ʌltrə/

      • Prefix
      • Prefix that denotes a lot of something; extreme
      B2
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    • urinal

      US /ˈjʊrənl/

      UK /jʊəˈraɪnl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Wall fixture into which men urinate
      C1
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    • wanna

      US /ˈwɑnə/

      UK /'wɒnə/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
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    • weird

      US /wɪrd/

      UK /wɪəd/

      • Adjective
      • Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
      • Eerily strange or disturbing.
      B1
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    • weirdo

      US /ˈwɪrdoʊ/

      UK /ˈwɪədəʊ/

      • Noun
      • Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
      B1
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    • worth

      US /wɚθ/

      UK /wɜ:θ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
      • having a particular value, especially in money
      • Adjective
      • Having a specified value.
      A2
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    She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.

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    • 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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