Vocabulary

  • answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
  • right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
  • have to: Must do
  • come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
  • got to: To arrive at some place
  • in a while: In a short period of time; soon.
  • clean up after: To tidy or remove mess left by oneself or others.
  • once in a while: Occasionally; not very often.
  • play games: To participate in activities for enjoyment or recreation, often involving rules and competition.
  • walk away: To leave a situation, especially a difficult or unpleasant one.
  • awkward: Lacking smooth movement
  • gorgeous: Extremely attractive; richly beautiful
  • common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
  • disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
  • dude: Form of address for a man
  • frustration: Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
  • attention: Taking notice of someone or something
  • communicate: To give and exchange information
  • interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
  • dough: Substance made from flour and water to bake bread
  • fault: A failure or negative aspect of
  • favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
  • chance: The way something happens without planning
  • point: An item to be discussed
  • fill: To make something full
  • question: To ask for or try to get information
  • find: To become aware of something that is happening
  • narrate: To tell a story, describing events in detail
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • future: Time that is to come after the present
  • exclamation: Abrupt excited utterance
  • glad: Happy or pleased about something/to do something
  • laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
  • guy: Man; boy; any person
  • minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
  • horn: Device that makes a loud warning noise
  • shout: To speak very loudly to get attention
  • poem: A written composition in verse, not prose
  • ransom: Money demanded for the release of a prisoner
  • cream: Pale color that is yellowish white
  • truck: Homegrown vegetables and fruit for sale
  • wheelchair: Movable chair mounted on large wheels
  • hawk: Large bird kills smaller birds and animals
  • abduct: To take away by force, usually to get money
  • typo: Mistake in printed matter
  • whiz: To move fast, making whistling or whoosh sound
  • toy: Things children play with, as dolls or small cars
  • sexy: Tending to arouse sexual desire or interest
  • angrily: With anger; in a way showing you are very annoyed
  • offscreen: Not on the screen; in real life, not in the movie
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    • abduct

      US /æbˈdʌkt/

      UK /æbˈdʌkt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To take away by force, usually to get money
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    • angrily

      US /ˈæŋɡrɪlɪ/

      UK /'æŋɡrəlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • With anger; in a way showing you are very annoyed
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    • answer to

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
      • To correspond to or match a description or requirement.
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    • attention

      US /əˈtɛnʃən/

      UK /əˈtenʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Taking notice of someone or something
      • Noun
      • (Soldiers) Standing with straight backs
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    • awkward

      US /ˈɔkwəd/

      UK /ˈɔ:kwəd/

      • Adjective
      • Lacking smooth movement
      • Causing embarrassment or trouble
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    • clean up after

      US /klin ʌp ˈæftɚ/

      UK /kli:n ʌp ˈɑ:ftə/

      • other
      • To tidy or remove mess left by oneself or others.
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    • come back

      US /kʌm bæk/

      UK /kʌm bæk/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To reply to someone, often forcefully
      • To be remembered
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    • communicate

      US /kəˈmjunɪˌket/

      UK /kə'mju:nɪkeɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To give and exchange information
      • To convey or make known (information, feelings, etc.)
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    • cream

      US /krim/

      UK /kri:m/

      • Adjective
      • Pale color that is yellowish white
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Type of a thick beauty product used on the skin
      • Thick liquid rubbed into the skin
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    • disease

      US /dɪˈziz/

      UK /dɪˈzi:z/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
      • A disorder of structure or function in a plant, especially one caused by a pathogen.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To affect with disease; to corrupt or sicken.
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    • dough

      US /do/

      UK /dəu/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Substance made from flour and water to bake bread
      • (slang) Money.
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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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    • exclamation

      US /ˌɛkskləˈmeʃən/

      UK /ˌekskləˈmeɪʃn/

      • Noun
      • Abrupt excited utterance
      • The act of exclaiming; a loud outcry or expression of protest or complaint.
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    • fault

      US /fɔlt/

      UK /fɔ:lt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A failure or negative aspect of
      • Crack in the earth where earthquakes can happen
      • Transitive Verb
      • To blame someone, something for a negative result
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    • frustration

      US /frʌˈstreʃən/

      UK /frʌ'streɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
      • The prevention of the progress, success, or fulfillment of something.
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    • glad

      US /ɡlæd/

      UK /ɡlæd/

      • Adjective
      • Happy or pleased about something/to do something
      • Happy that something happened; pleased
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    • gorgeous

      US /ˈɡɔrdʒəs/

      UK /'ɡɔ:dʒəs/

      • Adjective
      • Extremely attractive; richly beautiful
      • Delightfully enjoyable or pleasant.
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    • got to

      US /ɡɑt tu/

      UK /gɔt tu:/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To arrive at some place
      • To have the opportunity or permission to do something
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To appeal to the emotions of; move
      • To finally begin to start something after a delay
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • hawk

      US /hɔk/

      UK /hɔ:k/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Large bird kills smaller birds and animals
      • Someone wanting to go to war using the military
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To remove something from the throat by coughing
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    • horn

      US /hɔ:rn/

      UK /hɔ:n/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Device that makes a loud warning noise
      • (Animals) hard pointed structure growing on heads
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    • in a while

      US /ɪn e hwaɪl/

      UK /in ə hwail/

      • Phrase
      • In a short period of time; soon.
      • For a short period of time; soon.
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    • narrate

      US /ˈnærˌeɪt, næˈreɪt/

      UK /nə'reɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To tell a story, describing events in detail
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    • offscreen

      US /u:fsk'ri:n/

      UK /u:fsk'ri:n/

      • Adjective
      • Not on the screen; in real life, not in the movie
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    • once in a while

      US //wʌns ɪn ə waɪl//

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Occasionally; not very often.
      • Occasionally; not very often.
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    • play games

      US

      UK

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To participate in activities for enjoyment or recreation, often involving rules and competition.
      • To behave in a dishonest or insincere way to achieve a goal.
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    • poem

      US /ˈpoʊəm/

      UK /ˈpəʊɪm/

      • Noun
      • A written composition in verse, not prose
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    • ransom

      US /ˈrænsəm/

      UK /ˈrænsəm/

      • Noun
      • Money demanded for the release of a prisoner
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    • right back

      US /raɪt bæk/

      UK /rait bæk/

      • Interjection
      • Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
      • Adverb
      • Immediately; very soon after going.
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    • sexy

      US /ˈsɛksi/

      UK /ˈseksi/

      • Adjective
      • Tending to arouse sexual desire or interest
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    • shout

      US /ʃaʊt/

      UK /ʃaʊt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To speak very loudly to get attention
      • Noun
      • Speaking loudly so you get attention
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    • toy

      US /tɔɪ/

      UK /tɔɪ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Things children play with, as dolls or small cars
      • Adjective
      • Something small in size compared to an original
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    • truck

      US /trʌk/

      UK /trʌk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Homegrown vegetables and fruit for sale
      • Large vehicle suitable for transporting things
      • Transitive Verb
      • To transport something on a lorry, van
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    • typo

      US /ˈtaɪpo/

      UK /ˈtaɪpəʊ/

      • Noun
      • Mistake in printed matter
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    • walk away

      US /wɔk əˈwe/

      UK /wɔ:k əˈwei/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To leave a situation, especially a difficult or unpleasant one.
      • To choose not to be involved in something.
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    • wheelchair

      US /ˈwi:ltʃer/

      UK /ˈwi:ltʃeə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Movable chair mounted on large wheels
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    • whiz

      US /wɪz/

      UK /wɪz/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move fast, making whistling or whoosh sound
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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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