Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • think about: To consider something carefully.
  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • go below: To move down to a lower deck or level, especially on a ship.
  • in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
  • see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
  • on the street: Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
  • with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
  • of choice: Indicating something is preferred or selected deliberately.
  • too heavy: Having excessive weight; difficult to lift or move.
  • come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
  • sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
  • recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
  • basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
  • vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
  • necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
  • amount: Quantity of something
  • measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
  • concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • automatically: In a way not requiring control by a person
  • regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
  • frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
  • comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
  • prescription: Specific medicine officially ordered for a patient
  • contact: Touching or feeling something
  • vision: Ability to see; eyesight
  • create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
  • distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
  • quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
  • excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
  • plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
  • curve: Smooth rounded line that is not straight
  • chemical: Basic substance produced by mixing elements
  • petition: Request to an authority to change something
  • limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
  • hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
  • offend: To break a rule or do something wrong
  • prescribe: (Of doctors) to say what medicine should be taken
  • surgeon: A doctor who performs surgery
  • person: Man, woman or child
  • wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
  • ultra: Prefix that denotes a lot of something; extreme
  • area: Amount of measured space
  • choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
  • check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
  • remove: To get rid of something completely
  • lesson: Something done to learn or teach something; class
  • clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
  • work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
  • anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
  • rim: Outer edge of something circular
  • glare: To look at in an angry manner for a long time
  • headache: Pain in the head
  • lightweight: Weighing less compared to a similar thing
  • whatnot: Miscellaneous curios
  • titanium: Light, extremely strong, whitish silver metal
  • tint: Small quantity of a specific color
  • polarize: To divide opinions into two extremes
  • curvature: Curving or bending, often abnormal, as of spine
  • iris: Round colored part of an eye
  • optometrist: Person skilled in testing for defects of vision
  • sunglass: Dark glasses worn when it is too bright
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    • anti

      US /ˈæntaɪ, -ti/

      UK /'æntɪ/

      • Adjective
      • A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
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    • automatically

      US /ˌɔtəˈmætɪkl:ɪ/

      UK /ˌɔ:tə'mætɪklɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In a way not requiring control by a person
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    • basically

      US /ˈbesɪkəli,-kli/

      UK /ˈbeɪsɪkli/

      • Adverb
      • Used before you explain something simply, clearly
      • In essence; when you consider the most important aspects of something.
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    • chemical

      US /ˈkɛmɪkəl/

      UK /ˈkemɪkl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Basic substance produced by mixing elements
      • The branch of science concerned with the substances of which matter is composed, the investigation of their properties and reactions, and the use of such reactions to form new substances.
      • Adjective
      • Made of various elements
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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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    • comfort

      US /ˈkʌmfət/

      UK /'kʌmfət/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To try to make distressed person feel better
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Acts or words that reduce pain or sadness
      • State of being relaxed, warm or happy
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    • concentrate

      US /ˈkɑnsənˌtret/

      UK /'kɒnsntreɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To cause to be present in large amount or number
      • To pay great attention to a task; focus
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A substance made by removing water or other diluents; a concentrated form of something.
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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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    • curvature

      US /ˈkə:vəˌtʃʊr, -tʃɚ/

      UK /ˈkɜ:vətʃə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Curving or bending, often abnormal, as of spine
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    • curve

      US /kɚv/

      UK /kə:v/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Smooth rounded line that is not straight
      • A distribution of statistical data represented graphically.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something bend into a rounded shape
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    • distance

      US /ˈdɪstəns/

      UK /'dɪstəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Lack of friendliness toward another person
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amount of space between two places or things
      • A point or place that is far away.
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    • excuse

      US /ɪkˈskjuz/

      UK /ɪk'skju:s/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
      • To explain acting in a bad or impolite manner
      • Noun
      • Note explaining why someone cannot do or attend
      • Reason why you did or didn't do something
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    • for example

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
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    • frame

      US /frem/

      UK /freɪm/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
      • To put say or write something in a careful way
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Structure that holds a picture or photo
      • A person's body shape determined by their skeleton
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    • glare

      US /gler/

      UK /gleə(r)/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To look at in an angry manner for a long time
      • To shine with a very strong, harsh, bright light
      • Noun
      • Long, unfriendly and angry look
      • A very strong, harsh, bright light
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    • go below

      US /ɡoʊ bɪˈloʊ/

      UK /ɡəʊ bɪˈləu/

      • other
      • To move down to a lower deck or level, especially on a ship.
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • headache

      US /ˈhed.eɪk/

      UK /ˈhed.eɪk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Pain in the head
      • Something that causes worry or annoyance.
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    • in mind

      US /ɪn maɪnd/

      UK /in maind/

      • Phrase
      • Being aware of or considering something.
      • To remember or consider something.
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    • iris

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • Round colored part of an eye
      • Tall flowering plant with long pointed leaves
      • Proper Noun
      • Person's name
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    • lightweight

      US /ˈlaɪtˌwet/

      UK /ˈlaɪtweɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Weighing less compared to a similar thing
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    • limit

      US /ˈlɪmɪt/

      UK /'lɪmɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Point beyond which it is not possible to go
      • A line or edge marking the boundary of an area.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To stop or prevent an increase past a point
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    • look at

      US /lʊk æt/

      UK /luk æt/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To use your eyes to focus on something
      • To focus your eyes on something carefully
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    • necessarily

      US /ˌnɛsɪˈsɛrəli, -ˈsɛr-/

      UK /ˌnesəˈserəli/

      • Adverb
      • In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
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    • of choice

      US /əv tʃɔɪs/

      UK /əv tʃɔɪs/

      • other
      • Indicating something is preferred or selected deliberately.
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    • offend

      US /əˈfɛnd/

      UK /ə'fend/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To break a rule or do something wrong
      • To upset, as by hurting someone's feelings
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    • on the street

      US /ɑn ði strit/

      UK /ɔn ðə stri:t/

      • Phrase
      • Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
      • Available or circulating, especially illegally or unofficially.
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    • optometrist

      US

      UK

      • Countable Noun
      • Person skilled in testing for defects of vision
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    • petition

      US /pəˈtɪʃən/

      UK /pə'tɪʃn/

      • Noun
      • Request to an authority to change something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To request an authority to make a change
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    • plastic

      US /ˈplæstɪk/

      UK /'plæstɪk/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
      • Adjective
      • Being easily formed or shaped
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    • polarize

      US /ˈpoʊləraɪz/

      UK /ˈpəʊləraɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To divide opinions into two extremes
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    • prescribe

      US /prɪˈskraɪb/

      UK /prɪ'skraɪb/

      • Transitive Verb
      • (Of doctors) to say what medicine should be taken
      • To set down rules or guidelines
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    • prescription

      US /prɪˈskrɪpʃən/

      UK /prɪˈskrɪpʃn/

      • Noun
      • Specific medicine officially ordered for a patient
      • Set of appropriate guidelines for something
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    • quiz

      US /kwɪz/

      UK /kwɪz/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A game in which players answer questions on topics
      • Brief spoken or written test, given to students
      • Transitive Verb
      • To ask a person many questions about something
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    • recommend

      US /ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd/

      UK /ˌrekə'mend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To advise or suggest that someone do something
      • To endorse or support something publicly.
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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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    • rim

      US /rɪm/

      UK /rɪm/

      • Noun
      • Outer edge of something circular
      • Transitive Verb
      • To give something an outer edge, as specified
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    • see in

      US /si ɪn/

      UK /si: in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
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    • sunglass

      US /'sʌnˌglɑ:s/

      UK /'sʌnglɑ:s/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Dark glasses worn when it is too bright
      • Convex lens that focuses the rays of the sun
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    • surgeon

      US /ˈsɜrdʒən/

      UK /'sɜ:dʒən/

      • Countable Noun
      • A doctor who performs surgery
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    • think about

      US /θɪŋk əˈbaʊt/

      UK /θiŋk əˈbaut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To consider something carefully.
      • To remember or call to mind.
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    • tint

      US /tɪnt/

      UK /tɪnt/

      • Noun
      • Small quantity of a specific color
      • Transitive Verb
      • To add a small amount of color to
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    • titanium

      US /taɪˈteniəm, tɪ-/

      UK /tɪˈteɪniəm/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Light, extremely strong, whitish silver metal
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    • too heavy

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Having excessive weight; difficult to lift or move.
      • Excessively burdensome or difficult to manage.
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    • ultra

      US /'ʌltrə/

      UK /'ʌltrə/

      • Prefix
      • Prefix that denotes a lot of something; extreme
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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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    • vocabulary

      US /voˈkæbjəˌlɛri/

      UK /və'kæbjələrɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Words that have to do with a particular subject
      • The words that a person knows
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    • whatnot

      US /ˈwɑːt.nɑːt/

      UK /ˈwɒt.nɒt/

      • Noun
      • Miscellaneous curios
      • Uncountable Noun
      • And other similar things
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    • with it

      US /wɪð ɪt/

      UK /wið it/

      • Adjective
      • Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
      • Understanding and knowledgeable about current trends or information.
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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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    US/brev/
    UK/breɪv/
    adj.Brave
    v.t.To bravely face
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