Vocabulary

  • man down: Used to indicate a person is injured or incapacitated.
  • in the house: Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
  • sun: Light and heat coming from a large star in the sky
  • house: Place where a specific activity or business occurs
  • foot: Base of something such as a mountain or vase
  • poor: Inferior; below the normal standard
  • mother: Female who has a child or children; female parent
  • drunk: To put liquid in your body through your mouth
  • wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
  • train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
  • ball: Large dance where people dress formally
  • father: A male parent
  • blue: Color of the clear sky
  • man: Humans in general, including male and female
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • suitcase: Container for carrying clothes when traveling
  • call: A order or request for action
  • chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
  • platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
  • rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
  • ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
  • trunk: Long nose of an elephant
  • gambler: Person who bets money on the outcome of events
  • misery: Thing that causes unhappiness
  • satisfied: To make someone happy because they got their wish
  • sin: Act that breaks a religious law
  • tailor: To make or alter to fit a certain purpose
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    • chain

      US /tʃen/

      UK /tʃeɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To feel to be bound or tied to
      • To connect or tie with a rope made of metal links
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Series of events or things that are connected
      • Series of (metal) connected links or rings
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    • gambler

      US /ˈɡæmbəl/

      UK /'ɡæmblə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Person who bets money on the outcome of events
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    • in the house

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      UK

      • Phrase
      • Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
      • Within a legislative body, such as a parliament or congress.
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    • man down

      US /mæn daʊn/

      UK /mæn daun/

      • Phrase
      • Used to indicate a person is injured or incapacitated.
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    • misery

      US /ˈmɪzəri/

      UK /'mɪzərɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Thing that causes unhappiness
      • Extreme suffering or unhappiness
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    • platform

      US /ˈplætˌfɔrm/

      UK /'plætfɔ:m/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Flat, raised structure that people stand on
      • Area from which you board a train at a station
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    • ruin

      US /ˈruɪn/

      UK /'ru:ɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To damage or completely destroy something
      • To cause someone to lose their money or status
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Remains of a building that has been destroyed
      • The state of being destroyed or severely damaged.
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    • satisfied

      US /ˈsætɪsˌfaɪd/

      UK /ˈsætɪsfaɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone happy because they got their wish
      • To do what is required in order to finish
      • Adjective
      • Happy because you got what you wanted; content
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    • sin

      US /sɪn/

      UK /sɪn/

      • Noun
      • Act that breaks a religious law
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To do something that breaks a religious law
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    • suitcase

      US /ˈsutˌkes/

      UK /ˈsu:tkeɪs/

      • Countable Noun
      • Container for carrying clothes when traveling
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    • tailor

      US /ˈtelɚ/

      UK /'teɪlə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make or alter to fit a certain purpose
      • Countable Noun
      • Person who makes men's clothes by hand
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    • trunk

      US /trʌŋk/

      UK /trʌŋk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Long nose of an elephant
      • Strong box/chest/container, as for traveling
      B2
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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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