Vocabulary

  • turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
  • by the book: According to the rules; strictly
  • cut up: Be cut up (about) to be upset or angry
  • urge: A strong desire for something
  • despair: To have lost all hope; lose heart
  • sake: Japanese rice wine
  • faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
  • effect: An advantage, benefit
  • grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
  • palm: Inner area of a person's hand
  • enemy: Something that stops you doing what you want
  • holy: Being good according to religious standards
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • turn: To become (a particular age)
  • sin: Act that breaks a religious law
  • touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
  • give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
  • saint: Person who is very good, kind or patient
  • pilgrim: Traveler going to a place with religious meaning
  • word: Unit of language that has a meaning
  • move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
  • pray: To speak to your god to request help
  • prayer: Words spoken to your god for help
  • book: (Police) to officially record someone's crimes
  • thou: An old-fashioned word for you
  • dear: Loved or valued very much
  • trespass: To enter property without permission
  • madam: Way to refer to an older woman you do not know
  • mother: Female who has a child or children; female parent
  • thine: An old-fashioned word for your
  • son: Male child; friendly way of addressing a boy
  • kiss: To touch something in a light or gentle way
  • romeo: An ardent male lover
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    • by the book

      US /baɪ ði bʊk/

      UK /bai ðə buk/

      • Phrase
      • According to the rules; strictly
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    • cut up

      US /kʌt ʌp/

      UK /kʌt ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • Be cut up (about) to be upset or angry
      • To criticize someone severely
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    • despair

      US /dɪˈspɛr/

      UK /dɪ'speə(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have lost all hope; lose heart
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Felling of having lost all hope
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    • enemy

      US /ˈɛnəmi/

      UK /ˈenəmi/

      • Noun
      • Something that stops you doing what you want
      • Group, or people, you are opposed to
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    • faith

      US /feθ/

      UK /feɪθ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Belief in a god or gods; religion
      • Belief that that something is true without proof
      • Proper Noun
      • Person's name
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    • grant

      US /ɡrænt/

      UK /ɡrɑ:nt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
      • To give or let someone do what they want
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Money given for education or research
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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.
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    • kiss

      US /kɪs/

      UK /kɪs/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To touch something in a light or gentle way
      • To put your lips against another's to show love
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    • palm

      US /pɑ:m/

      UK /pɑ:m/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Inner area of a person's hand
      • Tropical tree with large leaves only at its top
      • Transitive Verb
      • To hide something in your hand
      • To push someone way with your hand
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    • pilgrim

      US /ˈpɪlɡrəm/

      UK /ˈpɪlgrɪm/

      • Countable Noun
      • Traveler going to a place with religious meaning
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    • pray

      US /pre/

      UK /preɪ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To speak to your god to request help
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To wish or hope for something to happen or be true
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    • prayer

      US /prɛr/

      UK /prɛə/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Words spoken to your god for help
      • (+negative) small chance of succeeding
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    • saint

      US /sent/

      UK /seɪnt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person who is very good, kind or patient
      • Person of exceptional holiness
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    • sake

      US /sek/

      UK /seɪk/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Japanese rice wine
      • Noun
      • Interest or benefit of someone or something
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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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    • thine

      US /ðaɪn/

      UK /ðaɪn/

      • Pronoun
      • An old-fashioned word for your
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    • thou

      US /ðaʊ/

      UK /ðaʊ/

      • Pronoun
      • An old-fashioned word for you
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    • trespass

      US /ˈtrɛspəs, -ˌpæs/

      UK /'trespəs/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To enter property without permission
      • Noun
      • A sin; an offense.
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    • turn to

      US /tɚn tu/

      UK /tə:n tu:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
      • To start doing or using something, often something bad or undesirable.
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    • urge

      US /ɚdʒ/

      UK /ɜ:dʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A strong desire for something
      • Strong pressure on someone to do something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To drive something forward
      • To ask or encourage someone to do something
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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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