Vocabulary

  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
  • extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
  • situation: Place, position or area that something is in
  • awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
  • annoying: To make someone angry
  • rude: Being unkind or impolite to others; disrespectful
  • divorce: Legal breakup of a marriage
  • shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
  • formal: Observing rules and procedures strictly
  • react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
  • informal: Casual; relaxed
  • funeral: Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
  • channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
  • sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • terrible: Very bad; horrible
  • concert: Musical entertainment performed in public
  • hamster: Small animal with small tail, and large cheeks
  • invite: To ask someone to go somewhere or do something
  • bummer: Irritating or disappointing experience
  • train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
  • lesson: Something done to learn or teach something; class
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
  • death: When someone dies; the end of life
  • good: Proper, appropriate or right
  • video: Recording capturing action with sound
  • die: Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
  • fire: Heat and the flame produced when burning
  • sickness: State of illness or poor health
  • cancel: To end a legal, business, or other agreement
  • friend: Person who you like and enjoy being with
  • lemonade: Drink that has a lemon flavor
  • today: This day; day that is happening now
  • delay: To wait some amount of time before doing something
  • bad: Not good; wrong
  • inconvenient: Causing difficulty, discomfort, or problems
  • enjoy: To take pleasure in something
  • moustache: Hair that grows above the upper lip
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    • annoying

      US /əˈnɔɪɪŋ/

      UK /əˈnɔɪɪŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone angry
      • Adjective
      • A little angry; upset
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    • awful

      US /ˈɔfəl/

      UK /ˈɔ:fl/

      • Adjective
      • Very bad; horrible; terrible
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    • bummer

      US /ˈbʌmɚ/

      UK /ˈbʌmə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Irritating or disappointing experience
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    • cancel

      US /ˈkænsəl/

      UK /'kænsl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To end a legal, business, or other agreement
      • To stop a planned event from happening
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    • channel

      US /ˈtʃænəl/

      UK /'tʃænl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
      • TV or radio station or its programs
      • Transitive Verb
      • To dig a long hole for carrying water
      • To send (e.g. money) to a certain place or person
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    • death

      US /dɛθ/

      UK /deθ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • When someone dies; the end of life
      • The cause or manner of someone dying.
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    • delay

      US /dɪˈle/

      UK /dɪˈleɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To wait some amount of time before doing something
      • To do something later than is planned or expected
      • Noun
      • Action of being late or happening later
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    • divorce

      US /dɪˈvɔrs, -ˈvors/

      UK /dɪ'vɔ:s/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Legal breakup of a marriage
      • Transitive Verb
      • To legally end a marriage to (someone)
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    • extremely

      US /ɪk'strimlɪ/

      UK /ɪkˈstri:mli/

      • Adverb
      • In a way that is much more than usual or expected
      • Remarkably; unusually.
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    • for example

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      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
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    • formal

      US / ˈfɔrməl/

      UK /'fɔ:ml/

      • Adjective
      • Observing rules and procedures strictly
      • Behaving well, politely; wearing your best clothes
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    • funeral

      US /ˈfjunərəl/

      UK /ˈfju:nərəl/

      • Noun
      • Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
      • Adjective
      • Relating to or characteristic of a funeral; mournful or somber.
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    • hamster

      US /ˈhæmstɚ/

      UK /ˈhæmstə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small animal with small tail, and large cheeks
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    • inconvenient

      US /ˌɪnkənˈvinjənt/

      UK /ˌɪnkənˈvi:niənt/

      • Adjective
      • Causing difficulty, discomfort, or problems
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    • informal

      US /ɪnˈfɔrməl/

      UK /inˈfɔ:məl/

      • Adjective
      • Casual; relaxed
      • Not official; not done by the rules
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    • invite

      US /ɪnˈvaɪt/

      UK /ɪnˈvaɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To ask someone to go somewhere or do something
      • Noun
      • An invitation
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    • lemonade

      US /ˌlɛməˈned/

      UK /ˌleməˈneɪd/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Drink that has a lemon flavor
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    • moustache

      US /ˈmʌsˌtæʃ, məˈstæʃ/

      UK /məˈstɑ:ʃ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Hair that grows above the upper lip
      • The style or shape of a moustache.
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    • react

      US /riˈækt/

      UK /rɪ'ækt/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To change when mixing with other chemicals
      • To behave or make a change in a particular way
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    • rude

      US /rud/

      UK /ru:d/

      • Adjective
      • Being unkind or impolite to others; disrespectful
      • Offensive; ill-mannered
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    • shame

      US /ʃem/

      UK /ʃeɪm/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone feel ashamed
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    • sickness

      US /ˈsɪknɪs/

      UK /ˈsɪknəs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of illness or poor health
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    • subscribe

      US /səbˈskraɪb/

      UK /səb'skraɪb/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To regularly pay to receive a service
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    • terrible

      US /ˈtɛrəbəl/

      UK /ˈterəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Very bad; horrible
      • Causing great fear; frightening
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    • video

      US /ˈvɪdiˌo/

      UK /'vɪdɪəʊ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Recording capturing action with sound
      • A recording of moving visual images made digitally or on videotape.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a moving film of, with sound
      • To make a video call.
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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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