Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • ask for permission: To request authorization or consent to do something.
  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
  • third one: The item that is in the third position in a sequence.
  • permission: Right to do something as allowed by another
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • polite: Showing good manners or respect for other people
  • board: Surface for posting or showing information
  • switch: A change or shift from one method to another
  • couple: To join something to something else
  • leave: To go away from; depart
  • peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
  • important: Having power or authority
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
  • verb: Word that expresses an action or state
  • remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
  • customer: Someone who buys goods or services from a business
  • borrow: To take and later return something from another
  • store: To put things in a place for later use
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • meet: To provide something that is necessary
  • quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
  • department: Division of a larger part or organization
  • good: Proper, appropriate or right
  • video: Recording capturing action with sound
  • call: A order or request for action
  • hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
  • bathroom: Room where you take a bath or go to the toilet
  • salesperson: Person employed to sell a company's products
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    • ask for permission

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      UK

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To request authorization or consent to do something.
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    • bathroom

      US /ˈbæθru:m/

      UK /ˈbɑ:θru:m/

      • Noun
      • Room where you take a bath or go to the toilet
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    • borrow

      US /ˈbɑ:roʊ/

      UK /ˈbɒrəʊ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To take and later return something from another
      • To carry one number to another column when adding
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    • couple

      US /ˈkʌpəl/

      UK /'kʌpl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To join something to something else
      • (Two animals) to engage in sexual relations
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Two people in a romantic relationship
      • Two of something; two people; a pair
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    • customer

      US /ˈkʌstəmɚ/

      UK /ˈkʌstəmə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Someone who buys goods or services from a business
      • A person or organization that buys products or services from a business.
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    • department

      US /dɪˈpɑ:rtmənt/

      UK /dɪˈpɑ:tmənt/

      • Noun
      • Division of a larger part or organization
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    • for example

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      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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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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    • peak

      US /pik/

      UK /pi:k/

      • Noun
      • Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
      • The very top of a mountain
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To reach the highest or best point
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    • permission

      US /pɚˈmɪʃən/

      UK /pəˈmɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Right to do something as allowed by another
      • Formal authorization from an authority.
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    • polite

      US /pəˈlaɪt/

      UK /pəˈlaɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Showing good manners or respect for other people
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    • salesperson

      US /ˈseɪlzpɜ:rsn/

      UK /ˈseɪlzpɜ:sn/

      • Countable Noun
      • Person employed to sell a company's products
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    • speak to

      US /spik tu/

      UK /spi:k tu:/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To address or communicate with someone.
      • To indicate or suggest something; to be relevant to.
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    • store

      US /stɔr, stor/

      UK /stɔ:(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To put things in a place for later use
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place where things are kept for future use
      • Place where you can go to buy things
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    • switch

      US /swɪtʃ/

      UK /swɪtʃ/

      • Noun
      • A change or shift from one method to another
      • Thing you move to turn electrical items on or off
      • Transitive Verb
      • To exchange or replace something for another thing
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    • third one

      US

      UK

      • Pronoun
      • The item that is in the third position in a sequence.
      • Noun
      • The third option or choice from a set of possibilities.
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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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    Can I? Could I? May I? | Asking for Permission / Request | Learn English Speaking

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