Vocabulary

  • well up: (of tears) to rise to the surface and gather in someone's eyes.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • have to: Must do
  • think about: To consider something carefully.
  • puppy love: Intense but relatively shallow romantic attachment, typically associated with adolescents.
  • come from: To have as your native country or city
  • subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
  • pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
  • situation: Place, position or area that something is in
  • expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
  • vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
  • completely: In every way or as much as possible
  • describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
  • emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
  • imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
  • separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
  • relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
  • shed: Small building used for storage
  • mean: Average of a set of numbers
  • surface: To give (road) a top layer
  • section: A part of a whole
  • release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
  • film: Thin layer that covers something
  • quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
  • flow: To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
  • phrasal: Concerning or consisting of a phrase
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • control: A device designed to operate a machine
  • attach: To be associated or connected with
  • adjective: A word that describes a noun, e.g. happy
  • spell: To lead to future trouble
  • fur: Hairy coat of an animal
  • stand: To be a candidate in an election
  • bring: To take or go with someone to a place
  • speech: A formal talk to an audience
  • daily: Happening every day
  • verb: Word that expresses an action or state
  • question: To ask for or try to get information
  • bride: Woman who is, or who will get married soon
  • summary: Brief, complete and accurate
  • link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
  • review: To carefully look at the quality of something
  • reunite: To cause to come together after being apart
  • sadness: Unhappy feeling when something bad happened
  • headline: To be the main performer at a show
  • snake: An animal with a long body, no arms or legs
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    • attach

      US /əˈtætʃ/

      UK /ə'tætʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be associated or connected with
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    • bride

      US /braɪd/

      UK /braɪd/

      • Countable Noun
      • Woman who is, or who will get married soon
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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
      B1
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    • come from

      US /kʌm frʌm/

      UK /kʌm frɔm/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To have as your native country or city
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    • emotional

      US /ɪˈmoʃənəl/

      UK /ɪˈməʊʃənl/

      • Adjective
      • Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
      • Relating to or characterized by emotion
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    • expression

      US /ɪkˈsprɛʃən/

      UK /ɪk'spreʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
      • Group of words that have a specific meaning
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    • film

      US /fɪlm/

      UK /fɪlm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Thin layer that covers something
      • Movie
      • Transitive Verb
      • To record moving action with a camera
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    • flow

      US /flo/

      UK /fləʊ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Amount of something that moves through an area
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    • fur

      US /fɚ/

      UK /fɜ:(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Hairy coat of an animal
      • Clothing item made with animal fur
      • Transitive Verb
      • To apply strips of wood or metal to a wall or ceiling to create a level surface.
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • headline

      US /ˈhedlaɪn/

      UK /ˈhedlaɪn/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be the main performer at a show
      • Noun
      • Title summarizing a news story
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    • link

      US /lɪŋk/

      UK /lɪŋk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
      • Connection between two or more things or people
      • Transitive Verb
      • To join or connect together
      • To associate or connect in one's mind.
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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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    • phrasal

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Concerning or consisting of a phrase
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    • pronunciation

      US /prəˌnʌnsiˈeʃən/

      UK /prəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • How a word is said; how a word sounds
      • The manner in which someone utters a word.
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    • puppy love

      US /ˈpʌpi lʌv/

      UK /ˈpʌpi lʌv/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Intense but relatively shallow romantic attachment, typically associated with adolescents.
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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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    • relationship

      US /rɪˈleʃənˌʃɪp/

      UK /rɪˈleɪʃnʃɪp/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Connection between two or more people or things
      • Way people interact or live with each other
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    • release

      US /rɪ'li:s/

      UK /rɪ'li:s/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To free someone from a responsibility or burden
      • To allow a film, music etc. to be sold/distributed
      • Noun
      • Act of freeing someone from a duty or burden
      • Introduction of a new product, film, book, etc.
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    • reunite

      US /ˌrijuˈnaɪt/

      UK /ˌri:ju:ˈnaɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause to come together after being apart
      A2
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    • review

      US / rɪˈvju/

      UK /rɪˈvju:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To carefully look at the quality of something
      • To formally examine something in the military
      • Noun
      • Examination of soldiers and supplies
      • Opinion, as in a paper, about movie, book, or play
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    • sadness

      US /ˈsædnəs/

      UK /ˈsædnəs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Unhappy feeling when something bad happened
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    • section

      US / ˈsɛkʃən/

      UK /'sekʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A part of a whole
      • Specific group of people from a larger group
      • Transitive Verb
      • To divide something into smaller parts
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    • separate

      US /'sepəreɪt/

      UK /'sepəreɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Being different from or unrelated to another
      • Not connected; different.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To divide two things by being in between them
      • To move things away from each other
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    • shed

      US /ʃed/

      UK /ʃed/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small building used for storage
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To lose something as a natural process e.g. hair
      • Got rid of something that was no longer wanted or needed.
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    • snake

      US /snek/

      UK /sneɪk/

      • Noun
      • An animal with a long body, no arms or legs
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move like a snake
      • To wind in a long path like the shape of a snake
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    • speech

      US /spitʃ/

      UK /spi:tʃ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • A formal talk to an audience
      • Expression of ideas or opinions by talking
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    • spell

      US /spɛl/

      UK /spel/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To lead to future trouble
      • To be able to write (or say) the letters of a word
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Making some magic happen; form of words to do this
      • Period of time; time when an action is being done
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    • subscribe

      US /səbˈskraɪb/

      UK /səb'skraɪb/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To regularly pay to receive a service
      B1TOEIC
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    • summary

      US /ˈsʌməri/

      UK /ˈsʌməri/

      • Adjective
      • Brief, complete and accurate
      • Noun
      • Shorter statement of the most important parts
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    • surface

      US /ˈsɚfəs/

      UK /'sɜ:fɪs/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give (road) a top layer
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To appear after being hidden, unseen, or unknown
      • To come to the top of something; emerge
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    • think about

      US /θɪŋk əˈbaʊt/

      UK /θiŋk əˈbaut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To consider something carefully.
      • To remember or call to mind.
      A1
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    • used to

      US /juzd tu/

      UK /ˈju:st tə/

      • Adjective
      • Did regularly before, but don't do now
      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Have done before, but do not do now
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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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    • well up

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • (of tears) to rise to the surface and gather in someone's eyes.
      • (of a liquid) to rise to the surface and begin to flow or gather.
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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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    Dogs: Happy tears? - BBC News Review

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    Ever wondered if dogs cry happy tears when they see their owners? This BBC News Review dives into the heartwarming science behind animal emotions and teaches you useful phrases like 'well up' and 'shed tears' to describe those teary-eyed moments! You'll pick up practical vocabulary that's perfect for everyday conversations.

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