Vocabulary

  • early bird: A person who gets up or arrives early.
  • get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
  • tv show: A television program.
  • wake up: To stop sleeping
  • over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
  • of a feather: Used to describe people or things that are similar or connected.
  • flock together: To gather or come together in a group.
  • birds of a feather: People with similar interests or characteristics tend to stick together.
  • at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
  • same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
  • secret of: The key or hidden information that explains something.
  • next to: Being located along side another
  • cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
  • have to: Must do
  • out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
  • in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
  • travel abroad: To go to a foreign country.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
  • phrase: Common expression or saying
  • procrastinate: To delay doing something that you ought to do
  • recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
  • guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
  • realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
  • chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
  • sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
  • pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
  • clue: Information that helps explain something; hint
  • task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
  • tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
  • instantly: In a manner without delay; immediately
  • idiom: Phrase with a special, metaphoric meaning
  • create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
  • guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
  • contraction: Process of becoming smaller in length/size
  • shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
  • flock: Group of animals or birds that live together
  • important: Having power or authority
  • sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
  • magnetic: Having the properties of a magnet; able to attract
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
  • attract: To make something move closer using magnetic force
  • paycheck: Check issued in payment of wages or salary
  • argue: To fight or disagree over something
  • point: An item to be discussed
  • succeed: To have achieved what you were trying to achieve
  • vow: Very serious promise
  • surround: To be all the way around something
  • bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
  • hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • invite: To ask someone to go somewhere or do something
  • understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
  • puff: To breath in and out quickly
  • link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
  • outta: Slang written form of ‘Out of’
  • lesson: Something done to learn or teach something; class
  • complain: To say something is wrong and should be changed
  • worm: Small thin tube-shaped animal without legs
  • feather: One of the many light soft things on a bird's body
  • worksheet: Piece of paper showing work planned or done
  • inaudible: Impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear
  • video: Recording capturing action with sound
  • gift: Something given to another for a reason; present
  • wonderful: Producing feelings of enjoyment or delight
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    • at the same time

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
      • Nevertheless; however; used to introduce a contrasting or qualifying statement.
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    • attract

      US /əˈtrækt/

      UK /ə'trækt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something move closer using magnetic force
      • To make someone notice and become interested in
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    • birds of a feather

      US /bɝdz əv ə ˈfɛðɚ/

      UK /bɜ:dz əv ə ˈfeðə/

      • other
      • People with similar interests or characteristics tend to stick together.
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    • bite

      US /baɪt/

      UK /baɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
      • Wound left from being bitten
      • Intransitive Verb
      • (E.g. of fish) to take bait and be caught
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    • chaos

      US /ˈkeˌɑs/

      UK /'keɪɒs/

      • Noun (plural)
      • State of utter confusion or disorder
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Complete disorder and confusion.
      • Behavior so unpredictable as to appear random, owing to great sensitivity to small changes in conditions.
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    • clue

      US /klu/

      UK /klu:/

      • Noun
      • Information that helps explain something; hint
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    • complain

      US /kəmˈplen/

      UK /kəmˈpleɪn/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To say something is wrong and should be changed
      • To make a formal accusation or charge.
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    • contraction

      US /kənˈtrækʃən/

      UK /kənˈtrækʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Process of becoming smaller in length/size
      • Involuntary, often painful tightening of a muscle
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    • cut off

      US /kʌt ɔf/

      UK /kʌt ɔf/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To end a process, e.g. a phone call
      • To cut the end of something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To isolate or prevent access to a place or person.
      • To interrupt someone while they are speaking.
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    • early bird

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      UK

      • Noun
      • A person who gets up or arrives early.
      • Someone who takes the opportunity to do something before other people will have an advantage over them.
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    • feather

      US /ˈfɛðɚ/

      UK /ˈfeðə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • One of the many light soft things on a bird's body
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To grow feathers
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    • flock

      US /flɑ:k/

      UK /flɒk/

      • Countable Noun
      • Group of animals or birds that live together
      • Group of people who gather or travel together
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To gather together or move as a group
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    • flock together

      US /flɑk təˈɡɛðɚ/

      UK /flɒk təˈgeðə/

      • other
      • To gather or come together in a group.
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    • get out of

      US /ɡɛt aʊt ʌv/

      UK /ɡet aut ɔv/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
      • To leave a small, enclosed vehicle
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    • gift

      US /ɡɪft/

      UK /gɪft/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something given to another for a reason; present
      • Special skill or natural ability to do something
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    • guarantee

      US /ˌɡærənˈti/

      UK /ˌɡærən'ti:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To promise to repair a broken product
      • To promise that something will happen or be done
      • Countable Noun
      • A promise to repair a broken product
      • Promise that something will be done as expected
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • idiom

      US /ˈɪdiəm/

      UK /ˈɪdiəm/

      • Noun
      • Phrase with a special, metaphoric meaning
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    • in fact

      US /ɪn fækt/

      UK /in fækt/

      • Adverb
      • Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
      • Used to introduce a more detailed or surprising piece of information.
      • Phrase
      • Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that is surprising or contrary to what might be expected.
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    • inaudible

      US /ɪnˈɔdəbəl/

      UK /ɪnˈɔ:dəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear
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    • instantly

      US /ˈɪnstəntli/

      UK /ˈɪnstəntli/

      • Adverb
      • In a manner without delay; immediately
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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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    • 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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    • magnetic

      US /mæɡˈnɛtɪk/

      UK /mægˈnetɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Having the properties of a magnet; able to attract
      • Having great power to attract attention, interest
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    • next to

      US /nɛkst tu/

      UK /nekst tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Being located along side another
      • In comparison with
      • Adverb
      • Almost; nearly
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    • of a feather

      US /əv ə ˈfɛðɚ/

      UK /əv ə ˈfeðə/

      • other
      • Used to describe people or things that are similar or connected.
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    • out of control

      US /aʊt ʌv kənˈtrol/

      UK /aut ɔv kənˈtrəul/

      • Adjective
      • Impossible to manage or control.
      • Not able to be directed or steered.
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    • outta

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      UK

      • Adverb
      • Slang written form of ‘Out of’
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    • over to

      US

      UK

      • Preposition
      • Used to hand over to someone else to speak
      • The responsibility is now yours
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    • phrase

      US /frez/

      UK /freɪz/

      • Noun
      • Common expression or saying
      • Section of musical notes in a piece of music
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To choose words to say what you mean clearly
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    • procrastinate

      US /proˈkræstəˌnet, prə-/

      UK /prəʊ'kræstɪneɪt/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To delay doing something that you ought to do
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    • pronounce

      US /prəˈnaʊns/

      UK /prə'naʊns/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To state something in a legal or official way
      • To give your opinion or decision about something
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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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    • puff

      US /pʌf/

      UK /pʌf/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To breath in and out quickly
      • Countable Noun
      • Sweet baked food filled with cream or jam
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    • recommend

      US /ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd/

      UK /ˌrekə'mend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To advise or suggest that someone do something
      • To endorse or support something publicly.
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    • same time

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
      • At the identical time as before; recurring at a fixed hour.
      • Noun
      • An equal duration or period.
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    • secret of

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      UK

      • Phrase
      • The key or hidden information that explains something.
      • Confidential information about something.
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    • succeed

      US /səkˈsid/

      UK /sək'si:d/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To have achieved what you were trying to achieve
      • To take over position of one who has died or left
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    • surround

      US /səˈraʊnd/

      UK /səˈraʊnd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To be all the way around something
      • To be closely connected to and have an effect on
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be closely connected to and have an effect on
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    • task

      US /tæsk/

      UK /tɑ:sk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Big or small piece of work someone has to do
      • Transitive Verb
      • To be given something to do, e.g. wash dishes
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    • tip

      US /tɪp/

      UK /tɪp/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To pour or move something from a place, container
      • To give extra money for good service
      • Noun
      • End point of e.g. a pencil or finger
      • Extra money given for good service
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    • travel abroad

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      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To go to a foreign country.
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    • tv show

      US /ˈtiˈvi ʃo/

      UK /ˈti:ˈvi: ʃəu/

      • Noun
      • A television program.
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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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    • vow

      US /vaʊ/

      UK /vaʊ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Very serious promise
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make a serious, often a religious, promise
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    • vowel

      US /ˈvaʊəl/

      UK /ˈvaʊəl/

      • Countable Noun
      • A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
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    • wake up

      US /wek ʌp/

      UK /weik ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To stop sleeping
      • To become fully aware and alert to a situation.
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    • wonderful

      US /'wʌndərfl/

      UK /ˈwʌndəfl/

      • Adjective
      • Producing feelings of enjoyment or delight
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    • worksheet

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      UK

      • Noun
      • Piece of paper showing work planned or done
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    • worm

      US /wɚm/

      UK /wɜ:m/

      • Noun
      • Small thin tube-shaped animal without legs
      • Transitive Verb
      • To remove worms from an animals stomach
      • To get information, etc. out of, by tricking them
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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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    US/brev/
    UK/breɪv/
    adj.Brave
    v.t.To bravely face
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