Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • sneak past: To move quietly and secretly past someone or something.
  • going on: To continue doing something
  • goes well: To happen in the way desired
  • on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
  • for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
  • wait out: To wait until the end of something, especially something unpleasant.
  • beat the clock: To hurry in order to do something before a deadline.
  • knock out: To hit and make unconscious
  • of old: From a long time ago; in the past.
  • talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
  • at least: As a minimum
  • feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
  • pitch black: Extremely dark; completely without light.
  • speed up: To move more quickly
  • left out: To forget; omit
  • pick out: To choose or select one item from many
  • pass on: A polite way of saying 'to die'
  • due to: Because of; owing to
  • look around: To explore a place; search for something.
  • stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
  • matter: To be of great importance; to count
  • audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
  • dumb: Senseless; stupid
  • aisle: Long narrow space between rows of seats
  • imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
  • sneak: To move around in a way so no one will see you
  • burst: To move (arrive, exit, etc.) suddenly or hurriedly
  • film: Thin layer that covers something
  • couple: To join something to something else
  • beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
  • rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
  • construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
  • ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
  • leave: To go away from; depart
  • ramp: Path that increases in height as you walk up it
  • cement: Building material made from gray powder, water
  • bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
  • single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
  • hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
  • boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
  • drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
  • chin: Part of your face below your mouth above your neck
  • remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • suspend: To hang something or someone from something
  • grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
  • laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
  • fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
  • lane: Marked strip of the road or swimming pool
  • traffic: The cars or vehicles on the road
  • knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
  • brake: Mechanism on car, train, bike to make it slow down
  • guy: Man; boy; any person
  • grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
  • life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
  • know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
  • habitual: Done by someone on a regular basis
  • exit: A door that you go through to leave a place
  • jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
  • speed: How fast or slow something is or is done
  • anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
  • continental: Of or typical of the culture of mainland Europe
  • hole: An empty space, as in the ground, in a sock etc.
  • merge: To cause two or more things to combine into one
  • bleed: To allow a liquid or gas to escape
  • tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
  • oncoming: (E.g. of traffic) moving towards
  • grandma: Mother of your father or mother
  • secondhand: Something that has already used by another person
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    • aisle

      US /aɪl/

      UK /aɪl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Long narrow space between rows of seats
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    • anti

      US /ˈæntaɪ, -ti/

      UK /'æntɪ/

      • Adjective
      • A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
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    • at least

      US /æt list/

      UK /æt li:st/

      • Adverb
      • As a minimum
      • Not less than
      • Phrase
      • No less than; at the minimum
      • Used to indicate that something is positive in a bad situation.
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    • audience

      US /ˈɔdiəns/

      UK /ˈɔ:diəns/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
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    • beat

      US /bit/

      UK /bi:t/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move in regular motions in order to push blood
      • Transitive Verb
      • To strike or hit repeatedly and with great force
      • To mix ingredients together with a fork or machine
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    • beat the clock

      US

      UK

      • Idiom
      • To hurry in order to do something before a deadline.
      • Noun
      • A television game show where contestants perform stunts to win prizes before time runs out.
      • A promotional event where prices decrease as time runs out.
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    • bleed

      US /blid/

      UK /bli:d/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To allow a liquid or gas to escape
      • To flow out of something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To drain something such as water from a source
      • To take money from someone a little at a time
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    • boom

      US /bum/

      UK /bu:m/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Very fast increase in growth or popularity
      • A very loud and deep sound
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To experience a rapid increase in growth
      • To make a very loud and deep sound
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    • brake

      US /brek/

      UK /breɪk/

      • Noun
      • Mechanism on car, train, bike to make it slow down
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To stop or slow down a car when driving
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    • bully

      US /ˈbʊli/

      UK /'bʊlɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
      • A person who uses superior strength or influence to intimidate others.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable)
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    • burst

      US /bɚst/

      UK /bɜ:st/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move (arrive, exit, etc.) suddenly or hurriedly
      • To break apart/open in a sudden and violent way
      • Noun
      • Brief time period when something happens and ends
      • A sudden outbreak or display of something.
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    • cement

      US /sɪˈmɛnt/

      UK /sɪ'ment/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Building material made from gray powder, water
      • Transitive Verb
      • To bind or hold together strongly
      • To make something more stable or stronger
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    • chin

      US /tʃɪn/

      UK /tʃɪn/

      • Noun
      • Part of your face below your mouth above your neck
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    • construction

      US /kənˈstrʌkʃən/

      UK /kən'strʌkʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of building something; thing that is built
      • Something that is made using different parts
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    • continental

      US /ˌkɑ:ntɪˈnentl/

      UK /ˌkɒntɪˈnentl/

      • Adjective
      • Of or typical of the culture of mainland Europe
      • Concerning or found on a continent
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person living on mainland Europe
      • A light breakfast, typically including pastries, cereal, and fruit.
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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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    • due to

      US /du tu/

      UK /dju: tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Because of; owing to
      • Adjective
      • Attributable to; caused by.
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    • dumb

      US /dʌm/

      UK /dʌm/

      • Adjective
      • Senseless; stupid
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    • exit

      US /ˈɛɡzɪt, ˈɛksɪt/

      UK /ˈeksɪt/

      • Noun
      • A door that you go through to leave a place
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To leave a certain place
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    • feel like

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have a desire or inclination for something.
      • To have a particular quality or sensation; resemble.
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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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    • for the rest

      US /fɔr ði rɛst/

      UK /fɔ: ðə rest/

      • Phrase
      • Concerning the remaining people or things.
      • During the remaining part of a period of time.
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    • goes well

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To happen in the way desired
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be successful or satisfactory; to turn out favorably.
      • To be harmonious or matching; to look good together.
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    • going on

      US /ˈɡoɪŋ ɑn/

      UK /ˈgəʊɪŋ ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue doing something
      • To happen (usually negative)
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    • grade

      US /ɡred/

      UK /ɡreɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give a road the required angle of slope
      • To determine the level or quality of something
      • Noun
      • Level or quality of something e.g. a diamond
      • Mark that shows the quality of a student's work
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    • grandma

      US /ˈɡrændˌmɑ,/

      UK /ˈgrænmɑ:/

      • Noun
      • Mother of your father or mother
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    • habitual

      US /həˈbɪtʃuəl/

      UK /həˈbɪtʃuəl/

      • Adjective
      • Done by someone on a regular basis
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • hole

      US /hol/

      UK /həʊl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An empty space, as in the ground, in a sock etc.
      • Fault or weakness in a plan, idea or explanation
      • Transitive Verb
      • (Golf) to get the ball into the hole
      • To make a hole in something.
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    • jet

      US /dʒɛt/

      UK /dʒet/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
      • A pipe that water or gas goes through
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • (Of liquid, gas) to shoot out of a small opening
      • To travel on a jet plane
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    • knock

      US /nɑk/

      UK /nɒk/

      • Noun
      • Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
      • Action of something solid hitting something hard
      • Transitive Verb
      • To criticize someone in an unreasonable way
      • To hit something to get people's attention
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    • knock out

      US /nɑk aʊt/

      UK /nɔk aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To hit and make unconscious
      • To defeat someone so decisively that they cannot continue.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To defeat someone so decisively that they are unable to continue.
      • To destroy or disable something, especially a piece of equipment.
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    • lane

      US /len/

      UK /leɪn/

      • Noun
      • Marked strip of the road or swimming pool
      • Narrow way or road, often with steep sides
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    • left out

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To forget; omit
      • To exclude someone or something; to not include.
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    • look around

      US /lʊk əˈraʊnd/

      UK /luk əˈraund/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To explore a place; search for something.
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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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    • look for

      US /lʊk fɔr/

      UK /luk fɔ:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To try to find a thing or person that is lost
      • To expect or anticipate something.
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    • merge

      US /mɜ:rdʒ/

      UK /mɜ:dʒ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause two or more things to combine into one
      • Noun
      • Causing two or more things to combine into one
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    • of old

      US /ʌv oʊld/

      UK /əv əuld/

      • other
      • From a long time ago; in the past.
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    • on the way

      US /ɑn ði we/

      UK /ɔn ðə wei/

      • Phrase
      • During the journey to a particular place.
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    • oncoming

      US /ˈɑnˌkʌmɪŋ, ˈɔn-/

      UK /ˈɒnkʌmɪŋ/

      • Adjective
      • (E.g. of traffic) moving towards
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    • panic

      US /ˈpænɪk/

      UK /'pænɪk/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To feel sudden anxiety and fear and cannot think
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    • pass on

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • A polite way of saying 'to die'
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    • pick out

      US /pɪk aʊt/

      UK /pik aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To choose or select one item from many
      • To distinguish or recognize something or someone from a group.
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    • pitch black

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Extremely dark; completely without light.
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    • ramp

      US /ræmp/

      UK /ræmp/

      • Noun
      • Path that increases in height as you walk up it
      • Transitive Verb
      • To slope or incline; (phrasal: ramp up) to increase the level or amount of something sharply; to furnish with a sloping surface.
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    • secondhand

      US /'sekəndhænd/

      UK /'sekənd'hænd/

      • Adjective
      • Something that has already used by another person
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    • sneak

      US /snik/

      UK /sni:k/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move around in a way so no one will see you
      • To take something somewhere/give secretly
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move around in such a way no one will see you
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    • sneak past

      US /snik pæst/

      UK /sni:k pɑ:st/

      • other
      • To move quietly and secretly past someone or something.
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    • speed

      US /spid/

      UK /spi:d/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • How fast or slow something is or is done
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move quickly when completing an action
      • To drive a vehicle faster than laws allow
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    • speed up

      US /spid ʌp/

      UK /spi:d ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To move more quickly
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    • stuff

      US /stʌf/

      UK /stʌf/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Generic description for things, materials, objects
      • Transitive Verb
      • To push material inside something, with force
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    • suspend

      US /səˈspɛnd/

      UK /sə'spend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To hang something or someone from something
      • To stop something for a period of time; interrupt
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    • take in

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To allow to enter; receive as a guest
      • To include or add
      • Transitive Verb
      • To absorb (liquid).
      • To understand or comprehend something.
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    • talking about

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To discuss a particular topic.
      • To be constantly mentioning or bringing up a subject.
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    • tired

      US /ˈtaɪərd/

      UK /ˈtaɪəd/

      • Adjective
      • Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
      • Transitive Verb
      • To lose, cause to lose energy so you want to rest
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    • traffic

      US /ˈtræfɪk/

      UK /'træfɪk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The cars or vehicles on the road
      • Amount of activity over a communication system
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • Deal or trade in something illegal.
      • To direct and control traffic.
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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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    • wait out

      US /wet aʊt/

      UK /weit aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To wait until the end of something, especially something unpleasant.
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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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