Vocabulary

  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • out of the ordinary : Unusual or remarkable; not typical.
  • sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
  • conscious: Aware of what is going on around you
  • quote: Written statement of the cost of something
  • desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
  • experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
  • immediately: Without any delay; straight away
  • completely: In every way or as much as possible
  • identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
  • position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
  • parliament: Elected officials who govern a country (in the UK)
  • initially: At first; originally
  • prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
  • brutal: Extremely violent or mean
  • military: Army or armed forces
  • condition: To improve something to make it better
  • capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
  • ordinary: Normal or usual
  • facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
  • security: Department in a company in charge of protection
  • reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
  • pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
  • reckless: Being dangerous and not caring about the results
  • lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
  • incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
  • break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
  • ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
  • diplomatic: Concerning formal relationships between countries
  • aftermath: The bad result/situation after an event
  • appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
  • condemn: To say that (a building) is too unsafe to be used
  • support: To give assistance or advice to someone
  • government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
  • pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
  • bundle: A group of things that are tied/fastened together
  • immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
  • helicopter: Aircraft with spinning blades at the top
  • understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
  • service: Work that a person does to assist others
  • hold: To agree to keep something for someone
  • dispatch: To send (people or objects) somewhere
  • stabilize: To make stable/consistent, with no major changes
  • restrain: To limit, restrict, or keep under control
  • enlighten: To cause someone to understand
  • location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
  • ambulance: Vehicle equipped to transport sick, injured people
  • toe: One of the five parts at the end of your foot
  • nick: Person's name
  • spokesperson: Advocate who represents another’s policy/purpose
  • populist: Politician claiming to represent ordinary people
  • spokesman: Advocate who represents another’s policy/purpose
  • northeast: Location in the northeastern part of an area
  • gunman: Person who shoots a gun (as specified)
  • leftist: One supporting liberal or new ideas politically
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    • ambulance

      US /ˈæmbjələns/

      UK /ˈæmbjələns/

      • Noun
      • Vehicle equipped to transport sick, injured people
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    • brutal

      US /ˈbrutl/

      UK /'bru:tl/

      • Adjective
      • Extremely violent or mean
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    • bundle

      US /ˈbʌndl/

      UK /ˈbʌndl/

      • Countable Noun
      • A group of things that are tied/fastened together
      • A set of products sold together cheaply
      • Transitive Verb
      • To fasten, tie or wrap several things together
      • To sell a set of products at a lower price
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    • capital

      US /ˈkæpɪtl/

      UK /'kæpɪtl/

      • Noun
      • Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
      • Official main city of a country, province or state
      • Adjective
      • Main, or major
      • (Of an offense) liable to the death penalty.
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    • condemn

      US /kənˈdɛm/

      UK /kənˈdem/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To say that (a building) is too unsafe to be used
      • To state strongly that person, thing is bad, wrong
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    • condition

      US /kənˈdɪʃən/

      UK /kənˈdɪʃn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To improve something to make it better
      • To cause to behave automatically in a certain way
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Disease or other medical problem
      • The state of living you are in, e.g. good health
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    • conscious

      US /ˈkɑnʃəs/

      UK /ˈkɒnʃəs/

      • Adjective
      • Aware of what is going on around you
      • Intentionally done; deliberate.
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    • desperate

      US /ˈdɛspərɪt/

      UK /ˈdespərət/

      • Adjective
      • Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
      • State of urgently wanting to go to the toilet
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    • diplomatic

      US /ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk/

      UK /ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning formal relationships between countries
      • Not being offensive
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    • dispatch

      US /dɪˈspætʃ/

      UK /dɪˈspætʃ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To send (people or objects) somewhere
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    • enlighten

      US /ɛnˈlaɪtn/

      UK /ɪn'laɪtn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause someone to understand
      • To give light to; illuminate.
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    • facility

      US /fəˈsɪlɪti/

      UK /fəˈsɪləti/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
      • Skill to do something with ease
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    • gunman

      US /ˈɡʌnmən/

      UK /ˈgʌnmən/

      • Countable Noun
      • Person who shoots a gun (as specified)
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    • helicopter

      US /ˈhɛlɪˌkɑptɚ/

      UK /'helɪkɒptə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Aircraft with spinning blades at the top
      • Transitive Verb
      • To transport by helicopter
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    • identify

      US /aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ/

      UK /aɪ'dentɪfaɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To indicate who or what someone or something is
      • To say exactly what something is
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    • immigration

      US /ˌɪmɪˈɡreɪʃn/

      UK /ˌɪmɪˈgreɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Process of moving your home to a new country
      • The number of people immigrating to a country during a specific period.
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    • incident

      US / ˈɪnsɪdənt/

      UK /ˈɪnsɪdənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Event, usually unusual or important; accident
      • A political event that causes difficulties.
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    • initially

      US /ɪˈnɪʃəli/

      UK /ɪˈnɪʃəli/

      • Adverb
      • At first; originally
      • In the first stage of a process or development.
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    • leftist

      US /'leftɪst/

      UK /ˈleftɪst/

      • Noun
      • One supporting liberal or new ideas politically
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    • lift

      US /lɪft/

      UK /lɪft/

      • Noun
      • Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
      • Machine carrying people up or down to other floors
      • Transitive Verb
      • To stop or cancel something, such as a rule
      • To move something to higher position
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    • location

      US /loʊˈkeɪʃn/

      UK /ləʊˈkeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
      • A place away from a studio where film or television shots are made.
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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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    • military

      US /ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri/

      UK /'mɪlətrɪ/

      • Noun
      • Army or armed forces
      • Adjective
      • Concerning the army or navy
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    • nick

      US /nɪk/

      UK /nɪk/

      • Noun
      • Person's name
      • Scratches caused by accidentally knocking
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a scratch in
      • To steal
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    • northeast

      US /nɔrθˈist, nɔrˈist/

      UK /'nɔ:θ'i:st/

      • Noun
      • Location in the northeastern part of an area
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    • of course

      US /ʌv kɔː(r)s/

      UK /ɔv kɔː(r)s/

      • Adverb
      • Sure ; Certainly
      • Phrase
      • For sure; certainly
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    • ordinary

      US /ˈɔ:rdneri/

      UK /'ɔ:dnrɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Normal or usual
      • Of the rank of ordinary seaman.
      • Noun
      • An ecclesiastical judge or official having ordinary jurisdiction in a given area.
      • Any of several simple and basic geometrical figures.
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    • out of the ordinary

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Unusual or remarkable; not typical.
      • Exceptional; remarkably better than others of its kind.
      • Phrase
      • Beyond what is usual, common, or expected.
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    • parliament

      US /ˈpɑrləmənt/

      UK /ˈpɑ:ləmənt/

      • Noun
      • Elected officials who govern a country (in the UK)
      • Period when the Uk government is in session
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    • populist

      US /ˈpɑpjulɪst/

      UK /'pɒpjəlɪst/

      • Noun
      • Politician claiming to represent ordinary people
      • Adjective
      • Claiming to represent the views of ordinary people
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    • pour

      US /pɔr, por/

      UK /pɔ:(r)/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
      • To make something flow in a steady stream
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    • prime

      US /praɪm/

      UK /praɪm/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To get a person ready for; prepare someone
      • To coat with paint to prepare it for the main coat
      • Adjective
      • Concerning the highest in quality or value
      • Concerning the highest level of achievement
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    • quote

      US /kwot/

      UK /kwəʊt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Written statement of the cost of something
      • The (often wise or famous) words of another person
      • Transitive Verb
      • To tell someone how much a task will cost
      • To repeat precisely what a person said or wrote
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    • reaction

      US /riˈækʃən/

      UK /rɪ'ækʃn/

      • Noun
      • Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
      • Feeling or action in response to something
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    • reckless

      US /ˈrɛklɪs/

      UK /'rekləs/

      • Adjective
      • Being dangerous and not caring about the results
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    • restrain

      US /rɪˈstren/

      UK /rɪ'streɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To limit, restrict, or keep under control
      • To keep someone or something under control; to prevent from freedom of movement or action.
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    • security

      US /sɪˈkjʊrɪti/sə'kjurətɪ/

      UK /sɪ'kjʊərətɪ/

      • Noun
      • Department in a company in charge of protection
      • Financial document, like stocks, bonds and notes
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    • see in

      US /si ɪn/

      UK /si: in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
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    • spokesman

      US /ˈspoksmən/

      UK /ˈspəʊksmən/

      • Countable Noun
      • Advocate who represents another’s policy/purpose
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    • spokesperson

      US /ˈspoksˌpɚsən/

      UK /ˈspəukspə:sn/

      • Noun
      • Advocate who represents another’s policy/purpose
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    • stabilize

      US /ˈstebəˌlaɪz/

      UK /'steɪbəlaɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make stable/consistent, with no major changes
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    • toe

      US /toʊ/

      UK /təʊ/

      • Noun
      • One of the five parts at the end of your foot
      • Front part of a sock or shoe
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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

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    adj.Brave
    v.t.To bravely face
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