Vocabulary

  • talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
  • on paper: In theory or as a plan, but not necessarily in reality.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • hanging out: To spend time with your friends
  • go back to: To return to a starting point
  • in the mood: Wanting to do something
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • awkward: Lacking smooth movement
  • weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
  • figure: To appear in a game, play or event
  • fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
  • position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
  • overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
  • fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
  • explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
  • nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
  • couple: To join something to something else
  • mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
  • setback: Unfortunate happening that hinders or frustrates
  • honestly: With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
  • hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
  • mind: To be bothered or upset by something
  • minor: Not so large in size; not important or valuable
  • haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
  • league: Group of people, countries with a common goal
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • tray: A wide flat thing to carry food on
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • spend: To use money to pay for something
  • simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
  • stand: To be a candidate in an election
  • upright: Having good moral standards; of good character
  • wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
  • college: School or educational institution for adults
  • guy: Man; boy; any person
  • fasten: To attach things by pinning, tying, or nailing
  • feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
  • tart: Dish baked in an open pastry case
  • university: High-level educational institution; college
  • sue: Person's name
  • kid: Child or young person
  • spicy: Hot and strongly flavored in taste
  • lazy: Not liking to work or make an effort; idle
  • excite: To make something or someone become more active
  • ivy: Climbing plant growing up walls of buildings
  • latin: Ancient Roman language affecting many languages
  • phone: To talk to someone using a telephone
  • securely: In a confident and unselfconscious manner
  • curvy: Having curves; (of woman) full-figured
  • seatbelt: Strong belt in a car to hold you in your seat
  • matriarch: Female head of a family/tribe; strong older woman
  • diva: Female operatic star
  • cam: Rotating or sliding piece in mechanical linkages
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    • awkward

      US /ˈɔkwəd/

      UK /ˈɔ:kwəd/

      • Adjective
      • Lacking smooth movement
      • Causing embarrassment or trouble
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    • cam

      US /kæm/

      UK /kæm/

      • Noun
      • Rotating or sliding piece in mechanical linkages
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    • college

      US /'kɑːlɪdʒ/

      UK /'kɒlɪdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • School or educational institution for adults
      • A constituent body of a university.
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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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    • curvy

      US /ˈkɜ:rvi/

      UK /ˈkɜ:vi/

      • Adjective
      • Having curves; (of woman) full-figured
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    • diva

      US /'di:və/

      UK /'di:və/

      • Countable Noun
      • Female operatic star
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    • excite

      US /ɪkˈsaɪt/

      UK /ɪk'saɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something or someone become more active
      • To make someone feel happy, interested or eager
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    • fancy

      US /ˈfænsi/

      UK /'fænsɪ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To want to have or do something; feel like
      • To imagine or suppose that something will happen
      • Adjective
      • Unusual and attractive in design
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    • fantastic

      US /fænˈtæstɪk/

      UK /fænˈtæstɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Strange or unusual in design or appearance
      • Very large, fast or great
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    • fasten

      US /ˈfæsn/

      UK /ˈfɑ:sn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To attach things by pinning, tying, or nailing
      • To hold or grip firmly
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    • go back to

      US /ɡo bæk tu/

      UK /ɡəu bæk tu:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To return to a starting point
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    • hang

      US /hæŋ/

      UK /hæŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
      • To kill by putting a rope around neck and dropping
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To float, move softly, or remain in the air
      • To remain undecided, unsolved or unclear
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    • hanging out

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To spend time with your friends
      • To spend times with friends or relax doing nothing
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    • honestly

      US /ˈɑnɪstli/

      UK /ˈɒnɪstli/

      • Adverb
      • With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
      • Genuinely; in a sincere manner.
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    • in mind

      US /ɪn maɪnd/

      UK /in maind/

      • Phrase
      • Being aware of or considering something.
      • To remember or consider something.
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    • in the mood

      US /ɪn ði mud/

      UK /in ðə mu:d/

      • Adjective
      • Wanting to do something
      • Having a desire for sex
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    • ivy

      US /ˈaɪvi/

      UK /'aɪvɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Climbing plant growing up walls of buildings
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    • kid

      US /kɪd/

      UK /kɪd/

      • Countable Noun
      • Child or young person
      • Young goat
      • Adjective
      • Made from young goat skin
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    • latin

      US /ˈlætn/

      UK /ˈlætɪn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Ancient Roman language affecting many languages
      • Adjective
      • Of or typical of a Spanish-speaking culture
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    • lazy

      US /ˈlezi/

      UK /ˈleɪzi/

      • Adjective
      • Not liking to work or make an effort; idle
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    • league

      US /liɡ/

      UK /li:ɡ/

      • Noun
      • Group of people, countries with a common goal
      • Association of sports teams that organizes matches
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To form a league; to unite for a common purpose.
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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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    • matriarch

      US /ˈmeɪtrɑːrk/

      UK /ˈmeɪtriɑ:k/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Female head of a family/tribe; strong older woman
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    • minor

      US /ˈmaɪnɚ/

      UK /'maɪnə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Not so large in size; not important or valuable
      • An interval a half tone smaller than its major
      • Noun
      • Subject studied in college, but not the main one
      • Someone too young to be legally responsible
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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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    • on paper

      US /ɑn ˈpeɪpər/

      UK /ɔn ˈpeipə/

      • Phrase
      • In theory or as a plan, but not necessarily in reality.
      • Recorded in writing; documented.
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    • overcome

      US /ˌovɚˈkʌm/

      UK /ˌəʊvə'kʌm/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
      • Participle
      • Past participle of overcome; to have successfully dealt with or controlled a problem or feeling.
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    • phone

      US /foʊn/

      UK /fəʊn/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To talk to someone using a telephone
      • Noun
      • Machine used to talk to someone who is far away
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    • seatbelt

      US /si:tbelt/

      UK /si:tbelt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Strong belt in a car to hold you in your seat
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    • securely

      US /sɪˈkjʊrlɪ/

      UK /sɪ'kjʊəlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In a confident and unselfconscious manner
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    • setback

      US /ˈsɛtˌbæk/

      UK /'setbæk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Unfortunate happening that hinders or frustrates
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    • spend

      US /spɛnd/

      UK /spend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To use money to pay for something
      • To use time in order to do something
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    • spicy

      US /ˈspaɪsi/

      UK /ˈspaɪsi/

      • Adjective
      • Hot and strongly flavored in taste
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    • sue

      US /su/

      UK /su:/

      • Proper Noun
      • Person's name
      • Transitive Verb
      • To take legal action against someone
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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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    • tart

      US /tɑ:rt/

      UK /tɑ:t/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Dish baked in an open pastry case
      • Offensive word for a loose woman
      • Adjective
      • Sharp or bitter in manner
      • (Of foods) sour
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    • tray

      US /tre/

      UK /treɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A wide flat thing to carry food on
      • Flat storage area of a truck
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    • upright

      US /ˈʌpˌraɪt/

      UK /ˈʌpraɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Having good moral standards; of good character
      • Positioned to be straight up; vertical
      • Adverb
      • Straight up; not leaning or falling over
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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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    • weird

      US /wɪrd/

      UK /wɪəd/

      • Adjective
      • Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
      • Eerily strange or disturbing.
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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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