Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • do without: To manage without having or doing something
  • for the best: Resulting in the most positive or beneficial outcome, even if it's difficult or painful in the short term.
  • got to: To arrive at some place
  • tighten up: To make stricter or more secure.
  • start in: To begin a job or activity.
  • manage with: To cope or handle a situation using limited resources.
  • subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
  • practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
  • imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
  • idiom: Phrase with a special, metaphoric meaning
  • click: To work well with someone or something
  • limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
  • channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
  • manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • button: Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
  • preposition: Word such as 'at' 'on' etc. showing position/time
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
  • store: To put things in a place for later use
  • life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
  • give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
  • video: Recording capturing action with sound
  • call: A order or request for action
  • meat: Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
  • tighten: To make a rule, law or system tougher
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    • button

      US /ˈbʌtn/

      UK /'bʌtn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
      • Switch activated by pressing
      • Transitive Verb
      • To fasten e.g. a shirt, coat
      • To suppress or restrain (feelings, etc.).
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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
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    • do without

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      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To manage without having or doing something
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    • for the best

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      UK

      • Phrase
      • Resulting in the most positive or beneficial outcome, even if it's difficult or painful in the short term.
      • Hoping for a positive outcome.
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    • got to

      US /ɡɑt tu/

      UK /gɔt tu:/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To arrive at some place
      • To have the opportunity or permission to do something
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To appeal to the emotions of; move
      • To finally begin to start something after a delay
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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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    • limit

      US /ˈlɪmɪt/

      UK /'lɪmɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Point beyond which it is not possible to go
      • A line or edge marking the boundary of an area.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To stop or prevent an increase past a point
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    • manage with

      US /ˈmænɪdʒ wɪð/

      UK /ˈmænidʒ wɪð/

      • other
      • To cope or handle a situation using limited resources.
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    • meat

      US /mit/

      UK /mi:t/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
      • Noun
      • Something that is important or significant
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    • practice

      US /ˈpræktɪs/

      UK /'præktɪs/

      • Noun
      • The office and place for legal or medical work
      • Doing something many times to become better at it
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To work as a doctor or lawyer
      • To live according to the teachings of a religion
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    • start in

      US /stɑrt ɪn/

      UK /stɑ:t in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To begin a job or activity.
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    • store

      US /stɔr, stor/

      UK /stɔ:(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To put things in a place for later use
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place where things are kept for future use
      • Place where you can go to buy things
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    • subscribe

      US /səbˈskraɪb/

      UK /səb'skraɪb/

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

      US /ˈtaɪtn:/

      UK /ˈtaɪtn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a rule, law or system tougher
      • To stretch, pull until movement becomes difficult
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    • tighten up

      US /ˈtaɪtn: ʌp/

      UK /ˈtaɪtn ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To make stricter or more secure.
      • To make something physically firmer or tighter.
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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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    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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    IMPORTANT AMERICAN IDIOM / MAKE DO / MAKE DO WITH / MAKE DO WITH OUT / ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION

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