Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • pop up: To appear suddenly.
  • out of work
  • for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
  • on the internet: Located or available on the internet.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • at sea
  • check out
  • stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
  • address: Exact street location of a place
  • contact: Touching or feeling something
  • nerd: Intelligent but single-minded expert in a field
  • guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
  • click: To work well with someone or something
  • press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
  • normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
  • receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
  • pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
  • maintenance: Keeping (a machine) working by checking and fixing
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • promotion: Act of advertising a product to people
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • promise: To say you will certainly do something
  • dust: To apply a fine powder to, e.g. sugar to a cake
  • spell: To lead to future trouble
  • damage: Physical harm that is done to something
  • offend: To break a rule or do something wrong
  • anniversary: Date occuring every year of a past event, wedding
  • find: To become aware of something that is happening
  • world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • fix: Answer to a problem
  • think: To have an idea about something without certainty
  • check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
  • type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
  • problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
  • chuck: To throw carelessly or casually
  • kitten: Young cat
  • browser: Software that lets you search for information
  • fella: Way of spelling 'fellows'
  • explorer: Person who travels to places to discover more them
  • toilet: Room where you go to urinate or excrete; bathroom
  • careful: Trying not to make mistakes; working slowly
  • basket: Amount contained in a basket; a basketful
  • lingo: Language or dialect
  • magic: Attractive, appealing, and exciting quality
  • donkey: Animal like a small horse used to transport things
  • online: Connected to the internet
  • sweetie: Person loved by someone; boyfriend, girlfriend
  • padlock: Portable lock that can be opened with a key
  • grandmother: Your mother or father's mother
  • granddad: Your mother or father's father
  • lunchtime: The time you eat your midday meal
  • mailbox: A box for putting or receiving mail, emails
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    • anniversary

      US /ˌænəˈvɚsəri/

      UK /ˌænɪ'vɜ:sərɪ/

      • Noun
      • Date occuring every year of a past event, wedding
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    • at sea

      US /æt si/

      UK /æt si:/

      • Phrase
      • Adjective
      • Confused; not knowing what to do.
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    • basket

      US /ˈbæskɪt/

      UK /ˈbɑ:skɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amount contained in a basket; a basketful
      • Container made of strips of (often) woven wood
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To score a basket in basketball.
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    • browser

      US /ˈbraʊzɚ/

      UK /ˈbraʊzə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Software that lets you search for information
      B1TOEIC
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    • careful

      US /ˈkerfl/

      UK /ˈkeəfl/

      • Adjective
      • Trying not to make mistakes; working slowly
      • Cautious and attentive to potential dangers or problems.
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    • check out

      US /tʃɛk aʊt/

      UK /tʃek aut/

      • Phrase
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To find out information about something
      • To take books out of a library
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    • chuck

      US /tʃʌk/

      UK /tʃʌk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To throw carelessly or casually
      • Proper Noun
      • Person's name
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    • contact

      US /ˈkɑnˌtækt/

      UK /'kɒntækt/

      • Adjective
      • Touching or feeling something
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Touching or feeling something
      • Object that allows electricity to run through it
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    • damage

      US /ˈdæmɪdʒ/

      UK /ˈdæmɪdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Physical harm that is done to something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To harm physically; to hurt or break something
      • To harm the reputation of someone.
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    • donkey

      US /ˈdɑ:ŋki/

      UK /ˈdɒŋki/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Animal like a small horse used to transport things
      • A foolish or stubborn person.
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    • dust

      US /dʌst/

      UK /dʌst/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To apply a fine powder to, e.g. sugar to a cake
      • To wipe something to remove dirt
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Fine dry powder that builds up on surfaces
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    • explorer

      US /ɪkˈsplɔrɚ, -ˈsplor-/

      UK /ɪkˈsplɔ:rə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person who travels to places to discover more them
      • A tool or application used for browsing or investigating something.
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    • fella

      US /'felər/

      UK /'felə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Way of spelling 'fellows'
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    • fix

      US /fɪks/

      UK /fɪks/

      • Noun
      • Answer to a problem
      • Transitive Verb
      • To arrange or prepare something
      • To attach something so it will not move or change
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    • for sure

      US /fɔr ʃʊr/

      UK /fɔ: ʃuə/

      • Adverb
      • Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
      • Used to emphasize a statement.
      • Interjection
      • An expression of strong agreement or affirmation.
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    • granddad

      US /ˈɡrænˌdæd/

      UK /'grændæd/

      • Countable Noun
      • Your mother or father's father
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    • grandmother

      US /ˈɡrændˌmʌðɚ, ˈɡræn-/

      UK /ˈgrænmʌðə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Your mother or father's mother
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • kitten

      US /ˈkɪtn/

      UK /ˈkɪtn/

      • Countable Noun
      • Young cat
      B1
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    • lingo

      US /ˈlɪŋgoʊ/

      UK /ˈlɪŋgəʊ/

      • Noun
      • Language or dialect
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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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    • lunchtime

      US /ˈlʌntʃˌtaɪm/

      UK /ˈlʌntʃtaɪm/

      • Noun
      • The time you eat your midday meal
      • Adjective
      • Relating to or happening during the time when lunch is eaten.
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    • magic

      US /ˈmædʒɪk/

      UK /'mædʒɪk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Attractive, appealing, and exciting quality
      • Performance of tricks for entertainment
      • Adjective
      • Concerning or involving tricks for entertainment
      • Being able to produce good results or success
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    • mailbox

      US /ˈmelˌbɑks/

      UK /ˈmeɪlbɒks/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A box for putting or receiving mail, emails
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    • maintenance

      US /ˈmentənəns/

      UK /'meɪntənəns/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Keeping (a machine) working by checking and fixing
      • Financial support paid to a former spouse or for children.
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    • nerd

      US /nɚd/

      UK /nɜ:d/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Intelligent but single-minded expert in a field
      • A person who is extremely enthusiastic about and knowledgeable about a particular subject, especially one of technical or scientific nature.
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    • offend

      US /əˈfɛnd/

      UK /ə'fend/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To break a rule or do something wrong
      • To upset, as by hurting someone's feelings
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    • on the internet

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Located or available on the internet.
      • Using the internet as a medium or platform.
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    • online

      US /ˌɑ:nˈlaɪn/

      UK /ˌɒnˈlaɪn/

      • Adjective
      • Connected to the internet
      • Adverb
      • Via the internet.
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    • out of work

      US /aʊt ʌv wɚk/

      UK /aut ɔv wə:k/

      • Phrase
      • Adjective
      • Unemployed; without a job
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    • padlock

      US /ˈpædlɑ:k/

      UK /ˈpædlɒk/

      • Noun
      • Portable lock that can be opened with a key
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    • pop

      US /pɑp/

      UK /pɒp/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To cause something to open or burst suddenly
      • To go to or in a place for a brief period of time
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Sweet soda drink
      • A short, sharp, explosive sound.
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    • pop up

      US /pɑp ʌp/

      UK /pɔp ʌp/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To appear suddenly.
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To appear suddenly and unexpectedly.
      • To appear on a computer screen.
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    • press

      US /prɛs/

      UK /pres/

      • Noun
      • Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
      • General term for TV, radio, newspapers
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make clothes smooth using a heated iron; iron
      • To repeatedly ask someone to do something
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    • promotion

      US /prəˈmoʃən/

      UK /prə'məʊʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of advertising a product to people
      • Movement to a higher position or rank in a company
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    • spell

      US /spɛl/

      UK /spel/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To lead to future trouble
      • To be able to write (or say) the letters of a word
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Making some magic happen; form of words to do this
      • Period of time; time when an action is being done
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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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    • sweetie

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • Person loved by someone; boyfriend, girlfriend
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    • toilet

      US /'tɔɪlət/

      UK /ˈtɔɪlət/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Room where you go to urinate or excrete; bathroom
      • A fixture in a bathroom used for urination and defecation.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To wash and take care of your body
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    • tongue

      US /tʌŋ/

      UK /tʌŋ/

      • Noun
      • Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
      • Meat from the mouth of an animal, cooked as food
      • Transitive Verb
      • To using your mouth to produce musical notes
      • To use your mouth to touch something
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    • tough

      US /tʌf/

      UK /tʌf/

      • Adjective
      • (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
      • Very difficult to do or deal with
      • Noun
      • A rough and aggressive person.
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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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