Vocabulary

  • swim in: To move through water by using your arms and legs.
  • in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
  • apart from: Except for; not considering
  • set up
  • scheduled for: To be planned or arranged for a specific time.
  • go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
  • in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
  • stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • privilege: Advantage or right given to only certain people
  • gorgeous: Extremely attractive; richly beautiful
  • bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • result: Something produced through tests or experiments
  • advance: Forward movement by an army
  • planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
  • pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
  • lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
  • relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
  • prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
  • correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
  • bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
  • century: Period of 100 years
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
  • murky: Being dark, unclear, and difficult to see through
  • schedule: A list of events and their times
  • amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
  • middle: Place that is halfway between two things
  • natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
  • vow: Very serious promise
  • legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
  • front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
  • set: Prepared for something; ready
  • impeccable: That cannot be faulted/criticized; without flaws
  • pollution: Dangerous substances released into an environment
  • fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
  • invite: To ask someone to go somewhere or do something
  • world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • group: Two or more musicians who play music together
  • mayor: Head of a town or city government
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • show: To be easily seen or displayed
  • select: To choose a suitable thing from a group
  • ocean: Large body of salt water; a large sea
  • mouthful: Something difficult to pronounce
  • bathe: To be covered completely in something, e.g. light
  • safe: Highly likely
  • rainfall: Water falling from the sky
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    • advance

      US /ædˈvæns/

      UK /əd'vɑ:ns/

      • Noun
      • Forward movement by an army
      • An attempt to seduce someone
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • (Of an army) to move forward
      • To change or improve
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    • amazing

      US /ə'meɪzɪŋ/

      UK /ə'meɪzɪŋ/

      • Adjective
      • Surprising in a pleasing way
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause wonder; to surprise completely
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    • apart from

      US /əˈpɑrt frʌm/

      UK /əˈpɑ:t frɔm/

      • Preposition
      • Except for; not considering
      • In addition to; as well as
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    • bacteria

      US /bækˈtɪriə/

      UK /bæk'tɪərɪə/

      • Noun (plural)
      • The very small creatures that can cause disease
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    • bathe

      US /beð/

      UK /beɪð/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be covered completely in something, e.g. light
      • To swim at the beach or in a river
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    • bear

      US /bɛr/

      UK /bɛː/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To accept (responsibilities or duties)
      • To give birth to a child; to produce fruit
      • Countable Noun
      • Large brown animal with fur that lives in forests
      • Someone who expects stock market to fall
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    • correspondent

      US /ˌkɔrɪˈspɑndənt, ˌkɑr-/

      UK /ˌkɒrəˈspɒndənt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
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    • fine

      US /faɪn/

      UK /faɪn/

      • Adjective
      • Good, acceptable or satisfactory
      • Of high quality; made with great skill
      • Countable Noun
      • Money you have to pay because you broke a rule
      • (at the end of a piece of music) the end
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    • go ahead

      US /ɡo əˈhɛd/

      UK /ɡəu əˈhed/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
      • To give permission to do something
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To start or proceed with something
      • To proceed despite potential obstacles or doubts.
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    • gorgeous

      US /ˈɡɔrdʒəs/

      UK /'ɡɔ:dʒəs/

      • Adjective
      • Extremely attractive; richly beautiful
      • Delightfully enjoyable or pleasant.
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    • impeccable

      US /ɪmˈpɛkəbəl/

      UK /ɪmˈpekəbl/

      • Adjective
      • That cannot be faulted/criticized; without flaws
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    • in advance

      US /ɪn ædˈvæns/

      UK /in ədˈvɑ:ns/

      • Phrase
      • Ahead of time; before something happens
      • Noun
      • A payment made before it is due, especially for work to be done
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    • in the middle of

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • In the central part or point of something.
      • Engaged or occupied with something.
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    • invite

      US /ɪnˈvaɪt/

      UK /ɪnˈvaɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To ask someone to go somewhere or do something
      • Noun
      • An invitation
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    • mayor

      US /ˈmeɪər/

      UK /meə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Head of a town or city government
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    • mouthful

      US /ˈmaʊθˌfʊl/

      UK /ˈmaʊθfʊl/

      • Noun
      • Something difficult to pronounce
      • Amount of food a mouth will hold at one time
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    • murky

      US /ˈmɜrki/

      UK /ˈmɜ:ki:/

      • Adjective
      • Being dark, unclear, and difficult to see through
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    • ocean

      US /ˈoʃən/

      UK /'əʊʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Large body of salt water; a large sea
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    • planet

      US /ˈplænɪt/

      UK /'plænɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • One of the bodies that orbit the sun
      • A different world or sphere of existence.
      • Proper Noun
      • The earth.
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    • pollution

      US /pəˈluʃən/

      UK /pəˈlu:ʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Dangerous substances released into an environment
      • The action of polluting; the state of being polluted.
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    • privilege

      US /ˈprɪvəlɪdʒ, ˈprɪvlɪdʒ/

      UK /'prɪvəlɪdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Advantage or right given to only certain people
      • An opportunity to do something special or enjoyable.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To give advantages to some people not others
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    • prove

      US /pruv/

      UK /pru:v/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
      • To test the quality or worth of something.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To turn out to be; be found to be.
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    • rainfall

      US /ˈrenˌfɔl/

      UK /ˈreɪnfɔ:l/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Water falling from the sky
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    • relief

      US /rɪˈlif/

      UK /rɪˈli:f/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
      • Artwork, e.g. part of wall, that partly sticks out
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    • result

      US /rɪˈzʌlt/

      UK /rɪ'zʌlt/

      • Noun
      • Something produced through tests or experiments
      • Final score of a competition, election or game
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be the outcome of other causes and effects
      • To happen or exist as a consequence of something.
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    • safe

      US /sef/

      UK /seɪf/

      • Adjective
      • Highly likely
      • Being out of danger
      • Countable Noun
      • Metal box with a lock to keep valuable things in
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    • schedule

      US /ˈskedʒu:l/

      UK /ˈʃedju:l/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A list of events and their times
      • A plan to do something at a certain time
      • Transitive Verb
      • To plan to do something at a certain time
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    • scheduled for

      US

      UK

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be planned or arranged for a specific time.
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    • select

      US /sɪˈlɛkt/

      UK /sɪ'lekt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To choose a suitable thing from a group
      • To retrieve data from a database using a query.
      • Adjective
      • Carefully chosen as being the best or most suitable.
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    • set up

      US /sɛt ʌp/

      UK /set ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To make arrangements for something; establish
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To arrange or prepare something for use.
      • To start a business, organization, etc.
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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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    • swim in

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To move through water by using your arms and legs.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have a lot of something.
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    • vow

      US /vaʊ/

      UK /vaʊ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Very serious promise
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make a serious, often a religious, promise
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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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    Paris mayor swims in Seine to prove water clean enough for Olympics | BBC News

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    Can you believe the mayor of Paris actually swam in the River Seine to prove it's clean enough for the Olympics?! This BBC News report is a fantastic way to practice simple sentence structures and pick up vocabulary related to water pollution and cultural events. You'll get a real feel for what's happening in Paris right now!

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