Vocabulary

  • after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
  • out there: In or to a place that is far away
  • home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
  • gone viral: To become very popular by circulating quickly through the Internet.
  • name for: To give someone or something a particular name, often in honor of someone else.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • walk through: To show someone carefully how to do something
  • right next to: Immediately adjacent to; in very close proximity to.
  • in the midst of: Surrounded by; in the middle of.
  • next to: Being located along side another
  • new level: A higher or improved stage of achievement or quality.
  • pass by: To go past someone or something.
  • talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
  • on the streets: Without a home; homeless or exposed outdoors.
  • at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
  • shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
  • stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • incredible: Very good; amazing
  • prioritize: To rank things in importance
  • embrace: Act of holding someone closely
  • community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
  • express: To send something by fast mail
  • inspiration: Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
  • viral: Of or caused by a virus
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
  • capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
  • anticipate: To expect or look ahead to something positively
  • spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
  • household: Being in everyday use; common
  • vision: Ability to see; eyesight
  • blow: To move something using air
  • haunt: To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
  • interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
  • theme: An main or dominant idea, motif
  • entertainment: Act or process of providing service for someone
  • spine: Line of bones that runs down your back
  • scary: Causing fear; frightening
  • attraction: Theme park or fairground; place worth visiting
  • masterpiece: Greatest work, e.g. of a famous artist
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • wipe: To clean or dry something with a cloth
  • spend: To use money to pay for something
  • intrigue: To make someone interested or curious
  • gather: To bring objects together into one place
  • disturb: To cause someone anxiety or fear
  • explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
  • creative: Having the ability to make something new
  • public: Owned by the government
  • midst: Middle area or part of something
  • neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
  • fill: To make something full
  • attend: To take care of someone in need
  • wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
  • funky: Offbeat; fashionable
  • peek: To look at something quickly (often secretly)
  • suburb: Residential area on the outskirts of a city
  • curfew: Order requiring people to be at home at night
  • area: Amount of measured space
  • season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
  • pirate: To copy or sell a product illegally
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • live: To be alive
  • clown: Performer in funny clothes who makes people laugh
  • people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • paint: To make a picture with colored liquids
  • yard: Unit of length equal to 3 feet or 91.44 cm
  • radius: Area around a certain point
  • traverse: To pass across, over, or through
  • tingle: Feeling as if small needles are in your skin
  • sew: To make something using a needle and thread
  • picnic: Meal that is eaten outdoors, sitting on the ground
  • clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
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    • advice

      US /əd'vaɪs/

      UK /ədˈvaɪs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Suggestion about what would help someone
      • Professional guidance from a lawyer or legal expert.
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    • after all

      US /ˈæftɚ ɔl/

      UK /ˈɑ:ftə ɔ:l/

      • Adverb
      • In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
      • Considering everything; used to indicate that something is happening or is true despite some difficulty or obstacle
      • Phrase
      • Despite what was expected or thought; in spite of everything.
      • Taking everything into consideration; considering that.
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    • anticipate

      US /ænˈtɪsəˌpet/

      UK /æn'tɪsɪpeɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To expect or look ahead to something positively
      • To be aware of something that might happen
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    • at night

      US /æt naɪt/

      UK /æt nait/

      • Phrase
      • During the night; in the nighttime.
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    • attend

      US /əˈtɛnd/

      UK /əˈtend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To take care of someone in need
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To listen or watch carefully; to concentrate
      • To be present at an event
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    • attraction

      US /əˈtrækʃən/

      UK /ə'trækʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Theme park or fairground; place worth visiting
      • The act of making someone become interested in
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    • blow

      US /blo/

      UK /bləʊ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move something using air
      • To make air come quickly out of your mouth
      • Noun
      • Something that causes you difficulty or sadness
      • Act of making air come out of your mouth
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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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    • clothe

      US /kloʊð/

      UK /kləʊð/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
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    • clown

      US /klaʊn/

      UK /klaʊn/

      • Countable Noun
      • Performer in funny clothes who makes people laugh
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To play jokes or tricks
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    • community

      US /kəˈmjunɪti/

      UK /kə'mju:nətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Group of people who share a common idea or area
      • A feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.
      • Adjective
      • Relating to or shared by the people in a particular area.
      • Shared or participated in by all members of a group
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    • creative

      US /kriˈetɪv/

      UK /krɪ'eɪtɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Having the ability to make something new
      • Having the ability to create; imaginative and original.
      • Noun
      • A person whose job involves creative work.
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    • curfew

      US /ˈkə:fju/

      UK /ˈkɜ:fju:/

      • Noun
      • Order requiring people to be at home at night
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    • disturb

      US /dɪˈstɜ:rb/

      UK /dɪˈstɜ:b/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause someone anxiety or fear
      • To cause someone anxiety or fear
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    • embrace

      US /ɛmˈbres/

      UK /ɪm'breɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of holding someone closely
      • An act of accepting or supporting something willingly and enthusiastically.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To hold closely; cuddle, kiss or hug
      • To accept something enthusiastically.
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    • entertainment

      US /ˌɛntɚˈtenmənt/

      UK /ˌentəˈteɪnmənt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act or process of providing service for someone
      • Singing, dancing, telling jokes to amuse people
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    • explode

      US /ɪkˈsplod/

      UK /ɪk'spləʊd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
      • To increase in number or amount very quickly
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    • funky

      US /ˈfʌŋki/

      UK /fʌŋkɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Offbeat; fashionable
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    • gather

      US /ˈɡæðɚ/

      UK /ˈgæðə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To bring objects together into one place
      • To collect foods such as wild berries or crops
      • Noun
      • Fold in cloth, as in a full skirt
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    • gone viral

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • To become very popular by circulating quickly through the Internet.
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    • haunt

      US /hɔnt, hɑnt/

      UK /hɔ:nt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
      • (Of ghosts, etc.) to stay in a place after death
      • Noun
      • Place that a person repeatedly goes to or visits
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    • home in

      US /ˈhoʊm ɪn/

      UK /ˈhəum ɪn/

      • other
      • Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
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    • household

      US /ˈhaʊsˌhold/

      UK /'haʊshəʊld/

      • Adjective
      • Being in everyday use; common
      • Relating to a house or home.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Concerning a home
      • Family or other group living together in a house
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    • in the midst of

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Surrounded by; in the middle of.
      • During; while something is happening.
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    • incredible

      US /ɪnˈkrɛdəbəl/

      UK /ɪnˈkredəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Very good; amazing
      • Really good; amazing; great
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    • inspiration

      US /ˌɪnspəˈreʃən/

      UK /ˌɪnspə'reɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
      • The power or urge that makes you want to do something, especially something creative
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    • intrigue

      US /ˈɪnˌtriɡ, ɪnˈtriɡ/

      UK /ɪnˈtri:g/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone interested or curious
      • To make secret plans to do something illicit or detrimental to someone.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Secret plan; the act of making a secret plan
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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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    • masterpiece

      US /ˈmæstɚˌpis/

      UK /ˈmɑ:stəpi:s/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Greatest work, e.g. of a famous artist
      • An extremely good example of something.
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    • midst

      US /mɪdst, mɪtst/

      UK /mɪdst/

      • Noun
      • Middle area or part of something
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    • name for

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To give someone or something a particular name, often in honor of someone else.
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    • neighborhood

      US /ˈnebɚˌhʊd/

      UK /'neɪbəhʊd/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Area of a town or city that people live in
      • People who live in a particular area
      • Adjective
      • Relating to a neighborhood.
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    • new level

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • A higher or improved stage of achievement or quality.
      • A different or more advanced degree of expertise or understanding.
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    • next to

      US /nɛkst tu/

      UK /nekst tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Being located along side another
      • In comparison with
      • Adverb
      • Almost; nearly
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    • on the streets

      US /ɑn ðə strits/

      UK /ɒn ðə stri:ts/

      • other
      • Without a home; homeless or exposed outdoors.
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    • out there

      US /aʊt ðɛr/

      UK /aut ðɛə/

      • Adverb
      • In or to a place that is far away
      • Existing in the universe
      • Adjective
      • Unconventional; strange; avant-garde
      • Existing or available.
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    • pass by

      US /pæs baɪ/

      UK /pɑ:s bai/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To go past someone or something.
      • To elapse; for time to go by.
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    • peek

      US /pik/

      UK /pi:k/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To look at something quickly (often secretly)
      • Noun
      • A quick look at something (often secretly)
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    • picnic

      US /ˈpɪknɪk/

      UK /ˈpɪknɪk/

      • Noun
      • Meal that is eaten outdoors, sitting on the ground
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To eat a meal on the ground outdoors
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    • pirate

      US /ˈpaɪrɪt/

      UK /'paɪrət/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To copy or sell a product illegally
      • To steal things from ships by force
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person who attacks ships in order to steal things
      • One who reproduces or uses the work of another person without authorization.
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    • prioritize

      US /praɪˈɔ:rətaɪz/

      UK /praɪˈɒrətaɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To rank things in importance
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    • radius

      US /ˈrediəs/

      UK /ˈreɪdiəs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Area around a certain point
      • Countable Noun
      • Long bone on the thumb side of your lower arm
      • Line from the center to the edge of a circle
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    • right next to

      US

      UK

      • Preposition
      • Immediately adjacent to; in very close proximity to.
      • Figuratively very close to; on the verge of.
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    • sew

      US /so/

      UK /səʊ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something using a needle and thread
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    • shut down

      US /ʃʌt daʊn/

      UK /ʃʌt daun/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
      • To stop a factory/machine from operating
      • Transitive Verb
      • To deactivate a nuclear reactor.
      • To turn off a computer or other electronic device.
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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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    • spine

      US /spaɪn/

      UK /spaɪn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Line of bones that runs down your back
      • The place the pages of a book are attached
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    • spirit

      US /ˈspɪrɪt/

      UK /'spɪrɪt/

      • Noun
      • Person's strong determination or attitude
      • Unique qualities of person, place, or time
      • Transitive Verb
      • To take someone away as if by magic
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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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    • suburb

      US /ˈsʌbɜ:rb/

      UK /ˈsʌbɜ:b/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Residential area on the outskirts of a city
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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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    • theme

      US /θim/

      UK /θi:m/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An main or dominant idea, motif
      • Main idea of a work of art, writing, or music
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    • tingle

      US /ˈtɪŋɡəl/

      UK /'tɪŋɡl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Feeling as if small needles are in your skin
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have a feeling like small needles in your skin
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    • traverse

      US /trəˈvɜ:rs/

      UK /trəˈvɜ:s/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To pass across, over, or through
      • To lie or extend across; obstruct.
      • Noun
      • A route or way across or over.
      • A method in surveying of establishing a network of control stations.
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    • viral

      US /ˈvaɪrəl/

      UK /ˈvaɪrəl/

      • Adjective
      • Of or caused by a virus
      • Becoming very popular by circulating quickly from person to person, especially through the Internet.
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    • vision

      US /ˈvɪʒən/

      UK /'vɪʒn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Ability to see; eyesight
      • Something you see in your imagination or dreams
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    • walk through

      US /wɔk θru/

      UK /wɔ:k θru:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To show someone carefully how to do something
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    • wipe

      US /waɪp/

      UK /waɪp/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To clean or dry something with a cloth
      • To spread a liquid on something
      • Noun
      • Act to clean or dry something with a cloth
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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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