Vocabulary

  • figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
  • brighten up: To become more cheerful or lively.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
  • figure: To appear in a game, play or event
  • pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
  • switch: A change or shift from one method to another
  • guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
  • plug: Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
  • loose: To shoot or fire something from a gun
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • control: A device designed to operate a machine
  • connect: To associate a thing with something else
  • head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
  • drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
  • outlet: Place in a wall to supply electricity to a device
  • turn: To become (a particular age)
  • find: To become aware of something that is happening
  • question: To ask for or try to get information
  • wire: Thin, flexible thread of metal
  • minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
  • think: To have an idea about something without certainty
  • disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
  • officially: According to what is stated by an authority figure
  • check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
  • work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
  • hole: An empty space, as in the ground, in a sock etc.
  • freaky: Strange and somewhat frightening
  • crazy: Mentally ill; mad
  • hung: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
  • super: Of the highest quality; great; marvelous
  • electrician: Someone who works with electrical equipment
  • brighten: To add more light to; make more colorful
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    • brighten

      US /ˈbraɪtn:/

      UK /'braɪtn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To add more light to; make more colorful
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    • brighten up

      US /ˈbraɪtn: ʌp/

      UK /ˈbraɪtn ʌp/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To become more cheerful or lively.
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To make something brighter or more cheerful.
      • To become brighter.
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    • connect

      US /kəˈnɛkt/

      UK /kə'nekt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To associate a thing with something else
      • To join or attach things together
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    • crazy

      US /ˈkrezi/

      UK /'kreɪzɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Mentally ill; mad
      • Not being sensible or practical
      • Noun
      • Person acting in a manner that is strange and odd
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    • electrician

      US /ɪlɛkˈtrɪʃən, ˌilɛk-/

      UK /ɪˌlekˈtrɪʃn/

      • Countable Noun
      • Someone who works with electrical equipment
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    • figure out

      US /ˈfɪɡjɚ aʊt/

      UK /ˈfiɡə aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To understand the behavior of someone
      • To think through logically to find a solution
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To understand or find an answer to something.
      • To find a solution to a problem or understand something.
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    • freaky

      US /ˈfriki/

      UK /'fri:kɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Strange and somewhat frightening
      • Causing feelings of fear and disgust; unpleasant
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    • give up

      US /ɡɪv ʌp/

      UK /ɡiv ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To lose hope or admit defeat
      • To decide to not start to try solving a problem
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    • hole

      US /hol/

      UK /həʊl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An empty space, as in the ground, in a sock etc.
      • Fault or weakness in a plan, idea or explanation
      • Transitive Verb
      • (Golf) to get the ball into the hole
      • To make a hole in something.
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    • hung

      US /hʌŋ/

      UK /hʌŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
      • To kill by putting 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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    • 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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    • loose

      US /lus/

      UK /lu:s/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To shoot or fire something from a gun
      • Adjective
      • (Idea, thought, or work) unclear or imprecise
      • Not tightly attached or held
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    • officially

      US /əˈfɪʃəlɪ/

      UK /əˈfɪʃəli/

      • Adverb
      • According to what is stated by an authority figure
      • In a public or open manner.
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    • outlet

      US /ˈaʊtˌlɛt, -lɪt/

      UK /'aʊtlet/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place in a wall to supply electricity to a device
      • A pipe, hole or wire through which something flows
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    • plug

      US /plʌɡ/

      UK /plʌg/

      • Noun
      • Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
      • Thing on a wire to connect to electricity supply
      • Transitive Verb
      • To use an object to block a hole
      • To promote or advertise a product
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    • super

      US /ˈsupɚ/

      UK /ˈsu:pə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Of the highest quality; great; marvelous
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    • switch

      US /swɪtʃ/

      UK /swɪtʃ/

      • Noun
      • A change or shift from one method to another
      • Thing you move to turn electrical items on or off
      • Transitive Verb
      • To exchange or replace something for another thing
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    • wire

      US /waɪr/

      UK /'waɪə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Thin, flexible thread of metal
      • Act of sending a message by telegraph
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To connect two or more things together with cable
      • To send money to someone electronically
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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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