Vocabulary

  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
  • slow down: To reduce the speed
  • slow in: Being late or delayed in doing something.
  • get lost: An impolite way of telling someone to go away.
  • in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
  • look to: Be looking to. be planning to (do something)
  • instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
  • move up: To advance to a higher rank or position.
  • see through: To realize the truth about
  • color in: To fill a drawing or space with color, often in artwork.
  • contrast with: To be strikingly different from something else.
  • in the bedroom: Located or happening inside the bedroom.
  • at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
  • think about: To consider something carefully.
  • such as: For example; like
  • access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
  • iconic: Being widely recognized as a symbol of something
  • imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
  • reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
  • exist: To be present, alive or real
  • impression: Effect or feeling resulting from an experience
  • cue: Word or action in a play to tell an actor to speak
  • direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
  • crawl: To move very slowly or cautiously
  • pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
  • cabin: Small basic wooden home in the countryside
  • create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
  • generous: Giving or ready to give freely
  • furniture: Items such as tables, chairs, beds or closets
  • optimism: Condition of having a positive outlook or belief
  • slash: Line ( / ) used in writing
  • architect: Person who designs and advises on buildings
  • square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
  • wild: In a manner which lacks control
  • interior: Part of country that is far from the border, coast
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • determination: Will to achieve a goal despite difficulties
  • shelf: Flat, narrow surface on an area of rock or sand
  • vintage: Old and somewhat treasured
  • couch: To formulate in a particular style or language
  • storage: Act of storing something; a depository for goods
  • build: Your physical shape; physique
  • custom: Person's regular, daily habit or practice
  • decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
  • replace: To use instead of something else
  • bright: Cheerful and happy (manner)
  • change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
  • find: To become aware of something that is happening
  • space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
  • hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
  • stove: Device that burns fuel for heating or cooking
  • match: To equal or be as good as something else
  • ceramic: Made from clay and hardened in a very hot oven
  • entrance: A place where you enter a house or other building
  • area: Amount of measured space
  • minimal: The smallest possible; least
  • discreet: Careful not to reveal secret/confidential matters
  • quiet: Hidden, or done in a private way
  • choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
  • design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
  • want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
  • walnut: Nut with a very hard shell
  • light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
  • staircase: Flight of stairs and the structures supporting it
  • lamp: Device to produce light, using electricity/oil/gas
  • fireplace: Open area in a wall where a fire can be built
  • nook: Small corner or sheltered space
  • rooftop: Top of a roof, e.g. of garden on a roof
  • bathroom: Room where you take a bath or go to the toilet
  • clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
  • parenthesis: One of two symbols ( and ), used in writing
  • birch: Type of tree whose leaves fall in winter
  • plywood: Building material made of layers of wood
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    • access

      US /ˈæksɛs/

      UK /'ækses/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
      • The opportunity or right to use something or to see someone.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To be able to use or have permission to use
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    • architect

      US /ˈɑrkɪˌtɛkt/

      UK /ˈɑ:kɪtekt/

      • Noun
      • Person who designs and advises on buildings
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    • at night

      US /æt naɪt/

      UK /æt nait/

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

      US /ˈbæθru:m/

      UK /ˈbɑ:θru:m/

      • Noun
      • Room where you take a bath or go to the toilet
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    • birch

      US /bɜ:rtʃ/

      UK /bɜ:tʃ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Type of tree whose leaves fall in winter
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    • bright

      US /braɪt/

      UK /braɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Cheerful and happy (manner)
      • (Of color) light and easy to see; vivid
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    • cabin

      US /ˈkæbɪn/

      UK /'kæbɪn/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small basic wooden home in the countryside
      • Room where you can sleep on a ship, sit in a plane
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    • ceramic

      US /səˈræmɪk/

      UK /sə'ræmɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Made from clay and hardened in a very hot oven
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Item made from clay and hardened in a hot oven
      • A hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant material made by shaping and then firing a nonmetallic mineral, such as clay, at a high temperature.
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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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    • color in

      US /ˈkʌlər ɪn/

      UK /ˈkʌlə ɪn/

      • other
      • To fill a drawing or space with color, often in artwork.
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    • contrast with

      US /ˈkɑntræst wɪð/

      UK /ˈkɔntræst wið/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To be strikingly different from something else.
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    • couch

      US /kaʊtʃ/

      UK /kaʊtʃ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To formulate in a particular style or language
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Sofa; settee
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    • crawl

      US /krɔl/

      UK /krɔ:l/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move very slowly or cautiously
      • To move along with the body close to the ground
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Very slow progress (e.g. traffic)
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    • cue

      US /kju/

      UK /kju:/

      • Noun
      • Word or action in a play to tell an actor to speak
      • Transitive Verb
      • To give a signal telling someone when to act/speak
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    • custom

      US /ˈkʌstəm/

      UK /ˈkʌstəm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person's regular, daily habit or practice
      • Tradition that most people in a community do
      • Adjective
      • Specially made to order
      • Modified to a particular specification.
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    • decide

      US /dɪˈsaɪd/

      UK /dɪ'saɪd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
      • To make a legal judgment in court
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    • determination

      US /dɪˌtɚməˈneʃən/

      UK /dɪˌtɜ:mɪˈneɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Will to achieve a goal despite difficulties
      • The act of finding out or establishing something exactly, usually as the result of research or calculation.
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    • direct

      US /dɪˈrɛkt, daɪ-/

      UK /də'rekt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
      • To show the way by conducting or leading
      • Adverb
      • Coming straight from something
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    • discreet

      US /dɪˈskrit/

      UK /dɪˈskri:t/

      • Adjective
      • Careful not to reveal secret/confidential matters
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    • entrance

      US /ˈentrəns/

      UK /ˈentrəns/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A place where you enter a house or other building
      • Act of joining a party in a showy manner
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    • fireplace

      US /ˈfaɪrˌples/

      UK /ˈfaɪəpleɪs/

      • Noun
      • Open area in a wall where a fire can be built
      B2
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    • furniture

      US /ˈfɚnɪtʃɚ/

      UK /ˈfɜ:nɪtʃə(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Items such as tables, chairs, beds or closets
      A2TOEIC
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    • generous

      US /ˈdʒɛnərəs/

      UK /ˈdʒenərəs/

      • Adjective
      • Giving or ready to give freely
      • (Of an amount) larger than usual; lavish
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    • get lost

      US /ɡɛt lɔst/

      UK /ɡet lɔ:st/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • An impolite way of telling someone to go away.
      • To become unable to find your way; to lose your sense of direction.
      • Interjection
      • An impolite way of telling someone to go away.
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    • iconic

      US /aɪˈkɑnɪk/

      UK /aɪˈkɒnɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Being widely recognized as a symbol of something
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    • impression

      US /ɪmˈprɛʃən/

      UK /ɪmˈpreʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Effect or feeling resulting from an experience
      • Act of pressing into a material to make a pattern
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    • in the bedroom

      US /ɪn ði ˈbɛdˌrum/

      UK /ɪn ði ˈbedru:m/

      • other
      • Located or happening inside the bedroom.
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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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    • instead of

      US /ɪnˈstɛd ʌv/

      UK /inˈsted ɔv/

      • Preposition
      • When one thing is replaced by another
      • Adverb
      • As a substitute or alternative.
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    • interior

      US /ɪnˈtɪriɚ/

      UK /ɪn'tɪərɪə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Part of country that is far from the border, coast
      • Remote central area of a continent
      • Adjective
      • Being the inside part of a building, car etc.
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    • lamp

      US /læmp/

      UK /læmp/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Device to produce light, using electricity/oil/gas
      • A source of illumination.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To illuminate with or as if with a lamp.
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    • look to

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • Be looking to. be planning to (do something)
      • To expect someone to do something for you; rely on
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    • match

      US /mætʃ/

      UK /mætʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To equal or be as good as something else
      • To work well or look good with something else
      • Noun
      • Something that is equal to or the same as another
      • Small stick you strike to light a fire candle etc.
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    • minimal

      US /ˈmɪnəməl/

      UK /ˈmɪnɪməl/

      • Adjective
      • The smallest possible; least
      • Very basic or simple; characterized by the use of only basic elements
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    • move up

      US /muv ʌp/

      UK /mu:v ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To advance to a higher rank or position.
      • To advance in a line or queue.
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    • nook

      US /nʊk/

      UK /nʊk/

      • Noun
      • Small corner or sheltered space
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    • of course

      US /ʌv kɔː(r)s/

      UK /ɔv kɔː(r)s/

      • Adverb
      • Sure ; Certainly
      • Phrase
      • For sure; certainly
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    • on the floor

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
      • Actively participating in dancing or other floor-based activities.
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    • optimism

      US /ˈɑptəˌmɪzəm/

      UK /ˈɒptɪmɪzəm/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Condition of having a positive outlook or belief
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    • parenthesis

      US /pəˈrɛnθɪsɪs/

      UK /pəˈrenθəsɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • One of two symbols ( and ), used in writing
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    • pause

      US /pɔz/

      UK /pɔ:z/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To stop doing for a while before continuing
      • To temporarily interrupt the execution of a program or process.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A temporary break before continuing
      • Function on a device to stop and restart it
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    • plywood

      US /ˈplaɪˌwʊd/

      UK /ˈplaɪwʊd/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Building material made of layers of wood
      • A sheet of this material.
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    • reflect

      US /rɪˈflɛkt/

      UK /rɪ'flekt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To indicate or be a sign of something
      • To bounce back light, heat, sound from a surface
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    • replace

      US /rɪˈples/

      UK /rɪ'pleɪs/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To use instead of something else
      • To return an item to its original location
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    • rooftop

      US /ˈru:ftɑ:p/

      UK /ˈru:ftɒp/

      • Noun
      • Top of a roof, e.g. of garden on a roof
      • The top of a building, often flat and accessible.
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    • see through

      US /si θru/

      UK /si: θru:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To realize the truth about
      • To continue doing something until it is finished, especially something difficult or unpleasant.
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    • shelf

      US /ʃɛlf/

      UK /ʃelf/

      • Countable Noun
      • Flat, narrow surface on an area of rock or sand
      • Flat board attached to a wall to put things on
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    • slash

      US /slæʃ/

      UK /slæʃ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Line ( / ) used in writing
      • Long, deep cut, caused by a sharp object
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cut violently with a sharp object
      • To decrease something by a large amount
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    • slow down

      US /slo daʊn/

      UK /sləu daun/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To reduce the speed
      • To become less active or busy.
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    • slow in

      US /sloʊ ɪn/

      UK /sləu ɪn/

      • other
      • Being late or delayed in doing something.
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    • square

      US /skwɛr/

      UK /skweə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
      • The result of multiplying Length by the width
      • Adjective
      • Being fair or honest
      • Multiply a number by itself e.g. 2x2 or 6x6
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    • staircase

      US /ˈstɛrˌkes/

      UK /ˈsteəkeɪs/

      • Noun
      • Flight of stairs and the structures supporting it
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    • storage

      US /ˈstɔrɪdʒ, ˈstor-/

      UK /ˈstɔ:rɪdʒ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of storing something; a depository for goods
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    • stove

      US /stov/

      UK /stəuv/

      • Noun
      • Device that burns fuel for heating or cooking
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    • such as

      US /sʌtʃ æz/

      UK /sʌtʃ æz/

      • Preposition
      • For example; like
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    • think about

      US /θɪŋk əˈbaʊt/

      UK /θiŋk əˈbaut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To consider something carefully.
      • To remember or call to mind.
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    • vintage

      US /ˈvɪntɪdʒ/

      UK /ˈvɪntɪdʒ/

      • Adjective
      • Old and somewhat treasured
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    • walnut

      US /ˈwɔlˌnʌt, -nət/

      UK /ˈwɔ:lnʌt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Nut with a very hard shell
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    • wild

      US /waɪld/

      UK /waɪld/

      • Adverb
      • In a manner which lacks control
      • Adjective
      • Living in nature; not tame
      • (Of land) not developed by people
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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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