Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • go on: To continue doing something
  • inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
  • walk around: To stroll or wander in a leisurely way.
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • from start to finish: Covering the whole process from beginning to end.
  • to the letter: Following instructions or rules exactly; precisely.
  • write out: To write something in full instead of using abbreviations or symbols.
  • zoom in on: To adjust a camera or lens to make a subject appear closer.
  • in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
  • on the fly: While in motion or progress; spontaneously; without prior planning or preparation.
  • in every way: In all manners or respects; completely.
  • incredible: Very good; amazing
  • nostalgia: Sad, but positive feeling about memories/the past
  • state: Region within a country, with its own government
  • tiny: Very, very small
  • charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
  • eerie: Strange, mysterious and frightening
  • horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
  • rewind: To make something go backwards
  • film: Thin layer that covers something
  • record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
  • fit: Good looking; physically attractive
  • press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
  • mind: To be bothered or upset by something
  • platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
  • text: To send a message by phone or other device
  • haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
  • technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
  • hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • entertain: To receive someone as a guest
  • intentional: Done with a deliberate plan to do or achieve
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
  • mirror: Thing with glass surface used to look at yourself
  • sleek: Having a smooth and appealing shape or surface
  • turn: To become (a particular age)
  • remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • person: Man, woman or child
  • space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
  • fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
  • start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
  • shuffle: To change the order of items/people in a group
  • swift: Quick
  • shake: To cause someone to be surprised or upset
  • electric: Creating a feeling of excitement
  • tape: To record some sounds using an electric device
  • album: Book with a collection of photographs or pictures
  • outgoing: Leaving a place or a position
  • depress: To make someone feel sad or miserable
  • curate: To be in charge of selecting and caring for objects to be shown in a museum or to form part of a collection of art, an exhibition, etc.
  • zoom: Camera lens used to magnify images
  • memo: Brief note or message left for another person
  • cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
  • teen: Teenager
  • bobby: Police officer (UK slang)
  • walkman: A portable cassette player popular in 1980s
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    • album

      US /ˈælbəm/

      UK /'ælbəm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Book with a collection of photographs or pictures
      • CD, record, or tape with many pieces of music
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    • bobby

      US /ˈbɑ:bi/

      UK /ˈbɒbi/

      • Noun
      • Police officer (UK slang)
      • Proper Noun
      • Person's name
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    • charge

      US /tʃɑrdʒ/

      UK /tʃɑ:dʒ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To run quickly toward someone to attack them
      • To ask for money as a price for a service or goods
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An attack by running quickly toward someone
      • A price for a service or goods
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    • curate

      US /ˈkjʊrət/

      UK /ˈkjʊərət/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To be in charge of selecting and caring for objects to be shown in a museum or to form part of a collection of art, an exhibition, etc.
      • Noun
      • A priest of the lowest rank, especially in the Church of England, whose job is to help the vicar (= priest of a particular area)
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    • cute

      US /kjut/

      UK /kju:t/

      • Adjective
      • Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
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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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    • depress

      US /dɪˈprɛs/

      UK /dɪ'pres/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone feel sad or miserable
      • To push something down
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    • eerie

      US /ˈɪri/

      UK /ˈɪəri/

      • Adjective
      • Strange, mysterious and frightening
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    • electric

      US /ɪˈlɛktrɪk/

      UK /ɪˈlektrɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Creating a feeling of excitement
      • Using electricity
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    • entertain

      US /ˌentərˈteɪn/

      UK /ˌentəˈteɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To receive someone as a guest
      • To provide amusement (e.g. by singing, dancing)
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    • film

      US /fɪlm/

      UK /fɪlm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Thin layer that covers something
      • Movie
      • Transitive Verb
      • To record moving action with a camera
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    • fit

      US /fɪt/

      UK /fɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Good looking; physically attractive
      • Having good physical health and strength
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To install a machine, equipment etc.
      • To adjust or change to the right size or shape
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    • from start to finish

      US /frəm stɑrt tu ˈfɪnɪʃ/

      UK /frəm stɑ:t tə ˈfɪnɪʃ/

      • other
      • Covering the whole process from beginning to end.
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    • go on

      US /ɡo ɑn/

      UK /ɡəu ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue doing something
      • To happen (usually negative)
      • Interjection
      • Used to encourage someone
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • horrible

      US /ˈhɔrəbəl, ˈhɑr-/

      UK /ˈhɒrəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
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    • in every way

      US /ɪn ˈɛvri we/

      UK /in ˈevri wei/

      • Phrase
      • In all manners or respects; completely.
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    • in on

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • To be involved in a secret or plan.
      • To be aware of something that is secret or not generally known.
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    • incredible

      US /ɪnˈkrɛdəbəl/

      UK /ɪnˈkredəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Very good; amazing
      • Really good; amazing; great
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    • inside of

      US /ɪnˈsaɪd ʌv/

      UK /inˈsaid ɔv/

      • Preposition
      • Within; in the inner part of.
      • Within a certain period of time.
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    • intentional

      US /ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/

      UK /ɪnˈtenʃənl/

      • Adjective
      • Done with a deliberate plan to do or achieve
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    • memo

      US /ˈmɛmo/

      UK /'meməʊ/

      • Noun
      • Brief note or message left for another person
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    • mirror

      US /ˈmɪrɚ/

      UK /'mɪrə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Thing with glass surface used to look at yourself
      • An accurate impression or picture of something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To reflect (an image)
      • To have similar qualities to something else
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    • nostalgia

      US /nəˈstældʒə/

      UK /nɒˈstældʒə/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Sad, but positive feeling about memories/the past
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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 fly

      US /ɑn ði flai/

      UK /ɔn ðə flai/

      • Phrase
      • While in motion or progress; spontaneously; without prior planning or preparation.
      • Adjective
      • (Of computing processes) performed while running a program, rather than in advance.
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    • outgoing

      US /ˈaʊtgoʊɪŋ/

      UK /ˈaʊtgəʊɪŋ/

      • Adjective
      • Leaving a place or a position
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    • platform

      US /ˈplætˌfɔrm/

      UK /'plætfɔ:m/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Flat, raised structure that people stand on
      • Area from which you board a train at a station
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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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    • rewind

      US /riˈwaɪnd/

      UK /ˌri:ˈwaɪnd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something go backwards
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    • shake

      US /ʃek/

      UK /ʃeɪk/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To cause someone to be surprised or upset
      • To cause a belief, idea, or feeling to weaken
      • Countable Noun
      • Drink made by shaking milk with fruit or flavors
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    • shuffle

      US /ˈʃʌfəl/

      UK /'ʃʌfl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To change the order of items/people in a group
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    • sleek

      US /slik/

      UK /sli:k/

      • Adjective
      • Having a smooth and appealing shape or surface
      B2
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    • swift

      US /swɪft/

      UK /swɪft/

      • Adjective
      • Quick
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    • tape

      US /tep/

      UK /teɪp/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To record some sounds using an electric device
      • To stick things together using an adhesive strip
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Narrow strip of magnetic material for recording on
      • Thin material used to mark an area or seal things
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    • technology

      US /tɛkˈnɑlədʒi/

      UK /tek'nɒlədʒɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
      • Machinery and equipment developed from scientific knowledge.
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    • teen

      US /tin/

      UK /ti:n/

      • Noun
      • Teenager
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    • tiny

      US /ˈtaɪni/

      UK /'taɪnɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Very, very small
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    • to the letter

      US /tu ði ˈlɛtɚ/

      UK /tu: ðə ˈletə/

      • Phrase
      • Following instructions or rules exactly; precisely.
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    • walk around

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To stroll or wander in a leisurely way.
      • To move about in order to inspect something.
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    • walkman

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • A portable cassette player popular in 1980s
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    • write out

      US /raɪt aʊt/

      UK /rait aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To write something in full instead of using abbreviations or symbols.
      • To copy something by writing it.
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    • zoom

      US /zum/

      UK /zu:m/

      • Noun
      • Camera lens used to magnify images
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move along or go somewhere very quickly
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    • zoom in on

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To adjust a camera or lens to make a subject appear closer.
      • To focus attention on something specific.
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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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