Vocabulary

  • slip in: To enter a place quietly or unnoticed.
  • pass as: To pretend to be somebody else successfully.
  • search for: To try to find someone or something.
  • on the street: Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
  • for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
  • dead or alive: Regardless of whether someone is living or dead; in any condition.
  • on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
  • look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
  • going on: To continue doing something
  • run by: To be managed or controlled by someone or a group.
  • slip into: To quickly put on (a piece of clothing).
  • evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
  • put out: To publish, e.g. a book
  • for fear of: Because of anxiety or apprehension that something undesirable might happen.
  • overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
  • scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
  • overwhelming: To defeat something or someone completely
  • enormous: Huge; very big; very important
  • multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
  • ritual: Performed as part of a ceremony
  • treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
  • capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
  • fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
  • demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
  • slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
  • compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • distress: State of great sadness, anxiety or pain
  • collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
  • condition: To improve something to make it better
  • direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
  • trap: Device used for catching animals
  • witness: To see the signing of an official document
  • aid: To help others and provide things
  • convert: To switch from a religion, belief etc. to another
  • civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
  • rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
  • rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
  • scramble: To cause war planes to take off quickly
  • foreign: Being of a different place or country
  • academy: School that specializes in certain subjects
  • vary: To change something and make it different
  • count: To add things together to find the total number
  • distribution: Dividing or spreading out to others
  • funeral: Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
  • limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
  • manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
  • allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
  • makeshift: That only serves as something temporarily
  • government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
  • damage: Physical harm that is done to something
  • basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
  • drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
  • densely: Thickly (filled or covered)
  • step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
  • pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
  • hamper: to prevent somebody from easily doing or achieving something
  • abdominal: Concerned with the stomach area of a body
  • difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
  • coup: Successful taking over of a thing; sudden success
  • devastation: Act of ruining or destroying something
  • recognizable: Being easily identified because of some quality
  • train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
  • carry: To have a child, be pregnant
  • side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
  • agonizing: To suffer painfully over something; be in agony
  • country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
  • stench: Very bad smell
  • undercover: Operating in disguise; incognito
  • mint: Candies with the taste of mint
  • rubble: Rough, broken stones from destroyed building
  • buddhist: Someone who follows the teachings of Buddha
  • apprehend: To arrest someone
  • morgue: Place to store dead bodies before they are buried
  • junta: Military group that seized control of a country
  • manpower: The workers available
  • nan: Flat Indian bread
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    • abdominal

      US /æbˈdɑ:mɪnl/

      UK /æbˈdɒmɪnl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerned with the stomach area of a body
      • Countable Noun
      • An abdominal muscle.
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    • academy

      US /əˈkædəmi/

      UK /ə'kædəmɪ/

      • Noun
      • School that specializes in certain subjects
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    • agonizing

      US /ˈæɡəˌnaɪzɪŋ/

      UK /ˈægənaɪzɪŋ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To suffer painfully over something; be in agony
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    • aid

      US /ed/

      UK /eɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To help others and provide things
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Action of giving help to others
      • Money or help given to those who need it
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    • apprehend

      US /ˌæprɪˈhɛnd/

      UK /ˌæprɪˈhend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To arrest someone
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    • buddhist

      US /'bʊdɪst/

      UK /'bʊdɪst/

      • Noun
      • Someone who follows the teachings of Buddha
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    • capacity

      US /kəˈpæsɪti/

      UK /kə'pæsətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
      • Largest amount of something that can be produced
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    • civil

      US /ˈsɪvəl/

      UK /ˈsɪvl/

      • Adjective
      • Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
      • Acting in a polite, but not truly friendly manner
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    • collapse

      US /kəˈlæps/

      UK /kə'læps/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
      • To suddenly fall down or break apart into pieces
      • Noun
      • The sudden failure of a structure or system.
      • The sudden failure of a bodily organ or function.
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    • compound

      US /kɑmˈpaUnd/

      UK /'kɒmpaʊnd/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
      • Chemical made up of several others
      • Transitive Verb
      • To pay interest on a loan including the interest
      • To make something from various parts or components
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    • condition

      US /kənˈdɪʃən/

      UK /kənˈdɪʃn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To improve something to make it better
      • To cause to behave automatically in a certain way
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Disease or other medical problem
      • The state of living you are in, e.g. good health
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    • convert

      US /kənˈvɚt/

      UK /kən'vɜ:t/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To switch from a religion, belief etc. to another
      • To change form, character, or function to another
      • Countable Noun
      • Person switching from one belief system to another
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    • count

      US /kaʊnt/

      UK /kaʊnt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To add things together to find the total number
      • To matter or be important
      • Countable Noun
      • Number of things added together, e.g. votes
      • With the number of crimes, knockouts, as stated
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    • coup

      US /ku/

      UK /ku:/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Successful taking over of a thing; sudden success
      • Attempt to take control from the government
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    • damage

      US /ˈdæmɪdʒ/

      UK /ˈdæmɪdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Physical harm that is done to something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To harm physically; to hurt or break something
      • To harm the reputation of someone.
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    • dead or alive

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Regardless of whether someone is living or dead; in any condition.
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    • demand

      US /dɪˈmænd/

      UK /dɪ'mɑ:nd/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Desire customers have to buy product, service
      • A strong request for someone to do something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To strongly request someone to do something
      • To need something.
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    • densely

      US /ˈdɛnslɪ/

      UK /denslɪ/

      • Adverb
      • Thickly (filled or covered)
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    • devastation

      US /ˌdevəˈsteɪʃn/

      UK /ˌdevəˈsteɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of ruining or destroying something
      • A feeling of being extremely shocked and sad.
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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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    • distress

      US /dɪˈstrɛs/

      UK /dɪ'stres/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of great sadness, anxiety or pain
      • Condition of danger or emergency
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause someone anxiety or sadness
      • To be in financial trouble
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    • distribution

      US /ˌdɪstrəˈbjuʃən/

      UK /ˌdɪstrɪˈbju:ʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Dividing or spreading out to others
      • Act of sending products to stores to sell
      • Adjective
      • Sending products to stores to sell
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    • enormous

      US /ɪˈnɔrməs/

      UK /iˈnɔ:məs/

      • Adjective
      • Huge; very big; very important
      • Very great in size, amount, or degree.
      A2
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    • evidence of

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
      • Something that shows that something else exists or is true.
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    • for fear of

      US /fɔr fɪr ʌv/

      UK /fɔ: fiə ɔv/

      • Phrase
      • Because of anxiety or apprehension that something undesirable might happen.
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    • for someone

      US /fɚ ˈsʌmwʌn/

      UK /fə ˈsʌmwʌn/

      • other
      • On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
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    • foreign

      US /ˈfɔ:rən/

      UK /ˈfɒrən/

      • Adjective
      • Being of a different place or country
      • Strange; different from ones found at home
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    • funeral

      US /ˈfjunərəl/

      UK /ˈfju:nərəl/

      • Noun
      • Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
      • Adjective
      • Relating to or characteristic of a funeral; mournful or somber.
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    • going on

      US /ˈɡoɪŋ ɑn/

      UK /ˈgəʊɪŋ ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue doing something
      • To happen (usually negative)
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    • hamper

      US /ˈhæmpɚ/

      UK /ˈhæmpə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • to prevent somebody from easily doing or achieving something
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    • junta

      US /ˈdʒʌntə/

      UK /ˈhʊntə/

      • Countable Noun
      • Military group that seized control of a country
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    • limit

      US /ˈlɪmɪt/

      UK /'lɪmɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Point beyond which it is not possible to go
      • A line or edge marking the boundary of an area.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To stop or prevent an increase past a point
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    • look for

      US /lʊk fɔr/

      UK /luk fɔ:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To try to find a thing or person that is lost
      • To expect or anticipate something.
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    • makeshift

      US /ˈmekˌʃɪft/

      UK /ˈmeɪkʃɪft/

      • Adjective
      • That only serves as something temporarily
      • Noun
      • A temporary substitute.
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    • manpower

      US /ˈmænˌpaʊɚ/

      UK /ˈmænpaʊə(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • The workers available
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    • mint

      US /mɪnt/

      UK /mɪnt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Candies with the taste of mint
      • Place where a government prints its money
      • Transitive Verb
      • To print money or make coins
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    • morgue

      US /mɔ:rg/

      UK /mɔ:g/

      • Noun
      • Place to store dead bodies before they are buried
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    • multiple

      US /ˈmʌltəpəl/

      UK /ˈmʌltɪpl/

      • Adjective
      • Having or involving more than one of something
      • Having or involving several parts, elements, or members.
      • Countable Noun
      • Number produced by multiplying a smaller number
      • A number of identical circuit elements connected in parallel or series.
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    • nan

      US /næn/

      UK /næn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Flat Indian bread
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    • on the ground

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Located on the surface of the earth.
      • Present and available in a particular place, especially to deal with a situation.
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    • on the street

      US /ɑn ði strit/

      UK /ɔn ðə stri:t/

      • Phrase
      • Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
      • Available or circulating, especially illegally or unofficially.
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    • overwhelmed

      US /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlmd/

      UK /ˌəʊ.vəˈwɛlmd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To defeat something or someone completely
      • To affect someone emotionally in a strong way
      • Adjective
      • Feeling like you have so much to do that you can't even get started.
      • Feeling like you are unable to cope with something
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    • overwhelming

      US /ˌovɚˈhwɛlmɪŋ, -ˈwɛl-/

      UK /ˌəʊvəˈwelmɪŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To defeat something or someone completely
      • To affect someone emotionally in a strong way
      • Adjective
      • Having too much to handle (e.g. work)
      • Very great or very strong; so powerful that you cannot resist or decide how to react
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    • pass as

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To pretend to be somebody else successfully.
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    • put out

      US /pʊt aʊt/

      UK /put aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To publish, e.g. a book
      • To cause someone to be troubled or inconvenienced
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    • recognizable

      US /ˈrekəɡnaɪzəbl/

      UK /ˈrekəgnaɪzəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Being easily identified because of some quality
      • Having a distinct or identifiable character or quality.
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    • rescue

      US /ˈrɛskju/

      UK /'reskju:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
      • To provide financial assistance to save a company or economy from collapse.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of saving someone in danger or in trouble
      • An act of saving someone or something from a dangerous or difficult situation.
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    • ritual

      US /ˈrɪtʃuəl/

      UK /'rɪtʃʊəl/

      • Adjective
      • Performed as part of a ceremony
      • Being done in a regular, expected or similar way
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Social or religious ceremony always done the same
      • A series of actions regularly and invariably followed by someone.
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    • rubble

      US /ˈrʌbəl/

      UK /ˈrʌbl/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Rough, broken stones from destroyed building
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    • run by

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To be managed or controlled by someone or a group.
      • To show or tell something to someone briefly to get their opinion or approval.
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    • rush

      US /rʌʃ/

      UK /rʌʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To attack someone suddenly in a group
      • To perform or finish with speed and urgency
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Actions performed or finishes with speed, urgency
      • State of hurried action
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    • scenario

      US /səˈner.i.oʊ/

      UK /sɪˈnɑː.ri.əʊ/

      • Noun
      • An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
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    • scramble

      US /ˈskræmbəl/

      UK /ˈskræmbl/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To cause war planes to take off quickly
      • Transitive Verb
      • To mix up
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    • search for

      US /sɚtʃ fɔr/

      UK /sə:tʃ fɔ:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To try to find someone or something.
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    • slip

      US /slɪp/

      UK /slɪp/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
      • A field position in cricket
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To begin to fall as a result of losing balance
      • To escape or become free from something
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    • slip in

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To enter a place quietly or unnoticed.
      • To insert something discreetly or subtly.
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    • slip into

      US /slɪp ˈɪntu/

      UK /slip ˈɪntuː/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To quickly put on (a piece of clothing).
      • To gradually enter a particular state or situation, especially a negative one.
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    • stench

      US /stɛntʃ/

      UK /stentʃ/

      • Noun
      • Very bad smell
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    • trap

      US /træp/

      UK /træp/

      • Countable Noun
      • Device used for catching animals
      • Vehicle pulled by a single horse
      • Transitive Verb
      • To use a device to catch animals or people
      • To hold, e.g. a nerve, so that it cannot move
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    • undercover

      US /ˌʌndərˈkʌvə(r)/

      UK /ˌʌndəˈkʌvə(r)/

      • Adverb
      • Operating in disguise; incognito
      • Adjective
      • Involving secret work within an organization, especially for the police or government.
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    • vary

      US /ˈveri/

      UK /ˈveəri/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To change something and make it different
      • To be changeable, both up and down
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    • witness

      US /ˈwɪtnɪs/

      UK /'wɪtnəs/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To see the signing of an official document
      • To see an event take place (usually a crime)
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person who was present to see an event take place
      • Evidence or proof of something
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    She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.

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    • 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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