Vocabulary

  • out there: In or to a place that is far away
  • mess with: To interfere with or tamper with something.
  • to do with: To be about something; concern
  • fire off: To say or ask questions quickly
  • goes to show: To demonstrate or prove something.
  • thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
  • get behind: To support or encourage.
  • behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
  • check out
  • stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
  • content: Being happy or satisfied
  • basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
  • mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
  • climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
  • gut: To destroy the inside of a building , e.g. by fire
  • tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
  • tiny: Very, very small
  • mature: Behaving like an adult
  • digestive: Concerning processes of converting food to energy
  • launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
  • scheme: Plan (sometimes dishonest) to get or do something
  • planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
  • profile: To write a short description of a person or group
  • click: To work well with someone or something
  • relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
  • potent: (Of men) being able to make a woman pregnant
  • prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
  • digital: Using electronic signals or computers
  • bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
  • devour: To eat quickly and hungrily
  • sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
  • extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
  • system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
  • explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
  • catch: Amount of something that has been caught
  • threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
  • tract: A system of body parts or organs that has a particular function (e.g., digestive tract).
  • defend: To protect and explain your position in court
  • steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
  • change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
  • float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
  • quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
  • pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
  • make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
  • deep: Complex and important
  • seaweed: Plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
  • repel: To make or force someone or something go away
  • immature: Behaving like a child, especially emotionally
  • part: Division of a book
  • area: Amount of measured space
  • venom: Poison, e.g. one produced by plant or animal
  • check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
  • type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
  • excruciating: (Of pain) extremely bad
  • venomous: Extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
  • devious: Clever in using lies and tricks to fool people
  • neighbor: Person who lives, or is near, you
  • swag: Australian sack/bundle containing your possessions
  • spicy: Hot and strongly flavored in taste
  • weirder: More odd or unusual
  • nope: A dialect or emphatic way of saying 'No'
  • jellyfish: Soft-bodied sea animal, as with stinging tentacles
  • weaponry: Collection of weapons and weapon-like instruments
  • detonate: To trigger or start an explosion
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    • basically

      US /ˈbesɪkəli,-kli/

      UK /ˈbeɪsɪkli/

      • Adverb
      • Used before you explain something simply, clearly
      • In essence; when you consider the most important aspects of something.
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    • bear

      US /bɛr/

      UK /bɛː/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To accept (responsibilities or duties)
      • To give birth to a child; to produce fruit
      • Countable Noun
      • Large brown animal with fur that lives in forests
      • Someone who expects stock market to fall
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    • behind the scenes

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Secretly or without being known to the public.
      • In a position to influence events without any public knowledge.
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    • check out

      US /tʃɛk aʊt/

      UK /tʃek aut/

      • Phrase
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To find out information about something
      • To take books out of a library
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    • climate

      US /ˈklaɪmɪt/

      UK /ˈklaɪmət/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Typical weather conditions in a particular place
      • The general attitudes, feelings, or opinions that people have at a particular time.
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    • content

      US /ˈkɑnˌtɛnt/

      UK /'kɒntent/

      • Adjective
      • Being happy or satisfied
      • In a state of peaceful happiness.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Information in something, e.g. book or computer
      • The subject matter of a book, speech, etc.
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    • defend

      US /dɪˈfɛnd/

      UK /dɪ'fend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To protect and explain your position in court
      • To protect against an attack
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    • detonate

      US /ˈdɛtn:ˌet/

      UK /'detəneɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To trigger or start an explosion
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    • devious

      US /ˈdiviəs/

      UK /ˈdi:viəs/

      • Adjective
      • Clever in using lies and tricks to fool people
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    • devour

      US /dɪˈvaʊr/

      UK /dɪˈvaʊə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To eat quickly and hungrily
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    • digestive

      US /daɪˈdʒɛstɪv, dɪ-/

      UK /daɪˈdʒestɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning processes of converting food to energy
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    • excruciating

      US /ɪkˈskruʃiˌetɪŋ/

      UK /ɪkˈskru:ʃieɪtɪŋ/

      • Adjective
      • (Of pain) extremely bad
      • Intensely tedious or annoying.
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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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    • extend

      US /ɪkˈstɛnd/

      UK /ɪkˈstend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
      • To reach from one point to another
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    • fire off

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To say or ask questions quickly
      • To send a letter in haste
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    • float

      US /floʊt/

      UK /fləʊt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To sell the shares of a company publicly
      • To move slowly and easily through air
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Object designed to stay on the surface of water
      • Decorated truck used in a festival
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    • get behind

      US /ɡɛt bɪˈhaɪnd/

      UK /ɡet biˈhaind/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To support or encourage.
      • To fail to make enough progress or to do something by a particular time.
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    • goes to show

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • To demonstrate or prove something.
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    • gut

      US /ɡʌt/

      UK /ɡʌt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To destroy the inside of a building , e.g. by fire
      • To remove the internal parts of an animal or fish
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Stomach and internal organs of digestion
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    • immature

      US /ˌɪməˈtʃʊr/

      UK /ˌɪməˈtjʊə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Behaving like a child, especially emotionally
      • Not fully grown or developed
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    • jellyfish

      US /ˈdʒɛliˌfɪʃ/

      UK /ˈdʒelifɪʃ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Soft-bodied sea animal, as with stinging tentacles
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    • launch

      US /lɔntʃ, lɑntʃ/

      UK /lɔ:ntʃ/

      • Noun
      • Starting a new project; introducing new product
      • Act of firing rockets into the air
      • Transitive Verb
      • To start a new project; start selling a product
      • To put a rocket into the air
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    • mature

      US /məˈtʃʊr/

      UK /məˈtʃʊə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Behaving like an adult
      • Being fully developed physically
      • Intransitive Verb
      • (Wine, cheese) To age to improve its taste
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    • mess

      US /mɛs/

      UK /mes/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
      • A difficult or confused situation.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something untidy or dirty
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    • mess with

      US

      UK

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To interfere with or tamper with something.
      • To provoke or annoy someone.
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To interfere with or tamper with something.
      • To tease, provoke, or annoy someone.
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    • neighbor

      US /ˈnebɚ/

      UK /'neɪbə/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person who lives, or is near, you
      • A country or area next to another.
      • Adjective
      • Situated near or next to something.
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    • nope

      US /noʊp/

      UK /nəʊp/

      • Noun
      • A dialect or emphatic way of saying 'No'
      • A situation or idea that one strongly rejects or wants to avoid.
      • Interjection
      • An informal way of saying 'no'
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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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    • planet

      US /ˈplænɪt/

      UK /'plænɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • One of the bodies that orbit the sun
      • A different world or sphere of existence.
      • Proper Noun
      • The earth.
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    • potent

      US /ˈpotnt/

      UK /'pəʊtnt/

      • Adjective
      • (Of men) being able to make a woman pregnant
      • Having a powerful effect, e.g. on the body or mind
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    • profile

      US /ˈproˌfaɪl/

      UK /'prəʊfaɪl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To write a short description of a person or group
      • To write or create a profile of someone or something.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A short description of a person or group
      • Shape of someone's head when viewed from the side
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    • prove

      US /pruv/

      UK /pru:v/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
      • To test the quality or worth of something.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To turn out to be; be found to be.
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    • relate

      US /rɪˈlet/

      UK /rɪ'leɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To demonstrate a logical relationship between
      • To understand or sympathize with, e.g. a problem
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    • repel

      US /rɪˈpɛl/

      UK /rɪ'pel/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make or force someone or something go away
      • To cause someone to feel disgust.
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    • scheme

      US /skim/

      UK /ski:m/

      • Noun
      • Plan (sometimes dishonest) to get or do something
      • Way something is organized, e.g. colors of a room
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make secret plans to do something (often bad)
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    • seaweed

      US /ˈsiˌwid/

      UK /ˈsi:wi:d/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
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    • spicy

      US /ˈspaɪsi/

      UK /ˈspaɪsi/

      • Adjective
      • Hot and strongly flavored in taste
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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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    • subscribe

      US /səbˈskraɪb/

      UK /səb'skraɪb/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To regularly pay to receive a service
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    • swag

      US /swæɡ/

      UK /swæg/

      • Noun
      • Australian sack/bundle containing your possessions
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    • thanks to

      US /θæŋks tu/

      UK /θæŋks tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Because of; as a result of.
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    • threaten

      US /ˈθrɛtn/

      UK /ˈθretn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
      • To say you may harm or hurt someone
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    • tiny

      US /ˈtaɪni/

      UK /'taɪnɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Very, very small
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    • tip

      US /tɪp/

      UK /tɪp/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To pour or move something from a place, container
      • To give extra money for good service
      • Noun
      • End point of e.g. a pencil or finger
      • Extra money given for good service
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    • to do with

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To be about something; concern
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    • tract

      US /trækt/

      UK /trækt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A system of body parts or organs that has a particular function (e.g., digestive tract).
      • An area of land, typically a large one.
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    • venom

      US /ˈvɛnəm/

      UK /ˈvenəm/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Poison, e.g. one produced by plant or animal
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    • venomous

      US /ˈvɛnəməs/

      UK /ˈvenəməs/

      • Adjective
      • Extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
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    • weaponry

      US /ˈwɛpənri/

      UK /ˈwepənri/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Collection of weapons and weapon-like instruments
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    • weirder

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • More odd or unusual
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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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    US/brev/
    UK/breɪv/
    adj.Brave
    v.t.To bravely face
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