Vocabulary

  • run away from: To run somewhere, e.g. to escape from something
  • take some time: To allocate or dedicate a period to a specific activity or purpose.
  • open up to: To start talking more freely about your feelings and private thoughts.
  • shout out: A public expression of greeting or praise.
  • have to: Must do
  • reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
  • hand out: To distribute papers (often in class)
  • cheer up: To make or become happier or less upset
  • rather than: More exactly; more correctly
  • eat up: To eat all of something
  • subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
  • tend: To move or act in a certain manner
  • consider: To think carefully about something
  • position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
  • dude: Form of address for a man
  • annoying: To make someone angry
  • domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
  • stare: To look at someone or something for a long time
  • intimidate: To make someone feel afraid
  • vigilant: Being watchful; careful to monitor events
  • avoid: To prevent from happening
  • pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
  • escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
  • reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
  • sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
  • instantly: In a manner without delay; immediately
  • affection: Feeling of liking someone or something
  • persistent: Continuing to do something despite challenges
  • behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
  • contact: Touching or feeling something
  • suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
  • manner: The way a person acts, talks, or behaves
  • reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
  • excitement: When people feel very happy and enthusiastic
  • damn: To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
  • gaze: Direction you are looking
  • tone: Atmosphere or feeling in a message
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
  • sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
  • hostility: Hostile action; an act of war
  • allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
  • act: To behave in a certain way
  • mad: Very angry
  • catch: Amount of something that has been caught
  • threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
  • wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
  • head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
  • perfect: So good it cannot be improved
  • person: Man, woman or child
  • captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
  • yell: A sudden loud cry or shout
  • startle: To give someone a shock or surprise
  • cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
  • pie: Baked food with a filling encased in pastry
  • meow: Cry like a cat
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    • affection

      US /əˈfɛkʃən/

      UK /əˈfekʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Feeling of liking someone or something
      • A gentle feeling of fondness or liking.
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    • annoying

      US /əˈnɔɪɪŋ/

      UK /əˈnɔɪɪŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone angry
      • Adjective
      • A little angry; upset
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    • avoid

      US /əˈvɔɪd/

      UK /ə'vɔɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To prevent from happening
      • To stay away from
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    • captain

      US /ˈkæptən/

      UK /'kæptɪn/

      • Noun
      • Title of a senior officer in the military
      • Person in charge of a team, a ship or an airplane
      • Transitive Verb
      • To be in charge of a team, ship or airplane
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    • cheer up

      US /tʃɪr ʌp/

      UK /tʃiə ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To make or become happier or less upset
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    • contact

      US /ˈkɑnˌtækt/

      UK /'kɒntækt/

      • Adjective
      • Touching or feeling something
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Touching or feeling something
      • Object that allows electricity to run through it
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    • cute

      US /kjut/

      UK /kju:t/

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

      US /dæm/

      UK /dæm/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
      • To threaten with everlasting punishment
      • Interjection
      • A mild swear word used to express annoyance
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    • domestic

      US /dəˈmɛstɪk/

      UK /dəˈmestɪk/

      • Noun
      • Someone paid to help with housework in your house
      • Adjective
      • British informal fight between husband and wife
      • Concerning your own home or house
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    • dude

      US /dud, djud/

      UK /du:d/

      • Noun
      • Form of address for a man
      • (informal) A man; a fellow.
      • Interjection
      • (informal) Used as a term of address, often between men.
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    • eat up

      US /it ʌp/

      UK /i:t ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To eat all of something
      • To use a large amount of something, especially money or time.
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    • escape

      US /ɪˈskep/

      UK /ɪ'skeɪp/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
      • The 'esc key' on a keyboard
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To avoid something undesirable, dangerous or bad
      • To get away from a place where you are being kept
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    • excitement

      US /ɪkˈsaɪtmənt/

      UK /ɪkˈsaɪtmənt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • When people feel very happy and enthusiastic
      • Something that causes great enthusiasm and eagerness.
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    • gaze

      US /ɡez/

      UK /ɡeɪz/

      • Noun
      • Direction you are looking
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To look at with fixed eyes
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    • hand out

      US /hænd aʊt/

      UK /hænd aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To distribute papers (often in class)
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • hostility

      US /hɑ:ˈstɪləti/

      UK /hɒˈstɪləti/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Hostile action; an act of war
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    • instantly

      US /ˈɪnstəntli/

      UK /ˈɪnstəntli/

      • Adverb
      • In a manner without delay; immediately
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    • intimidate

      US /ɪnˈtɪmɪˌdet/

      UK /ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone feel afraid
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    • mad

      US /mæd/

      UK /mæd/

      • Adjective
      • Very angry
      • Enthusiastic about something
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    • manner

      US /ˈmænɚ/

      UK /ˈmænə(r)/

      • Noun
      • The way a person acts, talks, or behaves
      • Polite and respectful behavior to others
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    • meow

      US /miˈaʊ/

      UK /mɪ'aʊ/

      • Noun
      • Cry like a cat
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To cry like a cat
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    • open up to

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To start talking more freely about your feelings and private thoughts.
      • To become available or possible.
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    • persistent

      US /pərˈsɪstənt/

      UK /pəˈsɪstənt/

      • Adjective
      • Continuing to do something despite challenges
      • Continuing to exist or occur for a long time.
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    • pie

      US /paɪ/

      UK /paɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Baked food with a filling encased in pastry
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    • pitch

      US /pɪtʃ/

      UK /pɪtʃ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
      • To throw a baseball to a batter
      • Noun
      • Act of throwing a baseball for someone to hit
      • Playing fields in sports, e.g. for soccer
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    • rather than

      US

      UK

      • Adverb
      • More exactly; more correctly
      • Preferably; instead
      • Preposition
      • Instead of
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    • reach

      US /ritʃ/

      UK /ri:tʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
      • To be long enough to get to a certain place
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Power or control someone has over something
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    • reach out

      US /ritʃ aʊt/

      UK /ri:tʃ aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To attempt to communicate with someone.
      • To offer help and support to someone.
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    • run away from

      US /rʌn əˈwe frʌm/

      UK /rʌn əˈwei frɔm/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To run somewhere, e.g. to escape from something
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    • sensitive

      US /ˈsɛnsɪtɪv/

      UK /'sensətɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
      • (Private information) needing careful treatment
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    • shout out

      US /ʃaʊt aʊt/

      UK /ʃaut aut/

      • Noun
      • A public expression of greeting or praise.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To publicly mention or acknowledge someone or something.
      • To publicly acknowledge or thank someone.
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    • stare

      US /stɛr/

      UK /steə(r)/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To look at someone or something for a long time
      • Noun
      • A long look at something or someone for a reason
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    • startle

      US /ˈstɑ:rtl/

      UK /ˈstɑ:tl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give someone a shock or surprise
      B2
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    • subscribe

      US /səbˈskraɪb/

      UK /səb'skraɪb/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To regularly pay to receive a service
      B1TOEIC
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    • take some time

      US

      UK

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To allocate or dedicate a period to a specific activity or purpose.
      A1
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    • tend

      US /tɛnd/

      UK /tend/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move or act in a certain manner
      • Transitive Verb
      • To take care 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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    • tone

      US /toʊn/

      UK /təʊn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Atmosphere or feeling in a message
      • Firmness and strength of the body's muscles
      • Transitive Verb
      • To increase the quality of muscles by exercise
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    • vigilant

      US /ˈvɪdʒələnt/

      UK /ˈvɪdʒɪlənt/

      • Adjective
      • Being watchful; careful to monitor events
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    • yell

      US /jɛl/

      UK /jel/

      • Noun
      • A sudden loud cry or shout
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To shout loudly at someone in pain or excitement
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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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