Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • hold off: To delay doing something; postpone.
  • make up: To invent or create a story
  • look up to: To respect or admire someone
  • on the line: At risk; in a situation where something could be lost.
  • at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
  • based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
  • result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
  • carry out
  • entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
  • sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
  • estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
  • suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
  • pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
  • result: Something produced through tests or experiments
  • pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
  • reflection: Sign or indication of a state or condition
  • crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
  • risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
  • rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
  • dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
  • hesitate: To pause because unsure or reluctant to do
  • damn: To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
  • academy: School that specializes in certain subjects
  • buck: To resist or go against the trend
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
  • act: To behave in a certain way
  • information: Collection of facts and details about something
  • trim: To cut (hair, etc.) to make it neater/shorter
  • schedule: A list of events and their times
  • wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
  • question: To ask for or try to get information
  • captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
  • lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
  • business: A company formed for making profit
  • hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • prepare: To make something ready for use
  • submarine: Ship that travels above and below the sea
  • fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
  • hold: To agree to keep something for someone
  • enlist: To obtain support from someone
  • carry: To have a child, be pregnant
  • life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
  • base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • speed: How fast or slow something is or is done
  • bravery: Quality allowing someone to do courageous things
  • lieutenant: Officer in the army, navy, or air force
  • flank: Middle area on the side of an animal
  • imperfect: Not being perfect or complete; having a mistake
  • aye: Yes', when voting, or in certain spoken contexts
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    • academy

      US /əˈkædəmi/

      UK /ə'kædəmɪ/

      • Noun
      • School that specializes in certain subjects
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    • at risk

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • In danger; likely to be harmed
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    • aye

      US /aɪ/

      UK /aɪ/

      • Interjection
      • Yes', when voting, or in certain spoken contexts
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    • base

      US /bes/

      UK /beɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place military personnel live, train, and operate
      • Bottom part of an object that touches a surface
      • Transitive Verb
      • To use as the starting point or origin for
      • To have as the main location for (company, etc.)
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    • based on

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
      • Preposition
      • Using something as the main idea or foundation.
      • Relying on something as evidence or justification.
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    • bravery

      US /ˈbrevəri, ˈbrevri/

      UK /'breɪvərɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Quality allowing someone to do courageous things
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    • buck

      US /bʌk/

      UK /bʌk/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To resist or go against the trend
      • Countable Noun
      • A male deer, especially a male of the fallow deer or roe deer.
      • A dashing young man.
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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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    • carry out

      US /ˈkæri aʊt/

      UK /ˈkæri aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To fulfill or perform your instructions, duty
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To perform or execute a task, order, or plan.
      • To remove something or someone from a place.
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    • crew

      US /kru/

      UK /kru:/

      • Countable Noun
      • Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
      • Skilled group of people working together on a task
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To work as part of a crew.
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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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    • dive

      US /daɪv/

      UK /daɪv/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
      • Rapid fall through air
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To swim deep under water with an air supply
      • To rapid fall through air
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    • enlist

      US /ɛnˈlɪst/

      UK /ɪnˈlɪst/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To obtain support from someone
      • To become a member of a military group or service
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    • entire

      US /ɛnˈtaɪr/

      UK /ɪn'taɪə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
      • Undivided; not shared or distributed.
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    • estimate

      US /ˈɛstəˌmet/

      UK /'estɪmət/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
      • A judgment or opinion.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To guess or calculate the cost, size or value of
      • To form an approximate idea or judgment of.
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    • fine

      US /faɪn/

      UK /faɪn/

      • Adjective
      • Good, acceptable or satisfactory
      • Of high quality; made with great skill
      • Countable Noun
      • Money you have to pay because you broke a rule
      • (at the end of a piece of music) the end
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    • flank

      US /flæŋk/

      UK /flæŋk/

      • Noun
      • Middle area on the side of an animal
      • Right or left side of a group of soldiers
      • Transitive Verb
      • To be on either side of a person or thing
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • hesitate

      US /'hezɪteɪt/

      UK /'hezɪteɪt/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To pause because unsure or reluctant to do
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    • hold off

      US /hold ɔf/

      UK /həuld ɔf/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To delay doing something; postpone.
      • To prevent someone or something from attacking or affecting you.
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    • imperfect

      US /ɪmˈpə:fɪkt/

      UK /ɪmˈpɜ:fɪkt/

      • Adjective
      • Not being perfect or complete; having a mistake
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    • lay

      US /le/

      UK /leɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Amateur; not being a trained priest
      • Transitive Verb
      • To place a bet on a game outcome
      • (Of a bird, etc.) to produce eggs from its body
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    • lieutenant

      US /lu:ˈtenənt/

      UK /lefˈtenənt/

      • Noun
      • Officer in the army, navy, or air force
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    • look up to

      US /lʊk ʌp tu/

      UK /luk ʌp tu:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To respect or admire someone
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    • make up

      US /mek ʌp/

      UK /meik ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To invent or create a story
      • To add up to
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To invent a story, excuse, etc.
      • To compensate for something lost, missed, or deficient.
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    • on the line

      US /ɑn ði laɪn/

      UK /ɔn ðə lain/

      • Phrase
      • At risk; in a situation where something could be lost.
      • Having a great deal of responsibility.
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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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    • reflection

      US /rɪˈflɛkʃən/

      UK /rɪˈflekʃn/

      • Noun
      • Sign or indication of a state or condition
      • Image that you see in a mirror, glass, or water
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    • result

      US /rɪˈzʌlt/

      UK /rɪ'zʌlt/

      • Noun
      • Something produced through tests or experiments
      • Final score of a competition, election or game
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be the outcome of other causes and effects
      • To happen or exist as a consequence of something.
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    • result in

      US /rɪˈzʌlt ɪn/

      UK /riˈzʌlt in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To cause or produce as a consequence.
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    • sacrifice

      US /ˈsækrəˌfaɪs/

      UK /'sækrɪfaɪs/

      • Noun
      • Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
      • Person/animal killed to please a god
      • Transitive Verb
      • To kill an animal or human to please a god
      • To give up your life for others, for a cause etc.
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    • schedule

      US /ˈskedʒu:l/

      UK /ˈʃedju:l/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A list of events and their times
      • A plan to do something at a certain time
      • Transitive Verb
      • To plan to do something at a certain time
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    • science

      US /ˈsaɪəns/

      UK /'saɪəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Study of the physical world, based on facts
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    • speed

      US /spid/

      UK /spi:d/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • How fast or slow something is or is done
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move quickly when completing an action
      • To drive a vehicle faster than laws allow
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    • submarine

      US /ˈsʌbməˌrin, ˌsʌbməˈrin/

      UK /ˌsʌbməˈri:n/

      • Noun
      • Ship that travels above and below the sea
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    • suffer

      US / ˈsʌfɚ/

      UK /'sʌfə(r)/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To experience pain, illness, or injury
      • To allow or permit something, especially something unpleasant.
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    • trim

      US /trɪm/

      UK /trɪm/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cut (hair, etc.) to make it neater/shorter
      B2
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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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