Vocabulary

  • duck out: To leave a place or situation quickly and often without being noticed.
  • go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
  • rabbit on: To talk continuously and annoyingly.
  • look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
  • wolf down: To eat something very quickly and greedily.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
  • fishing for: Currently trying to get attention or praise from other people.
  • chicken out: To decide not to take a risky action
  • have to: Must do
  • rat on: To inform or report someone as guilty or doing something wrong.
  • of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
  • check out
  • much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
  • monkey around: To behave in a silly or playful way; fool around.
  • back to work: Returning to one's job or professional duties after a period of absence.
  • get back to: To get in contact with someone again
  • to do with: To be about something; concern
  • at home: In one's own residence or country.
  • pig out: To eat a large amount of food, often quickly and greedily.
  • figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
  • hang out: To spend time with your friends
  • black and white
  • in jail: Imprisoned; confined in a jail or prison.
  • experience in: Knowledge or skill gained from doing something for a period of time.
  • with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
  • get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
  • out there: In or to a place that is far away
  • got to: To arrive at some place
  • of means: Having resources or wealth available for use.
  • stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • figure: To appear in a game, play or event
  • pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
  • situation: Place, position or area that something is in
  • properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
  • expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
  • compliment: Remark saying someone looks nice, plays well, etc.
  • basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
  • confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
  • inevitably: (Happening) with complete certainty
  • insult: To disrespect someone by being rude or impolite
  • annoying: To make someone angry
  • definition: Explanation of word's meaning, as in dictionaries
  • authority: The power to give orders to people
  • escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
  • advance: Forward movement by an army
  • board: Surface for posting or showing information
  • guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
  • sneaky: Deceptive and underhand
  • flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
  • leave: To go away from; depart
  • social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
  • manipulation: Act of controlling to gain an advantage
  • complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • imagination: Ability to creates new ideas and mental images
  • phrasal: Concerning or consisting of a phrase
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • gather: To bring objects together into one place
  • preposition: Word such as 'at' 'on' etc. showing position/time
  • catch: Amount of something that has been caught
  • purse: Small bag for carrying money and other things
  • squirrel: Small furry tree-living animal with a big tail
  • event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
  • sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
  • verb: Word that expresses an action or state
  • find: To become aware of something that is happening
  • hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
  • oyster: An edible marine mollusk
  • bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
  • fix: Answer to a problem
  • worm: Small thin tube-shaped animal without legs
  • jail: Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
  • clam: Kind of shellfish
  • kid: Child or young person
  • shellfish: Sea animals such as shrimps, lobsters, clams etc.
  • witch: Woman believed to have magical powers
  • duck: To avoid doing something that is difficult
  • rat: Long-tailed rodent similar to/bigger than a mouse
  • backpack: Bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
  • fright: Strong and sudden fear
  • nope: A dialect or emphatic way of saying 'No'
  • suede: Leather with a soft brushed surface
  • wolf: A dog-like wild animal
  • plumb: Precisely or exactly
  • pig: Animal that bacon, pork and ham come from
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    • advance

      US /ædˈvæns/

      UK /əd'vɑ:ns/

      • Noun
      • Forward movement by an army
      • An attempt to seduce someone
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • (Of an army) to move forward
      • To change or improve
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    • annoying

      US /əˈnɔɪɪŋ/

      UK /əˈnɔɪɪŋ/

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

      US /æt hom/

      UK /æt həum/

      • Phrase
      • In one's own residence or country.
      • Adjective
      • Feeling comfortable and relaxed.
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    • authority

      US /əˈθɔrɪti, əˈθɑr-, ɔˈθɔr-, ɔˈθɑr-/

      UK /ɔ:ˈθɒrəti/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The power to give orders to people
      • Person who is an expert on a particular topic
      A2TOEIC
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    • back to work

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Returning to one's job or professional duties after a period of absence.
      • Interjection
      • An expression used to urge or remind people to resume working.
      A1
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    • backpack

      US /ˈbækˌpæk/

      UK /'bækpæk/

      • Countable Noun
      • Bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To travel very lightly carrying your things
      B2
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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.
      A2
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    • black and white

      US /blæk ənd hwaɪt/

      UK /blæk ænd hwait/

      • Phrase
      • Adjective
      • Showing images only in black, grey, and white, not in colour.
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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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    • chicken out

      US /ˈtʃɪkən aʊt/

      UK /ˈtʃikin aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To decide not to take a risky action
      • To decide not to take a risky action
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To back out of something due to fear or cowardice.
      A1
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    • clam

      US /klæm/

      UK /klæm/

      • Countable Noun
      • Kind of shellfish
      C2
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    • complicate

      US /ˈkɑ:mplɪkeɪt/

      UK /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make more difficult to do, understand or use
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    • compliment

      US /ˈkɑmpləmənt/

      UK /'kɒmplɪmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Remark saying someone looks nice, plays well, etc.
      • A formal expression of respect or admiration.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To say someone looks nice, plays well, etc.
      B2
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    • confidence

      US /ˈkɑnfɪdəns/

      UK /'kɒnfɪdəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Feeling that you can do well at something
      • Feeling you can trust someone
      A2
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    • definition

      US /ˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən/

      UK /ˌdefɪˈnɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Explanation of word's meaning, as in dictionaries
      • The sharpness of an image on a screen
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    • duck

      US /dʌk/

      UK /dʌk/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To avoid doing something that is difficult
      • To lower your head to avoid hitting something
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Common type of water bird
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    • duck out

      US /dʌk aʊt/

      UK /dʌk aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To leave a place or situation quickly and often without being noticed.
      A2
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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
      A2
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    • experience in

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Knowledge or skill gained from doing something for a period of time.
      • Exposure to or involvement in a particular activity or situation.
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    • expression

      US /ɪkˈsprɛʃən/

      UK /ɪk'spreʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
      • Group of words that have a specific meaning
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    • figure out

      US /ˈfɪɡjɚ aʊt/

      UK /ˈfiɡə aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To understand the behavior of someone
      • To think through logically to find a solution
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To understand or find an answer to something.
      • To find a solution to a problem or understand something.
      A1
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    • fishing for

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • Currently trying to get attention or praise from other people.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • Present continuous of trying to catch fish.
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    • fix

      US /fɪks/

      UK /fɪks/

      • Noun
      • Answer to a problem
      • Transitive Verb
      • To arrange or prepare something
      • To attach something so it will not move or change
      A2TOEIC
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    • flee

      US /fli/

      UK /fli:/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
      B1
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    • fright

      US /fraɪt/

      UK /fraɪt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Strong and sudden fear
      A2
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    • gather

      US /ˈɡæðɚ/

      UK /ˈgæðə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To bring objects together into one place
      • To collect foods such as wild berries or crops
      • Noun
      • Fold in cloth, as in a full skirt
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    • get back to

      US /ɡɛt bæk tu/

      UK /ɡet bæk tu:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To get in contact with someone again
      • To return to someone or something; to respond at a later time.
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    • get out of

      US /ɡɛt aʊt ʌv/

      UK /ɡet aut ɔv/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
      • To leave a small, enclosed vehicle
      A1
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    • go around

      US /ɡo əˈraʊnd/

      UK /ɡəu əˈraund/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
      • To go here and there, from place to place; wander
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    • got to

      US /ɡɑt tu/

      UK /gɔt tu:/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To arrive at some place
      • To have the opportunity or permission to do something
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To appeal to the emotions of; move
      • To finally begin to start something after a delay
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    • hang out

      US /hæŋ aʊt/

      UK /hæŋ aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To spend time with your friends
      • To spend times with friends or relax doing nothing
      A2
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • imagination

      US /ɪˌmædʒəˈneʃən/

      UK /ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Ability to creates new ideas and mental images
      • Something that you imagine; an idea that you have in your mind.
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    • in jail

      US /ɪn dʒel/

      UK /in dʒeil/

      • Phrase
      • Imprisoned; confined in a jail or prison.
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    • inevitably

      US /ɪnˈevɪtəbli/

      UK /ɪnˈevɪtəbli/

      • Adverb
      • (Happening) with complete certainty
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    • insult

      US /ɪnˈsʌlt/

      UK /ɪn'sʌlt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To disrespect someone by being rude or impolite
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of disrespecting by being rude or impolite
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    • jail

      US /dʒel/

      UK /dʒeɪl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
      • Transitive Verb
      • To hold people who are being punished for a crime
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    • kid

      US /kɪd/

      UK /kɪd/

      • Countable Noun
      • Child or young person
      • Young goat
      • Adjective
      • Made from young goat skin
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    • look at

      US /lʊk æt/

      UK /luk æt/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To use your eyes to focus on something
      • To focus your eyes on something carefully
      A1
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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.
      A1
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    • manipulation

      US /məˌnɪpjʊˈleʃən/

      UK /məˌnɪpjʊ'leɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of controlling to gain an advantage
      • Act of moving something using your hands
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    • monkey around

      US /ˈmʌŋki əˈraʊnd/

      UK /ˈmʌŋki əˈraund/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To behave in a silly or playful way; fool around.
      A2
      More
    • much about

      US /mʌtʃ əˈbaʊt/

      UK /mʌtʃ əˈbaut/

      • Phrase
      • A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
      • To a great extent or degree regarding something; caring.
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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'
      B2
      More
    • of a sudden

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
      B2
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    • of means

      US /ʌv minz/

      UK /əv mi:nz/

      • other
      • Having resources or wealth available for use.
      B2
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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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    • oyster

      US /ˈɔɪstɚ/

      UK /'ɔɪstə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • An edible marine mollusk
      B2
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    • phrasal

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Concerning or consisting of a phrase
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    • pig

      US /pɪɡ/

      UK /pɪg/

      • Countable Noun
      • Animal that bacon, pork and ham come from
      • Greedy person
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    • pig out

      US /pɪɡ aʊt/

      UK /piɡ aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To eat a large amount of food, often quickly and greedily.
      A1
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    • plumb

      US /plʌm/

      UK /plʌm/

      • Adverb
      • Precisely or exactly
      • Transitive Verb
      • To measure the depth of something
      • To connect pipes, baths, toilets to a water source
      B2TOEIC
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    • pretend

      US /prɪˈtɛnd/

      UK /prɪ'tend/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To act as if something is true when it is not
      • Adjective
      • Not real; imaginary.
      A2TOEIC
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    • properly

      US /ˈprɑːpərli/

      UK /ˈprɔpəlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In an appropriate or correct manner
      • In a way that is suitable or appropriate.
      A2
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    • purse

      US /pɚs/

      UK /pɜ:s/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Small bag for carrying money and other things
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make your lips into a kiss shape
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    • rabbit on

      US /ˈræbɪt ɑn/

      UK /ˈræbɪt ɒn/

      • other
      • To talk continuously and annoyingly.
      B2
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    • rat

      US /ræt/

      UK /ræt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Long-tailed rodent similar to/bigger than a mouse
      • Person who is not loyal and reveals secrets
      B1
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    • rat on

      US /ræt ɑn/

      UK /ræt ɒn/

      • other
      • To inform or report someone as guilty or doing something wrong.
      B2
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    • shellfish

      US /ˈʃɛlˌfɪʃ/

      UK /ˈʃelfɪʃ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Sea animals such as shrimps, lobsters, clams etc.
      C2
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    • sneaky

      US /ˈsniki/

      UK /ˈsni:ki/

      • Adjective
      • Deceptive and underhand
      B2
      More
    • squirrel

      US /ˈskwɚrəl, ˈskwʌr-/

      UK /'skwɪrəl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small furry tree-living animal with a big tail
      B2
      More
    • 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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    • sudden

      US /ˈsʌdn/

      UK /ˈsʌdn/

      • Adjective
      • Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
      B1
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    • suede

      US /swed/

      UK /sweɪd/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Leather with a soft brushed surface
      C1
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    • think of

      US /θɪŋk ʌv/

      UK /θiŋk ɔv/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To look on as (being something specific); consider
      • To consider or remember something.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To imagine or call something to mind
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    • to do with

      US

      UK

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

      US /wɪtʃ/

      UK /wɪtʃ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Woman believed to have magical powers
      • Mean and ugly old woman
      B2
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    • with it

      US /wɪð ɪt/

      UK /wið it/

      • Adjective
      • Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
      • Understanding and knowledgeable about current trends or information.
      A1
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    • wolf

      US /wʊlf/

      UK /wʊlf/

      • Countable Noun
      • A dog-like wild animal
      • Man who tries to seduce women
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To eat food very quickly
      B1
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    • wolf down

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To eat something very quickly and greedily.
      More
    • worm

      US /wɚm/

      UK /wɜ:m/

      • Noun
      • Small thin tube-shaped animal without legs
      • Transitive Verb
      • To remove worms from an animals stomach
      • To get information, etc. out of, by tricking them
      B2
      More
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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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