Vocabulary

  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • cook up: To invent a story or plan, especially dishonestly.
  • lay back: To recline or lie down in a relaxed manner.
  • work out
  • get you going: To start or motivate someone to start doing something.
  • hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
  • have to: Must do
  • tv show: A television program.
  • serve up: To present food to someone, typically in a restaurant or at home.
  • cut loose: To free oneself from a restriction or obligation.
  • leg it: To run away
  • stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • process: To organize and use data in a computer
  • script: Written text of a book, play, film, or speech
  • feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
  • syrup: Sugary liquid e.g. used on pancakes
  • tiny: Very, very small
  • edge: An advantage you have over others
  • pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
  • tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
  • wisdom: Knowledge gained from experience in life
  • edible: Being safe to eat
  • spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
  • horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
  • communicate: To give and exchange information
  • mold: Distinctive type of character or nature
  • agency: Business that provides some service for others
  • raw: Being uncontrolled or strong, as your emotions
  • narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
  • author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
  • roast: To strongly criticize often in a teasing manner
  • fake: Not real; made to look like something real
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • apologize: To say sorry because of a mistake or injury
  • visceral: From deep within you; caused by strong instincts
  • loose: To shoot or fire something from a gun
  • sorrow: Deep sadness caused by a loss
  • thigh: Upper part of a bird's leg, e.g. eaten as food
  • chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
  • lick: To pass the tongue along something, e.g. ice cream
  • dust: To apply a fine powder to, e.g. sugar to a cake
  • mad: Very angry
  • dietary: Concerning the food one consumes
  • horror: Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
  • liver: Organ from animals served as food
  • horrific: Terrifying and shocking
  • sketch: Brief account of something without many details
  • grizzly: Grayish
  • gruesome: Showing horrible scenes, e.g. showing blood
  • dutch: Concerning the culture and people of Holland
  • slick: Confident; effortlessly effective
  • annoy: To make someone angry
  • real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
  • think: To have an idea about something without certainty
  • toothpaste: A paste used for cleaning teeth
  • marrow: A soft, fatty tissue inside bones
  • vampire: Bloodsucking dead person who bites neck of victim
  • dead: Not alive
  • bone: Hard piece of your body that holds your muscles
  • surely: With certainty; definitely
  • gummy: Having the sticky properties of an adhesive; covered with adhesive gum
  • final: Last game in a series in a competition
  • look: Person's beauty or physical attractiveness
  • knife: Long piece of metal you use for cutting things
  • jack: To increase the amount or intensity of something
  • fat: Amount beyond what is usual or necessary
  • read: Person's name
  • yummy: (Of food) delicious; very tasty
  • duct: Narrow tube carrying a liquid within body or plant
  • sever: To cut off
  • teeter: To stand or walk moving from side to side
  • cocoa: Brown powder from a large bean, used for chocolate
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    • agency

      US /ˈedʒənsi/

      UK /'eɪdʒənsɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Business that provides some service for others
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    • apologize

      US /əˈpɑləˌdʒaɪz/

      UK /ə'pɒlədʒaɪz/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To say sorry because of a mistake or injury
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    • author

      US /ˈɔθɚ/

      UK /'ɔ:θə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To write book or articles
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    • chop

      US /tʃɑp/

      UK /tʃɒp/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
      • To hit someone with your hand
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A hit with the hand in a sideways motion
      • Thick slice of meat still attached to a bone
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    • cocoa

      US /ˈkoko/

      UK /'kəʊkəʊ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Brown powder from a large bean, used for chocolate
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    • communicate

      US /kəˈmjunɪˌket/

      UK /kə'mju:nɪkeɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To give and exchange information
      • To convey or make known (information, feelings, etc.)
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    • cook up

      US /kʊk ʌp/

      UK /kuk ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To invent a story or plan, especially dishonestly.
      • To prepare food quickly and easily.
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    • cut loose

      US /kʌt lus/

      UK /kʌt lu:s/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To free oneself from a restriction or obligation.
      • To behave in a free and uninhibited manner, especially by dancing or partying.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To dismiss or fire someone from a job.
      • To detach or release something that is connected or held.
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    • dietary

      US /ˈdaɪɪˌtɛri/

      UK /'daɪətərɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning the food one consumes
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    • duct

      US /dʌkt/

      UK /dʌkt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Narrow tube carrying a liquid within body or plant
      • Pipe or tube acting as a channel for liquids/gases
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    • dust

      US /dʌst/

      UK /dʌst/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To apply a fine powder to, e.g. sugar to a cake
      • To wipe something to remove dirt
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Fine dry powder that builds up on surfaces
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    • edge

      US /ɛdʒ/

      UK /edʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An advantage you have over others
      • Cutting side of a sharp object
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cut something to make the blade sharp
      • To go around the boundary of something
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    • edible

      US /ˈɛdəbəl/

      UK /ˈedəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Being safe to eat
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An edible item; food
      • A food item infused with cannabis.
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    • fake

      US /fek/

      UK /feɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Not real; made to look like something real
      • Countable Noun
      • A copy of something made to trick people
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    • feature

      US /ˈfitʃɚ/

      UK /'fi:tʃə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Special report in a magazine or paper
      • Distinctive or important point of something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To highlight or give special importance to
      • To give prominence to; to present or promote as a special or important item.
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    • get you going

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To start or motivate someone to start doing something.
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    • grizzly

      US /'grɪzlɪ/

      UK /'grɪzlɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Grayish
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    • gruesome

      US /ˈɡrusəm/

      UK /ˈgru:səm/

      • Adjective
      • Showing horrible scenes, e.g. showing blood
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    • hang on

      US /hæŋ ɑn/

      UK /hæŋ ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To wait for the person you phoned to answer
      • To persevere or persist, especially in a difficult situation.
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • horrible

      US /ˈhɔrəbəl, ˈhɑr-/

      UK /ˈhɒrəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
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    • horrific

      US /hɔˈrɪfɪk, hɑ-/

      UK /həˈrɪfɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Terrifying and shocking
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    • horror

      US /ˈhɔrɚ, ˈhɑr-/

      UK /ˈhɒrə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
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    • lay back

      US /le bæk/

      UK /lei bæk/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To recline or lie down in a relaxed manner.
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    • leg it

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To run away
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    • lick

      US /lɪk/

      UK /lɪk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To pass the tongue along something, e.g. ice cream
      • To defeat (someone) easily.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • (of flames) to flicker over or around (something).
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    • liver

      US /ˈlɪvɚ/

      UK /ˈlɪvə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Organ from animals served as food
      • Organ that absorbs food and cleans the blood
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    • loose

      US /lus/

      UK /lu:s/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To shoot or fire something from a gun
      • Adjective
      • (Idea, thought, or work) unclear or imprecise
      • Not tightly attached or held
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    • mad

      US /mæd/

      UK /mæd/

      • Adjective
      • Very angry
      • Enthusiastic about something
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    • marrow

      US /ˈmæro/

      UK /'mærəʊ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • A soft, fatty tissue inside bones
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    • mold

      US /mold/

      UK /məʊld/

      • Noun
      • Distinctive type of character or nature
      • Fungus growing on old food or in wet dark places
      • Transitive Verb
      • To influence a person's character or behavior
      • To form something into a shape
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    • narrow

      US /ˈnæro/

      UK /'nærəʊ/

      • Adjective
      • Not wide; short from one side to the other
      • Limited; not broad in scope
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To become thinner or less wide
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    • of course

      US /ʌv kɔː(r)s/

      UK /ɔv kɔː(r)s/

      • Adverb
      • Sure ; Certainly
      • Phrase
      • For sure; certainly
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    • pour

      US /pɔr, por/

      UK /pɔ:(r)/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
      • To make something flow in a steady stream
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    • process

      US /ˈprɑsˌɛs, ˈproˌsɛs/

      UK /prə'ses/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To organize and use data in a computer
      • To deal with official forms in the way required
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Dealing with official forms in the way required
      • Set of changes that occur slowly and naturally
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    • raw

      US /rɔ/

      UK /rɔ:/

      • Adjective
      • Being uncontrolled or strong, as your emotions
      • Being inexperienced
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    • roast

      US /roʊst/

      UK /rəʊst/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To strongly criticize often in a teasing manner
      • To cook food in an oven or over a fire
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A joint of meat cooked in an oven
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    • script

      US /skrɪpt/

      UK /skrɪpt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Written text of a book, play, film, or speech
      • Set of letters or characters of a written language
      • Transitive Verb
      • To write a text for a movie, play or speech
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    • serve up

      US /sɚv ʌp/

      UK /sə:v ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To present food to someone, typically in a restaurant or at home.
      • To provide or present something, such as an opportunity or idea.
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    • sever

      US /ˈsɛvɚ/

      UK /'sevə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cut off
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    • sketch

      US /skɛtʃ/

      UK /sketʃ/

      • Noun
      • Brief account of something without many details
      • A drawing made quickly that lacks detail
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a rough plan or idea of something
      • To draw images roughly with a pencil
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    • slick

      US /slɪk/

      UK /slɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Confident; effortlessly effective
      • Thin layer of oil
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make (e.g. the hair) sleek or smooth
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    • sorrow

      US /ˈsɑro, ˈsɔro/

      UK /'sɒrəʊ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Deep sadness caused by a loss
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To experience deep sadness
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    • spin

      US /spɪn/

      UK /spɪn/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make a ball rotate when throwing it
      • To move something in a rapid turning motion
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To feel dizzy/confused, as in my head is spinning
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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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    • syrup

      US /ˈsɪrəp, ˈsɚ-/

      UK /ˈsɪrəp/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Sugary liquid e.g. used on pancakes
      B2
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    • teeter

      US /ˈtitɚ/

      UK /ˈti:tə(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To stand or walk moving from side to side
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    • tension

      US /ˈtɛnʃən/

      UK /'tenʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
      • Degree to which something is stretched tight
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    • thigh

      US /θaɪ/

      UK /θaɪ/

      • Noun
      • Upper part of a bird's leg, e.g. eaten as food
      • Upper part of a person's leg, above the knee
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    • tiny

      US /ˈtaɪni/

      UK /'taɪnɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Very, very small
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    • toothpaste

      US /ˈtuθˌpest/

      UK /ˈtu:θpeɪst/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • A paste used for cleaning teeth
      • A tube containing paste used for cleaning the teeth.
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    • tv show

      US /ˈtiˈvi ʃo/

      UK /ˈti:ˈvi: ʃəu/

      • Noun
      • A television program.
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    • vampire

      US /ˈvæmˌpaɪr/

      UK /ˈvæmpaɪə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Bloodsucking dead person who bites neck of victim
      B2
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    • visceral

      US /ˈvɪsərəl/

      UK /ˈvɪsərəl/

      • Adjective
      • From deep within you; caused by strong instincts
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    • wisdom

      US /ˈwɪzdəm/

      UK /'wɪzdəm/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Knowledge gained from experience in life
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    • work out

      US /wɚk aʊt/

      UK /wə:k aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To find a way to do something, by thinking
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    • yummy

      US /ˈjʌmi/

      UK /ˈjʌmi/

      • Adjective
      • (Of food) delicious; very tasty
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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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