Vocabulary

  • got to: To arrive at some place
  • check out
  • hang out: To spend time with your friends
  • have to: Must do
  • know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
  • other places: Different locations or areas
  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
  • next to: Being located along side another
  • at random
  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • black market: An illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of official restrictions.
  • take a piece: To remove a portion of something.
  • hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
  • go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
  • to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
  • with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
  • old school: Traditional or old-fashioned in style, behavior, or attitude.
  • walk through: To show someone carefully how to do something
  • drink in: To absorb or take in something with great enjoyment.
  • name for: To give someone or something a particular name, often in honor of someone else.
  • stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
  • recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
  • rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
  • unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
  • version: Different way that someone interprets something
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • vibe: Distinct emotional aura experienced instinctively
  • sake: Japanese rice wine
  • interrupt: To stop something from happening for a while
  • panel: Group who answer questions or give opinions
  • excitement: When people feel very happy and enthusiastic
  • haunt: To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
  • thrill: Thing/event causing sudden excitement or pleasure
  • savory: (Of taste) salty or spicy rather than sweet
  • hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
  • scary: Causing fear; frightening
  • tuck: To put something into a small or safe place
  • spill: Accident when someone falls
  • favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
  • grill: Plate of food that has been grilled
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • cartilage: Strong flexible tissue connecting bones, joints
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • sight: To aim (a gun) at something to get your range
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • garlic: Strong-smelling white bulb used in cooking
  • roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
  • cabbage: Round green vegetable with tightly packed leaves
  • replace: To use instead of something else
  • liver: Organ from animals served as food
  • taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
  • amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
  • sour: (Of relationship) to cease to be good or friendly
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
  • difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
  • cemetery: Place where people are buried after they die
  • tube: Plastic or metal container for soft substances
  • interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
  • ward: Person's name
  • area: Amount of measured space
  • check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
  • type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
  • degrade: To reduce in amount or strength
  • heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • tuna: Large sea fish that is caught for food
  • main: Most important; most often used
  • freaky: Strange and somewhat frightening
  • inactive: Not moving around a lot or doing many things
  • northern: In or toward the north
  • drool: To show that one likes something a lot
  • charcoal: Burnt wood used for fuel/drawing
  • nomadic: Living by moving from place to place
  • underground: (Being or living) under the surface of the earth
  • alleyway: A narrow street with walls on both sides
  • hooray: Said to show delight at something happening
  • karaoke: Singing popular songs to a prerecorded soundtrack
  • nighttime: Time after sunset and before sunrise
  • whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
  • daytime: The time of day you can see the sun
  • kimono: Long Japanese robe for women
  • handwritten: Being written by hand (i.e. not typed)
  • nightlife: Nighttime diversions, e.g. clubs
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    • alleyway

      US /ˈæliˌwe/

      UK /'ælɪweɪ/

      • Noun
      • A narrow street with walls on both sides
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    • amazing

      US /ə'meɪzɪŋ/

      UK /ə'meɪzɪŋ/

      • Adjective
      • Surprising in a pleasing way
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause wonder; to surprise completely
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    • at night

      US /æt naɪt/

      UK /æt nait/

      • Phrase
      • During the night; in the nighttime.
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    • at random

      US /æt ˈrændəm/

      UK /æt ˈrændəm/

      • Phrase
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    • black market

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • An illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of official restrictions.
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    • cabbage

      US /ˈkæbɪdʒ/

      UK /ˈkæbɪdʒ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Round green vegetable with tightly packed leaves
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    • cartilage

      US /ˈkɑrtlɪdʒ/

      UK /ˈkɑ:tɪlɪdʒ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Strong flexible tissue connecting bones, joints
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    • cemetery

      US /ˈsɛmɪˌtɛri/

      UK /'semətrɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place where people are buried after they die
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    • charcoal

      US /ˈtʃɑ:rkoʊl/

      UK /ˈtʃɑ:kəʊl/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Burnt wood used for fuel/drawing
      • A stick of black carbon material used for drawing.
      • Adjective
      • Of a dark grey color.
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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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    • daytime

      US /ˈdeˌtaɪm/

      UK /ˈdeɪtaɪm/

      • Noun
      • The time of day you can see the sun
      • Adjective
      • Relating to or happening during the day.
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    • degrade

      US /dɪˈɡred/

      UK /dɪ'ɡreɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To reduce in amount or strength
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    • drink in

      US /drɪŋk ɪn/

      UK /driŋk in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To absorb or take in something with great enjoyment.
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    • drool

      US /drul/

      UK /dru:l/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To show that one likes something a lot
      • To let spit flow out of your moth; dribble
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    • equivalent

      US /ɪˈkwɪvələnt/

      UK /ɪˈkwɪvələnt/

      • Adjective
      • Equal to something in value, use or meaning
      • Having the same meaning or significance.
      • Noun
      • Thing like another in quality, quantity or degree
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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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    • feel like

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have a desire or inclination for something.
      • To have a particular quality or sensation; resemble.
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    • for example

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
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    • freaky

      US /ˈfriki/

      UK /'fri:kɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Strange and somewhat frightening
      • Causing feelings of fear and disgust; unpleasant
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    • garlic

      US /ˈɡɑrlɪk/

      UK /'ɡɑ:lɪk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Strong-smelling white bulb used in cooking
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    • go ahead

      US /ɡo əˈhɛd/

      UK /ɡəu əˈhed/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
      • To give permission to do something
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To start or proceed with something
      • To proceed despite potential obstacles or doubts.
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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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    • grill

      US /ɡrɪl/

      UK /ɡrɪl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Plate of food that has been grilled
      • Metal bars on which food is cooked over fire
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cook directly over fire on a flat metal bars
      • To ask many (difficult) questions for a long time
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    • handwritten

      US /ˌhændˈrɪtn/

      UK /ˌhændˈrɪtn/

      • Adjective
      • Being written by hand (i.e. not typed)
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    • hang

      US /hæŋ/

      UK /hæŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
      • To kill by putting a rope around neck and dropping
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To float, move softly, or remain in the air
      • To remain undecided, unsolved or unclear
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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
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    • haunt

      US /hɔnt, hɑnt/

      UK /hɔ:nt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
      • (Of ghosts, etc.) to stay in a place after death
      • Noun
      • Place that a person repeatedly goes to or visits
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • heat

      US /hit/

      UK /hi:t/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of anger, excitement, or arguing
      • Particular temperature at which to cook something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make hot or hotter
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    • hold on

      US /hold ɑn/

      UK /həuld ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
      • To wait for a short time.
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    • hooray

      US /hʊˈre/

      UK /hʊ'reɪ/

      • Interjection
      • Said to show delight at something happening
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    • inactive

      US /ɪnˈæktɪv/

      UK /ɪnˈæktɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Not moving around a lot or doing many things
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    • interrupt

      US /ˌɪntəˈrʌpt/

      UK /ˌɪntə'rʌpt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To stop something from happening for a while
      • To stop someone from speaking by saying or doing something.
      • Noun
      • A signal that stops a computer from working on one thing and starts it working on something else.
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    • karaoke

      US /ˌkærɪ'oʊkɪ/

      UK /ˌkærɪ'əʊkɪ/

      • Noun
      • Singing popular songs to a prerecorded soundtrack
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    • kimono

      US /kəˈmonə, -no/

      UK /kɪ'məʊnəʊ/

      • Noun
      • Long Japanese robe for women
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    • know about

      US /noʊ əˈbaʊt/

      UK /nəʊ əˈbaut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
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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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    • 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
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    • name for

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To give someone or something a particular name, often in honor of someone else.
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    • next to

      US /nɛkst tu/

      UK /nekst tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Being located along side another
      • In comparison with
      • Adverb
      • Almost; nearly
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    • nightlife

      US /ˈnaɪtˌlaɪf/

      UK /ˈnaɪtlaɪf/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Nighttime diversions, e.g. clubs
      B2
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    • nighttime

      US /'naɪtˌtaɪm/

      UK /'naɪttaɪm/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Time after sunset and before sunrise
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    • nomadic

      US /noʊ'mædɪk/

      UK /nəʊ'mædɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Living by moving from place to place
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    • northern

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • In or toward the north
      • Coming from the north.
      • Noun
      • A person who comes from the north.
      • The Aurora Borealis.
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    • old school

      US /old skul/

      UK /əuld sku:l/

      • Adjective
      • Traditional or old-fashioned in style, behavior, or attitude.
      • Referring to an earlier, more traditional style of music, especially hip-hop or rap.
      • Noun
      • A traditional method or approach.
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    • other places

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Different locations or areas
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    • panel

      US /ˈpænəl/

      UK /'pænl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Group who answer questions or give opinions
      • Flat surface with controls and switches
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cover a wall with thin pieces of wood
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    • recommend

      US /ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd/

      UK /ˌrekə'mend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To advise or suggest that someone do something
      • To endorse or support something publicly.
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    • replace

      US /rɪˈples/

      UK /rɪ'pleɪs/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To use instead of something else
      • To return an item to its original location
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    • rid

      US /rɪd/

      UK /rɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
      • Adjective
      • Freed or delivered from something.
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    • roll

      US /rol/

      UK /rəʊl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
      • Photographic film wrapped round and round itself
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To continue along as time normally progresses
      • To produce a very deep and continuous sound
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    • sake

      US /sek/

      UK /seɪk/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Japanese rice wine
      • Noun
      • Interest or benefit of someone or something
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    • savory

      US / ˈseɪ.vɚ.i/

      UK /ˈseɪ.vər.i/

      • Adjective
      • (Of taste) salty or spicy rather than sweet
      • Noun
      • Savoury food is salty or spicy and not sweet in taste
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    • sight

      US /saɪt/

      UK /saɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To aim (a gun) at something to get your range
      • To see something rare or unusual
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Things or people that one can see
      • Range or distance that someone can see
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    • sour

      US /saʊr/

      UK /ˈsaʊə(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • (Of relationship) to cease to be good or friendly
      • Adjective
      • Being mean and not friendly
      • Spoiled or made more acidic
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    • spill

      US /spɪl/

      UK /spɪl/

      • Noun
      • Accident when someone falls
      • Act of allowing a fluid to escape
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To come out of and spread beyond limits
      • To tell secrets or let information escape
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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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    • take a piece

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • To remove a portion of something.
      • Idiom
      • To gain an advantage or share of something, especially in business.
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    • taste

      US /test/

      UK /teɪst/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
      • Flavor in your mouth from food or drink
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To experience something
      • To experience the flavor of food, drink
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    • thrill

      US /θrɪl/

      UK /θrɪl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Thing/event causing sudden excitement or pleasure
      • A sudden feeling of fear or excitement.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To feel sudden excitement or pleasure
      • To cause someone to feel excited and pleased.
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    • to let

      US /tu lɛt/

      UK /tu let/

      • Preposition
      • Indicates that a property is available for rent.
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    • tube

      US /tub,tjub/

      UK /tju:b/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Plastic or metal container for soft substances
      • Long hollow pipe used to hold or liquids or gases
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    • tuck

      US /tʌk/

      UK /tʌk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To put something into a small or safe place
      • To put something gently into place, as to hide it
      • Noun
      • Fold sewn into a skirt, etc. to improve the fit
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    • tuna

      US /ˈtu:nə/

      UK /ˈtju:nə/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Large sea fish that is caught for food
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    • underground

      US /ˈʌndərgraʊnd/

      UK /ˈʌndəgraʊnd/

      • Adjective
      • (Being or living) under the surface of the earth
      • Secret or subversive.
      • Noun
      • Secret group organized to overthrow a government
      • Subway system, e.g. in London
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    • unique

      US /juˈnik/

      UK /jʊ'ni:k/

      • Adjective
      • Unlike other things; being the only one like it
      • Remarkably special or unusual.
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    • used to

      US /juzd tu/

      UK /ˈju:st tə/

      • Adjective
      • Did regularly before, but don't do now
      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Have done before, but do not do now
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    • version

      US /ˈvɚʒən, -ʃən/

      UK /ˈvə:ʃən/

      • Noun
      • Different way that someone interprets something
      • New or different form of something
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    • vibe

      US /vaɪb/

      UK /vaɪb/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Distinct emotional aura experienced instinctively
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have a good connection with someone
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    • walk through

      US /wɔk θru/

      UK /wɔ:k θru:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To show someone carefully how to do something
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    • ward

      US /wɔ:rd/

      UK /wɔ:d/

      • Proper Noun
      • Person's name
      • Noun
      • Child legally protected and cared for by a court
      • Section or part of a town or city
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    • whoa

      US /woʊ/

      UK /wəʊ/

      • Interjection
      • Tell someone to do something more slowly
      • An exclamation of surprise, amazement, or shock.
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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.
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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

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    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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