Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
  • without which: Used to indicate something that is essential or necessary for something else to exist or happen.
  • in reality: Actually; in fact; truly.
  • all the things: Everything; all items or aspects
  • in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
  • turn out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
  • close up: A photograph or film shot taken of a subject at close range.
  • in store: About to happen in the future
  • pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
  • opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
  • properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
  • progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
  • matter: To be of great importance; to count
  • regret: Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
  • tend: To move or act in a certain manner
  • convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
  • doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
  • appetite: Feeling of hunger or desire for something
  • foremost: Being the best or most important
  • imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
  • crush: Strong attraction to someone
  • reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
  • awareness: Having knowledge of something
  • exist: To be present, alive or real
  • fraction: Small part of something
  • willpower: Ability to make yourself do what you really want
  • confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
  • require: To demand that someone does something
  • compatible: Able to get on or be used well together
  • humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
  • excitement: When people feel very happy and enthusiastic
  • fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
  • fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
  • anticipation: Pleasurable feeling about a future event
  • flourish: To show and direct attention by waving something
  • appalling: Causing shock or distress because it is terrible
  • swallow: To believe (something that is not true)
  • agony: Great pain or suffering
  • unleash: To release or let an animal go
  • strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
  • notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
  • invention: Something new that is different from other things
  • important: Having power or authority
  • comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
  • order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
  • continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
  • blind: Unable to see; with eyes that cannot see
  • chance: The way something happens without planning
  • melt: To disappear or to go away
  • fill: To make something full
  • turn: To become (a particular age)
  • incomprehensible: Impossible to understand or comprehend
  • uncomfortable: Not being relaxed; worried about something
  • futile: Having no result; useless
  • scratchy: Causing you to itch; causing irritation/annoyance
  • insufferable: Unbearable; very rude or arrogant; intolerable
  • cuteness: State of being attractive in a pretty way
  • mulch: Material spread round plants to stop weeds, etc.
  • beastly: Very unpleasant; nasty
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    • agony

      US /ˈæɡəni/

      UK /ˈægəni/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Great pain or suffering
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    • all the things

      US

      UK

      • Pronoun
      • Everything; all items or aspects
      • Determiner
      • Every item or object being considered or discussed.
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    • anticipation

      US /ænˌtɪsəˈpeʃən/

      UK /ænˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Pleasurable feeling about a future event
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    • appalling

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Causing shock or distress because it is terrible
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To feel shock or distress at something terrible
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    • appetite

      US /ˈæpɪˌtaɪt/

      UK /'æpɪtaɪt/

      • Noun
      • Feeling of hunger or desire for something
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    • awareness

      US /əˈwɛrnɪs/

      UK /əˈweənəs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Having knowledge of something
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    • beastly

      US /ˈbistli/

      UK /'bi:stlɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Very unpleasant; nasty
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    • blind

      US /blaɪnd/

      UK /blaɪnd/

      • Adjective
      • Unable to see; with eyes that cannot see
      • Lacking in judgment or awareness
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause someone to lose the ability to see
      • To be unable to see the truth about a situation
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    • close up

      US /kloz ʌp/

      UK /kləuz ʌp/

      • Countable Noun
      • A photograph or film shot taken of a subject at close range.
      • Adverb
      • To move nearer to someone or something.
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    • comfortable

      US /ˈkʌmfətəbəl, ˈkʌmftəbəl/

      UK /ˈkʌmftəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
      • Being relaxed, warm or happy
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    • compatible

      US /kəmˈpætəbəl/

      UK /kəmˈpætəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Able to get on or be used well together
      • (of two things) able to exist or work together without conflict.
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    • confront

      US /kənˈfrʌnt/

      UK /kən'frʌnt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
      • (Of problem) to face someone who must deal with it
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    • convince

      US /kənˈvɪns/

      UK /kən'vɪns/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
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    • crush

      US /krʌʃ/

      UK /krʌʃ/

      • Noun
      • Strong attraction to someone
      • Transitive Verb
      • To break something into small pieces by pressing
      • To defeat someone or something (in a game)
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    • cuteness

      US /kju:tnəs/

      UK /kju:tnəs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of being attractive in a pretty way
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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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    • fate

      US /fet/

      UK /feɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • What will happen to you in the future, often bad
      • Power that determines what happens; destiny
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    • flourish

      US /ˈflɚrɪʃ, ˈflʌr-/

      UK /'flʌrɪʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To show and direct attention by waving something
      • To add a fancy addition or decoration
      • Noun
      • Fancy addition or decoration
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    • foremost

      US /ˈfɔrˌmost,ˈfor-/

      UK /'fɔ:məʊst/

      • Adjective
      • Being the best or most important
      • Adverb
      • In the most prominent or important position.
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    • fraction

      US /ˈfrækʃən/

      UK /ˈfrækʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Small part of something
      • A numerical quantity that is not a whole number (e.g., 1/2, 0.5).
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    • futile

      US /ˈfju:tl/

      UK /ˈfju:taɪl/

      • Adjective
      • Having no result; useless
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • humanity

      US /hjuˈmænɪti/

      UK /hju:ˈmænəti/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
      • Compassionate behavior, especially towards those suffering.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • All human beings collectively; the human race.
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    • in fact

      US /ɪn fækt/

      UK /in fækt/

      • Adverb
      • Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
      • Used to introduce a more detailed or surprising piece of information.
      • Phrase
      • Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that is surprising or contrary to what might be expected.
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    • in order to

      US /ɪn ˈɔrdɚ tu/

      UK /in ˈɔ:də tu:/

      • Preposition
      • For the purpose of; with the aim of.
      • Phrase
      • In a specific sequence or arrangement.
      • With the aim of; for the purpose of.
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    • in reality

      US /ɪn riˈælɪti/

      UK /in riˈæliti/

      • Phrase
      • Actually; in fact; truly.
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    • in store

      US /ɪn stɔr/

      UK /in stɔ:/

      • Idiom
      • About to happen in the future
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    • incomprehensible

      US /ɪnˌkɑ:mprɪˈhensəbl/

      UK /ɪnˌkɒmprɪˈhensəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Impossible to understand or comprehend
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    • insufferable

      US /ɪnˈsʌfərəbəl, -ˈsʌfrə-/

      UK /ɪnˈsʌfrəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Unbearable; very rude or arrogant; intolerable
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    • invention

      US /ɪnˈvɛnʃən/

      UK /ɪnˈvenʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something new that is different from other things
      • Power or ability to create new things
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    • melt

      US /mɛlt/

      UK /melt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To disappear or to go away
      • To make, become soft or liquid due to heat
      • Uncountable Noun
      • A mass of material that has been melted, especially metal.
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    • mulch

      US /mʌltʃ/

      UK /mʌltʃ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Material spread round plants to stop weeds, etc.
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    • opportunity

      US /ˌɑpɚˈtunɪti, -ˈtju-/

      UK /ˌɒpə'tju:nətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
      • A favorable time or occasion for doing something.
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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.
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    • progress

      US /ˈprɑɡˌrɛs, -rəs, ˈproˌɡrɛs/

      UK /'prəʊɡres/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move forward or toward a place or goal
      • To make progress; develop or improve.
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of moving forward
      • The process of improving or developing something over a period of time.
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    • properly

      US /ˈprɑːpərli/

      UK /ˈprɔpəlɪ/

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

      US /riˈælɪti/

      UK /rɪ'ælətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
      • The state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined.
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    • regret

      US /rɪˈɡrɛt/

      UK /rɪ'ɡret/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To feel sorrow or guilt, as for what you didn't do
      • Used to express apology or sadness.
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    • require

      US /rɪˈkwaɪr/

      UK /rɪ'kwaɪə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To demand that someone does something
      • To need to do something, to make it necessary
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    • scratchy

      US /ˈskrætʃi/

      UK /ˈskrætʃi/

      • Adjective
      • Causing you to itch; causing irritation/annoyance
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    • swallow

      US /ˈswɑː.loʊ/

      UK /'swɒləʊ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To believe (something that is not true)
      • To make food go from your mouth to your stomach
      • Countable Noun
      • Small northern bird with downward-pointing wings
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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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    • turn out

      US /tɚn aʊt/

      UK /tə:n aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To arrive for a public event or entertainment
      • To happen to be in the end
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    • uncomfortable

      US /ʌnˈkʌmfətəbəl, -ˈkʌmftə-/

      UK /ʌnˈkʌmftəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Not being relaxed; worried about something
      • Causing or feeling slight pain or physical unease.
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    • unleash

      US /ʌnˈliʃ/

      UK /ʌnˈli:ʃ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To release or let an animal go
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    • willpower

      US /ˈwɪlˌpaʊɚ/

      UK /'wɪlpaʊə(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Ability to make yourself do what you really want
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    • without which

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      UK

      • Conjunction
      • Used to indicate something that is essential or necessary for something else to exist or happen.
      • Phrase
      • Lacking the necessary element or condition.
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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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