Vocabulary

  • home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
  • in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
  • in particular: Specifically; especially.
  • on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
  • to do with: To be about something; concern
  • as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
  • thankful for: Feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
  • sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
  • grab: To take and hold something quickly
  • fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
  • urge: A strong desire for something
  • statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
  • attention: Taking notice of someone or something
  • security: Department in a company in charge of protection
  • release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
  • couple: To join something to something else
  • prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
  • foreign: Being of a different place or country
  • affair: Secret sexual relationship between two people
  • haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
  • detention: Act of keeping someone in jail or similar
  • proof: Act of showing that something exists or is true
  • arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
  • british: Concerning the culture and people of British
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • spend: To use money to pay for something
  • malnutrition: Not having enough to eat, or having a poor diet
  • custody: Legal right to be responsible and care for a child
  • support: To give assistance or advice to someone
  • bring: To take or go with someone to a place
  • point: An item to be discussed
  • citizen: Person who belongs to and has rights in a country
  • anniversary: Date occuring every year of a past event, wedding
  • pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
  • medical: Of or relating to physical health or medicine
  • painful: Causing or feeling physical pain or hurt
  • province: Subject that a person has a good knowledge of
  • fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
  • central: Being in the middle
  • type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
  • group: Two or more musicians who play music together
  • life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
  • side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
  • degrade: To reduce in amount or strength
  • plea: Response given by a person charged with a crime
  • travel: To go to a place that is far away
  • plead: To ask or beg for something in an urgent way
  • detain: To keep someone somewhere, e.g. in jail
  • unclear: Not easy to understand; not obvious
  • imprison: To put someone (e.g. a criminal) in prison
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    • affair

      US /əˈfɛr/

      UK /ə'feə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Secret sexual relationship between two people
      • Event or a set of events, often unpleasant ones
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    • anniversary

      US /ˌænəˈvɚsəri/

      UK /ˌænɪ'vɜ:sərɪ/

      • Noun
      • Date occuring every year of a past event, wedding
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    • as soon as

      US /æz sun æz/

      UK /æz su:n æz/

      • Phrase
      • In a short time after (something happens)
      • Without any delay; immediately
      • Conjunction
      • At the moment that, or immediately after.
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    • attention

      US /əˈtɛnʃən/

      UK /əˈtenʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Taking notice of someone or something
      • Noun
      • (Soldiers) Standing with straight backs
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    • central

      US /ˈsɛntrəl/

      UK /'sentrəl/

      • Adjective
      • Being in the middle
      • Most significant or important
      • Noun
      • The central part of a country or region.
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    • citizen

      US /ˈsɪtɪzən/

      UK /'sɪtɪzn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person who belongs to and has rights in a country
      • A person who is a member of a community.
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    • couple

      US /ˈkʌpəl/

      UK /'kʌpl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To join something to something else
      • (Two animals) to engage in sexual relations
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Two people in a romantic relationship
      • Two of something; two people; a pair
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    • custody

      US /ˈkʌstədi/

      UK /ˈkʌstədi/

      • Noun
      • Legal right to be responsible and care for a child
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    • degrade

      US /dɪˈɡred/

      UK /dɪ'ɡreɪd/

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

      US /dɪˈten/

      UK /dɪ'teɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To keep someone somewhere, e.g. in jail
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    • detention

      US /dɪˈtɛnʃən/

      UK /dɪ'tenʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of keeping someone in jail or similar
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    • foreign

      US /ˈfɔ:rən/

      UK /ˈfɒrən/

      • Adjective
      • Being of a different place or country
      • Strange; different from ones found at home
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    • fragile

      US /ˈfrædʒəl, -ˌaɪl/

      UK /'frædʒaɪl/

      • Adjective
      • Easily affected, broken, or harmed
      • Weak or delicate; easily damaged in health
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    • grab

      US /ɡræb/

      UK /ɡræb/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To take and hold something quickly
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    • home in

      US /ˈhoʊm ɪn/

      UK /ˈhəum ɪn/

      • other
      • Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
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    • imprison

      US /ɪmˈprɪzən/

      UK /ɪm'prɪzn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To put someone (e.g. a criminal) in prison
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    • in particular

      US /ɪn pɚˈtɪkjəlɚ/

      UK /in pəˈtikjulə/

      • Phrase
      • Specifically; especially.
      • Detailed or precise.
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    • in prison

      US /ɪn ˈprɪzən/

      UK /in ˈprizən/

      • Phrase
      • Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
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    • malnutrition

      US /ˌmælnu:ˈtrɪʃn/

      UK /ˌmælnju:ˈtrɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Not having enough to eat, or having a poor diet
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    • medical

      US /ˈmɛdɪkəl/

      UK /ˈmedɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Of or relating to physical health or medicine
      • Noun
      • A health check or test
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    • on the floor

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
      • Actively participating in dancing or other floor-based activities.
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    • painful

      US /ˈpenfəl/

      UK /ˈpeɪnfl/

      • Adjective
      • Causing or feeling physical pain or hurt
      • Causing distress or unhappiness.
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    • plea

      US /pli/

      UK /pli:/

      • Noun
      • Response given by a person charged with a crime
      • Urgent request
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    • plead

      US /plid/

      UK /pli:d/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To ask or beg for something in an urgent way
      • To say if you are guilty of a crime, or not
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    • prison

      US /ˈprɪzən/

      UK /'prɪzn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
      • A state of confinement or captivity.
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    • proof

      US /pruf/

      UK /pru:f/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of showing that something exists or is true
      • Special coating that protects something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To read a written work to check for mistakes
      • To protect by painting on a special coating
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    • province

      US /ˈprɑvɪns/

      UK /'prɒvɪns/

      • Noun
      • Subject that a person has a good knowledge of
      • Area a country is divided into outside the capital
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    • release

      US /rɪ'li:s/

      UK /rɪ'li:s/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To free someone from a responsibility or burden
      • To allow a film, music etc. to be sold/distributed
      • Noun
      • Act of freeing someone from a duty or burden
      • Introduction of a new product, film, book, etc.
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    • security

      US /sɪˈkjʊrɪti/sə'kjurətɪ/

      UK /sɪ'kjʊərətɪ/

      • Noun
      • Department in a company in charge of protection
      • Financial document, like stocks, bonds and notes
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    • spend

      US /spɛnd/

      UK /spend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To use money to pay for something
      • To use time in order to do something
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    • statement

      US / ˈstetmənt/

      UK /ˈsteɪtmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Record of activity in a bank account over time
      • Act or process of saying something formally
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    • thankful for

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
      • Grateful for a particular situation or benefit.
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    • to do with

      US

      UK

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

      US /ˌʌnˈklɪr/

      UK /ˌʌnˈklɪə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Not easy to understand; not obvious
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    • urge

      US /ɚdʒ/

      UK /ɜ:dʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A strong desire for something
      • Strong pressure on someone to do something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To drive something forward
      • To ask or encourage someone to do something
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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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    UN urges Taliban to release British couple | BBC News

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    Ever wondered about international news and how it's reported? This BBC News segment dives into the UN's appeal regarding a detained British couple, offering a fantastic chance to pick up advanced vocabulary related to legal and medical situations. You'll also get a great feel for cultural depth and simple sentence structures used in real-world reporting!

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