Vocabulary

  • keep from: To prevent someone from doing something
  • peace and quiet: A state of calm and tranquility; freedom from disturbance.
  • in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
  • at home: In one's own residence or country.
  • chop down: To cut something with an axe
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • drive away: To leave in a vehicle.
  • set you free: To release something that wasn't free to leave
  • no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
  • check out
  • silly: Careless
  • suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
  • foundation: Base or important starting point
  • crowd: To force too many things, people into
  • belly: Middle part of the body; the stomach
  • comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
  • stumble: Failing to do something well, e.g. giving a speech
  • grain: Seeds of plants used for food
  • snap: To close your mouth quickly like biting something
  • stir: To arouse (attention or interest)
  • polite: Showing good manners or respect for other people
  • favor: Support or approval from people
  • wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
  • rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
  • illustrate: To supply pictures to go along with words
  • silence: State of being quiet and not talking for a time
  • rotten: Gone bad; broken into pieces through dying
  • grateful: Feeling or showing thanks; thankful
  • appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
  • tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
  • silent: Without making any noise; soundless
  • square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
  • stubborn: Unwilling to give way or obey
  • bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
  • blanket: Piece of cloth you covers yourself with in bed
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
  • promise: To say you will certainly do something
  • gather: To bring objects together into one place
  • threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
  • election: Process of choosing someone by voting
  • awake: To make aware of (a certain feeling or memory)
  • remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • echo: (Of a place) to be filled with repeating sounds
  • whistle: Device making a high sharp sound when blown
  • hold: To agree to keep something for someone
  • cover: To record a different version of another song
  • reply: Answer to someone's question
  • quiet: Hidden, or done in a private way
  • mayor: Head of a town or city government
  • stinky
  • cage: Box made of wire or metal bars, e.g. for a bird
  • stay: To keep trying without giving up
  • plead: To ask or beg for something in an urgent way
  • cranky: Easily irritated or annoyed
  • strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
  • dead: Not alive
  • fragrant: Having a sweet or enjoyable smell
  • tomb: Small building or stone box where dead body is put
  • landslide: Slide of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
  • sag: To become weak and less useful; to decrease
  • corn: Small, painful hard spot on the foot
  • growl: To utter a deep sound of anger or hostility
  • indigestion: Difficulty in digesting food, e.g. causing pain
  • saucy: Disrespectful in a light and playful way
  • hum: To make a constant low sound
  • rooster: Adult male chicken
  • cock: Adult male chicken
  • singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
  • hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
  • hen: Adult female chicken
  • cuckoo: Bird that lays its eggs in the nest of other birds
  • doo: Bird commonly referred to as a pigeon
  • headstrong: Stubborn, forceful and tending to disobey
  • coo: To make a low, soft cry, like a dove
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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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    • awake

      US /əˈwek/

      UK /əˈweɪk/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make aware of (a certain feeling or memory)
      • To wake from sleep; wake someone from sleep
      • Adjective
      • Not asleep; up; alert
      A2
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    • belly

      US /ˈbɛli/

      UK /'belɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Middle part of the body; the stomach
      • A bulging or rounded part of something.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To expand outward; swell
      • To swell like a balloon
      B2
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    • blanket

      US /ˈblæŋkɪt/

      UK /'blæŋkɪt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Piece of cloth you covers yourself with in bed
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cover something completely so it cannot be seen
      A2TOEIC
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    • bully

      US /ˈbʊli/

      UK /'bʊlɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
      • A person who uses superior strength or influence to intimidate others.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable)
      B2
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    • cage

      US /kedʒ/

      UK /keɪdʒ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Box made of wire or metal bars, e.g. for a bird
      • Transitive Verb
      • To put (an animal) in a box made of metal bars
      B1
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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
      A1
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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
      B1
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    • chop down

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To cut something with an axe
      B1
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    • cock

      US /kɑ:k/

      UK /kɒk/

      • Countable Noun
      • Adult male chicken
      • A young man you find to be stupid or silly
      C2
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    • comfort

      US /ˈkʌmfət/

      UK /'kʌmfət/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To try to make distressed person feel better
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Acts or words that reduce pain or sadness
      • State of being relaxed, warm or happy
      A2
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    • coo

      US /ku/

      UK /ku:/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make a low, soft cry, like a dove
      C1
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    • corn

      US /kɔrn/

      UK /kɔ:n/

      • Noun
      • Small, painful hard spot on the foot
      • Plant with many yellow seeds used as food
      B1
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    • crowd

      US /kraʊd/

      UK /kraʊd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To force too many things, people into
      • (Lots of people) to meet together in one place
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Large group of people together in one place
      A2
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    • cuckoo

      US /ˈkuku, ˈkʊku/

      UK /'kʊku:/

      • Noun
      • Bird that lays its eggs in the nest of other birds
      C1
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    • doo

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • Bird commonly referred to as a pigeon
      B2
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    • drive away

      US /draɪv əˈwe/

      UK /draiv əˈwei/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To leave in a vehicle.
      • To force someone to leave or stay away.
      A2
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    • echo

      US /'ekoʊ/

      UK /'ekəʊ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • (Of a place) to be filled with repeating sounds
      • (Of a sound) to be repeated
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Repetition of sounds after bouncing off something
      • A repetition of events or circumstances
      B1
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    • election

      US /ɪˈlɛkʃən/

      UK /ɪ'lekʃn/

      • Noun
      • Process of choosing someone by voting
      B1TOEIC
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    • favor

      US /ˈfevɚ/

      UK /'feɪvə/

      • Noun
      • Support or approval from people
      • Small gift given out at a party
      • Transitive Verb
      • To prefer or promote over another
      A2
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    • foundation

      US /faʊnˈdeʃən/

      UK /faunˈdeiʃən/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Base or important starting point
      • Underground base on which building is constructed
      C1TOEIC
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    • fragrant

      US /ˈfreɡrənt/

      UK /ˈfreɪgrənt/

      • Adjective
      • Having a sweet or enjoyable smell
      B2TOEIC
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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
      A2TOEIC
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    • grain

      US /ɡren/

      UK /greɪn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Seeds of plants used for food
      • Natural pattern in something, e.g. wood
      B1TOEIC
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    • grateful

      US /ˈɡretfəl/

      UK /ˈgreɪtfl/

      • Adjective
      • Feeling or showing thanks; thankful
      B1TOEIC
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    • growl

      US /ɡraʊl/

      UK /graʊl/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To utter a deep sound of anger or hostility
      • Noun
      • A deep sound of anger or hostility
      B2
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    • headstrong

      US /ˈhɛdˌstrɔŋ, -ˌstrɑŋ/

      UK /ˈhedstrɒŋ/

      • Adjective
      • Stubborn, forceful and tending to disobey
      C2
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    • hen

      US /hɛn/

      UK /hen/

      • Countable Noun
      • Adult female chicken
      B2
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    • hum

      US /hʌm/

      UK /hʌm/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make a constant low sound
      • To move very fast
      • Uncountable Noun
      • A constant low sound
      • A busy, active atmosphere.
      B2
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    • hungry

      US /ˈhʌŋɡri/

      UK /ˈhʌŋgri/

      • Adjective
      • Feeling a need or want to eat food
      • Feeling a need or want to eat food
      B2
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    • illustrate

      US /ˈɪləˌstret, ɪˈlʌsˌtret/

      UK /ˈɪləstreɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To supply pictures to go along with words
      • To be an example that explains or proves something
      A2TOEIC
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    • in public

      US /ɪn ˈpʌblɪk/

      UK /in ˈpʌblik/

      • Phrase
      • In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
      • Adjective
      • Relating to the government or the people as a whole.
      B1
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    • indigestion

      US /ˌɪndɪˈdʒɛstʃən, -daɪ-/

      UK /ˌɪndɪˈdʒestʃən/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Difficulty in digesting food, e.g. causing pain
      C1
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    • keep from

      US /kip frʌm/

      UK /ki:p frɔm/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To prevent someone from doing something
      A1
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    • landslide

      US /ˈlændˌslaɪd/

      UK /ˈlændslaɪd/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Slide of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
      • A very big win (in an election)
      B2
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    • mayor

      US /ˈmeɪər/

      UK /meə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Head of a town or city government
      B1TOEIC
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    • no matter

      US

      UK

      • Conjunction
      • Regardless of; it does not matter.
      • Adverb
      • Regardless of; it is not important
      A1
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    • of course

      US /ʌv kɔː(r)s/

      UK /ɔv kɔː(r)s/

      • Adverb
      • Sure ; Certainly
      • Phrase
      • For sure; certainly
      A2
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    • peace and quiet

      US

      UK

      • Uncountable Noun
      • A state of calm and tranquility; freedom from disturbance.
      • Absence of noise or activity; serenity.
      B1
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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
      B1TOEIC
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    • polite

      US /pəˈlaɪt/

      UK /pəˈlaɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Showing good manners or respect for other people
      A2TOEIC
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    • rooster

      US /ˈrustɚ/

      UK /ˈru:stə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Adult male chicken
      B2
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    • rotten

      US /ˈrɑtn/

      UK /'rɒtn/

      • Adjective
      • Gone bad; broken into pieces through dying
      B2TOEIC
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    • sag

      US /sæɡ/

      UK /sæɡ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To become weak and less useful; to decrease
      • To hang loosely from something
      B2
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    • saucy

      US /ˈsɔsi/

      UK /'sɔ:sɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Disrespectful in a light and playful way
      C2
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    • set you free

      US

      UK

      • Transitive Verb
      • To release something that wasn't free to leave
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To release someone from an obligation or promise
      A1
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    • silence

      US /ˈsaɪləns/

      UK /'saɪləns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of being quiet and not talking for a time
      • When there is not sound or noise; complete quiet
      • Transitive Verb
      • To stop the noise that something is making
      • To prevent someone from expressing thoughts
      A2
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    • silent

      US /ˈsaɪlənt/

      UK /'saɪlənt/

      • Adjective
      • Without making any noise; soundless
      • Usually speaking very little
      B1
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    • silly

      US /ˈsɪli/

      UK /'sɪlɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Careless
      • Acting funny or playfully
      A2
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    • singe

      US /sɪndʒ/

      UK /sɪndʒ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To burn lightly, often to remove hair
      C2
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    • snap

      US /snæp/

      UK /snæp/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To close your mouth quickly like biting something
      • To break something dry and thin, e.g. a branch
      • Countable Noun
      • An informal word for a photograph
      B1
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    • square

      US /skwɛr/

      UK /skweə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
      • The result of multiplying Length by the width
      • Adjective
      • Being fair or honest
      • Multiply a number by itself e.g. 2x2 or 6x6
      A2TOEIC
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    • stir

      US /stɚ/

      UK /stɜ:(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To arouse (attention or interest)
      • To mix e.g. food by making circular movements
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Attention or interest aroused by an event
      B1
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    • stubborn

      US /ˈstʌbən/

      UK /'stʌbən/

      • Adjective
      • Unwilling to give way or obey
      B2
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    • stumble

      US /ˈstʌmbəl/

      UK /'stʌmbl/

      • Noun
      • Failing to do something well, e.g. giving a speech
      • Act of tripping and almost falling
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To fail to perform, e.g. when giving a speech
      • To trip and almost fall
      B1
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    • suppose

      US /səˈpoʊz/

      UK /sə'pəʊz/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To imagine or guess what might happen
      • Conjunction
      • What if
      A2TOEIC
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    • tear

      US /tɛr/

      UK /teə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Drop of salty water from the eye
      • Hole or rip in something after it has been damaged
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move very quickly, often with carelessness
      A2
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    • threaten

      US /ˈθrɛtn/

      UK /ˈθretn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
      • To say you may harm or hurt someone
      A2
      More
    • tomb

      US /tum/

      UK /tu:m/

      • Noun
      • Small building or stone box where dead body is put
      B1
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    • wander

      US /ˈwɑ:ndə(r)/

      UK /ˈwɒndə(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move through a place with no particular purpose
      • To move through a place with no particular purpose
      A2TOEIC
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    • whistle

      US /ˈhwɪsəl, ˈwɪs-/

      UK /ˈwɪsl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Device making a high sharp sound when blown
      • High sound made by forcing air through your lips
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make a high sound by forcing air through lips
      B1
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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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