Vocabulary

  • on to: Toward something; forward
  • move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
  • stretch out: To extend your body, especially by lying down and reaching with your arms and legs.
  • pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
  • extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
  • stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
  • practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
  • improve: To make, or become, something better
  • trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
  • tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
  • track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
  • sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
  • proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
  • bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
  • pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
  • tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
  • similar: Nearly the same; alike
  • practically: Nearly, almost, or in effect
  • attention: Taking notice of someone or something
  • rebel: Person who fights against established government
  • blend: To combine different elements or substances
  • guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
  • span: Distance between two supports of a bridge
  • mend: To repair or put into good shape or working order
  • fad: Something popular for a short time
  • master: To gain control over something
  • important: Having power or authority
  • sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
  • bend: To become curved or no longer straight
  • tick: To function properly or normally
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • spend: To use money to pay for something
  • promise: To say you will certainly do something
  • vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
  • spell: To lead to future trouble
  • kettle: Metal container with spout used for boiling water
  • flesh: Soft part of fruit, vegetable that can be eaten
  • middle: Place that is halfway between two things
  • temper: An angry mood or fit; temperament
  • head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
  • excellent: Extremely good
  • chin: Part of your face below your mouth above your neck
  • set: Prepared for something; ready
  • land: Region or country
  • pat: Person's name
  • cattle: Cows or bulls on a farm
  • difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
  • shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
  • beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
  • bland: Plain; flavorless; dull
  • start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
  • vet: Short for 'veterinarian' or 'veterinary surgeon'
  • tack: Small, sharp nail, usually with a wide, flat head
  • vat: A large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
  • hem: Edge of a cloth folded and stitched down
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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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    • beg

      US /bɛɡ/

      UK /beg/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To ask someone in an emotional way for something
      • (Dog) to sit up to ask for something
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    • bend

      US /bɛnd/

      UK /bend/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To become curved or no longer straight
      • To move your body so that it is not straight up
      • Noun
      • When a road changes direction; turn
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    • bet

      US /bet/

      UK /bet/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
      • Used to express certainty or confidence
      • Countable Noun
      • Act of gambling money on the result of a race etc.
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    • bland

      US /blænd/

      UK /blænd/

      • Adjective
      • Plain; flavorless; dull
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    • blend

      US /blɛnd/

      UK /blend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To combine different elements or substances
      • To mix ingredients when cooking
      • Noun
      • Product known for mixing ingredients
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    • cattle

      US /ˈkætl/

      UK /ˈkætl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Cows or bulls on a farm
      • Individual animals of the bovine species.
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    • chin

      US /tʃɪn/

      UK /tʃɪn/

      • Noun
      • Part of your face below your mouth above your neck
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    • excellent

      US /ˈɛksələnt/

      UK /ˈeksələnt/

      • Adjective
      • Extremely good
      • Very skilled; having great ability.
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    • extremely

      US /ɪk'strimlɪ/

      UK /ɪkˈstri:mli/

      • Adverb
      • In a way that is much more than usual or expected
      • Remarkably; unusually.
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    • fad

      US /fæd/

      UK /fæd/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something popular for a short time
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    • flesh

      US /flɛʃ/

      UK /fleʃ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Soft part of fruit, vegetable that can be eaten
      • The soft tissues of your body covering the bones
      • Transitive Verb
      • To clean the skin e.g. of scales from a fish
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    • hem

      US /hɛm/

      UK /hem/

      • Noun
      • Edge of a cloth folded and stitched down
      • Transitive Verb
      • To sew the edge of a cloth and stitch it down
      • To hold or contain without allowing to escape
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    • kettle

      US /ˈkɛtl/

      UK /ˈketl/

      • Noun
      • Metal container with spout used for boiling water
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    • master

      US /ˈmæstɚ/

      UK /'mɑ:stə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To gain control over something
      • To learn to do something very well
      • Adjective
      • Being very skilled at doing something
      • Being the main or most important thing or part
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    • mend

      US /mɛnd/

      UK /mend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To repair or put into good shape or working order
      • Noun
      • A repair or fix of something
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    • move on

      US /muv ɑn/

      UK /mu:v ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To decide to change or go to a different place
      • To start talking about something different.
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    • on to

      US /ɑn tu/

      UK /ɔn tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Toward something; forward
      • Aware of someone's activities.
      • Adjective
      • Aware of someone's deception or illegal activities.
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    • pat

      US /pæt/

      UK /pæt/

      • Proper Noun
      • Person's name
      • Transitive Verb
      • To hit or touch lightly
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    • practically

      US /ˈpræktɪkli/

      UK /ˈpræktɪkli/

      • Adverb
      • Nearly, almost, or in effect
      • In a practical manner; realistically.
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    • practice

      US /ˈpræktɪs/

      UK /'præktɪs/

      • Noun
      • The office and place for legal or medical work
      • Doing something many times to become better at it
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To work as a doctor or lawyer
      • To live according to the teachings of a religion
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    • pronounce

      US /prəˈnaʊns/

      UK /prə'naʊns/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To state something in a legal or official way
      • To give your opinion or decision about something
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    • pronunciation

      US /prəˌnʌnsiˈeʃən/

      UK /prəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • How a word is said; how a word sounds
      • The manner in which someone utters a word.
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    • proper

      US /ˈprɑpɚ/

      UK /'prɒpə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Correct according to social or moral rules
      • Behaving in a polite and socially acceptable way.
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    • rebel

      US / rɪˈbɛl/

      UK /'rebl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person who fights against established government
      • Person who insists on doing things their way
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To fight against an established government/power
      • To resist and fight against existing authority
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    • shell

      US /ʃɛl/

      UK /ʃel/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
      • Hard metal container containing a bullet
      • Transitive Verb
      • To remove the outer covering of peas, nuts etc.
      • To fire shells (weapons) at
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    • span

      US /spæn/

      UK /spæn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Distance between two supports of a bridge
      • Period of time that something continues for
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To go across a certain distance between things
      • To cover or extend over a time period
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    • spell

      US /spɛl/

      UK /spel/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To lead to future trouble
      • To be able to write (or say) the letters of a word
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Making some magic happen; form of words to do this
      • Period of time; time when an action is being done
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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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    • stretch

      US /strɛtʃ/

      UK /stretʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
      • To make something bigger by pulling on it
      • Noun
      • Making arm, leg muscles longer to ease them
      • A consecutive row of things
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    • stretch out

      US /strɛtʃ aʊt/

      UK /stretʃ aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To extend your body, especially by lying down and reaching with your arms and legs.
      • To extend over a large area.
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    • tack

      US /tæk/

      UK /tæk/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small, sharp nail, usually with a wide, flat head
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To change direction in a sailing boat
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    • temper

      US /ˈtɛmpɚ/

      UK /ˈtempə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An angry mood or fit; temperament
      • Lack of calmness
      • Transitive Verb
      • To dilute something or make it less severe
      • To heat metal to make it hard or flexible
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    • tick

      US /tɪk/

      UK /tɪk/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To function properly or normally
      • (Clock) to make light regular timed noise
      • Countable Noun
      • Small blood-sucking insect that lives on the skin
      • Written mark to show something is correct or done
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    • tongue

      US /tʌŋ/

      UK /tʌŋ/

      • Noun
      • Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
      • Meat from the mouth of an animal, cooked as food
      • Transitive Verb
      • To using your mouth to produce musical notes
      • To use your mouth to touch something
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    • track

      US /træk/

      UK /træk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To use marks to follow a wild animal
      • To move a certain way/follow a particular course
      • Noun
      • A circular course for running
      • Course or way someone takes, e.g. in education
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    • trick

      US /trɪk/

      UK /trɪk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To fool someone in order to obtain a result
      • To playfully tease or fool to make someone laugh
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of trying to fool someone
      • Quick or skillful way of doing something
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    • tricky

      US /ˈtrɪki/

      UK /'trɪkɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
      • Likely to use tricks; dishonest or deceptive
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    • vat

      US /væt/

      UK /væt/

      • Countable Noun
      • A large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
      • Value added tax; a sales tax placed on goods
      • Adjective
      • Relating to Value Added Tax.
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    • vet

      US /vɛt/

      UK /vet/

      • Noun
      • Short for 'veterinarian' or 'veterinary surgeon'
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a careful and critical examination
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    • vowel

      US /ˈvaʊəl/

      UK /ˈvaʊəl/

      • Countable Noun
      • A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
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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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