Vocabulary

  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • go on: To continue doing something
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • wake up: To stop sleeping
  • on the beach: Located on the sandy or pebbly area bordering a body of water.
  • got to: To arrive at some place
  • in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
  • feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
  • based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
  • start off: To begin or commence something.
  • for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
  • off the bat: Immediately; without delay.
  • pass through: To experience something, often unpleasant or difficult.
  • in the closet: Keeping something, often sexual orientation, secret.
  • think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
  • in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
  • come after: To follow someone in order to threaten them
  • go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
  • do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
  • break in: To wear new (shoes, etc.) to make them comfortable
  • with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
  • hang out: To spend time with your friends
  • have to: Must do
  • inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
  • on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
  • shout out: A public expression of greeting or praise.
  • check out
  • halfway through: At or in the middle of a period of time or an activity.
  • to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
  • on to: Toward something; forward
  • call it a night: To stop what you are doing for the rest of the night.
  • recipe: Conditions likely to create a particular result
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • cuisine: Certain style or technique of cooking
  • private: Being away from others and quiet
  • pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
  • resort: Act of choosing something to help with a problem
  • standard: Official unit of measuring something
  • cheesy: Being of poor quality or in bad taste; not sincere
  • savory: (Of taste) salty or spicy rather than sweet
  • foam: Mix of a liquid and air to form a mass of bubbles
  • serve: To act in a particular position or office
  • luxury: Something expensive bought for pleasure
  • extravagant: Going beyond what is normal or proper
  • grill: Plate of food that has been grilled
  • splash: To throw water or liquids in many directions
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
  • button: Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
  • decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
  • porridge: Dish made of oatmeal, usually eaten at breakfast
  • taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
  • amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
  • perfect: So good it cannot be improved
  • find: To become aware of something that is happening
  • front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
  • shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
  • bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
  • bun: Woman's hairstyle of hair drawn into a round shape
  • start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
  • puree: Juice made from crushed fruit or vegetables
  • area: Amount of measured space
  • thunder: Loud sound
  • restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
  • cover: To record a different version of another song
  • hermit: Person that lives alone and away from society
  • carrot: Reward offered to make someone do something
  • cart: Vehicle on wheels for carry things; trolley
  • tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
  • tuna: Large sea fish that is caught for food
  • crab: Sea creature with a hard shell and two claws
  • cream: Pale color that is yellowish white
  • pool: Amount collected, e.g. money, for some purpose
  • ocean: Large body of salt water; a large sea
  • video: Recording capturing action with sound
  • warn: To tell someone about possible danger
  • meat: Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
  • super: Of the highest quality; great; marvelous
  • breakfast: First meal of the day
  • online: Connected to the internet
  • pork: Meat of a pig, used for food
  • airport: A place where passenger planes land and take off
  • lemon: Badly made or poorly functioning product
  • miso: Paste made from fermented soybeans and malt
  • papaya: Pear-shaped tropical fruit with orange flesh
  • sashimi: Very thinly sliced raw fish
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    • airport

      US /ˈerpɔ:rt/

      UK /ˈeəpɔ:t/

      • Noun
      • A place where passenger planes land and take off
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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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    • based on

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
      • Preposition
      • Using something as the main idea or foundation.
      • Relying on something as evidence or justification.
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    • bite

      US /baɪt/

      UK /baɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
      • Wound left from being bitten
      • Intransitive Verb
      • (E.g. of fish) to take bait and be caught
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    • break in

      US /brek ɪn/

      UK /breik in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To wear new (shoes, etc.) to make them comfortable
      • To interrupt someone's conversation, task
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To interrupt a conversation or activity.
      • To wear something new until it becomes comfortable.
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    • breakfast

      US /ˈbrɛkfəst/

      UK /ˈbrekfəst/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • First meal of the day
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have the first meal of the day
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    • bun

      US /bʌn/

      UK /bʌn/

      • Noun
      • Woman's hairstyle of hair drawn into a round shape
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    • button

      US /ˈbʌtn/

      UK /'bʌtn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
      • Switch activated by pressing
      • Transitive Verb
      • To fasten e.g. a shirt, coat
      • To suppress or restrain (feelings, etc.).
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    • call it a night

      US /kɔl ɪt ə ˈnaɪt/

      UK /kɔ:l ɪt ə ˈnaɪt/

      • other
      • To stop what you are doing for the rest of the night.
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    • carrot

      US /ˈkærət/

      UK /ˈkærət/

      • Noun
      • Reward offered to make someone do something
      • Long hard orange vegetable that grows underground
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    • cart

      US /kɑrt/

      UK /kɑ:t/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Vehicle on wheels for carry things; trolley
      • A vehicle with two or four wheels, typically pulled by a horse or other animal, used for carrying goods or people.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To move things on a wheeled trolley
      • To move something with effort
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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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    • cheesy

      US /ˈtʃizi/

      UK /'tʃi:zɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Being of poor quality or in bad taste; not sincere
      • Tasting like cheese
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    • come after

      US /kʌm ˈæftɚ/

      UK /kʌm ˈɑ:ftə/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To follow someone in order to threaten them
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    • crab

      US /kræb/

      UK /kræb/

      • Noun
      • Sea creature with a hard shell and two claws
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To complain about something in an annoying way
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    • cream

      US /krim/

      UK /kri:m/

      • Adjective
      • Pale color that is yellowish white
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Type of a thick beauty product used on the skin
      • Thick liquid rubbed into the skin
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    • cuisine

      US /kwɪˈzin/

      UK /kwɪˈzi:n/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Certain style or technique of cooking
      • A type of food; the foods and methods of cooking traditional to a region or population.
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    • decide

      US /dɪˈsaɪd/

      UK /dɪ'saɪd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
      • To make a legal judgment in court
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    • do in

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To make completely tired out and exhausted
      • To destroy or cause damage to someone
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    • extravagant

      US /ɪkˈstrævəɡənt/

      UK /ɪkˈstrævəgənt/

      • Adjective
      • Going beyond what is normal or proper
      • Wasteful, e.g. of money; using a lot of a resource
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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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    • foam

      US /foʊm/

      UK /fəʊm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Mix of a liquid and air to form a mass of bubbles
      • A lightweight material made of a mass of small bubbles, used for insulation or padding.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To mix air and liquid to form a mass of bubbles
      • To show anger or excitement in an uncontrolled way.
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    • for now

      US /fɔr naʊ/

      UK /fɔ: nau/

      • Phrase
      • Temporarily; for the present time.
      • In the short term; for the immediate future.
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    • go on

      US /ɡo ɑn/

      UK /ɡəu ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue doing something
      • To happen (usually negative)
      • Interjection
      • Used to encourage someone
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    • go out

      US /ɡo aʊt/

      UK /ɡəu aut/

      • Phrase
      • To leave a building (e.g. a house)
      • Phrasal Verb
      • (Of a fire) to burn out; be extinguished
      • Go out of fashion to stop being fashionable
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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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    • halfway through

      US

      UK

      • Adverb
      • At or in the middle of a period of time or an activity.
      • Phrase
      • Having completed approximately half of something.
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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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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • hermit

      US /ˈhɚmɪt/

      UK /'hɜ:mɪt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Person that lives alone and away from society
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    • in advance

      US /ɪn ædˈvæns/

      UK /in ədˈvɑ:ns/

      • Phrase
      • Ahead of time; before something happens
      • Noun
      • A payment made before it is due, especially for work to be done
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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 the closet

      US /ɪn ðə ˈklɑzət/

      UK /in ðə ˈklɒzət/

      • other
      • Keeping something, often sexual orientation, secret.
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    • inside of

      US /ɪnˈsaɪd ʌv/

      UK /inˈsaid ɔv/

      • Preposition
      • Within; in the inner part of.
      • Within a certain period of time.
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    • lemon

      US /ˈlɛmən/

      UK /'lemən/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Badly made or poorly functioning product
      • Small yellow fruit with sour juice
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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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    • luxury

      US /ˈlʌɡʒəri, ˈlʌkʃə-/

      UK /ˈlʌkʃəri/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something expensive bought for pleasure
      • Something that gives great comfort and pleasure
      • Adjective
      • Very comfortable and expensive.
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    • meat

      US /mit/

      UK /mi:t/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
      • Noun
      • Something that is important or significant
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    • miso

      US /ˈmi:soʊ/

      UK /ˈmi:səʊ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Paste made from fermented soybeans and malt
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    • ocean

      US /ˈoʃən/

      UK /'əʊʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Large body of salt water; a large sea
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    • of course

      US /ʌv kɔː(r)s/

      UK /ɔv kɔː(r)s/

      • Adverb
      • Sure ; Certainly
      • Phrase
      • For sure; certainly
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    • off the bat

      US /ɔf ði bæt/

      UK /ɔf ðə bæt/

      • Phrase
      • Immediately; without delay.
      • Referring to the moment a baseball leaves the bat after being hit.
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    • on the beach

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Located on the sandy or pebbly area bordering a body of water.
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    • on the way

      US /ɑn ði we/

      UK /ɔn ðə wei/

      • Phrase
      • During the journey to a particular place.
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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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    • online

      US /ˌɑ:nˈlaɪn/

      UK /ˌɒnˈlaɪn/

      • Adjective
      • Connected to the internet
      • Adverb
      • Via the internet.
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    • papaya

      US /pəˈpɑjə/

      UK /pəˈpaɪə/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Pear-shaped tropical fruit with orange flesh
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    • pass through

      US /pæs θru/

      UK /pɑ:s θru:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To experience something, often unpleasant or difficult.
      • To go through something; to move from one side to the other of something.
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    • pool

      US /pul/

      UK /pu:l/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amount collected, e.g. money, for some purpose
      • Small body of still water
      • Intransitive Verb
      • (Of a liquid) to collect into a small area
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    • pork

      US /pɔ:rk/

      UK /pɔ:k/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Meat of a pig, used for food
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    • porridge

      US /ˈpɔ:rɪdʒ/

      UK /ˈpɒrɪdʒ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Dish made of oatmeal, usually eaten at breakfast
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    • puree

      US /pjʊ'reɪ/

      UK /pjʊ'reɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Juice made from crushed fruit or vegetables
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    • recipe

      US /ˈrɛsəˌpi/

      UK /'resəpɪ/

      • Noun
      • Conditions likely to create a particular result
      • Directions for making a dish, with the ingredients
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    • resort

      US /rɪ'zɔ:rt/

      UK /rɪ'zɔ:t/

      • Noun
      • Act of choosing something to help with a problem
      • Vacation hotel or complex; area for holidays
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    • sashimi

      US /sɑˈʃimi/

      UK /sɑ:ˈʃi:mi/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Very thinly sliced raw fish
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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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    • serve

      US /sɚv/

      UK /sɜ:v/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To act in a particular position or office
      • To hit the first ball to an opponent in tennis etc.
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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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    • shout out

      US /ʃaʊt aʊt/

      UK /ʃaut aut/

      • Noun
      • A public expression of greeting or praise.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To publicly mention or acknowledge someone or something.
      • To publicly acknowledge or thank someone.
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    • splash

      US /splæʃ/

      UK /splæʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To throw water or liquids in many directions
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of throwing water in various directions
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    • standard

      US /ˈstændəd/

      UK /'stændəd/

      • Noun
      • Official unit of measuring something
      • Principle of behaving in a moral way
      • Adjective
      • Being the accepted normal level of quality
      • (Of a language) being the most accepted in a place
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    • start off

      US /stɑrt ɔf/

      UK /stɑ:t ɔf/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To begin or commence something.
      • To begin a journey.
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    • super

      US /ˈsupɚ/

      UK /ˈsu:pə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Of the highest quality; great; marvelous
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    • tag

      US /tæɡ/

      UK /tæɡ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Child's game in which one person chases the others
      • A name or label on something or someone
      • Transitive Verb
      • To apply a name or label to something or someone
      • To touch someone you are chasing in a game
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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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    • think of

      US /θɪŋk ʌv/

      UK /θiŋk ɔv/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To look on as (being something specific); consider
      • To consider or remember something.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To imagine or call something to mind
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    • thunder

      US /ˈθʌndɚ/

      UK /'θʌndə(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Loud sound
      • The sound that comes from the sky from lightning
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make a loud sound like that made by lightning
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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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    • tuna

      US /ˈtu:nə/

      UK /ˈtju:nə/

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

      US /ˈvɪdiˌo/

      UK /'vɪdɪəʊ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Recording capturing action with sound
      • A recording of moving visual images made digitally or on videotape.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a moving film of, with sound
      • To make a video call.
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    • wake up

      US /wek ʌp/

      UK /weik ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To stop sleeping
      • To become fully aware and alert to a situation.
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    • warn

      US /wɔrn/

      UK /wɔ:n/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To tell someone about possible danger
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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.

    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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