Vocabulary

  • in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
  • at heart: In one's real or essential nature; fundamentally.
  • in the making: Developing or being made; in the process of becoming something.
  • set off: To start a journey
  • perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
  • eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
  • ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
  • shift: To change in position or direction
  • divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
  • fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
  • escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
  • state: Region within a country, with its own government
  • remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
  • path: Method of living leading to a particular result
  • direction: When someone tells people what to do
  • form: Sports team or person's current winning record
  • folk: (Of ordinary people) not sophisticated
  • tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
  • wisdom: Knowledge gained from experience in life
  • generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
  • wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
  • sacred: Worthy of religious worship; very holy
  • fortune: What might happen to you in the future
  • rural: Concerning the country as opposed to the city
  • string: To tie or connect things together with a thread
  • mind: To be bothered or upset by something
  • social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
  • haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
  • magnetic: Having the properties of a magnet; able to attract
  • pilgrimage: Journey to a sacred place
  • build: Your physical shape; physique
  • addict: Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
  • crumble: To break into small parts or crumbs
  • surrender: Ending a fight you cannot win; formally giving up
  • frantic: Frenzied; wild with excitement, worry etc.
  • pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
  • change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
  • land: Region or country
  • vain: Too proud of yourself, especially your appearance
  • grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
  • wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
  • service: Work that a person does to assist others
  • wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
  • think: To have an idea about something without certainty
  • nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
  • horn: Device that makes a loud warning noise
  • atop: At the top of (a mountain, etc.)
  • undeniable: Certainly true; impossible to prove false
  • timeless: Never-ending; everlasting; eternal
  • heed: To take notice of; pay attention to; care about
  • trickle: To flow in a thin slow stream
  • sculpt: To carve a material to make an artistic shape
  • chapel: Room to hold religious services
  • mirage: Thing you think you can see but not really there
  • lonely: Sad because apart from other people
  • skeletal: Of the bones of the body
  • ghost: To write a book on behalf of another person
  • singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
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    • addict

      US /əˈdɪkt/

      UK /ˈædɪkt/

      • Noun
      • Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
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    • ancient

      US /ˈenʃənt/

      UK /'eɪnʃənt/

      • Adjective
      • Very old; having lived a very long time ago
      • Relating to a period in history, especially in the distant past.
      • Noun
      • A person who lived in ancient times.
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    • at heart

      US /æt hɑrt/

      UK /æt hɑ:t/

      • Phrase
      • In one's real or essential nature; fundamentally.
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    • atop

      US /əˈtɑ:p/

      UK /əˈtɒp/

      • Preposition
      • At the top of (a mountain, etc.)
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    • chapel

      US /ˈtʃæpəl/

      UK /ˈtʃæpl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Room to hold religious services
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    • crumble

      US /ˈkrʌmbəl/

      UK /ˈkrʌmbl/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To break into small parts or crumbs
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    • direction

      US /dɪˈrɛkʃən, daɪ-/

      UK /də'rekʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • When someone tells people what to do
      • Describes the way you are going, e.g. North
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    • divide

      US /dɪˈvaɪd/

      UK /dɪ'vaɪd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
      • To separate something into equal pieces
      • Noun
      • A separation or distinction.
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    • escape

      US /ɪˈskep/

      UK /ɪ'skeɪp/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
      • The 'esc key' on a keyboard
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To avoid something undesirable, dangerous or bad
      • To get away from a place where you are being kept
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    • eventually

      US /ɪˈvɛntʃuəli/

      UK /ɪˈventʃuəli/

      • Adverb
      • After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
      • At some later time; in the future
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    • folk

      US /fok/

      UK /fəʊk/

      • Adjective
      • (Of ordinary people) not sophisticated
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Ordinary common people
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    • fortune

      US /ˈfɔrtʃən/

      UK /'fɔ:tʃu:n/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • What might happen to you in the future
      • Chance or luck, particularly good luck
      • Transitive Verb
      • To bring good fortune to.
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    • frantic

      US /ˈfræntɪk/

      UK /'fræntɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Frenzied; wild with excitement, worry etc.
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    • fuel

      US /ˈfjuəl/

      UK /'fju:əl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
      • To provide gas or petrol for something
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Material used to produce heat or power when burned
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    • generation

      US /ˌdʒɛnəˈreʃən/

      UK /ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act or process of producing or causing something
      • People born and living at about the same time
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    • ghost

      US /goʊst/

      UK /gəʊst/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To write a book on behalf of another person
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Bad effects, memories, and feelings from the past
      • Spirit of a dead person, appearing to the living
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    • heed

      US /hid/

      UK /hi:d/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To take notice of; pay attention to; care about
      • To pay careful attention to something or someone
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    • horn

      US /hɔ:rn/

      UK /hɔ:n/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Device that makes a loud warning noise
      • (Animals) hard pointed structure growing on heads
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    • in mind

      US /ɪn maɪnd/

      UK /in maind/

      • Phrase
      • Being aware of or considering something.
      • To remember or consider something.
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    • in the making

      US /ɪn ði ˈmekɪŋ/

      UK /in ðə ˈmeɪkɪŋ/

      • Adjective
      • Developing or being made; in the process of becoming something.
      • Idiom
      • Likely to happen or become a particular thing in the future, especially something bad.
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    • lonely

      US /ˈloʊnli/

      UK /ˈləʊnli/

      • Adjective
      • Sad because apart from other people
      • Being far away and rarely visited by people
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    • magnetic

      US /mæɡˈnɛtɪk/

      UK /mægˈnetɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Having the properties of a magnet; able to attract
      • Having great power to attract attention, interest
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    • mirage

      US /mɪˈrɑʒ/

      UK /'mɪrɑ:ʒ/

      • Noun
      • Thing you think you can see but not really there
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    • path

      US /pæθ, pɑθ/

      UK /pɑ:θ/

      • Noun
      • Method of living leading to a particular result
      • Track made with stones, by walking over the ground
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    • perspective

      US /pɚˈspɛktɪv/

      UK /pə'spektɪv/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
      • Ability to understand what is important in life
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    • pilgrimage

      US /ˈpɪlɡrəmɪdʒ/

      UK /ˈpɪlgrɪmɪdʒ/

      • Noun
      • Journey to a sacred place
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    • remain

      US /rɪˈmen/

      UK /rɪˈmeɪn/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be left behind; to continue to exist
      • To stay in a place when other people have gone
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    • rural

      US /ˈrʊrəl/

      UK /ˈruərəl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning the country as opposed to the city
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    • sacred

      US /ˈsekrɪd/

      UK /ˈseɪkrɪd/

      • Adjective
      • Worthy of religious worship; very holy
      • Being highly valued and respected
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    • sculpt

      US /skʌlpt/

      UK /skʌlpt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To carve a material to make an artistic shape
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    • set off

      US /sɛt ɔf/

      UK /set ɒf/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To start a journey
      • To cause something to explode or start working.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause to explode.
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    • shift

      US /ʃɪft/

      UK /ʃɪft/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To change in position or direction
      • To move something from one place to another
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A change in a persons plans, opinions or beliefs
      • Period of work starting at a certain time
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    • singe

      US /sɪndʒ/

      UK /sɪndʒ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To burn lightly, often to remove hair
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    • skeletal

      US /ˈskɛlɪtl/

      UK /ˈskelətl/

      • Adjective
      • Of the bones of the body
      • So thin that you see bones through the skin
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    • string

      US /strɪŋ/

      UK /strɪŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To tie or connect things together with a thread
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A line of connected objects
      • Thick thread; thin rope
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    • surrender

      US /səˈrɛndɚ/

      UK /sə'rendə(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Ending a fight you cannot win; formally giving up
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To give up in a fight that you cannot win
      • To give in, e.g. to person's demands or temptation
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    • tension

      US /ˈtɛnʃən/

      UK /'tenʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
      • Degree to which something is stretched tight
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    • timeless

      US /ˈtaɪmlɪs/

      UK /ˈtaɪmləs/

      • Adjective
      • Never-ending; everlasting; eternal
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    • trickle

      US /ˈtrɪkəl/

      UK /ˈtrɪkl/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To flow in a thin slow stream
      • Uncountable Noun
      • A thin slow stream of water or liquid
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    • undeniable

      US /ˌʌndɪˈnaɪəbəl/

      UK /ˌʌndɪˈnaɪəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Certainly true; impossible to prove false
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    • vain

      US /ven/

      UK /veɪn/

      • Adjective
      • Too proud of yourself, especially your appearance
      • Producing no result; useless.
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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
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    • wisdom

      US /ˈwɪzdəm/

      UK /'wɪzdəm/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Knowledge gained from experience in life
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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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    US/brev/
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    adj.Brave
    v.t.To bravely face
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