Vocabulary

  • pass from: To be transferred or transmitted from one person or thing to another.
  • fight out: Engage in a fight until it fully ends or a conclusion is reached.
  • play in: To participate or compete in a game or competition.
  • ball up: To crumple something into a ball shape.
  • across the board: Broad in scope or content
  • in perspective: Considered in relation to other things, so as to judge what is truly important.
  • to God: Used to emphasize truth or sincerity.
  • thankful to: Feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
  • opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
  • desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
  • devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
  • aggressive: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
  • manipulate: To try to control others to gain an advantage
  • fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
  • career: Particular occupation in professional life
  • field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
  • reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
  • mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
  • crowd: To force too many things, people into
  • remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
  • swear: To say bad or impolite words to someone
  • create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
  • spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
  • communicate: To give and exchange information
  • strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
  • throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
  • recipient: Someone who gets or receives something
  • lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
  • slice: Way of hitting the ball so the ball curves
  • bump: To bounce along over a rough surface
  • square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
  • sheet: Piece of cloth you put on the bed to sleep on
  • determination: Will to achieve a goal despite difficulties
  • spend: To use money to pay for something
  • allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
  • continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
  • organization: Group of people with a particular purpose
  • ecstatic: Showing or feeling great pleasure or delight
  • chance: The way something happens without planning
  • active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
  • point: An item to be discussed
  • drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
  • penetrate: To enter or pass through something
  • sweep: Man who cleans chimneys
  • shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
  • alley: A narrow road or path between buildings
  • petrol: Liquid used as fuel in car engines; (US) gasoline
  • rank: To rate or class things
  • perimeter: Outline or border; outer edge
  • thunder: Loud sound
  • defensive: Protecting something, yourself from attack
  • keep: Large, strong tower in the middle of a castle
  • penetration: Act of entering into or through something
  • shepherd: Person's name
  • repertoire: Variety of things (e.g. operas/skills) you can do
  • ovation: Loud and long clapping from an audience
  • good: Proper, appropriate or right
  • man: Humans in general, including male and female
  • call: A order or request for action
  • fire: Heat and the flame produced when burning
  • hoop: Round or circular shape or object
  • nick: Person's name
  • zigzag: One of a series of short sharp turns or angles
  • crossover: The use of a new style (especially in pop music)
  • oop: Sound people make when they make a mistake
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    • across the board

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Broad in scope or content
      • Adverb
      • Applying to all; comprehensive; universal.
      • Involving all sectors, categories, or items.
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    • aggressive

      US /əˈɡrɛsɪv/

      UK /əˈgresɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
      • Behaving in a hostile and threatening way
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    • alley

      US /ˈæli/

      UK /'ælɪ/

      • Noun
      • A narrow road or path between buildings
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    • ball up

      US /bɔl ʌp/

      UK /bɔ:l ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To crumple something into a ball shape.
      • To become confused or nervous; to make a mess of something.
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    • bump

      US /bʌmp/

      UK /bʌmp/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To bounce along over a rough surface
      • To knock against with force or violence
      • Noun
      • Act or sound of one solid object hitting another
      • Raised area on any smooth surface
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    • career

      US /kəˈrɪr/

      UK /kə'rɪə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Particular occupation in professional life
      • The course of a person's life, especially in a particular pursuit or profession.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move forward very fast and without control
      • To advance or make progress rapidly
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    • communicate

      US /kəˈmjunɪˌket/

      UK /kə'mju:nɪkeɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To give and exchange information
      • To convey or make known (information, feelings, etc.)
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    • crossover

      US /ˈkrɔsˌovɚ, ˈkrɑs-/

      UK /'krɒsəʊvə(r)/

      • Noun
      • The use of a new style (especially in pop music)
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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
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    • defensive

      US /dɪˈfɛnsɪv/

      UK /dɪˈfensɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Protecting something, yourself from attack
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    • desperate

      US /ˈdɛspərɪt/

      UK /ˈdespərət/

      • Adjective
      • Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
      • State of urgently wanting to go to the toilet
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    • determination

      US /dɪˌtɚməˈneʃən/

      UK /dɪˌtɜ:mɪˈneɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Will to achieve a goal despite difficulties
      • The act of finding out or establishing something exactly, usually as the result of research or calculation.
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    • devastating

      US

      UK

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
      • Adjective
      • Destroying everything; very shocking
      • Causing great emotional pain or shock.
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    • ecstatic

      US /ɛkˈstætɪk/

      UK /ɪkˈstætɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Showing or feeling great pleasure or delight
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    • fancy

      US /ˈfænsi/

      UK /'fænsɪ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To want to have or do something; feel like
      • To imagine or suppose that something will happen
      • Adjective
      • Unusual and attractive in design
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    • fight out

      US /faɪt aʊt/

      UK /faɪt aut/

      • other
      • Engage in a fight until it fully ends or a conclusion is reached.
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    • hoop

      US /hup/

      UK /hu:p/

      • Noun
      • Round or circular shape or object
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    • in perspective

      US /ɪn pɚˈspɛktɪv/

      UK /in pəˈspektiv/

      • Phrase
      • Considered in relation to other things, so as to judge what is truly important.
      • Adverb
      • Judged in relation to other things and so not seeming as bad or extreme.
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    • manipulate

      US /məˈnɪpjəˌlet/

      UK /mə'nɪpjʊleɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To try to control others to gain an advantage
      • To handle or work in a skillful manner
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    • mention

      US /ˈmɛnʃən/

      UK /'menʃn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To refer to or talk or write about something
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of referring to or talking about something
      • A formal acknowledgement of something
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    • nick

      US /nɪk/

      UK /nɪk/

      • Noun
      • Person's name
      • Scratches caused by accidentally knocking
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a scratch in
      • To steal
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    • oop

      US

      UK

      • Interjection
      • Sound people make when they make a mistake
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    • opportunity

      US /ˌɑpɚˈtunɪti, -ˈtju-/

      UK /ˌɒpə'tju:nətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
      • A favorable time or occasion for doing something.
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    • organization

      US /ˌɔrɡənɪˈzeʃən/

      UK /ˌɔ:gənaɪˈzeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Group of people with a particular purpose
      • The way in which something is structured or arranged.
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    • ovation

      US /oˈveʃən/

      UK /əʊˈveɪʃn/

      • Noun
      • Loud and long clapping from an audience
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    • pass from

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To be transferred or transmitted from one person or thing to another.
      • To be inherited or bequeathed from one person to another.
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    • penetrate

      US /ˈpɛnɪˌtret/

      UK /ˈpenɪtreɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To enter or pass through something
      • To gain a market in a new area or country
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    • penetration

      US /ˌpɛnɪˈtreʃən/

      UK /ˌpenɪ'treɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of entering into or through something
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    • perimeter

      US /pəˈrɪmɪtɚ/

      UK /pəˈrɪmɪtə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Outline or border; outer edge
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    • petrol

      US /ˈpɛtrəl/

      UK /ˈpetrəl/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Liquid used as fuel in car engines; (US) gasoline
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    • play in

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To participate or compete in a game or competition.
      • To have a role in a theatrical production.
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    • rank

      US /ræŋk/

      UK /ræŋk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To rate or class things
      • To assign a level or status, as of importance, to
      • Noun
      • Group of people with a certain level of status
      • Level or position, as in society/sport competition
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    • recipient

      US /rɪˈsɪpiənt/

      UK /rɪ'sɪpɪənt/

      • Noun
      • Someone who gets or receives something
      • Adjective
      • Receiving or capable of receiving.
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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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    • repertoire

      US /ˈrepərtwɑ:(r)/

      UK /ˈrepətwɑ:(r)/

      • Noun
      • Variety of things (e.g. operas/skills) you can do
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    • reverse

      US /rɪˈvɚs/

      UK /rɪ'vɜ:s/

      • Noun
      • Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
      • Instance of a significant change, for the worse
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To drive a vehicle backward
      • To change to an opposite state, way or condition
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    • sheet

      US /ʃit/

      UK /ʃi:t/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Piece of cloth you put on the bed to sleep on
      • Piece of thin flat metal, plastic or glass
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    • shepherd

      US /ˈʃɛpəd/

      UK /'ʃepəd/

      • Proper Noun
      • Person's name
      • Countable Noun
      • Person who looks after sheep as their job
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    • shot

      US /ʃɑt/

      UK /ʃɒt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To kick or throw a ball at a goal
      • To fire a gun; injure or kill someone with a gun
      • Countable Noun
      • An attempt to kick or throw a ball at a goal
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    • slice

      US /slaɪs/

      UK /slaɪs/

      • Countable Noun
      • Way of hitting the ball so the ball curves
      • Piece or share of something
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To hit a ball so that it curves to one side
      • To cut a thin piece off something larger
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    • spark

      US /spɑrk/

      UK /spɑ:k/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small piece of burning material produced by fire
      • Tiny, brief bit of light caused by electric energy
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make tiny, brief bits of light
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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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    • 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
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    • strip

      US /strɪp/

      UK /strɪp/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
      • To remove something, e.g. paint from a wall
      • Countable Noun
      • Long narrow piece, such as ribbon or land
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    • swear

      US /swɛr/

      UK /sweə(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To say bad or impolite words to someone
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a serious promise to do something
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    • sweep

      US /swip/

      UK /swi:p/

      • Countable Noun
      • Man who cleans chimneys
      • Long, smooth movement made with your arm or a tool
      • Transitive Verb
      • To clean something from a surface with a brush
      • To search a very wide area for something
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    • thankful to

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
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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 God

      US /tə ɡɑd/

      UK /tə ɡɒd/

      • other
      • Used to emphasize truth or sincerity.
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    • zigzag

      US /ˈzɪɡˌzæɡ/

      UK /'zɪɡzæɡ/

      • Noun
      • One of a series of short sharp turns or angles
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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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