Vocabulary

  • no sweat: An informal way of saying that something is not a problem or is easy to do.
  • wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
  • calm down: To make or become relaxed after being stressed
  • have to: Must do
  • forget about: To stop thinking about something; to ignore something.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • at this rate: If things continue as they are now.
  • off guard: In a vulnerable state; not alert or cautious.
  • into shape: To improve physical fitness or condition.
  • to do with: To be about something; concern
  • on the market: Available for sale.
  • watch out: To be careful; to be alert to danger
  • too heavy: Having excessive weight; difficult to lift or move.
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • back up: To save a copy of your computer data
  • going on: To continue doing something
  • back off: To stop supporting; lose courage
  • except for: Not including; excluding.
  • get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
  • in the house: Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
  • on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
  • shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
  • phone number: A sequence of digits assigned to a telephone subscriber, used to make a call to that phone.
  • show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
  • stay back: To remain behind; not approach or advance.
  • try out: To try to win a place on a team in a group
  • hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
  • first up: Firstly; to begin with; the first item on a list or agenda.
  • start out: To begin your life or career in a particular way.
  • down the hatch: An expression used before swallowing food or drink.
  • my eye: Used to express disbelief or skepticism.
  • think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
  • stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
  • aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
  • dude: Form of address for a man
  • annoying: To make someone angry
  • protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
  • calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
  • intact: Being complete, without damaged or missing parts
  • drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
  • catastrophe: Very bad disaster causing much suffering, etc.
  • passion: Powerful, positive excitement and interest
  • embarrassed: To cause someone to feel ashamed
  • survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
  • sweat: To do an amount of hard work
  • ego: Opinion you have about yourself and your worth
  • lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
  • mind: To be bothered or upset by something
  • totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
  • bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
  • secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
  • hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
  • pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
  • surrender: Ending a fight you cannot win; formally giving up
  • shut: To stop being open for business
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
  • sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
  • disregard: To treat something as unimportant; ignore
  • hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • psycho: Person affected by psychosis; unbalanced person
  • bail: Money given to ensure prisoner returns to a court
  • burn: To destroy with fire
  • bar: Piece of (soap, chocolate etc.)
  • guy: Man; boy; any person
  • yell: A sudden loud cry or shout
  • feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
  • bud: Small part of a plant that will be a flower
  • powder: Dry material made up of small powder-like pieces
  • squish: To walk through mud or puddles
  • burrito: Flour tortilla folded around a filling
  • work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
  • swift: Quick
  • worm: Small thin tube-shaped animal without legs
  • hardcore: (Of sex films, etc.) extremely explicit
  • happen: To take place or occur
  • hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
  • guest: Person invited to visit or stay in someone's home
  • catchphrase: Favorite saying of a sect or political group
  • graveyard: Area used for burials; area with many graves
  • tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
  • wing: Part of an animal's body that is used for flying
  • nope: A dialect or emphatic way of saying 'No'
  • fetish: Something you are obsessed with/think about a lot
  • pear: Fruit that is pointed at top, rounded at bottom
  • buff: Person who knows a great deal about a topic
  • chug: To move slowly making low sounds like steam trains
  • whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
  • boba: The boba (aka the tiny, chewy black balls at the bottom of the drink) is made from tapioca, which is a gluten-free starch extracted from the root of a cassava plant.
  • squeak: To make a short very high cry or sound
  • smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
  • braille: Raised patterns on pages so blind person can read
  • wimpy: Weak and ineffectual
  • funnier: Being more amusing than
  • barbell: Bar to for heavy discs in weightlifting
  • pip: To just beat someone in a competition
  • teddy: A soft toy resembling a bear; teddy bear
  • superman: Person with great powers and abilities
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    • annoying

      US /əˈnɔɪɪŋ/

      UK /əˈnɔɪɪŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone angry
      • Adjective
      • A little angry; upset
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    • at this rate

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • If things continue as they are now.
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    • aware

      US /əˈwɛr/

      UK /əˈwɛə/

      • Adjective
      • Knowing or feeling that something exists
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    • back off

      US /bæk ɔf/

      UK /bæk ɔf/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To stop supporting; lose courage
      • To decide to not carry out a threat
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    • back up

      US /bæk ʌp/

      UK /bæk ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To save a copy of your computer data
      • To confirm the truth of what someone says
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    • bail

      US /bel/

      UK /beɪl/

      • Noun
      • Money given to ensure prisoner returns to a court
      • Transitive Verb
      • To obtain release of a prisoner by giving money
      • To throw water out of a boat to prevent it sinking
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    • bar

      US /bɑ:r/

      UK /bɑ:(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Piece of (soap, chocolate etc.)
      • Professional organization of lawyers and judges
      • Transitive Verb
      • To prevent entry, exit or an action
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    • barbell

      US /ˈbɑ:rbel/

      UK /ˈbɑ:bel/

      • Countable Noun
      • Bar to for heavy discs in weightlifting
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    • bear

      US /bɛr/

      UK /bɛː/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To accept (responsibilities or duties)
      • To give birth to a child; to produce fruit
      • Countable Noun
      • Large brown animal with fur that lives in forests
      • Someone who expects stock market to fall
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    • boba

      US /ˈbəʊbə/

      UK /ˈbəʊbə/

      • Noun
      • The boba (aka the tiny, chewy black balls at the bottom of the drink) is made from tapioca, which is a gluten-free starch extracted from the root of a cassava plant.
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    • braille

      US /brel/

      UK /breɪl/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Raised patterns on pages so blind person can read
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    • bud

      US /bʌd/

      UK /bʌd/

      • Noun
      • Small part of a plant that will be a flower
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    • buff

      US /bʌf/

      UK /bʌf/

      • Countable Noun
      • Person who knows a great deal about a topic
      • Transitive Verb
      • To clean something so that it shines
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    • burrito

      US /bʊˈri:toʊ/

      UK /bʊˈri:təʊ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Flour tortilla folded around a filling
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    • calm

      US /kɑm/

      UK /kɑ:m/

      • Adjective
      • Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
      • Relaxed and not worried or angry
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make or become relaxed and not worried or angry
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    • calm down

      US /kɑm daʊn/

      UK /kɑ:m daun/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To make or become relaxed after being stressed
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    • catastrophe

      US /kəˈtæstrəfi/

      UK /kə'tæstrəfɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Very bad disaster causing much suffering, etc.
      • A complete failure; a fiasco.
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    • catchphrase

      US

      UK

      • Countable Noun
      • Favorite saying of a sect or political group
      • A slogan or phrase that is often repeated in advertisements or commercials.
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    • chug

      US /tʃʌɡ/

      UK /tʃʌɡ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move slowly making low sounds like steam trains
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    • disregard

      US /ˌdɪsrɪˈɡɑrd/

      UK /ˌdɪsrɪ'ɡɑ:d/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To treat something as unimportant; ignore
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    • down the hatch

      US /daʊn ðə ˈhætʃ/

      UK /daun ðə ˈhætʃ/

      • other
      • An expression used before swallowing food or drink.
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    • drill

      US /drɪl/

      UK /drɪl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
      • Exercise done to learn military skills
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a deep hole to find oil, gas etc.
      • To put a hole in something by using a boring tool
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    • dude

      US /dud, djud/

      UK /du:d/

      • Noun
      • Form of address for a man
      • (informal) A man; a fellow.
      • Interjection
      • (informal) Used as a term of address, often between men.
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    • ego

      US /ˈiɡo, ˈɛɡo/

      UK /'i:ɡəʊ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Opinion you have about yourself and your worth
      • Part of the human mind that deals with real world
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    • embarrassed

      US /ɪmˈbærəst/

      UK /ɪmˈbærəst/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause someone to feel ashamed
      • Feeling awkward, self-conscious, or ashamed.
      • Adjective
      • Ashamed
      • Showing signs of embarrassment.
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    • except for

      US /ɪkˈsɛpt fɔr/

      UK /ikˈsept fɔ:/

      • Preposition
      • Not including; excluding.
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    • fetish

      US /ˈfɛtɪʃ, ˈfitɪʃ/

      UK /'fetɪʃ/

      • Noun
      • Something you are obsessed with/think about a lot
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    • first up

      US /fɚst ʌp/

      UK /fə:st ʌp/

      • Phrase
      • Firstly; to begin with; the first item on a list or agenda.
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    • forget about

      US /fɚˈɡɛt əˈbaʊt/

      UK /fəˈɡet əˈbaut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To stop thinking about something; to ignore something.
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    • funnier

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Being more amusing than
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    • get out of

      US /ɡɛt aʊt ʌv/

      UK /ɡet aut ɔv/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
      • To leave a small, enclosed vehicle
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    • going on

      US /ˈɡoɪŋ ɑn/

      UK /ˈgəʊɪŋ ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue doing something
      • To happen (usually negative)
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    • graveyard

      US /ˈgreɪvjɑ:rd/

      UK /ˈgreɪvjɑ:d/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Area used for burials; area with many graves
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    • guest

      US /ɡɛst/

      UK /ɡest/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person invited to visit or stay in someone's home
      • Paying customer at a hotel or restaurant
      • Adjective
      • Referring to people visiting or staying at a place
      • Provided for or used by a guest.
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    • hardcore

      US /'hɑ:dˌkoʊr/

      UK /'hɑ:dkɔ:/

      • Adjective
      • (Of sex films, etc.) extremely explicit
      • Extremely dedicated or enthusiastic
      • Noun
      • A subgenre of punk rock characterized by its intensity and aggression
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • hold on

      US /hold ɑn/

      UK /həuld ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
      • To wait for a short time.
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    • in the house

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
      • Within a legislative body, such as a parliament or congress.
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    • intact

      US /ɪn'tækt/

      UK /ɪn'tækt/

      • Adjective
      • Being complete, without damaged or missing parts
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    • into shape

      US /ˈɪntu ˈʃeɪp/

      UK /ˈɪntəʊ ˈʃeɪp/

      • other
      • To improve physical fitness or condition.
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    • lift

      US /lɪft/

      UK /lɪft/

      • Noun
      • Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
      • Machine carrying people up or down to other floors
      • Transitive Verb
      • To stop or cancel something, such as a rule
      • To move something to higher position
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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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    • my eye

      US /ˈmaɪ aɪ/

      UK /ˈmaɪ ai/

      • other
      • Used to express disbelief or skepticism.
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    • no sweat

      US /noʊ swɛt/

      UK /nəʊ swet/

      • Idiom
      • An informal way of saying that something is not a problem or is easy to do.
      • An informal response to 'thank you,' meaning 'you're welcome' or 'it was no trouble'.
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    • nope

      US /noʊp/

      UK /nəʊp/

      • Noun
      • A dialect or emphatic way of saying 'No'
      • A situation or idea that one strongly rejects or wants to avoid.
      • Interjection
      • An informal way of saying 'no'
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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 guard

      US /ɔf ɡɑrd/

      UK /ɔf ɡɑ:d/

      • Adjective
      • In a vulnerable state; not alert or cautious.
      • Unprepared for something; surprised.
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    • on the floor

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
      • Actively participating in dancing or other floor-based activities.
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    • on the market

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Available for sale.
      • Actively seeking employment.
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    • passion

      US /ˈpæʃən/

      UK /'pæʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Powerful, positive excitement and interest
      • Something for which one has a great love
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    • pear

      US /per/

      UK /peə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Fruit that is pointed at top, rounded at bottom
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    • phone number

      US

      UK

      • Countable Noun
      • A sequence of digits assigned to a telephone subscriber, used to make a call to that phone.
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    • pip

      US /pɪp/

      UK /pɪp/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To just beat someone in a competition
      • Countable Noun
      • Small seed found in most fruits
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    • powder

      US /ˈpaʊdɚ/

      UK /'paʊdə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Dry material made up of small powder-like pieces
      • Dry and light form of snow
      • Transitive Verb
      • To apply a dust onto the body or face
      • To reduce to powder; pulverize.
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    • protein

      US /ˈprəʊˌtiːn/

      UK /ˈprəʊti:n/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Group of molecules made from amino acids
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    • psycho

      US /ˈsaɪko/

      UK /'saɪkəʊ/

      • Noun
      • Person affected by psychosis; unbalanced person
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    • sauce

      US /sɔs/

      UK /sɔ:s/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
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    • show up

      US /ʃo ʌp/

      UK /ʃəu ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
      • To be noticeably better than (someone else)
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    • shut

      US /ʃʌt/

      UK /ʃʌt/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To stop being open for business
      • Transitive Verb
      • To close something, e.g. a door
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    • shut up

      US /ʃʌt ʌp/

      UK /ʃʌt ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To close something, e.g. a shop
      • To (cause someone to) be silent or not speak
      • Interjection
      • An expression of disbelief or surprise
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    • smoke

      US /smoʊk/

      UK /sməʊk/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Grey gas from fires and cigarettes
      • Fog of air coming from e.g. a cigarette, fire
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    • squeak

      US /skwik/

      UK /skwi:k/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make a short very high cry or sound
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    • squish

      US /skwɪʃ/

      UK /skwɪʃ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To walk through mud or puddles
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    • start out

      US /stɑrt aʊt/

      UK /stɑ:t aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To begin your life or career in a particular way.
      • To begin a journey.
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    • stay back

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To remain behind; not approach or advance.
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    • stuff

      US /stʌf/

      UK /stʌf/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Generic description for things, materials, objects
      • Transitive Verb
      • To push material inside something, with force
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    • superman

      US /ˈsjupɚˌmæn/

      UK /'su:pəmæn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person with great powers and abilities
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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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    • survive

      US /sɚˈvaɪv/

      UK /sə'vaɪv/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To continue to live despite illness or trouble
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    • sweat

      US /swɛt/

      UK /swet/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To do an amount of hard work
      • To be worried or anxious about something
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An amount of hard work
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    • swift

      US /swɪft/

      UK /swɪft/

      • Adjective
      • Quick
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    • teddy

      US /ˈtɛdi/

      UK /'tedɪ/

      • Countable Noun
      • A soft toy resembling a bear; teddy bear
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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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    • to do with

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To be about something; concern
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    • too heavy

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Having excessive weight; difficult to lift or move.
      • Excessively burdensome or difficult to manage.
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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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    • try out

      US /traɪ aʊt/

      UK /trai aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To try to win a place on a team in a group
      • To test briefly to determine how well it works
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    • wait for

      US /wet fɔr/

      UK /weit fɔ:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To wait until someone comes, or something happens
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    • watch out

      US /wɑtʃ aʊt/

      UK /wɔtʃ aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To be careful; to be alert to danger
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    • whoa

      US /woʊ/

      UK /wəʊ/

      • Interjection
      • Tell someone to do something more slowly
      • An exclamation of surprise, amazement, or shock.
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    • wimpy

      US /'wɪmpɪ/

      UK /'wɪmpɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Weak and ineffectual
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    • wing

      US /wɪŋ/

      UK /wɪŋ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Part of an animal's body that is used for flying
      • One of the two parts on the side of a plane, bird
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To fly to a place
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    • worm

      US /wɚm/

      UK /wɜ:m/

      • Noun
      • Small thin tube-shaped animal without legs
      • Transitive Verb
      • To remove worms from an animals stomach
      • To get information, etc. out of, by tricking them
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    • yell

      US /jɛl/

      UK /jel/

      • Noun
      • A sudden loud cry or shout
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To shout loudly at someone in pain or excitement
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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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    林宜悉 posted on 2025/09/27
    Get ready to laugh with the Annoying Orange in this hilarious "Flaming Orange" episode! You'll pick up some funny catchphrases and even learn a bit about fire safety through some wild sketch comedy and slapstick humor. It's a super fun way to practice situational dialogue and daily practical English!

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