Vocabulary

  • wake up: To stop sleeping
  • have to: Must do
  • in a while: In a short period of time; soon.
  • once in a while: Occasionally; not very often.
  • talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
  • in the house: Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
  • first words: The initial words spoken by a baby or young child.
  • catch up: To become equal with another person
  • with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
  • along with: In addition to; together with.
  • on to: Toward something; forward
  • happen on: To find or discover by accident.
  • on occasion: Sometimes, but not regularly.
  • look over: To check something to see it works well; inspect
  • go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
  • next to: Being located along side another
  • think about: To consider something carefully.
  • get lost: An impolite way of telling someone to go away.
  • in the moment: At the present time; now.
  • do without: To manage without having or doing something
  • forget about: To stop thinking about something; to ignore something.
  • hanging out: To spend time with your friends
  • at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
  • without a shadow of a doubt: With complete certainty; no doubt at all.
  • in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
  • get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
  • weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
  • extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
  • doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
  • conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
  • fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
  • stare: To look at someone or something for a long time
  • guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • occasion: Significant or important event or function
  • issue: To make something available to be used or sold
  • adapt: To change something for a different function
  • involve: To have or be included as a part of something
  • horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
  • break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
  • nightmare: Frightening, difficult or displeasing experience
  • leave: To go away from; depart
  • stink: To smell terrible
  • affair: Secret sexual relationship between two people
  • relieve: To make less boring by making some change
  • lengthy: Having a lot of something, such as pages in a book
  • garlic: Strong-smelling white bulb used in cooking
  • terrible: Very bad; horrible
  • recall: (Company) asking for the return of faulty goods
  • catch: Amount of something that has been caught
  • holy: Being good according to religious standards
  • cocktail: Mixed alcoholic drink, containing spirit like gin
  • breath: Air you take in and out of your body
  • step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
  • find: To become aware of something that is happening
  • remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • deep: Complex and important
  • slaughter: Act of killing an animal to get its meat
  • fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
  • betray: To endanger (friend) by giving enemy information
  • understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
  • think: To have an idea about something without certainty
  • tremendously: Very well or very impressively
  • cheat: To be unfaithful to (your wife, boyfriend etc.)
  • undoubtedly: With certainty; without question; for sure
  • feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
  • brush: To touch against a thing very lightly when moving
  • burglar: Thief who enters a building with intent to steal
  • want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
  • happen: To take place or occur
  • chilly: Slightly cold
  • slut: Offensive, derogatory a sexually promiscuous woman
  • geography: Study of the earth and its natural features
  • cream: Pale color that is yellowish white
  • thirsty: Having a powerful desire or need for something
  • deceit: Deliberately lying to someone to trick them
  • bull: Large male animal such as a cow or elephant
  • contrive: To devise or bring about with clever planning
  • wee: Scottish and Northern English small; short
  • midnight: 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
  • minty: Having the favor or smell of mint
  • oar: Pole dipped into the water to move and steer boats
  • bogey: Being one stroke over par on a hole in golf
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    • adapt

      US /əˈdæpt/

      UK /ə'dæpt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To change something for a different function
      • To change something to fit or suit a new purpose
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To change your behaviour so that it is easier to live in a new place or situation
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    • affair

      US /əˈfɛr/

      UK /ə'feə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Secret sexual relationship between two people
      • Event or a set of events, often unpleasant ones
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    • along with

      US /əˈlɔŋ wɪð/

      UK /əˈlɔŋ wið/

      • Preposition
      • In addition to; together with.
      • Adverb
      • In company or together with someone or something.
      • Including; in addition to.
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    • at night

      US /æt naɪt/

      UK /æt nait/

      • Phrase
      • During the night; in the nighttime.
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    • betray

      US /bɪˈtre/

      UK /bɪ'treɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To endanger (friend) by giving enemy information
      • To reveal something unintentionally.
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    • bogey

      US /ˈboɡi/

      UK /'bəʊɡɪ/

      • Noun
      • Being one stroke over par on a hole in golf
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    • breath

      US /brɛθ/

      UK /breθ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Air you take in and out of your body
      • The smell of someone's breath.
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    • brush

      US /brʌʃ/

      UK /brʌʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To touch against a thing very lightly when moving
      • To clean, paint, or apply something with a brush
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Quick and gentle movement
      • Thing with hairs used to apply paint, etc.
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    • bull

      US /bʊl/

      UK /bʊl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Large male animal such as a cow or elephant
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Nonsense; untrue or foolish statements
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    • burglar

      US /ˈbɚɡlɚ/

      UK /'bɜ:ɡlə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Thief who enters a building with intent to steal
      • A person who commits burglary as a profession.
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    • catch up

      US /kætʃ ʌp/

      UK /kætʃ ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To become equal with another person
      • To inform others of the latest news
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To do something that you have not been able to do recently.
      • To meet someone you know in order to talk to them and find out what they have been doing.
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    • cheat

      US /tʃit/

      UK /tʃi:t/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be unfaithful to (your wife, boyfriend etc.)
      • To escape death or harm, through luck or skill
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • One who is unfaithful to their wife, partner etc.
      • One who lies or breaks rules to get what they want
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    • chilly

      US /ˈtʃɪli/

      UK /'tʃɪlɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Slightly cold
      • Cold; unfeeling; lacking in warmth
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    • cocktail

      US /ˈkɑkˌtel/

      UK /'kɒkteɪl/

      • Noun
      • Mixed alcoholic drink, containing spirit like gin
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    • contrive

      US /kənˈtraɪv/

      UK /kənˈtraɪv/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To devise or bring about with clever planning
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    • conversation

      US /ˌkɑnvɚˈseʃən/

      UK /ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Talking with other people; discussion or chat
      • General communication or interaction.
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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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    • deceit

      US /dɪˈsit/

      UK /dɪˈsi:t/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Deliberately lying to someone to trick them
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    • do without

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To manage without having or doing something
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    • extraordinary

      US /ɪkˈstrɔ:rdəneri/

      UK /ɪkˈstrɔ:dnri/

      • Adjective
      • Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
      • Additional to or different from what is usual or regular.
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    • fine

      US /faɪn/

      UK /faɪn/

      • Adjective
      • Good, acceptable or satisfactory
      • Of high quality; made with great skill
      • Countable Noun
      • Money you have to pay because you broke a rule
      • (at the end of a piece of music) the end
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    • first words

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • The initial words spoken by a baby or young child.
      • The opening words of a written text or document.
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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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    • garlic

      US /ˈɡɑrlɪk/

      UK /'ɡɑ:lɪk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Strong-smelling white bulb used in cooking
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    • geography

      US /dʒiˈɑ:grəfi/

      UK /dʒiˈɒgrəfi/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Study of the earth and its natural features
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    • get lost

      US /ɡɛt lɔst/

      UK /ɡet lɔ:st/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • An impolite way of telling someone to go away.
      • To become unable to find your way; to lose your sense of direction.
      • Interjection
      • An impolite way of telling someone to go away.
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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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    • 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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    • guilty

      US /ˈɡɪlti/

      UK /'ɡɪltɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Responsible for doing something wrong
      • Feeling or showing guilt; having a sense of remorse.
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    • hanging out

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To spend time with your friends
      • To spend times with friends or relax doing nothing
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    • happen on

      US /ˈhæpən ɑn/

      UK /ˈhæpən ɒn/

      • other
      • To find or discover by accident.
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • holy

      US /ˈholi/

      UK /'həʊlɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Being good according to religious standards
      • Dedicated or consecrated to God or a religious purpose; sacred.
      • Interjection
      • An exclamation of surprise, shock, or awe.
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    • horrible

      US /ˈhɔrəbəl, ˈhɑr-/

      UK /ˈhɒrəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
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    • in a while

      US /ɪn e hwaɪl/

      UK /in ə hwail/

      • Phrase
      • In a short period of time; soon.
      • For a short period of time; soon.
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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 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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    • in the moment

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • At the present time; now.
      • Spontaneously; without prior planning or consideration.
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    • involve

      US /ɪnˈvɑlv/

      UK /ɪn'vɒlv/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To have or be included as a part of something
      • To cause (a person or group) to take part in an event or activity.
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    • issue

      US /ˈɪʃu/

      UK /'ɪʃu:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something available to be used or sold
      • To deliver a statement, etc. in an official manner
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Important topic discussed, debated or argued over
      • Single edition of a magazine
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    • lengthy

      US /ˈlɛŋkθi, ˈlɛŋ-/

      UK /'leŋθɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Having a lot of something, such as pages in a book
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    • look over

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To check something to see it works well; inspect
      • To examine or inspect something quickly.
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    • midnight

      US /ˈmɪdˌnaɪt/

      UK /ˈmɪdnaɪt/

      • Noun
      • 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
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    • minty

      US /'mɪntɪ/

      UK /ˈmɪnti/

      • Adjective
      • Having the favor or smell of mint
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    • next to

      US /nɛkst tu/

      UK /nekst tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Being located along side another
      • In comparison with
      • Adverb
      • Almost; nearly
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    • nightmare

      US /ˈnaɪtˌmɛr/

      UK /ˈnaɪtmeə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Frightening, difficult or displeasing experience
      • Frightening or upsetting dream while sleeping
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    • oar

      US /ɔr, or/

      UK /ɔ:(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Pole dipped into the water to move and steer boats
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    • occasion

      US /əˈkeʒən/

      UK /ə'keɪʒn/

      • Noun
      • Significant or important event or function
      • Time when something happens or takes place
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make or cause something to happen; to lead to
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    • on occasion

      US /ɑn əˈkeʒən/

      UK /ɔn əˈkeiʒən/

      • Idiom
      • Sometimes, but not regularly.
      • Phrase
      • Sometimes, but not regularly or often
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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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    • once in a while

      US //wʌns ɪn ə waɪl//

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Occasionally; not very often.
      • Occasionally; not very often.
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    • recall

      US /rɪˈkɔl/

      UK /rɪˈkɔ:l/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • (Company) asking for the return of faulty goods
      • Act of remembering events or details of the past
      • Transitive Verb
      • (Company) to ask for the return of faulty goods
      • To remember events or details of the past
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    • relieve

      US /rɪˈliv/

      UK /rɪ'li:v/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make less boring by making some change
      • To replace workers with others
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    • slaughter

      US /ˈslɔtɚ/

      UK /'slɔ:tə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Act of killing an animal to get its meat
      • Beating someone easily and totally in a sport
      • Transitive Verb
      • To kill an animal, usually to get its meat
      • To beat someone easily and totally in a sport
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    • slut

      US /slʌt/

      UK /slʌt/

      • Noun
      • Offensive, derogatory a sexually promiscuous woman
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    • stare

      US /stɛr/

      UK /steə(r)/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To look at someone or something for a long time
      • Noun
      • A long look at something or someone for a reason
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    • stink

      US /stɪŋk/

      UK /stɪŋk/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To smell terrible
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    • talking about

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To discuss a particular topic.
      • To be constantly mentioning or bringing up a subject.
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    • terrible

      US /ˈtɛrəbəl/

      UK /ˈterəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Very bad; horrible
      • Causing great fear; frightening
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    • think about

      US /θɪŋk əˈbaʊt/

      UK /θiŋk əˈbaut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To consider something carefully.
      • To remember or call to mind.
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    • thirsty

      US /ˈθɚsti/

      UK /'θɜ:stɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Having a powerful desire or need for something
      • Needing to drink something
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    • tremendously

      US /trɪˈmɛndəslɪ/

      UK /trə'mendəslɪ/

      • Adverb
      • Very well or very impressively
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    • undoubtedly

      US /ʌn'daʊtɪdlɪ/

      UK /ʌn'daʊtɪdlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • With certainty; without question; for sure
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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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    • wee

      US /wi/

      UK /wi:/

      • Adjective
      • Scottish and Northern English small; short
      • Intransitive Verb
      • (Childish use) to urinate; go to the bathroom
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    • weird

      US /wɪrd/

      UK /wɪəd/

      • Adjective
      • Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
      • Eerily strange or disturbing.
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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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    • without a shadow of a doubt

      US /wɪˈðaʊt ə ˈʃædo ʌv ə daʊt/

      UK /wɪˈðaʊt ə ˈʃædəu ɔv ə daʊt/

      • other
      • With complete certainty; no doubt at all.
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    She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.

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    • brave

      adj. Having courage

    • comfort zone

      phr. A familiar situation where one feels safe

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    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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