Vocabulary

  • talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
  • in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
  • have to: Must do
  • to die for: Extremely desirable or enjoyable.
  • check out
  • go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
  • incredibly important: Extremely significant or crucial.
  • based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
  • all ears: Fully attentive; very interested in hearing what someone has to say.
  • call out: To criticize someone to modify their behavior
  • in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
  • dying to: Extremely eager or anxious to do or have something.
  • in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
  • on a trip: Traveling; away from home for a period of time.
  • go on: To continue doing something
  • move to: To change the place where you live or work.
  • catch up: To become equal with another person
  • of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
  • at that time: During a specific point in the past.
  • fight fire: To combat or extinguish a fire.
  • in a while: In a short period of time; soon.
  • bad idea: An unwise or imprudent course of action.
  • specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
  • episode: One separate event in a series of events
  • incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
  • multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
  • exaggerate: To makes things seem more extreme than reality
  • common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
  • career: Particular occupation in professional life
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
  • explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
  • refer: To talk about or write about something
  • extra: More than necessary; additional
  • interrupt: To stop something from happening for a while
  • distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
  • couple: To join something to something else
  • guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
  • orientation: Where you are in a location, e.g. facing east/west
  • exaggeration: Act of trying to make things seem more extreme
  • haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • signal: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
  • important: Having power or authority
  • puzzle: To be a challenge to understand; confuse
  • connect: To associate a thing with something else
  • amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
  • clarify: To make a liquid become clear or pure
  • scrape: To take something off a surface with a sharp tool
  • podcast: A digital recording (e.g. radio show) for download
  • change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
  • set: Prepared for something; ready
  • question: To ask for or try to get information
  • cell: Smallest unit of living things in biology
  • part: Division of a book
  • interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
  • think: To have an idea about something without certainty
  • check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
  • feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
  • borough: Section of a city with authority to manage itself
  • signify: To mean something; be a symbol of something
  • confuse: To make something unclear or hard to understand
  • tangent: Line or curve meeting another line or curve
  • takeaway: Employee benefit deleted in union contract
  • haircut: Act of cutting the hair; way the hair is cut
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    • all ears

      US

      UK

      • Idiom
      • Fully attentive; very interested in hearing what someone has to say.
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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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    • at that time

      US /æt ðæt taɪm/

      UK /æt ðæt taim/

      • Phrase
      • During a specific point in the past.
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    • bad idea

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • An unwise or imprudent course of action.
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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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    • borough

      US /ˈbɜ:roʊ/

      UK /ˈbʌrə/

      • Noun
      • Section of a city with authority to manage itself
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    • call out

      US /kɔl aʊt/

      UK /kɔ:l aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To criticize someone to modify their behavior
      • To announce or specify, e.g. in a list
      • Transitive Verb
      • To summon or request the presence of someone, especially for assistance or service.
      • To publicly criticize or denounce someone for their actions or behavior.
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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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    • 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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    • cell

      US /sɛl/

      UK /sel/

      • Countable Noun
      • Smallest unit of living things in biology
      • Group of people - often from a secret organization
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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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    • clarify

      US /ˈklærəˌfaɪ/

      UK /'klærəfaɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a liquid become clear or pure
      • To state again so that a point is clearer
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    • confuse

      US /kənˈfjuz/

      UK /kənˈfju:z/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something unclear or hard to understand
      • To mistake one person or thing for another.
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    • connect

      US /kəˈnɛkt/

      UK /kə'nekt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To associate a thing with something else
      • To join or attach things together
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    • couple

      US /ˈkʌpəl/

      UK /'kʌpl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To join something to something else
      • (Two animals) to engage in sexual relations
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Two people in a romantic relationship
      • Two of something; two people; a pair
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    • distance

      US /ˈdɪstəns/

      UK /'dɪstəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Lack of friendliness toward another person
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amount of space between two places or things
      • A point or place that is far away.
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    • dying to

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Extremely eager or anxious to do or have something.
      • To have a very strong desire or need for something.
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    • episode

      US /ˈɛpɪˌsod/

      UK /'epɪsəʊd/

      • Noun
      • One separate event in a series of events
      • Show which is part of a larger story
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    • exaggerate

      US /ɪgˈzædʒəreɪt/

      UK /ɪgˈzædʒəreɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To makes things seem more extreme than reality
      • To speak or write about something in a way that overemphasizes or magnifies its qualities.
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    • exaggeration

      US /ɪɡˌzædʒəˈreʃən/

      UK /ɪgˌzædʒəˈreɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of trying to make things seem more extreme
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    • extra

      US /'ekstrə/

      UK /'ekstrə/

      • Adjective
      • More than necessary; additional
      • Of especially good quality or grade.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Items more than you need; additional items
      • Person who has a small part in a movie
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    • fight fire

      US

      UK

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To combat or extinguish a fire.
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    • function

      US /ˈfʌŋkʃən/

      UK /'fʌŋkʃn/

      • Noun
      • Social event, or party such as a wedding
      • Mathematical operation used in calculations
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To serve a certain purpose or role
      • To be operating, working or achieving its purpose
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    • go ahead

      US /ɡo əˈhɛd/

      UK /ɡəu əˈhed/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
      • To give permission to do something
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To start or proceed with something
      • To proceed despite potential obstacles or doubts.
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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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    • haircut

      US /ˈhɛrˌkʌt/

      UK /ˈheəˌkʌt/

      • Noun
      • Act of cutting the hair; way the hair is cut
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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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 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 the future

      US /ɪn ði ˈfjutʃɚ/

      UK /in ðə ˈfju:tʃə/

      • Phrase
      • At a later time; in times to come.
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    • in the past

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • During a former period of time; previously.
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    • incredibly

      US /ɪnˈkrɛdəblɪ/

      UK /ɪnˈkredəbli/

      • Adverb
      • To a great degree; very; amazingly
      • Extremely; so much so it is hard to believe
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    • incredibly important

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Extremely significant or crucial.
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    • interrupt

      US /ˌɪntəˈrʌpt/

      UK /ˌɪntə'rʌpt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To stop something from happening for a while
      • To stop someone from speaking by saying or doing something.
      • Noun
      • A signal that stops a computer from working on one thing and starts it working on something else.
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    • move to

      US /muv tu/

      UK /mu:v tu:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To change the place where you live or work.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To proceed to the next stage or action.
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    • multiple

      US /ˈmʌltəpəl/

      UK /ˈmʌltɪpl/

      • Adjective
      • Having or involving more than one of something
      • Having or involving several parts, elements, or members.
      • Countable Noun
      • Number produced by multiplying a smaller number
      • A number of identical circuit elements connected in parallel or series.
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    • of a sudden

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
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    • on a trip

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Traveling; away from home for a period of time.
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    • orientation

      US /ˌɔriɛnˈteʃən, -ən-, ˌor-/

      UK /ˌɔ:riənˈteɪʃn/

      • Noun
      • Where you are in a location, e.g. facing east/west
      • Process of giving information about something new
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    • podcast

      US /'pɑ:dkæst/

      UK /'pɒdkɑ:st/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A digital recording (e.g. radio show) for download
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    • puzzle

      US /ˈpʌzəl/

      UK /'pʌzl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To be a challenge to understand; confuse
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something challenging to explain or understand
      • Game requiring the player to find an answer
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    • refer

      US /rɪˈfɚ/

      UK /rɪ'fɜ:(r)/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To talk about or write about something
      • To give information about something
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    • scrape

      US /skrep/

      UK /skreɪp/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To take something off a surface with a sharp tool
      • To move roughly across the surface of something
      • Noun
      • Bad or unpleasant incident
      • Sound of something moving roughly across a surface
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    • signal

      US /ˈsɪɡnəl/

      UK /'sɪɡnəl/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be evidence/an indication something will happen
      • To make a noise or motion to tell someone to start
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Evidence or an indication something will happen
      • Movement of a hand or other means to send messages
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    • signify

      US /ˈsɪɡnəˌfaɪ/

      UK /ˈsɪgnɪfaɪ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To mean something; be a symbol of something
      • To show or express something through your actions
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    • specific

      US /spɪˈsɪfɪk/

      UK /spəˈsɪfɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Precise; particular; just about that thing
      • Concerning one particular thing or kind of thing
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    • takeaway

      US /ˈtekəˌwe/

      UK /ˈteɪkəweɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Employee benefit deleted in union contract
      • A meal bought at a restaurant but eaten elsewhere.
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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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    • tangent

      US /ˈtændʒənt/

      UK /ˈtændʒənt/

      • Noun
      • Line or curve meeting another line or curve
      • In trigonometry, the ratio of the length of the side opposite the acute angle to the length of the adjacent side in a right-angled triangle.
      • Adjective
      • Line of thought that is not related
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    • to die for

      US /tu daɪ fɔr/

      UK /tu: dai fɔ:/

      • Adjective
      • Extremely desirable or enjoyable.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be willing to sacrifice one's life for someone or something.
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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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