Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • got to: To arrive at some place
  • irregular verbs: Verbs that do not form their past tense or past participle by adding -ed.
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • rock up: To arrive somewhere.
  • reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
  • at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
  • same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
  • right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
  • depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
  • on hold: Temporarily delayed or suspended.
  • hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • hanging out: To spend time with your friends
  • of yours: Belonging to you; your possession or property.
  • get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
  • pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
  • present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
  • properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
  • sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
  • annoying: To make someone angry
  • blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
  • neutral: Something with pH value of 7
  • pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
  • brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
  • tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
  • remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
  • grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
  • private: Being away from others and quiet
  • challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
  • reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
  • subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
  • guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
  • article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
  • hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
  • strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
  • fault: A failure or negative aspect of
  • plural: Being more than one person or thing
  • favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
  • singular: Form of a word referring to only one person/thing
  • habit: Loose clothing like a cloak, worn by monks, nuns
  • hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
  • simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
  • adjective: A word that describes a noun, e.g. happy
  • catch: Amount of something that has been caught
  • blink: To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly
  • natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
  • wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
  • nail: Pointed piece of metal used to join pieces of wood
  • glad: Happy or pleased about something/to do something
  • auxiliary: Helping or supporting a function or group
  • shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
  • invite: To ask someone to go somewhere or do something
  • grammatical: Conforming to the rules of syntax
  • coach: Large, comfortable bus
  • tutor: A teacher who deals with students personally
  • irregular: Happening at unequal spaced distances or times
  • base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
  • humor: Quality that makes something funny
  • infinitive: A verb in its base form, e.g. 'to run'
  • rewire: To put new electricity cables in (a building)
  • cog: Toothed wheel fitting into others to turn machines
  • conjugate: (Of leaves) having only one pair of leaflets
  • nope: A dialect or emphatic way of saying 'No'
  • screwdriver: Cocktail made with vodka and orange juice
  • uncountable: (Of nouns) that cannot exist in the plural
  • online: Connected to the internet
  • nah: Way of saying 'No'
  • someplace: In or at or to some place
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    • annoying

      US /əˈnɔɪɪŋ/

      UK /əˈnɔɪɪŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone angry
      • Adjective
      • A little angry; upset
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    • article

      US /ˈɑrtɪkəl/

      UK /'ɑ:tɪkl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
      • Piece of writing about a particular subject
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    • at the same time

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
      • Nevertheless; however; used to introduce a contrasting or qualifying statement.
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    • auxiliary

      US /ɔɡˈzɪljəri, -ˈzɪləri/

      UK /ɔ:gˈzɪliəri/

      • Adjective
      • Helping or supporting a function or group
      • Noun
      • Group of workers who provide help and assistance
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    • base

      US /bes/

      UK /beɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place military personnel live, train, and operate
      • Bottom part of an object that touches a surface
      • Transitive Verb
      • To use as the starting point or origin for
      • To have as the main location for (company, etc.)
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    • blame

      US /blem/

      UK /bleɪm/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To say someone is responsible for something bad
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of saying someone did something bad
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    • blink

      US /blɪŋk/

      UK /blɪŋk/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly
      • To shine with a flickering light.
      • Noun
      • A quick shutting and opening of the eye.
      • A brief flash of light.
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    • challenge

      US /ˈtʃæləndʒ/

      UK /'tʃælɪndʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
      • Act of formally inviting someone to compete
      • Transitive Verb
      • To formally invite someone to compete at something
      • To question the correctness of something
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    • coach

      US /kotʃ/

      UK /kəʊtʃ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Large, comfortable bus
      • Person who teaches others how to do (sport, job)
      • Transitive Verb
      • To teach others how to do something (e.g. sport)
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    • cog

      US /kɑɡ, kɔɡ/

      UK /kɒɡ/

      • Noun
      • Toothed wheel fitting into others to turn machines
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    • conjugate

      US /ˈkɑndʒəˌɡet/

      UK /'kɒndʒəɡeɪt/

      • Adjective
      • (Of leaves) having only one pair of leaflets
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    • depending on

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
      • Influenced or determined by.
      • Preposition
      • Subject to; contingent on
      • Relying on someone or something for support or assistance.
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    • fault

      US /fɔlt/

      UK /fɔ:lt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A failure or negative aspect of
      • Crack in the earth where earthquakes can happen
      • Transitive Verb
      • To blame someone, something for a negative result
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    • for example

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
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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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    • glad

      US /ɡlæd/

      UK /ɡlæd/

      • Adjective
      • Happy or pleased about something/to do something
      • Happy that something happened; pleased
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    • got to

      US /ɡɑt tu/

      UK /gɔt tu:/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To arrive at some place
      • To have the opportunity or permission to do something
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To appeal to the emotions of; move
      • To finally begin to start something after a delay
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    • grammar

      US /ˈɡræmɚ/

      UK /ˈgræmə(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
      • Rules explaining how words are used in a language
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    • grammatical

      US /ɡrəˈmætɪkəl/

      UK /grəˈmætɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Conforming to the rules of syntax
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    • habit

      US /ˈhæbɪt/

      UK /'hæbɪt/

      • Noun
      • Loose clothing like a cloak, worn by monks, nuns
      • Usual way of behaving; something often repeated
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    • hang

      US /hæŋ/

      UK /hæŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
      • To kill by putting a rope around neck and dropping
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To float, move softly, or remain in the air
      • To remain undecided, unsolved or unclear
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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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    • 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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    • humor

      US /ˈhjumɚ/

      UK /'hju:mə/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Quality that makes something funny
      • Mood that a person is in
      • Transitive Verb
      • To pretend to agree with so they don't get upset
      • To agree with someone but don't really mean it
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    • infinitive

      US /ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪv/

      UK /ɪnˈfɪnətɪv/

      • Noun
      • A verb in its base form, e.g. 'to run'
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    • invite

      US /ɪnˈvaɪt/

      UK /ɪnˈvaɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To ask someone to go somewhere or do something
      • Noun
      • An invitation
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    • irregular

      US /ɪˈrɛɡjəlɚ/

      UK /ɪˈregjələ(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Happening at unequal spaced distances or times
      • Being unusual, unexpected, or not normal
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    • irregular verbs

      US

      UK

      • Noun (plural)
      • Verbs that do not form their past tense or past participle by adding -ed.
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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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    • nah

      US /nɑ:/

      UK /nɑ:/

      • Noun
      • Way of saying 'No'
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    • nail

      US /nel/

      UK /neɪl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Pointed piece of metal used to join pieces of wood
      • Hard part at the end of your finger
      • Transitive Verb
      • To attach things together with metal nails
      • To catch someone doing an illegal activity
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    • neutral

      US /ˈnu:trəl/

      UK /ˈnju:trəl/

      • Adjective
      • Something with pH value of 7
      • Having no positive or negative electrical charge
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Color that is dull and not bright, such as gray
      • The rest position for gears in a car or vehicle
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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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    • of yours

      US /ʌv jʊɚz/

      UK /əv jɔ:z/

      • other
      • Belonging to you; your possession or property.
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    • on hold

      US /ɑn hold/

      UK /ɔn həuld/

      • Adjective
      • Temporarily delayed or suspended.
      • Adverb
      • Waiting to be connected on a telephone call.
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    • online

      US /ˌɑ:nˈlaɪn/

      UK /ˌɒnˈlaɪn/

      • Adjective
      • Connected to the internet
      • Adverb
      • Via the internet.
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    • plural

      US /ˈplʊrəl/

      UK /ˈpluərəl/

      • Adjective
      • Being more than one person or thing
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    • pronounce

      US /prəˈnaʊns/

      UK /prə'naʊns/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To state something in a legal or official way
      • To give your opinion or decision about something
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    • pronunciation

      US /prəˌnʌnsiˈeʃən/

      UK /prəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • How a word is said; how a word sounds
      • The manner in which someone utters a word.
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    • properly

      US /ˈprɑːpərli/

      UK /ˈprɔpəlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In an appropriate or correct manner
      • In a way that is suitable or appropriate.
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    • reach out

      US /ritʃ aʊt/

      UK /ri:tʃ aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To attempt to communicate with someone.
      • To offer help and support to someone.
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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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    • rewire

      US /riˈwaɪr/

      UK /ˌri:'waɪə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To put new electricity cables in (a building)
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    • right back

      US /raɪt bæk/

      UK /rait bæk/

      • Interjection
      • Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
      • Adverb
      • Immediately; very soon after going.
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    • rock up

      US /rɑk ʌp/

      UK /rɔk ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To arrive somewhere.
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    • same time

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
      • At the identical time as before; recurring at a fixed hour.
      • Noun
      • An equal duration or period.
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    • screwdriver

      US /ˈskruˌdraɪvɚ/

      UK /ˈskru:draɪvə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Cocktail made with vodka and orange juice
      • Tool used to put in and take out screws
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    • shoot

      US /ʃut/

      UK /ʃu:t/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To kick or throw a ball at a goal
      • To fire a gun; injure or kill someone with a gun
      • Countable Noun
      • Emerging new part of a plant
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    • singular

      US /ˈsɪŋɡjəlɚ/

      UK /ˈsɪŋgjələ(r)/

      • Noun
      • Form of a word referring to only one person/thing
      • Adjective
      • Seeming odd or unusual
      • One of
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    • someplace

      US /ˈsʌmˌples/

      UK /ˈsʌmpleɪs/

      • Adverb
      • In or at or to some place
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    • tense

      US /tɛns/

      UK /tens/

      • Noun
      • The use of grammar to state the time things happen
      • Adjective
      • Unable to relax; feeling nervous or stressed
      • Stretched tight and stiff
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    • tutor

      US /ˈtu:tə(r)/

      UK /ˈtju:tə(r)/

      • Noun
      • A teacher who deals with students personally
      • Transitive Verb
      • To give private instruction to someone
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    • uncountable

      US /ʌnˈkaʊntəbəl/

      UK /ʌnˈkaʊntəbl/

      • Adjective
      • (Of nouns) that cannot exist in the plural
      • Uncountable Noun
      • A noun that cannot be counted and does not have a plural form.
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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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