Vocabulary

  • over the rainbow: Unrealistic or fanciful; unlikely to happen.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • have to: Must do
  • on to: Toward something; forward
  • come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
  • of yours: Belonging to you; your possession or property.
  • think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
  • right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
  • awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
  • figure: To appear in a game, play or event
  • enormous: Huge; very big; very important
  • technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
  • period: Set amount of time during which events take place
  • iconic: Being widely recognized as a symbol of something
  • ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
  • common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
  • staple: Main food of a particular community
  • utterly: Completely
  • curious: Wanting to know more about something
  • spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
  • relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
  • absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
  • mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
  • attractive: Making you like them, as by being good-looking
  • folk: (Of ordinary people) not sophisticated
  • seek: To ask someone for help
  • performance: Act of doing something
  • communicate: To give and exchange information
  • reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
  • interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
  • destructive: Causing a very large amount of damage
  • bound: To cover a wound, as with a bandage
  • poignant: Having the effect of making you feel sad/moved
  • divorce: Legal breakup of a marriage
  • quest: Long and challenging journey to find something
  • fiber: Basic character and nature of a person
  • record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
  • energy: Physical or mental strength
  • stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
  • carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
  • humidity: Amount of moisture in the air in a particular area
  • slap: To hit with the open hand or with a flat object
  • bring: To take or go with someone to a place
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • turn: To become (a particular age)
  • laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
  • mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
  • deep: Complex and important
  • part: Division of a book
  • forbid: To order someone not to do something
  • world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • yearn: To strongly desire something or someone
  • unparalleled: Being the best or the worst; having no equal
  • whale: To strike forcefully, e.g. as a punishment
  • repertoire: Variety of things (e.g. operas/skills) you can do
  • duo: Two (e.g. of living or people)
  • cello: Second largest member of the violin family
  • unbelievably: Very; exceptionally
  • rabbi: Jewish religious teacher
  • rainbow: Curved line of colors in the sky during rainfall
  • mic: Short for 'microphone'
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    • absorb

      US /əbˈsɔrb, -ˈzɔrb/

      UK /əb'sɔ:b/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To take up all attention / energy of something
      • To take in a liquid; soak up
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    • ancient

      US /ˈenʃənt/

      UK /'eɪnʃənt/

      • Adjective
      • Very old; having lived a very long time ago
      • Relating to a period in history, especially in the distant past.
      • Noun
      • A person who lived in ancient times.
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    • attractive

      US /əˈtræktɪv/

      UK /əˈtræktɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Making you like them, as by being good-looking
      • Offering advantages or benefits; tempting.
      A2
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    • awesome

      US /ˈɔsəm/

      UK /'ɔ:səm/

      • Adjective
      • Great; wonderful; stupendous
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    • bound

      US /baʊnd/

      UK /baʊnd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cover a wound, as with a bandage
      • To put pages and a cover together to create a book
      • Adjective
      • (Papers) being kept together or covered
      • Limited by a law, agreement, or contract
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    • carbon

      US /ˈkɑrbən/

      UK /'kɑ:bən/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
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    • cello

      US /ˈtʃɛlo/

      UK /'tʃeləʊ/

      • Noun
      • Second largest member of the violin family
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    • come up with

      US /kʌm ʌp wɪð/

      UK /kʌm ʌp wið/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To think of an idea or solution; produce
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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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    • curious

      US /ˈkjʊriəs/

      UK /ˈkjʊəriəs/

      • Adjective
      • Wanting to know more about something
      • Attracting interest by being strange or unusual
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    • destructive

      US /dɪˈstrʌktɪv/

      UK /dɪ'strʌktɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Causing a very large amount of damage
      • Tending to demolish or tear down; negative; unhelpful.
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    • divorce

      US /dɪˈvɔrs, -ˈvors/

      UK /dɪ'vɔ:s/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Legal breakup of a marriage
      • Transitive Verb
      • To legally end a marriage to (someone)
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    • duo

      US /ˈdu:oʊ/

      UK /ˈdju:əʊ/

      • Noun
      • Two (e.g. of living or people)
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    • energy

      US /ˈɛnədʒi/

      UK /'enədʒɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Physical or mental strength
      • Enthusiasm and determination.
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    • enormous

      US /ɪˈnɔrməs/

      UK /iˈnɔ:məs/

      • Adjective
      • Huge; very big; very important
      • Very great in size, amount, or degree.
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    • fiber

      US /'faɪbə/

      UK /'faɪbə/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Basic character and nature of a person
      • Stringy substance found in food, e.g. wholewheat
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    • folk

      US /fok/

      UK /fəʊk/

      • Adjective
      • (Of ordinary people) not sophisticated
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Ordinary common people
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    • forbid

      US /fərˈbɪd/

      UK /fəˈbɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To order someone not to do something
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • humidity

      US /hjuˈmɪdɪti/

      UK /hju:ˈmɪdəti/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Amount of moisture in the air in a particular area
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    • iconic

      US /aɪˈkɑnɪk/

      UK /aɪˈkɒnɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Being widely recognized as a symbol of something
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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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    • 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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    • mic

      US /maɪk/

      UK /maɪk/

      • Noun
      • Short for 'microphone'
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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 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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    • over the rainbow

      US /ˈoʊvɚ ðə ˈreɪnboʊ/

      UK /ˈəuvə ðə ˈreɪnbəu/

      • other
      • Unrealistic or fanciful; unlikely to happen.
      B2
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    • performance

      US / pɚˈfɔrməns/

      UK /pə'fɔ:məns/

      • Noun
      • Act of doing something
      • Activity done to entertain an audience
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    • poignant

      US /ˈpɔɪnjənt/

      UK /ˈpɔɪnjənt/

      • Adjective
      • Having the effect of making you feel sad/moved
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    • quest

      US /kwɛst/

      UK /kwest/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Long and challenging journey to find something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To ask (someone) questions.
      • To search or seek for something.
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    • rabbi

      US /ˈræbaɪ/

      UK /ˈræbaɪ/

      • Noun
      • Jewish religious teacher
      B2
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    • rainbow

      US /ˈreɪnboʊ/

      UK /ˈreɪnbəʊ/

      • Noun
      • Curved line of colors in the sky during rainfall
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    • relationship

      US /rɪˈleʃənˌʃɪp/

      UK /rɪˈleɪʃnʃɪp/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Connection between two or more people or things
      • Way people interact or live with each other
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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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    • 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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    • seek

      US /sik/

      UK /si:k/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To ask someone for help
      • To search for; try to find or do; look for
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    • slap

      US /slæp/

      UK /slæp/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To hit with the open hand or with a flat object
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    • spread

      US /sprɛd/

      UK /spred/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
      • The distance between two things
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To place over a large area; to cover a large area
      • (Of ideas, gossip) to pass to and affect others
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    • staple

      US /ˈstepəl/

      UK /ˈsteɪpl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Main food of a particular community
      • A basic food that is eaten all the time
      • Transitive Verb
      • To pin together using a machine and bent wire
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    • technique

      US /tɛkˈnik/

      UK /tekˈni:k/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
      • The skill or ability to do something well.
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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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    • unbelievably

      US /ˌʌnbɪˈlivəblɪ/

      UK /ˌʌnbɪˈli:vəblɪ/

      • Adverb
      • Very; exceptionally
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    • unparalleled

      US /ʌnˈpærəˌlɛld/

      UK /ʌnˈpærəleld/

      • Adjective
      • Being the best or the worst; having no equal
      • Exceptionally good; superior.
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    • utterly

      US /ˈʌtəli/

      UK /'ʌtəli:/

      • Adverb
      • Completely
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    • whale

      US /hwel, wel/

      UK /weɪl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To strike forcefully, e.g. as a punishment
      • To hunt and catch whales
      • Countable Noun
      • a very large sea mammal that breathes air through a hole at the top of its head and looks like a giant fish
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    • yearn

      US /jɚn/

      UK /jɜ:n/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To strongly desire something or someone
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A strong, persistent desire for something
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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

    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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