Vocabulary

  • in school: Attending an educational institution.
  • talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
  • wake up: To stop sleeping
  • show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
  • critical: Making a negative judgment of something
  • journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
  • dumb: Senseless; stupid
  • judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
  • typical: Normal; usual; expected
  • release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
  • distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
  • sink: To push something down into the ground
  • cynical: Always believing that bad things are the reasons
  • document: Official (printed) record that gives information
  • chemical: Basic substance produced by mixing elements
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • funeral: Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
  • bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
  • solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
  • hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
  • roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
  • mad: Very angry
  • steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
  • chance: The way something happens without planning
  • nowadays: At the present time; now
  • head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
  • shut: To stop being open for business
  • dial: To call a person or place on a telephone
  • despicable: Deserving contempt; causing strong disapproval
  • business: A company formed for making profit
  • rupture: To (cause to) burst or break
  • world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
  • train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
  • swivel: Device joining two parts which can pivot freely
  • case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
  • problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
  • gullible: Easily deceived; believing whatever they tell you
  • balloon: Thin bag of rubber filled with air, used as a toy
  • give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
  • intersect: To divide something by crossing it
  • malpractice: Wrongful treatment or conduct by a doctor, etc.
  • rapper: Singer who performs rap music
  • negro: Offensive; do not use a Black person
  • yup: Another way of saying 'yes'
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    • balloon

      US /bəˈlun/

      UK /bəˈlu:n/

      • Countable Noun
      • Thin bag of rubber filled with air, used as a toy
      • Large air-filled bag to carry people into the air
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To grow larger quickly; spring up suddenly
      • To travel in a large balloon
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    • bill

      US /bɪl/

      UK /bɪl/

      • Noun
      • Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
      • Sign or poster advertising something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To request payment by handing over an invoice
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    • chemical

      US /ˈkɛmɪkəl/

      UK /ˈkemɪkl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Basic substance produced by mixing elements
      • The branch of science concerned with the substances of which matter is composed, the investigation of their properties and reactions, and the use of such reactions to form new substances.
      • Adjective
      • Made of various elements
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    • critical

      US /ˈkrɪtɪkəl/

      UK /ˈkrɪtɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Making a negative judgment of something
      • Being important or serious; vital; dangerous
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    • cynical

      US /ˈsɪnɪkəl/

      UK /ˈsɪnɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Always believing that bad things are the reasons
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    • despicable

      US /ˈdɛspɪkəbəl, dɪˈspɪkə-/

      UK /dɪˈspɪkəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Deserving contempt; causing strong disapproval
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    • dial

      US /ˈdaɪəl/

      UK /'daɪəl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To call a person or place on a telephone
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Face of a clock that shows the time
      • A knob or switch
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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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    • document

      US /ˈdɑkjəmənt/

      UK /'dɒkjʊmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Official (printed) record that gives information
      • Transitive Verb
      • To support an opinion with recorded evidence
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    • dumb

      US /dʌm/

      UK /dʌm/

      • Adjective
      • Senseless; stupid
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    • funeral

      US /ˈfjunərəl/

      UK /ˈfju:nərəl/

      • Noun
      • Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
      • Adjective
      • Relating to or characteristic of a funeral; mournful or somber.
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    • in school

      US /ɪn skul/

      UK /ɪn sku:l/

      • other
      • Attending an educational institution.
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    • intersect

      US /ˌɪntɚˈsɛkt/

      UK /ˌɪntə'sekt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To divide something by crossing it
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    • journey

      US /ˈdʒɚni/

      UK /'dʒɜ:nɪ/

      • Noun
      • Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To travel through a place
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    • judge

      US /dʒʌdʒ/

      UK /dʒʌdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person who decides on the results of a contest
      • Person who has the power to make a decision
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To reach a decision about who won a contest
      • To form an opinion after careful consideration
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    • mad

      US /mæd/

      UK /mæd/

      • Adjective
      • Very angry
      • Enthusiastic about something
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    • malpractice

      US /mælˈpræktɪs/

      UK /ˌmælˈpræktɪs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Wrongful treatment or conduct by a doctor, etc.
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    • negro

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • Offensive; do not use a Black person
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    • nowadays

      US /ˈnaʊəˌdez/

      UK /ˈnaʊədeɪz/

      • Adverb
      • At the present time; now
      • Noun
      • The current period of time; the present.
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    • rapper

      US /ˈræpɚ/

      UK /ˈræpə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Singer who performs rap music
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    • release

      US /rɪ'li:s/

      UK /rɪ'li:s/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To free someone from a responsibility or burden
      • To allow a film, music etc. to be sold/distributed
      • Noun
      • Act of freeing someone from a duty or burden
      • Introduction of a new product, film, book, etc.
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    • roll

      US /rol/

      UK /rəʊl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
      • Photographic film wrapped round and round itself
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To continue along as time normally progresses
      • To produce a very deep and continuous sound
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    • rupture

      US /ˈrʌptʃɚ/

      UK /'rʌptʃə(r)/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To (cause to) burst or break
      • Medical to tear or break
      • Noun
      • A crack or break in something
      • Medical tear or break in something, e.g. a muscle
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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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    • sink

      US /sɪŋk/

      UK /sɪŋk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To push something down into the ground
      • To dig (a well)
      • Countable Noun
      • Large bowl in a kitchen or washroom for washing
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    • solve

      US /sɑ:lv/

      UK /sɒlv/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
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    • swivel

      US /ˈswɪvəl/

      UK /ˈswɪvl/

      • Noun
      • Device joining two parts which can pivot freely
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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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    • typical

      US /ˈtɪpɪkəl/

      UK /ˈtɪpɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Normal; usual; expected
      • Serving as a representative example of a particular type.
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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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    • yup

      US /jʌp/

      UK /jʌp/

      • Noun
      • Another way of saying 'yes'
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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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