Vocabulary

  • that makes two of us: Expressing that you share the same feeling or situation as another person.
  • from time to time: Occasionally; sometimes but not regularly.
  • just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
  • stop by: To visit someone or some place for a short time
  • over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
  • have to: Must do
  • lighten up: To become more cheerful or less serious.
  • go on: To continue doing something
  • connected with: Related to; associated with.
  • take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
  • up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
  • crush on: To have a brief but intense infatuation with someone.
  • cargo pants: Loose-fitting casual pants with large pockets on the thighs.
  • being with: Accompanying someone; being in someone's presence.
  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
  • overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
  • grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
  • slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
  • crush: Strong attraction to someone
  • subconsciously: From the subconscious mind
  • freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
  • despair: To have lost all hope; lose heart
  • paradigm: A set of ideas for understanding or explaining
  • mutual: Shared between two or more people
  • pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
  • pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
  • honest: Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
  • honor: To fulfill an agreement
  • elegant: Having or showing grace, style or beauty
  • patch: Cover worn over an eye to protect or hide it
  • stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
  • wild: In a manner which lacks control
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • paraphrase: Summary of another person's words
  • miracle: Amazing, seemingly impossible thing that happened
  • modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
  • bring: To take or go with someone to a place
  • speech: A formal talk to an audience
  • hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • glad: Happy or pleased about something/to do something
  • pit: To use your strength, skill or wit to beat another
  • gown: Long loose clothing worn over other clothes
  • whiff: Slight smell; weak odor
  • start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
  • arrange: To write music for a particular instrument
  • cargo: Goods carried in a ship or plane
  • knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
  • guy: Man; boy; any person
  • season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
  • feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
  • life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
  • perfectly: In a faultless manner; without mistakes
  • fed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
  • testament: Evidence or proof (usually of something good)
  • lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
  • cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
  • riddled: Infested with; full of (insects, mistakes etc.)
  • joy: Deep happiness and pleasure about something
  • pool: Amount collected, e.g. money, for some purpose
  • loss: Friend, family, or other loved person's death
  • nurse: Person trained to care for sick or injured people
  • smart: Fashionable; well-dressed; well-groomed
  • ultrasound: Use of sound waves to therapy or diagnostics
  • hopper: Mix of things to be considered or done
  • emmy: Annual award for achievements in US TV
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    • arrange

      US /əˈrendʒ/

      UK /əˈreɪndʒ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To write music for a particular instrument
      • To organize things or people in a particular way
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    • being with

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • Accompanying someone; being in someone's presence.
      • Supporting someone's opinion or cause.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • Accompanying someone; spending time with someone.
      • Supporting someone; agreeing with someone.
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    • cancer

      US /ˈkænsɚ/

      UK /'kænsə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
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    • cargo

      US /ˈkɑ:rgoʊ/

      UK /ˈkɑ:gəʊ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Goods carried in a ship or plane
      B2
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    • cargo pants

      US

      UK

      • Noun (plural)
      • Loose-fitting casual pants with large pockets on the thighs.
      B1
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    • connected with

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Related to; associated with.
      • Involved with; having a relationship with.
      • Phrasal Verb
      • Was associated or linked to someone or something.
      • Felt understanding or empathy with someone or something.
      B1
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    • crush

      US /krʌʃ/

      UK /krʌʃ/

      • Noun
      • Strong attraction to someone
      • Transitive Verb
      • To break something into small pieces by pressing
      • To defeat someone or something (in a game)
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    • crush on

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To have a brief but intense infatuation with someone.
      C2
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    • despair

      US /dɪˈspɛr/

      UK /dɪ'speə(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have lost all hope; lose heart
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Felling of having lost all hope
      B1TOEIC
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    • elegant

      US /ˈɛlɪɡənt/

      UK /'elɪɡənt/

      • Adjective
      • Having or showing grace, style or beauty
      • Pleasingly ingenious and simple.
      A2
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    • emmy

      US /ˈɛmi/

      UK /ˈemi/

      • Proper Noun
      • Annual award for achievements in US TV
      C1
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    • fed

      US /fɛd/

      UK /fed/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
      • To push something through an opening
      A2
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    • freak

      US /friːk/

      UK /friːk/

      • Adjective
      • (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
      • Noun
      • A person, animal, or event that is physically abnormal, very unusual, or unlike others.
      • A person with an unusual appearance or behaviour.
      B2
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    • from time to time

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Occasionally; sometimes but not regularly.
      • At intervals; now and then.
      A1
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    • glad

      US /ɡlæd/

      UK /ɡlæd/

      • Adjective
      • Happy or pleased about something/to do something
      • Happy that something happened; pleased
      A2
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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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    • gown

      US /ɡaʊn/

      UK /ɡaʊn/

      • Countable Noun
      • Long loose clothing worn over other clothes
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    • grief

      US /ɡrif/

      UK /ɡri:f/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
      • Things that are troublesome or annoying
      B1
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
      A1
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    • hire

      US /haɪr/

      UK /ˈhaɪə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
      • To give the use of something in exchange for money
      • Noun
      • Short term rental of something e.g. car, phone
      A2TOEIC
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    • honest

      US /ˈɑnɪst/

      UK /ˈɒnɪst/

      • Adjective
      • Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
      A2TOEIC
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    • honor

      US /ˈɑnɚ/

      UK /'ɒnə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To fulfill an agreement
      • To give an award to someone
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Award you get for doing well; prize, title, etc.
      • Chance to do something special; privilege
      B2TOEIC
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    • hopper

      US /ˈhɑpɚ/

      UK /'hɒpə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Mix of things to be considered or done
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    • joy

      US /dʒɔɪ/

      UK /dʒɔɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Deep happiness and pleasure about something
      • Thing or person that causes pleasure or happiness
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To experience happiness or to be glad
      A2
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    • just kind of

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
      • Used to indicate something is approximately or generally similar to something else.
      A2
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    • knock

      US /nɑk/

      UK /nɒk/

      • Noun
      • Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
      • Action of something solid hitting something hard
      • Transitive Verb
      • To criticize someone in an unreasonable way
      • To hit something to get people's attention
      A2
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    • lighten up

      US /ˈlaɪtn: ʌp/

      UK /ˈlaɪtn ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To become more cheerful or less serious.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To reduce the weight or burden of something.
      A1
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    • loss

      US /lɔ:s/

      UK /lɒs/

      • Noun
      • Friend, family, or other loved person's death
      • Decrease or decline in quantity or amount
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    • miracle

      US /ˈmɪrəkəl/

      UK /'mɪrəkl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amazing, seemingly impossible thing that happened
      • A remarkable event or development that brings very welcome consequences.
      B1
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    • mutual

      US /ˈmjutʃuəl/

      UK /'mju:tʃʊəl/

      • Adjective
      • Shared between two or more people
      • Possessed or held in common.
      • Noun
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    • nurse

      US /nɜ:rs/

      UK /nɜ:s/

      • Countable Noun
      • Person trained to care for sick or injured people
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To care for and look after someone who is sick
      • To keep holding a bad feeling about someone
      A2TOEIC
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    • over to

      US

      UK

      • Preposition
      • Used to hand over to someone else to speak
      • The responsibility is now yours
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    • overwhelmed

      US /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlmd/

      UK /ˌəʊ.vəˈwɛlmd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To defeat something or someone completely
      • To affect someone emotionally in a strong way
      • Adjective
      • Feeling like you have so much to do that you can't even get started.
      • Feeling like you are unable to cope with something
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    • paradigm

      US /ˈpærəˌdaɪm, -ˌdɪm/

      UK /ˈpærədaɪm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A set of ideas for understanding or explaining
      • Way of looking at things
      B1TOEIC
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    • paraphrase

      US /ˈpærəˌfrez/

      UK /ˈpærəfreɪz/

      • Noun
      • Summary of another person's words
      B2
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    • patch

      US /pætʃ/

      UK /pætʃ/

      • Noun
      • Cover worn over an eye to protect or hide it
      • Piece of ground on vegetation grows
      • Transitive Verb
      • To join or unite, e.g. two phone calls
      • To repair hole by sewing a piece of cloth over it
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    • perfectly

      US /ˈpəfɪktli/

      UK /ˈpɜ:fɪktli/

      • Adverb
      • In a faultless manner; without mistakes
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    • pit

      US /pɪt/

      UK /pɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To use your strength, skill or wit to beat another
      • To make holes or marks on a surface
      • Noun
      • Hole in the ground
      • Garage area for racing cars on a circuit
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    • pool

      US /pul/

      UK /pu:l/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amount collected, e.g. money, for some purpose
      • Small body of still water
      • Intransitive Verb
      • (Of a liquid) to collect into a small area
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    • pregnant

      US /ˈprɛɡnənt/

      UK /ˈpregnənt/

      • Adjective
      • Carrying your unborn baby inside you
      • Full of meaning or significance; suggestive.
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    • riddled

      US /'rɪdld/

      UK /'rɪdld/

      • Adjective
      • Infested with; full of (insects, mistakes etc.)
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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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    • slip

      US /slɪp/

      UK /slɪp/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
      • A field position in cricket
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To begin to fall as a result of losing balance
      • To escape or become free from something
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    • smart

      US /smɑ:rt/

      UK /smɑ:t/

      • Adjective
      • Fashionable; well-dressed; well-groomed
      • Looking clean, neat and stylish
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To feel hurt or upset
      • To hurt with an unexpected sharp or burning pain
      A2TOEIC
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    • speech

      US /spitʃ/

      UK /spi:tʃ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • A formal talk to an audience
      • Expression of ideas or opinions by talking
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    • stop by

      US /stɑp baɪ/

      UK /stɔp bai/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To visit someone or some place for a short time
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    • subconsciously

      US /ˌsʌbˈkɑnʃəslɪ/

      UK /ˌsʌb'kɒnʃəslɪ/

      • Adverb
      • From the subconscious mind
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    • take in

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To allow to enter; receive as a guest
      • To include or add
      • Transitive Verb
      • To absorb (liquid).
      • To understand or comprehend something.
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    • testament

      US /ˈtɛstəmənt/

      UK /ˈtestəmənt/

      • Noun
      • Evidence or proof (usually of something good)
      • A person's will, especially regarding the disposal of their property.
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    • that makes two of us

      US /ðæt meɪks tu əv ʌs/

      UK /ðæt meɪks tu: əv əs/

      • other
      • Expressing that you share the same feeling or situation as another person.
      B1
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    • ultrasound

      US /ˈʌltrəˌsaʊnd/

      UK /ˈʌltrəsaʊnd/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Use of sound waves to therapy or diagnostics
      C2
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    • up there

      US /ʌp ðɛr/

      UK /ʌp ðɛə/

      • Adverb
      • In or to a higher place or position; far away.
      • In heaven.
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    • used to

      US /juzd tu/

      UK /ˈju:st tə/

      • Adjective
      • Did regularly before, but don't do now
      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Have done before, but do not do now
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    • whiff

      US /hwɪf, wɪf/

      UK /wɪf/

      • Countable Noun
      • Slight smell; weak odor
      C1
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    • wild

      US /waɪld/

      UK /waɪld/

      • Adverb
      • In a manner which lacks control
      • Adjective
      • Living in nature; not tame
      • (Of land) not developed by people
      A2
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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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