Vocabulary

  • after dinner: Following the meal of dinner.
  • at last: Finally; after a long delay.
  • feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
  • stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • absolutely: Completely; totally; very
  • regret: Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
  • positive: Showing agreement or support for something
  • squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
  • freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
  • wisdom: Knowledge gained from experience in life
  • distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
  • protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
  • couple: To join something to something else
  • break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
  • honest: Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
  • harmony: Pleasing, attractive combination of parts, things
  • heck: Expressing surprise, or frustration
  • tale: Story that is not true
  • totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
  • important: Having power or authority
  • sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
  • genetically: Caused or controlled, or by genes
  • petty: Small and unimportant; small-minded
  • continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
  • modify: To make minor change to something
  • wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
  • dig: To move material to create a hole
  • assert: To state or declare your ideas positively strongly
  • remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • find: To become aware of something that is happening
  • fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
  • finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
  • marriage: Relationship between a husband and a wife
  • feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
  • nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
  • choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • cite: To officially order someone to appear in court
  • hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
  • astray: Away from the right direction or path
  • peace: Calm and quiet state
  • kindness: Quality of being warmhearted and helpful
  • positively: In a manner showing agreement or support for
  • impossible: (Child, etc.) very annoying
  • duck: To avoid doing something that is difficult
  • message: Main idea or theme in a story, book, or film
  • meaningless: Being unable to be explained or understood
  • cock: Adult male chicken
  • doo: Bird commonly referred to as a pigeon
  • unimportant: Not having a major effect; not important
  • correctness: Degree of fact or truth
  • gent: Shortened form of 'gentleman'
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    • absolutely

      US /ˈæbsəˌlutli, ˌæbsəˈlutli/

      UK /ˈæbsəlu:tli/

      • Adverb
      • Completely; totally; very
      • Considered independently and without relation to other things; viewed abstractly; as, quantity absolutely considered.
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    • after dinner

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Following the meal of dinner.
      • Adjective
      • Suitable for or done after dinner.
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    • assert

      US /əˈsɚt/

      UK /ə'sɜ:t/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To state or declare your ideas positively strongly
      • To defend or claim (a right or authority) forcefully.
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    • astray

      US /əˈstre/

      UK /əˈstreɪ/

      • Adverb
      • Away from the right direction or path
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    • at last

      US /æt læst/

      UK /æt lɑ:st/

      • Adverb
      • Finally; after a long delay.
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    • cite

      US /saɪt/

      UK /saɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To officially order someone to appear in court
      • To officially praise someone, e.g. for bravery
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    • cock

      US /kɑ:k/

      UK /kɒk/

      • Countable Noun
      • Adult male chicken
      • A young man you find to be stupid or silly
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    • correctness

      US /kə'rektnəs/

      UK /kə'rektnəs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Degree of fact or truth
      • The quality of conformity to social expectations
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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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    • dig

      US /dɪɡ/

      UK /dɪg/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move material to create a hole
      • To search or investigate thoroughly.
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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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    • doo

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • Bird commonly referred to as a pigeon
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    • duck

      US /dʌk/

      UK /dʌk/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To avoid doing something that is difficult
      • To lower your head to avoid hitting something
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Common type of water bird
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    • feel like

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have a desire or inclination for something.
      • To have a particular quality or sensation; resemble.
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    • fine

      US /faɪn/

      UK /faɪn/

      • Adjective
      • Good, acceptable or satisfactory
      • Of high quality; made with great skill
      • Countable Noun
      • Money you have to pay because you broke a rule
      • (at the end of a piece of music) the end
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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.
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    • genetically

      US /dʒə'netɪklɪ/

      UK /dʒə'netɪklɪ/

      • Adverb
      • Caused or controlled, or by genes
      • By means of genes or genetic engineering.
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    • gent

      US /dʒɛnt/

      UK /dʒent/

      • Noun
      • Shortened form of 'gentleman'
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    • harmony

      US /ˈhɑrməni/

      UK /'hɑ:mənɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Pleasing, attractive combination of parts, things
      • When musical notes sound pleasing together
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    • honest

      US /ˈɑnɪst/

      UK /ˈɒnɪst/

      • Adjective
      • Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
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    • impossible

      US /ɪmˈpɑsəbəl/

      UK /ɪmˈpɒsəbl/

      • Adjective
      • (Child, etc.) very annoying
      • Not possible or very unlikely to happen or exist
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    • kindness

      US /ˈkaɪndnɪs/

      UK /ˈkaɪndnəs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Quality of being warmhearted and helpful
      • A kind or helpful act.
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    • marriage

      US /ˈmærɪdʒ/

      UK /ˈmærɪdʒ/

      • Noun
      • Relationship between a husband and a wife
      • A wedding ceremony
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    • meaningless

      US /ˈminɪŋlɪs/

      UK /ˈmi:nɪŋləs/

      • Adjective
      • Being unable to be explained or understood
      • Without significance or value
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    • message

      US /ˈmɛsɪdʒ/

      UK /'mesɪdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Main idea or theme in a story, book, or film
      • Piece of information that is told/given to someone
      • Transitive Verb
      • To communicate using text
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    • modify

      US /ˈmɑ:dɪfaɪ/

      UK /ˈmɒdɪfaɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make minor change to something
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    • peace

      US /pis/

      UK /pi:s/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Calm and quiet state
      • Time when there is no war or fighting
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    • petty

      US /ˈpɛti/

      UK /ˈpeti/

      • Adjective
      • Small and unimportant; small-minded
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    • positive

      US /ˈpɑzɪtɪv/

      UK /ˈpɒzətɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Showing agreement or support for something
      • Being sure about something; knowing the truth
      • Noun
      • A photograph in which light areas are light and dark areas are dark
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    • positively

      US /ˈpɑ:zətɪvli/

      UK /ˈpɒzətɪvli/

      • Adverb
      • In a manner showing agreement or support for
      • Definitely or certainly
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    • protest

      US /ˈproʊtɛst/

      UK /'prəʊtest/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To argue against something in a forceful way
      • To express a strong objection or dislike
      • Noun
      • Forceful argument against something
      • Objection to something
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    • regret

      US /rɪˈɡrɛt/

      UK /rɪ'ɡret/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To feel sorrow or guilt, as for what you didn't do
      • Used to express apology or sadness.
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    • squeeze

      US /skwiz/

      UK /skwi:z/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
      • Act of putting pressure on, as to get liquid out
      • Transitive Verb
      • To force or threaten someone to give you something
      • To strongly compress something to get liquid out
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    • stuff

      US /stʌf/

      UK /stʌf/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Generic description for things, materials, objects
      • Transitive Verb
      • To push material inside something, with force
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    • tale

      US /tel/

      UK /teɪl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Story that is not true
      • Story about colorful and imaginary events
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    • unimportant

      US /ˌʌnɪmˈpɔ:rtnt/

      UK /ˌʌnɪmˈpɔ:tnt/

      • Adjective
      • Not having a major effect; not important
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    • wisdom

      US /ˈwɪzdəm/

      UK /'wɪzdəm/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Knowledge gained from experience in life
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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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