Vocabulary

  • for sale: (object) that people can buy
  • care for: To want or desire a thing
  • hang out: To spend time with your friends
  • back in the day: In the past; in former times.
  • for life: For the duration of one's life; permanently.
  • think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
  • at home: In one's own residence or country.
  • think about: To consider something carefully.
  • as for: Concerning; regarding.
  • got to: To arrive at some place
  • right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
  • stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • bunch: A group of things of the same kind
  • matter: To be of great importance; to count
  • scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
  • insult: To disrespect someone by being rude or impolite
  • advocate: A lawyer who protects a clients interests
  • commercial: Radio or television advertisement
  • protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
  • bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
  • rage: Strong or violent anger
  • deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
  • judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
  • rub: To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
  • standard: Official unit of measuring something
  • costume: Special clothes, e.g. clothes for acting in a film
  • respond: To answer something or someone
  • press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
  • formal: Observing rules and procedures strictly
  • source: Piece of information; a person giving information
  • company: Good feeling from being with someone else
  • british: Concerning the culture and people of British
  • grave: Hole in the ground in which you place a dead body
  • chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • perfect: So good it cannot be improved
  • find: To become aware of something that is happening
  • remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • stranger: Someone you do not know
  • hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • hold: To agree to keep something for someone
  • interested: Having had your attention taken; curious
  • guy: Man; boy; any person
  • establishment: Act, process of starting an organization or system
  • season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
  • life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
  • romantic: Relating to courtship or love
  • suggestion: Idea about what someone should do
  • kid: Child or young person
  • valentine: The person you date on Valentine's Day
  • acknowledgment: Act showing you have received something
  • bidder: Person who offers an amount to buy something
  • romance: To court someone into a love relationship
  • pistachio: Greenish nuts used in cakes, ice cream etc.
  • snake: An animal with a long body, no arms or legs
  • hangout: Frequently visited place
  • omega: Last letter in the greek alphabet
  • spa: Place you go to bathe in/drink water for health
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    • acknowledgment

      US /ækˈnɑlɪdʒmənt/

      UK /ək'nɒlɪdʒmənt/

      • Noun
      • Act showing you have received something
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    • advocate

      US /ˈædvəˌket/

      UK /'ædvəkeɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A lawyer who protects a clients interests
      • Person who supports a movement for changes
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To request change
      • To publicly support a belief
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    • as for

      US /æz fɔr/

      UK /æz fɔ:/

      • Preposition
      • Concerning; regarding.
      • Phrase
      • Used to introduce a new topic or aspect of a subject.
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    • at home

      US /æt hom/

      UK /æt həum/

      • Phrase
      • In one's own residence or country.
      • Adjective
      • Feeling comfortable and relaxed.
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    • back in the day

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • In the past; in former times.
      • Referring to a past time, often with a sense of nostalgia or fondness.
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    • bet

      US /bet/

      UK /bet/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
      • Used to express certainty or confidence
      • Countable Noun
      • Act of gambling money on the result of a race etc.
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    • bidder

      US /ˈbɪdɚ/

      UK /'bɪdə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Person who offers an amount to buy something
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    • bunch

      US /bʌntʃ/

      UK /bʌntʃ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A group of things of the same kind
      • A group of people.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To group people or things closely together
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    • care for

      US /kɛr fɔr/

      UK /kɛə fɔ:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To want or desire a thing
      • To look after someone who is ill, old, or very young.
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    • chop

      US /tʃɑp/

      UK /tʃɒp/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
      • To hit someone with your hand
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A hit with the hand in a sideways motion
      • Thick slice of meat still attached to a bone
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    • commercial

      US /kəˈmɚʃəl/

      UK /kəˈmə:ʃəl/

      • Noun
      • Radio or television advertisement
      • Adjective
      • A notice, picture, or film telling people about a product, job, or service.
      • Designed for or primarily concerned with financial success.
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    • costume

      US /ˈkɑsˌtum, -ˌtjum/

      UK /'kɒstju:m/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Special clothes, e.g. clothes for acting in a film
      • The traditional dress of a particular region or historical period.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To provide with a costume.
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    • establishment

      US /ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt/

      UK /ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act, process of starting an organization or system
      • Organization, institution or place to do business
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    • for life

      US /fɔr laɪf/

      UK /fɔ: laif/

      • Phrase
      • For the duration of one's life; permanently.
      • To support someone for the duration of their life.
      • Adjective
      • Being a member for the entirety of one's life.
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    • for sale

      US /fɔr sel/

      UK /fɔ: seil/

      • Phrase
      • (object) that people can buy
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    • formal

      US / ˈfɔrməl/

      UK /'fɔ:ml/

      • Adjective
      • Observing rules and procedures strictly
      • Behaving well, politely; wearing your best clothes
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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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    • grave

      US /ɡrev/

      UK /ɡreɪv/

      • Countable Noun
      • Hole in the ground in which you place a dead body
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Poetic death; being dead
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    • hang out

      US /hæŋ aʊt/

      UK /hæŋ aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To spend time with your friends
      • To spend times with friends or relax doing nothing
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    • hangout

      US /ˈhæŋˌaʊt/

      UK /'hæŋaʊt/

      • Noun
      • Frequently visited place
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    • insult

      US /ɪnˈsʌlt/

      UK /ɪn'sʌlt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To disrespect someone by being rude or impolite
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of disrespecting by being rude or impolite
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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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    • kid

      US /kɪd/

      UK /kɪd/

      • Countable Noun
      • Child or young person
      • Young goat
      • Adjective
      • Made from young goat skin
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    • omega

      US /oʊ'meɡə/

      UK /'əʊmɪɡə/

      • Noun
      • Last letter in the greek alphabet
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    • pistachio

      US /pɪˈstæʃiˌo, -ˈstɑʃiˌo/

      UK /pɪˈstæʃiəʊ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Greenish nuts used in cakes, ice cream etc.
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    • press

      US /prɛs/

      UK /pres/

      • Noun
      • Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
      • General term for TV, radio, newspapers
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make clothes smooth using a heated iron; iron
      • To repeatedly ask someone to do something
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    • protein

      US /ˈprəʊˌtiːn/

      UK /ˈprəʊti:n/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Group of molecules made from amino acids
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    • rage

      US /reɪdʒ/

      UK /reɪdʒ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Strong or violent anger
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To act or speak with strong or violent anger
      • To move violently, like a storm
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    • respond

      US /rɪˈspɑnd/

      UK /rɪ'spɒnd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To answer something or someone
      • To have a good reaction to e.g. medical treatment
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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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    • romance

      US /ˈroʊˈmæns/

      UK /rəʊˈmæns/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To court someone into a love relationship
      • To describe more attractively than the reality
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Emotion or feeling of being in love with someone
      • Qualities that make something attractive etc.
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    • romantic

      US /roʊˈmæntɪk/

      UK /rəʊˈmæntɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Relating to courtship or love
      • Being impractical, unrealistic, or idealistic
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • People who like love, candlelit dinners, etc.
      • Person living in a fantasy-like world not reality
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    • rub

      US /rʌb/

      UK /rʌb/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
      • To move something back and forth along a surface
      • Noun
      • Act of moving you hand forcefully along a surface
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    • scale

      US /skel/

      UK /skeɪl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Size, level, or amount when compared
      • Small hard plates that cover the body of fish
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To change the size of but keep the proportions
      • To climb something large (e.g. a mountain)
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    • snake

      US /snek/

      UK /sneɪk/

      • Noun
      • An animal with a long body, no arms or legs
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move like a snake
      • To wind in a long path like the shape of a snake
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    • source

      US /sɔrs, sors/

      UK /sɔ:s/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Piece of information; a person giving information
      • Place from which something necessary comes
      • Adjective
      • Produces or provides what is wanted or needed
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    • spa

      US /spɑ/

      UK /spɑ:/

      • Noun
      • Place you go to bathe in/drink water for health
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    • standard

      US /ˈstændəd/

      UK /'stændəd/

      • Noun
      • Official unit of measuring something
      • Principle of behaving in a moral way
      • Adjective
      • Being the accepted normal level of quality
      • (Of a language) being the most accepted in a place
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    • stranger

      US /ˈstrendʒɚ/

      UK /'streɪndʒə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Someone you do not know
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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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    • suggestion

      US /səɡˈdʒɛstʃən, səˈdʒɛs-/

      UK /səˈdʒestʃən/

      • Noun
      • Idea about what someone should do
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    • think about

      US /θɪŋk əˈbaʊt/

      UK /θiŋk əˈbaut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To consider something carefully.
      • To remember or call to mind.
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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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    • valentine

      US /ˈvælənˌtaɪn/

      UK /ˈvæləntaɪn/

      • Noun
      • The person you date on Valentine's Day
      • A card or gift sent to a person one loves or is attracted to on Valentine's Day.
      • Adjective
      • Relating to Valentine's Day or romantic love.
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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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