Vocabulary

  • on to: Toward something; forward
  • go on: To continue doing something
  • apartment building: A building with many apartments or flats
  • out of the window: To be discarded or no longer applicable or relevant.
  • out there: In or to a place that is far away
  • longest time: The greatest duration of time.
  • in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
  • as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
  • in secret: Done or kept in a way that is not known or seen by others.
  • answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
  • deal with
  • cope with: To deal successfully with a difficult situation.
  • content: Being happy or satisfied
  • compromise: To weaken your position or views
  • slightly: Only a little
  • vast: Being very large in size or amount
  • develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
  • expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
  • silly: Careless
  • imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
  • suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
  • existence: State of being present, alive or real
  • casual: Being careless or having little thought or effort
  • exist: To be present, alive or real
  • cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
  • precisely: In an exact and accurate manner
  • tolerate: To be able to adjust to changes of various kinds
  • flawless: With no imperfections or errors
  • affection: Feeling of liking someone or something
  • grip: To hold someone's interest
  • simply: In an easy or clear manner
  • generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
  • breed: Kind of / sort of
  • fantasize: To imagine an unreal situation; to dream about
  • adaptation: Music, movie or play, changed to a new form
  • grateful: Feeling or showing thanks; thankful
  • prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
  • surplus: More than is needed or wanted
  • deprive: To deny someone access to or take away something
  • enemy: Something that stops you doing what you want
  • intensely: In a manner that is very strong or extreme
  • secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
  • mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
  • imagination: Ability to creates new ideas and mental images
  • irritate: To disturb, anger, or upset someone
  • starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
  • promise: To say you will certainly do something
  • tenderness: Pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
  • threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
  • overly: To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
  • sketch: Brief account of something without many details
  • loneliness: State of feeling sad because you are alone
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • perfect: So good it cannot be improved
  • person: Man, woman or child
  • nourish: To cause an idea, belief, or feeling to develop
  • laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
  • punitive: Intended to punish; severe; harsh
  • understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
  • university: High-level educational institution; college
  • nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
  • banquet: Grand formal dinner
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • lonely: Sad because apart from other people
  • discord: Jarring sound from inharmonious notes
  • pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
  • overweight: Weighing more than a normal or allowed amount
  • idealism: Belief in following high standards or principles
  • threadbare: Exhausted of interest or freshness; worn out
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    • adaptation

      US /ˌædæpˈteʃən/

      UK /ˌædæpˈteɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Music, movie or play, changed to a new form
      • Changing to a new form; thing that is changed
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    • affection

      US /əˈfɛkʃən/

      UK /əˈfekʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Feeling of liking someone or something
      • A gentle feeling of fondness or liking.
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    • answer to

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
      • To correspond to or match a description or requirement.
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    • apartment building

      US

      UK

      • Countable Noun
      • A building with many apartments or flats
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    • as one

      US

      UK

      • Adverb
      • Acting or moving together at the same time.
      • In complete agreement or unity.
      • Phrase
      • With a single voice or opinion; unanimously.
      • In perfect harmony or unison.
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    • banquet

      US /ˈbæŋkwɪt/

      UK /ˈbæŋkwɪt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Grand formal dinner
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To eat a grand formal dinner
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    • breed

      US /brid/

      UK /bri:d/

      • Noun
      • Kind of / sort of
      • Particular kind of animal, e.g. a Labrador dog
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To create situations for a (bad) thing to happen
      • To produce baby animals of specific kinds
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    • casual

      US /ˈkæʒuəl/

      UK /ˈkæʒuəl/

      • Adjective
      • Being careless or having little thought or effort
      • (Of clothes, etc.) not formal; easy to wear
      • Countable Noun
      • A worker employed on a temporary or irregular basis.
      • A job as a musician that is not regular or permanent.
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    • compromise

      US /ˈkɑmprəˌmaɪz/

      UK /'kɒmprəmaɪz/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To weaken your position or views
      • To lessen your demands so as to reach agreement
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • When you lessen your demands to get agreement
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    • content

      US /ˈkɑnˌtɛnt/

      UK /'kɒntent/

      • Adjective
      • Being happy or satisfied
      • In a state of peaceful happiness.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Information in something, e.g. book or computer
      • The subject matter of a book, speech, etc.
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    • cope

      US /koʊp/

      UK /kəʊp/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To deal with something in spite of difficulties
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    • cope with

      US /kop wɪð/

      UK /kəup wið/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To deal successfully with a difficult situation.
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    • deal with

      US /dil wɪð/

      UK /di:l wið/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To buy or sell goods or services.
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To take action to solve a problem or manage a situation.
      • To be about; concern.
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    • deprive

      US /dɪˈpraɪv/

      UK /dɪˈpraɪv/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To deny someone access to or take away something
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    • discord

      US /ˈdɪsˌkɔrd/

      UK /'dɪskɔ:d/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Jarring sound from inharmonious notes
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    • enemy

      US /ˈɛnəmi/

      UK /ˈenəmi/

      • Noun
      • Something that stops you doing what you want
      • Group, or people, you are opposed to
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    • existence

      US /ɪɡˈzɪstəns/

      UK /ɪɡ'zɪstəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of being present, alive or real
      • A way of living; the manner in which someone lives.
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    • fantasize

      US /ˈfæntəˌsaɪz/

      UK /ˈfæntəsaɪz/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To imagine an unreal situation; to dream about
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    • flawless

      US /ˈflɔlɪs/

      UK /'flɔ:ləs/

      • Adjective
      • With no imperfections or errors
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    • generate

      US /ˈdʒɛnəˌret/

      UK /ˈdʒenəreɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To create or be produced or bring into existence
      • To create electricity, heat, energy and power
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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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    • grateful

      US /ˈɡretfəl/

      UK /ˈgreɪtfl/

      • Adjective
      • Feeling or showing thanks; thankful
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    • grip

      US /ɡrɪp/

      UK /ɡrɪp/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To hold someone's interest
      • To hold something in your hand very firmly
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Strong understanding of an idea
      • Control over something or someone
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    • idealism

      US /aɪˈdiəˌlɪzəm/

      UK /aɪˈdi:əlɪzəm/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Belief in following high standards or principles
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    • imagination

      US /ɪˌmædʒəˈneʃən/

      UK /ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Ability to creates new ideas and mental images
      • Something that you imagine; an idea that you have in your mind.
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    • in secret

      US /ɪn ˈsiːkrət/

      UK /in ˈsiːkrət/

      • Phrase
      • Done or kept in a way that is not known or seen by others.
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    • in turn

      US

      UK

      • Adverb
      • One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
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    • intensely

      US /ɪnˈtɛnslɪ/

      UK /ɪn'tenslɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In a manner that is very strong or extreme
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    • irritate

      US /ˈɪrɪˌtet/

      UK /'ɪrɪteɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To disturb, anger, or upset someone
      • To make part of the body feel soreness and pain
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    • loneliness

      US /ˈlonlɪnɪs/

      UK /'ləʊnlɪnəs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of feeling sad because you are alone
      • A feeling of being isolated from others, even when surrounded by people.
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    • lonely

      US /ˈloʊnli/

      UK /ˈləʊnli/

      • Adjective
      • Sad because apart from other people
      • Being far away and rarely visited by people
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    • longest time

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • The greatest duration of time.
      • A very long period.
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    • mock

      US /mɑk/

      UK /mɒk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
      • Adjective
      • Not genuine or real, but attempting to appear so
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    • nourish

      US /ˈnɚrɪʃ, ˈnʌr-/

      UK /'nʌrɪʃ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause an idea, belief, or feeling to develop
      • To provide food and the necessary things to live
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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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    • out of the window

      US /aʊt əv ðə ˈwɪndoʊ/

      UK /aut əv ðə ˈwɪndəu/

      • other
      • To be discarded or no longer applicable or relevant.
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    • out there

      US /aʊt ðɛr/

      UK /aut ðɛə/

      • Adverb
      • In or to a place that is far away
      • Existing in the universe
      • Adjective
      • Unconventional; strange; avant-garde
      • Existing or available.
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    • overly

      US /ˈoʊvərli/

      UK /ˈəʊvəli/

      • Adverb
      • To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
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    • overweight

      US /ˌovɚˈwet/

      UK /ˌəʊvə'weɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Weighing more than a normal or allowed amount
      • Transitive Verb
      • To give too much importance or weight to something.
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    • pre

      US

      UK

      • Prefix
      • A prefix meaning 'before'
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    • precisely

      US /prɪˈsaɪsli/

      UK /prɪˈsaɪsli/

      • Adverb
      • In an exact and accurate manner
      • (Emphasizes that a statement is totally correct)
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    • prison

      US /ˈprɪzən/

      UK /'prɪzn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
      • A state of confinement or captivity.
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    • punitive

      US /ˈpjunɪtɪv/

      UK /ˈpju:nətɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Intended to punish; severe; harsh
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    • silly

      US /ˈsɪli/

      UK /'sɪlɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Careless
      • Acting funny or playfully
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    • sketch

      US /skɛtʃ/

      UK /sketʃ/

      • Noun
      • Brief account of something without many details
      • A drawing made quickly that lacks detail
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a rough plan or idea of something
      • To draw images roughly with a pencil
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    • slightly

      US /ˈslaɪtli/

      UK /ˈslaɪtli/

      • Adverb
      • Only a little
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    • starve

      US /stɑ:rv/

      UK /stɑ:v/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
      • To need or desire very strongly
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    • suppose

      US /səˈpoʊz/

      UK /sə'pəʊz/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To imagine or guess what might happen
      • Conjunction
      • What if
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    • surplus

      US /ˈsɚpləs, -ˌplʌs/

      UK /ˈsɜ:pləs/

      • Adjective
      • More than is needed or wanted
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Extra amount of something above what you need
      • The amount by which income or receipts exceed outlays or expenditure.
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    • tenderness

      US /ˈtɛndɚnɪs/

      UK /'tendənɪs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
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    • threadbare

      US /ˈθredber/

      UK /ˈθredbeə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Exhausted of interest or freshness; worn out
      • (Of clothes, mats) very worn
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    • threaten

      US /ˈθrɛtn/

      UK /ˈθretn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
      • To say you may harm or hurt someone
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    • tolerate

      US /ˈtɑ:ləreɪt/

      UK /ˈtɒləreɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To be able to adjust to changes of various kinds
      • To be able to survive under specific conditions
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    • vast

      US /væst/

      UK /vɑ:st/

      • Adjective
      • Being very large in size or amount
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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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