Vocabulary

  • at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • have to: Must do
  • set up
  • going on: To continue doing something
  • go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
  • rub it in: To emphasize someone's mistake or misfortune, often to make them feel worse.
  • cut up: Be cut up (about) to be upset or angry
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • grow on: To cause someone to begin to like
  • for sale: (object) that people can buy
  • in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
  • on to: Toward something; forward
  • walk around: To stroll or wander in a leisurely way.
  • catch up: To become equal with another person
  • stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • desire: To wish for, hope or want something
  • tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
  • section: A part of a whole
  • security: Department in a company in charge of protection
  • dairy: Concerning or made from milk
  • rub: To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
  • pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
  • guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
  • bust: To arrest people involved in crime
  • raw: Being uncontrolled or strong, as your emotions
  • leave: To go away from; depart
  • intersection: Place where two things cross
  • spiral: A continuous curve round a central point
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • lick: To pass the tongue along something, e.g. ice cream
  • crispy: Dry and breaking with a sharp sound
  • taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
  • plate: Flat dish used for eating or serving food
  • suit: To be appropriate for a given situation
  • set: Prepared for something; ready
  • smoothie: Someone who polite and confident, but in a insincere way
  • shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
  • future: Time that is to come after the present
  • dessert: Sweet food usually eaten at the end of a meal
  • popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
  • guy: Man; boy; any person
  • train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
  • carry: To have a child, be pregnant
  • check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
  • mayor: Head of a town or city government
  • pedal: Lever worked by the foot, e.g. the brakes of a car
  • cart: Vehicle on wheels for carry things; trolley
  • exit: A door that you go through to leave a place
  • light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
  • blender: Electrically powered mixer
  • tent: Portable cloth shelter used outdoors for camping
  • butcher: Store selling meat; person who sells meats
  • arch: Curved part of a structure (e.g. on a bridge)
  • people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • cream: Pale color that is yellowish white
  • main: Most important; most often used
  • coconut: A large nut with a hairy shell and white flesh
  • shower: Device producing falling water for cleaning
  • skin: To defeat someone easily and completely
  • alleyway: A narrow street with walls on both sides
  • meat: Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
  • gate: Place in a fence which can be opened or closed
  • nighttime: Time after sunset and before sunrise
  • clothing: Things you wear on your body, e.g. shirt or dress
  • pineapple: A sweet fruit with yellow flesh and green skin
  • safe: Highly likely
  • pork: Meat of a pig, used for food
  • hairdresser: Someone who cuts or beautifies hair as a job
  • zigzag: One of a series of short sharp turns or angles
  • pallet: Flat surface used for moving, storing heavy goods
  • beef: Red meat from cows
  • catfish: Bony, freshwater fish with long barbels
  • juice: Liquids (often squeezed from vegetables, fruit)
  • sunny: Feeling or being cheerful, happy, and friendly
  • sushi: Rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed
  • papaya: Pear-shaped tropical fruit with orange flesh
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    • alleyway

      US /ˈæliˌwe/

      UK /'ælɪweɪ/

      • Noun
      • A narrow street with walls on both sides
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    • arch

      US /ɑ:rtʃ/

      UK /ɑ:tʃ/

      • Noun
      • Curved part of a structure (e.g. on a bridge)
      • Adjective
      • Chief; the most important or typical (of a type)
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    • at night

      US /æt naɪt/

      UK /æt nait/

      • Phrase
      • During the night; in the nighttime.
      A1
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    • beef

      US /bif/

      UK /bi:f/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Red meat from cows
      A2
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    • blender

      US /ˈblɛndɚ/

      UK /ˈblendə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Electrically powered mixer
      B1
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    • bust

      US /bʌst/

      UK /bʌst/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To arrest people involved in crime
      • To break something with force
      • Noun
      • A woman's chest or breasts
      B2
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    • butcher

      US /ˈbʊtʃɚ/

      UK /ˈbʊtʃə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Store selling meat; person who sells meats
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cut up dead animals to sell their meat
      • To kill people violently and without compassion
      B1TOEIC
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    • cart

      US /kɑrt/

      UK /kɑ:t/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Vehicle on wheels for carry things; trolley
      • A vehicle with two or four wheels, typically pulled by a horse or other animal, used for carrying goods or people.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To move things on a wheeled trolley
      • To move something with effort
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    • catch up

      US /kætʃ ʌp/

      UK /kætʃ ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To become equal with another person
      • To inform others of the latest news
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To do something that you have not been able to do recently.
      • To meet someone you know in order to talk to them and find out what they have been doing.
      A1
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    • catfish

      US /ˈkætˌfɪʃ/

      UK /'kætfɪʃ/

      • Noun
      • Bony, freshwater fish with long barbels
      B2
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    • clothing

      US /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/

      UK /ˈkləʊðɪŋ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Things you wear on your body, e.g. shirt or dress
      • Transitive Verb
      • To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
      A2
      More
    • coconut

      US /ˈkoʊkənʌt/

      UK /ˈkəʊkənʌt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A large nut with a hairy shell and white flesh
      B2
      More
    • cream

      US /krim/

      UK /kri:m/

      • Adjective
      • Pale color that is yellowish white
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Type of a thick beauty product used on the skin
      • Thick liquid rubbed into the skin
      B1
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    • crispy

      US /ˈkrɪspi/

      UK /'krɪspɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Dry and breaking with a sharp sound
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    • cut up

      US /kʌt ʌp/

      UK /kʌt ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • Be cut up (about) to be upset or angry
      • To criticize someone severely
      A1
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    • dairy

      US /ˈderi/

      UK /ˈdeəri/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning or made from milk
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Building for storing milk or making cheese/butter
      B2
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    • desire

      US / dɪˈzaɪr/

      UK /dɪ'zaɪə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To wish for, hope or want something
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Thing that is wished for or wanted
      • A strong feeling of sexual wanting.
      A2
      More
    • dessert

      US /dɪˈzɜ:rt/

      UK /dɪˈzɜ:t/

      • Noun
      • Sweet food usually eaten at the end of a meal
      B2
      More
    • exit

      US /ˈɛɡzɪt, ˈɛksɪt/

      UK /ˈeksɪt/

      • Noun
      • A door that you go through to leave a place
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To leave a certain place
      A2TOEIC
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    • for sale

      US /fɔr sel/

      UK /fɔ: seil/

      • Phrase
      • (object) that people can buy
      A2
      More
    • gate

      US /ɡet/

      UK /ɡeɪt/

      • Noun
      • Place in a fence which can be opened or closed
      A2TOEIC
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    • go out

      US /ɡo aʊt/

      UK /ɡəu aut/

      • Phrase
      • To leave a building (e.g. a house)
      • Phrasal Verb
      • (Of a fire) to burn out; be extinguished
      • Go out of fashion to stop being fashionable
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    • going on

      US /ˈɡoɪŋ ɑn/

      UK /ˈgəʊɪŋ ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue doing something
      • To happen (usually negative)
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    • grow on

      US /ɡro ɑn/

      UK /ɡrəu ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To cause someone to begin to like
      A1
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    • hairdresser

      US /ˈhɛrˌdrɛsɚ/

      UK /ˈheədresə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Someone who cuts or beautifies hair as a job
      B2
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
      A1
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    • in the past

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • During a former period of time; previously.
      A1
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    • intersection

      US /ˌɪntɚˈsɛkʃən/

      UK /ˌɪntə'sekʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place where two things cross
      • A point or line common to two or more lines or surfaces that cross or meet.
      B2
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    • juice

      US /dʒus/

      UK /dʒu:s/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Liquids (often squeezed from vegetables, fruit)
      • Something that supplies power, e.g. electricity
      A2
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    • lick

      US /lɪk/

      UK /lɪk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To pass the tongue along something, e.g. ice cream
      • To defeat (someone) easily.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • (of flames) to flicker over or around (something).
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    • look at

      US /lʊk æt/

      UK /luk æt/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To use your eyes to focus on something
      • To focus your eyes on something carefully
      A1
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    • mayor

      US /ˈmeɪər/

      UK /meə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Head of a town or city government
      B1TOEIC
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    • meat

      US /mit/

      UK /mi:t/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
      • Noun
      • Something that is important or significant
      A2
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    • nighttime

      US /'naɪtˌtaɪm/

      UK /'naɪttaɪm/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Time after sunset and before sunrise
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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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    • pallet

      US /ˈpælɪt/

      UK /ˈpælət/

      • Noun
      • Flat surface used for moving, storing heavy goods
      C1TOEIC
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    • papaya

      US /pəˈpɑjə/

      UK /pəˈpaɪə/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Pear-shaped tropical fruit with orange flesh
      C2
      More
    • pedal

      US /ˈpɛdl/

      UK /ˈpedl/

      • Noun
      • Lever worked by the foot, e.g. the brakes of a car
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To operate or move something with the foot.
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    • pineapple

      US /ˈpaɪnˌæpəl/

      UK /ˈpaɪnæpl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A sweet fruit with yellow flesh and green skin
      • The tropical plant that produces the pineapple fruit.
      • Adjective
      • Having the flavor of pineapple.
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    • plate

      US /plet/

      UK /pleɪt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Flat dish used for eating or serving food
      • Smooth, thin piece of metal applied in a layer
      • Transitive Verb
      • To put a layer of metal on something to protect it
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    • pork

      US /pɔ:rk/

      UK /pɔ:k/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Meat of a pig, used for food
      B2
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    • raw

      US /rɔ/

      UK /rɔ:/

      • Adjective
      • Being uncontrolled or strong, as your emotions
      • Being inexperienced
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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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    • rub it in

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To emphasize someone's mistake or misfortune, often to make them feel worse.
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    • safe

      US /sef/

      UK /seɪf/

      • Adjective
      • Highly likely
      • Being out of danger
      • Countable Noun
      • Metal box with a lock to keep valuable things in
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    • section

      US / ˈsɛkʃən/

      UK /'sekʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A part of a whole
      • Specific group of people from a larger group
      • Transitive Verb
      • To divide something into smaller parts
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    • security

      US /sɪˈkjʊrɪti/sə'kjurətɪ/

      UK /sɪ'kjʊərətɪ/

      • Noun
      • Department in a company in charge of protection
      • Financial document, like stocks, bonds and notes
      A2TOEIC
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    • set up

      US /sɛt ʌp/

      UK /set ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To make arrangements for something; establish
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To arrange or prepare something for use.
      • To start a business, organization, etc.
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    • shell

      US /ʃɛl/

      UK /ʃel/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
      • Hard metal container containing a bullet
      • Transitive Verb
      • To remove the outer covering of peas, nuts etc.
      • To fire shells (weapons) at
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    • shower

      US /ˈʃaʊɚ/

      UK /ˈʃaʊə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Device producing falling water for cleaning
      • Process of washing your body under running water
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To wash your body under running water
      A2
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    • skin

      US /skɪn/

      UK /skɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To defeat someone easily and completely
      • To hurt yourself, accidentally cutting yourself
      • Noun
      • Outer covering of an animal used for leather; hide
      • Outer covering of a fruit or vegetable
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    • smoothie

      US /ˈsmuði/

      UK /ˈsmu:ði/

      • Noun
      • Someone who polite and confident, but in a insincere way
      • Countable Noun
      • Thick smooth drink of fruit, ice cream or milk
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    • spiral

      US /ˈspaɪrəl/

      UK /'spaɪrəl/

      • Noun
      • A continuous curve round a central point
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move in a continuous curve round a point
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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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    • sunny

      US /ˈsʌni/

      UK /'sʌnɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Feeling or being cheerful, happy, and friendly
      • When the sun is bright in the sky
      A2
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    • sushi

      US /ˈsuʃi/

      UK /ˈsu:ʃi/

      • Noun
      • Rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed
      B2
      More
    • taste

      US /test/

      UK /teɪst/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
      • Flavor in your mouth from food or drink
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To experience something
      • To experience the flavor of food, drink
      A2TOEIC
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    • tense

      US /tɛns/

      UK /tens/

      • Noun
      • The use of grammar to state the time things happen
      • Adjective
      • Unable to relax; feeling nervous or stressed
      • Stretched tight and stiff
      A2TOEIC
      More
    • tent

      US /tɛnt/

      UK /tent/

      • Countable Noun
      • Portable cloth shelter used outdoors for camping
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To live by camping outdoors in a cloth structure
      B1
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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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    • walk around

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To stroll or wander in a leisurely way.
      • To move about in order to inspect something.
      A2
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    • zigzag

      US /ˈzɪɡˌzæɡ/

      UK /'zɪɡzæɡ/

      • Noun
      • One of a series of short sharp turns or angles
      B2
      More
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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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