Vocabulary

  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • got to: To arrive at some place
  • talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • drive down: To cause something to decrease or become lower.
  • see past: To overlook flaws or errors and accept.
  • do the right thing: To behave in a morally correct or proper way.
  • turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
  • ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
  • negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
  • brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
  • achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
  • mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
  • blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
  • direction: When someone tells people what to do
  • optimistic: Tending to believe the future will be good
  • film: Thin layer that covers something
  • pleasure: Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
  • provide: To make available; to supply for use
  • worthwhile: Worth the money, time or effort of doing something
  • serve: To act in a particular position or office
  • tale: Story that is not true
  • complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • pessimistic: Having negative feelings about the future
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • horror: Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
  • election: Process of choosing someone by voting
  • adult: Person or animal that is fully grown
  • ache: To want something very badly
  • bring: To take or go with someone to a place
  • point: An item to be discussed
  • contribution: Helping a cause by giving money, things, services
  • drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • turn: To become (a particular age)
  • pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
  • change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
  • remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • person: Man, woman or child
  • captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
  • drug: Illegal substance taken for effect on the mind
  • lush: Someone who is often drunk
  • needle: Part of a medical device used to inject medicine
  • anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
  • tweet: Weak chirping sound as of a small bird
  • altruistic: Selfless concern for the well-being of others
  • incumbent: A person who holds a particular office or position
  • boulevard: Wide, grand street often with trees on both sides
  • lotus: Any aquatic plant of the water lily family
  • noon: Middle of the day
  • honeymoon: Holiday or trip taken by a newly married couple
  • soprano: Pitch range of the highest female voice
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    • ache

      US /ek/

      UK /eɪk/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To want something very badly
      • To feel a weak but constant pain in your body
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A pain in your body that is weak, but constant
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    • achieve

      US /əˈtʃiv/

      UK /ə'tʃi:v/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
      • To succeed in reaching a particular goal, status, or standard, often after effort or perseverance.
      A2TOEIC
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    • adult

      US / əˈdʌlt, ˈædʌlt/

      UK /ˈædʌlt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person or animal that is fully grown
      • A fully grown animal.
      • Adjective
      • Being fully grown; mature; no longer a teenager
      • Containing sexually explicit material.
      A2TOEIC
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    • altruistic

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Selfless concern for the well-being of others
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    • anti

      US /ˈæntaɪ, -ti/

      UK /'æntɪ/

      • Adjective
      • A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
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    • blame

      US /blem/

      UK /bleɪm/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To say someone is responsible for something bad
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of saying someone did something bad
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    • boulevard

      US /ˈbuləˌvɑrd/

      UK /'bu:ləvɑ:d/

      • Noun
      • Wide, grand street often with trees on both sides
      B2
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    • brilliant

      US /ˈbrɪljənt/

      UK /'brɪlɪənt/

      • Adjective
      • Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
      • Being very bright, like a diamond; shining
      • Noun
      • A diamond or other gem cut in a particular form with many facets to have exceptional brilliance.
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    • captain

      US /ˈkæptən/

      UK /'kæptɪn/

      • Noun
      • Title of a senior officer in the military
      • Person in charge of a team, a ship or an airplane
      • Transitive Verb
      • To be in charge of a team, ship or airplane
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    • complicate

      US /ˈkɑ:mplɪkeɪt/

      UK /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make more difficult to do, understand or use
      B1
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    • contribution

      US /ˌkɑ:ntrɪˈbju:ʃn/

      UK /ˌkɒntrɪˈbju:ʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Helping a cause by giving money, things, services
      • Article published in magazine or newspaper
      A2
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    • direct

      US /dɪˈrɛkt, daɪ-/

      UK /də'rekt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
      • To show the way by conducting or leading
      • Adverb
      • Coming straight from something
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    • direction

      US /dɪˈrɛkʃən, daɪ-/

      UK /də'rekʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • When someone tells people what to do
      • Describes the way you are going, e.g. North
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    • do the right thing

      US /du ðə ˈraɪt θɪŋ/

      UK /duː ðə ˈraɪt θɪŋ/

      • other
      • To behave in a morally correct or proper way.
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    • drive down

      US /draɪv daʊn/

      UK /draiv daun/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To cause something to decrease or become lower.
      • To travel by car to a place that is further south or lower down.
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    • drug

      US /drʌɡ/

      UK /drʌɡ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Illegal substance taken for effect on the mind
      • Chemical used as a medicine
      • Transitive Verb
      • To give drugs to someone to make them sleep
      A2
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    • election

      US /ɪˈlɛkʃən/

      UK /ɪ'lekʃn/

      • Noun
      • Process of choosing someone by voting
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    • ever since

      US /ˈɛvɚ sɪns/

      UK /ˈevə sins/

      • Adverb
      • Continuously from a past time until now.
      • Conjunction
      • From the time that; because.
      B2
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    • film

      US /fɪlm/

      UK /fɪlm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Thin layer that covers something
      • Movie
      • Transitive Verb
      • To record moving action with a camera
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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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    • honeymoon

      US /ˈhʌniˌmun/

      UK /'hʌnɪmu:n/

      • Noun
      • Holiday or trip taken by a newly married couple
      B1
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    • horror

      US /ˈhɔrɚ, ˈhɑr-/

      UK /ˈhɒrə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
      B1
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    • incumbent

      US /ɪnˈkʌmbənt/

      UK /ɪn'kʌmbənt/

      • Countable Noun
      • A person who holds a particular office or position
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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
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    • lotus

      US /ˈlotəs/

      UK /'ləʊtəs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Any aquatic plant of the water lily family
      B2
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    • lush

      US /lʌʃ/

      UK /lʌʃ/

      • Noun
      • Someone who is often drunk
      • Adjective
      • Being very beautiful, expensive or high in quality
      • (Of vegetation) being healthy and full of life
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    • mess

      US /mɛs/

      UK /mes/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
      • A difficult or confused situation.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something untidy or dirty
      A2
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    • needle

      US /ˈnidl/

      UK /'ni:dl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Part of a medical device used to inject medicine
      • Very thin pointed object used in sewing
      • Transitive Verb
      • To upset someone by making rude or hurtful remarks
      • To prick or pierce with a needle.
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    • negative

      US /ˈnɛɡətɪv/

      UK /'neɡətɪv/

      • Noun
      • The opposite to a positive electrical charge
      • In grammar, containing words such as 'no' or 'not'
      • Adjective
      • Being harmful, unwanted or unhelpful
      • In mathematics, being less than zero
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    • noon

      US /nu:n/

      UK /nu:n/

      • Noun
      • Middle of the day
      B1
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    • optimistic

      US /ˌɑːptɪˈmɪstɪk/

      UK /ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Tending to believe the future will be good
      • Confident and hopeful about future outcomes.
      B2
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    • pessimistic

      US /ˌpesɪˈmɪstɪk/

      UK /ˌpesɪˈmɪstɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Having negative feelings about the future
      • Characterized by a lack of hope or confidence in the future.
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    • pleasure

      US /ˈplɛʒɚ/

      UK /'pleʒə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
      • A thing that causes enjoyment or delight.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To give someone pleasure or satisfaction.
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    • see past

      US /si pæst/

      UK /si: pɑ:st/

      • other
      • To overlook flaws or errors and accept.
      B2
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    • serve

      US /sɚv/

      UK /sɜ:v/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To act in a particular position or office
      • To hit the first ball to an opponent in tennis etc.
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    • soprano

      US /səˈpræno,-ˈprɑno/

      UK /sə'prɑ:nəʊ/

      • Adjective
      • Pitch range of the highest female voice
      • Noun
      • Female singer with the highest pitch range
      C1
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    • tale

      US /tel/

      UK /teɪl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Story that is not true
      • Story about colorful and imaginary events
      A2
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    • talking about

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To discuss a particular topic.
      • To be constantly mentioning or bringing up a subject.
      A1
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    • turn around

      US /tɚn əˈraʊnd/

      UK /tə:n əˈraund/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To change your body to the opposite direction
      • To make something running badly into a success
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To change direction so as to face the opposite way.
      • To improve or cause to improve.
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    • tweet

      US /twit/

      UK /twi:t/

      • Noun
      • Weak chirping sound as of a small bird
      • Message sent to Twitter
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make a weak chirping sound as of a small bird
      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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    • worthwhile

      US /ˌwɜ:rθˈwaɪl/

      UK /ˌwɜ:θˈwaɪl/

      • Adjective
      • Worth the money, time or effort of doing something
      B1
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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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