Vocabulary

  • get across: To communicate (something) clearly and effectively.
  • also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
  • have to: Must do
  • figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
  • out there: In or to a place that is far away
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • to do with: To be about something; concern
  • come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
  • awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
  • measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
  • predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
  • sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
  • toss: To throw something into the air, e.g. casually
  • surface: To give (road) a top layer
  • rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
  • extra: More than necessary; additional
  • compare: To consider how similar and different things are
  • distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
  • fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
  • drag: To reluctantly move or go somewhere
  • record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
  • resemble: To be similar to in looks or manner
  • annual: Happening once a year, or every year
  • friction: Disagreement between two or more people
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
  • motion: Suggestion at a meeting
  • slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
  • pole: One of two opposite ideas, qualities or positions
  • slippery: Difficult to hold or stand as it's smooth/wet/icy
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
  • find: To become aware of something that is happening
  • set: Prepared for something; ready
  • pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
  • smooth: Moving without stops and starts
  • difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
  • hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
  • lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
  • chart: Drawing showing information in a clear way
  • match: To equal or be as good as something else
  • champion: Person who fights for or supports strongly
  • slot: A long narrow opening to put a coin, etc. in
  • pavement: Surface next to a road for people to walk on
  • choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
  • nephew: Son of your brother or sister
  • blossom: Flower from a tree, often one appearing in spring
  • travel: To go to a place that is far away
  • rope: A thick string made by twisting fibers together
  • penguin: Black and white sea bird that cannot fly
  • bumpy: Being rough, or not smooth
  • jade: Green stone used to make jewelry/art objects
  • contestant: Person who participates in a competition
  • fairness: Situation when everyone is treated equally
  • whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
  • hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
  • llama: Wild South American animal related to camels
  • grandma: Mother of your father or mother
  • ruff: Frilled collar worn in the 16th century
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    • also known as

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Also called; alternatively named.
      • Identified by another term; synonymous with.
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    • annual

      US /ˈænjuəl/

      UK /ˈænjuəl/

      • Adjective
      • Happening once a year, or every year
      • Noun
      • Book (in a series) released each year
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    • awesome

      US /ˈɔsəm/

      UK /'ɔ:səm/

      • Adjective
      • Great; wonderful; stupendous
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    • blossom

      US /ˈblɑ:səm/

      UK /ˈblɒsəm/

      • Noun
      • Flower from a tree, often one appearing in spring
      • Intransitive Verb
      • (Of a plant) to produce flowers, e.g. in spring
      • To grow into a state of beauty and maturity
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    • bumpy

      US /ˈbʌmpi/

      UK /'bʌmpɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Being rough, or not smooth
      • (Of a time) having many difficulties
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    • champion

      US /'tʃæmpɪən/

      UK /'tʃæmpɪən/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person who fights for or supports strongly
      • The title given to the winner of a competition.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To support or fight for something you believe in
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    • chart

      US /tʃɑ:rt/

      UK /tʃɑ:t/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Drawing showing information in a clear way
      • Map of the sea or stars
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a plan for future action
      • To make a map of
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    • come back

      US /kʌm bæk/

      UK /kʌm bæk/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To reply to someone, often forcefully
      • To be remembered
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    • comfortable

      US /ˈkʌmfətəbəl, ˈkʌmftəbəl/

      UK /ˈkʌmftəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
      • Being relaxed, warm or happy
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    • contestant

      US /kənˈtɛstənt, ˈkɑnˌtɛstənt/

      UK /kənˈtestənt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Person who participates in a competition
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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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    • drag

      US /dræɡ/

      UK /dræɡ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To reluctantly move or go somewhere
      • To pull something heavy or difficult along the ground
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Force of air pushing back against a plane car etc.
      • Boring or annoying thing/activity
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    • extra

      US /'ekstrə/

      UK /'ekstrə/

      • Adjective
      • More than necessary; additional
      • Of especially good quality or grade.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Items more than you need; additional items
      • Person who has a small part in a movie
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    • fairness

      US /ˈfernəs/

      UK /ˈfeənəs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Situation when everyone is treated equally
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    • figure out

      US /ˈfɪɡjɚ aʊt/

      UK /ˈfiɡə aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To understand the behavior of someone
      • To think through logically to find a solution
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To understand or find an answer to something.
      • To find a solution to a problem or understand something.
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    • friction

      US /ˈfrɪkʃən/

      UK /ˈfrɪkʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Disagreement between two or more people
      • Force preventing motion between bodies in contact
      B2
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    • get across

      US /ɡɛt əˈkrɔs/

      UK /ɡet əˈkrɔs/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To communicate (something) clearly and effectively.
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    • grandma

      US /ˈɡrændˌmɑ,/

      UK /ˈgrænmɑ:/

      • Noun
      • Mother of your father or mother
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • hungry

      US /ˈhʌŋɡri/

      UK /ˈhʌŋgri/

      • Adjective
      • Feeling a need or want to eat food
      • Feeling a need or want to eat food
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    • jade

      US /dʒed/

      UK /dʒeɪd/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Green stone used to make jewelry/art objects
      • Proper Noun
      • Person's name
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    • lie

      US /lai/

      UK /laɪ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be in a horizontal or flat position
      • To say something that you know is not true
      • Countable Noun
      • An untrue statement, when you know it is not true
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    • llama

      US /ˈlɑmə/

      UK /'lɑ:mə/

      • Noun
      • Wild South American animal related to camels
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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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    • match

      US /mætʃ/

      UK /mætʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To equal or be as good as something else
      • To work well or look good with something else
      • Noun
      • Something that is equal to or the same as another
      • Small stick you strike to light a fire candle etc.
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    • motion

      US /ˈmoʃən/

      UK /'məʊʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Suggestion at a meeting
      • A movement; the process of moving
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To communicate by moving your head or hand
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    • nephew

      US /ˈnɛfju/

      UK /ˈnefju:/

      • Countable Noun
      • Son of your brother or sister
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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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    • pavement

      US /ˈpevmənt/

      UK /ˈpeɪvmənt/

      • Noun
      • Surface next to a road for people to walk on
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    • penguin

      US /ˈpɛŋɡwɪn, ˈpɛn-/

      UK /'peŋɡwɪn/

      • Noun
      • Black and white sea bird that cannot fly
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    • pole

      US /pol/

      UK /pəʊl/

      • Noun
      • One of two opposite ideas, qualities or positions
      • Most northern or most southern point on a planet
      • Transitive Verb
      • To move a boat with a stick or pole
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    • predict

      US /prɪˈdɪkt/

      UK /prɪ'dɪkt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To guess or estimate what will or might happen
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    • resemble

      US /rɪˈzɛmbəl/

      UK /rɪˈzembl/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be similar to in looks or manner
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    • rope

      US /rop/

      UK /rəʊp/

      • Countable Noun
      • A thick string made by twisting fibers together
      • Transitive Verb
      • To tie/attach animals, etc. together using a rope
      • To enclose or cordon off an area with a rope.
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    • rough

      US /rʌf/

      UK /rʌf/

      • Adjective
      • Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
      • (Of situations) tough; difficult to get through
      • Adverb
      • In a manner that is difficult, or violent
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    • ruff

      US /rʌf/

      UK /rʌf/

      • Noun
      • Frilled collar worn in the 16th century
      • A Eurasian wading bird, the male of which has a prominent neck ruff in the breeding season
      • Transitive Verb
      • (in card games) to trump a card
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    • sensitive

      US /ˈsɛnsɪtɪv/

      UK /'sensətɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
      • (Private information) needing careful treatment
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    • slide

      US /slaɪd/

      UK /slaɪd/

      • Noun
      • Part of machines that slides backward and forward
      • Reduction in amount, price, quality
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To pass or move smoothly and rapidly into or out
      • To move smoothly and rapidly over a surface
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    • slippery

      US /ˈslɪpəri/

      UK /ˈslɪpəri/

      • Adjective
      • Difficult to hold or stand as it's smooth/wet/icy
      • Hard to pin down; avoiding telling facts; evasive
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    • slot

      US /slɑ:t/

      UK /slɒt/

      • Noun
      • A long narrow opening to put a coin, etc. in
      • Transitive Verb
      • To put something in a small narrow opening
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    • smooth

      US /smuð/

      UK /smu:ð/

      • Adjective
      • Moving without stops and starts
      • Pleasant and flat to touch, not rough
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something rough feel flat, e.g. by ironing
      • To spread a substance over a surface
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    • surface

      US /ˈsɚfəs/

      UK /'sɜ:fɪs/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give (road) a top layer
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To appear after being hidden, unseen, or unknown
      • To come to the top of something; emerge
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    • to do with

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To be about something; concern
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    • toss

      US /tɔ:s/

      UK /tɒs/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To throw something into the air, e.g. casually
      • To mix ingredients lightly.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move about restlessly; to writhe or fidget.
      • To be thrown about violently.
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    • whoa

      US /woʊ/

      UK /wəʊ/

      • Interjection
      • Tell someone to do something more slowly
      • An exclamation of surprise, amazement, or shock.
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    She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.

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    • 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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