Vocabulary

  • for your information: Used to introduce a piece of information, often when disagreeing or correcting someone.
  • in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
  • take down: To capture physically
  • have to: Must do
  • from now on: Starting at this moment and continuing indefinitely into the future.
  • set up
  • on the air: Being broadcast on radio or television.
  • run to: To have enough money; be able to pay; afford
  • weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
  • ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
  • apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
  • figure: To appear in a game, play or event
  • sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
  • express: To send something by fast mail
  • bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
  • drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
  • interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
  • respond: To answer something or someone
  • plunge: (Of prices, hopes etc.) to decrease very quickly
  • leave: To go away from; depart
  • hell: Any place of pain and suffering
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
  • information: Collection of facts and details about something
  • event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
  • sack: To put something in a large bag
  • wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • set: Prepared for something; ready
  • despicable: Deserving contempt; causing strong disapproval
  • hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
  • wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
  • cross: Angry and upset
  • ridge: Edge where two leaning surfaces meet
  • churn: To turn milk round and round to make butter
  • southern: Concerning a region in the south
  • makeup: Substance put on the face to make you look pretty
  • advisory: Intended to give a warning or advice
  • friendship: Feeling of liking someone; good relationship
  • rendezvous: An arranged meeting with someone (often a secret)
  • whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
  • cash: Physical money (not credit card or digital)
  • kiss: To touch something in a light or gentle way
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    • advisory

      US /ædˈvaɪzəri/

      UK /ədˈvaɪzəri/

      • Noun
      • Intended to give a warning or advice
      • A group that provides advice or recommendations.
      • Adjective
      • Having the power to advise but not to control.
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    • apparently

      US /əˈpærəntlɪ/

      UK /əˈpærəntli/

      • Adverb
      • According to what you heard; from what can be seen
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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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    • cash

      US /kæʃ/

      UK /kæʃ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Physical money (not credit card or digital)
      • Transitive Verb
      • To sell or give something to get money
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    • churn

      US /tʃə:n/

      UK /tʃɜ:n/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To turn milk round and round to make butter
      • To move round and round, as of stomach when ill
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    • cross

      US /krɔs, krɑs/

      UK /krɒs/

      • Adjective
      • Angry and upset
      • From one side of something to the other
      • Transitive Verb
      • To put one thing over another e.g. arms
      • To breed one type of animal or plant with another
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    • despicable

      US /ˈdɛspɪkəbəl, dɪˈspɪkə-/

      UK /dɪˈspɪkəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Deserving contempt; causing strong disapproval
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    • for your information

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      UK

      • Phrase
      • Used to introduce a piece of information, often when disagreeing or correcting someone.
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    • friendship

      US /ˈfrɛndˌʃɪp/

      UK /ˈfrendʃɪp/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Feeling of liking someone; good relationship
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    • from now on

      US /frʌm naʊ ɑn/

      UK /frɔm nau ɔn/

      • Phrase
      • Starting at this moment and continuing indefinitely into the future.
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • hell

      US /hɛl/

      UK /hel/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Any place of pain and suffering
      • A very unpleasant or difficult experience.
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    • in fact

      US /ɪn fækt/

      UK /in fækt/

      • Adverb
      • Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
      • Used to introduce a more detailed or surprising piece of information.
      • Phrase
      • Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that is surprising or contrary to what might be expected.
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    • kiss

      US /kɪs/

      UK /kɪs/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To touch something in a light or gentle way
      • To put your lips against another's to show love
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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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    • makeup

      US /ˈmekˌʌp/

      UK /'meɪkʌp/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Substance put on the face to make you look pretty
      • The way in which something is formed or composed.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To invent or fabricate something.
      • To compensate for something.
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    • on the air

      US /ɑn ði er/

      UK /ɔn ðə eə(r)/

      • Phrase
      • Being broadcast on radio or television.
      • Publicly discussed or revealed.
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    • plunge

      US /plʌndʒ/

      UK /plʌndʒ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • (Of prices, hopes etc.) to decrease very quickly
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To dive (into water)
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    • rendezvous

      US /ˈrɑndeˌvu, -də-/

      UK /'rɒndɪvu:/

      • Noun
      • An arranged meeting with someone (often a secret)
      • A place designated for a meeting.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To meet at an agreed time and place.
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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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    • ridge

      US /rɪdʒ/

      UK /rɪdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Edge where two leaning surfaces meet
      • Raised, narrow area, usually on top of a hill
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    • ridiculous

      US /rɪˈdɪkjələs/

      UK /rɪˈdɪkjələs/

      • Adjective
      • Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
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    • run to

      US /rʌn tu/

      UK /rʌn tu:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To have enough money; be able to pay; afford
      • To go to some place
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    • sack

      US /sæk/

      UK /sæk/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To put something in a large bag
      • To dismiss a person from their job; fire
      • Countable Noun
      • Large strong bag made of fibers, plastic, etc.
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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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    • southern

      US /ˈsʌðərn/

      UK /ˈsʌðən/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning a region in the south
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    • take down

      US /tek daʊn/

      UK /teik daun/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To capture physically
      • To break something into pieces, e.g. a radio
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    • weird

      US /wɪrd/

      UK /wɪəd/

      • Adjective
      • Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
      • Eerily strange or disturbing.
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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.

    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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