Vocabulary

  • build a house: To construct a building for habitation.
  • eat you up: To use something valuable, especially money, quickly or wastefully.
  • once upon a time: A conventional phrase used to begin fairy tales and other stories.
  • upon a time: An introductory phrase used to begin a story, typically a fairy tale.
  • in the house: Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
  • pot on: Transfer plants into pots for growth.
  • go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
  • stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
  • matter: To be of great importance; to count
  • cozy: Comfortable, warm, pleasant, and often, small
  • clever: Funny in a way that shows intelligence
  • pleasant: Causing a good feeling
  • direction: When someone tells people what to do
  • trap: Device used for catching animals
  • chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
  • blow: To move something using air
  • pride: Sense of your own importance and worth
  • fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
  • leave: To go away from; depart
  • straw: Dry yellow stems of crops such as wheat
  • bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
  • brick: Baked clay block used to build houses, walls
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • promise: To say you will certainly do something
  • build: Your physical shape; physique
  • hop: Dance party
  • decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
  • slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
  • fill: To make something full
  • head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
  • chin: Part of your face below your mouth above your neck
  • glad: Happy or pleased about something/to do something
  • pot: Container designed to hold or store something
  • quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
  • hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • boil: To become extremely angry or excited
  • roof: Top of the inside a tunnel, cave, mouth etc.
  • chimney: Part of a building through which smoke escapes
  • start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
  • puff: To breath in and out quickly
  • cover: To record a different version of another song
  • problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
  • chunky: Containing large sticky lumps; thick and heavy
  • lock: To become fixed in place and hard to move
  • curly: Having curls or waves
  • beaver: Small furry animal that builds things
  • goat: Small animal with beard and horns
  • wolf: A dog-like wild animal
  • huff: Feeling of being offended, upset or angry
  • pinky: Little finger; finger farthest from the thumb
  • pig: Animal that bacon, pork and ham come from
  • ow: Sound people make when they are hurt
  • hoo: Dialect West Yorkshire and Lancashire she
  • mama: A mother
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    • beaver

      US /ˈbivɚ/

      UK /'bi:və(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small furry animal that builds things
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To work hard on something
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    • blow

      US /blo/

      UK /bləʊ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move something using air
      • To make air come quickly out of your mouth
      • Noun
      • Something that causes you difficulty or sadness
      • Act of making air come out of your mouth
      A2
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    • boil

      US /bɔɪl/

      UK /bɔɪl/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To become extremely angry or excited
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cook in very hot water
      • To make liquids hot so they turn to gas
      A2
      More
    • brick

      US /brɪk/

      UK /brɪk/

      • Countable Noun
      • Baked clay block used to build houses, walls
      A2
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    • build a house

      US

      UK

      • Transitive Verb
      • To construct a building for habitation.
      A1
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    • bully

      US /ˈbʊli/

      UK /'bʊlɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
      • A person who uses superior strength or influence to intimidate others.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable)
      B2
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    • chase

      US /tʃes/

      UK /tʃeɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of going after someone to catch them
      • Something that one pursues or tries to obtain.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To go after with the intention of catching
      • To try very hard to get something that you want
      A2
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    • chimney

      US /ˈtʃɪmni/

      UK /'tʃɪmnɪ/

      • Noun
      • Part of a building through which smoke escapes
      B2
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    • chin

      US /tʃɪn/

      UK /tʃɪn/

      • Noun
      • Part of your face below your mouth above your neck
      B2
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    • chunky

      US /ˈtʃʌŋki/

      UK /'tʃʌŋkɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Containing large sticky lumps; thick and heavy
      B2
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    • cozy

      US /ˈkozi/

      UK /'kəʊzɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Comfortable, warm, pleasant, and often, small
      B1
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    • curly

      US /ˈkə:li/

      UK /'kɜ:lɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Having curls or waves
      B2
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    • decide

      US /dɪˈsaɪd/

      UK /dɪ'saɪd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
      • To make a legal judgment in court
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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
      A2TOEIC
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    • eat you up

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To use something valuable, especially money, quickly or wastefully.
      • To cause someone to feel worried or anxious.
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    • glad

      US /ɡlæd/

      UK /ɡlæd/

      • Adjective
      • Happy or pleased about something/to do something
      • Happy that something happened; pleased
      A2
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    • go ahead

      US /ɡo əˈhɛd/

      UK /ɡəu əˈhed/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
      • To give permission to do something
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To start or proceed with something
      • To proceed despite potential obstacles or doubts.
      A1
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    • goat

      US /goʊt/

      UK /gəʊt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small animal with beard and horns
      B2
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    • hoo

      US /hu:/

      UK /hu:/

      • Interjection
      • Dialect West Yorkshire and Lancashire she
      C1
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    • hop

      US /hɑp/

      UK /hɒp/

      • Noun
      • Dance party
      • Small jump, often on one foot
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move from one place to another
      • To make small jump, as from one foot to the other
      B2
      More
    • huff

      US /hʌf/

      UK /hʌf/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Feeling of being offended, upset or angry
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To emit puffs of breath
      C2
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    • in the house

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
      • Within a legislative body, such as a parliament or congress.
      A1
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    • knock

      US /nɑk/

      UK /nɒk/

      • Noun
      • Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
      • Action of something solid hitting something hard
      • Transitive Verb
      • To criticize someone in an unreasonable way
      • To hit something to get people's attention
      A2
      More
    • lock

      US /lɑ:k/

      UK /lɒk/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To become fixed in place and hard to move
      • To use a key, code so others can't open something
      • Countable Noun
      • Small portion of your hair that hangs together
      • Place on a door, etc. that you close with a key
      A2TOEIC
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    • mama

      US /ˈmɑmə/

      UK /'mæmə/

      • Noun
      • A mother
      B2
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    • once upon a time

      US /wʌns əˈpɑn e taɪm/

      UK /wʌns əˈpɔn ə taim/

      • Phrase
      • A conventional phrase used to begin fairy tales and other stories.
      B1
      More
    • ow

      US /aʊ/

      UK /aʊ/

      • Interjection
      • Sound people make when they are hurt
      C2
      More
    • pig

      US /pɪɡ/

      UK /pɪg/

      • Countable Noun
      • Animal that bacon, pork and ham come from
      • Greedy person
      B1
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    • pinky

      US /ˈpɪŋki/

      UK /ˈpɪŋki/

      • Noun
      • Little finger; finger farthest from the thumb
      C2
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    • pleasant

      US /ˈplɛzənt/

      UK /'pleznt/

      • Adjective
      • Causing a good feeling
      • Having an agreeable or attractive personality.
      B1
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    • pot

      US /pɑt/

      UK /pɒt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Container designed to hold or store something
      • Deep, round container that is used for cooking
      • Transitive Verb
      • To plant something in a container filled with soil
      • To hit a ball into a table pocket in snooker
      A2
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    • pot on

      US /pɑt ɑn/

      UK /pɒt ɒn/

      • other
      • Transfer plants into pots for growth.
      C2
      More
    • pride

      US /praɪd/

      UK /praɪd/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Sense of your own importance and worth
      • A feeling of pleasure and satisfaction that you get when you or people connected with you have done something well.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be proud of something you did
      A2
      More
    • puff

      US /pʌf/

      UK /pʌf/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To breath in and out quickly
      • Countable Noun
      • Sweet baked food filled with cream or jam
      B1
      More
    • roof

      US /ruf,rʊf/

      UK /ru:f/

      • Noun
      • Top of the inside a tunnel, cave, mouth etc.
      • Cover or top of a building or car
      • Transitive Verb
      • To place a cover or top onto a building, vehicle
      A2
      More
    • 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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      More
    • stick

      US /stɪk/

      UK /stɪk/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To push a sharp or pointed object into something
      • To join together using glue or paste
      • Countable Noun
      • Long thin piece of wood from a tree
      A2
      More
    • straw

      US /strɔ/

      UK /strɔ:/

      • Adjective
      • Dry yellow stems of crops such as wheat
      • Countable Noun
      • Thin tube used for sucking up liquids to drink
      B1
      More
    • trap

      US /træp/

      UK /træp/

      • Countable Noun
      • Device used for catching animals
      • Vehicle pulled by a single horse
      • Transitive Verb
      • To use a device to catch animals or people
      • To hold, e.g. a nerve, so that it cannot move
      A2
      More
    • upon a time

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • An introductory phrase used to begin a story, typically a fairy tale.
      A1
      More
    • wolf

      US /wʊlf/

      UK /wʊlf/

      • Countable Noun
      • A dog-like wild animal
      • Man who tries to seduce women
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To eat food very quickly
      B1
      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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