Vocabulary

  • wake up: To stop sleeping
  • have to: Must do
  • hit the ceiling: To become very angry; to lose one's temper.
  • check out
  • get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
  • turn on
  • mess with: To interfere with or tamper with something.
  • at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
  • drop into: To visit someone or some place casually and often briefly.
  • requires effort: To need or demand effort to achieve something.
  • take down: To capture physically
  • throw off: To put out (heat, smell etc.); emit
  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • up till: Until a particular time or point.
  • go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
  • grab: To take and hold something quickly
  • routine: Happening or done regularly or habitually
  • surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
  • mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
  • describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
  • hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
  • increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
  • guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
  • affect: To cause a change in something else
  • brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
  • occur: To come to pass or to happen
  • gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
  • suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
  • snooze: A short light sleep; nap
  • cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
  • perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
  • require: To demand that someone does something
  • form: Sports team or person's current winning record
  • population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
  • reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
  • interrupt: To stop something from happening for a while
  • impair: To damage or weaken something
  • scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
  • melatonin: Hormone secreted by the pineal gland
  • volume: Number or amount of something e.g. sales
  • temporary: Continuing for a limited time; not permanent
  • transition: Change from one state, movement, place to another
  • persist: To continue a course of action despite opposition
  • wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
  • reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
  • produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
  • inertia: Lack of movement or activity
  • stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
  • trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
  • activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
  • rapid: Moving or happening very quickly
  • hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
  • alertness: State of being aware and able to respond quickly
  • retina: Part of the eye that senses light
  • float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
  • blackout: When the electric power is off; outage
  • set: Prepared for something; ready
  • deep: Complex and important
  • nucleus: Center of an atom
  • part: Division of a book
  • abnormal: Not normal, not typical, not usual, not regular
  • tablet: Small hand-held computer with a touch screen
  • train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
  • check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
  • light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
  • flinch: To move back as in fear or pain; recoil; shrink
  • owl: Bird with large eyes that hunts at night
  • mid: At (or near) the middle point
  • delta: Area where a river spreads and empties into a sea
  • theta: 8th letter of the Greek alphabet
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    • abnormal

      US /æbˈnɔ:rml/

      UK /æbˈnɔ:ml/

      • Adjective
      • Not normal, not typical, not usual, not regular
      • Relating to behavior that deviates from the norm.
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    • affect

      US /əˈfɛkt/

      UK /ə'fekt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause a change in something else
      • To pretend to have or feel (something).
      • Noun
      • (Psychology) Emotion or feeling.
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    • alertness

      US /ə'lɜ:tnəs/

      UK /ə'lɜ:tnəs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of being aware and able to respond quickly
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    • at night

      US /æt naɪt/

      UK /æt nait/

      • Phrase
      • During the night; in the nighttime.
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    • blackout

      US /ˈblækˌaʊt/

      UK /'blækaʊt/

      • Noun
      • When the electric power is off; outage
      • A temporary loss of consciousness, sight, or memory.
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    • cause

      US /kɔz/

      UK /kɔ:z/

      • Noun
      • Belief, goal or organization that people support
      • Reason for
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something happen; create effect or result
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    • check out

      US /tʃɛk aʊt/

      UK /tʃek aut/

      • Phrase
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To find out information about something
      • To take books out of a library
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    • delta

      US /ˈdɛltə/

      UK /ˈdeltə/

      • Noun
      • Area where a river spreads and empties into a sea
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    • drop into

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To visit someone or some place casually and often briefly.
      • To descend or fall into a state or condition.
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    • flinch

      US /flɪntʃ/

      UK /flɪntʃ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move back as in fear or pain; recoil; shrink
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    • float

      US /floʊt/

      UK /fləʊt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To sell the shares of a company publicly
      • To move slowly and easily through air
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Object designed to stay on the surface of water
      • Decorated truck used in a festival
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    • get out of

      US /ɡɛt aʊt ʌv/

      UK /ɡet aut ɔv/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
      • To leave a small, enclosed vehicle
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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.
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    • grab

      US /ɡræb/

      UK /ɡræb/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To take and hold something quickly
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    • gradually

      US /ˈɡrædʒʊəlɪ/

      UK /ˈgrædʒuəli/

      • Adverb
      • Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
      • Little by little; in a slow and progressive manner.
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    • guilty

      US /ˈɡɪlti/

      UK /'ɡɪltɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Responsible for doing something wrong
      • Feeling or showing guilt; having a sense of remorse.
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • hit the ceiling

      US

      UK

      • Idiom
      • To become very angry; to lose one's temper.
      • To reach a limit; to go as high as possible.
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    • hormone

      US /ˈhɔrˌmon/

      UK /'hɔ:məʊn/

      • Noun
      • Chemical produced by the body to control functions
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    • impair

      US /ɪmˈpɛr/

      UK /ɪm'peə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To damage or weaken something
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    • inertia

      US /ɪˈnɚʃə/

      UK /ɪˈnɜ:ʃə/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Lack of movement or activity
      • The tendency of an object to resist changes in its state of motion.
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    • interrupt

      US /ˌɪntəˈrʌpt/

      UK /ˌɪntə'rʌpt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To stop something from happening for a while
      • To stop someone from speaking by saying or doing something.
      • Noun
      • A signal that stops a computer from working on one thing and starts it working on something else.
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    • melatonin

      US //mel.əˈtoʊ.nɪn//

      UK //mel.əˈtəʊ.nɪn//

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Hormone secreted by the pineal gland
      • A synthetic form of the hormone melatonin, often taken as a dietary supplement to promote sleep.
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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
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    • mess with

      US

      UK

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To interfere with or tamper with something.
      • To provoke or annoy someone.
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To interfere with or tamper with something.
      • To tease, provoke, or annoy someone.
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    • mid

      US /mɪd/

      UK /mɪd/

      • Adjective
      • At (or near) the middle point
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    • nucleus

      US /ˈnu:kliəs/

      UK /ˈnju:kliəs/

      • Noun
      • Center of an atom
      • Control center of a cell
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    • occur

      US /əˈkɚ/

      UK /əˈkɜ:(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To come to pass or to happen
      • To be found to exist; to be present.
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    • owl

      US /aʊl/

      UK /aʊl/

      • Noun
      • Bird with large eyes that hunts at night
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    • persist

      US /pɚˈsɪst, -ˈzɪst/

      UK /pə'sɪst/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To continue a course of action despite opposition
      • To continue to exist or occur beyond the usual, expected, or desired time.
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    • population

      US /ˌpɑpjəˈleʃən/

      UK /ˌpɒpjuˈleɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
      • A group of individuals of one species living in a particular area.
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    • rapid

      US /ˈræpɪd/

      UK /ˈræpɪd/

      • Adjective
      • Moving or happening very quickly
      • Noun
      • Rough and fast-moving part of a river
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    • reaction

      US /riˈækʃən/

      UK /rɪ'ækʃn/

      • Noun
      • Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
      • Feeling or action in response to something
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    • reduce

      US /rɪˈdus, -ˈdjus/

      UK /rɪ'dju:s/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
      • To boil a liquid until it has decreased in amount
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    • require

      US /rɪˈkwaɪr/

      UK /rɪ'kwaɪə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To demand that someone does something
      • To need to do something, to make it necessary
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    • requires effort

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • To need or demand effort to achieve something.
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    • retina

      US /ˈretənə/

      UK /ˈretɪnə/

      • Noun
      • Part of the eye that senses light
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    • routine

      US /ruˈtin/

      UK /ru:ˈti:n/

      • Adjective
      • Happening or done regularly or habitually
      • Always the same; boring through lack of variety
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Regular or habitual way of behaving or doing
      • Series of actions that make up a performance
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    • scientific

      US /ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/

      UK /ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning academic study of the physical world
      • Systematic and precise, following a methodology.
      • Noun
      • Relating to or used in science.
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    • snooze

      US /snuz/

      UK /snu:z/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A short light sleep; nap
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To sleep lightly for a short period of time
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    • suffer

      US / ˈsʌfɚ/

      UK /'sʌfə(r)/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To experience pain, illness, or injury
      • To allow or permit something, especially something unpleasant.
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    • surge

      US /sɜ:rdʒ/

      UK /sɜ:dʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Sudden movement in one direction by many
      • Sudden or unexpected increase in amount
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move unexpectedly and quickly in one direction
      • To rise to an unexpected height
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    • tablet

      US /ˈtæblɪt/

      UK /'tæblət/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Small hand-held computer with a touch screen
      • Small round piece of medicine which is swallowed
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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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    • temporary

      US /'tempəreri/

      UK /ˈtemprəri/

      • Adjective
      • Continuing for a limited time; not permanent
      • Noun
      • A temporary worker.
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    • theta

      US /ˈθetə, ˈθi-/

      UK /ˈθi:tə/

      • Noun
      • 8th letter of the Greek alphabet
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    • throw off

      US /θro ɔf/

      UK /θrəu ɔf/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To put out (heat, smell etc.); emit
      • To escape from something or someone
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    • trace

      US /tres/

      UK /treɪs/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make an outline to determine a shape
      • To find someone or something that has disappeared
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Very small quantity of something
      • A mark or other sign of the former presence or passage of something.
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    • transition

      US /trænˈzɪʃən, -ˈsɪʃ-/

      UK /trænˈzɪʃn/

      • Noun
      • Change from one state, movement, place to another
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To change state, movement, place, or subject
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    • turn on

      US /tɚn ɑn/

      UK /tə:n ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To cause someone to be interested or excited
      • Transitive Verb
      • To activate or switch on a device or appliance.
      • To suddenly attack or criticize someone.
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    • up till

      US /ʌp tɪl/

      UK /ʌp tɪl/

      • other
      • Until a particular time or point.
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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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    • volume

      US /ˈvɑljum, -jəm/

      UK /ˈvɒlju:m/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Number or amount of something e.g. sales
      • Amount of space that something takes up
      • Countable Noun
      • One book that is part of a set of books
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    • wake up

      US /wek ʌp/

      UK /weik ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To stop sleeping
      • To become fully aware and alert to a situation.
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    • wanna

      US /ˈwɑnə/

      UK /'wɒnə/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
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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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