Vocabulary

  • instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
  • bounce back: To return quickly to a normal condition after a difficult situation or illness.
  • go on: To continue doing something
  • as long as: For the period that; provided that.
  • no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
  • apart from: Except for; not considering
  • in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
  • let out: To allow a person, animal to leave the room, house
  • check out
  • in action: Actively doing something; performing a task or duty.
  • light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
  • sweet: Piece of candy, or other food containing sugar
  • show: To be easily seen or displayed
  • open: To make accessible or able to be used, e.g. road
  • hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
  • ready: Being likely or about to do something
  • nice: Being attractive or of high quality or value
  • happy: Feeling pleasure or joy; glad
  • hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • big: Popular
  • give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
  • long: Person's name
  • good: Proper, appropriate or right
  • friendly: Acting like a friend; kind and helpful
  • let: To allow someone to do something
  • pass: Act of giving a ball to another player in a sport
  • direction: When someone tells people what to do
  • check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
  • science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
  • simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
  • cool: Steady and calm when facing difficulties
  • matter: To be of great importance; to count
  • pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
  • blind: Unable to see; with eyes that cannot see
  • stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
  • escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
  • collection: Act of asking for money for a debt or a charity
  • exist: To be present, alive or real
  • hole: An empty space, as in the ground, in a sock etc.
  • general: Widespread, normal or usual
  • bunch: A group of things of the same kind
  • experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
  • stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
  • action: Something that a person or thing does
  • energy: Physical or mental strength
  • powerful: Having control or influence over
  • chance: The way something happens without planning
  • amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
  • laser: Strong narrow beam of high-powered light
  • stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
  • state: Region within a country, with its own government
  • polarization: Condition of having two opposites
  • bounce: A person's energy or confidence
  • phase: Different stages of the moon from new to full
  • trap: Device used for catching animals
  • atom: Smallest bit that matter can be broken down into
  • beam: To send out information, signals, or light
  • episode: One separate event in a series of events
  • emit: To release or send out (a gas, etc.)
  • solitary: Done alone; spending a lot of time alone
  • coherent: (Of language, ideas) logical and well-organized
  • imply: To suggest something, without saying it directly
  • photon: Particle with energy but no mass, electric charge
  • flipping: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
  • excite: To make something or someone become more active
  • cascade: Body of water falling from something tall
  • illumination: The supply of light to an area
  • spontaneously: In a sudden, unplanned way
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    • action

      US /ˈækʃən/

      UK /'ækʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something that a person or thing does
      • A lawsuit.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To act to do something
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    • amazing

      US /ə'meɪzɪŋ/

      UK /ə'meɪzɪŋ/

      • Adjective
      • Surprising in a pleasing way
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause wonder; to surprise completely
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    • apart from

      US /əˈpɑrt frʌm/

      UK /əˈpɑ:t frɔm/

      • Preposition
      • Except for; not considering
      • In addition to; as well as
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    • as long as

      US /æz lɔŋ æz/

      UK /æz lɔŋ æz/

      • Conjunction
      • For the period that; provided that.
      • For the length of time that
      • Preposition
      • On the condition that; providing that.
      • Having the same length as.
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    • atom

      US /ˈætəm/

      UK /'ætəm/

      • Noun
      • Smallest bit that matter can be broken down into
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    • beam

      US /bim/

      UK /bi:m/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To send out information, signals, or light
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A long piece of metal or wood used in construction
      • A line of light or energy
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    • blind

      US /blaɪnd/

      UK /blaɪnd/

      • Adjective
      • Unable to see; with eyes that cannot see
      • Lacking in judgment or awareness
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause someone to lose the ability to see
      • To be unable to see the truth about a situation
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    • bounce

      US /baʊns/

      UK /baʊns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • A person's energy or confidence
      • Quality causing a person's hair to appear healthy
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move around energetically, playfully
      • (Of check) to be rejected due to inadequate funds
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    • bounce back

      US /baʊns bæk/

      UK /bauns bæk/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To return quickly to a normal condition after a difficult situation or illness.
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    • bunch

      US /bʌntʃ/

      UK /bʌntʃ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A group of things of the same kind
      • A group of people.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To group people or things closely together
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    • cascade

      US /kæˈsked/

      UK /kæˈskeɪd/

      • Countable Noun
      • Body of water falling from something tall
      • A series of things that happen quickly one after the other.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To fall, flow, or hang down in a large amount
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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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    • coherent

      US /koˈhɪrənt, -ˈhɛr-/

      UK /kəʊ'hɪərənt/

      • Adjective
      • (Of language, ideas) logical and well-organized
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    • collection

      US /kəˈlɛkʃən/

      UK /kəˈlekʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of asking for money for a debt or a charity
      • Group of similar things gathered as a hobby
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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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    • emit

      US /ɪˈmɪt/

      UK /ɪ'mɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To release or send out (a gas, etc.)
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    • energy

      US /ˈɛnədʒi/

      UK /'enədʒɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Physical or mental strength
      • Enthusiasm and determination.
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    • episode

      US /ˈɛpɪˌsod/

      UK /'epɪsəʊd/

      • Noun
      • One separate event in a series of events
      • Show which is part of a larger story
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    • escape

      US /ɪˈskep/

      UK /ɪ'skeɪp/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
      • The 'esc key' on a keyboard
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To avoid something undesirable, dangerous or bad
      • To get away from a place where you are being kept
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    • excite

      US /ɪkˈsaɪt/

      UK /ɪk'saɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something or someone become more active
      • To make someone feel happy, interested or eager
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    • experiment

      US /ɪkˈspɛrəmənt/

      UK /ɪk'sperɪmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
      • A course of action tentatively adopted without being sure of the eventual outcome.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To create and perform tests to research something
      • To try something new that you haven't tried before
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    • flipping

      US /'flɪpɪŋ/

      UK /ˈflɪpɪŋ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
      • To move into a different position quickly
      • Adjective
      • Used to express mild annoyance or anger.
      • A mild form of expletive, used for emphasis or annoyance.
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    • friendly

      US /ˈfrɛndli/

      UK /ˈfrendli/

      • Adjective
      • Acting like a friend; kind and helpful
      • Easy to use or understand
      • Noun
      • Game played not in a competition
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    • go on

      US /ɡo ɑn/

      UK /ɡəu ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue doing something
      • To happen (usually negative)
      • Interjection
      • Used to encourage someone
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    • hole

      US /hol/

      UK /həʊl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An empty space, as in the ground, in a sock etc.
      • Fault or weakness in a plan, idea or explanation
      • Transitive Verb
      • (Golf) to get the ball into the hole
      • To make a hole in something.
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    • illumination

      US /ɪˌluməˈneʃən/

      UK /ɪˌlu:mɪˈneɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • The supply of light to an area
      • Sudden realization, often of a religious nature
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    • imply

      US /ɪmˈplaɪ/

      UK /ɪmˈplaɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To suggest something, without saying it directly
      • To involve or indicate by inference, association, or necessary consequence rather than by direct statement
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    • in action

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      UK

      • Phrase
      • Actively doing something; performing a task or duty.
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    • in general

      US /ɪn ˈdʒɛnərəl/

      UK /in ˈdʒenərəl/

      • Phrase
      • Typically; usually; on the whole.
      • Not specific or detailed; broadly.
      • Adjective
      • Not detailed or specific; overall.
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    • instead of

      US /ɪnˈstɛd ʌv/

      UK /inˈsted ɔv/

      • Preposition
      • When one thing is replaced by another
      • Adverb
      • As a substitute or alternative.
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    • laser

      US /ˈlezɚ/

      UK /ˈleɪzə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Strong narrow beam of high-powered light
      • A device that emits a narrow beam of coherent light.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To treat with a laser.
      • To cut or engrave with a laser.
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    • let out

      US /lɛt aʊt/

      UK /let aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To allow a person, animal to leave the room, house
      • To allow to leave; to release.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To enlarge a garment by releasing a seam or adding material.
      • To release or allow to escape.
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    • no matter

      US

      UK

      • Conjunction
      • Regardless of; it does not matter.
      • Adverb
      • Regardless of; it is not important
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    • phase

      US /fez/

      UK /feɪz/

      • Noun
      • Different stages of the moon from new to full
      • Distinct part or step in a process
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make happen in a gradual ordered way
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    • photon

      US /ˈfoʊtɑ:n/

      UK /ˈfəʊtɒn/

      • Noun
      • Particle with energy but no mass, electric charge
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    • polarization

      US /ˌpolərɪˈzeʃən/

      UK /ˌpəʊləraɪ'zeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Condition of having two opposites
      • The state of having two opposite ideas
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    • powerful

      US /ˈpaʊəfəl/

      UK /ˈpauəful/

      • Adjective
      • Having control or influence over
      • Having a lot of physical force, energy, strength
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    • science

      US /ˈsaɪəns/

      UK /'saɪəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Study of the physical world, based on facts
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    • solitary

      US /ˈsɑlɪˌtɛri/

      UK /'sɒlətrɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Done alone; spending a lot of time alone
      • Noun
      • A punishment to keep a person alone in a cell
      • A person who chooses to live alone
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    • spontaneously

      US /spɔnˈtenɪəslɪ/

      UK /spɒn'teɪnɪəslɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In a sudden, unplanned way
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    • 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
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    • stimulate

      US /ˈstɪmjəˌlet/

      UK /'stɪmjʊleɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To arouse or excite emotionally
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    • stream

      US /strim/

      UK /stri:m/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To send a constant flow of data over the internet
      • Noun
      • Classes split into ability levels
      • A small river
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    • 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
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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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