Vocabulary

  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
  • on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
  • in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
  • agricultural products: Goods produced through agriculture, including crops and livestock.
  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • next to: Being located along side another
  • talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
  • in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
  • break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
  • get back to: To get in contact with someone again
  • in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
  • slim: Being thin in an appealing way
  • floor: Large area used for a particular purpose
  • people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • today: This day; day that is happening now
  • exciting: To cause a reaction; make active
  • live: To be alive
  • eye: The part of the body that you see with
  • ask: To say to someone that you want something
  • feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
  • morning: Early part of the day before 12 p.m
  • poorer: Most poor
  • country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
  • answer: To reply to a question someone asks
  • hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
  • word: Unit of language that has a meaning
  • lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
  • programme: A plan or schedule of events
  • strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
  • elevator: Machine that carries people between floors
  • thin: Flowing with ease; with a high percentage of water
  • describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
  • suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
  • digital: Using electronic signals or computers
  • improve: To make, or become, something better
  • sell: To exchange something for money
  • surprise: To do something that another person didn't expect
  • idea: Belief, thought, suggestion, opinion or plan
  • vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
  • sixth: 6th
  • pleasant: Causing a good feeling
  • experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
  • stuck: Not able to move
  • behave: To act correctly
  • unlucky: Unfortunate; having bad things happen by chance
  • rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
  • advertising: To show how good a product is, to make people buy
  • dial: To call a person or place on a telephone
  • anxious: Afraid of what may happen; worried and nervous
  • invention: Something new that is different from other things
  • studio: Place for painting, broadcasting, etc.
  • emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
  • suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
  • invent: To create something such as a story or excuse
  • remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
  • differently: In another and different manner
  • awkwardness: Lack of ease in social situations
  • uneasy: Feeling worried, anxious or afraid about something
  • pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
  • moving: To cause someone to have certain emotions
  • awkwardly: With a lack of smooth movement
  • state: Region within a country, with its own government
  • mathematician: Student of or teacher of mathematics
  • agricultural: Concerning farming, or the land
  • expansion: Making or becoming larger
  • purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
  • construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
  • steam: Mist collecting on a surface when wet air cools
  • surely: With certainty; definitely
  • largely: In large part; mainly or chiefly
  • massive: Very big; large; too big
  • enhance: To improve; make bigger or better
  • elevate: To make something higher
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    • advertising

      US /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzɪŋ/

      UK /ˈædvətaɪzɪŋ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To show how good a product is, to make people buy
      • Uncountable Noun
      • The business of making companies and products well-known
      • The advertising industry.
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    • agricultural

      US /ˌæɡrɪ'kʌltʃərəl/

      UK /ˌæɡrɪ'kʌltʃərəl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning farming, or the land
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    • agricultural products

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      UK

      • Noun (plural)
      • Goods produced through agriculture, including crops and livestock.
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    • awkwardly

      US /ˈɔkwə:dlɪ/

      UK /'ɔ:kwədlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • With a lack of smooth movement
      • With a lack of social ease
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    • awkwardness

      US /ˈɔkwɚdnɪs/

      UK /'ɔ:kwədnəs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Lack of ease in social situations
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    • behave

      US /bɪˈhev/

      UK /bɪˈheɪv/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To act correctly
      • To act in a particular way
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To cause (oneself) to act in a specific way
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    • break down

      US /brek daʊn/

      UK /breik daun/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
      • (Machine) to stop working or become weaker
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    • construction

      US /kənˈstrʌkʃən/

      UK /kən'strʌkʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of building something; thing that is built
      • Something that is made using different parts
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    • dial

      US /ˈdaɪəl/

      UK /'daɪəl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To call a person or place on a telephone
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Face of a clock that shows the time
      • A knob or switch
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    • differently

      US /ˈdɪfərəntlɪ/

      UK /'dɪfrəntlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In another and different manner
      • In a way that shows a different opinion or perspective.
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    • elevate

      US /ˈɛləˌvet/

      UK /ˈelɪveɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something higher
      • To raise something in status, importance, feeling
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    • elevator

      US /ˈɛləˌvetɚ/

      UK /'elɪveɪtə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Machine that carries people between floors
      • A building for storing grain, equipped with machinery for raising and distributing it.
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    • emergency

      US /ɪˈmɚdʒənsi/

      UK /ɪ'mɜ:dʒənsɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Sudden event needing an immediate action
      • A medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity such that the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in placing the patient's health in serious jeopardy.
      • Adjective
      • Used in an emergency; for use when something dangerous happens.
      • Designed for use in an emergency.
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    • enhance

      US /ɛnˈhæns/

      UK /ɪn'hɑ:ns/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To improve; make bigger or better
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    • exciting

      US /ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ/

      UK /ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause a reaction; make active
      • To make someone feel happy, interested or eager
      • Adjective
      • Creating interest, happiness or pleasurable fear
      • Full of action, thrills, or creating suspense.
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    • expansion

      US /ɪkˈspænʃən/

      UK /ɪkˈspænʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Making or becoming larger
      • The process of increasing in size, number, or scope, especially in a business context.
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    • get back to

      US /ɡɛt bæk tu/

      UK /ɡet bæk tu:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To get in contact with someone again
      • To return to someone or something; to respond at a later time.
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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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    • in other words

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
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    • in turn

      US

      UK

      • Adverb
      • One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
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    • invent

      US /ɪnˈvɛnt/

      UK /ɪnˈvent/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To create something such as a story or excuse
      • To create something useful for the first time
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    • invention

      US /ɪnˈvɛnʃən/

      UK /ɪnˈvenʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something new that is different from other things
      • Power or ability to create new things
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    • largely

      US /ˈlɑ:rdʒli/

      UK /ˈlɑ:dʒli/

      • Adverb
      • In large part; mainly or chiefly
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    • lift

      US /lɪft/

      UK /lɪft/

      • Noun
      • Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
      • Machine carrying people up or down to other floors
      • Transitive Verb
      • To stop or cancel something, such as a rule
      • To move something to higher position
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    • live on

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue to exist or be remembered.
      • To eat a particular type of food as the main thing.
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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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    • massive

      US /ˈmæsɪv/

      UK /ˈmæsɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Very big; large; too big
      • Large or imposing in scale or scope.
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    • mathematician

      US /ˌmæθəməˈtɪʃən/

      UK /ˌmæθəməˈtɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Student of or teacher of mathematics
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    • next to

      US /nɛkst tu/

      UK /nekst tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Being located along side another
      • In comparison with
      • Adverb
      • Almost; nearly
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    • of course

      US /ʌv kɔː(r)s/

      UK /ɔv kɔː(r)s/

      • Adverb
      • Sure ; Certainly
      • Phrase
      • For sure; certainly
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    • on the ground

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Located on the surface of the earth.
      • Present and available in a particular place, especially to deal with a situation.
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    • pitch

      US /pɪtʃ/

      UK /pɪtʃ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
      • To throw a baseball to a batter
      • Noun
      • Act of throwing a baseball for someone to hit
      • Playing fields in sports, e.g. for soccer
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    • pleasant

      US /ˈplɛzənt/

      UK /'pleznt/

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

      US

      UK

      • Transitive Verb
      • To buy something; to get by paying money for it
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something that you bought
      • Strong hold on something; grip
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    • remind

      US /rɪˈmaɪnd/

      UK /rɪ'maɪnd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause someone to remember what they forgot
      • To cause someone to think of something similar or related.
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    • rescue

      US /ˈrɛskju/

      UK /'reskju:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
      • To provide financial assistance to save a company or economy from collapse.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of saving someone in danger or in trouble
      • An act of saving someone or something from a dangerous or difficult situation.
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    • slim

      US /slɪm/

      UK /slɪm/

      • Adjective
      • Being thin in an appealing way
      • Being narrow in width
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To eat less in order to become thinner
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    • steam

      US /stim/

      UK /sti:m/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Mist collecting on a surface when wet air cools
      • Source of stamina, strength or energy
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To cover a surface with steam, so as to clean it
      • To cook in mist of tiny drops from boiling water
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    • stuck

      US /stʌk/

      UK /stʌk/

      • Adjective
      • Not able to move
      • Fixed in a particular position or unable to be removed.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To push a sharp or pointed object into something
      • To join together using glue or paste
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    • studio

      US /ˈstudio, ˈstju-/

      UK /'stju:dɪəʊ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place for painting, broadcasting, etc.
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    • suppose

      US /səˈpoʊz/

      UK /sə'pəʊz/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To imagine or guess what might happen
      • Conjunction
      • What if
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    • talking about

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To discuss a particular topic.
      • To be constantly mentioning or bringing up a subject.
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    • uneasy

      US /ʌnˈizi/

      UK /ʌn'i:zɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Feeling worried, anxious or afraid about something
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    • unlucky

      US /ʌnˈlʌki/

      UK /ʌn'lʌkɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Unfortunate; having bad things happen by chance
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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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    • vocabulary

      US /voˈkæbjəˌlɛri/

      UK /və'kæbjələrɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Words that have to do with a particular subject
      • The words that a person knows
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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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    BBC 6 Minute English August 20, 2015 - Lifts

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