Vocabulary

  • feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • have to: Must do
  • give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
  • at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
  • same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
  • going on: To continue doing something
  • with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
  • in terms of
  • go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
  • pull off: To manage to succeed
  • stick it to: To defeat someone, especially someone who is arrogant or powerful.
  • against the grain: Contrary to someone's natural inclinations or feelings; in opposition to what is normal or expected.
  • hairy: Having or covered with a lot of hair
  • beard: Hair that grows on a man's face
  • feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
  • excited: To make something or someone become more active
  • month: One of 12 28-31 day periods in the year
  • hair: Long thin strands growing on your head or body
  • go: To attend or be at a place
  • to: Toward a point, person, place or thing
  • wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
  • people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • part: Division of a book
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • answer: To reply to a question someone asks
  • cross: Angry and upset
  • pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
  • sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
  • notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
  • finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
  • attractive: Making you like them, as by being good-looking
  • top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
  • point: An item to be discussed
  • fashion: Style of dress or activity popular at some time
  • sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
  • comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
  • market: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
  • hate: To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
  • pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
  • crazy: Mentally ill; mad
  • guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
  • shave: To cut the beard/hair close to skin with a razor
  • nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
  • choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
  • convinced: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
  • beauty: Something attractive that produces great pleasure
  • stranger: Someone you do not know
  • dot: To place small amounts/things in various places
  • sexy: Tending to arouse sexual desire or interest
  • hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
  • confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
  • honestly: With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
  • thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
  • political: Being active or interested in government matters
  • decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
  • individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
  • adjustment: Small change to attain a desired state or function
  • razor: Tool with a sharp edge used to shave beard or hair
  • actively: Doing things to achieve a specific goal
  • dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
  • highlight: Best or most interesting part of something
  • gender: State of being male or female
  • anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
  • react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
  • ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
  • ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
  • tend: To move or act in a certain manner
  • actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
  • weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
  • tank: Container for holding liquid or gas
  • disgust: Strong feeling of dislike for something
  • grain: Seeds of plants used for food
  • intentionally: With a plan to do or achieve something
  • empower: To give someone a power or ability
  • inequality: Situation where things are not equal, fair
  • armpit: Hollow place under your arm at the shoulder
  • anguish: Great suffering caused by pain, worry, unhappiness
  • narcissist: Someone in love with themselves
  • regimen: Fixed plan of food, sleep, etc.
  • patriarchy: Social system where males are rulers
  • liberating: To free someone or something that was captured
  • feminist: Person believing women have the same rights as men
  • liberated: To free someone or something that was captured
  • makeup: Substance put on the face to make you look pretty
  • realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
  • kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
  • wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
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    • actively

      US /'æktɪvlɪ/

      UK /'æktɪvlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • Doing things to achieve a specific goal
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    • actual

      US /ˈæktʃuəl/

      UK /ˈæktʃuəl/

      • Adjective
      • Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
      • Current; existing at the present time.
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    • adjustment

      US /əˈdʒʌstmənt/

      UK /əˈdʒʌstmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Small change to attain a desired state or function
      • A change to make something function better
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    • against the grain

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Contrary to someone's natural inclinations or feelings; in opposition to what is normal or expected.
      • In a direction that is perpendicular to the fibers of wood, making it difficult to work with.
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    • anguish

      US /ˈæŋɡwɪʃ/

      UK /'æŋɡwɪʃ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Great suffering caused by pain, worry, unhappiness
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    • anxiety

      US /æŋˈzaɪɪti/

      UK /æŋ'zaɪətɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
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    • armpit

      US /ˈɑrmˌpɪt/

      UK /ˈɑ:mpɪt/

      • Noun
      • Hollow place under your arm at the shoulder
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    • at the same time

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
      • Nevertheless; however; used to introduce a contrasting or qualifying statement.
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    • attractive

      US /əˈtræktɪv/

      UK /əˈtræktɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Making you like them, as by being good-looking
      • Offering advantages or benefits; tempting.
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    • beard

      US /bɪrd/

      UK /bɪəd/

      • Noun
      • Hair that grows on a man's face
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    • beauty

      US /ˈbjuti/

      UK /'bju:tɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something attractive that produces great pleasure
      • Physically or visually attractive person
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    • comfortable

      US /ˈkʌmfətəbəl, ˈkʌmftəbəl/

      UK /ˈkʌmftəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
      • Being relaxed, warm or happy
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    • confident

      US /ˈkɑnfɪdənt/

      UK /ˈkɒnfɪdənt/

      • Adjective
      • Feeling that you can do well at something
      • Having a strong belief in the truth or certainty of something.
      • Noun
      • A person who is self-assured and believes in their abilities.
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    • convinced

      US /kənˈvɪnst/

      UK /kənˈvɪnst/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
      • Adjective
      • Persuaded to feel sure of something
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    • crazy

      US /ˈkrezi/

      UK /'kreɪzɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Mentally ill; mad
      • Not being sensible or practical
      • Noun
      • Person acting in a manner that is strange and odd
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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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    • dense

      US /dɛns/

      UK /dens/

      • Adjective
      • Very thick and difficult to see, get through
      • Hard to understand
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    • disgust

      US /dɪsˈɡʌst/

      UK /dɪs'ɡʌst/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Strong feeling of dislike for something
      • Something that causes a feeling of revulsion or strong disapproval.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause a strong negative reaction or feeling
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    • dot

      US /dɑt/

      UK /dɒt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To place small amounts/things in various places
      • To mark something by placing a small, round spot
      • Noun
      • Small round mark
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    • empower

      US /ɛmˈpaʊɚ/

      UK /ɪm'paʊə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give someone a power or ability
      B2
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    • excited

      US /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/

      UK /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something or someone become more active
      • To make someone feel happy, interested or eager
      • Adjective
      • Happy, interested or eager; enthusiastic
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    • fashion

      US /ˈfæʃən/

      UK /'fæʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Style of dress or activity popular at some time
      • Industry that creates new styles of clothes
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make things into a particular shape
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    • feel like

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have a desire or inclination for something.
      • To have a particular quality or sensation; resemble.
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    • feminist

      US /ˈfɛmənɪst/

      UK /ˈfemənɪst/

      • Noun
      • Person believing women have the same rights as men
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    • gender

      US /ˈdʒɛndɚ/

      UK /'dʒendə(r)/

      • Noun
      • State of being male or female
      • The socially constructed roles, behaviours, expressions and identities of people.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To assign a gender to; to consider something in terms of gender.
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    • give up

      US /ɡɪv ʌp/

      UK /ɡiv ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To lose hope or admit defeat
      • To decide to not start to try solving a problem
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    • go around

      US /ɡo əˈraʊnd/

      UK /ɡəu əˈraund/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
      • To go here and there, from place to place; wander
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    • going on

      US /ˈɡoɪŋ ɑn/

      UK /ˈgəʊɪŋ ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue doing something
      • To happen (usually negative)
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    • grain

      US /ɡren/

      UK /greɪn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Seeds of plants used for food
      • Natural pattern in something, e.g. wood
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    • hairy

      US /ˈheri/

      UK /ˈheəri/

      • Adjective
      • Having or covered with a lot of hair
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • highlight

      US /ˈhaɪˌlaɪt/

      UK /ˈhaɪlaɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Best or most interesting part of something
      • Spot or section lighter than the area around it
      • Transitive Verb
      • To use chemicals to make some hair a lighter color
      • To make people aware of a problem, subject, issue
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    • honestly

      US /ˈɑnɪstli/

      UK /ˈɒnɪstli/

      • Adverb
      • With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
      • Genuinely; in a sincere manner.
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    • in terms of

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • With regard to; concerning a particular aspect.
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    • individual

      US /ˌɪndəˈvɪdʒuəl/

      UK /ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒuəl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Single person, looked at separately from others
      • A single thing or item, especially when part of a set or group.
      • Adjective
      • Made for use by one single person
      • Having a distinct manner different from others
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    • inequality

      US /ˌɪnɪˈkwɑ:ləti/

      UK /ˌɪnɪˈkwɒləti/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Situation where things are not equal, fair
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    • intentionally

      US /ɪnˈtɛnʃənl:ɪ/

      UK /ɪn'tenʃənəlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • With a plan to do or achieve something
      • In a deliberate and purposeful manner.
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    • kinda

      US /'kaɪndə/

      UK /'kaɪndə/

      • Noun
      • Short way of saying 'kind of'
      • Adverb
      • Somewhat; to some extent; rather.
      • Sort of; in a way.
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    • liberated

      US

      UK

      • Transitive Verb
      • To free someone or something that was captured
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    • liberating

      US

      UK

      • Transitive Verb
      • To free someone or something that was captured
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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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    • 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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    • narcissist

      US /nɑ:'sɪsɪst/

      UK /nɑ:'sɪsɪst/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Someone in love with themselves
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    • patriarchy

      US /ˈpeɪtriɑ:rki/

      UK /ˈpeɪtriɑ:ki/

      • Noun
      • Social system where males are rulers
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    • political

      US /pəˈlɪtɪkəl/

      UK /pəˈlɪtɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Being active or interested in government matters
      • Diplomatic
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    • pull off

      US /pʊl ɔf/

      UK /pul ɔf/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To manage to succeed
      • To remove something quickly or with force.
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    • razor

      US /ˈrezɚ/

      UK /ˈreɪzə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Tool with a sharp edge used to shave beard or hair
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    • react

      US /riˈækt/

      UK /rɪ'ækt/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To change when mixing with other chemicals
      • To behave or make a change in a particular way
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    • regimen

      US /ˈrɛdʒəmən, -ˌmɛn/

      UK /ˈredʒɪmən/

      • Noun
      • Fixed plan of food, sleep, etc.
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    • ridiculous

      US /rɪˈdɪkjələs/

      UK /rɪˈdɪkjələs/

      • Adjective
      • Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
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    • same time

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
      • At the identical time as before; recurring at a fixed hour.
      • Noun
      • An equal duration or period.
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    • sexy

      US /ˈsɛksi/

      UK /ˈseksi/

      • Adjective
      • Tending to arouse sexual desire or interest
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    • shave

      US /ʃev/

      UK /ʃeɪv/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cut the beard/hair close to skin with a razor
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    • stick it to

      US /stɪk ɪt tu/

      UK /stik it tu:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To defeat someone, especially someone who is arrogant or powerful.
      More
    • stranger

      US /ˈstrendʒɚ/

      UK /'streɪndʒə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Someone you do not know
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    • tank

      US /tæŋk/

      UK /tæŋk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Container for holding liquid or gas
      • Military vehicle that can go over rough areas
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To fail completely or badly
      • To deliberately lose a game or contest
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    • tend

      US /tɛnd/

      UK /tend/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move or act in a certain manner
      • Transitive Verb
      • To take care of
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    • thick

      US /θɪk/

      UK /θɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Difficult to see through, as fog
      • Full of (people, etc.)
      • Adverb
      • In close association or friendship.
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    • ultimately

      US /ˈʌltəmɪtli/

      UK /ˈʌltɪmətli/

      • Adverb
      • Done or considered as the final and most important
      • Fundamentally; at the most basic level.
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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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    • weird

      US /wɪrd/

      UK /wɪəd/

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

      US /wɪð ɪt/

      UK /wið it/

      • Adjective
      • Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
      • Understanding and knowledgeable about current trends or information.
      A1
      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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