Vocabulary

  • grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
  • stay in: To remain inside one's home.
  • in hot water: In trouble; in a difficult situation.
  • up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
  • last person: The individual who is the final one in a sequence or group.
  • have to: Must do
  • lie in: To stay in bed later than usual in the morning.
  • sit back: To relax and take it easy.
  • in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
  • zone out: To stop paying attention and start daydreaming or thinking about other things.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • step out: To go outside for a short time
  • go back to: To return to a starting point
  • over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
  • graduate from: To successfully complete a course of study at a university, college, or school.
  • to: Toward a point, person, place or thing
  • go: To attend or be at a place
  • accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
  • rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
  • psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
  • put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
  • prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
  • family: Close group of people or organizations
  • man: Humans in general, including male and female
  • divorce: Legal breakup of a marriage
  • damage: Physical harm that is done to something
  • read: Person's name
  • accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
  • mother: Female who has a child or children; female parent
  • hot: Angry or excited
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    • accelerate

      US /ækˈsɛləˌret/

      UK /əkˈseləreɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause to occur earlier than expected
      • To increase the speed or rate of something
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    • accomplish

      US /əˈkɑmplɪʃ/

      UK /ə'kʌmplɪʃ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To succeed in doing; complete successfully
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    • damage

      US /ˈdæmɪdʒ/

      UK /ˈdæmɪdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Physical harm that is done to something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To harm physically; to hurt or break something
      • To harm the reputation of someone.
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    • divorce

      US /dɪˈvɔrs, -ˈvors/

      UK /dɪ'vɔ:s/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Legal breakup of a marriage
      • Transitive Verb
      • To legally end a marriage to (someone)
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    • go back to

      US /ɡo bæk tu/

      UK /ɡəu bæk tu:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To return to a starting point
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    • graduate from

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To successfully complete a course of study at a university, college, or school.
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    • grow up

      US /ɡro ʌp/

      UK /ɡrəu ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To develop from a child into an adult
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • in hot water

      US

      UK

      • Idiom
      • In trouble; in a difficult situation.
      • Experiencing disapproval or facing punishment for one's actions.
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    • in prison

      US /ɪn ˈprɪzən/

      UK /in ˈprizən/

      • Phrase
      • Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
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    • last person

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • The individual who is the final one in a sequence or group.
      • The individual who is the least likely to do something or be in a particular situation.
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    • lie in

      US /lai ɪn/

      UK /lai in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To stay in bed later than usual in the morning.
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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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    • over to

      US

      UK

      • Preposition
      • Used to hand over to someone else to speak
      • The responsibility is now yours
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    • prison

      US /ˈprɪzən/

      UK /'prɪzn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
      • A state of confinement or captivity.
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    • psychology

      US /saɪˈkɑlədʒi/

      UK /saɪ'kɒlədʒɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
      • Way in which a person or group thinks and behaves
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    • rid

      US /rɪd/

      UK /rɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
      • Adjective
      • Freed or delivered from something.
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    • sit back

      US /sit bæk/

      UK /sit bæk/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To relax and take it easy.
      • To refrain from taking action or getting involved.
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    • stay in

      US /ste ɪn/

      UK /stei in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To remain inside one's home.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To remain as an inpatient in a hospital.
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    • step out

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To go outside for a short time
      • To begin a romantic relationship with someone.
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    • up there

      US /ʌp ðɛr/

      UK /ʌp ðɛə/

      • Adverb
      • In or to a higher place or position; far away.
      • In heaven.
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    • zone out

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To stop paying attention and start daydreaming or thinking about other things.
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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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