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  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
  • figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
  • breath mint: A flavored candy or lozenge used to freshen the breath.
  • fan out: To spread out from a central point, like a fan.
  • out there: In or to a place that is far away
  • in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
  • act on: To have an effect on something.
  • have to: Must do
  • care for: To want or desire a thing
  • word: Unit of language that has a meaning
  • change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
  • people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
  • teach: To help someone learn or do something
  • lesson: Something done to learn or teach something; class
  • money: Coins or notes we use to pay for things
  • make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
  • group: Two or more musicians who play music together
  • person: Man, woman or child
  • thing: (Used to introduce the reason for something)
  • hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
  • noun: The subject or object of a sentence
  • verb: Word that expresses an action or state
  • move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
  • advertisement: Poster, TV, film showing advantages of new product
  • add: To include as well
  • crazy: Mentally ill; mad
  • building: To establish e.g. a reputation, over time
  • spell: To lead to future trouble
  • reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
  • magical: Specially enjoyable, pleasing or romantic
  • instruction: A command for someone formally to do something
  • advertise: To show how good a product is, to make people buy
  • destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
  • employ: To use something for a specific task
  • judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
  • employment: The state of being in work or having a job
  • pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
  • trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
  • action: Something that a person or thing does
  • protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
  • act: To behave in a certain way
  • develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
  • development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
  • birth: Time when a baby or young animal is born
  • opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
  • judgment: Opinion that is made after careful consideration
  • inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
  • movement: Part of a piece of classical music
  • establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
  • mint: Candies with the taste of mint
  • inspiration: Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
  • destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
  • protection: Being kept from harm
  • basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
  • distracted: To draw someone's attention away from something
  • subway: Train system running under the ground in a city
  • establishment: Act, process of starting an organization or system
  • shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
  • ion: Atoms with either a positive or negative charge
  • zed: The letter Z.
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    • act on

      US /ækt ɑn/

      UK /ækt ɔn/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To have an effect on something.
      • To take formal action or make a decision regarding something.
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To take action as a result of information received.
      • To have an effect on something.
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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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    • advertise

      US /ˈædvərtaɪz/

      UK /ˈædvətaɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To show how good a product is, to make people buy
      • To make something known generally in a public medium.
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    • advertisement

      US /ˌædvɚˈtaɪzmənt, ædˈvɚtɪs-, -tɪz-/

      UK /ədˈvɜ:tɪsmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Poster, TV, film showing advantages of new product
      • A notice or announcement in a public medium promoting employment opportunities.
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    • basically

      US /ˈbesɪkəli,-kli/

      UK /ˈbeɪsɪkli/

      • Adverb
      • Used before you explain something simply, clearly
      • In essence; when you consider the most important aspects of something.
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    • birth

      US /bɜ:rθ/

      UK /bɜ:θ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Time when a baby or young animal is born
      • Beginning of something
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    • breath mint

      US

      UK

      • Countable Noun
      • A flavored candy or lozenge used to freshen the breath.
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    • care for

      US /kɛr fɔr/

      UK /kɛə fɔ:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To want or desire a thing
      • To look after someone who is ill, old, or very young.
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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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    • destroy

      US /dɪˈstrɔɪ/

      UK /dɪ'strɔɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To damage so badly that something no longer exists
      • To defeat someone or something easily
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    • destruction

      US /dɪˈstrʌkʃən/

      UK /dɪ'strʌkʃn/

      • Noun
      • Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
      • The state of being destroyed or ruined.
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    • development

      US /dɪˈvɛləpmənt/

      UK /dɪ'veləpmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
      • A new event related to a previous event
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    • distracted

      US /dɪˈstræktɪd/

      UK /dɪˈstræktɪd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To draw someone's attention away from something
      • Adjective
      • Having your attention taken away from something
      • Unable to concentrate because one is worried or thinking about something else
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    • employment

      US /ɛmˈplɔɪmənt/

      UK /ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • The state of being in work or having a job
      • An activity that occupies someone's time.
      • Adjective
      • Concerning the number of people who are in work
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    • establish

      US /ɪˈstæblɪʃ/

      UK /ɪˈstæblɪʃ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To set or create something to last for a long time
      • To use facts, evidence to show truth or clarity
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    • establishment

      US /ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt/

      UK /ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act, process of starting an organization or system
      • Organization, institution or place to do business
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    • fan out

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To spread out from a central point, like a fan.
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    • figure out

      US /ˈfɪɡjɚ aʊt/

      UK /ˈfiɡə aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To understand the behavior of someone
      • To think through logically to find a solution
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To understand or find an answer to something.
      • To find a solution to a problem or understand something.
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    • for some reason

      US /fɔr sʌm ˈrizən/

      UK /fɔ: sʌm ˈri:zən/

      • Phrase
      • For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • in the world

      US /ɪn ði wɜrld/

      UK /in ðə wɜː(r)ld/

      • Phrase
      • Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
      • Used to indicate the extent or degree of something, often in a superlative sense
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    • inspiration

      US /ˌɪnspəˈreʃən/

      UK /ˌɪnspə'reɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
      • The power or urge that makes you want to do something, especially something creative
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    • inspire

      US /ɪnˈspaɪr/

      UK /ɪn'spaɪə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give someone an idea to do or make something
      • To make someone feel a certain emotion
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To breathe in
      • To draw (air, etc.) into the lungs.
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    • instruction

      US /ɪnˈstrʌkʃən/

      UK /ɪn'strʌkʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A command for someone formally to do something
      • Act of teaching or explaining to others
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Information about how to do or use something
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    • ion

      US /ˈaɪən/

      UK /'aɪən/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Atoms with either a positive or negative charge
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    • judge

      US /dʒʌdʒ/

      UK /dʒʌdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person who decides on the results of a contest
      • Person who has the power to make a decision
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To reach a decision about who won a contest
      • To form an opinion after careful consideration
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    • judgment

      US /ˈdʒʌdʒmənt/

      UK /'dʒʌdʒmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Opinion that is made after careful consideration
      • Official court decision given by judge
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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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    • magical

      US /ˈmædʒɪkəl/

      UK /ˈmædʒɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Specially enjoyable, pleasing or romantic
      • Concerning, involving, or able to perform magic
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    • mint

      US /mɪnt/

      UK /mɪnt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Candies with the taste of mint
      • Place where a government prints its money
      • Transitive Verb
      • To print money or make coins
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    • movement

      US /ˈmuvmənt/

      UK /ˈmu:vmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Part of a piece of classical music
      • Group with a shared interest or goal
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    • opinion

      US /əˈpɪnjən/

      UK /əˈpɪnjən/

      • Noun
      • Court judge's statement why a decision was made
      • A person's thoughts on a topic
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    • out there

      US /aʊt ðɛr/

      UK /aut ðɛə/

      • Adverb
      • In or to a place that is far away
      • Existing in the universe
      • Adjective
      • Unconventional; strange; avant-garde
      • Existing or available.
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    • pronunciation

      US /prəˌnʌnsiˈeʃən/

      UK /prəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • How a word is said; how a word sounds
      • The manner in which someone utters a word.
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    • protection

      US /prəˈtɛkʃən/

      UK /prəˈtekʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Being kept from harm
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    • shorten

      US /ˈʃɔrtn/

      UK /'ʃɔ:tn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
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    • spell

      US /spɛl/

      UK /spel/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To lead to future trouble
      • To be able to write (or say) the letters of a word
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Making some magic happen; form of words to do this
      • Period of time; time when an action is being done
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    • subway

      US /ˈsʌbˌwe/

      UK /ˈsʌbweɪ/

      • Noun
      • Train system running under the ground in a city
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    • trick

      US /trɪk/

      UK /trɪk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To fool someone in order to obtain a result
      • To playfully tease or fool to make someone laugh
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of trying to fool someone
      • Quick or skillful way of doing something
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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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