Vocabulary

  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • face down: To confront or deal with someone or something in a brave or determined way.
  • right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
  • over the fence: Beyond a physical or figurative boundary or limit.
  • have to: Must do
  • from sea to shining sea: Covering a whole country from one coast to the other.
  • world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • sea: Very large group of people, similar-looking things
  • ball: Large dance where people dress formally
  • love: Person's name
  • close: Almost; near
  • clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
  • dance: To move your body rhythmically to music
  • hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • big: Popular
  • forget: To not remember something
  • live: To be alive
  • fun: Amusing and enjoyable
  • night: Time when sun does not shine
  • stop: To block or close something
  • remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
  • oil: A liquid used for frying foods
  • hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
  • move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
  • high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
  • spill: Accident when someone falls
  • shine: To point a light in a certain direction
  • bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
  • swung: To move something in a back and forth motion
  • spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
  • yell: A sudden loud cry or shout
  • timber: Used to warn people that a tree is about to fall
  • wrecking: To ruin something completely
  • wreck: Car, plane, boat accident damaging the vehicle
  • freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
  • blaze: (Of a fire) to burn brightly
  • booty: Goods taken illegally or by force, as in a war
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    • bet

      US /bet/

      UK /bet/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
      • Used to express certainty or confidence
      • Countable Noun
      • Act of gambling money on the result of a race etc.
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    • blaze

      US /blez/

      UK /bleɪz/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • (Of a fire) to burn brightly
      • (Of the sun, etc.) to shine brightly
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Bright light, as from a burning fire
      • a sudden show of very strong feeling
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    • clothe

      US /kloʊð/

      UK /kləʊð/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
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    • face down

      US /fes daʊn/

      UK /feis daun/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To confront or deal with someone or something in a brave or determined way.
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To confront and defeat someone in a contest or confrontation.
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    • freak

      US /friːk/

      UK /friːk/

      • Adjective
      • (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
      • Noun
      • A person, animal, or event that is physically abnormal, very unusual, or unlike others.
      • A person with an unusual appearance or behaviour.
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    • from sea to shining sea

      US /frəm ˈsi tu ˈʃaɪnɪŋ ˈsi/

      UK /frəm ˈsi: tə ˈʃaɪnɪŋ ˈsi:/

      • other
      • Covering a whole country from one coast to the other.
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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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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    • oil

      US /ɔɪl/

      UK /ɔɪl/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • A liquid used for frying foods
      • Thick, black liquid in the ground used as fuel
      • Transitive Verb
      • To add a liquid for frying foods
      • To put liquid in a machine so it will run smoothly
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    • over the fence

      US /ˈoʊvɚ ðə ˈfɛns/

      UK /ˈəuvə ðə ˈfens/

      • Preposition
      • Beyond a physical or figurative boundary or limit.
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    • right back

      US /raɪt bæk/

      UK /rait bæk/

      • Interjection
      • Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
      • Adverb
      • Immediately; very soon after going.
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    • shine

      US /ʃaɪn/

      UK /ʃaɪn/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To point a light in a certain direction
      • To make or produce a bright light
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something clean by using a polish
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    • spill

      US /spɪl/

      UK /spɪl/

      • Noun
      • Accident when someone falls
      • Act of allowing a fluid to escape
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To come out of and spread beyond limits
      • To tell secrets or let information escape
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    • spread

      US /sprɛd/

      UK /spred/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
      • The distance between two things
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To place over a large area; to cover a large area
      • (Of ideas, gossip) to pass to and affect others
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    • swung

      US /swʌŋ/

      UK /swʌŋ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move something in a back and forth motion
      • To move in a back and forth motion, while hanging
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    • timber

      US /ˈtɪmbɚ/

      UK /ˈtɪmbə(r)/

      • Interjection
      • Used to warn people that a tree is about to fall
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Wood used as a building material
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    • wreck

      US /rɛk/

      UK /rek/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Car, plane, boat accident damaging the vehicle
      • (Informal) one in poor emotional/physical condition
      • Transitive Verb
      • To ruin something completely
      • To destroy a vehicle, building completely
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    • wrecking

      US /'rekɪŋ/

      UK /'rekɪŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To ruin something completely
      • To destroy a vehicle, building completely
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    • yell

      US /jɛl/

      UK /jel/

      • Noun
      • A sudden loud cry or shout
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To shout loudly at someone in pain or excitement
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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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