Vocabulary

  • know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
  • bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • drive in: To enter a place or area by driving a vehicle.
  • keep from: To prevent someone from doing something
  • out there: In or to a place that is far away
  • people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
  • ask: To say to someone that you want something
  • hearing: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
  • wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
  • hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • good: Proper, appropriate or right
  • meet: To provide something that is necessary
  • white: Person's name
  • face: To cover a surface with something like paint
  • hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
  • start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • bad: Not good; wrong
  • number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
  • put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
  • dirty: Not clean
  • math: Study or science of numbers and shapes
  • race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
  • sick: Having a physical or mental illness
  • online: Connected to the internet
  • bring: To take or go with someone to a place
  • video: Recording capturing action with sound
  • socially: As part of a social group
  • messy: Being complex or difficult to fix
  • entertainment: Act or process of providing service for someone
  • joke: To say or do things that are meant to be funny
  • industry: Hard work; being busy working
  • planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
  • stupid: Not intelligent; lacking ability to learn easily
  • stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
  • reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
  • percent: One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %
  • human: A person; a man, woman or child
  • offend: To break a rule or do something wrong
  • racism: Belief that people of other races are bad/inferior
  • punch: Alcoholic drink made from wine and fruit, etc.
  • chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
  • offensive: Causing displeasure or anger
  • episode: One separate event in a series of events
  • stereotypical: In an inaccurate and simplistic manner
  • racist: Believing that people of other races are inferior
  • motion: Suggestion at a meeting
  • impenetrable: Incapable of being penetrated or pierced
  • gong: An award or medal for public service
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    • bring in

      US /brɪŋ ɪn/

      UK /briŋ in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To earn a certain amount of money or profits
      • To add person into existing group, e.g. phone call
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    • chop

      US /tʃɑp/

      UK /tʃɒp/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
      • To hit someone with your hand
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A hit with the hand in a sideways motion
      • Thick slice of meat still attached to a bone
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    • dirty

      US /ˈdɜ:rti/

      UK /ˈdɜ:ti/

      • Adjective
      • Not clean
      • Not fair; dishonest or dishonorable
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something not clean; soil
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    • drive in

      US /draɪv ɪn/

      UK /draiv in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To enter a place or area by driving a vehicle.
      • To emphasize or impress something forcefully.
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    • entertainment

      US /ˌɛntɚˈtenmənt/

      UK /ˌentəˈteɪnmənt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act or process of providing service for someone
      • Singing, dancing, telling jokes to amuse people
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    • episode

      US /ˈɛpɪˌsod/

      UK /'epɪsəʊd/

      • Noun
      • One separate event in a series of events
      • Show which is part of a larger story
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    • for example

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      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
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    • hearing

      US /ˈhɪrɪŋ/

      UK /ˈhɪərɪŋ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
      • To be told or find out information or facts
      • Noun
      • A formal investigation into a criminal act
      • A formal meeting to discuss something
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    • impenetrable

      US /ɪmˈpɛnɪtrəbəl/

      UK /ɪm'penɪtrəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Incapable of being penetrated or pierced
      • Too difficult to understand
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    • keep from

      US /kip frʌm/

      UK /ki:p frɔm/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To prevent someone from doing something
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    • know about

      US /noʊ əˈbaʊt/

      UK /nəʊ əˈbaut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
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    • math

      US /mæθ/

      UK /mæθ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Study or science of numbers and shapes
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    • messy

      US /ˈmɛsi/

      UK /'mesɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Being complex or difficult to fix
      • Being untidy or dirty
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    • motion

      US /ˈmoʃən/

      UK /'məʊʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Suggestion at a meeting
      • A movement; the process of moving
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To communicate by moving your head or hand
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    • offend

      US /əˈfɛnd/

      UK /ə'fend/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To break a rule or do something wrong
      • To upset, as by hurting someone's feelings
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    • offensive

      US /əˈfɛnsɪv/

      UK /əˈfensɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Causing displeasure or anger
      • Attacking or intended to attack
      • Noun
      • A military attack
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    • online

      US /ˌɑ:nˈlaɪn/

      UK /ˌɒnˈlaɪn/

      • Adjective
      • Connected to the internet
      • Adverb
      • Via the internet.
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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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    • percent

      US /pɚˈsɛnt/

      UK /pə'sent/

      • Adverb
      • One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A proportion multiplied by 100
      • A specified amount in every hundred
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    • planet

      US /ˈplænɪt/

      UK /'plænɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • One of the bodies that orbit the sun
      • A different world or sphere of existence.
      • Proper Noun
      • The earth.
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    • punch

      US /pʌntʃ/

      UK /pʌntʃ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Alcoholic drink made from wine and fruit, etc.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To hit something very hard with a closed hand
      • To make a hole in something with a special tool
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    • race

      US /res/

      UK /reɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
      • People who share physical features or culture
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To take part in a running or swimming competition
      • To move or go at a very fast pace
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    • racism

      US /ˈreˌsɪzəm/

      UK /ˈreɪsɪzəm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Belief that people of other races are bad/inferior
      • Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.
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    • racist

      US /'reɪsɪst/

      UK /'reɪsɪst/

      • Adjective
      • Believing that people of other races are inferior
      • Noun
      • Person who judges others negatively based on race
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    • reach

      US /ritʃ/

      UK /ri:tʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
      • To be long enough to get to a certain place
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Power or control someone has over something
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    • socially

      US /ˈsoʃəlɪ/

      UK /'səʊʃəlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • As part of a social group
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    • stereotypical

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      UK

      • Adjective
      • In an inaccurate and simplistic manner
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    • stick

      US /stɪk/

      UK /stɪk/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To push a sharp or pointed object into something
      • To join together using glue or paste
      • Countable Noun
      • Long thin piece of wood from a tree
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    • stupid

      US /ˈstu:pɪd/

      UK /ˈstju:pɪd/

      • Adjective
      • Not intelligent; lacking ability to learn easily
      • Noun
      • A stupid person.
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    • video

      US /ˈvɪdiˌo/

      UK /'vɪdɪəʊ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Recording capturing action with sound
      • A recording of moving visual images made digitally or on videotape.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a moving film of, with sound
      • To make a video call.
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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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