Vocabulary

  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • care for: To want or desire a thing
  • in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
  • have to: Must do
  • peck at: To strike or pick at something with the beak.
  • creep into: To enter a place quietly and stealthily, often without permission.
  • on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
  • talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
  • green with envy: Feeling very jealous of someone or their possessions.
  • stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
  • crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
  • lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
  • begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
  • land: Region or country
  • friend: Person who you like and enjoy being with
  • shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
  • fly: Common flying insect, sometimes blue in color
  • food: What people and animals eat to live
  • beautiful: Having dome something well
  • pass: Act of giving a ball to another player in a sport
  • wait: To delay or not do something until later
  • forest: Large area with many trees
  • warm: To become more friendly or to like something
  • cold: Illness of sneezing, coughing, and a sore throat
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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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    • crack

      US /kræk/

      UK /kræk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
      • Unexpected and hard hit to the body
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To attempt to achieve a goal or objective
      • To hit someone or something hard and unexpectedly
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    • creep into

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To enter a place quietly and stealthily, often without permission.
      • To gradually affect or influence something.
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    • green with envy

      US /ɡrin wɪð ˈɛnvi/

      UK /ɡri:n wɪð ˈenvi/

      • other
      • Feeling very jealous of someone or their possessions.
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • in with

      US /ɪn wɪð/

      UK /in wið/

      • Phrase
      • Fashionable or popular at the moment.
      • Having influence or favor with someone.
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To introduce or bring something new into a system or organization.
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    • lie

      US /lai/

      UK /laɪ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be in a horizontal or flat position
      • To say something that you know is not true
      • Countable Noun
      • An untrue statement, when you know it is not true
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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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    • on the surface

      US /ɑn ði ˈsɚfəs/

      UK /ɔn ðə ˈsə:fis/

      • Phrase
      • Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
      • Located on the outer part or uppermost layer of something.
      B2
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    • peck at

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To strike or pick at something with the beak.
      • To nag or criticize someone constantly about trivial matters.
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    • shell

      US /ʃɛl/

      UK /ʃel/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
      • Hard metal container containing a bullet
      • Transitive Verb
      • To remove the outer covering of peas, nuts etc.
      • To fire shells (weapons) at
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    • stretch

      US /strɛtʃ/

      UK /stretʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
      • To make something bigger by pulling on it
      • Noun
      • Making arm, leg muscles longer to ease them
      • A consecutive row of things
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    • talking about

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To discuss a particular topic.
      • To be constantly mentioning or bringing up a subject.
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    • used to

      US /juzd tu/

      UK /ˈju:st tə/

      • Adjective
      • Did regularly before, but don't do now
      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Have done before, but do not do now
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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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