Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • go south: To travel or move towards the south.
  • at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
  • got to: To arrive at some place
  • figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
  • make contact with: To initiate communication with someone.
  • in your face: Bold, aggressive, and confrontational.
  • to death: Extremely; to a great degree
  • shit out: To produce something quickly and in large quantities, often of low quality.
  • from home: Working or operating from one's residence.
  • away from home: Not at one's residence; at a distance from one's home.
  • anything goes: There are no rules or restrictions; anything is acceptable or possible.
  • no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
  • entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
  • figure: To appear in a game, play or event
  • guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
  • matter: To be of great importance; to count
  • realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
  • pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
  • reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
  • blast: To attack someone with words
  • tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
  • dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
  • contact: Touching or feeling something
  • rub: To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
  • planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
  • crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
  • option: A choice
  • risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
  • accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
  • totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
  • hell: Any place of pain and suffering
  • science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
  • starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
  • mission: A task or role someone is given to do
  • chance: The way something happens without planning
  • point: An item to be discussed
  • wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
  • alive: Living; not dead
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • person: Man, woman or child
  • reject: Goods that are not suitable for sale at full price
  • grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
  • world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • think: To have an idea about something without certainty
  • outta: Slang written form of ‘Out of’
  • commander: Person with authority who commands or controls
  • death: When someone dies; the end of life
  • mark: Person's name
  • incoming: Coming toward a place or position; arriving
  • exclaim: To say or shout something suddenly
  • mutiny: Rebellion against their officers by sailors, etc.
  • whoo: Sound people make when they are surprised
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    • alive

      US /əˈlaɪv/

      UK /ə'laɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Living; not dead
      • Active; energetic; full of life.
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    • anything goes

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • There are no rules or restrictions; anything is acceptable or possible.
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    • at some point

      US /æt sʌm pɔɪnt/

      UK /æt sʌm pɔint/

      • Phrase
      • At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
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    • away from home

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Not at one's residence; at a distance from one's home.
      • Experiencing a sense of detachment or longing due to being distant from one's home and family.
      • Adjective
      • Relating to or describing activities, experiences, or situations encountered while traveling or living outside of one's home.
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    • blast

      US /blæst/

      UK /blɑ:st/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To attack someone with words
      • To destroy something with explosives
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Destructive wave of air from an explosion
      • Strong current of wind
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    • commander

      US /kəˈmændə(r)/

      UK /kəˈmɑ:ndə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Person with authority who commands or controls
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    • contact

      US /ˈkɑnˌtækt/

      UK /'kɒntækt/

      • Adjective
      • Touching or feeling something
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Touching or feeling something
      • Object that allows electricity to run through it
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    • crew

      US /kru/

      UK /kru:/

      • Countable Noun
      • Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
      • Skilled group of people working together on a task
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To work as part of a crew.
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    • death

      US /dɛθ/

      UK /deθ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • When someone dies; the end of life
      • The cause or manner of someone dying.
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    • dramatic

      US /drəˈmætɪk/

      UK /drəˈmætɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Gripping the attention; causing an effect
      • (Of an event) sudden and extreme
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    • entire

      US /ɛnˈtaɪr/

      UK /ɪn'taɪə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
      • Undivided; not shared or distributed.
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    • exclaim

      US /ɪkˈsklem/

      UK /ɪkˈskleɪm/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To say or shout something suddenly
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    • explode

      US /ɪkˈsplod/

      UK /ɪk'spləʊd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
      • To increase in number or amount very quickly
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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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    • from home

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Working or operating from one's residence.
      • Originating or coming from one's own house or country.
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    • go south

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To travel or move towards the south.
      • To fail or deteriorate; to go wrong.
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    • got to

      US /ɡɑt tu/

      UK /gɔt tu:/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To arrive at some place
      • To have the opportunity or permission to do something
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To appeal to the emotions of; move
      • To finally begin to start something after a delay
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    • guarantee

      US /ˌɡærənˈti/

      UK /ˌɡærən'ti:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To promise to repair a broken product
      • To promise that something will happen or be done
      • Countable Noun
      • A promise to repair a broken product
      • Promise that something will be done as expected
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • hell

      US /hɛl/

      UK /hel/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Any place of pain and suffering
      • A very unpleasant or difficult experience.
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    • in your face

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Bold, aggressive, and confrontational.
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    • incoming

      US /ˈɪnˌkʌmɪŋ/

      UK /ˈɪnkʌmɪŋ/

      • Adjective
      • Coming toward a place or position; arriving
      • Newly elected or appointed; succeeding to a position.
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Money or revenue received.
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    • make contact with

      US

      UK

      • Transitive Verb
      • To initiate communication with someone.
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    • mark

      US /mɑrk/

      UK /mɑ:k/

      • Proper Noun
      • Person's name
      • Transitive Verb
      • To put a dirty spot or line on something
      • To give a grade for homework
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    • mission

      US /ˈmɪʃən/

      UK /'mɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A task or role someone is given to do
      • Special assignment given to a person or group
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    • mutiny

      US /ˈmjutni/

      UK /'mju:tənɪ/

      • Noun
      • Rebellion against their officers by sailors, etc.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • (Sailors/soldiers) to rebel against their officers
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    • no matter

      US

      UK

      • Conjunction
      • Regardless of; it does not matter.
      • Adverb
      • Regardless of; it is not important
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    • option

      US /ˈɑpʃən/

      UK /'ɒpʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A choice
      • A right to buy or sell something at a particular price within a particular period.
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    • outta

      US

      UK

      • Adverb
      • Slang written form of ‘Out of’
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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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    • pressure

      US /ˈprɛʃɚ/

      UK /'preʃə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Anxiety caused by difficult problems
      • Force, weight when pressing against a thing
      • Transitive Verb
      • To apply force to something
      • To persuade or force someone to do something
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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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    • reject

      US /rɪˈdʒɛkt/

      UK /rɪˈdʒekt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Goods that are not suitable for sale at full price
      • Person others do not like, or refuse to accept
      • Transitive Verb
      • To decide that something is not good enough
      • To refuse, deny to believe, accept, or consider
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    • rub

      US /rʌb/

      UK /rʌb/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
      • To move something back and forth along a surface
      • Noun
      • Act of moving you hand forcefully along a surface
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    • science

      US /ˈsaɪəns/

      UK /'saɪəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Study of the physical world, based on facts
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    • shit out

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To produce something quickly and in large quantities, often of low quality.
      • To expel waste from the body.
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    • starve

      US /stɑ:rv/

      UK /stɑ:v/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
      • To need or desire very strongly
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    • tense

      US /tɛns/

      UK /tens/

      • Noun
      • The use of grammar to state the time things happen
      • Adjective
      • Unable to relax; feeling nervous or stressed
      • Stretched tight and stiff
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    • to death

      US /tu dɛθ/

      UK /tu: deθ/

      • Phrase
      • Extremely; to a great degree
      • Until death
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    • whoo

      US

      UK

      • Interjection
      • Sound people make when they are surprised
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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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