Vocabulary

  • no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
  • over the edge: In a state of emotional or mental breakdown; beyond the limits of what one can handle.
  • plunge into: To begin doing something with great enthusiasm or to become very involved in something.
  • breaks down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
  • fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
  • black: To fill in something to make it a very dark color
  • swim: To move through water by moving parts of the body
  • river: Flowing water that runs from mountains to the sea
  • light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
  • close: Almost; near
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • water: Clear liquid that forms the seas, rivers and rain
  • travel: To go to a place that is far away
  • carry: To have a child, be pregnant
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • easily: Clearly; without doubt; certainly
  • hour: 60 minutes
  • beautiful: Having dome something well
  • head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
  • space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
  • singularity: Quality that makes something unusual or odd
  • matter: To be of great importance; to count
  • call: A order or request for action
  • jump: To attack someone suddenly
  • slowly: In an unhurried or not speedy manner
  • strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
  • decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
  • fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
  • special: Being additional or extra
  • point: An item to be discussed
  • pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
  • hole: An empty space, as in the ground, in a sock etc.
  • flow: To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
  • edge: An advantage you have over others
  • event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
  • escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
  • universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
  • imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
  • waterfall: Steep descent of the water of a river
  • stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
  • distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
  • speed: How fast or slow something is or is done
  • general: Widespread, normal or usual
  • stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
  • understanding: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
  • literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
  • curved: Bent; rounded; not straight
  • vanish: To disappear in a sudden and mysterious way
  • stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
  • dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
  • violent: Done with force; likely to produce physical damage
  • horizon: Line where the earth or sea meets the sky
  • plunge: (Of prices, hopes etc.) to decrease very quickly
  • accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
  • infinitely: Continuing forever without end; very great
  • analogy: Comparison of things based on their similarity
  • upstream: In the direction opposite the flow of river/stream
  • center: Community place people go health or social reasons
  • relativity: Einstein theory about time, space and position
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    • accelerate

      US /ækˈsɛləˌret/

      UK /əkˈseləreɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause to occur earlier than expected
      • To increase the speed or rate of something
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    • analogy

      US /əˈnælədʒi/

      UK /əˈnælədʒi/

      • Noun
      • Comparison of things based on their similarity
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    • breaks down

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
      • (Machine) to stop working or become weaker
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    • curved

      US /kə:vd/

      UK /kɜ:vd/

      • Adjective
      • Bent; rounded; not straight
      • Consisting of or bounded by a curve.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something bend into a rounded shape
      • To throw (a ball) so that it travels along a curve.
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    • decide

      US /dɪˈsaɪd/

      UK /dɪ'saɪd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
      • To make a legal judgment in court
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    • dense

      US /dɛns/

      UK /dens/

      • Adjective
      • Very thick and difficult to see, get through
      • Hard to understand
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    • distance

      US /ˈdɪstəns/

      UK /'dɪstəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Lack of friendliness toward another person
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amount of space between two places or things
      • A point or place that is far away.
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    • edge

      US /ɛdʒ/

      UK /edʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An advantage you have over others
      • Cutting side of a sharp object
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cut something to make the blade sharp
      • To go around the boundary of something
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    • escape

      US /ɪˈskep/

      UK /ɪ'skeɪp/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
      • The 'esc key' on a keyboard
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To avoid something undesirable, dangerous or bad
      • To get away from a place where you are being kept
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    • flow

      US /flo/

      UK /fləʊ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Amount of something that moves through an area
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    • hole

      US /hol/

      UK /həʊl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An empty space, as in the ground, in a sock etc.
      • Fault or weakness in a plan, idea or explanation
      • Transitive Verb
      • (Golf) to get the ball into the hole
      • To make a hole in something.
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    • horizon

      US /həˈraɪzn/

      UK /həˈraɪzn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Line where the earth or sea meets the sky
      • Limits of someone's experience or understanding
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    • infinitely

      US /ˈɪnfənɪtlɪ/

      UK /ˈɪnfɪnətli/

      • Adverb
      • Continuing forever without end; very great
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    • literally

      US /ˈlɪtərəli/

      UK

      • Adverb
      • In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
      • Used for emphasis to describe something that is actually true, often to highlight surprise or intensity.
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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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    • over the edge

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • In a state of emotional or mental breakdown; beyond the limits of what one can handle.
      • Beyond the physical boundary or brink of something.
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    • plunge

      US /plʌndʒ/

      UK /plʌndʒ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • (Of prices, hopes etc.) to decrease very quickly
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To dive (into water)
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    • plunge into

      US /plʌndʒ ˈɪntu/

      UK /plʌndʒ ˈɪntuː/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To begin doing something with great enthusiasm or to become very involved in something.
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    • relativity

      US /ˌrɛləˈtɪvɪti/

      UK /ˌreləˈtɪvəti/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Einstein theory about time, space and position
      • The state of being relative; dependence on a frame of reference.
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    • singularity

      US /ˌsɪŋɡjəˈlærɪti/

      UK /ˌsɪŋgjuˈlærəti/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Quality that makes something unusual or odd
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    • speed

      US /spid/

      UK /spi:d/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • How fast or slow something is or is done
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move quickly when completing an action
      • To drive a vehicle faster than laws allow
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    • stream

      US /strim/

      UK /stri:m/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To send a constant flow of data over the internet
      • Noun
      • Classes split into ability levels
      • A small river
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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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    • stuff

      US /stʌf/

      UK /stʌf/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Generic description for things, materials, objects
      • Transitive Verb
      • To push material inside something, with force
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    • theory

      US /ˈθiəri, ˈθɪri/

      UK /ˈθiəri/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
      • An idea or belief about something
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    • universe

      US /ˈjunəˌvɚs/

      UK /ˈju:nɪvɜ:s/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • All of space that contains planets and stars
      • Things surrounding a person, affecting their life
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    • upstream

      US /ˈʌpˈstrim/

      UK /ˌʌpˈstri:m/

      • Adverb
      • In the direction opposite the flow of river/stream
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    • vanish

      US /ˈvænɪʃ/

      UK /'vænɪʃ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To disappear in a sudden and mysterious way
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    • violent

      US /ˈvaɪələnt/

      UK /ˈvaɪələnt/

      • Adjective
      • Done with force; likely to produce physical damage
      • Using or involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.
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    • waterfall

      US /ˈwɔtɚˌfɔl,ˈwɑtə-/

      UK /'wɔ:təfɔ:l/

      • Noun
      • Steep descent of the water of a river
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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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