Vocabulary

  • run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
  • under water: Beneath the surface of water.
  • much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
  • off the ground: Having started or begun to operate or succeed.
  • turn over: To lose possession of a ball in sports
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • horse: Large animal with 4 legs used for riding
  • world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • eye: The part of the body that you see with
  • watch: To keep in check, manage, or control something
  • camera: Object that takes pictures digitally, or on film
  • light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
  • water: Clear liquid that forms the seas, rivers and rain
  • photograph: To take a picture with a camera
  • youngest: Being the most young
  • show: To be easily seen or displayed
  • film: Thin layer that covers something
  • computer: Machine for storing data, accessing the internet
  • fly: Common flying insect, sometimes blue in color
  • travel: To go to a place that is far away
  • sun: Light and heat coming from a large star in the sky
  • photography: Art of taking pictures with a camera
  • move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
  • sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
  • photographer: Professional who takes photographs for a living
  • slice: Way of hitting the ball so the ball curves
  • matter: To be of great importance; to count
  • document: Official (printed) record that gives information
  • cycle: Series of regular and repeated actions
  • bright: Cheerful and happy (manner)
  • math: Study or science of numbers and shapes
  • project: To predict what will happen in the future
  • online: Connected to the internet
  • careful: Trying not to make mistakes; working slowly
  • lucky: Fortunate; having good things happen by chance
  • grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
  • communicate: To give and exchange information
  • human: A person; a man, woman or child
  • animate: To give life, energy, or motion to something
  • suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
  • frozen: Hard, solid because it is below zero degrees
  • neat: That you approve of; cool
  • proved: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
  • beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
  • knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
  • environmental: Of the natural world of plants and animals
  • solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
  • mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
  • allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
  • planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
  • produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
  • growth: Improvement, development in a skill over time
  • recession: Act of moving backward gradually
  • skeleton: Structure of bones that supports the body
  • viewer: Special machine to look at pictures
  • simultaneously: At the same time; all together
  • crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
  • barrier: Difficult situation preventing something happening
  • observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
  • seed: A person's children; offspring
  • darkness: The state or quality of being dark in color
  • bullet: Metal object fired from a gun
  • naked: Not wearing any clothes; without covering
  • target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
  • understanding: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
  • major: High-ranking officer in the army
  • enhance: To improve; make bigger or better
  • wreck: Car, plane, boat accident damaging the vehicle
  • flesh: Soft part of fruit, vegetable that can be eaten
  • whip: To defeat thoroughly or easily
  • megapixel
  • pad: Object that is thin, flat, and usually soft
  • ma: Familiar way to address your mother
  • multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
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    • animate

      US /ˈænəˌmet/

      UK /'ænɪmeɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give life, energy, or motion to something
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    • barrier

      US /ˈbæriɚ/

      UK /'bærɪə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Difficult situation preventing something happening
      • Structure or object that stops free movement
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    • beat

      US /bit/

      UK /bi:t/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move in regular motions in order to push blood
      • Transitive Verb
      • To strike or hit repeatedly and with great force
      • To mix ingredients together with a fork or machine
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    • bright

      US /braɪt/

      UK /braɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Cheerful and happy (manner)
      • (Of color) light and easy to see; vivid
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    • bullet

      US /ˈbʊlɪt/

      UK /'bʊlɪt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Metal object fired from a gun
      • Dot at the beginning of each line in a list
      • Adjective
      • Very fast.
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    • camera

      US /ˈkæmərə, ˈkæmrə/

      UK /'kæmərə/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Object that takes pictures digitally, or on film
      • The art or activity of taking photographs or filming.
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    • careful

      US /ˈkerfl/

      UK /ˈkeəfl/

      • Adjective
      • Trying not to make mistakes; working slowly
      • Cautious and attentive to potential dangers or problems.
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    • communicate

      US /kəˈmjunɪˌket/

      UK /kə'mju:nɪkeɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To give and exchange information
      • To convey or make known (information, feelings, etc.)
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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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    • cycle

      US /ˈsaɪkəl/

      UK /ˈsaɪkl/

      • Noun
      • Series of regular and repeated actions
      • Bicycle, bike
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To go through a series of events repeatedly
      • To ride on a bicycle
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    • darkness

      US /ˈdɑrknɪs/

      UK /'dɑ:knəs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • The state or quality of being dark in color
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    • document

      US /ˈdɑkjəmənt/

      UK /'dɒkjʊmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Official (printed) record that gives information
      • Transitive Verb
      • To support an opinion with recorded evidence
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    • enhance

      US /ɛnˈhæns/

      UK /ɪn'hɑ:ns/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To improve; make bigger or better
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    • environmental

      US /ɛnˌvaɪrənˈmɛntl:, -ˌvaɪən/

      UK /ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmentl/

      • Adjective
      • Of the natural world of plants and animals
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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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    • film

      US /fɪlm/

      UK /fɪlm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Thin layer that covers something
      • Movie
      • Transitive Verb
      • To record moving action with a camera
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    • flesh

      US /flɛʃ/

      UK /fleʃ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Soft part of fruit, vegetable that can be eaten
      • The soft tissues of your body covering the bones
      • Transitive Verb
      • To clean the skin e.g. of scales from a fish
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    • for example

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
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    • frozen

      US /ˈfroʊzn/

      UK /'frəʊzn/

      • Adjective
      • Hard, solid because it is below zero degrees
      • Preserved by freezing.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To store an item of food in a cold place
      • To make someone to not want to communicate
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    • growth

      US /groʊθ/

      UK /grəʊθ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Improvement, development in a skill over time
      • Act of growing
      • Countable Noun
      • A mass on the skin or body part related to illness
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    • horse

      US /hɔ:rs/

      UK /hɔ:s/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Large animal with 4 legs used for riding
      • Stand or frame used to support something
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To fool around stupidly
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    • knock

      US /nɑk/

      UK /nɒk/

      • Noun
      • Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
      • Action of something solid hitting something hard
      • Transitive Verb
      • To criticize someone in an unreasonable way
      • To hit something to get people's attention
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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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    • major

      US /ˈmedʒɚ/

      UK /'meɪdʒə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • High-ranking officer in the army
      • Main subject you study at university
      • Adjective
      • Main league; esp. referring to American baseball
      • Important, serious, or large in scope, size
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    • math

      US /mæθ/

      UK /mæθ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Study or science of numbers and shapes
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    • much about

      US /mʌtʃ əˈbaʊt/

      UK /mʌtʃ əˈbaut/

      • Phrase
      • A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
      • To a great extent or degree regarding something; caring.
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    • multiple

      US /ˈmʌltəpəl/

      UK /ˈmʌltɪpl/

      • Adjective
      • Having or involving more than one of something
      • Having or involving several parts, elements, or members.
      • Countable Noun
      • Number produced by multiplying a smaller number
      • A number of identical circuit elements connected in parallel or series.
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    • mystery

      US /ˈmɪstəri/

      UK /ˈmɪstri/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Quality of being strange and not understood
      • Book, play, or film about solving a strange crime
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    • naked

      US /ˈnekɪd/

      UK /ˈneɪkɪd/

      • Adjective
      • Not wearing any clothes; without covering
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    • neat

      US /nit/

      UK /ni:t/

      • Adjective
      • That you approve of; cool
      • (Of alcohol) not weakened with water or a mixer
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    • observe

      US /əbˈzɜ:rv/

      UK /əbˈzɜ:v/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
      • To obey or follow laws, rules, or customs
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    • off the ground

      US /ɔf ði ɡraʊnd/

      UK /ɔf ðə ɡraund/

      • Phrase
      • Having started or begun to operate or succeed.
      • Airborne; having left the ground.
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    • online

      US /ˌɑ:nˈlaɪn/

      UK /ˌɒnˈlaɪn/

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

      US /pæd/

      UK /pæd/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Object that is thin, flat, and usually soft
      • Soft section on the bottom of some animals' feet
      • Transitive Verb
      • To put soft material in to provide comfort
      • To take money dishonestly by adding extra charges
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    • photographer

      US /fəˈtɑ:grəfə(r)/

      UK /fəˈtɒgrəfə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Professional who takes photographs for a living
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    • photography

      US /fəˈtɑ:grəfi/

      UK /fəˈtɒgrəfi/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Art of taking pictures with a camera
      • The business or industry related to taking and selling photographs.
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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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    • proved

      US /p'ru:vd/

      UK /p'ru:vd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
      • To test the quality or worth of something.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To turn out to be; be found to be.
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    • recession

      US /rɪˈsɛʃən/

      UK /rɪˈseʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of moving backward gradually
      • Decreased business activity, when work is scarce
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    • run in

      US /rʌn ɪn/

      UK /rʌn in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To arrest person and take them to police station
      • To drive engine slowly until ready for normal use
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    • seed

      US /sid/

      UK /si:d/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A person's children; offspring
      • Part of a plant used to grow more on them
      • Intransitive Verb
      • (Of plants) to produce seeds for the future
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    • simultaneously

      US /saɪməlˈtenɪəslɪ/

      UK /ˌsɪməl'teɪnɪəslɪ/

      • Adverb
      • At the same time; all together
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    • skeleton

      US /ˈskɛlɪtn/

      UK /ˈskelɪtn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Structure of bones that supports the body
      • Frame that provides support for e.g. a building
      • Adjective
      • Outline of the basic of main part of something
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    • slice

      US /slaɪs/

      UK /slaɪs/

      • Countable Noun
      • Way of hitting the ball so the ball curves
      • Piece or share of something
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To hit a ball so that it curves to one side
      • To cut a thin piece off something larger
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    • solve

      US /sɑ:lv/

      UK /sɒlv/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
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    • target

      US /ˈtɑrɡɪt/

      UK /'tɑ:ɡɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
      • Group you are trying to sell to or influence
      • Transitive Verb
      • To try to influence; direct a message toward
      • (Army) to aim an attack at something
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    • turn over

      US /tɚn ˈovɚ/

      UK /tə:n ˈəuvə/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To lose possession of a ball in sports
      • To consider something carefully in your mind
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    • under water

      US

      UK

      • Adverb
      • Beneath the surface of water.
      • Adjective
      • Owing more money than something is worth; in debt.
      • Flooded or submerged.
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    • viewer

      US /ˈvjuɚ/

      UK /ˈvju:ə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Special machine to look at pictures
      • Someone who watches, e.g. television
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    • whip

      US /hwɪp, wɪp/

      UK /wɪp/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To defeat thoroughly or easily
      • To beat with a type of long rope
      • Countable Noun
      • A long rope used to hit people or animals
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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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    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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    【TED-Ed】What cameras see that our eyes don't - Bill Shribman

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