Vocabulary

  • cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
  • peel off: To remove the outer layer or skin of something.
  • in half: Divided into two equal parts.
  • cut down: To reduce your use of something
  • instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
  • cut out: To leave out of something, e.g. a social event
  • cut up: Be cut up (about) to be upset or angry
  • cut through: To pass or go directly through something, often overcoming an obstacle.
  • get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
  • cut across: To rudely go in front of someone
  • draw in: To attract or entice someone or something.
  • just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
  • take out: To apply for and get a license
  • at a time: Separately; one by one
  • inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
  • trim off: To remove something by cutting it away.
  • as you like: In any way that you want; according to your preference.
  • with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • slightly: Only a little
  • tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
  • find: To become aware of something that is happening
  • draw: To attract attention to someone or something
  • chunk: A large bit of something; thick lump
  • rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
  • edge: An advantage you have over others
  • line: Border that divides two places or regions
  • layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
  • shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
  • side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
  • bottom: The part of your body you sit on
  • middle: Place that is halfway between two things
  • top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
  • scoop: To dig out for a hole with a tool or hands
  • slice: Way of hitting the ball so the ball curves
  • narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
  • round: From beginning to end (e.g. of the year)
  • add: To include as well
  • cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
  • swap: To exchange goods without spending money; trade
  • mark: Person's name
  • white: Person's name
  • pupil: Someone who follows, is being taught by an artist
  • mouth: Hole in the face used for eating and talking
  • angle: Place where two lines or surfaces meet
  • spiral: A continuous curve round a central point
  • skin: To defeat someone easily and completely
  • thin: Flowing with ease; with a high percentage of water
  • arch: Curved part of a structure (e.g. on a bridge)
  • forehead: Area of the face above the eyes
  • trim: To cut (hair, etc.) to make it neater/shorter
  • skewer: Thin metal or wooden stick to hold pieces of food
  • wedge: Golf club designed to hit the ball high in the air
  • outward: Going away from a place that will be returned to
  • uneven: Being good in some parts and poor in others
  • pineapple: A sweet fruit with yellow flesh and green skin
  • strawberry: Sweet fleshy red fruit
  • jagged: Having a sharply uneven edge or surface
  • indent: To make a mark or groove in something
  • shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
  • melon: Hard round fruit with sweet juicy flesh and seeds
  • piping: To speak in a high-pitched voice, like a child
  • triangular: Having three straight sides
  • watermelon: Large oblong or roundish melon with a green skin
  • eyed: To watch or study something closely
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    • angle

      US /ˈæŋɡəl/

      UK /ˈæŋgl/

      • Noun
      • Place where two lines or surfaces meet
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    • arch

      US /ɑ:rtʃ/

      UK /ɑ:tʃ/

      • Noun
      • Curved part of a structure (e.g. on a bridge)
      • Adjective
      • Chief; the most important or typical (of a type)
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    • as you like

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      UK

      • Phrase
      • In any way that you want; according to your preference.
      • Interjection
      • An expression of agreement or permission.
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    • at a time

      US /æt e taɪm/

      UK /æt ə taim/

      • Phrase
      • Separately; one by one
      • Simultaneously; together
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    • bottom

      US /ˈbɑtəm/

      UK /'bɒtəm/

      • Noun
      • The part of your body you sit on
      • Lowest position, often in a company or contest
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To hit the lowest part of something
      • To provide with a bottom.
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    • chunk

      US /tʃʌŋk/

      UK /tʃʌŋk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A large bit of something; thick lump
      • A significant amount or portion.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To divide something into chunks.
      • To throw something forcefully (slang).
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    • cut across

      US /kʌt əˈkrɔs/

      UK /kʌt əˈkrɔs/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To rudely go in front of someone
      • To cut from one side of something to another
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    • cut down

      US /kʌt daʊn/

      UK /kʌt daun/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To reduce your use of something
      • To fell a tree.
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    • cut off

      US /kʌt ɔf/

      UK /kʌt ɔf/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To end a process, e.g. a phone call
      • To cut the end of something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To isolate or prevent access to a place or person.
      • To interrupt someone while they are speaking.
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    • cut out

      US /kʌt aʊt/

      UK /kʌt aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To leave out of something, e.g. a social event
      • To cut something from, e.g. a picture from a book
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To stop doing or using something.
      • To be naturally suited or fitted for something.
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    • cut through

      US /kʌt θru/

      UK /kʌt θru:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To pass or go directly through something, often overcoming an obstacle.
      • To overcome resistance or opposition effectively.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make a path or opening by cutting.
      • To deeply affect someone's emotions or defenses.
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    • cut up

      US /kʌt ʌp/

      UK /kʌt ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • Be cut up (about) to be upset or angry
      • To criticize someone severely
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    • draw in

      US /drɔ ɪn/

      UK /drɔ: in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To attract or entice someone or something.
      • To involve someone in a situation, often unwillingly.
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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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    • eyed

      US /aɪd/

      UK /aɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To watch or study something closely
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    • forehead

      US /ˈfɔ:rhed/

      UK /ˈfɔ:hed/

      • Noun
      • Area of the face above the eyes
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    • get through

      US /ɡɛt θru/

      UK /ɡet θru:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To arrive at the end of or finish something
      • To succeed in contacting someone by phone
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    • in half

      US /ɪn hæf/

      UK /in hɑ:f/

      • Adverb
      • Divided into two equal parts.
      • Partially; to some extent.
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    • indent

      US /ɪnˈdent/

      UK /ɪnˈdent/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a mark or groove in something
      • To start a line or paragraph with a few spaces
      • Noun
      • Space showing start of new paragraph or line
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    • inside of

      US /ɪnˈsaɪd ʌv/

      UK /inˈsaid ɔv/

      • Preposition
      • Within; in the inner part of.
      • Within a certain period of time.
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    • instead of

      US /ɪnˈstɛd ʌv/

      UK /inˈsted ɔv/

      • Preposition
      • When one thing is replaced by another
      • Adverb
      • As a substitute or alternative.
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    • jagged

      US /ˈdʒæɡɪd/

      UK /ˈdʒægɪd/

      • Adjective
      • Having a sharply uneven edge or surface
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    • just kind of

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      UK

      • Phrase
      • Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
      • Used to indicate something is approximately or generally similar to something else.
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    • layer

      US /ˈleɚ/

      UK /ˈleiə/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • One of several sheets of a material or object
      • A covering of something spread over a surface.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To put things one on top of another
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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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    • melon

      US /ˈmɛlən/

      UK /ˈmelən/

      • Countable Noun
      • Hard round fruit with sweet juicy flesh and seeds
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    • narrow

      US /ˈnæro/

      UK /'nærəʊ/

      • Adjective
      • Not wide; short from one side to the other
      • Limited; not broad in scope
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To become thinner or less wide
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    • outward

      US /ˈaʊtwəd/

      UK /ˈaʊtwəd/

      • Adjective
      • Going away from a place that will be returned to
      • Seeming to be from the outside
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    • peel off

      US /pil ɔf/

      UK /pi:l ɔf/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To remove the outer layer or skin of something.
      • To become detached or separated from something.
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    • pineapple

      US /ˈpaɪnˌæpəl/

      UK /ˈpaɪnæpl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A sweet fruit with yellow flesh and green skin
      • The tropical plant that produces the pineapple fruit.
      • Adjective
      • Having the flavor of pineapple.
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    • piping

      US /ˈpaɪpɪŋ/

      UK /ˈpaɪpɪŋ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To speak in a high-pitched voice, like a child
      • To play music using a pipe-like instrument
      • Adjective
      • Very (hot)
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    • pupil

      US /ˈpjupəl/

      UK /ˈpju:pl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Someone who follows, is being taught by an artist
      • Small, black round part of the middle of the eye
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    • rid

      US /rɪd/

      UK /rɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
      • Adjective
      • Freed or delivered from something.
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    • scoop

      US /skup/

      UK /sku:p/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To dig out for a hole with a tool or hands
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An amount of e.g. ice cream taken from a whole
      • An important news story broken for the first time
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    • shorten

      US /ˈʃɔrtn/

      UK /'ʃɔ:tn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
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    • skewer

      US /ˈskjuɚ/

      UK /ˈskju:ə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Thin metal or wooden stick to hold pieces of food
      • Transitive Verb
      • To push a wooden stick through food before cooking
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    • skin

      US /skɪn/

      UK /skɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To defeat someone easily and completely
      • To hurt yourself, accidentally cutting yourself
      • Noun
      • Outer covering of an animal used for leather; hide
      • Outer covering of a fruit or vegetable
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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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    • slightly

      US /ˈslaɪtli/

      UK /ˈslaɪtli/

      • Adverb
      • Only a little
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    • spiral

      US /ˈspaɪrəl/

      UK /'spaɪrəl/

      • Noun
      • A continuous curve round a central point
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move in a continuous curve round a point
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    • strawberry

      US /ˈstrɔˌbɛri/

      UK /'strɔ:bərɪ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Sweet fleshy red fruit
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    • swap

      US /swɑp/

      UK /swɒp/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To exchange goods without spending money; trade
      • Noun
      • A trade or exchange of goods without using money
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    • take out

      US /tek aʊt/

      UK /teik aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To apply for and get a license
      • To take someone on a date
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Food purchased at a restaurant to eat elsewhere.
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    • tip

      US /tɪp/

      UK /tɪp/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To pour or move something from a place, container
      • To give extra money for good service
      • Noun
      • End point of e.g. a pencil or finger
      • Extra money given for good service
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    • tongue

      US /tʌŋ/

      UK /tʌŋ/

      • Noun
      • Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
      • Meat from the mouth of an animal, cooked as food
      • Transitive Verb
      • To using your mouth to produce musical notes
      • To use your mouth to touch something
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    • triangular

      US /traɪˈæŋɡjəlɚ/

      UK /traɪˈæŋgjələ(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Having three straight sides
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    • trim

      US /trɪm/

      UK /trɪm/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cut (hair, etc.) to make it neater/shorter
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    • trim off

      US /trɪm ɔf/

      UK /trim ɔf/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To remove something by cutting it away.
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    • uneven

      US /ʌnˈivən/

      UK /ʌnˈi:vn/

      • Adjective
      • Being good in some parts and poor in others
      • Having more on one side; unfairly distributed
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    • watermelon

      US /ˈwɔtɚˌmɛlən, ˈwɑtə-/

      UK /ˈwɔ:təmelən/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Large oblong or roundish melon with a green skin
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    • wedge

      US /wɛdʒ/

      UK /wedʒ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Golf club designed to hit the ball high in the air
      • Triangular shape with a sharp point
      • Transitive Verb
      • To push something forcefully into a narrow space
      • To place something under a door to keep it open
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    • with it

      US /wɪð ɪt/

      UK /wið it/

      • Adjective
      • Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
      • Understanding and knowledgeable about current trends or information.
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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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