Vocabulary

  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • have to: Must do
  • feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
  • on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
  • talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
  • drop out: To take no part in a society you disapprove of
  • as opposed to: In contrast to; rather than.
  • in shock: When not enough blood flows round the body
  • at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
  • same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
  • walk down: To walk along or down something.
  • get here: To arrive at a specific location.
  • on a roll: Experiencing a period of success or good luck.
  • go on: To continue doing something
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
  • give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
  • teach: To help someone learn or do something
  • lesson: Something done to learn or teach something; class
  • watch: To keep in check, manage, or control something
  • teacher: Person who teaches others, especially in a school
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • adult: Person or animal that is fully grown
  • desk: Piece of furniture like a table often with drawers
  • people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
  • show: To be easily seen or displayed
  • child: A very young person, between about 2 and 15
  • class: To place things into groups by common qualities
  • good: Proper, appropriate or right
  • look: Person's beauty or physical attractiveness
  • life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
  • afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
  • academically: In regard to teaching or learning
  • difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
  • drawer: Sliding box of a desk, closet used to store things
  • soap: Hard cream-like substance used to wash something
  • simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
  • colleague: Person you work or cooperate with
  • cry: To sound an animal may make to call its family
  • idea: Belief, thought, suggestion, opinion or plan
  • academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
  • hall: Area just inside the entrance of a building
  • quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
  • negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
  • missed: To be absent
  • math: Study or science of numbers and shapes
  • connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
  • champion: Person who fights for or supports strongly
  • review: To carefully look at the quality of something
  • relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
  • education: Academic field studying the practice of teaching
  • powerful: Having control or influence over
  • apologize: To say sorry because of a mistake or injury
  • insist: To demand that someone do something
  • absent: Not present at a usual or expected place
  • deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
  • peanut: Edible small nut which grows under the ground
  • retire: To stop using, producing, or servicing something
  • disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
  • rarely: Not often (seen, done, etc.); infrequently
  • achievement: Something good that you have successfully done
  • significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
  • tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
  • funeral: Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
  • impress: To make an emotional impact upon
  • poverty: State of being poor
  • seek: To ask someone for help
  • edition: Form in which a book, magazine etc. is released
  • affect: To cause a change in something else
  • occur: To come to pass or to happen
  • joy: Deep happiness and pleasure about something
  • oppose: To fight against someone in a contest or game
  • policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
  • attendance: Number of people present at a place or event
  • deficient: Lacking something necessary
  • peer: A noble, but not royal, person, e.g. lord or duke
  • reform: To re-shape something to a better condition
  • legacy: Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
  • betcha: A contraction of 'bet you', used to express confidence in a statement or challenge someone.
  • smiley: An emoticon of a smiling face
  • maternal: Of mothers or being a mother
  • stink: To smell terrible
  • recess: An area that is set back in a room or building
  • mama: A mother
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    • absent

      US /ˈæbsənt/

      UK /ˈæbsənt/

      • Adjective
      • Not present at a usual or expected place
      • Without paying attention
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To keep (oneself) away.
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    • academic

      US /ˌækəˈdɛmɪk/

      UK /ˌækə'demɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
      • Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Educator teaching at a college or university
      • A subject taught at schools and universities.
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    • academically

      US /ˌækə'demɪklɪ/

      UK /ˌækə'demɪklɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In regard to teaching or learning
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    • achievement

      US /əˈtʃivmənt/

      UK /əˈtʃi:vmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something good that you have successfully done
      • Success in school or studies.
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    • adult

      US / əˈdʌlt, ˈædʌlt/

      UK /ˈædʌlt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person or animal that is fully grown
      • A fully grown animal.
      • Adjective
      • Being fully grown; mature; no longer a teenager
      • Containing sexually explicit material.
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    • affect

      US /əˈfɛkt/

      UK /ə'fekt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause a change in something else
      • To pretend to have or feel (something).
      • Noun
      • (Psychology) Emotion or feeling.
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    • apologize

      US /əˈpɑləˌdʒaɪz/

      UK /ə'pɒlədʒaɪz/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To say sorry because of a mistake or injury
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    • as opposed to

      US

      UK

      • Preposition
      • In contrast to; rather than.
      • Instead of; in place of.
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    • at the same time

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
      • Nevertheless; however; used to introduce a contrasting or qualifying statement.
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    • attendance

      US /əˈtɛndəns/

      UK /əˈtendəns/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Number of people present at a place or event
      • State of being present at a place or event
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    • champion

      US /'tʃæmpɪən/

      UK /'tʃæmpɪən/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person who fights for or supports strongly
      • The title given to the winner of a competition.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To support or fight for something you believe in
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    • colleague

      US /ˈkɑlˌiɡ/

      UK /'kɒli:ɡ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person you work or cooperate with
      • A fellow member of a profession
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    • connection

      US /kəˈnɛkʃən/

      UK /kəˈnekʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something that joins things together; being joined
      • Person you know who can help you in some way
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    • deficient

      US /dɪˈfɪʃənt/

      UK /dɪˈfɪʃnt/

      • Adjective
      • Lacking something necessary
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    • deserve

      US /dɪˈzɚv/

      UK /dɪ'zɜ:v/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
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    • drawer

      US /ˈdrɔɚ/

      UK /drɔ:(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Sliding box of a desk, closet used to store things
      • An undergarment covering the lower part of the body and having two holes for the legs.
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    • drop out

      US /drɑp aʊt/

      UK /drɔp aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To take no part in a society you disapprove of
      • To quit school, a club or activity
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To quit a course of study or training.
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    • edition

      US /ɪˈdɪʃən/

      UK /ɪˈdɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Form in which a book, magazine etc. is released
      • All the copies of a book, newspaper, etc. printed at one time.
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    • education

      US /ˌɛdʒəˈkeʃən/

      UK /ˌedʒuˈkeɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Academic field studying the practice of teaching
      • Process of giving or receiving teaching
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    • feel like

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have a desire or inclination for something.
      • To have a particular quality or sensation; resemble.
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    • funeral

      US /ˈfjunərəl/

      UK /ˈfju:nərəl/

      • Noun
      • Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
      • Adjective
      • Relating to or characteristic of a funeral; mournful or somber.
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    • get here

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To arrive at a specific location.
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    • give up

      US /ɡɪv ʌp/

      UK /ɡiv ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To lose hope or admit defeat
      • To decide to not start to try solving a problem
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    • go on

      US /ɡo ɑn/

      UK /ɡəu ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue doing something
      • To happen (usually negative)
      • Interjection
      • Used to encourage someone
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    • hall

      US /hɔl/

      UK /hɔ:l/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Area just inside the entrance of a building
      • Large room/building for public events/gatherings
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • impress

      US /ɪmˈprɛs/

      UK /ɪm'pres/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make an emotional impact upon
      • To press into a soft material to make a pattern
      • Noun
      • A mark or design made by stamping.
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    • in shock

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • When not enough blood flows round the body
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    • insist

      US /ɪnˈsɪst/

      UK /ɪn'sɪst/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To demand that someone do something
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To strongly state your opinion without changing it
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    • joy

      US /dʒɔɪ/

      UK /dʒɔɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Deep happiness and pleasure about something
      • Thing or person that causes pleasure or happiness
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To experience happiness or to be glad
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    • legacy

      US /ˈlɛɡəsi/

      UK /'leɡəsɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
      • Something left or given by a person who has died
      • Adjective
      • Relating to old or outdated computer systems or software.
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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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    • mama

      US /ˈmɑmə/

      UK /'mæmə/

      • Noun
      • A mother
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    • maternal

      US /məˈtɜ:rnl/

      UK /məˈtɜ:nl/

      • Adjective
      • Of mothers or being a mother
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    • math

      US /mæθ/

      UK /mæθ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Study or science of numbers and shapes
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    • negative

      US /ˈnɛɡətɪv/

      UK /'neɡətɪv/

      • Noun
      • The opposite to a positive electrical charge
      • In grammar, containing words such as 'no' or 'not'
      • Adjective
      • Being harmful, unwanted or unhelpful
      • In mathematics, being less than zero
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    • occur

      US /əˈkɚ/

      UK /əˈkɜ:(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To come to pass or to happen
      • To be found to exist; to be present.
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    • of course

      US /ʌv kɔː(r)s/

      UK /ɔv kɔː(r)s/

      • Adverb
      • Sure ; Certainly
      • Phrase
      • For sure; certainly
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    • on a roll

      US /ɑn e rol/

      UK /ɔn ə rəul/

      • Idiom
      • Experiencing a period of success or good luck.
      • Having a continuous series of achievements or positive events.
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    • on the way

      US /ɑn ði we/

      UK /ɔn ðə wei/

      • Phrase
      • During the journey to a particular place.
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    • oppose

      US /əˈpoʊz/

      UK /əˈpəʊz/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To fight against someone in a contest or game
      • To disagree with something and try to prevent it from happening or succeeding.
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    • peanut

      US /ˈpiˌnʌt/

      UK /ˈpi:nʌt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Edible small nut which grows under the ground
      • A very small amount of money.
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    • peer

      US /pɪr/

      UK /pɪə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A noble, but not royal, person, e.g. lord or duke
      • Person of the same age, class or situation
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To look closely and carefully, as if hard to see
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    • policy

      US /ˈpɑlɪsi/

      UK /'pɒləsɪ/

      • Noun
      • Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
      • Course of action proposed by an organization, etc.
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    • poverty

      US /ˈpɑvəti/

      UK /ˈpɔvəti/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of being poor
      • Lack of something necessary
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    • powerful

      US /ˈpaʊəfəl/

      UK /ˈpauəful/

      • Adjective
      • Having control or influence over
      • Having a lot of physical force, energy, strength
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    • quiz

      US /kwɪz/

      UK /kwɪz/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A game in which players answer questions on topics
      • Brief spoken or written test, given to students
      • Transitive Verb
      • To ask a person many questions about something
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    • rarely

      US /ˈrɛrli/

      UK /ˈrɛəli/

      • Adverb
      • Not often (seen, done, etc.); infrequently
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    • recess

      US /ˈriˌsɛs, rɪˈsɛs/

      UK /rɪ'ses/

      • Noun
      • An area that is set back in a room or building
      • Break between school classes
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To interrupt an activity for a short period of time
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    • reform

      US /rɪˈfɔrm/

      UK /rɪ'fɔ:m/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To re-shape something to a better condition
      • To (cause to) lead a non-criminal life
      • Noun
      • An improvement, especially in a person's behaviour or in the structure of something
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    • relationship

      US /rɪˈleʃənˌʃɪp/

      UK /rɪˈleɪʃnʃɪp/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Connection between two or more people or things
      • Way people interact or live with each other
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    • retire

      US /rɪˈtaɪr/

      UK /rɪ'taɪə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To stop using, producing, or servicing something
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To stop taking part in a competition or game
      • To quit having jobs because you are old
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    • review

      US / rɪˈvju/

      UK /rɪˈvju:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To carefully look at the quality of something
      • To formally examine something in the military
      • Noun
      • Examination of soldiers and supplies
      • Opinion, as in a paper, about movie, book, or play
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    • same time

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
      • At the identical time as before; recurring at a fixed hour.
      • Noun
      • An equal duration or period.
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    • seek

      US /sik/

      UK /si:k/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To ask someone for help
      • To search for; try to find or do; look for
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    • show up

      US /ʃo ʌp/

      UK /ʃəu ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
      • To be noticeably better than (someone else)
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    • significant

      US /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/

      UK /sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt/

      • Adjective
      • Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
      • Having meaning; important; noticeable
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    • soap

      US /sop/

      UK /səʊp/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Hard cream-like substance used to wash something
      • A TV serial
      • Transitive Verb
      • To put soap on something so it can be cleaned
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    • stink

      US /stɪŋk/

      UK /stɪŋk/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To smell terrible
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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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    • tough

      US /tʌf/

      UK /tʌf/

      • Adjective
      • (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
      • Very difficult to do or deal with
      • Noun
      • A rough and aggressive person.
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    • walk down

      US /wɔk daʊn/

      UK /wɔ:k daun/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To walk along or down something.
      • To proceed along an aisle, especially at a wedding.
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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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