Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • end up with: To have something as a result.
  • on occasion: Sometimes, but not regularly.
  • in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
  • set up
  • going on: To continue doing something
  • after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
  • turn out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
  • thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
  • to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
  • movie: Motion picture; film
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • remake: To arrange or prepare something again
  • visit: To go to a place for a time, usually for a reason
  • final: Last game in a series in a competition
  • call: A order or request for action
  • billing: To request payment by handing over an invoice
  • star: To perform or play a main role in a movie, play
  • hockey: Sport played on a field with sticks and a ball
  • craziness: Insanity; strangeness
  • guy: Man; boy; any person
  • set: Prepared for something; ready
  • lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
  • top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
  • earn: To deserve something because you worked for it
  • inaccurate: Not correct, accurate, or true
  • impossible: (Child, etc.) very annoying
  • title: Book produced by a publisher
  • period: Set amount of time during which events take place
  • series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
  • prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
  • spy: Person who gets secret information about an enemy
  • murderer: Criminal who intentionally kills someone
  • occasion: Significant or important event or function
  • horror: Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
  • stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
  • drown: To kill something by putting it under water
  • memorable: Worthy of being remembered; striking; outstanding
  • outer: Far away
  • terror: Use of violent acts to make people afraid
  • generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
  • cowboy: Man who tends cattle or sheep (often from a horse)
  • extinct: (Of animal, etc.) having died out; with none left
  • poorly: Badly; not enough; not sufficient
  • heroic: Courageous, determined, and worthy of admiration
  • adaptation: Music, movie or play, changed to a new form
  • reign: To be present and felt or sensed by everyone there
  • equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
  • infinite: Being very large in amount
  • karate: A Japanese martial art; weaponless self-defense
  • kung
  • franchise: Right to run a business using name of a company
  • fu
  • reboot: To shut down and start a computer again
  • crossover: The use of a new style (especially in pop music)
  • lonesome: Sad because alone
  • installment: One of many payments you have to make
  • saga: Description of events occurring over a long period
  • sidekick: Person often with another more important person
  • kidnapping: To take someone and demand money to return them
  • downright: Absolute; absolutely
  • iteration: Single execution of a repeated set of instructions
  • sequel: Story, movie etc. that follows another similar one
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    • adaptation

      US /ˌædæpˈteʃən/

      UK /ˌædæpˈteɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Music, movie or play, changed to a new form
      • Changing to a new form; thing that is changed
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    • after all

      US /ˈæftɚ ɔl/

      UK /ˈɑ:ftə ɔ:l/

      • Adverb
      • In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
      • Considering everything; used to indicate that something is happening or is true despite some difficulty or obstacle
      • Phrase
      • Despite what was expected or thought; in spite of everything.
      • Taking everything into consideration; considering that.
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    • billing

      US /ˈbɪlɪŋ/

      UK /'bɪlɪŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To request payment by handing over an invoice
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    • cowboy

      US /ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ/

      UK /ˈkaʊbɔɪ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Man who tends cattle or sheep (often from a horse)
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    • craziness

      US /'kreɪzɪnəs/

      UK /'kreɪzɪnəs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Insanity; strangeness
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    • crossover

      US /ˈkrɔsˌovɚ, ˈkrɑs-/

      UK /'krɒsəʊvə(r)/

      • Noun
      • The use of a new style (especially in pop music)
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    • downright

      US /ˈdaʊnˌraɪt/

      UK /ˈdaʊnraɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Absolute; absolutely
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    • drown

      US /draʊn/

      UK /draʊn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To kill something by putting it under water
      • To make something very wet or cover it completely
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    • earn

      US /ɜ:rn/

      UK /ɜ:n/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To deserve something because you worked for it
      • To get money for work
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    • end up with

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To have something as a result.
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    • equivalent

      US /ɪˈkwɪvələnt/

      UK /ɪˈkwɪvələnt/

      • Adjective
      • Equal to something in value, use or meaning
      • Having the same meaning or significance.
      • Noun
      • Thing like another in quality, quantity or degree
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    • extinct

      US /ɪkˈstɪŋkt/

      UK /ɪkˈstɪŋkt/

      • Adjective
      • (Of animal, etc.) having died out; with none left
      • (E.g. of volcano) not active
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    • franchise

      US /ˈfrænˌtʃaɪz/

      UK /'fræntʃaɪz/

      • Noun
      • Right to run a business using name of a company
      • A right or license granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services in a particular territory.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To sell the use of a brand to run a company
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    • generate

      US /ˈdʒɛnəˌret/

      UK /ˈdʒenəreɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To create or be produced or bring into existence
      • To create electricity, heat, energy and power
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    • going on

      US /ˈɡoɪŋ ɑn/

      UK /ˈgəʊɪŋ ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue doing something
      • To happen (usually negative)
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • heroic

      US /hɪˈroɪk/

      UK /həˈrəʊɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Courageous, determined, and worthy of admiration
      • Relating to or characteristic of a hero or heroes; grand or imposing in scale or style.
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    • hockey

      US /ˈhɑ:ki/

      UK /ˈhɒki/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Sport played on a field with sticks and a ball
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    • horror

      US /ˈhɔrɚ, ˈhɑr-/

      UK /ˈhɒrə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
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    • impossible

      US /ɪmˈpɑsəbəl/

      UK /ɪmˈpɒsəbl/

      • Adjective
      • (Child, etc.) very annoying
      • Not possible or very unlikely to happen or exist
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    • in fact

      US /ɪn fækt/

      UK /in fækt/

      • Adverb
      • Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
      • Used to introduce a more detailed or surprising piece of information.
      • Phrase
      • Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that is surprising or contrary to what might be expected.
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    • inaccurate

      US /ɪnˈækjərɪt/

      UK /ɪnˈækjərət/

      • Adjective
      • Not correct, accurate, or true
      B1
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    • infinite

      US /ˈɪnfənɪt/

      UK /'ɪnfɪnət/

      • Adjective
      • Being very large in amount
      • Without an end; limitless; endless
      B2
      More
    • installment

      US /ɪn'stɔ:lmənt/

      UK /ɪn'stɔ:lmənt/

      • Countable Noun
      • One of many payments you have to make
      • One part of a published serial
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    • iteration

      US /ˌɪtəˈreʃən/

      UK /ˌɪtəˈreɪʃn/

      • Noun
      • Single execution of a repeated set of instructions
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    • karate

      US /kəˈrɑti/

      UK /kəˈrɑ:ti/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A Japanese martial art; weaponless self-defense
      C1
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    • kidnapping

      US /ˈkɪdnæpɪŋ/

      UK /'kɪdnæpɪŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To take someone and demand money to return them
      • To seize and detain (a person) unlawfully.
      • Uncountable Noun
      • The act of abducting someone and holding them captive, usually for ransom.
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    • lie

      US /lai/

      UK /laɪ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be in a horizontal or flat position
      • To say something that you know is not true
      • Countable Noun
      • An untrue statement, when you know it is not true
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    • lonesome

      US /ˈloʊnsəm/

      UK /ˈləʊnsəm/

      • Adjective
      • Sad because alone
      B2
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    • memorable

      US /ˈmɛmərəbəl/

      UK /ˈmemərəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Worthy of being remembered; striking; outstanding
      • Worth remembering; notable
      B2
      More
    • murderer

      US /ˈmə:rdərɚ/

      UK /'mɜ:dərə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Criminal who intentionally kills someone
      • A person who destroys or ruins something, often in a figurative sense.
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    • occasion

      US /əˈkeʒən/

      UK /ə'keɪʒn/

      • Noun
      • Significant or important event or function
      • Time when something happens or takes place
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make or cause something to happen; to lead to
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    • on occasion

      US /ɑn əˈkeʒən/

      UK /ɔn əˈkeiʒən/

      • Idiom
      • Sometimes, but not regularly.
      • Phrase
      • Sometimes, but not regularly or often
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    • prevent

      US /prɪˈvɛnt/

      UK /prɪ'vent/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To stop something from happening or existing
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    • reboot

      US /riˈbut/

      UK /ˌri:ˈbu:t/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To shut down and start a computer again
      • To create a new version or reimagining of an existing work.
      • Countable Noun
      • An instance of restarting a computer or other electronic device.
      • A new version or reimagining of an existing work, such as a film or television series.
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    • reign

      US /ren/

      UK /reɪn/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be present and felt or sensed by everyone there
      • (King or Queen) to rule a country
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Time during which a person runs an organization
      • Period of time when (e.g. king) rules a country
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    • remake

      US /riˈmek/

      UK /'ri:meɪk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To arrange or prepare something again
      • Make anew; to reform
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    • saga

      US /ˈsɑɡə/

      UK /ˈsɑ:gə/

      • Countable Noun
      • Description of events occurring over a long period
      B2
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    • sequel

      US /ˈsikwəl/

      UK /'si:kwəl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Story, movie etc. that follows another similar one
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    • set up

      US /sɛt ʌp/

      UK /set ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To make arrangements for something; establish
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To arrange or prepare something for use.
      • To start a business, organization, etc.
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    • sidekick

      US /ˈsaɪdˌkɪk/

      UK /ˈsaɪdkɪk/

      • Countable Noun
      • Person often with another more important person
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    • spy

      US /spaɪ/

      UK /spaɪ/

      • Noun
      • Person who gets secret information about an enemy
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To try to get secrets about an enemy country
      • To secretly watch someone or something
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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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    • terror

      US /ˈtɛrɚ/

      UK /ˈterə(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Use of violent acts to make people afraid
      • Extreme fear; dread.
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    • thanks to

      US /θæŋks tu/

      UK /θæŋks tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Because of; as a result of.
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    • title

      US /ˈtaɪtl/

      UK /'taɪtl/

      • Noun
      • Book produced by a publisher
      • Name given to something to identify or describe it
      • Transitive Verb
      • To give a name to identify or describe something
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    • to let

      US /tu lɛt/

      UK /tu let/

      • Preposition
      • Indicates that a property is available for rent.
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    • turn out

      US /tɚn aʊt/

      UK /tə:n aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To arrive for a public event or entertainment
      • To happen to be in the end
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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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