Vocabulary

  • come to think of it: Used when you suddenly remember or realize something, often leading to a change in perspective or a new thought.
  • think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
  • talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • go back to: To return to a starting point
  • speak: To be able to use a certain language
  • cook: To heat food until it is ready to eat
  • meat: Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
  • dinner: Main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening
  • party: Social event often with food, drinks and dancing
  • birthday: Date each year on which you were born
  • hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
  • evening: To make something level; to flatten
  • practise: To work as a doctor or lawyer
  • forget: To not remember something
  • night: Time when sun does not shine
  • week: Period of seven days from Sunday to Saturday
  • remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • telephone: Machine used to talk to someone who is far away
  • home: House, apartment or building to be rented or sold
  • information: Collection of facts and details about something
  • dessert: Sweet food usually eaten at the end of a meal
  • arrive: To reach the place you are traveling to
  • mind: To be bothered or upset by something
  • serve: To act in a particular position or office
  • complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
  • speaker: Electronic device for making or broadcasting sound
  • return: To hit something back to the other player or team
  • correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
  • direction: When someone tells people what to do
  • final: Last game in a series in a competition
  • main: Most important; most often used
  • sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
  • call: A order or request for action
  • pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
  • burn: To destroy with fire
  • topic: Subject or issue people talk or write about
  • completely: In every way or as much as possible
  • amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
  • surprising: To do something that another person didn't expect
  • connect: To associate a thing with something else
  • direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
  • original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
  • previous: Existing or happening before the present time
  • common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
  • thought: To have an idea about something without certainty
  • basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
  • host: Mass; a great number
  • disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
  • fluent: Doing something well and with ease
  • introduction: A first experience with something
  • native: Someone from or born in a specific country
  • listener: Someone who listens
  • discourse: The study of how we write and speak
  • marker: Something that is easy to recognize or identify
  • signposting: To show the way; show what might happen
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    • amazing

      US /ə'meɪzɪŋ/

      UK /ə'meɪzɪŋ/

      • Adjective
      • Surprising in a pleasing way
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause wonder; to surprise completely
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    • basically

      US /ˈbesɪkəli,-kli/

      UK /ˈbeɪsɪkli/

      • Adverb
      • Used before you explain something simply, clearly
      • In essence; when you consider the most important aspects of something.
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    • come to think of it

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Used when you suddenly remember or realize something, often leading to a change in perspective or a new thought.
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    • connect

      US /kəˈnɛkt/

      UK /kə'nekt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To associate a thing with something else
      • To join or attach things together
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    • correct

      US /kəˈrɛkt/

      UK /kə'rekt/

      • Adjective
      • Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
      • True or accurate
      • Transitive Verb
      • To fix a problem
      • To write marks on a piece of work to show mistakes
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    • dessert

      US /dɪˈzɜ:rt/

      UK /dɪˈzɜ:t/

      • Noun
      • Sweet food usually eaten at the end of a meal
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    • direct

      US /dɪˈrɛkt, daɪ-/

      UK /də'rekt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
      • To show the way by conducting or leading
      • Adverb
      • Coming straight from something
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    • direction

      US /dɪˈrɛkʃən, daɪ-/

      UK /də'rekʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • When someone tells people what to do
      • Describes the way you are going, e.g. North
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    • disaster

      US /dɪˈzæstɚ, -ˈsæs-/

      UK /dɪ'zɑ:stə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • State of extreme ruin and misfortune
      • A complete failure.
      • Uncountable Noun
      • A situation that has gone terribly wrong.
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    • discourse

      US /ˈdɪskɔrs/

      UK /'dɪskɔ:s/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • The study of how we write and speak
      • Long talk or essay about a subject
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make a long speech
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    • fluent

      US /'fluːənt/

      UK /ˈflu:ənt/

      • Adjective
      • Doing something well and with ease
      • Able to speak or write a language fully and easily
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    • go back to

      US /ɡo bæk tu/

      UK /ɡəu bæk tu:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To return to a starting point
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    • host

      US /host/

      UK /həʊst/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Mass; a great number
      • Person who entertains guests
      • Transitive Verb
      • To be the sponsor of an event, e.g. the Olympics
      • To lead or start a party, program, or other event
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    • hungry

      US /ˈhʌŋɡri/

      UK /ˈhʌŋgri/

      • Adjective
      • Feeling a need or want to eat food
      • Feeling a need or want to eat food
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    • introduction

      US /ˌɪntrəˈdʌkʃən/

      UK /ˌɪntrəˈdʌkʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A first experience with something
      • Opening part of a text or piece of music
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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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    • marker

      US /ˈmɑ:rkə(r)/

      UK /ˈmɑ:kə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something that is easy to recognize or identify
      • Thick pen used for writing, e.g. on boards
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    • meat

      US /mit/

      UK /mi:t/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
      • Noun
      • Something that is important or significant
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    • native

      US /ˈnetɪv/

      UK /ˈneɪtɪv/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Someone from or born in a specific country
      • Original inhabitant, e.g. before others
      • Adjective
      • Caused by natural ability; innate
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    • original

      US /əˈrɪdʒənəl/

      UK /ə'rɪdʒənl/

      • Adjective
      • Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
      • Being unique or thinking differently from others
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A work of art, writing, or music that is not a copy.
      • A person of fresh initiative or inventiveness.
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    • practise

      US /ˈpræktɪs/

      UK /ˈpræktɪs/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To work as a doctor or lawyer
      • To do something many times to improve a skill
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    • previous

      US /ˈpriviəs/

      UK /ˈpri:viəs/

      • Adjective
      • Existing or happening before the present time
      • Existing or occurring immediately before in time or order.
      • Noun
      • A button or link that allows navigation to a preceding item or page.
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    • serve

      US /sɚv/

      UK /sɜ:v/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To act in a particular position or office
      • To hit the first ball to an opponent in tennis etc.
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    • signposting

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      UK

      • Transitive Verb
      • To show the way; show what might happen
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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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    • telephone

      US /ˈtelɪfoʊn/

      UK /ˈtelɪfəʊn/

      • Noun
      • Machine used to talk to someone who is far away
      • Transitive Verb
      • To talk to someone using a phone
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    • think of

      US /θɪŋk ʌv/

      UK /θiŋk ɔv/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To look on as (being something specific); consider
      • To consider or remember something.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To imagine or call something to mind
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    • topic

      US /ˈtɑpɪk/

      UK /'tɒpɪk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Subject or issue people talk or write about
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    • used to

      US /juzd tu/

      UK /ˈju:st tə/

      • Adjective
      • Did regularly before, but don't do now
      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Have done before, but do not do now
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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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