Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
  • to do with: To be about something; concern
  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • in ways: In a manner or by methods that.
  • see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
  • evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
  • assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
  • deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
  • evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
  • convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
  • dread: To await with great fear
  • doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
  • familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
  • interpret: To express so that others understand it
  • suspicious: Doubtful about someone's honesty
  • relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • admire: To feel respect or wonder toward someone
  • inherent: Existing as an essential part of
  • issue: To make something available to be used or sold
  • suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
  • affection: Feeling of liking someone or something
  • primary: Most important, most basic or essential
  • immensely: Very much; greatly; a lot
  • seek: To ask someone for help
  • nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
  • disgusting: Having a very bad taste
  • option: A choice
  • thrill: Thing/event causing sudden excitement or pleasure
  • ostensibly: Apparently true or real, but probably not
  • destructive: Causing a very large amount of damage
  • invariably: Each time without change; always
  • delusion: False belief despite evidence to the contrary
  • leave: To go away from; depart
  • fundamentally: In a basic and important way
  • receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
  • notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
  • offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • entertain: To receive someone as a guest
  • spend: To use money to pay for something
  • allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
  • blind: Unable to see; with eyes that cannot see
  • tenderness: Pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
  • point: An item to be discussed
  • natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
  • wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
  • needy: Poor; without much money
  • tally: To count or reckon up; to score a point
  • defective: Having a defect; faulty
  • craven: With no courage at all; very cowardly
  • incomprehensible: Impossible to understand or comprehend
  • tragically: In a very sad manner, usually due to a death
  • gratify: To be pleased because you were right or had praise
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    • admire

      US /ædˈmaɪr/

      UK /əd'maɪə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To feel respect or wonder toward someone
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    • affection

      US /əˈfɛkʃən/

      UK /əˈfekʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Feeling of liking someone or something
      • A gentle feeling of fondness or liking.
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    • assume

      US /əˈsum/

      UK /ə'sju:m/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To act in a false manner to mislead others
      • To believe, based on the evidence; suppose
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    • blind

      US /blaɪnd/

      UK /blaɪnd/

      • Adjective
      • Unable to see; with eyes that cannot see
      • Lacking in judgment or awareness
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause someone to lose the ability to see
      • To be unable to see the truth about a situation
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    • convince

      US /kənˈvɪns/

      UK /kən'vɪns/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
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    • craven

      US /ˈkrevən/

      UK /ˈkreɪvn/

      • Adjective
      • With no courage at all; very cowardly
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    • defective

      US /dɪˈfɛktɪv/

      UK /dɪˈfektɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Having a defect; faulty
      • Noun
      • A person with a mental or physical disability (offensive, archaic).
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    • delusion

      US /dɪˈluʒən/

      UK /dɪˈlu:ʒn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • False belief despite evidence to the contrary
      • (Psychiatry) A persistent false belief held in the face of evidence to the contrary, especially as a symptom of mental illness.
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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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    • destructive

      US /dɪˈstrʌktɪv/

      UK /dɪ'strʌktɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Causing a very large amount of damage
      • Tending to demolish or tear down; negative; unhelpful.
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    • disgusting

      US /dɪsˈɡʌstɪŋ/

      UK /dɪsˈgʌstɪŋ/

      • Adjective
      • Having a very bad taste
      • Extremely unpleasant or unacceptable.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause a strong negative reaction or feeling
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    • dread

      US /drɛd/

      UK /dred/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To await with great fear
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    • entertain

      US /ˌentərˈteɪn/

      UK /ˌentəˈteɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To receive someone as a guest
      • To provide amusement (e.g. by singing, dancing)
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    • evidence of

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
      • Something that shows that something else exists or is true.
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    • familiar

      US /fəˈmɪljɚ/

      UK /fəˈmɪliə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Well-known or easily recognized
      • Having a good knowledge of something.
      • Noun
      • A close friend or associate.
      • (In folklore) a spirit, often in animal form, believed to attend and serve a witch.
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    • fundamentally

      US /ˌfʌndəˈmɛntl:ɪ/

      UK /ˌfʌndəˈmentəli/

      • Adverb
      • In a basic and important way
      • In a complete and thorough way
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    • gratify

      US /ˈɡrætəˌfaɪ/

      UK /ˈgrætɪfaɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To be pleased because you were right or had praise
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • immensely

      US /ɪˈmensli/

      UK /ɪˈmensli/

      • Adverb
      • Very much; greatly; a lot
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    • in ways

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • In a manner or by methods that.
      • In certain respects or aspects.
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    • incomprehensible

      US /ɪnˌkɑ:mprɪˈhensəbl/

      UK /ɪnˌkɒmprɪˈhensəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Impossible to understand or comprehend
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    • inherent

      US /ɪnˈhɪrənt/

      UK /ɪnˈhɪərənt/

      • Adjective
      • Existing as an essential part of
      • Involved in the constitution or essential character of something.
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    • interpret

      US /ɪnˈtɚprɪt/

      UK /ɪn'tɜ:prɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To express so that others understand it
      • To translate what is said into another language
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    • invariably

      US /ɪnˈveriəbli/

      UK /ɪnˈveəriəbli/

      • Adverb
      • Each time without change; always
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    • issue

      US /ˈɪʃu/

      UK /'ɪʃu:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something available to be used or sold
      • To deliver a statement, etc. in an official manner
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Important topic discussed, debated or argued over
      • Single edition of a magazine
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    • needy

      US /ˈnidi/

      UK /ˈni:di/

      • Adjective
      • Poor; without much money
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    • option

      US /ˈɑpʃən/

      UK /'ɒpʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A choice
      • A right to buy or sell something at a particular price within a particular period.
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    • ostensibly

      US /ɒ'stensəblɪ/

      UK /ɒ'stensəblɪ/

      • Adverb
      • Apparently true or real, but probably not
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    • primary

      US /ˈpraɪˌmɛri, -məri/

      UK /'praɪmərɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Most important, most basic or essential
      • Happening first; earliest
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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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    • see in

      US /si ɪn/

      UK /si: in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
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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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    • spend

      US /spɛnd/

      UK /spend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To use money to pay for something
      • To use time in order to do something
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    • suffer

      US / ˈsʌfɚ/

      UK /'sʌfə(r)/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To experience pain, illness, or injury
      • To allow or permit something, especially something unpleasant.
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    • suspicious

      US /səˈspɪʃəs/

      UK /səˈspɪʃəs/

      • Adjective
      • Doubtful about someone's honesty
      • Feeling that something is wrong; causing suspicion
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    • tally

      US /ˈtæli/

      UK /'tælɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To count or reckon up; to score a point
      • Noun
      • A score or amount
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    • tenderness

      US /ˈtɛndɚnɪs/

      UK /'tendənɪs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
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    • thrill

      US /θrɪl/

      UK /θrɪl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Thing/event causing sudden excitement or pleasure
      • A sudden feeling of fear or excitement.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To feel sudden excitement or pleasure
      • To cause someone to feel excited and pleased.
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    • to do with

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To be about something; concern
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    • tragically

      US /ˈtrædʒɪkl:ɪ/

      UK /'trædʒɪklɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In a very sad manner, usually due to a death
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    • turn around

      US /tɚn əˈraʊnd/

      UK /tə:n əˈraund/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To change your body to the opposite direction
      • To make something running badly into a success
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To change direction so as to face the opposite way.
      • To improve or cause to improve.
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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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