Vocabulary

  • in vain: Without success or result; futilely.
  • have to: Must do
  • in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
  • from the first: From the very beginning.
  • sister: Female you share a parent with
  • excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
  • tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
  • family: Close group of people or organizations
  • man: Humans in general, including male and female
  • choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
  • young: At an early stage of existence; not mature
  • watch: To keep in check, manage, or control something
  • show: To be easily seen or displayed
  • world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • love: Person's name
  • father: A male parent
  • meet: To provide something that is necessary
  • mother: Female who has a child or children; female parent
  • feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
  • except: (Shows what is excluded from a previous statement)
  • matter: To be of great importance; to count
  • marry: To become the husband or wife of someone
  • explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
  • carefully: In a manner that involves focus and care
  • deep: Complex and important
  • bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
  • pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
  • break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
  • hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
  • laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
  • suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
  • clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
  • moment: Very short or brief period of time
  • single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
  • sir: Form of polite address to a man you do not know
  • realise: To become aware of or understand mentally
  • ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
  • judgment: Opinion that is made after careful consideration
  • suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
  • persuade: To try to make someone to do, believe something
  • advantageous: Being likely to benefit a person
  • behaviour: The way a person or thing acts; manner
  • reply: Answer to someone's question
  • involve: To have or be included as a part of something
  • shy: Afraid of meeting people; lacking self-confidence
  • separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
  • selfish: Concerned about your own interests, not others'
  • regard: Admiration or respect for a person or thing
  • happiness: State of feeling pleased; feeling of satisfaction
  • gentleman: Man who has good manners and is considerate
  • deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
  • reject: Goods that are not suitable for sale at full price
  • tempt: To make someone want something, even if it's bad
  • beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
  • expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
  • arrogance: Rude manner from belief you are better than others
  • overcoming: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
  • overlook: To look down on; be able to see from
  • evident: Clearly the case; plain; apparent
  • insult: To disrespect someone by being rude or impolite
  • modest: Not large in amount, size, etc.; moderate
  • attachment: Act of connecting one thing to another
  • honesty: Being fair and truthful; being honest
  • eager: Very excited and interested
  • misfortune: Unfortunate or unlucky event
  • exclude: To prevent someone from taking part in something
  • civility: Or courteous behavior and politeness
  • vain: Too proud of yourself, especially your appearance
  • endeavour: To attempt or make effort to do something
  • rank: To rate or class things
  • indifferent: Neutral; not taking sides
  • conceit: Too much pride in your own abilities
  • unconsciously: Without thinking; not deliberately
  • disdain: Lack of respect because you think you are better
  • rejoice: To feel or express joy or great delight
  • agony: Great pain or suffering
  • torment: Great mental or physical pain
  • sarcasm: Harsh or cutting remark
  • beloved: Loved very much
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    • advantageous

      US /ˌædvænˈtedʒəs, -vən-/

      UK /ˌædvənˈteɪdʒəs/

      • Adjective
      • Being likely to benefit a person
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    • agony

      US /ˈæɡəni/

      UK /ˈægəni/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Great pain or suffering
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    • arrogance

      US /ˈærəɡəns/

      UK /ˈærəgəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Rude manner from belief you are better than others
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    • attachment

      US /əˈtætʃmənt/

      UK /əˈtætʃmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of connecting one thing to another
      • File added to an email message
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    • bear

      US /bɛr/

      UK /bɛː/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To accept (responsibilities or duties)
      • To give birth to a child; to produce fruit
      • Countable Noun
      • Large brown animal with fur that lives in forests
      • Someone who expects stock market to fall
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    • beg

      US /bɛɡ/

      UK /beg/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To ask someone in an emotional way for something
      • (Dog) to sit up to ask for something
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    • beloved

      US /bɪˈlʌvɪd, -ˈlʌvd/

      UK /bɪ'lʌvd/

      • Adjective
      • Loved very much
      • Noun
      • A dearly loved person.
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    • carefully

      US /ˈkɛrfəlɪ/

      UK /'keəfəlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In a manner that involves focus and care
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    • civility

      US /sɪˈvɪlɪti/

      UK /sə'vɪlətɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Or courteous behavior and politeness
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    • conceit

      US /kənˈsit/

      UK /kən'si:t/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Too much pride in your own abilities
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    • deny

      US /dɪˈnaɪ/

      UK /dɪ'naɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To refuse to allow or accept something
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    • disdain

      US /dɪsˈden/

      UK /dɪs'deɪn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Lack of respect because you think you are better
      • Transitive Verb
      • To show contempt for (and so refuse to do)
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    • eager

      US /ˈiɡɚ/

      UK /ˈi:gə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Very excited and interested
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    • endeavour

      US /ɛnˈdɛvɚ/

      UK /ɪn'devə(r)/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To attempt or make effort to do something
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Attempt or effort to do something
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    • evident

      US /ˈɛvɪdənt/

      UK /ˈevɪdənt/

      • Adjective
      • Clearly the case; plain; apparent
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    • exclude

      US /ɪk'sklu:d/

      UK /ɪk'sklu:d/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To prevent someone from taking part in something
      • To decide that something is not worth considering
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    • excuse

      US /ɪkˈskjuz/

      UK /ɪk'skju:s/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
      • To explain acting in a bad or impolite manner
      • Noun
      • Note explaining why someone cannot do or attend
      • Reason why you did or didn't do something
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    • expose

      US /ɪkˈspoʊz/

      UK /ɪk'spəʊz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make visible, without covering or protection
      • To allow light through a cameras lens onto film
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    • from the first

      US /frəm ðə ˈfɝst/

      UK /frəm ðə ˈfɜ:st/

      • other
      • From the very beginning.
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    • gentleman

      US /ˈdʒɛntlmən/

      UK /'dʒentlmən/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Man who has good manners and is considerate
      • A polite form of address for a man, especially in formal situations.
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    • happiness

      US /ˈhæpɪnɪs/

      UK /'hæpɪnəs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of feeling pleased; feeling of satisfaction
      • A feeling of joy and contentment
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • honesty

      US /ˈɑnɪsti/

      UK /'ɒnəstɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Being fair and truthful; being honest
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    • in the world

      US /ɪn ði wɜrld/

      UK /in ðə wɜː(r)ld/

      • Phrase
      • Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
      • Used to indicate the extent or degree of something, often in a superlative sense.
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    • in vain

      US /ɪn ven/

      UK /in vein/

      • Phrase
      • Without success or result; futilely.
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    • indifferent

      US /ɪnˈdɪfərənt, -ˈdɪfrənt/

      UK /ɪnˈdɪfrənt/

      • Adjective
      • Neutral; not taking sides
      • Not caring; without feeling
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    • insult

      US /ɪnˈsʌlt/

      UK /ɪn'sʌlt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To disrespect someone by being rude or impolite
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of disrespecting by being rude or impolite
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    • involve

      US /ɪnˈvɑlv/

      UK /ɪn'vɒlv/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To have or be included as a part of something
      • To cause (a person or group) to take part in an event or activity.
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    • judgment

      US /ˈdʒʌdʒmənt/

      UK /'dʒʌdʒmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Opinion that is made after careful consideration
      • Official court decision given by judge
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    • misfortune

      US /ˌmɪsˈfɔ:rtʃu:n/

      UK /ˌmɪsˈfɔ:tʃu:n/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Unfortunate or unlucky event
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    • modest

      US /ˈmɑdɪst/

      UK /ˈmɒdɪst/

      • Adjective
      • Not large in amount, size, etc.; moderate
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    • overcoming

      US

      UK

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
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    • overlook

      US /ˌoʊvərˈlʊk/

      UK /ˌəʊvəˈlʊk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To look down on; be able to see from
      • To miss noticing a mistake or problem
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    • persuade

      US /pərˈsweɪd/

      UK /pəˈsweɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To try to make someone to do, believe something
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    • rank

      US /ræŋk/

      UK /ræŋk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To rate or class things
      • To assign a level or status, as of importance, to
      • Noun
      • Group of people with a certain level of status
      • Level or position, as in society/sport competition
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    • regard

      US /rɪˈɡɑrd/

      UK /rɪ'ɡɑ:d/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Admiration or respect for a person or thing
      • Careful thought or attention.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To think about a person, thing in a particular way
      • To look at a person or thing in a particular way
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    • reject

      US /rɪˈdʒɛkt/

      UK /rɪˈdʒekt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Goods that are not suitable for sale at full price
      • Person others do not like, or refuse to accept
      • Transitive Verb
      • To decide that something is not good enough
      • To refuse, deny to believe, accept, or consider
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    • rejoice

      US /rɪˈdʒɔɪs/

      UK /rɪˈdʒɔɪs/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To feel or express joy or great delight
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    • ruin

      US /ˈruɪn/

      UK /'ru:ɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To damage or completely destroy something
      • To cause someone to lose their money or status
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Remains of a building that has been destroyed
      • The state of being destroyed or severely damaged.
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    • sarcasm

      US /ˈsɑrˌkæzəm/

      UK /ˈsɑ:kæzəm/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Harsh or cutting remark
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    • selfish

      US /ˈsɛlfɪʃ/

      UK /ˈselfɪʃ/

      • Adjective
      • Concerned about your own interests, not others'
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    • separate

      US /'sepəreɪt/

      UK /'sepəreɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Being different from or unrelated to another
      • Not connected; different.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To divide two things by being in between them
      • To move things away from each other
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    • shy

      US /ʃaɪ/

      UK /ʃaɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Afraid of meeting people; lacking self-confidence
      • Being less than the full or expected amount
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move away due to nervousness
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    • suppose

      US /səˈpoʊz/

      UK /sə'pəʊz/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To imagine or guess what might happen
      • Conjunction
      • What if
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    • tempt

      US /tɛmpt/

      UK /tempt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone want something, even if it's bad
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    • torment

      US /ˈtɔ:rment/

      UK /ˈtɔ:ment/

      • Noun
      • Great mental or physical pain
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause great physical or mental pain to
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    • unconsciously

      US /ʌnˈkɑnʃəslɪ/

      UK /ʌnˈkɒnʃəsli/

      • Adverb
      • Without thinking; not deliberately
      • Without intending to; involuntarily.
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    • vain

      US /ven/

      UK /veɪn/

      • Adjective
      • Too proud of yourself, especially your appearance
      • Producing no result; useless.
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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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