Vocabulary

  • work to do: Tasks or activities that need to be accomplished.
  • hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
  • going on: To continue doing something
  • through the roof: Rising to a very high level; skyrocketing.
  • in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
  • have to: Must do
  • instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
  • basketball: Team game played to throw the ball through a hoop
  • player: Machine that plays recorded material
  • man: Humans in general, including male and female
  • wait: To delay or not do something until later
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • ball: Large dance where people dress formally
  • group: Two or more musicians who play music together
  • game: Activity with rules that people play to have fun
  • tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
  • remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • ups: To act suddenly and unexpectedly
  • important: Having power or authority
  • train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
  • card: One of 54 pieces of paper used in a game of cards
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • boss: Person in charge of you at work
  • guy: Man; boy; any person
  • team: Group of people working on a task together
  • anymore: No longer; no more
  • roof: Top of the inside a tunnel, cave, mouth etc.
  • spell: To lead to future trouble
  • surprised: Feeling a shock when something unexpected happens
  • laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
  • jump: To attack someone suddenly
  • afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
  • hold: To agree to keep something for someone
  • decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
  • front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
  • true: Agreeing with the facts; not false; real or actual
  • real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
  • defense: Argument in support of something
  • fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
  • retire: To stop using, producing, or servicing something
  • argue: To fight or disagree over something
  • grab: To take and hold something quickly
  • loose: To shoot or fire something from a gun
  • score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
  • aim: Act of pointing something at a target
  • awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
  • advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
  • training: To teach a pet a behavior or a trick
  • beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
  • shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
  • mumble: Speech that is not clear enough or loud enough
  • sigh: Breathing out to show boredom or disappointment
  • trap: Device used for catching animals
  • weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
  • foul: Terrible in smell, taste, appearance or morals
  • pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
  • anime: A form of Japanese animation
  • offense: Attempt to score in a game or match
  • duel: Competition between two athletes or enemies
  • foo: (computing, slang) A placeholder name, especially for a variable or function whose purpose is unimportant or illustrative.
  • pong: To smell badly
  • superheroes: Fictional character who fights evil
  • aura: Distinctive feeling or mood coming from a person
  • dribble: To move forward with a ball by small hits or kicks
  • ping: To make a high sharp sound, as bullet hitting rock
  • activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
  • screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
  • wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
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    • activate

      US /ˈæktəˌvet/

      UK /ˈæktɪveɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
      • To make something start working
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    • advantage

      US /ædˈvæntɪdʒ/

      UK /əd'vɑ:ntɪdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Thing making the chance of success higher
      • A positive point about something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make use of something, especially to further one's own position; exploit.
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    • aim

      US /em/

      UK /eɪm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of pointing something at a target
      • Purpose or goal
      • Transitive Verb
      • To point something at a target
      • To intend to get a thing or for a thing to happen
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    • anime

      US /ˈænəˌme/

      UK /ˈænɪmeɪ/

      • Noun
      • A form of Japanese animation
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    • anymore

      US /ˌɛniˈmɔr, -ˈmor/

      UK /'enɪmɔ:/

      • Adverb
      • No longer; no more
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    • aura

      US /ˈɔrə/

      UK /'ɔ:rə/

      • Noun
      • Distinctive feeling or mood coming from a person
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    • awful

      US /ˈɔfəl/

      UK /ˈɔ:fl/

      • Adjective
      • Very bad; horrible; terrible
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    • basketball

      US /ˈbæskɪtbɔːl/

      UK /ˈbɑ:skɪtbɔ:l/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Team game played to throw the ball through a hoop
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    • beat

      US /bit/

      UK /bi:t/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move in regular motions in order to push blood
      • Transitive Verb
      • To strike or hit repeatedly and with great force
      • To mix ingredients together with a fork or machine
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    • decide

      US /dɪˈsaɪd/

      UK /dɪ'saɪd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
      • To make a legal judgment in court
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    • defense

      US /dɪˈfɛns/

      UK /dɪ'fens/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Argument in support of something
      • The process of protecting something from attack
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    • dribble

      US /ˈdrɪbəl/

      UK /'drɪbl/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move forward with a ball by small hits or kicks
      • To fall or flow in small amounts
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Small flow of a liquid; a drop
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    • duel

      US /ˈdu:əl/

      UK /ˈdju:əl/

      • Noun
      • Competition between two athletes or enemies
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    • foul

      US /faʊl/

      UK /faʊl/

      • Adjective
      • Terrible in smell, taste, appearance or morals
      • Dirty or filthy.
      • Noun
      • An unfair or illegal act, especially in sports.
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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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    • grab

      US /ɡræb/

      UK /ɡræb/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To take and hold something quickly
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    • hang on

      US /hæŋ ɑn/

      UK /hæŋ ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To wait for the person you phoned to answer
      • To persevere or persist, especially in a difficult situation.
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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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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    • instead of

      US /ɪnˈstɛd ʌv/

      UK /inˈsted ɔv/

      • Preposition
      • When one thing is replaced by another
      • Adverb
      • As a substitute or alternative.
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    • loose

      US /lus/

      UK /lu:s/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To shoot or fire something from a gun
      • Adjective
      • (Idea, thought, or work) unclear or imprecise
      • Not tightly attached or held
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    • mumble

      US /ˈmʌmbəl/

      UK /ˈmʌmbl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Speech that is not clear enough or loud enough
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To speak without being clear or loud enough
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    • offense

      US /əˈfɛns/

      UK /əˈfens/

      • Noun
      • Attempt to score in a game or match
      • Breaking of a rule or law
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    • ping

      US /pɪŋ/

      UK /pɪŋ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make a high sharp sound, as bullet hitting rock
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    • pong

      US /pɔ:ŋ/

      UK /pɒŋ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To smell badly
      • Noun
      • A very bad smell
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    • pursue

      US /pɚˈsu/

      UK /pə'sju:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
      • To try to achieve or get something over time
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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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    • roof

      US /ruf,rʊf/

      UK /ru:f/

      • Noun
      • Top of the inside a tunnel, cave, mouth etc.
      • Cover or top of a building or car
      • Transitive Verb
      • To place a cover or top onto a building, vehicle
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    • score

      US /skɔr, skor/

      UK /skɔ:(r)/

      • Noun
      • A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
      • Current number of points given in a game, contest
      • Transitive Verb
      • To mark or cut something with a sharp object
      • To get or give points in a game, contest, or test
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    • screw

      US /skru/

      UK /skru:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cheat someone, as out of money/property
      • To close something by turning it into place
      • Countable Noun
      • Long metal nail with a spiral thread
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    • shoot

      US /ʃut/

      UK /ʃu:t/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To kick or throw a ball at a goal
      • To fire a gun; injure or kill someone with a gun
      • Countable Noun
      • Emerging new part of a plant
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    • sigh

      US /saɪ/

      UK /saɪ/

      • Noun
      • Breathing out to show boredom or disappointment
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To breathe out to show boredom or disappointment
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    • spell

      US /spɛl/

      UK /spel/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To lead to future trouble
      • To be able to write (or say) the letters of a word
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Making some magic happen; form of words to do this
      • Period of time; time when an action is being done
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    • superheroes

      US

      UK

      • Noun (plural)
      • Fictional character who fights evil
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    • through the roof

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Rising to a very high level; skyrocketing.
      • Adjective
      • Extremely angry; furious.
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    • trap

      US /træp/

      UK /træp/

      • Countable Noun
      • Device used for catching animals
      • Vehicle pulled by a single horse
      • Transitive Verb
      • To use a device to catch animals or people
      • To hold, e.g. a nerve, so that it cannot move
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    • ups

      US

      UK

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To act suddenly and unexpectedly
      • To increase something
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    • wanna

      US /ˈwɑnə/

      UK /'wɒnə/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
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    • weird

      US /wɪrd/

      UK /wɪəd/

      • Adjective
      • Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
      • Eerily strange or disturbing.
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    • work to do

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Tasks or activities that need to be accomplished.
      • Obligations or responsibilities that require effort and attention.
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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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