Vocabulary

  • get a grip: To control your emotions and behave more calmly.
  • go back to: To return to a starting point
  • at least: As a minimum
  • figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
  • stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
  • figure: To appear in a game, play or event
  • straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
  • crush: Strong attraction to someone
  • squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
  • continent: Very large piece of land, e.g. Africa or Asia
  • awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
  • gut: To destroy the inside of a building , e.g. by fire
  • grip: To hold someone's interest
  • raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
  • tease: To purposefully bother an animal
  • bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
  • extra: More than necessary; additional
  • sweat: To do an amount of hard work
  • pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
  • rural: Concerning the country as opposed to the city
  • personally: By a specific person, and not by anyone else
  • squat: To illegally live on anothers property or land
  • creep: To move quietly so as not to be seen
  • company: Good feeling from being with someone else
  • chance: The way something happens without planning
  • important: Having power or authority
  • junk: Something that is old, useless, or has no value
  • depressed: To make someone feel sad or miserable
  • nail: Pointed piece of metal used to join pieces of wood
  • leave: To go away from; depart
  • bring: To take or go with someone to a place
  • chew: To bite something many times without swallowing it
  • dirt: Loose earth or soil
  • build: Your physical shape; physique
  • polish: Act of making something clean and shiny
  • scrape: To take something off a surface with a sharp tool
  • afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
  • guy: Man; boy; any person
  • wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
  • blade: One of several flat pieces in a fan which move air
  • mustache: Hair that grows above the upper lip
  • remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
  • shave: To cut the beard/hair close to skin with a razor
  • wig: Covering of artificial hair worn on the head
  • grease: Liquid or melted fat from animals used for cooking
  • bar: Piece of (soap, chocolate etc.)
  • store: To put things in a place for later use
  • disappointed: To not meet the expectations of others or yourself
  • leather: Chemically tanned animal skin, e.g. for shoes
  • shake: To cause someone to be surprised or upset
  • repeat: Action that is done again
  • kid: Child or young person
  • nanny: Woman paid to take care of the children of others
  • pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
  • goldfish: Orange or orange and white freshwater fish
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    • at least

      US /æt list/

      UK /æt li:st/

      • Adverb
      • As a minimum
      • Not less than
      • Phrase
      • No less than; at the minimum
      • Used to indicate that something is positive in a bad situation.
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    • awful

      US /ˈɔfəl/

      UK /ˈɔ:fl/

      • Adjective
      • Very bad; horrible; terrible
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    • bar

      US /bɑ:r/

      UK /bɑ:(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Piece of (soap, chocolate etc.)
      • Professional organization of lawyers and judges
      • Transitive Verb
      • To prevent entry, exit or an action
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    • blade

      US /bled/

      UK /bleɪd/

      • Noun
      • One of several flat pieces in a fan which move air
      • Sharp edge used for cutting
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    • bury

      US /ˈbɛri/

      UK /'berɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To put something into the ground and cover it
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    • chew

      US /tʃu:/

      UK /tʃu:/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To bite something many times without swallowing it
      • Noun
      • Act of biting something many times
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    • continent

      US /ˈkɑntənənt/

      UK /ˈkɒntɪnənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Very large piece of land, e.g. Africa or Asia
      • Adjective
      • Able to control excretory functions (bowel and bladder).
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    • creep

      US /krip/

      UK /kri:p/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move quietly so as not to be seen
      • Countable Noun
      • Scary or disliked person
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    • crush

      US /krʌʃ/

      UK /krʌʃ/

      • Noun
      • Strong attraction to someone
      • Transitive Verb
      • To break something into small pieces by pressing
      • To defeat someone or something (in a game)
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    • depressed

      US /dɪˈprɛst/

      UK /dɪˈprest/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone feel sad or miserable
      • To push something down
      • Adjective
      • Feeling sad or miserable
      • Suffering from clinical depression.
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    • dirt

      US /dɚt/

      UK /dɜ:t/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Loose earth or soil
      • A substance, such as mud or dust, that makes something dirty.
      • Countable Noun
      • A track made of compacted earth or soil.
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    • disappointed

      US /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/

      UK /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To not meet the expectations of others or yourself
      • Adjective
      • Feeling you did not meet expectations
      • Feeling let down by someone's actions or behavior.
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    • extra

      US /'ekstrə/

      UK /'ekstrə/

      • Adjective
      • More than necessary; additional
      • Of especially good quality or grade.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Items more than you need; additional items
      • Person who has a small part in a movie
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    • figure out

      US /ˈfɪɡjɚ aʊt/

      UK /ˈfiɡə aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To understand the behavior of someone
      • To think through logically to find a solution
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To understand or find an answer to something.
      • To find a solution to a problem or understand something.
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    • get a grip

      US /ɡɛt e ɡrɪp/

      UK /ɡet ə ɡrip/

      • Idiom
      • To control your emotions and behave more calmly.
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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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    • goldfish

      US /ˈɡoldˌfɪʃ/

      UK /'ɡəʊldfɪʃ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Orange or orange and white freshwater fish
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    • grease

      US /ɡris/

      UK /gri:s/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Liquid or melted fat from animals used for cooking
      • Thick gel used to lubricate a machine
      • Transitive Verb
      • To use grease to lubricate a machine
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    • grip

      US /ɡrɪp/

      UK /ɡrɪp/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To hold someone's interest
      • To hold something in your hand very firmly
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Strong understanding of an idea
      • Control over something or someone
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    • gut

      US /ɡʌt/

      UK /ɡʌt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To destroy the inside of a building , e.g. by fire
      • To remove the internal parts of an animal or fish
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Stomach and internal organs of digestion
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    • junk

      US /dʒʌŋk/

      UK /dʒʌŋk/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Something that is old, useless, or has no value
      • Transitive Verb
      • To get rid of something because it has no value
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    • kid

      US /kɪd/

      UK /kɪd/

      • Countable Noun
      • Child or young person
      • Young goat
      • Adjective
      • Made from young goat skin
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    • leather

      US /ˈlɛðɚ/

      UK /ˈleðə(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Chemically tanned animal skin, e.g. for shoes
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    • mustache

      US /ˈmʌsˌtæʃ, məˈstæʃ/

      UK /mə'stɑ:ʃ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Hair that grows above the upper lip
      • The style or shape of a mustache.
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    • nail

      US /nel/

      UK /neɪl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Pointed piece of metal used to join pieces of wood
      • Hard part at the end of your finger
      • Transitive Verb
      • To attach things together with metal nails
      • To catch someone doing an illegal activity
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    • nanny

      US /ˈnæni/

      UK /'nænɪ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Woman paid to take care of the children of others
      • A grandmother.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To work as a nanny.
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    • personally

      US /ˈpəsənəli/

      UK /ˈpɜ:sənəli/

      • Adverb
      • By a specific person, and not by anyone else
      • Knowing someone as a friend, or closely
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    • polish

      US /ˈpɑlɪʃ/

      UK /'pɒlɪʃ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of making something clean and shiny
      • A cream used to make shoes etc. shiny
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something smooth and shiny by rubbing it
      • To make something smooth and shiny by rubbing it
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    • pre

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      UK

      • Prefix
      • A prefix meaning 'before'
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    • pretend

      US /prɪˈtɛnd/

      UK /prɪ'tend/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To act as if something is true when it is not
      • Adjective
      • Not real; imaginary.
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    • repeat

      US /rɪˈpit/

      UK /rɪˈpi:t/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Action that is done again
      • Musical passage that is to be played again
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To do something over again
      • To say something you have learned and memorized
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    • rural

      US /ˈrʊrəl/

      UK /ˈruərəl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning the country as opposed to the city
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    • scrape

      US /skrep/

      UK /skreɪp/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To take something off a surface with a sharp tool
      • To move roughly across the surface of something
      • Noun
      • Bad or unpleasant incident
      • Sound of something moving roughly across a surface
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    • shake

      US /ʃek/

      UK /ʃeɪk/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To cause someone to be surprised or upset
      • To cause a belief, idea, or feeling to weaken
      • Countable Noun
      • Drink made by shaking milk with fruit or flavors
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    • shave

      US /ʃev/

      UK /ʃeɪv/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cut the beard/hair close to skin with a razor
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    • squat

      US /skwɑ:t/

      UK /skwɒt/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To illegally live on anothers property or land
      • To sit on your heels
      • Noun
      • Exercise consisting of sitting on your heels
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    • squeeze

      US /skwiz/

      UK /skwi:z/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
      • Act of putting pressure on, as to get liquid out
      • Transitive Verb
      • To force or threaten someone to give you something
      • To strongly compress something to get liquid out
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    • store

      US /stɔr, stor/

      UK /stɔ:(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To put things in a place for later use
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place where things are kept for future use
      • Place where you can go to buy things
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    • straight

      US /stret/

      UK /streɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Not having curves, bends, or angles
      • Not gay; heterosexual
      • Adverb
      • in a line; immediately; honestly and directly
      • In a straight line; directly.
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    • stuff

      US /stʌf/

      UK /stʌf/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Generic description for things, materials, objects
      • Transitive Verb
      • To push material inside something, with force
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    • sweat

      US /swɛt/

      UK /swet/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To do an amount of hard work
      • To be worried or anxious about something
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An amount of hard work
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    • tease

      US /tiz/

      UK /ti:z/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To purposefully bother an animal
      • To playfully embarrass or make fun of
      • Noun
      • Something said or done as a joke
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    • wig

      US /wɪɡ/

      UK /wɪg/

      • Noun
      • Covering of artificial hair worn on the head
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    She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.

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    • 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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