Vocabulary

  • as well as: Also; in addition to
  • meet up: To arrange to meet someone.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • as per: According to; in accordance with.
  • search for: To try to find someone or something.
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • next door: Living in the house next to the one mentioned
  • on the block: Available for sale; up for auction.
  • based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
  • also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
  • as with: In the same way that something happens or is true of something else.
  • work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
  • under construction
  • at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
  • same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
  • to order: To give an instruction or command.
  • for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
  • recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
  • dedicated: To state a person's name in book, song, in respect
  • straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
  • journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
  • barely: Only just; just possible
  • fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
  • influence: To affect or change something indirectly
  • victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
  • explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
  • inspiration: Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
  • admire: To feel respect or wonder toward someone
  • passion: Powerful, positive excitement and interest
  • crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
  • architecture: Design and construction of buildings
  • complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
  • wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
  • construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
  • detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
  • crunch: To crush something into pieces
  • block: Solid piece of material used for building
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
  • facade: False front of a particularly impressive building
  • interior: Part of country that is far from the border, coast
  • order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
  • snack: Small amount of food eaten between meals
  • build: Your physical shape; physique
  • fill: To make something full
  • head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
  • include: To make someone, something part of a group
  • part: Division of a book
  • find: To become aware of something that is happening
  • restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
  • entry: Act of entering a room, building, party
  • finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
  • design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
  • overly: To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
  • meal: Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
  • lifetime: The time between birth and death
  • delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
  • salmon: Light pinkish orange color
  • sightseeing: Going to look at places of interest somewhere
  • olive: Person's name
  • spicy: Hot and strongly flavored in taste
  • sweetness: Property of tasting as if it contains sugar
  • prawn: Largish edible shellfish with ten legs
  • duck: To avoid doing something that is difficult
  • bacon: Salted meat from a pig
  • discord: Jarring sound from inharmonious notes
  • ham: Smoked meat from leg of a pig, often eaten cold
  • pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
  • snoop: To spy on someone or something in a devious manner
  • runaway: (Of a victory) easy; hardly contested
  • paella: Saffron-flavored dish of rice/shellfish/chicken
  • casa: Spanish a house or dwelling
  • sangria: Sweetened red wine with juice and soda water
  • yeh: Another way of saying 'yes'
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    • admire

      US /ædˈmaɪr/

      UK /əd'maɪə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To feel respect or wonder toward someone
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    • also known as

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Also called; alternatively named.
      • Identified by another term; synonymous with.
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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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    • architecture

      US /ˈɑrkɪˌtɛktʃɚ/

      UK /ˈɑ:kɪtektʃə(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Design and construction of buildings
      • The style or design of a building or buildings.
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    • as per

      US

      UK

      • Preposition
      • According to; in accordance with.
      • As specified by; in the manner of.
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    • as well as

      US /æz wɛl æz/

      UK /æz wel æz/

      • Adverb
      • Also; in addition to
      • Preposition
      • In addition to; and also.
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    • as with

      US /æz wɪð/

      UK /æz wið/

      • Preposition
      • In the same way that something happens or is true of something else.
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    • at the same time

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
      • Nevertheless; however; used to introduce a contrasting or qualifying statement.
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    • bacon

      US /ˈbekən/

      UK /ˈbeɪkən/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Salted meat from a pig
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    • barely

      US /ˈbɛrli/

      UK /ˈbɛəli/

      • Adverb
      • Only just; just possible
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    • based on

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
      • Preposition
      • Using something as the main idea or foundation.
      • Relying on something as evidence or justification.
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    • block

      US /blɑk/

      UK /blɒk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Solid piece of material used for building
      • A piece of wood, chocolate etc.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To stop from going forward or making progress
      • To obstruct or prevent the movement or passage of.
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    • casa

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • Spanish a house or dwelling
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    • construction

      US /kənˈstrʌkʃən/

      UK /kən'strʌkʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of building something; thing that is built
      • Something that is made using different parts
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    • crew

      US /kru/

      UK /kru:/

      • Countable Noun
      • Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
      • Skilled group of people working together on a task
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To work as part of a crew.
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    • crunch

      US /krʌntʃ/

      UK /krʌntʃ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To crush something into pieces
      • To crush something noisily.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To chew noisily with a crackling sound
      • To make a crushing sound when walked on.
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    • dedicated

      US /ˈdɛdɪˌketɪd/

      UK /'dedɪkeɪtɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To state a person's name in book, song, in respect
      • To give your energy, time, etc. completely
      • Adjective
      • Devoted to a task or purpose; having single-minded loyalty or integrity.
      • Designed for or devoted to a specific purpose or task.
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    • delicious

      US /dɪˈlɪʃəs/

      UK /dɪˈlɪʃəs/

      • Adjective
      • Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
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    • discord

      US /ˈdɪsˌkɔrd/

      UK /'dɪskɔ:d/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Jarring sound from inharmonious notes
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    • duck

      US /dʌk/

      UK /dʌk/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To avoid doing something that is difficult
      • To lower your head to avoid hitting something
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Common type of water bird
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    • explore

      US /ɪkˈsplɔr/

      UK /ɪk'splɔ:(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To examine something in detail to learn about it
      • To travel to a place to discover more about it
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    • facade

      US /fəˈsɑːd/

      UK /fəˈsɑ:d/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • False front of a particularly impressive building
      • False appearance hiding how a person truly feels
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    • fantastic

      US /fænˈtæstɪk/

      UK /fænˈtæstɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Strange or unusual in design or appearance
      • Very large, fast or great
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    • for some reason

      US /fɔr sʌm ˈrizən/

      UK /fɔ: sʌm ˈri:zən/

      • Phrase
      • For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
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    • ham

      US /hæm/

      UK /hæm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Smoked meat from leg of a pig, often eaten cold
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To act really badly (on stage)
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    • influence

      US / ˈɪnfluəns/

      UK /'ɪnflʊəns/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To affect or change something indirectly
      • To persuade someone to do something.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The power to affect what happens, to persuade etc.
      • A person or thing that affects someone or something in an important way.
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    • inspiration

      US /ˌɪnspəˈreʃən/

      UK /ˌɪnspə'reɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
      • The power or urge that makes you want to do something, especially something creative
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    • interior

      US /ɪnˈtɪriɚ/

      UK /ɪn'tɪərɪə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Part of country that is far from the border, coast
      • Remote central area of a continent
      • Adjective
      • Being the inside part of a building, car etc.
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    • journey

      US /ˈdʒɚni/

      UK /'dʒɜ:nɪ/

      • Noun
      • Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To travel through a place
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    • lifetime

      US /ˈlaɪfˌtaɪm/

      UK /ˈlaɪftaɪm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The time between birth and death
      • An opportunity that is unlikely to occur again.
      • Adjective
      • Lasting for the duration of someone's life or the existence of something.
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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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    • meet up

      US /mit ʌp/

      UK /mi:t ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To arrange to meet someone.
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    • next door

      US /nɛkst dɔr/

      UK /nekst dɔ:/

      • Adverb
      • Living in the house next to the one mentioned
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    • of course

      US /ʌv kɔː(r)s/

      UK /ɔv kɔː(r)s/

      • Adverb
      • Sure ; Certainly
      • Phrase
      • For sure; certainly
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    • olive

      US /ˈɑ:lɪv/

      UK /ˈɒlɪv/

      • Proper Noun
      • Person's name
      • Noun
      • Small, oval-shaped black or green fruit
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    • on the block

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Available for sale; up for auction.
      • At risk of being eliminated or terminated.
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    • overly

      US /ˈoʊvərli/

      UK /ˈəʊvəli/

      • Adverb
      • To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
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    • paella

      US /pɑˈɛlə, pɑˈeljɑ, -ˈejɑ/

      UK /paɪˈelə/

      • Noun
      • Saffron-flavored dish of rice/shellfish/chicken
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    • passion

      US /ˈpæʃən/

      UK /'pæʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Powerful, positive excitement and interest
      • Something for which one has a great love
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    • prawn

      US /prɔn/

      UK /prɔ:n/

      • Countable Noun
      • Largish edible shellfish with ten legs
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    • pre

      US

      UK

      • Prefix
      • A prefix meaning 'before'
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    • recommend

      US /ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd/

      UK /ˌrekə'mend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To advise or suggest that someone do something
      • To endorse or support something publicly.
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    • runaway

      US /ˈrʌnəˌwe/

      UK /ˈrʌnəweɪ/

      • Adjective
      • (Of a victory) easy; hardly contested
      • Unhappy child who runs away from home
      • Noun
      • Unhappy child who runs away from home
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    • salmon

      US /ˈsæmən/

      UK /ˈsæmən/

      • Noun
      • Light pinkish orange color
      • Large fish with silver skin and pink flesh
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    • same time

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
      • At the identical time as before; recurring at a fixed hour.
      • Noun
      • An equal duration or period.
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    • sangria

      US /sæŋˈɡriə, sæn-/

      UK /ˈsæŋgriə/

      • Noun
      • Sweetened red wine with juice and soda water
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    • search for

      US /sɚtʃ fɔr/

      UK /sə:tʃ fɔ:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To try to find someone or something.
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    • sightseeing

      US /ˈsaɪtˌsiɪŋ/

      UK /ˈsaɪtsi:ɪŋ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Going to look at places of interest somewhere
      • Adjective
      • Relating to the activity of visiting interesting places.
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    • snack

      US /snæk/

      UK /snæk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Small amount of food eaten between meals
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To eat a small amount outside of regular meal time
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    • snoop

      US /snup/

      UK /snu:p/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To spy on someone or something in a devious manner
      • Countable Noun
      • A private detective
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    • spicy

      US /ˈspaɪsi/

      UK /ˈspaɪsi/

      • Adjective
      • Hot and strongly flavored in taste
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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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    • sweetness

      US /ˈswiːtnəs/

      UK /ˈswi:tnəs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Property of tasting as if it contains sugar
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    • to order

      US

      UK

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give an instruction or command.
      • To request something to be made, supplied, or served.
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    • under construction

      US /ˈʌndɚ kənˈstrʌkʃən/

      UK /ˈʌndə kənˈstrʌkʃən/

      • Phrase
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    • victim

      US /ˈvɪktɪm/

      UK /ˈvɪktɪm/

      • Noun
      • Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
      • Person feeling helpless in times of bad luck
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    • wander

      US /ˈwɑ:ndə(r)/

      UK /ˈwɒndə(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move through a place with no particular purpose
      • To move through a place with no particular purpose
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    • work on

      US /wɚk ɑn/

      UK /wə:k ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To devote effort to improve or develop something
      • To try to persuade or influence someone.
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    • yeh

      US /jeɪ/

      UK /jeɪ/

      • Noun
      • Another way of saying 'yes'
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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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