Vocabulary

  • piece of cake: (slang) easy to do
  • fluent speaker: A person who speaks a language easily and well.
  • as well as: Also; in addition to
  • for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
  • pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
  • expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
  • common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
  • fluent: Doing something well and with ease
  • stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
  • clue: Information that helps explain something; hint
  • pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
  • grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
  • idiom: Phrase with a special, metaphoric meaning
  • vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
  • piece: A counter in a board game
  • language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
  • mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
  • biscuit: A cookie
  • turn: To become (a particular age)
  • difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
  • remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • meaning: To express a particular idea or thought
  • work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
  • give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
  • hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
  • repeat: Action that is done again
  • tasty: Good tasting; having a lot of flavor
  • workshop: A brief intensive course for a small group
  • packet: Small, thin container that holds something
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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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    • biscuit

      US /ˈbɪskɪt/

      UK /ˈbɪskɪt/

      • Countable Noun
      • A cookie
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    • clue

      US /klu/

      UK /klu:/

      • Noun
      • Information that helps explain something; hint
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    • expression

      US /ɪkˈsprɛʃən/

      UK /ɪk'spreʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
      • Group of words that have a specific meaning
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    • fluent

      US /'fluːənt/

      UK /ˈflu:ənt/

      • Adjective
      • Doing something well and with ease
      • Able to speak or write a language fully and easily
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    • fluent speaker

      US

      UK

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A person who speaks a language easily and well.
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    • for now

      US /fɔr naʊ/

      UK /fɔ: nau/

      • Phrase
      • Temporarily; for the present time.
      • In the short term; for the immediate future.
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    • grammar

      US /ˈɡræmɚ/

      UK /ˈgræmə(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
      • Rules explaining how words are used in a language
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    • idiom

      US /ˈɪdiəm/

      UK /ˈɪdiəm/

      • Noun
      • Phrase with a special, metaphoric meaning
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    • packet

      US /ˈpækɪt/

      UK /ˈpækɪt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small, thin container that holds something
      • Computer data controlling the flow of data
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    • piece of cake

      US /pis ʌv kek/

      UK /pi:s ɔv keik/

      • Phrase
      • (slang) easy to do
      • Idiom
      • Very easy to do.
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    • pronounce

      US /prəˈnaʊns/

      UK /prə'naʊns/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To state something in a legal or official way
      • To give your opinion or decision about something
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    • pronunciation

      US /prəˌnʌnsiˈeʃən/

      UK /prəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • How a word is said; how a word sounds
      • The manner in which someone utters a word.
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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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    • stress

      US / strɛs/

      UK /stres/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
      • To put pressure on something or someone
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Emphasis on part of a word or sentence
      • Pressure on something or someone
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    • tasty

      US /ˈtesti/

      UK /ˈteɪsti/

      • Adjective
      • Good tasting; having a lot of flavor
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    • vowel

      US /ˈvaʊəl/

      UK /ˈvaʊəl/

      • Countable Noun
      • A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
      B1
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    • workshop

      US /ˈwɜ:rkʃɑ:p/

      UK /ˈwɜ:kʃɒp/

      • Noun
      • A brief intensive course for a small group
      B1TOEIC
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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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