Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • go straight: To continue in the same direction without turning.
  • on the ball: Alert, quick to understand and respond to things.
  • as long as: For the period that; provided that.
  • rather than: More exactly; more correctly
  • step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
  • think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
  • bounce around: To move in an energetic and lively manner; to jump or spring about.
  • up in the air: Not yet decided or resolved; uncertain.
  • in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
  • bounce in: To enter a place quickly and energetically.
  • in the game: Still involved or active in a competition or situation.
  • do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
  • picks up: To catch a criminal and take to police station
  • catch up: To become equal with another person
  • rhythm: Pattern of events, motions, or changes
  • tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
  • technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
  • straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
  • practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
  • position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
  • consistent: Agreeing with or being similar to another part
  • career: Particular occupation in professional life
  • spot: A certain place or area
  • force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
  • proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
  • exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
  • pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
  • mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
  • court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
  • huge: Very very large
  • direction: When someone tells people what to do
  • tournament: Sports contest with many games to find a winner
  • throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
  • lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
  • opponent: Person who opposes an idea or plan; enemy
  • honor: To fulfill an agreement
  • bounce: A person's energy or confidence
  • chance: The way something happens without planning
  • important: Having power or authority
  • defense: Argument in support of something
  • catch: Amount of something that has been caught
  • defend: To protect and explain your position in court
  • simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
  • step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
  • deep: Complex and important
  • turn: To become (a particular age)
  • protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
  • change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
  • pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • glue: Sticky substance used for joining things together
  • defensive: Protecting something, yourself from attack
  • rim: Outer edge of something circular
  • hoop: Round or circular shape or object
  • arc: Smoothly curving line or movement
  • dribble: To move forward with a ball by small hits or kicks
  • defender: Fighter who fights against attack
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    • arc

      US /ɑrk/

      UK /ɑ:k/

      • Noun
      • Smoothly curving line or movement
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To bend in a smooth curve
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    • as long as

      US /æz lɔŋ æz/

      UK /æz lɔŋ æz/

      • Conjunction
      • For the period that; provided that.
      • For the length of time that
      • Preposition
      • On the condition that; providing that.
      • Having the same length as.
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    • bounce

      US /baʊns/

      UK /baʊns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • A person's energy or confidence
      • Quality causing a person's hair to appear healthy
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move around energetically, playfully
      • (Of check) to be rejected due to inadequate funds
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    • bounce around

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To move in an energetic and lively manner; to jump or spring about.
      • To discuss ideas or options in an informal and exploratory way.
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    • bounce in

      US /baʊns ɪn/

      UK /baʊns ɪn/

      • other
      • To enter a place quickly and energetically.
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    • career

      US /kəˈrɪr/

      UK /kə'rɪə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Particular occupation in professional life
      • The course of a person's life, especially in a particular pursuit or profession.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move forward very fast and without control
      • To advance or make progress rapidly
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    • catch up

      US /kætʃ ʌp/

      UK /kætʃ ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To become equal with another person
      • To inform others of the latest news
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To do something that you have not been able to do recently.
      • To meet someone you know in order to talk to them and find out what they have been doing.
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    • consistent

      US /kənˈsɪstənt/

      UK /kənˈsɪstənt/

      • Adjective
      • Agreeing with or being similar to another part
      • In agreement; reliable
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    • court

      US /kɔrt, kort/

      UK /kɔ:t/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
      • To encourage dangerous behavior
      • Noun
      • Place king or queen meet people, makes laws etc.
      • Place where legal cases are decided
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    • defend

      US /dɪˈfɛnd/

      UK /dɪ'fend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To protect and explain your position in court
      • To protect against an attack
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    • defender

      US /dɪˈfɛndɚ/

      UK /dɪˈfendə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Fighter who fights against attack
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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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    • defensive

      US /dɪˈfɛnsɪv/

      UK /dɪˈfensɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Protecting something, yourself from attack
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    • direction

      US /dɪˈrɛkʃən, daɪ-/

      UK /də'rekʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • When someone tells people what to do
      • Describes the way you are going, e.g. North
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    • do in

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To make completely tired out and exhausted
      • To destroy or cause damage to someone
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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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    • exact

      US /ɪɡˈzækt/

      UK /ɪɡ'zækt/

      • Adjective
      • Completely correct; accurate; specific
      • Transitive Verb
      • To get something, sometimes using force
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    • glue

      US /ɡlu/

      UK /ɡlu:/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Sticky substance used for joining things together
      • Transitive Verb
      • To join or affix things with glue or paste
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    • go straight

      US /ɡo stret/

      UK /ɡəu streit/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To continue in the same direction without turning.
      • To start living an honest and law-abiding life.
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • honor

      US /ˈɑnɚ/

      UK /'ɒnə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To fulfill an agreement
      • To give an award to someone
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Award you get for doing well; prize, title, etc.
      • Chance to do something special; privilege
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    • hoop

      US /hup/

      UK /hu:p/

      • Noun
      • Round or circular shape or object
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    • huge

      US /hjudʒ/

      UK /hju:dʒ/

      • Adjective
      • Very very large
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    • in the air

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
      • Felt or sensed by many people; circulating as a rumor or feeling.
      • Adjective
      • Being broadcast on radio or television.
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    • in the game

      US /ɪn ðə ˈɡeɪm/

      UK /in ðə ˈɡeɪm/

      • other
      • Still involved or active in a competition or situation.
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    • mention

      US /ˈmɛnʃən/

      UK /'menʃn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To refer to or talk or write about something
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of referring to or talking about something
      • A formal acknowledgement of something
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    • on the ball

      US

      UK

      • Idiom
      • Alert, quick to understand and respond to things.
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    • opponent

      US /əˈponənt/

      UK /əˈpəʊnənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person who opposes an idea or plan; enemy
      • Person that you are competing against in a game
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    • picks up

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To catch a criminal and take to police station
      • To start again where you left off
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • Learns or acquires something, often quickly or without effort.
      • Collects someone or something.
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    • practice

      US /ˈpræktɪs/

      UK /'præktɪs/

      • Noun
      • The office and place for legal or medical work
      • Doing something many times to become better at it
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To work as a doctor or lawyer
      • To live according to the teachings of a religion
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    • pressure

      US /ˈprɛʃɚ/

      UK /'preʃə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Anxiety caused by difficult problems
      • Force, weight when pressing against a thing
      • Transitive Verb
      • To apply force to something
      • To persuade or force someone to do something
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    • proper

      US /ˈprɑpɚ/

      UK /'prɒpə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Correct according to social or moral rules
      • Behaving in a polite and socially acceptable way.
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    • rather than

      US

      UK

      • Adverb
      • More exactly; more correctly
      • Preferably; instead
      • Preposition
      • Instead of
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    • rhythm

      US /ˈrɪðəm/

      UK /ˈrɪðəm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Pattern of events, motions, or changes
      • A pattern of sound and beats in music
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    • rim

      US /rɪm/

      UK /rɪm/

      • Noun
      • Outer edge of something circular
      • Transitive Verb
      • To give something an outer edge, as specified
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    • spot

      US /spɑt/

      UK /spɒt/

      • Noun
      • A certain place or area
      • A difficult time; awkward situation
      • Transitive Verb
      • To see someone or something by chance
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    • step back

      US /stɛp bæk/

      UK /step bæk/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To move backwards; to move away from something.
      • To take a break from something; to gain perspective.
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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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    • technique

      US /tɛkˈnik/

      UK /tekˈni:k/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
      • The skill or ability to do something well.
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    • think of

      US /θɪŋk ʌv/

      UK /θiŋk ɔv/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To look on as (being something specific); consider
      • To consider or remember something.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To imagine or call something to mind
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    • tough

      US /tʌf/

      UK /tʌf/

      • Adjective
      • (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
      • Very difficult to do or deal with
      • Noun
      • A rough and aggressive person.
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    • tournament

      US /ˈtʊrnəmənt, ˈtɚ-/

      UK /'tʊənəmənt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Sports contest with many games to find a winner
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    • up in the air

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Not yet decided or resolved; uncertain.
      • Idiom
      • In an uncertain state; unresolved.
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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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    US/brev/
    UK/breɪv/
    adj.Brave
    v.t.To bravely face
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