Vocabulary

  • shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
  • to date: Up to the present time; until now.
  • have to: Must do
  • on to: Toward something; forward
  • move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
  • go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
  • under arrest: Being held by the police; formally detained.
  • go on: To continue doing something
  • start over: To begin again.
  • look past: To ignore something, especially a fault, in order to help someone.
  • check out
  • walk through: To show someone carefully how to do something
  • literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
  • stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
  • stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
  • apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
  • pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
  • gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
  • trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
  • description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
  • accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
  • conquer: To take possession of (land, city) with an army
  • relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
  • dude: Form of address for a man
  • clue: Information that helps explain something; hint
  • instant: (Food) requiring very little preparation
  • disguise: Change in appearance so you will not be noticed
  • challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
  • simply: In an easy or clear manner
  • launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
  • drag: To reluctantly move or go somewhere
  • accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
  • thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
  • shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
  • independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
  • hell: Any place of pain and suffering
  • vacuum: Space with absolutely no air in it
  • stalk: Thin part of a plant that allows it to stand
  • wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
  • click: To work well with someone or something
  • arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
  • fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
  • goofy: Silly or stupid; crazy
  • grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
  • chuckle: To laugh quietly, as when amused
  • wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
  • scared: To become frightened
  • choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
  • cop: Slang for police officer
  • volcano: Mountain through which hot liquid earth can erupt
  • like: To want to
  • moan: To complain about something
  • rope: A thick string made by twisting fibers together
  • show: To be easily seen or displayed
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • date: To have become old-fashioned
  • smear: To cover a surface with something sticky
  • kidnap: To take someone and demand money to return them
  • voice: Ability to sing well
  • sensual: Feeling or giving rise to sexual/physical feeling
  • chatter: To talk a lot in a casual manner
  • mask: To hide something so that it cannot be seen
  • lonely: Sad because apart from other people
  • indistinct: Not clearly defined; not easy to see or hear
  • stalker: Someone obsessively following/watching a person
  • popcorn: Small-eared corn that burst in dry heat
  • kidnapping: To take someone and demand money to return them
  • blackmail: To threaten to tell a secret unless you are paid
  • ammo: Shortened form of 'ammunition'
  • bale: Large amount of material wrapped or tied together
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    • accurate

      US /ˈækjərɪt/

      UK /ˈækjərət/

      • Adjective
      • With no mistake or error; Correct
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    • ammo

      US /ˈæmo/

      UK /'æməʊ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Shortened form of 'ammunition'
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    • apparently

      US /əˈpærəntlɪ/

      UK /əˈpærəntli/

      • Adverb
      • According to what you heard; from what can be seen
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    • bale

      US /bel/

      UK /beɪl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Large amount of material wrapped or tied together
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something into a bale shape
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    • blackmail

      US /ˈblækˌmel/

      UK /ˈblækmeɪl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To threaten to tell a secret unless you are paid
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    • challenge

      US /ˈtʃæləndʒ/

      UK /'tʃælɪndʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
      • Act of formally inviting someone to compete
      • Transitive Verb
      • To formally invite someone to compete at something
      • To question the correctness of something
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    • chatter

      US /ˈtʃætɚ/

      UK /ˈtʃætə(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To talk a lot in a casual manner
      • (As of teeth if cold) to click uncontrollably
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Continuous rapid talk about matters of little importance.
      • A rapid series of short, sharp noises.
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    • check out

      US /tʃɛk aʊt/

      UK /tʃek aut/

      • Phrase
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To find out information about something
      • To take books out of a library
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    • chuckle

      US /ˈtʃʌkəl/

      UK /ˈtʃʌkl/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To laugh quietly, as when amused
      • Noun
      • Quiet amused laugh
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    • clue

      US /klu/

      UK /klu:/

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

      US /ˈkɑŋkɚ/

      UK /'kɒŋkə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To take possession of (land, city) with an army
      • To beat something difficult, e.g. a fear; overcome
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    • cop

      US /kɑp/

      UK /kɒp/

      • Noun
      • Slang for police officer
      B2
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    • description

      US /dɪˈskrɪpʃən/

      UK /dɪˈskrɪpʃn/

      • Noun
      • Explanation of what something is like, looks like
      • The type or nature of someone or something.
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    • disguise

      US /dɪsˈɡaɪz/

      UK /dɪs'ɡaɪz/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Change in appearance so you will not be noticed
      • The act of concealing the identity or true nature of something.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To change your appearance to not be noticed
      • To hide something so it will not be noticed
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    • drag

      US /dræɡ/

      UK /dræɡ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To reluctantly move or go somewhere
      • To pull something heavy or difficult along the ground
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Force of air pushing back against a plane car etc.
      • Boring or annoying thing/activity
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    • dude

      US /dud, djud/

      UK /du:d/

      • Noun
      • Form of address for a man
      • (informal) A man; a fellow.
      • Interjection
      • (informal) Used as a term of address, often between men.
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    • go on

      US /ɡo ɑn/

      UK /ɡəu ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue doing something
      • To happen (usually negative)
      • Interjection
      • Used to encourage someone
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    • go out

      US /ɡo aʊt/

      UK /ɡəu aut/

      • Phrase
      • To leave a building (e.g. a house)
      • Phrasal Verb
      • (Of a fire) to burn out; be extinguished
      • Go out of fashion to stop being fashionable
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    • goofy

      US /ˈɡufi/

      UK /'ɡu:fɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Silly or stupid; crazy
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    • gross

      US /ɡros/

      UK /ɡrəʊs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
      • Total sum of money earned before costs and taxes
      • Transitive Verb
      • To earn an amount of money before costs and taxes
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • hell

      US /hɛl/

      UK /hel/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Any place of pain and suffering
      • A very unpleasant or difficult experience.
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    • independent

      US /ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt/

      UK /ˌɪndɪˈpendənt/

      • Adjective
      • Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
      • Not connected with or influenced by something else.
      • Noun
      • A person not connected to a political party
      • Someone who is independent, especially in politics or business.
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    • indistinct

      US /ˌɪndɪˈstɪŋkt/

      UK /ˌɪndɪˈstɪŋkt/

      • Adjective
      • Not clearly defined; not easy to see or hear
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    • instant

      US /ˈɪnstənt/

      UK /ˈɪnstənt/

      • Adjective
      • (Food) requiring very little preparation
      • Occurring immediately
      • Noun
      • A very short period of time
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    • kidnap

      US /ˈkɪdˌnæp/

      UK /'kɪdnæp/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To take someone and demand money to return them
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    • kidnapping

      US /ˈkɪdnæpɪŋ/

      UK /'kɪdnæpɪŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To take someone and demand money to return them
      • To seize and detain (a person) unlawfully.
      • Uncountable Noun
      • The act of abducting someone and holding them captive, usually for ransom.
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    • launch

      US /lɔntʃ, lɑntʃ/

      UK /lɔ:ntʃ/

      • Noun
      • Starting a new project; introducing new product
      • Act of firing rockets into the air
      • Transitive Verb
      • To start a new project; start selling a product
      • To put a rocket into the air
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    • literally

      US /ˈlɪtərəli/

      UK

      • Adverb
      • In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
      • Used for emphasis to describe something that is actually true, often to highlight surprise or intensity.
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    • lonely

      US /ˈloʊnli/

      UK /ˈləʊnli/

      • Adjective
      • Sad because apart from other people
      • Being far away and rarely visited by people
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    • look past

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To ignore something, especially a fault, in order to help someone.
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    • mask

      US /mæsk/

      UK /mɑ:sk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To hide something so that it cannot be seen
      • To hide something so that it cannot be seen
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Covering to hide or disguise the face
      • Way of pretending to behave that is not real
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    • moan

      US /moʊn/

      UK /məʊn/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To complain about something
      • To make a low, mournful cry of sorrow or pain
      • Noun
      • Low, sustained, mournful cry of sorrow or pain
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    • move on

      US /muv ɑn/

      UK /mu:v ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To decide to change or go to a different place
      • To start talking about something different.
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    • on to

      US /ɑn tu/

      UK /ɔn tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Toward something; forward
      • Aware of someone's activities.
      • Adjective
      • Aware of someone's deception or illegal activities.
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    • popcorn

      US /ˈpɑ:pkɔ:rn/

      UK /ˈpɒpkɔ:n/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Small-eared corn that burst in dry heat
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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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    • relationship

      US /rɪˈleʃənˌʃɪp/

      UK /rɪˈleɪʃnʃɪp/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Connection between two or more people or things
      • Way people interact or live with each other
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    • rope

      US /rop/

      UK /rəʊp/

      • Countable Noun
      • A thick string made by twisting fibers together
      • Transitive Verb
      • To tie/attach animals, etc. together using a rope
      • To enclose or cordon off an area with a rope.
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    • sensual

      US /ˈsɛnʃuəl/

      UK /ˈsenʃuəl/

      • Adjective
      • Feeling or giving rise to sexual/physical feeling
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    • shame

      US /ʃem/

      UK /ʃeɪm/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone feel ashamed
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    • shut up

      US /ʃʌt ʌp/

      UK /ʃʌt ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To close something, e.g. a shop
      • To (cause someone to) be silent or not speak
      • Interjection
      • An expression of disbelief or surprise
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    • smear

      US /smɪr/

      UK /smɪə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cover a surface with something sticky
      • To say bad things about (someone's reputation)
      • Noun
      • A mark or stain from something wet and dirty
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    • stalk

      US /stɔk/

      UK /stɔ:k/

      • Countable Noun
      • Thin part of a plant that allows it to stand
      • Transitive Verb
      • To secretly follow or watch a person/animal
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    • stalker

      US /'stɔ:kər/

      UK /'stɔ:kə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Someone obsessively following/watching a person
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    • start over

      US /stɑrt ˈovɚ/

      UK /stɑ:t ˈəuvə/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To begin again.
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    • stick

      US /stɪk/

      UK /stɪk/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To push a sharp or pointed object into something
      • To join together using glue or paste
      • Countable Noun
      • Long thin piece of wood from a tree
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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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    • subscribe

      US /səbˈskraɪb/

      UK /səb'skraɪb/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To regularly pay to receive a service
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    • thick

      US /θɪk/

      UK /θɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Difficult to see through, as fog
      • Full of (people, etc.)
      • Adverb
      • In close association or friendship.
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    • to date

      US /tu det/

      UK /tu: deit/

      • Phrase
      • Up to the present time; until now.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To go out on romantic dates with someone.
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    • trick

      US /trɪk/

      UK /trɪk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To fool someone in order to obtain a result
      • To playfully tease or fool to make someone laugh
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of trying to fool someone
      • Quick or skillful way of doing something
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    • under arrest

      US /ˈʌndɚ əˈrɛst/

      UK /ˈʌndə əˈrest/

      • Adjective
      • Being held by the police; formally detained.
      • Phrase
      • In the state of being apprehended and detained by law enforcement.
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    • vacuum

      US /ˈvækjuəm, -jum, -jəm/

      UK /'vækjʊəm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Space with absolutely no air in it
      • Cleaning machine with engine that sucks up dirt
      • Transitive Verb
      • To clean (a floor) using a sucking machine
      • To seal something in a vacuum.
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    • volcano

      US /vɑ:lˈkeɪnoʊ/

      UK /vɒlˈkeɪnəʊ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Mountain through which hot liquid earth can erupt
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    • walk through

      US /wɔk θru/

      UK /wɔ:k θru:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To show someone carefully how to do 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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    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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