Vocabulary

  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • take out: To apply for and get a license
  • at home: In one's own residence or country.
  • come up to: To meet expectations
  • literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
  • weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
  • conscious: Aware of what is going on around you
  • process: To organize and use data in a computer
  • gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
  • expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
  • regret: Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
  • immediately: Without any delay; straight away
  • aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
  • consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
  • dude: Form of address for a man
  • admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
  • exotic: Being very different or unusual
  • occasion: Significant or important event or function
  • concern: To be about a particular topic
  • predominantly: Mainly; in a way that indicates a greater degree
  • vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
  • handful: an amount of something that can be held in one hand; small quantity or amount of people or things
  • disgusting: Having a very bad taste
  • honestly: With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
  • uncanny: So keen and perceptive as to seem supernatural
  • totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
  • polish: Act of making something clean and shiny
  • snack: Small amount of food eaten between meals
  • bring: To take or go with someone to a place
  • container: An object that can be used to hold things
  • shrimp: Small edible salt-water shellfish with many legs
  • head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
  • presume: To assume that something is true till proven false
  • versa: used to say that what you have just said is also true in the opposite order
  • pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
  • mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
  • lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
  • resemblance: Being similar in appearance
  • portuguese: Concerning the culture and people of Portugal
  • revolve: To move something in a circular motion
  • think: To have an idea about something without certainty
  • bar: Piece of (soap, chocolate etc.)
  • live: To be alive
  • happen: To take place or occur
  • meal: Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
  • repeat: Action that is done again
  • fry: To cook something in fat or oil
  • put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
  • man: Humans in general, including male and female
  • call: A order or request for action
  • corn: Small, painful hard spot on the foot
  • listen: To carefully consider what someone is saying
  • bitch: To aggressively complain about something
  • ham: Smoked meat from leg of a pig, often eaten cold
  • neighbourhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
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    • admit

      US /ædˈmɪt/

      UK /əd'mɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To acknowledge that something is true or right
      • To allow someone to enter
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    • at home

      US /æt hom/

      UK /æt həum/

      • Phrase
      • In one's own residence or country.
      • Adjective
      • Feeling comfortable and relaxed.
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    • aware

      US /əˈwɛr/

      UK /əˈwɛə/

      • Adjective
      • Knowing or feeling that something exists
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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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    • bitch

      US /bɪtʃ/

      UK /bɪtʃ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To aggressively complain about something
      • Countable Noun
      • Female dog
      • Offensive term for a female
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    • come up to

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To meet expectations
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    • concern

      US /kənˈsɚn/

      UK /kənˈsɜ:n/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be about a particular topic
      • To have a direct impact on someone
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Company, firm or business
      • Feeling of worry or anxiety
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    • conscious

      US /ˈkɑnʃəs/

      UK /ˈkɒnʃəs/

      • Adjective
      • Aware of what is going on around you
      • Intentionally done; deliberate.
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    • consume

      US /kənˈsum/

      UK /kən'sju:m/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To eat, drink, buy or use up something
      • To take all your energy; focus the attention
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    • container

      US /kənˈtenɚ/

      UK /kənˈteɪnə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An object that can be used to hold things
      • A large metal box used for transporting goods
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    • corn

      US /kɔrn/

      UK /kɔ:n/

      • Noun
      • Small, painful hard spot on the foot
      • Plant with many yellow seeds used as food
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    • disgusting

      US /dɪsˈɡʌstɪŋ/

      UK /dɪsˈgʌstɪŋ/

      • Adjective
      • Having a very bad taste
      • Extremely unpleasant or unacceptable.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause a strong negative reaction or feeling
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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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    • exotic

      US /ɪɡ'zɑ:tɪk/

      UK /ɪɡ'zɒtɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Being very different or unusual
      • Strange because from a different area of the world
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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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    • fry

      US /fraɪ/

      UK /fraɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cook something in fat or oil
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To burn your skin due to too long in the sun
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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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    • 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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    • handful

      US /ˈhændˌfʊl/

      UK /'hændfʊl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • an amount of something that can be held in one hand; small quantity or amount of people or things
      • A thing requiring great effort to control, manage
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    • honestly

      US /ˈɑnɪstli/

      UK /ˈɒnɪstli/

      • Adverb
      • With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
      • Genuinely; in a sincere manner.
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    • lie

      US /lai/

      UK /laɪ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be in a horizontal or flat position
      • To say something that you know is not true
      • Countable Noun
      • An untrue statement, when you know it is not true
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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.
      B1
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    • neighbourhood

      US /ˈneɪbərhʊd/

      UK /ˈneɪbəhʊd/

      • Noun
      • Area of a town or city that people live in
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    • occasion

      US /əˈkeʒən/

      UK /ə'keɪʒn/

      • Noun
      • Significant or important event or function
      • Time when something happens or takes place
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make or cause something to happen; to lead to
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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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    • predominantly

      US /prɪˈdɑ:mɪnəntli/

      UK /prɪˈdɒmɪnəntli/

      • Adverb
      • Mainly; in a way that indicates a greater degree
      • In a way that is most noticeable or has the most influence.
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    • presume

      US /prɪˈzu:m/

      UK /prɪˈzju:m/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To assume that something is true till proven false
      • To do something without having the right to do it
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    • process

      US /ˈprɑsˌɛs, ˈproˌsɛs/

      UK /prə'ses/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To organize and use data in a computer
      • To deal with official forms in the way required
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Dealing with official forms in the way required
      • Set of changes that occur slowly and naturally
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    • regret

      US /rɪˈɡrɛt/

      UK /rɪ'ɡret/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To feel sorrow or guilt, as for what you didn't do
      • Used to express apology or sadness.
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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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    • resemblance

      US /rɪˈzɛmbləns/

      UK /rɪˈzembləns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Being similar in appearance
      • The degree to which one thing resembles another.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have qualities or features similar to another person or thing.
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    • revolve

      US /rɪˈvɑ:lv/

      UK /rɪˈvɒlv/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move something in a circular motion
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    • shrimp

      US /ʃrɪmp/

      UK /ʃrɪmp/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small edible salt-water shellfish with many legs
      • Someone who is small and weak
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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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    • take out

      US /tek aʊt/

      UK /teik aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To apply for and get a license
      • To take someone on a date
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Food purchased at a restaurant to eat elsewhere.
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    • uncanny

      US /ʌnˈkæni/

      UK /ʌn'kænɪ/

      • Adjective
      • So keen and perceptive as to seem supernatural
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    • used to

      US /juzd tu/

      UK /ˈju:st tə/

      • Adjective
      • Did regularly before, but don't do now
      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Have done before, but do not do now
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    • versa

      US /'vɜ:sə/

      UK /'vɜ:sə/

      • Adverb
      • used to say that what you have just said is also true in the opposite order
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    • vice

      US /ˌvaɪ.sə/

      UK /ˌvaɪs/

      • Noun
      • used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • a moral fault or weakness in someone's character
      • illegal and immoral activities, especially involving illegal sex, drugs, etc.
      B2
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    • weird

      US /wɪrd/

      UK /wɪəd/

      • Adjective
      • Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
      • Eerily strange or disturbing.
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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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