Vocabulary

  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • turn back: To stop and move backward on some issue
  • to the good: An advantage or credit that one has.
  • play pretend: To engage in imaginative role-playing, creating scenarios and acting as if they are real.
  • wake up: To stop sleeping
  • out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
  • have to: Must do
  • pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
  • matter: To be of great importance; to count
  • stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
  • identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
  • insecure: Lacking confidence or certainty about yourself
  • shrink: To become smaller
  • throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
  • roam: To move about freely without a set destination
  • remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
  • rhyme: One of a group of words ending in similar sounds
  • order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
  • build: Your physical shape; physique
  • turn: To become (a particular age)
  • space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
  • grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
  • rocket: Powerful engine that releases hot gases
  • laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
  • come: To arrive at a place
  • give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
  • hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
  • people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • fly: Common flying insect, sometimes blue in color
  • smell: To have a particular odor
  • creek: Water channel that is smaller than a river
  • bunny: Rabbits
  • candle: Stick of wax with a string you light to make light
  • stone: Hard, solid piece of rock
  • clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
  • momma: A mother
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    • bunny

      US /ˈbʌni/

      UK /ˈbʌni/

      • Countable Noun
      • Rabbits
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    • candle

      US /ˈkændl/

      UK /ˈkændl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Stick of wax with a string you light to make light
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    • clothe

      US /kloʊð/

      UK /kləʊð/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
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    • creek

      US /krik, krɪk/

      UK /kri:k/

      • Countable Noun
      • Water channel that is smaller than a river
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • identify

      US /aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ/

      UK /aɪ'dentɪfaɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To indicate who or what someone or something is
      • To say exactly what something is
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    • insecure

      US /ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊr/

      UK /ˌɪnsɪ'kjʊə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Lacking confidence or certainty about yourself
      • Not being safe or stable
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    • momma

      US /ˈmɑmə/

      UK /ˈmɑ:mə/

      • Noun
      • A mother
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    • out of it

      US /aʊt ʌv ɪt/

      UK /aut ɔv it/

      • Adjective
      • Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
      • Not able to think clearly or react quickly; not with it.
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    • play pretend

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To engage in imaginative role-playing, creating scenarios and acting as if they are real.
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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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    • remind

      US /rɪˈmaɪnd/

      UK /rɪ'maɪnd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause someone to remember what they forgot
      • To cause someone to think of something similar or related.
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    • rhyme

      US /raɪm/

      UK /raɪm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • One of a group of words ending in similar sounds
      • Poem or song using similar-sounding words
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    • roam

      US /rom/

      UK /rəʊm/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move about freely without a set destination
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    • rocket

      US /ˈrɑkɪt/

      UK /'rɒkɪt/

      • Noun
      • Powerful engine that releases hot gases
      • Dark green, hot-tasting salad leaf
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To travel, increase, or rise very quickly
      • To increase very rapidly and suddenly.
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    • shrink

      US /ʃrɪŋk/

      UK /ʃrɪŋk/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To become smaller
      • Noun
      • A rude name for a psychiatrist
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    • smell

      US /smɛl/

      UK /smel/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have a particular odor
      • Transitive Verb
      • To sense that something is not right
      • To notice a particular odor
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    • stone

      US /stoʊn/

      UK /stəʊn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Hard, solid piece of rock
      • Transitive Verb
      • To kill as a punishment, by throwing stones at
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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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    • to the good

      US /tu ðə ɡʊd/

      UK /tu ðə ɡʊd/

      • other
      • An advantage or credit that one has.
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    • turn back

      US /tɚn bæk/

      UK /tə:n bæk/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To stop and move backward on some issue
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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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    • wake up

      US /wek ʌp/

      UK /weik ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To stop sleeping
      • To become fully aware and alert to a situation.
      A1
      More
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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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