Vocabulary

  • bad idea: An unwise or imprudent course of action.
  • send in: To mail or email an application, etc. somewhere
  • fly into: Suddenly become very angry or emotional.
  • fly out: To leave a place by airplane.
  • hiding out: The act of concealing oneself, especially to avoid detection or capture.
  • movie: Motion picture; film
  • film: Thin layer that covers something
  • fly: Common flying insect, sometimes blue in color
  • die: Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
  • house: Place where a specific activity or business occurs
  • bad: Not good; wrong
  • people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • send: To cause to behave or respond in a particular way
  • meet: To provide something that is necessary
  • watch: To keep in check, manage, or control something
  • head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
  • stay: To keep trying without giving up
  • man: Humans in general, including male and female
  • big: Popular
  • world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • idea: Belief, thought, suggestion, opinion or plan
  • science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
  • visitor: Someone who goes to a place to see it (or someone)
  • exit: A door that you go through to leave a place
  • story: One of many floors or levels in a building
  • desert: To leave a place for ever; abandon
  • badly: Not in a good way; not as wanted or liked
  • adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
  • fit: Good looking; physically attractive
  • held: To agree to keep something for someone
  • hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
  • difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
  • happen: To take place or occur
  • left: To go away from; depart
  • crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
  • gun: To suddenly make an engine run faster
  • responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
  • embassy: Building where an ambassador works
  • fiction: Made-up stories; imagined events
  • border: To be right next to another country or state
  • shock: The passage of an electricity through the body
  • hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
  • lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
  • location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
  • sir: Form of polite address to a man you do not know
  • training: To teach a pet a behavior or a trick
  • trust: To expect confidently
  • provide: To make available; to supply for use
  • shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
  • cease: To come or bring to an end; stop continuing
  • exotic: Being very different or unusual
  • revolutionary: Marking a significant change in something
  • miracle: Amazing, seemingly impossible thing that happened
  • producer: Company producing or growing a certain product
  • script: Written text of a book, play, film, or speech
  • fantasy: Something imagined and very different from reality
  • fake: Not real; made to look like something real
  • civilized: To teach people how to behave properly
  • Canadian: Concerning the culture and people of Canada
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    • bad idea

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • An unwise or imprudent course of action.
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    • border

      US /ˈbɔrdɚ/

      UK /'bɔ:də(r)/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be right next to another country or state
      • To form the edge of something
      • Noun
      • Outer part or edge of something
      • Line separating one country, state from another
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    • cease

      US /sis/

      UK /si:s/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To come or bring to an end; stop continuing
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    • civilized

      US /ˈsɪvəˌlaɪzd/

      UK /ˈsɪvəlaɪzd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To teach people how to behave properly
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    • crew

      US /kru/

      UK /kru:/

      • Countable Noun
      • Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
      • Skilled group of people working together on a task
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To work as part of a crew.
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    • desert

      US /ˈdɛzət/

      UK /'dezət/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To leave a place for ever; abandon
      • To leave when one is needed or expected to stay
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Bare area of land, often with few plants and water
      • A punishment or reward that is deserved.
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    • embassy

      US /ˈɛmbəsi/

      UK /'embəsɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Building where an ambassador works
      • The building where an embassy is located.
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    • exit

      US /ˈɛɡzɪt, ˈɛksɪt/

      UK /ˈeksɪt/

      • Noun
      • A door that you go through to leave a place
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To leave a certain place
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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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    • fake

      US /fek/

      UK /feɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Not real; made to look like something real
      • Countable Noun
      • A copy of something made to trick people
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    • fantasy

      US /ˈfæntəsi, -zi/

      UK /'fæntəsɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something imagined and very different from reality
      • Work of literature set in an unreal world
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    • fiction

      US /ˈfɪkʃən/

      UK /ˈfɪkʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Made-up stories; imagined events
      • False statement or account about something
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    • film

      US /fɪlm/

      UK /fɪlm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Thin layer that covers something
      • Movie
      • Transitive Verb
      • To record moving action with a camera
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    • fit

      US /fɪt/

      UK /fɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Good looking; physically attractive
      • Having good physical health and strength
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To install a machine, equipment etc.
      • To adjust or change to the right size or shape
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    • fly into

      US /flaɪ ˈɪntu/

      UK /flai ˈintu:/

      • other
      • Suddenly become very angry or emotional.
      • Move quickly into a place, usually by flying.
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    • fly out

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To leave a place by airplane.
      • Countable Noun
      • A batted ball that is caught in the air for an out.
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    • gun

      US /ɡʌn/

      UK /ɡʌn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To suddenly make an engine run faster
      • Countable Noun
      • Weapon which fires bullets down a tube
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    • hiding out

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • The act of concealing oneself, especially to avoid detection or capture.
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    • lack

      US /læk/

      UK /læk/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To not have, or not have enough, of something
      • Uncountable Noun
      • The state of not having or not having enough of
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    • location

      US /loʊˈkeɪʃn/

      UK /ləʊˈkeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
      • A place away from a studio where film or television shots are made.
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    • miracle

      US /ˈmɪrəkəl/

      UK /'mɪrəkl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amazing, seemingly impossible thing that happened
      • A remarkable event or development that brings very welcome consequences.
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    • responsible

      US / rɪˈspɑnsəbəl/

      UK /rɪ'spɒnsəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Being the cause of something that has occurred
      • Having the duty of dealing with something
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    • revolutionary

      US /ˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnɛri/

      UK /ˌrevə'lu:ʃənərɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Marking a significant change in something
      • Relating to a violent replacement of a government
      • Countable Noun
      • Person fighting to replace a government
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    • science

      US /ˈsaɪəns/

      UK /'saɪəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Study of the physical world, based on facts
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    • script

      US /skrɪpt/

      UK /skrɪpt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Written text of a book, play, film, or speech
      • Set of letters or characters of a written language
      • Transitive Verb
      • To write a text for a movie, play or speech
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    • send in

      US /sɛnd ɪn/

      UK /send in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To mail or email an application, etc. somewhere
      • To deliver something to its destination
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    • shock

      US /ʃɑ:k/

      UK /ʃɒk/

      • Noun
      • The passage of an electricity through the body
      • Sudden bad feeling caused by something unexpected
      • Transitive Verb
      • To affect someone with an electrical current
      • To cause great surprise, horror, or anger
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    • shoot

      US /ʃut/

      UK /ʃu:t/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To kick or throw a ball at a goal
      • To fire a gun; injure or kill someone with a gun
      • Countable Noun
      • Emerging new part of a plant
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    • trust

      US /trʌst/

      UK /trʌst/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To expect confidently
      • To have confidence or faith
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Wealth or property held by one person for another
      • The belief that someone is honest
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    • visitor

      US /ˈvɪzɪtɚ/

      UK /ˈvɪzɪtə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Someone who goes to a place to see it (or someone)
      • A person who visits someone or something.
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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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