Vocabulary

  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • deal with
  • got to: To arrive at some place
  • on a mission: Having a clear and important goal or purpose.
  • go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
  • get past: To overcome an obstacle or difficulty.
  • decent: Being fairly good; acceptable
  • adorable: Lovable or appealing, e.g. like a cute child
  • crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
  • rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
  • fart: To break wind; to emit gas from the anus
  • deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
  • enemy: Something that stops you doing what you want
  • guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
  • whip: To defeat thoroughly or easily
  • humiliate: To cause to lose pride, self-respect, or dignity
  • company: Good feeling from being with someone else
  • roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
  • humiliating: Causing you to feel a loss of self-respect
  • important: Having power or authority
  • mission: A task or role someone is given to do
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • duty: Work required by your job or position
  • motion: Suggestion at a meeting
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
  • mortal: Destined to die; causing death
  • poop: Feces
  • explosion: Loud and sudden expression of emotion
  • wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
  • succeed: To have achieved what you were trying to achieve
  • addition: Act of adding something; thing that is added
  • find: To become aware of something that is happening
  • laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
  • behold: To look at
  • evil: Act considered morally bad
  • problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
  • finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
  • dessert: Sweet food usually eaten at the end of a meal
  • life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
  • tuna: Large sea fish that is caught for food
  • rattle: To make a series of sharp noises by shaking
  • shake: To cause someone to be surprised or upset
  • live: To be alive
  • meet: To provide something that is necessary
  • nautical: Concerning ships, sailing or sailors
  • spicy: Hot and strongly flavored in taste
  • racket: Stringed bat used in tennis, badminton etc.
  • espresso: Strong black coffee made using steam pressure
  • war: Situation where armies fight each other
  • baby: A very young child, who cannot yet speak
  • binocular: Using both eyes at the same time
  • gun: To suddenly make an engine run faster
  • cookie: A flat, round sweet baked food
  • toy: Things children play with, as dolls or small cars
  • sushi: Rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed
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    • addition

      US /əˈdɪʃən/

      UK /əˈdɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of adding something; thing that is added
      • The process of calculating the total of two or more numbers or amounts
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    • adorable

      US /əˈdɔrəbəl,əˈdor-/

      UK /əˈdɔ:rəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Lovable or appealing, e.g. like a cute child
      B2
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    • baby

      US /ˈbeɪbi/

      UK /ˈbeɪbi/

      • Countable Noun
      • A very young child, who cannot yet speak
      • Transitive Verb
      • To treat someone as if they were newly born
      A2
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    • behold

      US /bɪˈhoʊld/

      UK /bɪˈhəʊld/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To look at
      B2
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    • binocular

      US /bəˈnɑkjəlɚ, baɪ-/

      UK /baiˈnɔkjulə/

      • Adjective
      • Using both eyes at the same time
      B2
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    • cookie

      US /ˈkʊki/

      UK /'kʊkɪ/

      • Countable Noun
      • A flat, round sweet baked food
      B1
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    • crisis

      US /ˈkraɪsɪs/

      UK /'kraɪsɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
      • A turning point in a disease.
      B1
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    • deal with

      US /dil wɪð/

      UK /di:l wið/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To buy or sell goods or services.
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To take action to solve a problem or manage a situation.
      • To be about; concern.
      A1
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    • decent

      US /ˈdisənt/

      UK /ˈdi:snt/

      • Adjective
      • Being fairly good; acceptable
      • Conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behaviour; respectable or moral.
      B1
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    • dessert

      US /dɪˈzɜ:rt/

      UK /dɪˈzɜ:t/

      • Noun
      • Sweet food usually eaten at the end of a meal
      B2
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    • duty

      US /ˈduti, ˈdju-/

      UK /'dju:tɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Work required by your job or position
      • A tax (on imported goods)
      A2TOEIC
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    • enemy

      US /ˈɛnəmi/

      UK /ˈenəmi/

      • Noun
      • Something that stops you doing what you want
      • Group, or people, you are opposed to
      A2
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    • espresso

      US

      UK

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Strong black coffee made using steam pressure
      C1
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    • evil

      US /ˈivəl/

      UK /'i:vl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Act considered morally bad
      • Adjective
      • Morally bad; causing harm to people
      • Profoundly immoral and wicked.
      A2
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    • explosion

      US /ɪkˈsploʒən/

      UK /ɪkˈspləʊʒn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Loud and sudden expression of emotion
      • Sudden increase of something
      B1
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    • get past

      US /ɡɛt pæst/

      UK /ɡet pɑːst/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To overcome an obstacle or difficulty.
      • To move beyond someone or something that is blocking your way.
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    • go around

      US /ɡo əˈraʊnd/

      UK /ɡəu əˈraund/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
      • To go here and there, from place to place; wander
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    • got to

      US /ɡɑt tu/

      UK /gɔt tu:/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To arrive at some place
      • To have the opportunity or permission to do something
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To appeal to the emotions of; move
      • To finally begin to start something after a delay
      A1
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    • guard

      US /ɡɑrd/

      UK /ɡɑ:d/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To keep watch over something to protect it
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Someone who watches a place or prevents escapes
      • A player in basketball whose primary role is to handle the ball and initiate the offense.
      A2
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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
      A2
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    • humiliate

      US /hjuˈmɪliˌet/

      UK /hju:ˈmɪlieɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause to lose pride, self-respect, or dignity
      B2TOEIC
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    • humiliating

      US /hju:'mɪlɪeɪtɪŋ/

      UK /hju:'mɪlɪeɪtɪŋ/

      • Adjective
      • Causing you to feel a loss of self-respect
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause to lose pride, self-respect, or dignity
      B2
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    • mission

      US /ˈmɪʃən/

      UK /'mɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A task or role someone is given to do
      • Special assignment given to a person or group
      B1TOEIC
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    • mortal

      US /ˈmɔrtl/

      UK /ˈmɔ:təl/

      • Adjective
      • Destined to die; causing death
      • Noun
      • People who will die
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    • motion

      US /ˈmoʃən/

      UK /'məʊʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Suggestion at a meeting
      • A movement; the process of moving
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To communicate by moving your head or hand
      A2
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    • nautical

      US /ˈnɔtɪkəl/

      UK /ˈnɔ:tɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning ships, sailing or sailors
      C1
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    • on a mission

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Having a clear and important goal or purpose.
      • Very determined to achieve something.
      B2
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    • poop

      US /pup/

      UK /pu:p/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Feces
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To defecate
      C2
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    • racket

      US /ˈrækɪt/

      UK /'rækɪt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Stringed bat used in tennis, badminton etc.
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Activity to gain money easily/dishonestly
      • Steady, loud noise that is unpleasant
      B2
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    • rattle

      US /ˈrætl/

      UK /'rætl/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make a series of sharp noises by shaking
      • Noun
      • A series of sharp noises from shaking
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    • rid

      US /rɪd/

      UK /rɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
      • Adjective
      • Freed or delivered from something.
      A2
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    • roll

      US /rol/

      UK /rəʊl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
      • Photographic film wrapped round and round itself
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To continue along as time normally progresses
      • To produce a very deep and continuous sound
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    • shake

      US /ʃek/

      UK /ʃeɪk/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To cause someone to be surprised or upset
      • To cause a belief, idea, or feeling to weaken
      • Countable Noun
      • Drink made by shaking milk with fruit or flavors
      A2
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    • spicy

      US /ˈspaɪsi/

      UK /ˈspaɪsi/

      • Adjective
      • Hot and strongly flavored in taste
      B1
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    • succeed

      US /səkˈsid/

      UK /sək'si:d/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To have achieved what you were trying to achieve
      • To take over position of one who has died or left
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    • sushi

      US /ˈsuʃi/

      UK /ˈsu:ʃi/

      • Noun
      • Rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed
      B2
      More
    • toy

      US /tɔɪ/

      UK /tɔɪ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Things children play with, as dolls or small cars
      • Adjective
      • Something small in size compared to an original
      A2
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    • tuna

      US /ˈtu:nə/

      UK /ˈtju:nə/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Large sea fish that is caught for food
      B2
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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
      A1
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    • war

      US /wɔr/

      UK /wɔ:(r)/

      • Noun
      • Situation where armies fight each other
      A2
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    • whip

      US /hwɪp, wɪp/

      UK /wɪp/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To defeat thoroughly or easily
      • To beat with a type of long rope
      • Countable Noun
      • A long rope used to hit people or animals
      B1
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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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