Vocabulary

  • out there: In or to a place that is far away
  • at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
  • after dark: After the sun has set and night has begun.
  • happy ending: A conclusion to a story, play, movie, etc., in which everything turns out well for the protagonists.
  • going on: To continue doing something
  • recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
  • applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
  • fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
  • proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
  • interfere: To get involved in something not your business
  • bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
  • guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
  • inadvertently: Without intention, accidentally
  • scary: Causing fear; frightening
  • tutorial: A lesson given to a small group
  • holy: Being good according to religious standards
  • sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
  • person: Man, woman or child
  • wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
  • natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
  • pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
  • guy: Man; boy; any person
  • head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
  • product: Item that can be bought
  • mascara: Makeup for making eyelashes look darker/longer
  • laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
  • drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
  • glad: Happy or pleased about something/to do something
  • popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
  • background: Images, color, or information behind the main one
  • elderly: Being very old
  • inaudible: Impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear
  • brush: To touch against a thing very lightly when moving
  • vibrate: To shake side to side quickly in small movements
  • battery: Portable device that stores electricity
  • electric: Creating a feeling of excitement
  • headline: To be the main performer at a show
  • video: Recording capturing action with sound
  • makeup: Substance put on the face to make you look pretty
  • shock: The passage of an electricity through the body
  • messing: To make something untidy or dirty
  • bleep: Short sound made by an electronic instrument
  • knead: To press (dough or clay) to make a uniform mixture
  • massage: Rubbing neck, back etc., to relieve pain/to relax
  • goat: Small animal with beard and horns
  • smart: Fashionable; well-dressed; well-groomed
  • shocking: To affect someone with an electrical current
  • possum: Small furry Australian animal that lives in trees
  • horse: Large animal with 4 legs used for riding
  • toothbrush: Small brush with long handle used to clean teeth
  • piggy: Childish name for pig
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    • after dark

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • After the sun has set and night has begun.
      • Adjective
      • Occurring or operating secretly or illicitly, especially at night.
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    • applause

      US /əˈplɔz/

      UK /ə'plɔ:z/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
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    • at night

      US /æt naɪt/

      UK /æt nait/

      • Phrase
      • During the night; in the nighttime.
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    • background

      US /ˈbækˌɡraʊnd/

      UK /ˈbækgraʊnd/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Images, color, or information behind the main one
      • Someone's personal work and educational history
      • Adjective
      • Done or existing in a less noticeable or important way
      • Hidden or not easily seen
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    • battery

      US /ˈbætəri/

      UK /ˈbætri/

      • Countable Noun
      • Portable device that stores electricity
      • Noun
      • Large group of similar things functioning together
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    • bet

      US /bet/

      UK /bet/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
      • Used to express certainty or confidence
      • Countable Noun
      • Act of gambling money on the result of a race etc.
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    • bleep

      US /blip/

      UK /bli:p/

      • Noun
      • Short sound made by an electronic instrument
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    • brush

      US /brʌʃ/

      UK /brʌʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To touch against a thing very lightly when moving
      • To clean, paint, or apply something with a brush
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Quick and gentle movement
      • Thing with hairs used to apply paint, etc.
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    • elderly

      US /ˈeldərli/

      UK /ˈeldəli/

      • Adjective
      • Being very old
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    • electric

      US /ɪˈlɛktrɪk/

      UK /ɪˈlektrɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Creating a feeling of excitement
      • Using electricity
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    • fancy

      US /ˈfænsi/

      UK /'fænsɪ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To want to have or do something; feel like
      • To imagine or suppose that something will happen
      • Adjective
      • Unusual and attractive in design
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    • glad

      US /ɡlæd/

      UK /ɡlæd/

      • Adjective
      • Happy or pleased about something/to do something
      • Happy that something happened; pleased
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    • goat

      US /goʊt/

      UK /gəʊt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small animal with beard and horns
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    • going on

      US /ˈɡoɪŋ ɑn/

      UK /ˈgəʊɪŋ ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue doing something
      • To happen (usually negative)
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    • happy ending

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • A conclusion to a story, play, movie, etc., in which everything turns out well for the protagonists.
      • A positive and satisfying resolution to a situation or period of difficulty.
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    • headline

      US /ˈhedlaɪn/

      UK /ˈhedlaɪn/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be the main performer at a show
      • Noun
      • Title summarizing a news story
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    • holy

      US /ˈholi/

      UK /'həʊlɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Being good according to religious standards
      • Dedicated or consecrated to God or a religious purpose; sacred.
      • Interjection
      • An exclamation of surprise, shock, or awe.
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    • horse

      US /hɔ:rs/

      UK /hɔ:s/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Large animal with 4 legs used for riding
      • Stand or frame used to support something
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To fool around stupidly
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    • inadvertently

      US /ˌɪnədˈvɜ:rtəntli/

      UK /ˌɪnədˈvɜ:təntli/

      • Adverb
      • Without intention, accidentally
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    • inaudible

      US /ɪnˈɔdəbəl/

      UK /ɪnˈɔ:dəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear
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    • interfere

      US /ˌɪntɚˈfɪr/

      UK /ˌɪntə'fɪə(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To get involved in something not your business
      • Transitive Verb
      • To prevent a process or activity from continuing or being carried out properly.
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    • knead

      US /nid/

      UK /ni:d/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To press (dough or clay) to make a uniform mixture
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    • makeup

      US /ˈmekˌʌp/

      UK /'meɪkʌp/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Substance put on the face to make you look pretty
      • The way in which something is formed or composed.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To invent or fabricate something.
      • To compensate for something.
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    • mascara

      US /mæˈskærə/

      UK /mæ'skɑ:rə/

      • Noun
      • Makeup for making eyelashes look darker/longer
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    • massage

      US /məˈsɑ:ʒ/

      UK /ˈmæsɑ:ʒ/

      • Noun
      • Rubbing neck, back etc., to relieve pain/to relax
      • Transitive Verb
      • To rub back, neck etc. to relieve pain or relax
      • To make facts, etc. look better for your benefit
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    • messing

      US

      UK

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something untidy or dirty
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    • out there

      US /aʊt ðɛr/

      UK /aut ðɛə/

      • Adverb
      • In or to a place that is far away
      • Existing in the universe
      • Adjective
      • Unconventional; strange; avant-garde
      • Existing or available.
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    • piggy

      US /ˈpɪɡi/

      UK /'pɪɡɪ/

      • Noun
      • Childish name for pig
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    • possum

      US /ˈpɑsəm/

      UK /'pɒsəm/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small furry Australian animal that lives in trees
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    • proper

      US /ˈprɑpɚ/

      UK /'prɒpə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Correct according to social or moral rules
      • Behaving in a polite and socially acceptable way.
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    • recognize

      US /ˈrek.əɡ.naɪz/

      UK /ˈrek.əɡ.naɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To accept the truth or reality of something
      • To consider something as important or special
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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
      A2
      More
    • shocking

      US /ˈʃɑkɪŋ/

      UK /ˈʃɒkɪŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To affect someone with an electrical current
      • To cause great surprise, horror, or anger
      • Adjective
      • Very upsetting due to some unexpected event
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    • smart

      US /smɑ:rt/

      UK /smɑ:t/

      • Adjective
      • Fashionable; well-dressed; well-groomed
      • Looking clean, neat and stylish
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To feel hurt or upset
      • To hurt with an unexpected sharp or burning pain
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    • toothbrush

      US /ˈtuθˌbrʌʃ/

      UK /ˈtu:θbrʌʃ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small brush with long handle used to clean teeth
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    • tutorial

      US /tu:ˈtɔ:riəl/

      UK /tju:ˈtɔ:riəl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A lesson given to a small group
      • A lesson or period of instruction given by a tutor.
      • Adjective
      • Relating to or used in a tutorial.
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    • vibrate

      US /ˈvaɪˌbret/

      UK /vaɪˈbreɪt/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To shake side to side quickly in small movements
      B2
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    • video

      US /ˈvɪdiˌo/

      UK /'vɪdɪəʊ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Recording capturing action with sound
      • A recording of moving visual images made digitally or on videotape.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a moving film of, with sound
      • To make a video call.
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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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