Vocabulary

  • go straight: To continue in the same direction without turning.
  • ink in: To fill in an outline or sketch with ink.
  • have to: Must do
  • build up: To increase the amount; collect something
  • used up: To use all of; consume
  • talk about it: To discuss a particular subject.
  • in detail: Thoroughly and completely; giving full particulars.
  • draw in: To attract or entice someone or something.
  • blend of: A mixture of different things combined together.
  • with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • in the meantime: During the time between two events; meanwhile.
  • draw: To attract attention to someone or something
  • pen: Small fenced area where people or animals are kept
  • practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
  • pencil: Something you draw pictures with, or write with
  • look: Person's beauty or physical attractiveness
  • week: Period of seven days from Sunday to Saturday
  • head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
  • photograph: To take a picture with a camera
  • enjoy: To take pleasure in something
  • box: A marked area of a baseball field
  • paper: Academic writing or a talk on a specific topic
  • come: To arrive at a place
  • hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • talk: Style of speaking
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • snake: An animal with a long body, no arms or legs
  • straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
  • slowly: In an unhurried or not speedy manner
  • detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
  • empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
  • build: Your physical shape; physique
  • copy: A counter for items that are the same
  • text: To send a message by phone or other device
  • immediately: Without any delay; straight away
  • plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
  • decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
  • difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
  • sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
  • free: Living, happening without being controlled
  • care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
  • lightly: In a gentle manner; with little weight or force
  • sticky: Easy to adhere or stick to other things
  • firmly: In a hard, steady, unchanging way
  • shade: Area of darkness when something blocks the light
  • confuse: To make something unclear or hard to understand
  • loose: To shoot or fire something from a gun
  • press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
  • background: Images, color, or information behind the main one
  • worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
  • effect: An advantage, benefit
  • couple: To join something to something else
  • tonal: Describing languages that vary in pitch
  • outline: Line around the outer edge of something
  • unpredictable: Difficult to guess about (the future)
  • viewer: Special machine to look at pictures
  • inspiration: Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
  • tone: Atmosphere or feeling in a message
  • solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
  • surface: To give (road) a top layer
  • process: To organize and use data in a computer
  • angle: Place where two lines or surfaces meet
  • merge: To cause two or more things to combine into one
  • blend: To combine different elements or substances
  • foreground: To make something more visible or important
  • smear: To cover a surface with something sticky
  • dent: Place on a car, etc. where it has been pushed in
  • erase: To remove data in computer memory, tape, etc.
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    • angle

      US /ˈæŋɡəl/

      UK /ˈæŋgl/

      • Noun
      • Place where two lines or surfaces meet
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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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    • blend

      US /blɛnd/

      UK /blend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To combine different elements or substances
      • To mix ingredients when cooking
      • Noun
      • Product known for mixing ingredients
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    • blend of

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • A mixture of different things combined together.
      • A combination of different qualities or elements.
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    • build up

      US /bɪld ʌp/

      UK /bild ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To increase the amount; collect something
      • To develop or increase something in stages
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To increase or develop something gradually.
      • To praise or encourage someone.
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    • confuse

      US /kənˈfjuz/

      UK /kənˈfju:z/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something unclear or hard to understand
      • To mistake one person or thing for another.
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    • couple

      US /ˈkʌpəl/

      UK /'kʌpl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To join something to something else
      • (Two animals) to engage in sexual relations
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Two people in a romantic relationship
      • Two of something; two people; a pair
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    • decide

      US /dɪˈsaɪd/

      UK /dɪ'saɪd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
      • To make a legal judgment in court
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    • dent

      US /dɛnt/

      UK /dent/

      • Countable Noun
      • Place on a car, etc. where it has been pushed in
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a depression on a (metal) surface
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    • draw in

      US /drɔ ɪn/

      UK /drɔ: in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To attract or entice someone or something.
      • To involve someone in a situation, often unwillingly.
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    • erase

      US /ɪˈreɪs/

      UK /ɪˈreɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To remove data in computer memory, tape, etc.
      • To remove written information by mistake
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    • firmly

      US /ˈfə:mlɪ/

      UK /ˈfɜ:mli/

      • Adverb
      • In a hard, steady, unchanging way
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    • foreground

      US /ˈfɔrˌɡraʊnd, ˈfor-/

      UK /ˈfɔ:graʊnd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something more visible or important
      • Noun
      • The area in front of a picture or person
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    • go straight

      US /ɡo stret/

      UK /ɡəu streit/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To continue in the same direction without turning.
      • To start living an honest and law-abiding life.
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • in detail

      US /ɪn dɪˈtel/

      UK /in ˈdi:teil/

      • Phrase
      • Thoroughly and completely; giving full particulars.
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    • in the meantime

      US /ɪn ði ˈminˌtaɪm/

      UK /in ðə ˈmi:ntaim/

      • Phrase
      • During the time between two events; meanwhile.
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    • ink in

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To fill in an outline or sketch with ink.
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    • inspiration

      US /ˌɪnspəˈreʃən/

      UK /ˌɪnspə'reɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
      • The power or urge that makes you want to do something, especially something creative
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    • lightly

      US /ˈlaɪtli/

      UK /ˈlaɪtli/

      • Adverb
      • In a gentle manner; with little weight or force
      • With only a small amount of something
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    • look at

      US /lʊk æt/

      UK /luk æt/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To use your eyes to focus on something
      • To focus your eyes on something carefully
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    • loose

      US /lus/

      UK /lu:s/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To shoot or fire something from a gun
      • Adjective
      • (Idea, thought, or work) unclear or imprecise
      • Not tightly attached or held
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    • merge

      US /mɜ:rdʒ/

      UK /mɜ:dʒ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause two or more things to combine into one
      • Noun
      • Causing two or more things to combine into one
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    • outline

      US /ˈaʊtˌlaɪn/

      UK /ˈaʊtlaɪn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Line around the outer edge of something
      • A summary of the important points of a plan, etc.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To draw around the outer edges of something
      • To summarize the important points of a plan, etc.
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    • pen

      US /pɛn/

      UK /pen/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small fenced area where people or animals are kept
      • Writing tool that uses ink
      • Transitive Verb
      • To put animals, people in a fenced or closed area
      • To write (a song, love letter, etc.)
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    • practice

      US /ˈpræktɪs/

      UK /'præktɪs/

      • Noun
      • The office and place for legal or medical work
      • Doing something many times to become better at it
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To work as a doctor or lawyer
      • To live according to the teachings of a religion
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    • press

      US /prɛs/

      UK /pres/

      • Noun
      • Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
      • General term for TV, radio, newspapers
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make clothes smooth using a heated iron; iron
      • To repeatedly ask someone to do something
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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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    • shade

      US /ʃed/

      UK /ʃeɪd/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Area of darkness when something blocks the light
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To shelter something from direct light
      • To change the truth to deceive or influence
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    • smear

      US /smɪr/

      UK /smɪə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cover a surface with something sticky
      • To say bad things about (someone's reputation)
      • Noun
      • A mark or stain from something wet and dirty
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    • snake

      US /snek/

      UK /sneɪk/

      • Noun
      • An animal with a long body, no arms or legs
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move like a snake
      • To wind in a long path like the shape of a snake
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    • solid

      US /ˈsɑlɪd/

      UK /'sɒlɪd/

      • Adjective
      • Being able to be trusted; reliable
      • Substance that is hard or of fixed shape
      • Noun
      • Something firm or hard; not gas or liquid
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    • sticky

      US /ˈstɪki/

      UK /ˈstɪki/

      • Adjective
      • Easy to adhere or stick to other things
      • (Of weather/a day) uncomfortably hot and humid
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    • straight

      US /stret/

      UK /streɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Not having curves, bends, or angles
      • Not gay; heterosexual
      • Adverb
      • in a line; immediately; honestly and directly
      • In a straight line; directly.
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    • surface

      US /ˈsɚfəs/

      UK /'sɜ:fɪs/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give (road) a top layer
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To appear after being hidden, unseen, or unknown
      • To come to the top of something; emerge
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    • talk about it

      US /tɔk əˈbaʊt ɪt/

      UK /tɔ:k əˈbaut it/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To discuss a particular subject.
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    • tonal

      US /ˈtonəl/

      UK /ˈtəunəl/

      • Adjective
      • Describing languages that vary in pitch
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    • tone

      US /toʊn/

      UK /təʊn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Atmosphere or feeling in a message
      • Firmness and strength of the body's muscles
      • Transitive Verb
      • To increase the quality of muscles by exercise
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    • unpredictable

      US /ˌʌnprɪˈdɪktəbəl/

      UK /ˌʌnprɪˈdɪktəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Difficult to guess about (the future)
      • Characterized by erratic or inconsistent behavior.
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    • used up

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To use all of; consume
      • Adjective
      • Exhausted or depleted.
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    • viewer

      US /ˈvjuɚ/

      UK /ˈvju:ə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Special machine to look at pictures
      • Someone who watches, e.g. television
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    • with it

      US /wɪð ɪt/

      UK /wið it/

      • Adjective
      • Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
      • Understanding and knowledgeable about current trends or information.
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    • worth

      US /wɚθ/

      UK /wɜ:θ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
      • having a particular value, especially in money
      • Adjective
      • Having a specified value.
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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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