Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • swim in: To move through water by using your arms and legs.
  • grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
  • by the day: With each passing day; daily.
  • run away from: To run somewhere, e.g. to escape from something
  • over the fence: Beyond a physical or figurative boundary or limit.
  • wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
  • lay an egg: To fail completely or produce a poor result, especially in performance.
  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
  • feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
  • move away: To relocate; to go and live in a different place.
  • close by: Near in distance; nearby.
  • kill me: An exaggerated expression of frustration or annoyance.
  • spot on: Exactly right; perfectly accurate.
  • in the clear: Free from suspicion or blame; exonerated.
  • treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
  • spot: A certain place or area
  • miserable: Very unhappy
  • stare: To look at someone or something for a long time
  • crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
  • stroke: When blood cannot get to brain, causing damage
  • reflection: Sign or indication of a state or condition
  • avoid: To prevent from happening
  • affection: Feeling of liking someone or something
  • accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
  • lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
  • creature: Animal of any type
  • stroll: To walk slowly and in a relaxed manner
  • bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
  • creep: To move quietly so as not to be seen
  • roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
  • flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
  • suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
  • mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
  • decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
  • continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
  • refuge: Somewhere you can find safety or hide
  • gloomy: (E.g. of a room) dark; dim; poorly lit
  • turn: To become (a particular age)
  • flock: Group of animals or birds that live together
  • hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
  • change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
  • fence: Wood, metal structure enclosing an area, land
  • spend: To use money to pay for something
  • hatch: To be born or come out from an egg
  • scared: To become frightened
  • lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
  • start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • greet: To meet with friendly words and actions; welcome
  • thunder: Loud sound
  • finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
  • prisoner: Someone kept in a prison as punishment for a crime
  • feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
  • cottage: Small house in the country
  • graceful: Showing beautiful movement, behavior or form
  • spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
  • sob: To make gasping sounds while crying
  • glide: To move smoothly and quietly as if without effort
  • fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
  • pond: Pool of water that is smaller than a lake
  • look: Person's beauty or physical attractiveness
  • duck: To avoid doing something that is difficult
  • lonely: Sad because apart from other people
  • hen: Adult female chicken
  • unsteady: Variable; subject to change
  • lake: Large area of water surrounded by land
  • safe: Highly likely
  • swan: Large white water bird with a long graceful neck
  • moor: To tie up a boat so it will not float away
  • meow: Cry like a cat
  • newcomer: Person who arrives, often with a promising future
  • drake: Male duck
  • cluck: To make a noise like a chicken
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    • affection

      US /əˈfɛkʃən/

      UK /əˈfekʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Feeling of liking someone or something
      • A gentle feeling of fondness or liking.
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    • avoid

      US /əˈvɔɪd/

      UK /ə'vɔɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To prevent from happening
      • To stay away from
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    • bully

      US /ˈbʊli/

      UK /'bʊlɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
      • A person who uses superior strength or influence to intimidate others.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable)
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    • by the day

      US /baɪ ði de/

      UK /bai ðə dei/

      • Phrase
      • With each passing day; daily.
      • For each day worked.
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    • close by

      US /kloz baɪ/

      UK /kləuz bai/

      • Adverb
      • Near in distance; nearby.
      • Phrase
      • In a position or location that is near.
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    • cluck

      US /klʌk/

      UK /klʌk/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make a noise like a chicken
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    • cottage

      US /ˈkɑtɪdʒ/

      UK /ˈkɒtɪdʒ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small house in the country
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    • crack

      US /kræk/

      UK /kræk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
      • Unexpected and hard hit to the body
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To attempt to achieve a goal or objective
      • To hit someone or something hard and unexpectedly
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    • creature

      US /ˈkritʃɚ/

      UK /ˈkri:tʃə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Animal of any type
      • An animal, as distinct from a human being.
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    • creep

      US /krip/

      UK /kri:p/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move quietly so as not to be seen
      • Countable Noun
      • Scary or disliked person
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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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    • drake

      US /drek/

      UK /dreɪk/

      • Countable Noun
      • Male duck
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    • duck

      US /dʌk/

      UK /dʌk/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To avoid doing something that is difficult
      • To lower your head to avoid hitting something
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Common type of water bird
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    • feel like

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have a desire or inclination for something.
      • To have a particular quality or sensation; resemble.
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    • fence

      US /fɛns/

      UK /fens/

      • Countable Noun
      • Wood, metal structure enclosing an area, land
      • The sport of fighting with swords, especially foils, épées, or sabres.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To enclose an area (with a wall or boundary)
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    • flee

      US /fli/

      UK /fli:/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
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    • flock

      US /flɑ:k/

      UK /flɒk/

      • Countable Noun
      • Group of animals or birds that live together
      • Group of people who gather or travel together
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To gather together or move as a group
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    • glide

      US /ɡlaɪd/

      UK /ɡlaɪd/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move smoothly and quietly as if without effort
      • (Plane) to fly without using the engines
      • Noun
      • A smooth, continuous movement.
      • A smooth transition between two musical notes.
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    • gloomy

      US /ˈɡlumi/

      UK /'ɡlu:mɪ/

      • Adjective
      • (E.g. of a room) dark; dim; poorly lit
      • Feeling distressed or pessimistic.
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    • graceful

      US /ˈɡresfəl/

      UK /ˈgreɪsfl/

      • Adjective
      • Showing beautiful movement, behavior or form
      • Showing politeness and good manners.
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    • greet

      US /ɡrit/

      UK /gri:t/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To meet with friendly words and actions; welcome
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    • grow up

      US /ɡro ʌp/

      UK /ɡrəu ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To develop from a child into an adult
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    • hatch

      US /hætʃ/

      UK /hætʃ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be born or come out from an egg
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be born or come out from an egg
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • hen

      US /hɛn/

      UK /hen/

      • Countable Noun
      • Adult female chicken
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    • in the clear

      US /ɪn ði klɪr/

      UK /in ðə kliə/

      • Adjective
      • Free from suspicion or blame; exonerated.
      • Out of danger or difficulty; safe.
      • Phrase
      • Free from obstructions; unobstructed.
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    • kill me

      US

      UK

      • Interjection
      • An exaggerated expression of frustration or annoyance.
      • Phrase
      • A direct request to end one's life, often due to unbearable suffering.
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    • lake

      US /lek/

      UK /leɪk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Large area of water surrounded by land
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    • lay

      US /le/

      UK /leɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Amateur; not being a trained priest
      • Transitive Verb
      • To place a bet on a game outcome
      • (Of a bird, etc.) to produce eggs from its body
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    • lay an egg

      US /leɪ ən ɛɡ/

      UK /leɪ ən ɛɡ/

      • other
      • To fail completely or produce a poor result, especially in performance.
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    • lift

      US /lɪft/

      UK /lɪft/

      • Noun
      • Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
      • Machine carrying people up or down to other floors
      • Transitive Verb
      • To stop or cancel something, such as a rule
      • To move something to higher position
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    • lonely

      US /ˈloʊnli/

      UK /ˈləʊnli/

      • Adjective
      • Sad because apart from other people
      • Being far away and rarely visited by people
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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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    • meow

      US /miˈaʊ/

      UK /mɪ'aʊ/

      • Noun
      • Cry like a cat
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To cry like a cat
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    • miserable

      US /ˈmɪzərəbəl, ˈmɪzrə-/

      UK /ˈmɪzrəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Very unhappy
      • Causing someone to be unhappy or uncomfortable
      • Noun
      • A person who is always unhappy or complaining
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    • mock

      US /mɑk/

      UK /mɒk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
      • Adjective
      • Not genuine or real, but attempting to appear so
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    • moor

      US /mʊr/

      UK /mʊər/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To tie up a boat so it will not float away
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Broad area of open land not good for farming
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    • move away

      US /muv əˈwe/

      UK /mu:v əˈwei/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To relocate; to go and live in a different place.
      • To physically create distance; to step back or aside.
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    • newcomer

      US /ˈnuˌkʌmɚ, ˈnju-/

      UK /ˈnju:kʌmə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Person who arrives, often with a promising future
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    • over the fence

      US /ˈoʊvɚ ðə ˈfɛns/

      UK /ˈəuvə ðə ˈfens/

      • Preposition
      • Beyond a physical or figurative boundary or limit.
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    • pond

      US /pɑ:nd/

      UK /pɒnd/

      • Countable Noun
      • Pool of water that is smaller than a lake
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To become a pool of water on a surface.
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    • prisoner

      US /ˈprɪzənɚ, ˈprɪznɚ/

      UK /'prɪznə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Someone kept in a prison as punishment for a crime
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    • reflection

      US /rɪˈflɛkʃən/

      UK /rɪˈflekʃn/

      • Noun
      • Sign or indication of a state or condition
      • Image that you see in a mirror, glass, or water
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    • refuge

      US /ˈrɛfjudʒ/

      UK /'refju:dʒ/

      • Noun
      • Somewhere you can find safety or hide
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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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    • run away from

      US /rʌn əˈwe frʌm/

      UK /rʌn əˈwei frɔm/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To run somewhere, e.g. to escape from something
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    • safe

      US /sef/

      UK /seɪf/

      • Adjective
      • Highly likely
      • Being out of danger
      • Countable Noun
      • Metal box with a lock to keep valuable things in
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    • sob

      US /sɑb/

      UK /sɒb/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make gasping sounds while crying
      • Noun
      • Gasping sounds made while crying
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    • spend

      US /spɛnd/

      UK /spend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To use money to pay for something
      • To use time in order to do something
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    • spot

      US /spɑt/

      UK /spɒt/

      • Noun
      • A certain place or area
      • A difficult time; awkward situation
      • Transitive Verb
      • To see someone or something by chance
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    • spot on

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Exactly right; perfectly accurate.
      • Adverb
      • Exactly at the expected or scheduled time.
      • Perfect; excellent.
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    • stare

      US /stɛr/

      UK /steə(r)/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To look at someone or something for a long time
      • Noun
      • A long look at something or someone for a reason
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    • stroke

      US /strok/

      UK /strəʊk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • When blood cannot get to brain, causing damage
      • Mark made by a pen, pencil or brush
      • Transitive Verb
      • To rub your hand in a caring way on something
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    • stroll

      US /strol/

      UK /strəʊl/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To walk slowly and in a relaxed manner
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    • swan

      US /swɑn/

      UK /swɒn/

      • Noun
      • Large white water bird with a long graceful neck
      B2
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    • swim in

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To move through water by using your arms and legs.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have a lot of something.
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    • thunder

      US /ˈθʌndɚ/

      UK /'θʌndə(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Loud sound
      • The sound that comes from the sky from lightning
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make a loud sound like that made by lightning
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    • to let

      US /tu lɛt/

      UK /tu let/

      • Preposition
      • Indicates that a property is available for rent.
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    • unsteady

      US /ʌnˈstɛdi/

      UK /ʌnˈstedi/

      • Adjective
      • Variable; subject to change
      • Not firm or stable; shaky.
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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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    • wait for

      US /wet fɔr/

      UK /weit fɔ:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To wait until someone comes, or something happens
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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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