Vocabulary

  • on duty
  • charged with: To be officially accused of something
  • in question: Being doubted or disputed; under discussion.
  • close to home: Emotionally sensitive or personally relevant to someone.
  • at the point of: Just about to do something or reach a state.
  • in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
  • under the rug: To hide something, especially something embarrassing or damaging.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • at least: As a minimum
  • at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
  • weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
  • absolutely: Completely; totally; very
  • situation: Place, position or area that something is in
  • multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
  • slightly: Only a little
  • realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
  • suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
  • advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
  • force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
  • ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
  • innocent: Free from guilt or responsibility for a crime
  • involve: To have or be included as a part of something
  • similar: Nearly the same; alike
  • abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
  • charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
  • extra: More than necessary; additional
  • serve: To act in a particular position or office
  • assault: To attack someone physically or emotionally
  • guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
  • scary: Causing fear; frightening
  • prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
  • allegedly: According to what has been alleged
  • countless: Being too many to be numbered or imagined
  • brutality: Extremely mean or violent act or treatment
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • catch: Amount of something that has been caught
  • duty: Work required by your job or position
  • support: To give assistance or advice to someone
  • question: To ask for or try to get information
  • point: An item to be discussed
  • person: Man, woman or child
  • oral: Concerning the mouth
  • protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
  • rug: Small carpet; material used to cover a floor
  • murder: Something that is difficult or painful to do
  • bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
  • pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
  • handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
  • sexual: Relating to men and women and their relationships
  • patrol: Person or group who checks an area is safe
  • cop: Slang for police officer
  • allege: To state without proof
  • precinct: Administrative/electoral section of city/town
  • unarmed: Not having or using arms or weapons
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    • absolutely

      US /ˈæbsəˌlutli, ˌæbsəˈlutli/

      UK /ˈæbsəlu:tli/

      • Adverb
      • Completely; totally; very
      • Considered independently and without relation to other things; viewed abstractly; as, quantity absolutely considered.
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    • abuse

      US /əˈbjuz/

      UK /ə'bju:s/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
      • To use in an inappropriate or excessive way
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Improper/dishonest/excessive use of something
      • Insulting someone, e.g. by swearing at them
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    • advantage

      US /ædˈvæntɪdʒ/

      UK /əd'vɑ:ntɪdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Thing making the chance of success higher
      • A positive point about something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make use of something, especially to further one's own position; exploit.
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    • allege

      US /əˈlɛdʒ/

      UK /əˈledʒ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To state without proof
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    • allegedly

      US /ə'ledʒɪdlɪ/

      UK /ə'ledʒɪdlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • According to what has been alleged
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    • assault

      US /əˈsɔlt/

      UK /əˈsɔ:lt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To attack someone physically or emotionally
      • Noun
      • An attack on someone physically or emotionally
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    • at least

      US /æt list/

      UK /æt li:st/

      • Adverb
      • As a minimum
      • Not less than
      • Phrase
      • No less than; at the minimum
      • Used to indicate that something is positive in a bad situation.
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    • at the end of the day

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
      • After a day's work or activities.
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    • at the point of

      US /ət ðə ˈpɔɪnt ʌv/

      UK /ət ðə ˈpɒint əv/

      • Preposition
      • Just about to do something or reach a state.
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    • bill

      US /bɪl/

      UK /bɪl/

      • Noun
      • Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
      • Sign or poster advertising something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To request payment by handing over an invoice
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    • brutality

      US /bruˈtælɪti/

      UK /bru:'tælətɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Extremely mean or violent act or treatment
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    • charge

      US /tʃɑrdʒ/

      UK /tʃɑ:dʒ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To run quickly toward someone to attack them
      • To ask for money as a price for a service or goods
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An attack by running quickly toward someone
      • A price for a service or goods
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    • charged with

      US

      UK

      • Transitive Verb
      • To be officially accused of something
      • To entrust someone with a duty or responsibility
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    • close to home

      US /kloʊs tə hoʊm/

      UK /kləuz tə həum/

      • other
      • Emotionally sensitive or personally relevant to someone.
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    • cop

      US /kɑp/

      UK /kɒp/

      • Noun
      • Slang for police officer
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    • countless

      US /ˈkaʊntlɪs/

      UK /ˈkaʊntləs/

      • Adjective
      • Being too many to be numbered or imagined
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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)
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    • extra

      US /'ekstrə/

      UK /'ekstrə/

      • Adjective
      • More than necessary; additional
      • Of especially good quality or grade.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Items more than you need; additional items
      • Person who has a small part in a movie
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    • handle

      US /ˈhændl/

      UK /'hændl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cope with or take responsibility for
      • To control a machine, car etc.
      • Countable Noun
      • The part of a door you hold to open it
      • Thing you hold to carry or open a bag, pan etc.
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    • ignore

      US /ɪɡˈnɔr, -ˈnor/

      UK /ɪɡ'nɔ:(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
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    • in prison

      US /ɪn ˈprɪzən/

      UK /in ˈprizən/

      • Phrase
      • Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
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    • in question

      US /ɪn ˈkwɛstʃən/

      UK /in ˈkwestʃən/

      • Adjective
      • Being doubted or disputed; under discussion.
      • Referring to someone or something that has already been mentioned.
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    • innocent

      US /ˈɪnəsənt/

      UK /'ɪnəsnt/

      • Adjective
      • Free from guilt or responsibility for a crime
      • (Accidentally being harmed) without deserving it
      • Noun
      • Person with little experience of the world
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    • involve

      US /ɪnˈvɑlv/

      UK /ɪn'vɒlv/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To have or be included as a part of something
      • To cause (a person or group) to take part in an event or activity.
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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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    • multiple

      US /ˈmʌltəpəl/

      UK /ˈmʌltɪpl/

      • Adjective
      • Having or involving more than one of something
      • Having or involving several parts, elements, or members.
      • Countable Noun
      • Number produced by multiplying a smaller number
      • A number of identical circuit elements connected in parallel or series.
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    • murder

      US /ˈmɚdɚ/

      UK /'mɜ:də(r)/

      • Noun
      • Something that is difficult or painful to do
      • Crime of deliberately killing a person
      • Transitive Verb
      • To intentionally kill a person
      • To spoil, ruin something by doing it poorly
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    • on duty

      US /ɑn ˈduti/

      UK /ɔn ˈdju:ti/

      • Phrase
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    • oral

      US /ˈɔrəl/

      UK /ˈɔ:rəl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning the mouth
      • Spoken text
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    • patrol

      US /pəˈtrol/

      UK /pə'trəʊl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person or group who checks an area is safe
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To survey an area to maintain safety and order
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    • precinct

      US /ˈpriˌsɪŋkt/

      UK /ˈpri:sɪŋkt/

      • Noun
      • Administrative/electoral section of city/town
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    • prison

      US /ˈprɪzən/

      UK /'prɪzn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
      • A state of confinement or captivity.
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    • rug

      US /rʌɡ/

      UK /rʌg/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Small carpet; material used to cover a floor
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    • serve

      US /sɚv/

      UK /sɜ:v/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To act in a particular position or office
      • To hit the first ball to an opponent in tennis etc.
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    • sexual

      US /ˈsɛkʃuəl/

      UK /ˈsekʃuəl/

      • Adjective
      • Relating to men and women and their relationships
      • Of the physical activity that can produce babies
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    • slightly

      US /ˈslaɪtli/

      UK /ˈslaɪtli/

      • Adverb
      • Only a little
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    • suppose

      US /səˈpoʊz/

      UK /sə'pəʊz/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To imagine or guess what might happen
      • Conjunction
      • What if
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    • unarmed

      US /ˌʌnˈɑ:rmd/

      UK /ˌʌnˈɑ:md/

      • Adjective
      • Not having or using arms or weapons
      • Transitive Verb
      • Having removed armor from someone.
      • Having reduced or abolished military weapons and equipment.
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    • under the rug

      US

      UK

      • Idiom
      • To hide something, especially something embarrassing or damaging.
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    • weird

      US /wɪrd/

      UK /wɪəd/

      • Adjective
      • Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
      • Eerily strange or disturbing.
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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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