Vocabulary

  • break me down: To cause someone to lose emotional strength; to make someone feel overwhelmed or defeated.
  • build me up: To encourage or praise someone, often to increase their confidence.
  • in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
  • on to: Toward something; forward
  • out of the box: Thinking in an original or creative way.
  • at least: As a minimum
  • adrenaline: Chemical in the body that responds to stress, fear
  • negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
  • miserable: Very unhappy
  • disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
  • hypothetical: Thought up, as an example; not being a real case
  • fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
  • slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
  • catastrophe: Very bad disaster causing much suffering, etc.
  • typical: Normal; usual; expected
  • rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
  • vision: Ability to see; eyesight
  • visual: Of or relating to vision
  • whip: To defeat thoroughly or easily
  • invisible: Being unable to be seen
  • break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
  • race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
  • fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
  • wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
  • hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
  • leave: To go away from; depart
  • masterpiece: Greatest work, e.g. of a famous artist
  • bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
  • trip: To release an electrical switch
  • proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
  • system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
  • grave: Hole in the ground in which you place a dead body
  • soul: Central or basic part of something
  • remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
  • build: Your physical shape; physique
  • symbol: Image that means or represents something
  • pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
  • product: Item that can be bought
  • prepare: To make something ready for use
  • part: Division of a book
  • fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
  • world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
  • work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
  • dangerous: Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky
  • apostrophe: Punctuation mark (') showing possession
  • pray: To speak to your god to request help
  • hypocritical: Behaving in a way that you criticize in others
  • crackle: To make sharp repeated noises, like a fire burning
  • decease: To die
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    • adrenaline

      US /əˈdrɛnəlɪn/

      UK /ə'drenəlɪn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Chemical in the body that responds to stress, fear
      • The intense excitement and energy felt when in a dangerous or exciting situation.
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    • apostrophe

      US /əˈpɑstrəfi/

      UK /əˈpɒstrəfi/

      • Noun
      • Punctuation mark (') showing possession
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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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    • bear

      US /bɛr/

      UK /bɛː/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To accept (responsibilities or duties)
      • To give birth to a child; to produce fruit
      • Countable Noun
      • Large brown animal with fur that lives in forests
      • Someone who expects stock market to fall
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    • break me down

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To cause someone to lose emotional strength; to make someone feel overwhelmed or defeated.
      • To cause physical exhaustion or weakness.
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    • build me up

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To encourage or praise someone, often to increase their confidence.
      • To develop or improve someone's skills or qualities.
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    • catastrophe

      US /kəˈtæstrəfi/

      UK /kə'tæstrəfɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Very bad disaster causing much suffering, etc.
      • A complete failure; a fiasco.
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    • crackle

      US /ˈkrækəl/

      UK /'krækl/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make sharp repeated noises, like a fire burning
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    • decease

      US /dɪˈsis/

      UK /dɪˈsi:s/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To die
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    • disease

      US /dɪˈziz/

      UK /dɪˈzi:z/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
      • A disorder of structure or function in a plant, especially one caused by a pathogen.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To affect with disease; to corrupt or sicken.
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    • grave

      US /ɡrev/

      UK /ɡreɪv/

      • Countable Noun
      • Hole in the ground in which you place a dead body
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Poetic death; being dead
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    • hang

      US /hæŋ/

      UK /hæŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
      • To kill by putting a rope around neck and dropping
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To float, move softly, or remain in the air
      • To remain undecided, unsolved or unclear
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    • hypocritical

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      UK

      • Adjective
      • Behaving in a way that you criticize in others
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    • hypothetical

      US /ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkəl/

      UK /ˌhaɪpəˈθetɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Thought up, as an example; not being a real case
      • Of the nature of a hypothesis; conjectural; provisional.
      • Noun
      • A hypothetical example or case.
      • A hypothetical situation or scenario.
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    • in the world

      US /ɪn ði wɜrld/

      UK /in ðə wɜː(r)ld/

      • Phrase
      • Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
      • Used to indicate the extent or degree of something, often in a superlative sense.
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    • invisible

      US /ɪnˈvɪzəbəl/

      UK /ɪnˈvɪzəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Being unable to be seen
      • Of money earned from services, instead of products
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    • masterpiece

      US /ˈmæstɚˌpis/

      UK /ˈmɑ:stəpi:s/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Greatest work, e.g. of a famous artist
      • An extremely good example of something.
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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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    • negative

      US /ˈnɛɡətɪv/

      UK /'neɡətɪv/

      • Noun
      • The opposite to a positive electrical charge
      • In grammar, containing words such as 'no' or 'not'
      • Adjective
      • Being harmful, unwanted or unhelpful
      • In mathematics, being less than zero
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    • on to

      US /ɑn tu/

      UK /ɔn tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Toward something; forward
      • Aware of someone's activities.
      • Adjective
      • Aware of someone's deception or illegal activities.
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    • out of the box

      US /aʊt əv ðə bɑks/

      UK /aut əv ðə bɒks/

      • other
      • Thinking in an original or creative way.
      • Ready to use immediately without special preparation.
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    • pray

      US /pre/

      UK /preɪ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To speak to your god to request help
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To wish or hope for something to happen or be true
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    • proud

      US /praʊd/

      UK /praʊd/

      • Adjective
      • Very good; worthy of making one pleased
      • Having or showing respect for yourself; having dignity.
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    • race

      US /res/

      UK /reɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
      • People who share physical features or culture
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To take part in a running or swimming competition
      • To move or go at a very fast pace
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    • remind

      US /rɪˈmaɪnd/

      UK /rɪ'maɪnd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause someone to remember what they forgot
      • To cause someone to think of something similar or related.
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    • rip

      US /rɪp/

      UK /rɪp/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
      • To become torn, opened, or split apart forcefully
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A long tear in something, e.g. a piece of cloth
      • (Slang) A puff of marijuana.
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    • slip

      US /slɪp/

      UK /slɪp/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
      • A field position in cricket
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To begin to fall as a result of losing balance
      • To escape or become free from something
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    • soul

      US /sol/

      UK /səʊl/

      • Noun
      • Central or basic part of something
      • Strong, deep emotion in speech or performance
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    • symbol

      US /ˈsɪmbəl/

      UK /'sɪmbl/

      • Noun
      • Image that means or represents something
      • An image that represents a message of some kind
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    • trip

      US /trɪp/

      UK /trɪp/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To release an electrical switch
      • To fall by catching your foot on something
      • Noun
      • Act of falling down; falling over an obstacle
      • Journey or visit to a place
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    • typical

      US /ˈtɪpɪkəl/

      UK /ˈtɪpɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Normal; usual; expected
      • Serving as a representative example of a particular type.
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    • vision

      US /ˈvɪʒən/

      UK /'vɪʒn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Ability to see; eyesight
      • Something you see in your imagination or dreams
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    • visual

      US /ˈvɪʒuəl/

      UK /'vɪʒʊəl/

      • Adjective
      • Of or relating to vision
      • Noun
      • Pictures/images used to help audience understand
      • A picture, map, piece of film, or other visual representation.
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    • wanna

      US /ˈwɑnə/

      UK /'wɒnə/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
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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
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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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