Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • check out
  • come along: To go with someone who takes the lead
  • hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
  • in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
  • trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
  • proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
  • sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • cozy: Comfortable, warm, pleasant, and often, small
  • advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
  • tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
  • surface: To give (road) a top layer
  • board: Surface for posting or showing information
  • fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
  • exception: Something different or not included
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
  • amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
  • stand: To be a candidate in an election
  • jam: To block a signal (e.g. radio waves)
  • rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
  • find: To become aware of something that is happening
  • remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • tube: Plastic or metal container for soft substances
  • dictionary: Book with the spellings and meanings of many words
  • noun: The subject or object of a sentence
  • understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
  • land: Region or country
  • confuse: To make something unclear or hard to understand
  • location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
  • exciting: To cause a reaction; make active
  • downtown: Located in the business part of a town
  • video: Recording capturing action with sound
  • underground: (Being or living) under the surface of the earth
  • upstairs: On a floor above
  • careful: Trying not to make mistakes; working slowly
  • downstairs: The floors below the current floor
  • subway: Train system running under the ground in a city
  • magic: Attractive, appealing, and exciting quality
  • online: Connected to the internet
  • stair: Steps that go from one level to another
  • someplace: In or at or to some place
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    • advice

      US /əd'vaɪs/

      UK /ədˈvaɪs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Suggestion about what would help someone
      • Professional guidance from a lawyer or legal expert.
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    • amazing

      US /ə'meɪzɪŋ/

      UK /ə'meɪzɪŋ/

      • Adjective
      • Surprising in a pleasing way
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause wonder; to surprise completely
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    • careful

      US /ˈkerfl/

      UK /ˈkeəfl/

      • Adjective
      • Trying not to make mistakes; working slowly
      • Cautious and attentive to potential dangers or problems.
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    • check out

      US /tʃɛk aʊt/

      UK /tʃek aut/

      • Phrase
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To find out information about something
      • To take books out of a library
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    • come along

      US /kʌm əˈlɔŋ/

      UK /kʌm əˈlɔŋ/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To go with someone who takes the lead
      • To make progress toward a goal
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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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    • cozy

      US /ˈkozi/

      UK /'kəʊzɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Comfortable, warm, pleasant, and often, small
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    • downstairs

      US /ˌdaʊnˈsterz/

      UK /ˌdaʊnˈsteəz/

      • Noun
      • The floors below the current floor
      • Adverb
      • To or on a lower floor of a building.
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    • downtown

      US /ˈdaʊnˌtaʊn/

      UK /ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn/

      • Adjective
      • Located in the business part of a town
      • (informal) Fashionable, trendy, or cool.
      • Noun
      • The main business or commercial area of a city.
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    • exception

      US /ɪkˈsɛpʃən/

      UK /ɪkˈsepʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something different or not included
      • An objection or feeling of disapproval.
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    • exciting

      US /ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ/

      UK /ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause a reaction; make active
      • To make someone feel happy, interested or eager
      • Adjective
      • Creating interest, happiness or pleasurable fear
      • Full of action, thrills, or creating suspense.
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    • for example

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • hold on

      US /hold ɑn/

      UK /həuld ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
      • To wait for a short time.
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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, disbelief
      • Used to indicate the extent or degree of something, often in a superlative sense
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    • jam

      US /dʒæm/

      UK /dʒæm/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To block a signal (e.g. radio waves)
      • To push into a tight space until it can't move
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To pack together so things cannot move freely
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    • location

      US /loʊˈkeɪʃn/

      UK /ləʊˈkeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
      • A place away from a studio where film or television shots are made.
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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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    • magic

      US /ˈmædʒɪk/

      UK /'mædʒɪk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Attractive, appealing, and exciting quality
      • Performance of tricks for entertainment
      • Adjective
      • Concerning or involving tricks for entertainment
      • Being able to produce good results or success
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    • online

      US /ˌɑ:nˈlaɪn/

      UK /ˌɒnˈlaɪn/

      • Adjective
      • Connected to the internet
      • Adverb
      • Via the internet.
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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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    • rule

      US /ruːl/

      UK /ruːl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something that is normal and usually happens
      • Governmental control or power over a region
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To decide legally, especially in court
      • To have control or influence
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    • someplace

      US /ˈsʌmˌples/

      UK /ˈsʌmpleɪs/

      • Adverb
      • In or at or to some place
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    • stair

      US /stɛr/

      UK /steə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Steps that go from one level to another
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    • subway

      US /ˈsʌbˌwe/

      UK /ˈsʌbweɪ/

      • Noun
      • Train system running under the ground in a city
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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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    • tense

      US /tɛns/

      UK /tens/

      • Noun
      • The use of grammar to state the time things happen
      • Adjective
      • Unable to relax; feeling nervous or stressed
      • Stretched tight and stiff
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    • trick

      US /trɪk/

      UK /trɪk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To fool someone in order to obtain a result
      • To playfully tease or fool to make someone laugh
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of trying to fool someone
      • Quick or skillful way of doing something
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    • tube

      US /tub,tjub/

      UK /tju:b/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Plastic or metal container for soft substances
      • Long hollow pipe used to hold or liquids or gases
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    • underground

      US /ˈʌndərgraʊnd/

      UK /ˈʌndəgraʊnd/

      • Adjective
      • (Being or living) under the surface of the earth
      • Secret or subversive.
      • Noun
      • Secret group organized to overthrow a government
      • Subway system, e.g. in London
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    • upstairs

      US /ˌʌpˈsterz/

      UK /ˌʌpˈsteəz/

      • Adverb
      • On a floor above
      • Noun
      • The floor above you in a building
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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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