Vocabulary

  • got to: To arrive at some place
  • go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
  • like hell: Used to express strong disagreement or refusal.
  • sleep over: To stay at someone's house for the night.
  • no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
  • dress up: To put on your best clothes, e.g. for a party
  • for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
  • shout out: A public expression of greeting or praise.
  • stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • incredible: Very good; amazing
  • figure: To appear in a game, play or event
  • straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
  • realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
  • convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
  • circumstance: Condition or fact that affects a situation
  • insult: To disrespect someone by being rude or impolite
  • brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
  • strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
  • mean: Average of a set of numbers
  • raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
  • apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
  • identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
  • responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
  • household: Being in everyday use; common
  • guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
  • ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
  • serve: To act in a particular position or office
  • expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
  • culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
  • personally: By a specific person, and not by anyone else
  • hell: Any place of pain and suffering
  • immigrant: Person moving to another country to live there
  • ethnicity: Ethnic group; shared origins or culture
  • important: Having power or authority
  • allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
  • fully: Completely or entirely
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • provocative: Causing anger/sexual interest, e.g. deliberately
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • college: School or educational institution for adults
  • enforce: To force something to be done or accepted
  • harassment: Continually bothering someone in an unfair way
  • greet: To meet with friendly words and actions; welcome
  • drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
  • celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
  • pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
  • sin: Act that breaks a religious law
  • curfew: Order requiring people to be at home at night
  • childhood: The time when you are a child
  • devil: A spirit said to be evil
  • muslim: Of or relating to Islam
  • foresight: Prudence or ability to foresee future happenings
  • homeland: Country where you were born
  • cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
  • sinful: (Acts that) break a religious law
  • cookie: A flat, round sweet baked food
  • soda: Sweet bubbly flavored drink
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    • brand

      US /brænd/

      UK /brænd/

      • Noun
      • A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
      • Product made or designed by a named company
      • Transitive Verb
      • To burn a mark on an animal to show who owns it
      • To describe someone as a liar, coward, etc.
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    • celebrate

      US /ˈsɛləˌbret/

      UK /'selɪbreɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
      • To lead or participate in a religious ceremony
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    • childhood

      US /ˈtʃaɪldˌhʊd/

      UK /ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • The time when you are a child
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    • circumstance

      US /ˈsɚkəmˌstæns/

      UK /'sɜ:kəmstəns/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Condition or fact that affects a situation
      • An event or fact that causes or helps to cause something to happen, typically something bad or unwanted.
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    • college

      US /'kɑːlɪdʒ/

      UK /'kɒlɪdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • School or educational institution for adults
      • A constituent body of a university.
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    • convince

      US /kənˈvɪns/

      UK /kən'vɪns/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
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    • cookie

      US /ˈkʊki/

      UK /'kʊkɪ/

      • Countable Noun
      • A flat, round sweet baked food
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    • culture

      US /ˈkʌltʃɚ/

      UK /'kʌltʃə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Beliefs and customs of a particular group
      • The customs, beliefs, art, and all the other things that a group of people share and consider important.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To grow cells, tissues, bacteria, etc. in a controlled environment.
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    • curfew

      US /ˈkə:fju/

      UK /ˈkɜ:fju:/

      • Noun
      • Order requiring people to be at home at night
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    • cute

      US /kjut/

      UK /kju:t/

      • Adjective
      • Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
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    • devil

      US /ˈdɛvəl/

      UK /ˈdevl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A spirit said to be evil
      • A very bad or cruel person.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To prepare (food) with hot or spicy seasonings.
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    • dress up

      US /drɛs ʌp/

      UK /dres ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To put on your best clothes, e.g. for a party
      • To wear formal or fancy clothes.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To wear formal or fancy clothes.
      • To make something more attractive or elaborate.
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    • enforce

      US /ɪnˈfɔ:rs/

      UK /ɪnˈfɔ:s/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To force something to be done or accepted
      • To make (a rule) active or effective
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    • ethnicity

      US /ɛθˈnɪsɪti/

      UK /eθˈnɪsəti/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Ethnic group; shared origins or culture
      • The ethnic origin or background of a person or group of people.
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    • expose

      US /ɪkˈspoʊz/

      UK /ɪk'spəʊz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make visible, without covering or protection
      • To allow light through a cameras lens onto film
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    • for the rest

      US /fɔr ði rɛst/

      UK /fɔ: ðə rest/

      • Phrase
      • Concerning the remaining people or things.
      • During the remaining part of a period of time.
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    • foresight

      US /ˈfɔrˌsaɪt, ˈfor-/

      UK /ˈfɔ:saɪt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Prudence or ability to foresee future happenings
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    • go out

      US /ɡo aʊt/

      UK /ɡəu aut/

      • Phrase
      • To leave a building (e.g. a house)
      • Phrasal Verb
      • (Of a fire) to burn out; be extinguished
      • Go out of fashion to stop being fashionable
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    • got to

      US /ɡɑt tu/

      UK /gɔt tu:/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To arrive at some place
      • To have the opportunity or permission to do something
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To appeal to the emotions of; move
      • To finally begin to start something after a delay
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    • greet

      US /ɡrit/

      UK /gri:t/

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

      US /hə'ræsmənt/

      UK /'hærəsmənt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Continually bothering someone in an unfair way
      • Unwelcome behavior that is offensive, humiliating, or intimidating.
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    • hell

      US /hɛl/

      UK /hel/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Any place of pain and suffering
      • A very unpleasant or difficult experience.
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    • homeland

      US /ˈhoʊmlænd/

      UK /ˈhəʊmlænd/

      • Noun
      • Country where you were born
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    • household

      US /ˈhaʊsˌhold/

      UK /'haʊshəʊld/

      • Adjective
      • Being in everyday use; common
      • Relating to a house or home.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Concerning a home
      • Family or other group living together in a house
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    • identity

      US /aɪˈdɛntɪti/

      UK /aɪ'dentətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Collection of qualities that makes a person
      • Who someone is; the name of a person
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    • immigrant

      US /ˈɪmɪɡrənt/

      UK /ˈɪmɪgrənt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Person moving to another country to live there
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    • incredible

      US /ɪnˈkrɛdəbəl/

      UK /ɪnˈkredəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Very good; amazing
      • Really good; amazing; great
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    • insult

      US /ɪnˈsʌlt/

      UK /ɪn'sʌlt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To disrespect someone by being rude or impolite
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of disrespecting by being rude or impolite
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    • like hell

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      UK

      • Phrase
      • Used to express strong disagreement or refusal.
      • With great speed, force, or intensity.
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    • muslim

      US /ˈmʌzləm, ˈmʊz-, ˈmʌs-, ˈmʊs-/

      UK /ˈmʊzlɪm/

      • Adjective
      • Of or relating to Islam
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    • no matter

      US

      UK

      • Conjunction
      • Regardless of; it does not matter.
      • Adverb
      • Regardless of; it is not important
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    • personally

      US /ˈpəsənəli/

      UK /ˈpɜ:sənəli/

      • Adverb
      • By a specific person, and not by anyone else
      • Knowing someone as a friend, or closely
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    • provocative

      US /prəˈvɑ:kətɪv/

      UK /prəˈvɒkətɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Causing anger/sexual interest, e.g. deliberately
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    • responsible

      US / rɪˈspɑnsəbəl/

      UK /rɪ'spɒnsəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Being the cause of something that has occurred
      • Having the duty of dealing with something
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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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    • shout out

      US /ʃaʊt aʊt/

      UK /ʃaut aut/

      • Noun
      • A public expression of greeting or praise.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To publicly mention or acknowledge someone or something.
      • To publicly acknowledge or thank someone.
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    • sin

      US /sɪn/

      UK /sɪn/

      • Noun
      • Act that breaks a religious law
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To do something that breaks a religious law
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    • sinful

      US /ˈsɪnfəl/

      UK /ˈsɪnfl/

      • Adjective
      • (Acts that) break a religious law
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    • sleep over

      US /slip ˈovɚ/

      UK /sli:p ˈəuvə/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To stay at someone's house for the night.
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    • soda

      US /ˈsoʊdə/

      UK /ˈsəʊdə/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Sweet bubbly flavored drink
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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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    • strict

      US /strɪkt/

      UK /strɪkt/

      • Adjective
      • Tending to enforce rules; severe
      • (Of orders) that must be obeyed
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    • stuff

      US /stʌf/

      UK /stʌf/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Generic description for things, materials, objects
      • Transitive Verb
      • To push material inside something, with force
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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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