Vocabulary

  • of all time: The best or most significant in history.
  • in reality: Actually; in fact; truly.
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • past time: An activity done regularly for enjoyment; a hobby.
  • come up: To come closer to someone; approach
  • for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
  • awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
  • figure: To appear in a game, play or event
  • effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
  • reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
  • recession: Act of moving backward gradually
  • stack: A large number or amount of something
  • release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
  • create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
  • rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
  • press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
  • crunch: To crush something into pieces
  • boredom: Feeling of being uninterested or unexcited
  • countless: Being too many to be numbered or imagined
  • favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
  • pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
  • waste: To kill or severely harm someone
  • bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
  • narrator: Person or character who tells a story
  • single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
  • order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
  • ton: Unit of weight; 907 kilograms (US); 1016 (UK)
  • intern: Person working to get experience/train for a job
  • deck: Floor built into a ship, bus, plane or home
  • suit: To be appropriate for a given situation
  • pound: The # key on a keyboard
  • encompass: To encircle; cover completely
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
  • display: (Animals) to indicate readiness for sex
  • find: To become aware of something that is happening
  • shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
  • person: Man, woman or child
  • hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
  • start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • officially: According to what is stated by an authority figure
  • penny: Person's name
  • complaint: Saying something is wrong and should be changed
  • spreadsheet: Computer file for performing calculations
  • workplace: Place where work is done
  • refresher: A refill of a person's glass with a drink
  • cheerful: Feeling or showing happiness or optimism
  • mid: At (or near) the middle point
  • cherry: Small, round fruit with a red or black skin
  • screech: To make a loud high cry of pain, anger, or fear
  • cent: 100th of the basic unit of money e.g. a dollar
  • mouse: Small animal that has fur and a long tail
  • doorbell: Button you push on outside door to gain entry
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    • awesome

      US /ˈɔsəm/

      UK /'ɔ:səm/

      • Adjective
      • Great; wonderful; stupendous
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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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    • boredom

      US /ˈbɔrdəm, ˈbor-/

      UK /ˈbɔ:dəm, ˈbəʊr-/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Feeling of being uninterested or unexcited
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    • cent

      US /sɛnt/

      UK /sent/

      • Countable Noun
      • 100th of the basic unit of money e.g. a dollar
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    • cheerful

      US /ˈtʃɪrfəl/

      UK /ˈtʃiəful/

      • Adjective
      • Feeling or showing happiness or optimism
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    • cherry

      US /ˈtʃɛri/

      UK /ˈtʃeri/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Small, round fruit with a red or black skin
      • A tree that produces cherries.
      • Adjective
      • Bright red color
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    • come up

      US /kʌm ʌp/

      UK /kʌm ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To come closer to someone; approach
      • (Of sun) to rise into the sky in the morning
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    • complaint

      US /kəmˈplent/

      UK /kəmˈpleɪnt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Saying something is wrong and should be changed
      • Official charge against a person by the police
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    • countless

      US /ˈkaʊntlɪs/

      UK /ˈkaʊntləs/

      • Adjective
      • Being too many to be numbered or imagined
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    • crunch

      US /krʌntʃ/

      UK /krʌntʃ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To crush something into pieces
      • To crush something noisily.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To chew noisily with a crackling sound
      • To make a crushing sound when walked on.
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    • deck

      US /dɛk/

      UK /dek/

      • Noun
      • Floor built into a ship, bus, plane or home
      • Transitive Verb
      • To hit someone hard enough to knock them down
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    • display

      US /dɪˈsple/

      UK /dɪˈspleɪ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • (Animals) to indicate readiness for sex
      • To show, e.g. your feelings, thoughts; demonstrate
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Arrangement of objects so people can see or buy
      • A device for showing information visually, such as a screen.
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    • doorbell

      US /ˈdɔrˌbɛl, ˈdor-/

      UK /ˈdɔ:ˌbel, ˈdəʊr-/

      • Noun
      • Button you push on outside door to gain entry
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    • effort

      US /ˈɛfət/

      UK /ˈefət/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Amount of work used trying to do something
      • A conscious exertion of power; a try.
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    • encompass

      US /ɛnˈkʌmpəs/

      UK /ɪn'kʌmpəs/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To encircle; cover completely
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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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    • in reality

      US /ɪn riˈælɪti/

      UK /in riˈæliti/

      • Phrase
      • Actually; in fact; truly.
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    • intern

      US /ɪnˈtɜ:rn/

      UK /ɪnˈtɜ:n/

      • Countable Noun
      • Person working to get experience/train for a job
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have a job as an intern
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    • mid

      US /mɪd/

      UK /mɪd/

      • Adjective
      • At (or near) the middle point
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    • mouse

      US /maʊs/

      UK /maʊs/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small animal that has fur and a long tail
      • Noun
      • Computer device to control movement on a screen
      • Quiet, shy person
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    • narrator

      US /ner.eɪ.tɚ/

      UK /nəˈreɪtə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Person or character who tells a story
      • A person who provides commentary or narration, especially for a broadcast or performance.
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    • of all time

      US /ʌv ɔl taɪm/

      UK /ɔv ɔ:l taim/

      • Adjective
      • The best or most significant in history.
      • Phrase
      • Ever; in all of history.
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    • of course

      US /ʌv kɔː(r)s/

      UK /ɔv kɔː(r)s/

      • Adverb
      • Sure ; Certainly
      • Phrase
      • For sure; certainly
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    • officially

      US /əˈfɪʃəlɪ/

      UK /əˈfɪʃəli/

      • Adverb
      • According to what is stated by an authority figure
      • In a public or open manner.
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    • past time

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • An activity done regularly for enjoyment; a hobby.
      • A point in time that is later than when something should have happened.
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    • penny

      US /ˈpɛni/

      UK /ˈpeni/

      • Proper Noun
      • Person's name
      • Countable Noun
      • Small coin worth 1/100th of a pound
      • A British unit of currency, one-hundredth of a pound.
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    • pop

      US /pɑp/

      UK /pɒp/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To cause something to open or burst suddenly
      • To go to or in a place for a brief period of time
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Sweet soda drink
      • A short, sharp, explosive sound.
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    • press

      US /prɛs/

      UK /pres/

      • Noun
      • Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
      • General term for TV, radio, newspapers
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make clothes smooth using a heated iron; iron
      • To repeatedly ask someone to do something
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    • reality

      US /riˈælɪti/

      UK /rɪ'ælətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
      • The state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined.
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    • recession

      US /rɪˈsɛʃən/

      UK /rɪˈseʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of moving backward gradually
      • Decreased business activity, when work is scarce
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    • refresher

      US /rɪ'freʃə/

      UK /rɪ'freʃə/

      • Countable Noun
      • A refill of a person's glass with a drink
      • Something that refreshes your knowledge/memory
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    • release

      US /rɪ'li:s/

      UK /rɪ'li:s/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To free someone from a responsibility or burden
      • To allow a film, music etc. to be sold/distributed
      • Noun
      • Act of freeing someone from a duty or burden
      • Introduction of a new product, film, book, etc.
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    • screech

      US /skritʃ/

      UK /skri:tʃ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make a loud high cry of pain, anger, or fear
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    • shot

      US /ʃɑt/

      UK /ʃɒt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To kick or throw a ball at a goal
      • To fire a gun; injure or kill someone with a gun
      • Countable Noun
      • An attempt to kick or throw a ball at a goal
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    • spreadsheet

      US /ˈsprɛdˌʃit/

      UK /ˈspredʃi:t/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Computer file for performing calculations
      • A computer program that arranges data in rows and columns and is used especially for financial planning and budgeting.
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    • stack

      US /stæk/

      UK /stæk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A large number or amount of something
      • Large tube through which smoke exits a building
      • Transitive Verb
      • To arrange cards in a certain order, to cheat
      • To put one thing on top of another, e.g. boxes
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    • ton

      US /tʌn/

      UK /tʌn/

      • Noun
      • Unit of weight; 907 kilograms (US); 1016 (UK)
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    • waste

      US /west/

      UK /weɪst/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To kill or severely harm someone
      • To use valuable things ineffectively
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Materials left over after a process has finished
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    • workplace

      US /ˈwɚkˌples/

      UK /ˈwɜ:kpleɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place where work is done
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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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