Vocabulary

  • in town: Present or available in the local area or city.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • du jour: As made or served on a particular day; fashionable or popular at the moment.
  • with just: Using only; with no more than.
  • stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
  • recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
  • realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
  • suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
  • serve: To act in a particular position or office
  • culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
  • nasal: Concerning, used for, or relating to the nose
  • order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
  • dash: To hit against something with a lot of force
  • melt: To disappear or to go away
  • sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
  • glad: Happy or pleased about something/to do something
  • valley: Area between mountains with river running through
  • assist: To help
  • gibberish: Unintelligible talking
  • side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
  • know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
  • special: Being additional or extra
  • defer: To hold back to a later time
  • call: A order or request for action
  • man: Humans in general, including male and female
  • good: Proper, appropriate or right
  • heavy: Greater in amount, degree, or severity than usual
  • speak: To be able to use a certain language
  • monsieur: (French) Mr; sir
  • waiter: Man who serves food or drinks in a restaurant
  • seafood: Fish, shellfish, etc. that can be eaten
  • honking: To make a loud noise like that of a horn
  • bien: (French) good
  • chez: (French) at the home of; with
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    • assist

      US /əˈsɪst/

      UK /əˈsɪst/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To help
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    • bien

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • (French) good
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    • chez

      US /ʃe/

      UK /ʃeɪ/

      • Phrase
      • (French) at the home of; with
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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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    • dash

      US /dæʃ/

      UK /dæʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To hit against something with a lot of force
      • To destroy or damage a feeling, such as hope
      • Noun
      • Hyphen e.g. '-'; or space
      • Act of running quickly towards a particular place
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    • defer

      US /dɪˈfɚ/

      UK /dɪˈfɜ:(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To hold back to a later time
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    • du jour

      US /dəʒʊr, du/

      UK /duˈʒuə/

      • Adjective
      • As made or served on a particular day; fashionable or popular at the moment.
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    • gibberish

      US /ˈdʒɪbərɪʃ/

      UK /ˈdʒɪbərɪʃ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Unintelligible talking
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    • glad

      US /ɡlæd/

      UK /ɡlæd/

      • Adjective
      • Happy or pleased about something/to do something
      • Happy that something happened; pleased
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    • honking

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make a loud noise like that of a horn
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    • in town

      US /ɪn taʊn/

      UK /in taun/

      • Phrase
      • Present or available in the local area or city.
      • Available or present in a particular place.
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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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    • melt

      US /mɛlt/

      UK /melt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To disappear or to go away
      • To make, become soft or liquid due to heat
      • Uncountable Noun
      • A mass of material that has been melted, especially metal.
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    • monsieur

      US /məˈsjɚ/

      UK /məˈsjə:/

      • Proper Noun
      • (French) Mr; sir
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    • nasal

      US /ˈnezəl/

      UK /ˈneɪzl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning, used for, or relating to the nose
      • A speech sound produced with the soft palate lowered so that air flows through the nose.
      • Noun
      • Sound in speech that is produced through the nose
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    • overwhelmed

      US /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlmd/

      UK /ˌəʊ.vəˈwɛlmd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To defeat something or someone completely
      • To affect someone emotionally in a strong way
      • Adjective
      • Feeling like you have so much to do that you can't even get started.
      • Feeling like you are unable to cope with something
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    • recommend

      US /ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd/

      UK /ˌrekə'mend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To advise or suggest that someone do something
      • To endorse or support something publicly.
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    • sauce

      US /sɔs/

      UK /sɔ:s/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
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    • seafood

      US /ˈsiˌfud/

      UK /'si:fu:d/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Fish, shellfish, etc. that can be eaten
      B2
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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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    • 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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    • suppose

      US /səˈpoʊz/

      UK /sə'pəʊz/

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

      US /ˈvæli/

      UK /'vælɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Area between mountains with river running through
      • The internal angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof surfaces.
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    • waiter

      US /ˈwetɚ/

      UK /ˈweɪtə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Man who serves food or drinks in a restaurant
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    • with just

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Using only; with no more than.
      • Barely; by a narrow margin.
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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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    French Restaurant - Key & Peele

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    Samuel posted on 2018/07/30
    Ever been on an awkward date or tried to decipher a fancy menu? This hilarious sketch from Key & Peele dives into a mock fine-dining experience with an over-the-top French accent and a gibberish menu, perfect for practicing situational dialogue and picking up some advanced vocabulary in a super fun way!

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