Vocabulary

  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
  • come from: To have as your native country or city
  • instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
  • in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
  • come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
  • hide behind: To avoid responsibility or truth by using something as an excuse.
  • have to: Must do
  • talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
  • bring over: To take something to someone's home
  • at work: Located at one's place of employment
  • at home: In one's own residence or country.
  • take back: To say you no longer agree with an opinion you had
  • think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
  • way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
  • one of those things: An unfortunate but unavoidable event.
  • check out
  • in one bite: To consume or do something all at once.
  • think about: To consider something carefully.
  • in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
  • to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
  • on camera: While being filmed or recorded.
  • in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
  • based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
  • with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
  • break off: To end a relationship, engagement etc.
  • for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
  • scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
  • expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
  • texture: Quality from different elements, as in music
  • unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
  • outfit: A set of clothing (with accessories)
  • worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
  • essence: Most important part or quality of something
  • dough: Substance made from flour and water to bake bread
  • shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
  • elegant: Having or showing grace, style or beauty
  • wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
  • feast: Religious celebration
  • foreign: Being of a different place or country
  • gooey: Soft and sticky
  • secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
  • vanilla: Having the taste of vanilla
  • custom: Person's regular, daily habit or practice
  • interview: To formally ask questions about a given topic
  • simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
  • taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
  • rhyme: One of a group of words ending in similar sounds
  • chip: To break a small piece off something such as a cup
  • perfect: So good it cannot be improved
  • sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
  • bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
  • crunchy: (of food, snow) making a soft compacting sound
  • hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
  • funky: Offbeat; fashionable
  • make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
  • laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
  • gentle: Kind and quiet in nature; not harsh or violent
  • dissonance: Lack of harmony or agreement
  • oatmeal: Cereal made from rolled or ground oats
  • chimney: Part of a building through which smoke escapes
  • flour: Powder made from a grain used in cooking
  • start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • cover: To record a different version of another song
  • ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
  • intolerant: Narrow-minded and will not accept other opinions
  • design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
  • delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
  • walnut: Nut with a very hard shell
  • raisin: Dried black grape, used in cooking
  • work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
  • playful: Being fun or wanting to play
  • triathlon: Distance race where you swim, ride a bike, and run
  • unacceptable: Not being or behaving in the correct or right way
  • cologne: Perfume or fragrance that you apply to your skin
  • ornate: Decorated with many fancy objects or patterns
  • butter: Yellow substance made of cream, spread on bread
  • sugar: Substance which the body stores or uses for energy
  • magic: Attractive, appealing, and exciting quality
  • yogurt: Custard-like food made from curdled milk
  • bakery: Shop where foods, such as bread or cakes are sold
  • accompaniment: Music played to support a person singing
  • cookie: A flat, round sweet baked food
  • cocoa: Brown powder from a large bean, used for chocolate
  • shortbread: Very rich thick butter cookie
  • jazzy: Resembling jazz (especially in its rhythm)
  • ironman: A very strong and powerful man
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    • accompaniment

      US /əˈkʌmpənimənt, əˈkʌmpni-/

      UK /əˈkʌmpənimənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Music played to support a person singing
      • Something that complements or goes well with food or drink.
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    • at home

      US /æt hom/

      UK /æt həum/

      • Phrase
      • In one's own residence or country.
      • Adjective
      • Feeling comfortable and relaxed.
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    • at work

      US /æt wɚk/

      UK /æt wə:k/

      • Phrase
      • Located at one's place of employment
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    • bakery

      US /ˈbekəri/

      UK /'beɪkərɪ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Shop where foods, such as bread or cakes are sold
      A2
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    • based on

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
      • Preposition
      • Using something as the main idea or foundation.
      • Relying on something as evidence or justification.
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    • bite

      US /baɪt/

      UK /baɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
      • Wound left from being bitten
      • Intransitive Verb
      • (E.g. of fish) to take bait and be caught
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    • break off

      US /brek ɔf/

      UK /breik ɔf/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To end a relationship, engagement etc.
      • To cause something to be separated or broken
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    • bring over

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To take something to someone's home
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    • butter

      US /ˈbʌt̬.ɚ/

      UK /ˈbʌt.ə/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Yellow substance made of cream, spread on bread
      • Transitive Verb
      • To spread butter on bread
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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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    • chimney

      US /ˈtʃɪmni/

      UK /'tʃɪmnɪ/

      • Noun
      • Part of a building through which smoke escapes
      B2
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    • chip

      US /tʃɪp/

      UK /tʃɪp/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To break a small piece off something such as a cup
      • To break into small pieces, often with a tool
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Small piece that has broken off (e.g. from cup)
      • Piece of computer hardware that does calculations
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    • cocoa

      US /ˈkoko/

      UK /'kəʊkəʊ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Brown powder from a large bean, used for chocolate
      B2
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    • cologne

      US /kəˈloʊn/

      UK /kəˈləʊn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Perfume or fragrance that you apply to your skin
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    • come back

      US /kʌm bæk/

      UK /kʌm bæk/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To reply to someone, often forcefully
      • To be remembered
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    • come from

      US /kʌm frʌm/

      UK /kʌm frɔm/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To have as your native country or city
      A1
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    • cookie

      US /ˈkʊki/

      UK /'kʊkɪ/

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

      US /ˈkrʌntʃi/

      UK /'krʌntʃɪ/

      • Adjective
      • (of food, snow) making a soft compacting sound
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    • custom

      US /ˈkʌstəm/

      UK /ˈkʌstəm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person's regular, daily habit or practice
      • Tradition that most people in a community do
      • Adjective
      • Specially made to order
      • Modified to a particular specification.
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    • delicious

      US /dɪˈlɪʃəs/

      UK /dɪˈlɪʃəs/

      • Adjective
      • Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
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    • dissonance

      US /ˈdɪsənəns/

      UK /ˈdɪsənəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Lack of harmony or agreement
      C1
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    • dough

      US /do/

      UK /dəu/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Substance made from flour and water to bake bread
      • (slang) Money.
      B2
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    • elegant

      US /ˈɛlɪɡənt/

      UK /'elɪɡənt/

      • Adjective
      • Having or showing grace, style or beauty
      • Pleasingly ingenious and simple.
      A2
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    • essence

      US /ˈɛsəns/

      UK /'esns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Most important part or quality of something
      • Substance that has a very strong, unique smell
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    • feast

      US /fist/

      UK /fi:st/

      • Noun
      • Religious celebration
      • Special meal with large amounts of food and drink
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To eat a large special meal often in celebration
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    • flour

      US /flaʊr/

      UK /ˈflaʊə(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Powder made from a grain used in cooking
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cover something with flour in cooking
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    • for someone

      US /fɚ ˈsʌmwʌn/

      UK /fə ˈsʌmwʌn/

      • other
      • On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
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    • foreign

      US /ˈfɔ:rən/

      UK /ˈfɒrən/

      • Adjective
      • Being of a different place or country
      • Strange; different from ones found at home
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    • funky

      US /ˈfʌŋki/

      UK /fʌŋkɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Offbeat; fashionable
      B2
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    • gentle

      US /ˈdʒɛntl/

      UK /'dʒentl/

      • Adjective
      • Kind and quiet in nature; not harsh or violent
      A2
      More
    • gooey

      US /ˈɡui/

      UK /ˈgu:i/

      • Adjective
      • Soft and sticky
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • hide behind

      US /haɪd bɪˈhaɪnd/

      UK /haɪd bɪˈhaɪnd/

      • other
      • To avoid responsibility or truth by using something as an excuse.
      • To put oneself out of sight by staying at the back of something.
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    • in love with

      US //ɪn lʌv wɪð//

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Feeling romantic love for someone.
      • Extremely enthusiastic about or fond of something.
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    • in on

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • To be involved in a secret or plan.
      • To be aware of something that is secret or not generally known.
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    • in one bite

      US /ɪn wʌn baɪt/

      UK /ɪn wʌn baɪt/

      • other
      • To consume or do something all at once.
      A2
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    • in the middle of

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • In the central part or point of something.
      • Engaged or occupied with something.
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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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    • instead of

      US /ɪnˈstɛd ʌv/

      UK /inˈsted ɔv/

      • Preposition
      • When one thing is replaced by another
      • Adverb
      • As a substitute or alternative.
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    • interview

      US /ˈɪntɚˌvju/

      UK /'ɪntəvju:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To formally ask questions about a given topic
      • Noun
      • Meeting to ask questions to get information
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    • intolerant

      US /ɪnˈtɑlərənt/

      UK /ɪn'tɒlərənt/

      • Adjective
      • Narrow-minded and will not accept other opinions
      • Unable to tolerate a drug or food.
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    • ironman

      US /'aɪənmæn/

      UK /'aɪənmæn/

      • Countable Noun
      • A very strong and powerful man
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    • jazzy

      US /ˈdʒæzi/

      UK /ˈdʒæzi/

      • Adjective
      • Resembling jazz (especially in its rhythm)
      • Fancy and highly decorated
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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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    • oatmeal

      US /ˈoʊtmi:l/

      UK /ˈəʊtmi:l/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Cereal made from rolled or ground oats
      • Oats that have been ground or rolled, used as an ingredient in cooking.
      • Adjective
      • Having a pale beige or light brown color, like that of oatmeal.
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    • on camera

      US /ɑn ˈkæmərə/

      UK /ɔn ˈkæmərə/

      • Adverb
      • While being filmed or recorded.
      • Adjective
      • Having qualities that make one appear good or effective when filmed.
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    • one of those things

      US /wʌn əv ðoʊz θɪŋz/

      UK /wʌn əv ðəuz θɪŋz/

      • other
      • An unfortunate but unavoidable event.
      B2
      More
    • ornate

      US /ɔ:rˈneɪt/

      UK /ɔ:ˈneɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Decorated with many fancy objects or patterns
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    • outfit

      US /ˈaʊtˌfɪt/

      UK /'aʊtfɪt/

      • Noun
      • A set of clothing (with accessories)
      • Transitive Verb
      • To provide with clothing and other things
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    • playful

      US /ˈplefəl/

      UK /'pleɪfl/

      • Adjective
      • Being fun or wanting to play
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    • raisin

      US /ˈrezɪn/

      UK /ˈreɪzn/

      • Countable Noun
      • Dried black grape, used in cooking
      • Adjective
      • Having a dark purplish-brown color, like that of a raisin.
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    • rhyme

      US /raɪm/

      UK /raɪm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • One of a group of words ending in similar sounds
      • Poem or song using similar-sounding words
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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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    • scale

      US /skel/

      UK /skeɪl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Size, level, or amount when compared
      • Small hard plates that cover the body of fish
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To change the size of but keep the proportions
      • To climb something large (e.g. a mountain)
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    • shortbread

      US /ˈʃɔ:rtbred/

      UK /ˈʃɔ:tbred/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Very rich thick butter cookie
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    • sugar

      US /ˈʃʊɡɚ/

      UK /ˈʃʊgə(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Substance which the body stores or uses for energy
      • White sweet substance used to make foods sweeter
      • Countable Noun
      • Amount of sugar contained in a small spoon
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    • take back

      US /tek bæk/

      UK /teik bæk/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To say you no longer agree with an opinion you had
      • To return something you bought to the store
      • Transitive Verb
      • To retract or withdraw a statement or claim.
      • To regain possession of something.
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    • talking about

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To discuss a particular topic.
      • To be constantly mentioning or bringing up a subject.
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    • taste

      US /test/

      UK /teɪst/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
      • Flavor in your mouth from food or drink
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To experience something
      • To experience the flavor of food, drink
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    • texture

      US /ˈtɛkstʃɚ/

      UK /ˈtekstʃə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Quality from different elements, as in music
      • Look and feel of a substance or material
      • Transitive Verb
      • To give a particular look or feel to a surface
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    • think about

      US /θɪŋk əˈbaʊt/

      UK /θiŋk əˈbaut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To consider something carefully.
      • To remember or call to mind.
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    • think of

      US /θɪŋk ʌv/

      UK /θiŋk ɔv/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To look on as (being something specific); consider
      • To consider or remember something.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To imagine or call something to mind
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    • to let

      US /tu lɛt/

      UK /tu let/

      • Preposition
      • Indicates that a property is available for rent.
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    • triathlon

      US /traɪ'æθlən/

      UK /traɪ'æθlən/

      • Countable Noun
      • Distance race where you swim, ride a bike, and run
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    • unacceptable

      US /ˌʌnɪkˈsɛptəbəl, -æk-/

      UK /ˌʌnəkˈseptəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Not being or behaving in the correct or right way
      B1
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    • unique

      US /juˈnik/

      UK /jʊ'ni:k/

      • Adjective
      • Unlike other things; being the only one like it
      • Remarkably special or unusual.
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    • vanilla

      US /vəˈnɪlə/

      UK /vəˈnɪlə/

      • Adjective
      • Having the taste of vanilla
      • Having no special or extra features; ordinary or standard.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Taste from seed of vanilla plant, as in ice cream
      • Any orchid of the genus Vanilla, characterized by fragrant flowers and long pod-like fruit.
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    • walnut

      US /ˈwɔlˌnʌt, -nət/

      UK /ˈwɔ:lnʌt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Nut with a very hard shell
      B2
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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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    • way to go

      US /we tu ɡo/

      UK /wei tu: ɡəu/

      • Interjection
      • An expression of encouragement or approval.
      • An expression of sarcasm after someone has made a mistake.
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    • with it

      US /wɪð ɪt/

      UK /wið it/

      • Adjective
      • Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
      • Understanding and knowledgeable about current trends or information.
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    • worth

      US /wɚθ/

      UK /wɜ:θ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
      • having a particular value, especially in money
      • Adjective
      • Having a specified value.
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    • yogurt

      US /ˈjoɡət/

      UK /ˈjəʊgət/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Custard-like food made from curdled milk
      B2
      More
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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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