Vocabulary

  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • into space: Toward or entering the region beyond Earth's atmosphere.
  • see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
  • by now: At the present time or already; before the present.
  • instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • have to: Must do
  • go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
  • in school: Attending an educational institution.
  • got to: To arrive at some place
  • pig: Animal that bacon, pork and ham come from
  • station: (Army) to be posted to a place to perform duties
  • game: Activity with rules that people play to have fun
  • water: Clear liquid that forms the seas, rivers and rain
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • job: Something that must be done
  • go: To attend or be at a place
  • to: Toward a point, person, place or thing
  • understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
  • toilet: Room where you go to urinate or excrete; bathroom
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • cup: Small round container used for drinking
  • coffee: A brown drink made from roasted beans and water
  • run: To depart or travel according to a schedule
  • worry: Something that causes trouble or concern
  • angry: Having a strong feeling of being upset
  • space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
  • straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
  • line: Border that divides two places or regions
  • fire: Heat and the flame produced when burning
  • steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
  • engineer: Someone whose job is designing machines, buildings
  • artist: A person skilled and creative in art e.g. painter
  • machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
  • math: Study or science of numbers and shapes
  • art: Creative skill using the imagination e.g. painting
  • move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
  • decided: To make a choice about; choose after thinking
  • guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
  • sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
  • research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
  • planetary: Concerning the orbital characteristics of a planet
  • attract: To make something move closer using magnetic force
  • involve: To have or be included as a part of something
  • explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
  • scientist: Person who is trained in a science
  • fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
  • neat: That you approve of; cool
  • scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
  • object: Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
  • environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
  • system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
  • curved: Bent; rounded; not straight
  • rocket: Powerful engine that releases hot gases
  • starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
  • bent: To become curved or no longer straight
  • surface: To give (road) a top layer
  • spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
  • astronaut: Person who travels in space
  • perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
  • nautical: Concerning ships, sailing or sailors
  • bungee: Elasticized rope you can hang from, as a sport
  • slingshot: Loop of leather used as a weapon to throw stones
  • engineering: The practical application of science to industry
  • gravity: (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
  • orbital: Concerning an orbit
  • chug: To move slowly making low sounds like steam trains
  • orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
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    • artist

      US /ˈɑrtɪst/

      UK /ˈɑ:tɪst/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A person skilled and creative in art e.g. painter
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    • astronaut

      US /ˈæstrəˌnɔt/

      UK /ˈæstrənɔ:t/

      • Countable Noun
      • Person who travels in space
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    • attract

      US /əˈtrækt/

      UK /ə'trækt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something move closer using magnetic force
      • To make someone notice and become interested in
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    • bent

      US /bɛnt/

      UK /bent/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To become curved or no longer straight
      • To turn in a different direction, as a road
      • Adjective
      • Become curved or no longer straight
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    • bungee

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      UK

      • Noun
      • Elasticized rope you can hang from, as a sport
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    • by now

      US /baɪ naʊ/

      UK /bai nau/

      • Phrase
      • At the present time or already; before the present.
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    • chug

      US /tʃʌɡ/

      UK /tʃʌɡ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move slowly making low sounds like steam trains
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    • curved

      US /kə:vd/

      UK /kɜ:vd/

      • Adjective
      • Bent; rounded; not straight
      • Consisting of or bounded by a curve.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something bend into a rounded shape
      • To throw (a ball) so that it travels along a curve.
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    • engineer

      US /ˌɛndʒəˈnɪr/

      UK /ˌendʒɪ'nɪə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Someone whose job is designing machines, buildings
      • Someone whose job is to repair or maintain engines
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    • engineering

      US /ˌendʒɪˈnɪrɪŋ/

      UK /ˌendʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • The practical application of science to industry
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    • explode

      US /ɪkˈsplod/

      UK /ɪk'spləʊd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
      • To increase in number or amount very quickly
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    • fancy

      US /ˈfænsi/

      UK /'fænsɪ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To want to have or do something; feel like
      • To imagine or suppose that something will happen
      • Adjective
      • Unusual and attractive in design
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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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    • gravity

      US /ˈɡrævɪti/

      UK /ˈgrævəti/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
      • Force making things fall towards the ground
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • in school

      US /ɪn skul/

      UK /ɪn sku:l/

      • other
      • Attending an educational institution.
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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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    • into space

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      UK

      • Phrase
      • Toward or entering the region beyond Earth's atmosphere.
      • Figuratively, entering a realm of imagination or abstraction.
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    • involve

      US /ɪnˈvɑlv/

      UK /ɪn'vɒlv/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To have or be included as a part of something
      • To cause (a person or group) to take part in an event or activity.
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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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    • math

      US /mæθ/

      UK /mæθ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Study or science of numbers and shapes
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    • nautical

      US /ˈnɔtɪkəl/

      UK /ˈnɔ:tɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning ships, sailing or sailors
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    • neat

      US /nit/

      UK /ni:t/

      • Adjective
      • That you approve of; cool
      • (Of alcohol) not weakened with water or a mixer
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    • object

      US /ˈɑbdʒɪkt/

      UK /'ɒbdʒɪkt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
      • Goal or purpose of a particular plan or activity
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To disagree; to protest against an idea or plan
      • To state one's reason for disagreement
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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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    • orbit

      US /ˈɔrbɪt/

      UK /'ɔ:bɪt/

      • Noun
      • Path an object takes as it circles another object
      • The sphere of influence or control; range.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To go around another object (often in space)
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    • orbital

      US /ˈɔrbɪtl:/

      UK /ˈɔ:bɪtl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning an orbit
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    • perspective

      US /pɚˈspɛktɪv/

      UK /pə'spektɪv/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
      • Ability to understand what is important in life
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    • pig

      US /pɪɡ/

      UK /pɪg/

      • Countable Noun
      • Animal that bacon, pork and ham come from
      • Greedy person
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    • planetary

      US /ˈplænɪˌtɛri/

      UK /ˈplænətri/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning the orbital characteristics of a planet
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    • research

      US /rɪˈsɚtʃ, ˈriˌsɚtʃ/

      UK /rɪ'sɜ:tʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
      • To study the market relating to marketing products and services.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Study done to discover new ideas and facts
      • A particular area or topic of study.
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    • rocket

      US /ˈrɑkɪt/

      UK /'rɒkɪt/

      • Noun
      • Powerful engine that releases hot gases
      • Dark green, hot-tasting salad leaf
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To travel, increase, or rise very quickly
      • To increase very rapidly and suddenly.
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    • scientific

      US /ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/

      UK /ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning academic study of the physical world
      • Systematic and precise, following a methodology.
      • Noun
      • Relating to or used in science.
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    • scientist

      US /ˈsaɪəntɪst/

      UK /ˈsaɪəntɪst/

      • Countable Noun
      • Person who is trained in a science
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    • see in

      US /si ɪn/

      UK /si: in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
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    • slingshot

      US /ˈslɪŋˌʃɑt/

      UK /ˈslɪŋʃɒt/

      • Noun
      • Loop of leather used as a weapon to throw stones
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    • spread

      US /sprɛd/

      UK /spred/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
      • The distance between two things
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To place over a large area; to cover a large area
      • (Of ideas, gossip) to pass to and affect others
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    • starve

      US /stɑ:rv/

      UK /stɑ:v/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
      • To need or desire very strongly
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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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    • 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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    • toilet

      US /'tɔɪlət/

      UK /ˈtɔɪlət/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Room where you go to urinate or excrete; bathroom
      • A fixture in a bathroom used for urination and defecation.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To wash and take care of your body
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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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    adj.Brave
    v.t.To bravely face
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