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  • pull it out: To remove something from a place or container by pulling.
  • other than: Except for; apart from.
  • on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
  • go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
  • out there: In or to a place that is far away
  • hands down: To give (clothes, etc.) to someone younger
  • come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
  • basketball: Team game played to throw the ball through a hoop
  • need: To be unable to manage without something; require
  • talk: Style of speaking
  • missus: Someone's wife
  • hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
  • face: To cover a surface with something like paint
  • note: To notice or pay particular attention to something.
  • partly: In part; not completely
  • fun: Amusing and enjoyable
  • write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • team: Group of people working on a task together
  • dream: A wish or hope for something to happen
  • coach: Large, comfortable bus
  • moment: Very short or brief period of time
  • true: Agreeing with the facts; not false; real or actual
  • gold: Dark yellow color often seen in sunsets
  • win: Success in beating the other team or competitors
  • follow: To come after someone; be guided by someone
  • quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
  • receipt: Act of receiving something
  • set: Prepared for something; ready
  • call: A order or request for action
  • video: Recording capturing action with sound
  • trend: Current style or fashion
  • argument: Discussion in which you disagree with someone
  • opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
  • leader: Person who is in charge of a group or task
  • smart: Fashionable; well-dressed; well-groomed
  • average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
  • position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
  • disappoint: To not meet the expectations of others or yourself
  • wing: Part of an animal's body that is used for flying
  • compare: To consider how similar and different things are
  • attack: To try to destroy, beat, or injure
  • twin: Two children born from same mother at same time
  • compete: To try to beat others at something, e.g. a race
  • comedy: Amusing play, film, usually with a happy ending
  • install: To set up equipment so that it is ready to use
  • prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
  • medal: Metal award, often round, usually for courage
  • spray: To cover something with a stream of tiny drops
  • impression: Effect or feeling resulting from an experience
  • rear: Part of the human body that you sit on; buttocks
  • urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
  • eager: Very excited and interested
  • quote: Written statement of the cost of something
  • compile: To put programming data into a computer
  • fund: To supply money for something
  • roller: Long round piece of wood for flattening dough
  • spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
  • jordan: An Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea
  • Olympic: Of or relating to the Olympic Games
  • colby: A type of semi-hard cheese made from cow's milk.
  • ewe: Female sheep
  • michael: A male given name of Hebrew origin, meaning 'who is like God?'
  • chandler: Maker (and seller) of candles and soap and oils and paints
  • robinson: A surname of English origin, meaning 'son of Robin'.
  • karl: A male given name of German origin, equivalent to Charles.
  • tyson: A surname of English origin, also used as a given name.
  • malone: English scholar remembered for his chronology of Shakespeare's plays and his editions of Shakespeare and Dryden
  • patrick: Apostle and patron saint of Ireland; an English missionary to Ireland in the th century
  • charles: A male given name, from a Germanic origin.
  • united: To join or come together for the same goal
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    • argument

      US /ˈɑrɡjəmənt/

      UK /ˈɑ:gjumənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Discussion in which you disagree with someone
      • A presentation of reasons for or against an idea
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    • attack

      US /əˈtæk/

      UK /ə'tæk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To try to destroy, beat, or injure
      • Noun
      • Act intended to hurt someone physically, mentally
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    • average

      US /ˈævərɪdʒ, ˈævrɪdʒ/

      UK /'ævərɪdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Total of numbers divided by the number of items
      • Transitive Verb
      • To add numbers then divide by the number of items
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    • basketball

      US /ˈbæskɪtbɔːl/

      UK /ˈbɑ:skɪtbɔ:l/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Team game played to throw the ball through a hoop
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    • coach

      US /kotʃ/

      UK /kəʊtʃ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Large, comfortable bus
      • Person who teaches others how to do (sport, job)
      • Transitive Verb
      • To teach others how to do something (e.g. sport)
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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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    • comedy

      US /ˈkɑmɪdi/

      UK /'kɒmədɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amusing play, film, usually with a happy ending
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    • compete

      US /kəmˈpit/

      UK /kəmˈpi:t/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To try to beat others at something, e.g. a race
      • To try to gain something by defeating or establishing superiority over others.
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    • compile

      US /kəmˈpaɪl/

      UK /kəm'paɪl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To put programming data into a computer
      • To gather (articles) for a book
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To undergo the process of being converted into machine language.
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    • disappoint

      US /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/

      UK /ˌdɪsə'pɔɪnt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To not meet the expectations of others or yourself
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    • eager

      US /ˈiɡɚ/

      UK /ˈi:gə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Very excited and interested
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    • fund

      US /fʌnd/

      UK /fʌnd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To supply money for something
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Money collected, saved, or provided for a purpose
      • A specific account into which you put money
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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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    • gold

      US /goʊld/

      UK /gəʊld/

      • Adjective
      • Dark yellow color often seen in sunsets
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Soft yellow metal that is very valuable
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    • hands down

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To give (clothes, etc.) to someone younger
      • Adverb
      • Without a doubt; easily and decisively.
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    • impression

      US /ɪmˈprɛʃən/

      UK /ɪmˈpreʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Effect or feeling resulting from an experience
      • Act of pressing into a material to make a pattern
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    • install

      US /ɪnˈstɔl/

      UK /ɪnˈstɔ:l/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To set up equipment so that it is ready to use
      • To place someone officially in a job position
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    • medal

      US /ˈmɛdl/

      UK /'medl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Metal award, often round, usually for courage
      • An emblem or badge of honor.
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    • missus

      US /ˈmɪsɪz, -ɪs/

      UK /ˈmɪsɪz/

      • Noun
      • Someone's wife
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    • note

      US /noʊ/

      UK /nəʊt/

      • Verb
      • To notice or pay particular attention to something.
      • Noun
      • A short informal letter or written record.
      • A piece of paper money issued by a central bank or government authority that acts as legal tender
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    • Olympic

      US /oˈlɪmpɪk/

      UK /əˈlɪmpɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Of or relating to the Olympic Games
      • Relating to the ideals of the Olympic Games, such as excellence, friendship, and respect.
      • Countable Noun
      • An athlete who competes in the Olympic Games.
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    • on average

      US /ɑn ˈævərɪdʒ/

      UK /ɔn ˈævəridʒ/

      • Phrase
      • Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
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    • opinion

      US /əˈpɪnjən/

      UK /əˈpɪnjən/

      • Noun
      • Court judge's statement why a decision was made
      • A person's thoughts on a topic
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    • other than

      US

      UK

      • Preposition
      • Except for; apart from.
      • Conjunction
      • Different from.
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    • out there

      US /aʊt ðɛr/

      UK /aut ðɛə/

      • Adverb
      • In or to a place that is far away
      • Existing in the universe
      • Adjective
      • Unconventional; strange; avant-garde
      • Existing or available.
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    • partly

      US /ˈpɑ:rtli/

      UK /ˈpɑ:tli/

      • Adverb
      • In part; not completely
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    • prime

      US /praɪm/

      UK /praɪm/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To get a person ready for; prepare someone
      • To coat with paint to prepare it for the main coat
      • Adjective
      • Concerning the highest in quality or value
      • Concerning the highest level of achievement
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    • pull it out

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To remove something from a place or container by pulling.
      • To withdraw or remove something, such as a product or investment, from a particular situation or market.
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    • quote

      US /kwot/

      UK /kwəʊt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Written statement of the cost of something
      • The (often wise or famous) words of another person
      • Transitive Verb
      • To tell someone how much a task will cost
      • To repeat precisely what a person said or wrote
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    • rear

      US /rɪr/

      UK /rɪə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Part of the human body that you sit on; buttocks
      • Transitive Verb
      • To care for a young animal, child into adulthood
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    • receipt

      US /rɪˈsit/

      UK /rɪˈsi:t/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of receiving something
      • Piece of paper showing you have paid
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    • roller

      US /ˈroʊlə(r)/

      UK /ˈrəʊlə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Long round piece of wood for flattening dough
      • Plastic or metal tube for shaping hair
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    • smart

      US /smɑ:rt/

      UK /smɑ:t/

      • Adjective
      • Fashionable; well-dressed; well-groomed
      • Looking clean, neat and stylish
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To feel hurt or upset
      • To hurt with an unexpected sharp or burning pain
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    • spark

      US /spɑrk/

      UK /spɑ:k/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small piece of burning material produced by fire
      • Tiny, brief bit of light caused by electric energy
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make tiny, brief bits of light
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    • spray

      US /spre/

      UK /spreɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cover something with a stream of tiny drops
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A jet of liquid made up of many small drops
      • Container shooting stream of tiny drops of liquid
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    • trend

      US /trɛnd/

      UK /trend/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Current style or fashion
      • General direction that is taken
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be current and popular
      • To move up or down
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    • twin

      US /twɪn/

      UK /twɪn/

      • Countable Noun
      • Two children born from same mother at same time
      • One of two things that closely resemble each other
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    • united

      US /juˈnaɪtɪd/

      UK /jʊ'naɪtɪd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To join or come together for the same goal
      • Adjective
      • Joined or combined together
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    • urban

      US /ˈɚbən/

      UK /'ɜ:bən/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning a city; located in a city
      • Relating to the style of dress and music popular in cities.
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    • video

      US /ˈvɪdiˌo/

      UK /'vɪdɪəʊ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Recording capturing action with sound
      • A recording of moving visual images made digitally or on videotape.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a moving film of, with sound
      • To make a video call.
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    • wing

      US /wɪŋ/

      UK /wɪŋ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Part of an animal's body that is used for flying
      • One of the two parts on the side of a plane, bird
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To fly to a place
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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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