Vocabulary

  • at least: As a minimum
  • after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
  • way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
  • behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
  • feel right: To seem correct or appropriate; to give a sense of being morally or ethically sound.
  • out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
  • gravitate toward: To be attracted to someone or something.
  • think twice: To consider something carefully before doing it, especially because it could have negative consequences.
  • on to: Toward something; forward
  • cut out: To leave out of something, e.g. a social event
  • rule of thumb: A practical and approximate way of doing or measuring something.
  • stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
  • apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
  • slightly: Only a little
  • tend: To move or act in a certain manner
  • accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
  • expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
  • beverage: A drink other than water
  • whopping: (Informal) huge; very big
  • suspicious: Doubtful about someone's honesty
  • method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • substitute: To perform the tasks instead of someone else
  • pile: Large amount of something
  • avoid: To prevent from happening
  • accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
  • comparison: Act of comparing things
  • option: A choice
  • horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
  • pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
  • thumb: To use your thumb to request a ride in a car
  • respond: To answer something or someone
  • serve: To act in a particular position or office
  • allegedly: According to what has been alleged
  • grill: Plate of food that has been grilled
  • hype: Advertising, writing, or talk to spark interest
  • waste: To kill or severely harm someone
  • rarely: Not often (seen, done, etc.); infrequently
  • thread: Spiral cut at the end of a bolt
  • offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
  • preparation: Cream or substance applied onto the skin
  • ton: Unit of weight; 907 kilograms (US); 1016 (UK)
  • order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
  • verify: To prove that something is right, accurate or true
  • pound: The # key on a keyboard
  • nutritional: (Of foods) having positive effects on your health
  • gravitate: To move toward something due to an attraction
  • pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
  • crunchy: (of food, snow) making a soft compacting sound
  • deep: Complex and important
  • make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
  • calorie: Unit for measuring the amount of energy in food
  • peek: To look at something quickly (often secretly)
  • fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
  • healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
  • think: To have an idea about something without certainty
  • side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
  • location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
  • veggie: Shortened form of vegetable
  • answer: To reply to a question someone asks
  • masquerade: Fancy-dress party where people often wear masks
  • crusty: Having a hardened crust as a covering
  • gallon: Unit of liquid equal to 4 US quarts (3.785 liters)
  • questionable: Not likely to be right or true; doubtful
  • sticker: A short pointed knife for piercing or stabbing
  • pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
  • freshness: Alert and refreshed state
  • soda: Sweet bubbly flavored drink
  • unpopular: Disliked by many people
  • reddit: Reddit is an American social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website.
  • midwest: North central region of the United States
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    • accumulate

      US /əˈkjumjəˌlet/

      UK /əˈkju:mjəleɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
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    • accurate

      US /ˈækjərɪt/

      UK /ˈækjərət/

      • Adjective
      • With no mistake or error; Correct
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    • after all

      US /ˈæftɚ ɔl/

      UK /ˈɑ:ftə ɔ:l/

      • Adverb
      • In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
      • Considering everything; used to indicate that something is happening or is true despite some difficulty or obstacle
      • Phrase
      • Despite what was expected or thought; in spite of everything.
      • Taking everything into consideration; considering that.
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    • allegedly

      US /ə'ledʒɪdlɪ/

      UK /ə'ledʒɪdlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • According to what has been alleged
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    • apparently

      US /əˈpærəntlɪ/

      UK /əˈpærəntli/

      • Adverb
      • According to what you heard; from what can be seen
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    • at least

      US /æt list/

      UK /æt li:st/

      • Adverb
      • As a minimum
      • Not less than
      • Phrase
      • No less than; at the minimum
      • Used to indicate that something is positive in a bad situation.
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    • avoid

      US /əˈvɔɪd/

      UK /ə'vɔɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To prevent from happening
      • To stay away from
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    • behind the scenes

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Secretly or without being known to the public.
      • In a position to influence events without any public knowledge.
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    • beverage

      US /ˈbɛvərɪdʒ, ˈbɛvrɪdʒ/

      UK /ˈbevərɪdʒ/

      • Countable Noun
      • A drink other than water
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    • calorie

      US /ˈkæləri/

      UK /'kælərɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Unit for measuring the amount of energy in food
      • A kilocalorie, equal to 1000 small calories, used to measure the energy content of food.
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    • comparison

      US /kəmˈpærɪsən/

      UK /kəmˈpærɪsn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of comparing things
      • The quality or state of being similar or alike.
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    • crunchy

      US /ˈkrʌntʃi/

      UK /'krʌntʃɪ/

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

      US /ˈkrʌsti/

      UK /ˈkrʌsti/

      • Adjective
      • Having a hardened crust as a covering
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    • cut out

      US /kʌt aʊt/

      UK /kʌt aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To leave out of something, e.g. a social event
      • To cut something from, e.g. a picture from a book
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To stop doing or using something.
      • To be naturally suited or fitted for something.
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    • feel right

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To seem correct or appropriate; to give a sense of being morally or ethically sound.
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    • freshness

      US /freʃnəs/

      UK /freʃnəs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Alert and refreshed state
      • Property of being pure and as if newly made
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    • gallon

      US /ˈɡælən/

      UK /ˈgælən/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Unit of liquid equal to 4 US quarts (3.785 liters)
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    • gravitate

      US /ˈɡrævɪˌtet/

      UK /'ɡrævɪteɪt/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move toward something due to an attraction
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    • gravitate toward

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To be attracted to someone or something.
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    • grill

      US /ɡrɪl/

      UK /ɡrɪl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Plate of food that has been grilled
      • Metal bars on which food is cooked over fire
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cook directly over fire on a flat metal bars
      • To ask many (difficult) questions for a long time
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    • horrible

      US /ˈhɔrəbəl, ˈhɑr-/

      UK /ˈhɒrəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
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    • hype

      US /haɪp/

      UK /haɪp/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Advertising, writing, or talk to spark interest
      • Transitive Verb
      • To try to create interest or excitement about
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    • location

      US /loʊˈkeɪʃn/

      UK /ləʊˈkeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
      • A place away from a studio where film or television shots are made.
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    • masquerade

      US /ˌmæskəˈred/

      UK /ˌmæskəˈreɪd/

      • Noun
      • Fancy-dress party where people often wear masks
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To pretend to be someone/something you are not
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    • method

      US /ˈmɛθəd/

      UK /'meθəd/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • (Organized and planned) way of doing something
      • Orderliness of thought, arrangement, or behavior.
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    • midwest

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • North central region of the United States
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    • nutritional

      US /njuˈtrɪʃənl:/

      UK /njʊ'trɪʃənl/

      • Adjective
      • (Of foods) having positive effects on your health
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    • on to

      US /ɑn tu/

      UK /ɔn tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Toward something; forward
      • Aware of someone's activities.
      • Adjective
      • Aware of someone's deception or illegal activities.
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    • option

      US /ˈɑpʃən/

      UK /'ɒpʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A choice
      • A right to buy or sell something at a particular price within a particular period.
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    • out of it

      US /aʊt ʌv ɪt/

      UK /aut ɔv it/

      • Adjective
      • Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
      • Not able to think clearly or react quickly; not with it.
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    • peek

      US /pik/

      UK /pi:k/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To look at something quickly (often secretly)
      • Noun
      • A quick look at something (often secretly)
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    • pile

      US /paɪl/

      UK /paɪl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Large amount of something
      • Group of things one on top of another
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • (E.g. of problems) to increase; get more or worse
      • To place things on top of each other; to heap up.
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    • pre

      US

      UK

      • Prefix
      • A prefix meaning 'before'
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    • preparation

      US /ˌprɛpəˈreʃən/

      UK /ˌprepəˈreɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Cream or substance applied onto the skin
      • Act of making ready for a purpose or activity
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    • questionable

      US /ˈkwɛstʃənəbəl/

      UK /ˈkwestʃənəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Not likely to be right or true; doubtful
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    • rarely

      US /ˈrɛrli/

      UK /ˈrɛəli/

      • Adverb
      • Not often (seen, done, etc.); infrequently
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    • reddit

      US

      UK

      • Proper Noun
      • Reddit is an American social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website.
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    • respond

      US /rɪˈspɑnd/

      UK /rɪ'spɒnd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To answer something or someone
      • To have a good reaction to e.g. medical treatment
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    • rule of thumb

      US /rul ʌv θʌm/

      UK /ru:l ɔv θʌm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A practical and approximate way of doing or measuring something.
      • A broadly accurate guide or principle, based on practice rather than theory.
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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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    • slightly

      US /ˈslaɪtli/

      UK /ˈslaɪtli/

      • Adverb
      • Only a little
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    • soda

      US /ˈsoʊdə/

      UK /ˈsəʊdə/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Sweet bubbly flavored drink
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    • stick

      US /stɪk/

      UK /stɪk/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To push a sharp or pointed object into something
      • To join together using glue or paste
      • Countable Noun
      • Long thin piece of wood from a tree
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    • sticker

      US /ˈstɪkɚ/

      UK /ˈstɪkə(r)/

      • Noun
      • A short pointed knife for piercing or stabbing
      • An adhesive label, e.g. to identify something
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    • substitute

      US /ˈsʌbstɪˌtut, -ˌtjut/

      UK /'sʌbstɪtju:t/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To perform the tasks instead of someone else
      • To replace one person or thing for another
      • Noun
      • A person or thing acting in place of another
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    • suspicious

      US /səˈspɪʃəs/

      UK /səˈspɪʃəs/

      • Adjective
      • Doubtful about someone's honesty
      • Feeling that something is wrong; causing suspicion
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    • tend

      US /tɛnd/

      UK /tend/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move or act in a certain manner
      • Transitive Verb
      • To take care of
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    • think twice

      US /θɪŋk twaɪs/

      UK /θiŋk twais/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To consider something carefully before doing it, especially because it could have negative consequences.
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    • thread

      US /θrɛd/

      UK /θred/

      • Noun
      • Spiral cut at the end of a bolt
      • A long, very thin, material used to sew cloth
      • Transitive Verb
      • To move yourself through a crowded or narrow space
      • To put wire, string, etc. through a hole or needle
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    • thumb

      US /θʌm/

      UK /θʌm/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To use your thumb to request a ride in a car
      • Countable Noun
      • Part of a glove that goes over the thumb
      • The short, thick finger on the side of your hand
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    • ton

      US /tʌn/

      UK /tʌn/

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

      US /ʌnˈpɑpjəlɚ/

      UK /ʌnˈpɒpjələ(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Disliked by many people
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    • verify

      US /ˈvɛrəˌfaɪ/

      UK /'verɪfaɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To prove that something is right, accurate or true
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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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    • 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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    • whopping

      US /ˈwɑ:pɪŋ/

      UK /ˈwɒpɪŋ/

      • Adjective
      • (Informal) huge; very big
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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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