Vocabulary

  • of all time: The best or most significant in history.
  • ball out: To spend a lot of money extravagantly; to live lavishly.
  • in the lead: Being ahead of others in a competition or race.
  • with the exception of: Excluding; not including.
  • in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
  • movie: Motion picture; film
  • plant: Factory or a place where things are made
  • world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • think: To have an idea about something without certainty
  • late: At a time after the expected time
  • dream: A wish or hope for something to happen
  • fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
  • story: One of many floors or levels in a building
  • unnoticed: Without being seen or noticed
  • dreamer: A person who escapes into a world of fantasy
  • team: Group of people working on a task together
  • wildly: In an uncontrolled manner; very; strongly
  • furthest: Being the greatest distance in space or time
  • idea: Belief, thought, suggestion, opinion or plan
  • amazingly: In a surprising and pleasing manner
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
  • receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
  • visual: Of or relating to vision
  • rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
  • action: Something that a person or thing does
  • attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
  • incredible: Very good; amazing
  • audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
  • development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
  • character: Person in a story, movie or play
  • transport: Very strong uncontrollable emotion, e.g. delight
  • thriller: Suspenseful adventure story or play or movie
  • score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
  • unfamiliar: Unusual; strange or unknown
  • occasional: Not happening often; irregular; rare
  • employer: Person or company that hires workers
  • deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
  • plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
  • soundtrack: The songs connected to a movie
  • chilling: To make something cold, e.g. a drink
  • praise: To express approval of something or someone
  • accuracy: Being exactly right; correctness
  • stimulating: Arousing activity, interest, or the senses
  • task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
  • exploit: To selfishly take advantage of or treat badly
  • critically: As part of the process of judging something
  • craft: To make by hand and with much skill
  • emotion: A feeling such as sadness, anger or love
  • confusion: Not knowing what to do; state of disorder
  • exception: Something different or not included
  • outstanding: Being better/distinct from others; specially good
  • emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
  • respective: Belonging to each of two or more persons or things
  • accomplishment: Something you succeed in after hard work
  • acclaimed: To give strong or public praise to
  • flaw: Quality that makes something imperfect
  • recreate: To make a past situation exist again
  • seemingly: Appearing to be but may not actually be; probably
  • overwhelming: To defeat something or someone completely
  • portrayal: Actor's representation of a character
  • subconscious: Occurring in the mind without direct thinking
  • sneak: To move around in a way so no one will see you
  • inception: Beginning or start of (institution or business)
  • utopian: Being like an ideal society
  • quirk: Strange aspect (of nature); strange habit
  • weave: To make a cloth or baskets by crossing threads
  • lone: Being alone or the only one; single
  • lush: Someone who is often drunk
  • navigate: To direct (car, plane etc.) in the right direction
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    • acclaimed

      US

      UK

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give strong or public praise to
      • Adjective
      • Publicly praised; celebrated.
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    • accomplishment

      US /əˈkɑmplɪʃmənt/

      UK /əˈkʌmplɪʃmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something you succeed in after hard work
      • A skill or special ability.
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    • accuracy

      US /ˈækjərəsi/

      UK /ˈækjərəsi/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Being exactly right; correctness
      • The degree to which something is close to the true value.
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    • action

      US /ˈækʃən/

      UK /'ækʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something that a person or thing does
      • A lawsuit.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To act to do something
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    • amazingly

      US /ə'meɪzɪŋlɪ/

      UK /ə'meɪzɪŋlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In a surprising and pleasing manner
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    • attempt

      US /əˈtɛmpt/

      UK /ə'tempt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To try to do something challenging or difficult
      • Noun
      • Effort made to try to do or accomplish something
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    • audience

      US /ˈɔdiəns/

      UK /ˈɔ:diəns/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
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    • ball out

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To spend a lot of money extravagantly; to live lavishly.
      • To leave a place quickly, often to avoid trouble.
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    • character

      US /ˈkærəktɚ/

      UK /'kærəktə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Person in a story, movie or play
      • Writing symbols, e.g. alphabet or Chinese writing
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    • chilling

      US /'tʃɪlɪŋ/

      UK /ˈtʃɪlɪŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something cold, e.g. a drink
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make something cold, e.g. a drink
      • To become less tense about something
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    • confusion

      US /kənˈfjuʒən/

      UK /kən'fju:ʒən/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Not knowing what to do; state of disorder
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    • craft

      US /kræft/

      UK /krɑ:ft/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make by hand and with much skill
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Job requiring a worker to have specific skills
      • Vehicle that travels on water or through the air
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    • critically

      US /ˈkrɪtɪklɪ/

      UK /'krɪtɪklɪ/

      • Adverb
      • As part of the process of judging something
      • In a way that is serious or dangerous; vitally
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    • deliver

      US /dɪˈlɪvɚ/

      UK /dɪ'lɪvə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
      • To save someone from a problem or crisis
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    • development

      US /dɪˈvɛləpmənt/

      UK /dɪ'veləpmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
      • A new event related to a previous event
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    • dreamer

      US /ˈdrimɚ/

      UK /ˈdri:mə(r)/

      • Noun
      • A person who escapes into a world of fantasy
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    • emotion

      US /ɪˈmoʃən/

      UK /iˈməuʃən/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A feeling such as sadness, anger or love
      • A mental state that arises spontaneously rather than through conscious effort
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    • emotional

      US /ɪˈmoʃənəl/

      UK /ɪˈməʊʃənl/

      • Adjective
      • Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
      • Relating to or characterized by emotion
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    • employer

      US /ɪmˈplɔɪər/

      UK /ɪmˈplɔɪə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Person or company that hires workers
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    • exception

      US /ɪkˈsɛpʃən/

      UK /ɪkˈsepʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something different or not included
      • An objection or feeling of disapproval.
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    • exploit

      US /ɪkˈsplɔɪt/

      UK /ɪk'splɔɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To selfishly take advantage of or treat badly
      • To use something in a very effective manner
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Personal journey or series of events
      • A bold or daring feat.
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    • fantastic

      US /fænˈtæstɪk/

      UK /fænˈtæstɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Strange or unusual in design or appearance
      • Very large, fast or great
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    • flaw

      US /flɔ/

      UK /flɔ:/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Quality that makes something imperfect
      • A weakness or undesirable quality.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To impair, damage, or spoil.
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    • furthest

      US /ˈfɜ:rðɪst/

      UK /ˈfɜ:ðɪst/

      • Adjective
      • Being the greatest distance in space or time
      • Most distant in degree or extent.
      • Adverb
      • At or to the greatest distance.
      • To the greatest degree; most.
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    • in fact

      US /ɪn fækt/

      UK /in fækt/

      • Adverb
      • Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
      • Used to introduce a more detailed or surprising piece of information.
      • Phrase
      • Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that is surprising or contrary to what might be expected.
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    • in the lead

      US /ɪn ði lid/

      UK /in ðə li:d/

      • Phrase
      • Being ahead of others in a competition or race.
      • Having a position of control or authority.
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    • inception

      US /ɪnˈsɛpʃən/

      UK /ɪnˈsepʃn/

      • Noun
      • Beginning or start of (institution or business)
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    • incredible

      US /ɪnˈkrɛdəbəl/

      UK /ɪnˈkredəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Very good; amazing
      • Really good; amazing; great
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    • lone

      US /lon/

      UK /ləʊn/

      • Adjective
      • Being alone or the only one; single
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    • lush

      US /lʌʃ/

      UK /lʌʃ/

      • Noun
      • Someone who is often drunk
      • Adjective
      • Being very beautiful, expensive or high in quality
      • (Of vegetation) being healthy and full of life
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    • navigate

      US /ˈnævɪˌɡet/

      UK /'nævɪɡeɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To direct (car, plane etc.) in the right direction
      • To deal successfully with something complex
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    • occasional

      US /əˈkeʒənəl/

      UK /əˈkeɪʒənl/

      • Adjective
      • Not happening often; irregular; rare
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    • of all time

      US /ʌv ɔl taɪm/

      UK /ɔv ɔ:l taim/

      • Adjective
      • The best or most significant in history.
      • Phrase
      • Ever; in all of history.
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    • outstanding

      US /aʊtˈstændɪŋ, ˈaʊtˌstæn-/

      UK /aʊtˈstændɪŋ/

      • Adjective
      • Being better/distinct from others; specially good
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    • overwhelming

      US /ˌovɚˈhwɛlmɪŋ, -ˈwɛl-/

      UK /ˌəʊvəˈwelmɪŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To defeat something or someone completely
      • To affect someone emotionally in a strong way
      • Adjective
      • Having too much to handle (e.g. work)
      • Very great or very strong; so powerful that you cannot resist or decide how to react
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    • plant

      US /plænt/

      UK /plɑ:nt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Factory or a place where things are made
      • Living thing with leaves and roots growing in soil
      • Transitive Verb
      • To firmly position something (in the ground)
      • To put seeds, flowers, trees in the ground
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    • plot

      US /plɑt/

      UK /plɒt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
      • Series of events that form the main story
      • Transitive Verb
      • To mark a path, etc. on a map, using lines or dots
      • To devise or develop a dramatic storyline
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    • portrayal

      US /pɔ:rˈtreɪəl/

      UK /pɔ:ˈtreɪəl/

      • Noun
      • Actor's representation of a character
      • The way person/thing is represented in a book etc.
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    • praise

      US /preɪz/

      UK /preɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To express approval of something or someone
      • To express thanks, respect, and love
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Expression of approval of something/someone
      • Expression of thanks, respect, and love
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    • quirk

      US /kwə:k/

      UK /kwɜ:k/

      • Noun
      • Strange aspect (of nature); strange habit
      • Something unusual or strange that occurs by chance
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    • recreate

      US /ˌri:krɪ'eɪt/

      UK /ˌri:kriˈeɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a past situation exist again
      • To refresh or renew, especially after fatigue.
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    • respective

      US /rɪˈspektɪv/

      UK /rɪˈspektɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Belonging to each of two or more persons or things
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    • score

      US /skɔr, skor/

      UK /skɔ:(r)/

      • Noun
      • A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
      • Current number of points given in a game, contest
      • Transitive Verb
      • To mark or cut something with a sharp object
      • To get or give points in a game, contest, or test
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    • seemingly

      US /ˈsiːmɪŋli/

      UK /ˈsi:mɪŋli/

      • Adverb
      • Appearing to be but may not actually be; probably
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    • sneak

      US /snik/

      UK /sni:k/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move around in a way so no one will see you
      • To take something somewhere/give secretly
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move around in such a way no one will see you
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    • soundtrack

      US /ˈsaʊndˌtræk/

      UK /'saʊndtræk/

      • Countable Noun
      • The songs connected to a movie
      • Musical recording for a movie
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    • stimulating

      US /ˈstɪmjəˌletɪŋ/

      UK /ˈstɪmjuleɪtɪŋ/

      • Adjective
      • Arousing activity, interest, or the senses
      • Transitive Verb
      • To arouse or excite emotionally
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    • subconscious

      US /sʌbˈkɑnʃəs/

      UK /ˌsʌbˈkɒnʃəs/

      • Adjective
      • Occurring in the mind without direct thinking
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    • task

      US /tæsk/

      UK /tɑ:sk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Big or small piece of work someone has to do
      • Transitive Verb
      • To be given something to do, e.g. wash dishes
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    • thriller

      US /ˈθrɪlɚ/

      UK /ˈθrɪlə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Suspenseful adventure story or play or movie
      • A type of book, film, or play that is very exciting and makes you feel nervous
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    • transport

      US /ˈtrænspɔ:rt/

      UK /ˈtrænspɔ:t/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Very strong uncontrollable emotion, e.g. delight
      • Transitive Verb
      • To carry things from one place to another
      • To cause to feel you are in a previous time
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    • unfamiliar

      US /ˌʌnfəˈmɪljɚ/

      UK /ˌʌnfəˈmɪliə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Unusual; strange or unknown
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    • unnoticed

      US /ˌʌnˈnoʊtɪst/

      UK /ˌʌnˈnəʊtɪst/

      • Adjective
      • Without being seen or noticed
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    • utopian

      US /juˈtopiən/

      UK /ju:'təʊpɪən/

      • Adjective
      • Being like an ideal society
      • Noun
      • A believer in an ideal world
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    • visual

      US /ˈvɪʒuəl/

      UK /'vɪʒʊəl/

      • Adjective
      • Of or relating to vision
      • Noun
      • Pictures/images used to help audience understand
      • A picture, map, piece of film, or other visual representation.
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    • weave

      US /wiv/

      UK /wi:v/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a cloth or baskets by crossing threads
      • To combine and connect ideas, stories, or themes
      • Noun
      • Particular type of cloth made by crossing threads
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    • with the exception of

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Excluding; not including.
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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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