Vocabulary

  • on the inside: Having a position of authority or influence within an organization or system.
  • in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
  • also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
  • on the street: Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
  • have to: Must do
  • out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
  • check out
  • on location: At a place that is not a studio; a place away from the studio where a movie or TV show is being filmed
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • walk around: To stroll or wander in a leisurely way.
  • right in front: Directly ahead; in a position immediately before someone or something.
  • go on: To continue doing something
  • subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
  • episode: One separate event in a series of events
  • sophisticated: Making a good sounding but misleading argument
  • recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
  • wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
  • binge: To eat or drink too much at one time
  • toss: To throw something into the air, e.g. casually
  • stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
  • tender: Gentle; with great care or consideration
  • elastic: Able to return to original shape after stretching
  • soak: To make something completely wet
  • savory: (Of taste) salty or spicy rather than sweet
  • feast: Religious celebration
  • grill: Plate of food that has been grilled
  • roast: To strongly criticize often in a teasing manner
  • sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
  • channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • crispy: Dry and breaking with a sharp sound
  • steam: Mist collecting on a surface when wet air cools
  • shrine: Religious place that honors a person or saint
  • catch: Amount of something that has been caught
  • taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • fill: To make something full
  • load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
  • batter: Someone using a bat to play sports, e.g. baseball
  • head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
  • paradise: Place with everything needed for specific activity
  • perfect: So good it cannot be improved
  • sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
  • oyster: An edible marine mollusk
  • deep: Complex and important
  • bun: Woman's hairstyle of hair drawn into a round shape
  • quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
  • approachable: Easy to talk to or deal with
  • yell: A sudden loud cry or shout
  • famous: Excellent
  • live: To be alive
  • fresh: Clean; not used or dirty
  • asparagus: Green vegetable with long thin stems
  • fry: To cook something in fat or oil
  • pond: Pool of water that is smaller than a lake
  • soft: Having flowing curves rather than sharp edges
  • soy: Food substance made from soya beans
  • warm: To become more friendly or to like something
  • camp: A (military) base
  • salty: Containing or tasting like salt
  • custard: Sweet, pudding-like dessert made with eggs, milk
  • street: Road in a city with buildings and places to walk
  • prefecture: An administrative state or region in a country
  • pancake: Flat cake of fried on both sides on a griddle, etc.
  • locate: To find exactly where something is positioned
  • top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
  • eel: Long thin fish that looks like a snake
  • leaf: Page in a book
  • bean: Large seed eaten as a vegetable
  • pork: Meat of a pig, used for food
  • golden: Dark yellow color often seen in sunsets
  • oily: Being too full of oil, e.g. a pizza
  • pallet: Flat surface used for moving, storing heavy goods
  • inlet: Water protruding into land, e.g. a bay
  • seafood: Fish, shellfish, etc. that can be eaten
  • tabletop: Top horizontal work surface of a table
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    • also known as

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Also called; alternatively named.
      • Identified by another term; synonymous with.
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    • approachable

      US /əˈproʊtʃəbl/

      UK /əˈprəʊtʃəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Easy to talk to or deal with
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    • asparagus

      US /əˈspærəɡəs/

      UK /əˈspærəgəs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Green vegetable with long thin stems
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    • batter

      US /ˈbætɚ/

      UK /'bætə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Someone using a bat to play sports, e.g. baseball
      • Transitive Verb
      • To damage or hurt by being hit, or from hard use
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    • bean

      US /bin/

      UK /bi:n/

      • Countable Noun
      • Large seed eaten as a vegetable
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    • binge

      US /bɪndʒ/

      UK /bɪndʒ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To eat or drink too much at one time
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    • bun

      US /bʌn/

      UK /bʌn/

      • Noun
      • Woman's hairstyle of hair drawn into a round shape
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    • camp

      US /kæmp/

      UK /kæmp/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A (military) base
      • Exaggerated behavior meant to be funny
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To live temporarily, e.g. in a tent or a vehicle
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    • channel

      US /ˈtʃænəl/

      UK /'tʃænl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
      • TV or radio station or its programs
      • Transitive Verb
      • To dig a long hole for carrying water
      • To send (e.g. money) to a certain place or person
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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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    • crispy

      US /ˈkrɪspi/

      UK /'krɪspɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Dry and breaking with a sharp sound
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    • custard

      US /ˈkʌstərd/

      UK /ˈkʌstəd/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Sweet, pudding-like dessert made with eggs, milk
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    • eel

      US /il/

      UK /i:l/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Long thin fish that looks like a snake
      • The flesh of an eel used as food.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To evade or avoid something, especially a question or responsibility, in a slippery or evasive manner.
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    • elastic

      US /ɪˈlæstɪk/

      UK /ɪˈlæstɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Able to return to original shape after stretching
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Material that can stretch and return to shape
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    • episode

      US /ˈɛpɪˌsod/

      UK /'epɪsəʊd/

      • Noun
      • One separate event in a series of events
      • Show which is part of a larger story
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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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    • fry

      US /fraɪ/

      UK /fraɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cook something in fat or oil
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To burn your skin due to too long in the sun
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    • go on

      US /ɡo ɑn/

      UK /ɡəu ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue doing something
      • To happen (usually negative)
      • Interjection
      • Used to encourage someone
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    • golden

      US /ˈgoʊldən/

      UK /ˈgəʊldən/

      • Adjective
      • Dark yellow color often seen in sunsets
      • Made of gold
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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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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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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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    • inlet

      US /ˈɪnˌlɛt/

      UK /'ɪnlet/

      • Noun
      • Water protruding into land, e.g. a bay
      B2
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    • leaf

      US /lif/

      UK /li:f/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Page in a book
      • Green part of a tree or plant
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To look through pages in a book
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    • load

      US /lod/

      UK /ləʊd/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
      • A burden; heavy responsibility
      • Transitive Verb
      • To put in items for use (e.g. bullets in a gun)
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    • locate

      US /ˈloˌket,loˈket/

      UK /ləʊ'keɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To find exactly where something is positioned
      • To put something in a new place
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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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    • oily

      US /ˈɔɪli/

      UK /'ɔɪlɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Being too full of oil, e.g. a pizza
      • Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
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    • on location

      US /ɑn loˈkeʃən/

      UK /ɔn ləuˈkeiʃən/

      • Adverb
      • At a place that is not a studio; a place away from the studio where a movie or TV show is being filmed
      • Phrase
      • At the scene of an event or activity.
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    • on the inside

      US /ɑn ði ɪnˈsaɪd/

      UK /ɔn ðə inˈsaid/

      • Phrase
      • Having a position of authority or influence within an organization or system.
      • In prison; incarcerated.
      • Adjective
      • Possessing secret or confidential information.
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    • on the street

      US /ɑn ði strit/

      UK /ɔn ðə stri:t/

      • Phrase
      • Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
      • Available or circulating, especially illegally or unofficially.
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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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    • oyster

      US /ˈɔɪstɚ/

      UK /'ɔɪstə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • An edible marine mollusk
      B2
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    • pallet

      US /ˈpælɪt/

      UK /ˈpælət/

      • Noun
      • Flat surface used for moving, storing heavy goods
      C1TOEIC
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    • pancake

      US /ˈpænˌkek/

      UK /ˈpænkeɪk/

      • Countable Noun
      • Flat cake of fried on both sides on a griddle, etc.
      B2
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    • paradise

      US /ˈpærəˌdaɪs, -ˌdaɪz/

      UK /'pærədaɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place with everything needed for specific activity
      • Place where good people are said to go after death
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    • pond

      US /pɑ:nd/

      UK /pɒnd/

      • Countable Noun
      • Pool of water that is smaller than a lake
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To become a pool of water on a surface.
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    • pork

      US /pɔ:rk/

      UK /pɔ:k/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Meat of a pig, used for food
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    • prefecture

      US /ˈpriˌfɛktʃɚ/

      UK /ˈpri:fektʃə(r)/

      • Noun
      • An administrative state or region in a country
      • An administrative district of a country, especially one in Japan or France.
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    • recommend

      US /ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd/

      UK /ˌrekə'mend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To advise or suggest that someone do something
      • To endorse or support something publicly.
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    • right in front

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Directly ahead; in a position immediately before someone or something.
      • In a position where something is easily visible or obvious.
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    • roast

      US /roʊst/

      UK /rəʊst/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To strongly criticize often in a teasing manner
      • To cook food in an oven or over a fire
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A joint of meat cooked in an oven
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    • salty

      US /ˈsɔlti/

      UK /ˈsɔ:lti/

      • Adjective
      • Containing or tasting like salt
      • Involving a clever and funny joke about sex
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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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    • savory

      US / ˈseɪ.vɚ.i/

      UK /ˈseɪ.vər.i/

      • Adjective
      • (Of taste) salty or spicy rather than sweet
      • Noun
      • Savoury food is salty or spicy and not sweet in taste
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    • seafood

      US /ˈsiˌfud/

      UK /'si:fu:d/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Fish, shellfish, etc. that can be eaten
      B2
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    • shrine

      US /ʃraɪn/

      UK /ʃraɪn/

      • Noun
      • Religious place that honors a person or saint
      B2
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    • soak

      US /sok/

      UK /səʊk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something completely wet
      • To place something in liquid for a period of time
      • Noun
      • Placement in liquid for a period of time
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    • soft

      US /sɔft, sɑft/

      UK /sɒft/

      • Adjective
      • Having flowing curves rather than sharp edges
      • Easy to press, bend or cut; not hard or firm
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    • sophisticated

      US /səˈfɪstɪˌketɪd/

      UK /səˈfɪstɪkeɪtɪd/

      • Adjective
      • Making a good sounding but misleading argument
      • Wise in the way of the world; having refined taste
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone more worldly and experienced
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    • soy

      US /sɔɪ/

      UK /sɔɪ/

      • Noun
      • Food substance made from soya beans
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    • steam

      US /stim/

      UK /sti:m/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Mist collecting on a surface when wet air cools
      • Source of stamina, strength or energy
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To cover a surface with steam, so as to clean it
      • To cook in mist of tiny drops from boiling water
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    • stock

      US /stɑk/

      UK /stɒk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
      • Merchandise; goods kept by a business for sale
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Tasty liquid added to stews, soups etc.
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    • subscribe

      US /səbˈskraɪb/

      UK /səb'skraɪb/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To regularly pay to receive a service
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    • tabletop

      US /ˈtebəlˌtɑp/

      UK /ˈteɪbltɒp/

      • Noun
      • Top horizontal work surface of a table
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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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    • tender

      US /ˈtɛndɚ/

      UK /'tendə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Gentle; with great care or consideration
      • Feeling pain when an area of skin is touched
      • Noun
      • A formal offer for something (e.g. some business)
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    • toss

      US /tɔ:s/

      UK /tɒs/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To throw something into the air, e.g. casually
      • To mix ingredients lightly.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move about restlessly; to writhe or fidget.
      • To be thrown about violently.
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    • walk around

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To stroll or wander in a leisurely way.
      • To move about in order to inspect something.
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    • wrap

      US /ræp/

      UK /ræp/

      • Countable Noun
      • Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
      • Thin bread filled with food and rolled
      • Transitive Verb
      • To be or move around something
      • To cover something with paper or a cloth e.g. gift
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    • yell

      US /jɛl/

      UK /jel/

      • Noun
      • A sudden loud cry or shout
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To shout loudly at someone in pain or excitement
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    She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.

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    • 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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