Vocabulary

  • draw on: To come to its end
  • in drawing: Indicated or shown within a technical drawing.
  • round about: Approximately; about.
  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • back then: At that time in the past.
  • have a go: To attempt or try something.
  • in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
  • work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
  • work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
  • out there: In or to a place that is far away
  • cat: Household pet with fur, four legs and long tail.
  • draw: To attract attention to someone or something
  • film: Thin layer that covers something
  • paper: Academic writing or a talk on a specific topic
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • teach: To help someone learn or do something
  • work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
  • think: To have an idea about something without certainty
  • favourite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
  • farm: Land used for growing crops or raising animals
  • love: Person's name
  • big: Popular
  • fat: Amount beyond what is usual or necessary
  • old: Having existed for a long time, not young or new
  • help: To act to enable a person to do something; assist
  • interested: Having had your attention taken; curious
  • copy: A counter for items that are the same
  • story: One of many floors or levels in a building
  • fill: To make something full
  • wooden: (Of acting) without natural emotion; unconvincing
  • digital: Using electronic signals or computers
  • lucky: Fortunate; having good things happen by chance
  • fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
  • channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
  • grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
  • straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
  • popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
  • team: Group of people working on a task together
  • happen: To take place or occur
  • idea: Belief, thought, suggestion, opinion or plan
  • animation: The process of creating moving images using drawings, computer graphics, or other techniques.
  • wildlife: All wild animals
  • frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
  • animate: To give life, energy, or motion to something
  • upload: To transfer a file or data to the internet
  • realise: To become aware of or understand mentally
  • tablet: Small hand-held computer with a touch screen
  • shy: Afraid of meeting people; lacking self-confidence
  • talented: Highly proficient or good at something
  • proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
  • fed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
  • direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
  • audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
  • character: Person in a story, movie or play
  • create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
  • greedy: Wanting to have more of something than you need
  • hooked: To make a bent or curved shape
  • official: Real, exact, truely felt
  • commercial: Radio or television advertisement
  • launched: To start a new project; start selling a product
  • episode: One separate event in a series of events
  • release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
  • basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
  • sketch: Brief account of something without many details
  • timid: Lacking in self-assurance or courage; shy
  • animator: The technician who produces animated cartoons
  • fluffy: Containing air and being light in weight
  • flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
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    • animate

      US /ˈænəˌmet/

      UK /'ænɪmeɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give life, energy, or motion to something
      B2
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    • animation

      US /ˌænəˈmeʃən/

      UK /ˌænɪˈmeɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • The process of creating moving images using drawings, computer graphics, or other techniques.
      • Liveliness or energy in behavior or expression.
      B2
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    • audience

      US /ˈɔdiəns/

      UK /ˈɔ:diəns/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
      A2TOEIC
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    • back then

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • At that time in the past.
      A1
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    • basically

      US /ˈbesɪkəli,-kli/

      UK /ˈbeɪsɪkli/

      • Adverb
      • Used before you explain something simply, clearly
      • In essence; when you consider the most important aspects of something.
      A2
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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
      B1
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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
      A2
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    • commercial

      US /kəˈmɚʃəl/

      UK /kəˈmə:ʃəl/

      • Noun
      • Radio or television advertisement
      • Adjective
      • A notice, picture, or film telling people about a product, job, or service.
      • Designed for or primarily concerned with financial success.
      B1
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    • direct

      US /dɪˈrɛkt, daɪ-/

      UK /də'rekt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
      • To show the way by conducting or leading
      • Adverb
      • Coming straight from something
      A2TOEIC
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    • draw on

      US /drɔ ɑn/

      UK /drɔ: ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To come to its end
      • To make use of (someone's help, your savings, etc.)
      A1
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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
      B1TOEIC
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    • fantastic

      US /fænˈtæstɪk/

      UK /fænˈtæstɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Strange or unusual in design or appearance
      • Very large, fast or great
      A2
      More
    • fed

      US /fɛd/

      UK /fed/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
      • To push something through an opening
      A2
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    • film

      US /fɪlm/

      UK /fɪlm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Thin layer that covers something
      • Movie
      • Transitive Verb
      • To record moving action with a camera
      A2
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    • flip

      US /flɪp/

      UK /flɪp/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
      • To move into a different position quickly
      • Noun
      • Act of turning your body in the air; somersault
      • Movement of something from one position to another
      B2
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    • fluffy

      US /ˈflʌfi/

      UK /'flʌfɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Containing air and being light in weight
      B2
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    • frame

      US /frem/

      UK /freɪm/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
      • To put say or write something in a careful way
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Structure that holds a picture or photo
      • A person's body shape determined by their skeleton
      A2TOEIC
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    • greedy

      US /ˈɡridi/

      UK /'ɡri:dɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Wanting to have more of something than you need
      B1
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    • have a go

      US /hæv e ɡo/

      UK /hæv ə ɡəu/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To attempt or try something.
      A1
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    • hooked

      US /hʊkt/

      UK /hʊkt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a bent or curved shape
      • To catch your interest completely
      • Adjective
      • Being curved like a hook
      B1
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    • in drawing

      US /ɪn ˈdrɔɪŋ/

      UK /in ˈdrɔ:iŋ/

      • Preposition
      • Indicated or shown within a technical drawing.
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    • in real life

      US /ɪn ˈriəl laɪf/

      UK /in riəl laif/

      • Phrase
      • In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
      • Actually; genuinely; not made up or fictional.
      A2
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    • launched

      US

      UK

      • Transitive Verb
      • To start a new project; start selling a product
      • To put a rocket into the air
      B1
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    • official

      US /əˈfɪʃəl/

      UK /əˈfɪʃl/

      • Adjective
      • Real, exact, truely felt
      • Of or done by someone in authority; formal
      • Noun
      • A person authorized to perform a specific duty
      • A referee or umpire
      A2TOEIC
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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.
      A1
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    • proper

      US /ˈprɑpɚ/

      UK /'prɒpə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Correct according to social or moral rules
      • Behaving in a polite and socially acceptable way.
      A2TOEIC
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    • release

      US /rɪ'li:s/

      UK /rɪ'li:s/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To free someone from a responsibility or burden
      • To allow a film, music etc. to be sold/distributed
      • Noun
      • Act of freeing someone from a duty or burden
      • Introduction of a new product, film, book, etc.
      A2TOEIC
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    • round about

      US /raʊnd əˈbaʊt/

      UK /raund əˈbaut/

      • Adverb
      • Approximately; about.
      • Preposition
      • All around; surrounding.
      A2
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    • shy

      US /ʃaɪ/

      UK /ʃaɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Afraid of meeting people; lacking self-confidence
      • Being less than the full or expected amount
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move away due to nervousness
      A2
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    • sketch

      US /skɛtʃ/

      UK /sketʃ/

      • Noun
      • Brief account of something without many details
      • A drawing made quickly that lacks detail
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a rough plan or idea of something
      • To draw images roughly with a pencil
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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.
      A2TOEIC
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    • tablet

      US /ˈtæblɪt/

      UK /'tæblət/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Small hand-held computer with a touch screen
      • Small round piece of medicine which is swallowed
      B2
      More
    • talented

      US /ˈtæləntəd/

      UK /ˈtæləntɪd/

      • Adjective
      • Highly proficient or good at something
      B1
      More
    • timid

      US /ˈtɪmɪd/

      UK /ˈtɪmɪd/

      • Adjective
      • Lacking in self-assurance or courage; shy
      B2TOEIC
      More
    • upload

      US /ˌʌpˈloʊd/

      UK /ˌʌpˈləʊd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To transfer a file or data to the internet
      • Noun
      • The transfer of a file or data to the internet
      B1
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    • used to

      US /juzd tu/

      UK /ˈju:st tə/

      • Adjective
      • Did regularly before, but don't do now
      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Have done before, but do not do now
      A1
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    • wildlife

      US /ˈwaɪldˌlaɪf/

      UK /ˈwaɪldlaɪf/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • All wild animals
      B1
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    • wooden

      US /ˈwʊdn/

      UK /ˈwʊdn/

      • Adjective
      • (Of acting) without natural emotion; unconvincing
      • Made of wood
      A2
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    • work on

      US /wɚk ɑn/

      UK /wə:k ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To devote effort to improve or develop something
      • To try to persuade or influence someone.
      A1
      More
    • work together

      US /wɚk təˈɡɛðɚ/

      UK /wə:k təˈɡeðə/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
      A1
      More
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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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