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Vocabulary

  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
  • color in: To fill a drawing or space with color, often in artwork.
  • care for: To want or desire a thing
  • feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
  • literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
  • stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • overwhelming: To defeat something or someone completely
  • immediately: Without any delay; straight away
  • treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
  • expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
  • fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
  • texture: Quality from different elements, as in music
  • amount: Quantity of something
  • imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
  • firm: Company that sells goods or services
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
  • pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
  • savory: (Of taste) salty or spicy rather than sweet
  • wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
  • honestly: With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
  • culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
  • destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
  • smack: To slap or hit, e.g. with a resounding noise
  • upbeat: Being positive and cheerful
  • hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
  • hint: To suggest without being direct about it
  • taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • middle: Place that is halfway between two things
  • palette: Flat board for mixing paint
  • sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
  • change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
  • bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • dessert: Sweet food usually eaten at the end of a meal
  • tradition: An event, custom or way common to a people or race
  • delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
  • sigh: Breathing out to show boredom or disappointment
  • gelatin: Colorless water-soluble glutinous protein
  • soy: Food substance made from soya beans
  • pancake: Flat cake of fried on both sides on a griddle, etc.
  • sweetness: Property of tasting as if it contains sugar
  • squeal: Long high cry of pain, fear or surprise
  • woo: (Of a man) to try to get a woman to marry him
  • twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
  • bean: Large seed eaten as a vegetable
  • unnatural: Not being what you would expect; not normal
  • cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
  • fondant: Candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste
  • boomerang: Curved piece of wood thrown as a weapon
  • flower: Plant with a pretty head, e.g. a rose
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    • bean

      US /bin/

      UK /bi:n/

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

      US /baɪt/

      UK /baɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
      • Wound left from being bitten
      • Intransitive Verb
      • (E.g. of fish) to take bait and be caught
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    • boomerang

      US /ˈbuməˌræŋ/

      UK /'bu:məræŋ/

      • Noun
      • Curved piece of wood thrown as a weapon
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To return back to the same place
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    • care for

      US /kɛr fɔr/

      UK /kɛə fɔ:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To want or desire a thing
      • To look after someone who is ill, old, or very young.
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    • color in

      US /ˈkʌlər ɪn/

      UK /ˈkʌlə ɪn/

      • other
      • To fill a drawing or space with color, often in artwork.
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    • culture

      US /ˈkʌltʃɚ/

      UK /'kʌltʃə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Beliefs and customs of a particular group
      • The customs, beliefs, art, and all the other things that a group of people share and consider important.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To grow cells, tissues, bacteria, etc. in a controlled environment.
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    • cute

      US /kjut/

      UK /kju:t/

      • Adjective
      • Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
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    • delicious

      US /dɪˈlɪʃəs/

      UK /dɪˈlɪʃəs/

      • Adjective
      • Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
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    • dessert

      US /dɪˈzɜ:rt/

      UK /dɪˈzɜ:t/

      • Noun
      • Sweet food usually eaten at the end of a meal
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    • destroy

      US /dɪˈstrɔɪ/

      UK /dɪ'strɔɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To damage so badly that something no longer exists
      • To defeat someone or something easily
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    • fancy

      US /ˈfænsi/

      UK /'fænsɪ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To want to have or do something; feel like
      • To imagine or suppose that something will happen
      • Adjective
      • Unusual and attractive in design
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    • feel like

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have a desire or inclination for something.
      • To have a particular quality or sensation; resemble.
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    • firm

      US /fɚm/

      UK /fɜ:m/

      • Countable Noun
      • Company that sells goods or services
      • Adjective
      • Fairly hard or solid, not soft
      • Unchanging and strong
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    • flower

      US /ˈflaʊɚ/

      UK /ˈflaʊə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Plant with a pretty head, e.g. a rose
      • Intransitive Verb
      • (Of flowers) to emerge into full shape; to bloom
      • To develop successfully or fully
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    • fondant

      US /ˈfɑndənt/

      UK /ˈfɒndənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste
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    • gelatin

      US /ˈdʒɛlətn/

      UK /'dʒelətɪn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Colorless water-soluble glutinous protein
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    • hint

      US /hɪnt/

      UK /hɪnt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To suggest without being direct about it
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Helpful piece of information
      • Tiny quantity or sign of something
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    • honestly

      US /ˈɑnɪstli/

      UK /ˈɒnɪstli/

      • Adverb
      • With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
      • Genuinely; in a sincere manner.
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    • in the middle of

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • In the central part or point of something.
      • Engaged or occupied with something.
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    • literally

      US /ˈlɪtərəli/

      UK

      • Adverb
      • In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
      • Used for emphasis to describe something that is actually true, often to highlight surprise or intensity.
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    • look at

      US /lʊk æt/

      UK /luk æt/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To use your eyes to focus on something
      • To focus your eyes on something carefully
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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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    • palette

      US /ˈpælɪt/

      UK /ˈpælət/

      • Countable Noun
      • Flat board for mixing paint
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    • pancake

      US /ˈpænˌkek/

      UK /ˈpænkeɪk/

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

      US /sɔs/

      UK /sɔ:s/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
      B1
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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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    • sigh

      US /saɪ/

      UK /saɪ/

      • Noun
      • Breathing out to show boredom or disappointment
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To breathe out to show boredom or disappointment
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    • smack

      US /smæk/

      UK /smæk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To slap or hit, e.g. with a resounding noise
      B2
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    • soy

      US /sɔɪ/

      UK /sɔɪ/

      • Noun
      • Food substance made from soya beans
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    • squeal

      US /skwil/

      UK /skwi:l/

      • Noun
      • Long high cry of pain, fear or surprise
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make a long high cry of pain, fear or surprise
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    • stuff

      US /stʌf/

      UK /stʌf/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Generic description for things, materials, objects
      • Transitive Verb
      • To push material inside something, with force
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    • sweetness

      US /ˈswiːtnəs/

      UK /ˈswi:tnəs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Property of tasting as if it contains sugar
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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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    • texture

      US /ˈtɛkstʃɚ/

      UK /ˈtekstʃə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Quality from different elements, as in music
      • Look and feel of a substance or material
      • Transitive Verb
      • To give a particular look or feel to a surface
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    • thick

      US /θɪk/

      UK /θɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Difficult to see through, as fog
      • Full of (people, etc.)
      • Adverb
      • In close association or friendship.
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    • tradition

      US /trəˈdɪʃən/

      UK /trəˈdɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An event, custom or way common to a people or race
      • Way of thinking or behaving used for a long time
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    • twitter

      US /ˈtwɪtɚ/

      UK /ˈtwɪtə(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
      • Proper Noun
      • An online messaging system
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    • unnatural

      US /ʌnˈnætʃərəl/

      UK /ʌnˈnætʃrəl/

      • Adjective
      • Not being what you would expect; not normal
      • Being different from anything occurring in nature
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    • upbeat

      US /ˈʌpˌbit/

      UK /ˈʌpbi:t/

      • Adjective
      • Being positive and cheerful
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    • wealth

      US /wɛlθ/

      UK /welθ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
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      More
    • woo

      US /wu/

      UK /wu:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • (Of a man) to try to get a woman to marry him
      • To attempt to persuade to do something
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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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