Vocabulary

  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • terrible at: Very bad or unskilled at something.
  • talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
  • before long: Soon; in a short time.
  • turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
  • specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
  • present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
  • improve: To make, or become, something better
  • determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
  • practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
  • doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
  • exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
  • wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
  • fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
  • research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
  • estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
  • worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
  • fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
  • efficient: Able to produce results without waste
  • concern: To be about a particular topic
  • formula: A mathematical or scientific rule
  • huge: Very very large
  • envision: To imagine or picture in your mind
  • rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
  • ironically: Contrary to plan or expectation
  • economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
  • conundrum: A problem that is puzzling
  • obsess: To talk or think about someone, something too much
  • mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
  • grateful: Feeling or showing thanks; thankful
  • desirable: Being wanted; worth try to get
  • receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
  • company: Good feeling from being with someone else
  • secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
  • moment: Very short or brief period of time
  • complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
  • delight: Strong feeling of great pleasure
  • sentimental: Displaying emotions too easily or strongly
  • vintage: Old and somewhat treasured
  • prefer: To like something better than something else
  • ecstatic: Showing or feeling great pleasure or delight
  • hyper: Very excited or active
  • turn: To become (a particular age)
  • delightful: Greatly pleasing or entertaining
  • thoughtful: Concerned about needs and feelings of other people
  • trash: Garbage or anything that is worthless
  • return: To hit something back to the other player or team
  • list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
  • choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
  • design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
  • delirious: Talking in a confused anxious way due to fever
  • hypothetically: In a hypothetical way; as an example
  • overrate: To put too high a value or worth on; overpraise
  • dame: Title of respect given to a woman
  • receiver: Earpiece of a telephone
  • appreciative: Understanding the value or worth of something
  • grandmother: Your mother or father's mother
  • shocker: An extremely bad performance
  • giver: Someone who gives
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    • appreciative

      US /əˈpriʃətɪv, -ʃiˌetɪv/

      UK /əˈpri:ʃətɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Understanding the value or worth of something
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    • before long

      US /bɪˈfɔr lɔŋ/

      UK /biˈfɔ: lɔŋ/

      • Phrase
      • Soon; in a short time.
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    • complicate

      US /ˈkɑ:mplɪkeɪt/

      UK /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make more difficult to do, understand or use
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    • concern

      US /kənˈsɚn/

      UK /kənˈsɜ:n/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be about a particular topic
      • To have a direct impact on someone
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Company, firm or business
      • Feeling of worry or anxiety
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    • conundrum

      US /kəˈnʌndrəm/

      UK /kəˈnʌndrəm/

      • Countable Noun
      • A problem that is puzzling
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    • dame

      US /dem/

      UK /deɪm/

      • Noun
      • Title of respect given to a woman
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    • delight

      US /dɪˈlaɪt/

      UK /dɪ'laɪt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Strong feeling of great pleasure
      • Transitive Verb
      • To give someone pleasure or joy
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    • delightful

      US /dɪˈlaɪtfəl/

      UK /dɪˈlaɪtfl/

      • Adjective
      • Greatly pleasing or entertaining
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    • delirious

      US /dɪˈlɪriəs/

      UK /dɪˈlɪriəs/

      • Adjective
      • Talking in a confused anxious way due to fever
      • In an acutely disturbed state of mind resulting from illness or intoxication, characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech.
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    • desirable

      US /dɪˈzaɪrəbəl/

      UK /dɪˈzaɪərəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Being wanted; worth try to get
      • (Sexually) pleasing; attractive
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    • determine

      US /dɪˈtɚmɪn/

      UK /dɪ'tɜ:mɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To control exactly how something will be or act
      • To establish the facts about; discover
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    • ecstatic

      US /ɛkˈstætɪk/

      UK /ɪkˈstætɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Showing or feeling great pleasure or delight
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    • efficient

      US /ɪˈfɪʃənt/

      UK /ɪˈfɪʃnt/

      • Adjective
      • Able to produce results without waste
      • Capable of producing desired results with little or no waste (of time, energy, or other resources).
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    • envision

      US

      UK

      • Transitive Verb
      • To imagine or picture in your mind
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    • estimate

      US /ˈɛstəˌmet/

      UK /'estɪmət/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
      • A judgment or opinion.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To guess or calculate the cost, size or value of
      • To form an approximate idea or judgment of.
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    • exact

      US /ɪɡˈzækt/

      UK /ɪɡ'zækt/

      • Adjective
      • Completely correct; accurate; specific
      • Transitive Verb
      • To get something, sometimes using force
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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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    • fantastic

      US /fænˈtæstɪk/

      UK /fænˈtæstɪk/

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

      US /ˈfɔrmjələ/

      UK /'fɔ:mjələ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A mathematical or scientific rule
      • Plan, rule or method for doing or making something
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    • giver

      US /ˈɡɪvɚ/

      UK /ˈgɪvə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Someone who gives
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    • grandmother

      US /ˈɡrændˌmʌðɚ, ˈɡræn-/

      UK /ˈgrænmʌðə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Your mother or father's mother
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    • grateful

      US /ˈɡretfəl/

      UK /ˈgreɪtfl/

      • Adjective
      • Feeling or showing thanks; thankful
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    • huge

      US /hjudʒ/

      UK /hju:dʒ/

      • Adjective
      • Very very large
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    • hyper

      US /'haɪpər/

      UK /ˈhaɪpə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Very excited or active
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    • hypothetically

      US /ˌhaɪpə'θetɪklɪ/

      UK /ˌhaɪpə'θetɪklɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In a hypothetical way; as an example
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    • ironically

      US /aɪ'rɒnɪklɪ/

      UK /aɪ'rɒnɪklɪ/

      • Adverb
      • Contrary to plan or expectation
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    • mystery

      US /ˈmɪstəri/

      UK /ˈmɪstri/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Quality of being strange and not understood
      • Book, play, or film about solving a strange crime
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    • obsess

      US /əbˈsɛs, ɑb-/

      UK /əbˈses/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To talk or think about someone, something too much
      • To think about something to an excessive degree
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    • overrate

      US /ˌoʊvərˈreɪt/

      UK /ˌəʊvəˈreɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To put too high a value or worth on; overpraise
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    • practical

      US /ˈpræktɪkəl/

      UK /ˈpræktɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
      • Relating to experience, action, or practice; not theoretical or ideal.
      • Noun
      • A practical exam or lesson.
      • A person concerned chiefly with the practice of something; a person with practical skills.
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    • receiver

      US /rɪˈsivɚ/

      UK /rɪˈsi:və(r)/

      • Noun
      • Earpiece of a telephone
      • A device that receives signals
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    • research

      US /rɪˈsɚtʃ, ˈriˌsɚtʃ/

      UK /rɪ'sɜ:tʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
      • To study the market relating to marketing products and services.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Study done to discover new ideas and facts
      • A particular area or topic of study.
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    • sentimental

      US /ˌsɛntəˈmɛntl/

      UK /ˌsentɪ'mentl/

      • Adjective
      • Displaying emotions too easily or strongly
      • Appealing to tender emotions and feelings, especially those of love or nostalgia.
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    • shocker

      US /ˈʃɑ:kə(r)/

      UK /ˈʃɒkə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • An extremely bad performance
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    • specific

      US /spɪˈsɪfɪk/

      UK /spəˈsɪfɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Precise; particular; just about that thing
      • Concerning one particular thing or kind of thing
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    • talking about

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To discuss a particular topic.
      • To be constantly mentioning or bringing up a subject.
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    • terrible at

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Very bad or unskilled at something.
      • Having a very low level of ability in a particular activity.
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    • thoughtful

      US /ˈθɔtfəl/

      UK /ˈθɔ:tfl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerned about needs and feelings of other people
      • Engaged in or characterized by careful thought
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    • trash

      US /træʃ/

      UK /træʃ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Garbage or anything that is worthless
      • Transitive Verb
      • To throw away in the garbage
      • To criticize; claim person/thing is inferior
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    • turned out

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To arrive for a public event or entertainment
      • To happen to be in the end
      • Transitive Verb
      • To extinguish or switch off lights.
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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
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    • vintage

      US /ˈvɪntɪdʒ/

      UK /ˈvɪntɪdʒ/

      • Adjective
      • Old and somewhat treasured
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    • worth

      US /wɚθ/

      UK /wɜ:θ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
      • having a particular value, especially in money
      • Adjective
      • Having a specified value.
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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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    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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