Vocabulary

  • come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
  • come up: To come closer to someone; approach
  • think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
  • coming after: To follow someone in order to threaten them
  • go straight: To continue in the same direction without turning.
  • tip up: To (cause to) turn so that one end is higher than the other; overturn.
  • off the air: Not currently being broadcast on television or radio.
  • rather than: More exactly; more correctly
  • cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
  • back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
  • good bit: A significant amount or portion.
  • end in: To have something as the final result.
  • get up to: To do something slightly naughty
  • at any rate: Whatever happens; in any case; anyway.
  • finish with: To end a relationship
  • to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
  • air out: To ventilate a room or space by opening windows or doors.
  • talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
  • make with: To offer or provide something, often quickly or unexpectedly.
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • make up: To invent or create a story
  • in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
  • teeth: Hard white things in the mouth, used to bite
  • mouth: Hole in the face used for eating and talking
  • part: Division of a book
  • bottom: The part of your body you sit on
  • practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
  • finish: To use or consume all of something
  • make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
  • worry: Something that causes trouble or concern
  • start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • flatter: To praise in a rather false way, to get something
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • word: Unit of language that has a meaning
  • shorter: Smaller in height
  • sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
  • flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
  • sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
  • roof: Top of the inside a tunnel, cave, mouth etc.
  • eighth: 8th
  • seventh: 7th
  • air: Mixture of gases around the earth that we breathe
  • front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
  • ninth: 9th
  • tenth: 10th
  • sixth: 6th
  • top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
  • fourth: 4th
  • video: Recording capturing action with sound
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
  • bring: To take or go with someone to a place
  • tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
  • vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
  • consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
  • tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
  • drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
  • lip: Edge of a hole or container
  • lightly: In a gentle manner; with little weight or force
  • pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
  • touching: Arousing your sympathy; moving
  • separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
  • voice: Ability to sing well
  • unstressed: Having no accent or stress when spoken
  • continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
  • pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
  • engagement: Something you must do at a set time; appointment
  • jaw: One of the two bones of the face where teeth grow
  • syllable: Part of a word containing a vowel
  • release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
  • pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
  • tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
  • rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
  • native: Someone from or born in a specific country
  • response: Something said/written as an answer to something
  • simplify: To make something easier to do, use or understand
  • unvoiced: Produced without vibration of the vocal cords
  • diphthong: Union of two vowel sounds or vowel letters, e.g. the sounds , ai; ai, in pipe , paip; paip, , the letters ou in doubt, pipe , paip; paip, , ai; ai, ; doubtou
  • ff
  • ordinal: Being or denoting a number in order in a series
  • schwa: A neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables
  • vocal: Expressing an opinion publicly in a loud way
  • dd: DD is an acronym
  • palate: Roof of the mouth
  • cluster: To come together in a group, flock etc.
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    • air out

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To ventilate a room or space by opening windows or doors.
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    • at any rate

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Whatever happens; in any case; anyway.
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    • back down

      US /bæk daʊn/

      UK /bæk daun/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
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    • bottom

      US /ˈbɑtəm/

      UK /'bɒtəm/

      • Noun
      • The part of your body you sit on
      • Lowest position, often in a company or contest
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To hit the lowest part of something
      • To provide with a bottom.
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    • cluster

      US /ˈklʌstɚ/

      UK /'klʌstə(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To come together in a group, flock etc.
      • Countable Noun
      • A small group of things
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    • come together

      US /kʌm təˈɡɛðɚ/

      UK /kʌm təˈɡeðə/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To assemble or unite; to start working together.
      • To form a close relationship or bond.
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    • come up

      US /kʌm ʌp/

      UK /kʌm ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To come closer to someone; approach
      • (Of sun) to rise into the sky in the morning
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    • coming after

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To follow someone in order to threaten them
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    • consonant

      US /ˈkɑnsənənt/

      UK /ˈkɒnsənənt/

      • Adjective
      • Music (of a note) in harmony
      • Countable Noun
      • A speech sound or letter that is not a vowel
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    • cut off

      US /kʌt ɔf/

      UK /kʌt ɔf/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To end a process, e.g. a phone call
      • To cut the end of something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To isolate or prevent access to a place or person.
      • To interrupt someone while they are speaking.
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    • end in

      US /ɛnd ɪn/

      UK /end in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To have something as the final result.
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    • engagement

      US /ɛnˈɡedʒmənt/

      UK /ɪnˈgeɪdʒmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something you must do at a set time; appointment
      • Fight between opposing military forces in a war
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    • finish with

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To end a relationship
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    • flat

      US /flæt/

      UK /flæt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Apartment; set of rooms for living in
      • The smooth or level part of something
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To share an apartment with someone
      • To fail to produce the intended effect; to be unsuccessful or uninteresting.
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    • flatter

      US /ˈflætɚ/

      UK /'flætə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To praise in a rather false way, to get something
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    • get up to

      US /ɡɛt ʌp tu/

      UK /ɡet ʌp tu:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To do something slightly naughty
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    • go straight

      US /ɡo stret/

      UK /ɡəu streit/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To continue in the same direction without turning.
      • To start living an honest and law-abiding life.
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    • good bit

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • A significant amount or portion.
      • To a substantial degree; considerably.
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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.
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    • jaw

      US /dʒɔ/

      UK /dʒɔ:/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • One of the two bones of the face where teeth grow
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To talk with a lot of energy for a long time
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    • lightly

      US /ˈlaɪtli/

      UK /ˈlaɪtli/

      • Adverb
      • In a gentle manner; with little weight or force
      • With only a small amount of something
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    • lip

      US /lɪp/

      UK /lɪp/

      • Noun
      • Edge of a hole or container
      • Top and bottom part of the outside of your mouth
      A2
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    • make up

      US /mek ʌp/

      UK /meik ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To invent or create a story
      • To add up to
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To invent a story, excuse, etc.
      • To compensate for something lost, missed, or deficient.
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    • make with

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To offer or provide something, often quickly or unexpectedly.
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    • native

      US /ˈnetɪv/

      UK /ˈneɪtɪv/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Someone from or born in a specific country
      • Original inhabitant, e.g. before others
      • Adjective
      • Caused by natural ability; innate
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    • of course

      US /ʌv kɔː(r)s/

      UK /ɔv kɔː(r)s/

      • Adverb
      • Sure ; Certainly
      • Phrase
      • For sure; certainly
      A2
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    • off the air

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Not currently being broadcast on television or radio.
      • Adjective
      • No longer being broadcast; having been discontinued.
      A2
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    • ordinal

      US /ˈɔ:rdənl/

      UK /ˈɔ:dɪnl/

      • Adjective
      • Being or denoting a number in order in a series
      B2
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    • palate

      US /ˈpælɪt/

      UK /ˈpælət/

      • Noun
      • Roof of the mouth
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    • pitch

      US /pɪtʃ/

      UK /pɪtʃ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
      • To throw a baseball to a batter
      • Noun
      • Act of throwing a baseball for someone to hit
      • Playing fields in sports, e.g. for soccer
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    • practice

      US /ˈpræktɪs/

      UK /'præktɪs/

      • Noun
      • The office and place for legal or medical work
      • Doing something many times to become better at it
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To work as a doctor or lawyer
      • To live according to the teachings of a religion
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    • pronounce

      US /prəˈnaʊns/

      UK /prə'naʊns/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To state something in a legal or official way
      • To give your opinion or decision about something
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    • pronunciation

      US /prəˌnʌnsiˈeʃən/

      UK /prəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • How a word is said; how a word sounds
      • The manner in which someone utters a word.
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    • rather than

      US

      UK

      • Adverb
      • More exactly; more correctly
      • Preferably; instead
      • Preposition
      • Instead of
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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.
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    • response

      US /rɪˈspɑns/

      UK /riˈspɔns/

      • Noun
      • Something said/written as an answer to something
      • Reaction to something that has occurred
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    • roof

      US /ruf,rʊf/

      UK /ru:f/

      • Noun
      • Top of the inside a tunnel, cave, mouth etc.
      • Cover or top of a building or car
      • Transitive Verb
      • To place a cover or top onto a building, vehicle
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    • rush

      US /rʌʃ/

      UK /rʌʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To attack someone suddenly in a group
      • To perform or finish with speed and urgency
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Actions performed or finishes with speed, urgency
      • State of hurried action
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    • separate

      US /'sepəreɪt/

      UK /'sepəreɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Being different from or unrelated to another
      • Not connected; different.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To divide two things by being in between them
      • To move things away from each other
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    • simplify

      US /ˈsɪmpləˌfaɪ/

      UK /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something easier to do, use or understand
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    • syllable

      US /ˈsɪləbəl/

      UK /'sɪləbl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Part of a word containing a vowel
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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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    • think of

      US /θɪŋk ʌv/

      UK /θiŋk ɔv/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To look on as (being something specific); consider
      • To consider or remember something.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To imagine or call something to mind
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    • tip

      US /tɪp/

      UK /tɪp/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To pour or move something from a place, container
      • To give extra money for good service
      • Noun
      • End point of e.g. a pencil or finger
      • Extra money given for good service
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    • tip up

      US /tɪp ʌp/

      UK /tip ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To (cause to) turn so that one end is higher than the other; overturn.
      • To lift one end of something.
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    • to let

      US /tu lɛt/

      UK /tu let/

      • Preposition
      • Indicates that a property is available for rent.
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    • tongue

      US /tʌŋ/

      UK /tʌŋ/

      • Noun
      • Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
      • Meat from the mouth of an animal, cooked as food
      • Transitive Verb
      • To using your mouth to produce musical notes
      • To use your mouth to touch something
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    • tricky

      US /ˈtrɪki/

      UK /'trɪkɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
      • Likely to use tricks; dishonest or deceptive
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    • unstressed

      US /ʌnˈstrɛst/

      UK /ʌnˈstrest/

      • Adjective
      • Having no accent or stress when spoken
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    • video

      US /ˈvɪdiˌo/

      UK /'vɪdɪəʊ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Recording capturing action with sound
      • A recording of moving visual images made digitally or on videotape.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a moving film of, with sound
      • To make a video call.
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    • vocal

      US /ˈvoʊkl/

      UK /ˈvəʊkl/

      • Adjective
      • Expressing an opinion publicly in a loud way
      • Concerning the voice
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    • vowel

      US /ˈvaʊəl/

      UK /ˈvaʊəl/

      • Countable Noun
      • A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
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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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