Vocabulary

  • out of gas: Having no more gasoline in the tank of a vehicle.
  • out of time: Having no more time available to do something.
  • hanging out: To spend time with your friends
  • have to: Must do
  • run out of gas: To lose energy or motivation; become exhausted.
  • boat ride: A trip on a boat for pleasure.
  • go on: To continue doing something
  • go back to: To return to a starting point
  • for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
  • on to: Toward something; forward
  • phone: To talk to someone using a telephone
  • boat: Small form of transport for traveling on water
  • big: Popular
  • today: This day; day that is happening now
  • problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
  • come: To arrive at a place
  • head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
  • cross: Angry and upset
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • camera: Object that takes pictures digitally, or on film
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
  • enjoy: To take pleasure in something
  • drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
  • leave: To go away from; depart
  • gas: Elements in our air, like oxygen or nitrogen
  • litre: Metric unit for measuring liquid or gas
  • ship: Large boat
  • surprise: To do something that another person didn't expect
  • fog: Cloudy air that makes seeing things difficult
  • sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
  • elephant: Large gray animal with a long nose and two tusks
  • kid: Child or young person
  • direction: When someone tells people what to do
  • interested: Having had your attention taken; curious
  • full: Containing all the parts; complete
  • story: One of many floors or levels in a building
  • hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
  • expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
  • exhausted: To emit gas from the back of a car
  • leaf: Page in a book
  • luckily: In a good way; by good fortune
  • captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
  • roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
  • wave: Movement of sound, air or energy
  • limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
  • charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
  • involve: To have or be included as a part of something
  • huge: Very very large
  • couple: To join something to something else
  • genetically: Caused or controlled, or by genes
  • horn: Device that makes a loud warning noise
  • bang: To strike something loudly or forcefully
  • treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
  • heaven: Place or feeling of great happiness
  • dock: To take away a part of an animal's tail
  • modify: To make minor change to something
  • tank: Container for holding liquid or gas
  • marina: Person's name
  • motorcycle: Motorbike; vehicle with two wheels and an engine
  • phrasal: Concerning or consisting of a phrase
  • devious: Clever in using lies and tricks to fool people
  • gallon: Unit of liquid equal to 4 US quarts (3.785 liters)
  • buck: To resist or go against the trend
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    • bang

      US /bæŋ/

      UK /bæŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To strike something loudly or forcefully
      • Noun
      • Sudden loud noise, as when a bomb explodes
      • A loud noise
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    • boat ride

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • A trip on a boat for pleasure.
      • A journey made on a boat.
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    • buck

      US /bʌk/

      UK /bʌk/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To resist or go against the trend
      • Countable Noun
      • A male deer, especially a male of the fallow deer or roe deer.
      • A dashing young man.
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    • camera

      US /ˈkæmərə, ˈkæmrə/

      UK /'kæmərə/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Object that takes pictures digitally, or on film
      • The art or activity of taking photographs or filming.
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    • captain

      US /ˈkæptən/

      UK /'kæptɪn/

      • Noun
      • Title of a senior officer in the military
      • Person in charge of a team, a ship or an airplane
      • Transitive Verb
      • To be in charge of a team, ship or airplane
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    • charge

      US /tʃɑrdʒ/

      UK /tʃɑ:dʒ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To run quickly toward someone to attack them
      • To ask for money as a price for a service or goods
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An attack by running quickly toward someone
      • A price for a service or goods
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    • couple

      US /ˈkʌpəl/

      UK /'kʌpl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To join something to something else
      • (Two animals) to engage in sexual relations
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Two people in a romantic relationship
      • Two of something; two people; a pair
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    • cross

      US /krɔs, krɑs/

      UK /krɒs/

      • Adjective
      • Angry and upset
      • From one side of something to the other
      • Transitive Verb
      • To put one thing over another e.g. arms
      • To breed one type of animal or plant with another
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    • devious

      US /ˈdiviəs/

      UK /ˈdi:viəs/

      • Adjective
      • Clever in using lies and tricks to fool people
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    • direction

      US /dɪˈrɛkʃən, daɪ-/

      UK /də'rekʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • When someone tells people what to do
      • Describes the way you are going, e.g. North
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    • dock

      US /dɑ:k/

      UK /dɒk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To take away a part of an animal's tail
      • To take away a part of someone's salary
      • Noun
      • Area in a harbor where boats arrive and are kept
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    • elephant

      US /ˈɛləfənt/

      UK /ˈelɪfənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Large gray animal with a long nose and two tusks
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    • exhausted

      US /ɪɡˈzɔstɪd/

      UK /ɪgˈzɔ:stɪd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To emit gas from the back of a car
      • To make a person feel very tired or without energy
      • Adjective
      • Very very tired out
      • Completely used up; depleted.
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    • fog

      US /fɔ:g/

      UK /fɒg/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Cloudy air that makes seeing things difficult
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have water drops on it so you cannot see out
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    • for now

      US /fɔr naʊ/

      UK /fɔ: nau/

      • Phrase
      • Temporarily; for the present time.
      • In the short term; for the immediate future.
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    • gallon

      US /ˈɡælən/

      UK /ˈgælən/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Unit of liquid equal to 4 US quarts (3.785 liters)
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    • gas

      US /ɡæs/

      UK /ɡæs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Elements in our air, like oxygen or nitrogen
      • Fuel used for cooking, heating houses etc.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To kill or disable someone with poisoned air
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    • genetically

      US /dʒə'netɪklɪ/

      UK /dʒə'netɪklɪ/

      • Adverb
      • Caused or controlled, or by genes
      • By means of genes or genetic engineering.
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    • go back to

      US /ɡo bæk tu/

      UK /ɡəu bæk tu:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To return to a starting point
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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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    • hanging out

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To spend time with your friends
      • To spend times with friends or relax doing nothing
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • heaven

      US /ˈhɛvən/

      UK /'hevn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place or feeling of great happiness
      • Place where God or the gods live
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    • horn

      US /hɔ:rn/

      UK /hɔ:n/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Device that makes a loud warning noise
      • (Animals) hard pointed structure growing on heads
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    • huge

      US /hjudʒ/

      UK /hju:dʒ/

      • Adjective
      • Very very large
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    • involve

      US /ɪnˈvɑlv/

      UK /ɪn'vɒlv/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To have or be included as a part of something
      • To cause (a person or group) to take part in an event or activity.
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    • kid

      US /kɪd/

      UK /kɪd/

      • Countable Noun
      • Child or young person
      • Young goat
      • Adjective
      • Made from young goat skin
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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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    • limit

      US /ˈlɪmɪt/

      UK /'lɪmɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Point beyond which it is not possible to go
      • A line or edge marking the boundary of an area.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To stop or prevent an increase past a point
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    • luckily

      US /ˈlʌkɪli/

      UK /'lʌkɪlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In a good way; by good fortune
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    • marina

      US /məˈrinə/

      UK /məˈri:nə/

      • Proper Noun
      • Person's name
      • Countable Noun
      • Harbor made for yachts and small boats
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    • modify

      US /ˈmɑ:dɪfaɪ/

      UK /ˈmɒdɪfaɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make minor change to something
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    • motorcycle

      US /ˈmotɚˌsaɪkəl/

      UK /ˈməʊtəsaɪkl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Motorbike; vehicle with two wheels and an engine
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    • on to

      US /ɑn tu/

      UK /ɔn tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Toward something; forward
      • Aware of someone's activities.
      • Adjective
      • Aware of someone's deception or illegal activities.
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    • out of gas

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Having no more gasoline in the tank of a vehicle.
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    • out of time

      US /aʊt ʌv taɪm/

      UK /aut ɔv taim/

      • Adjective
      • Having no more time available to do something.
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    • phone

      US /foʊn/

      UK /fəʊn/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To talk to someone using a telephone
      • Noun
      • Machine used to talk to someone who is far away
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    • phrasal

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      UK

      • Adjective
      • Concerning or consisting of a phrase
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    • roll

      US /rol/

      UK /rəʊl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
      • Photographic film wrapped round and round itself
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To continue along as time normally progresses
      • To produce a very deep and continuous sound
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    • run out of gas

      US /rʌn aʊt əv gæs/

      UK /rʌn aʊt əv gæs/

      • other
      • To lose energy or motivation; become exhausted.
      • To use all the fuel and have none left.
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    • tank

      US /tæŋk/

      UK /tæŋk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Container for holding liquid or gas
      • Military vehicle that can go over rough areas
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To fail completely or badly
      • To deliberately lose a game or contest
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    • wave

      US /wev/

      UK /weɪv/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Movement of sound, air or energy
      • Deep and strong emotion that is suddenly felt
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To cause to move side to side or back and forth
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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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