Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • deal with
  • out there: In or to a place that is far away
  • past it: No longer capable or effective due to age or declining condition.
  • hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
  • answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
  • get a sense: To understand or perceive something intuitively.
  • push past: To move forward by pushing through an obstacle or people.
  • secret recipe: A set of instructions for preparing a particular dish, kept secret to maintain exclusivity.
  • go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
  • write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
  • book: (Police) to officially record someone's crimes
  • question: To ask for or try to get information
  • talk: Style of speaking
  • feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
  • today: This day; day that is happening now
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • sister: Female you share a parent with
  • safe: Highly likely
  • writing: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
  • good: Proper, appropriate or right
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • pay: To give money for goods or work done
  • brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
  • call: A order or request for action
  • calendar: A table showing the days, months and years
  • ship: Large boat
  • hold: To agree to keep something for someone
  • move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
  • idea: Belief, thought, suggestion, opinion or plan
  • sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
  • girlfriend: Romantic female friend of a man or boy
  • push: To move into enemy country with a military attack
  • check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
  • reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
  • real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
  • pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
  • nasty: Very bad, unpleasant, or offensive
  • deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
  • shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
  • author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
  • tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
  • secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
  • urgency: Quality of requiring action
  • social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
  • embarrass: To cause someone to feel ashamed
  • create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
  • sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
  • pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
  • socially: As part of a social group
  • recipe: Conditions likely to create a particular result
  • embarrassed: To cause someone to feel ashamed
  • schedule: A list of events and their times
  • guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
  • survival: Act of continuing to exist when facing difficulty
  • overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
  • wise: Knowledgeable about life; having good judgment
  • concern: To be about a particular topic
  • constantly: Frequently, or without pause
  • basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
  • resistance: Force that stops or slows movement of something
  • attribute: (Of books, art, music) to say it was composed by
  • momentum: Speed or force that is gained when something moves
  • accountable: Be responsible to someone or for some activity
  • procrastination: Act of putting off something you ought to do
  • lizard: Reptile with scales and a long body and tail
  • accountability: Responsibility to someone or for some activity
  • favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
  • overarching: Most important
  • procrastinate: To delay doing something that you ought to do
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    • accountability

      US /əˌkaʊntə'bɪlətɪ/

      UK /əˌkaʊntə'bɪlətɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Responsibility to someone or for some activity
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    • accountable

      US /əˈkaʊntəbəl/

      UK /əˈkaʊntəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Be responsible to someone or for some activity
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    • answer to

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
      • To correspond to or match a description or requirement.
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    • attribute

      US /əˈtrɪbjut/

      UK /əˈtrɪbju:t/

      • Transitive Verb
      • (Of books, art, music) to say it was composed by
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Characteristic something has, e.g. size or color
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    • author

      US /ˈɔθɚ/

      UK /'ɔ:θə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To write book or articles
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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.
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    • calendar

      US /ˈkæləndɚ/

      UK /ˈkælɪndə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A table showing the days, months and years
      • A system for organizing days, weeks, months, and years.
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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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    • constantly

      US /ˈkɑnstəntlɪ/

      UK /ˈkɒnstəntli/

      • Adverb
      • Frequently, or without pause
      • In a way that is unchanging or faithful
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    • deal with

      US /dil wɪð/

      UK /di:l wið/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To buy or sell goods or services.
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To take action to solve a problem or manage a situation.
      • To be about; concern.
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    • embarrass

      US /ɛmˈbærəs/

      UK /ɪm'bærəs/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause someone to feel ashamed
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    • embarrassed

      US /ɪmˈbærəst/

      UK /ɪmˈbærəst/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause someone to feel ashamed
      • Feeling awkward, self-conscious, or ashamed.
      • Adjective
      • Ashamed
      • Showing signs of embarrassment.
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    • get a sense

      US

      UK

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To understand or perceive something intuitively.
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    • go ahead

      US /ɡo əˈhɛd/

      UK /ɡəu əˈhed/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
      • To give permission to do something
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To start or proceed with something
      • To proceed despite potential obstacles or doubts.
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    • guarantee

      US /ˌɡærənˈti/

      UK /ˌɡærən'ti:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To promise to repair a broken product
      • To promise that something will happen or be done
      • Countable Noun
      • A promise to repair a broken product
      • Promise that something will be done as expected
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • hold on

      US /hold ɑn/

      UK /həuld ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
      • To wait for a short time.
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    • lizard

      US /ˈlɪzərd/

      UK /ˈlɪzəd/

      • Noun
      • Reptile with scales and a long body and tail
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    • momentum

      US /moˈmɛntəm/

      UK /mə'mentəm/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Speed or force that is gained when something moves
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    • nasty

      US /ˈnæsti/

      UK /'nɑ:stɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Very bad, unpleasant, or offensive
      • Unkind; unpleasant.
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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.
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    • overarching

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Most important
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    • overcome

      US /ˌovɚˈkʌm/

      UK /ˌəʊvə'kʌm/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
      • Participle
      • Past participle of overcome; to have successfully dealt with or controlled a problem or feeling.
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    • past it

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • No longer capable or effective due to age or declining condition.
      • Beyond the point of being useful or functional.
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    • procrastinate

      US /proˈkræstəˌnet, prə-/

      UK /prəʊ'kræstɪneɪt/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To delay doing something that you ought to do
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    • procrastination

      US /proʊˌkræstɪ'neɪʃn/

      UK /prəʊˌkræstɪ'neɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of putting off something you ought to do
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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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    • push past

      US /pʊʃ pæst/

      UK /pʊʃ pɑ:st/

      • other
      • To move forward by pushing through an obstacle or people.
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    • recipe

      US /ˈrɛsəˌpi/

      UK /'resəpɪ/

      • Noun
      • Conditions likely to create a particular result
      • Directions for making a dish, with the ingredients
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    • resistance

      US /rɪˈzɪstəns/

      UK /rɪ'zɪstəns/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Force that stops or slows movement of something
      • Refusal to accept something new or different
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    • safe

      US /sef/

      UK /seɪf/

      • Adjective
      • Highly likely
      • Being out of danger
      • Countable Noun
      • Metal box with a lock to keep valuable things in
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    • sauce

      US /sɔs/

      UK /sɔ:s/

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

      US /ˈskedʒu:l/

      UK /ˈʃedju:l/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A list of events and their times
      • A plan to do something at a certain time
      • Transitive Verb
      • To plan to do something at a certain time
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    • secret recipe

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • A set of instructions for preparing a particular dish, kept secret to maintain exclusivity.
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    • shoot

      US /ʃut/

      UK /ʃu:t/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To kick or throw a ball at a goal
      • To fire a gun; injure or kill someone with a gun
      • Countable Noun
      • Emerging new part of a plant
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    • socially

      US /ˈsoʃəlɪ/

      UK /'səʊʃəlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • As part of a social group
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    • survival

      US /sɚˈvaɪvəl/

      UK /səˈvaɪvl/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of continuing to exist when facing difficulty
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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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    • urgency

      US /ˈə:dʒənsi/

      UK /'ɜ:dʒənsɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Quality of requiring action
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    • wise

      US /waɪz/

      UK /waɪz/

      • Adjective
      • Knowledgeable about life; having good judgment
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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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