Vocabulary

  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • to do with: To be about something; concern
  • think about: To consider something carefully.
  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
  • on the back of: As a result of or following something.
  • on to: Toward something; forward
  • have to: Must do
  • subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
  • episode: One separate event in a series of events
  • potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
  • approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
  • incredible: Very good; amazing
  • vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
  • describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
  • research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
  • draw: To attract attention to someone or something
  • foundation: Base or important starting point
  • grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
  • vaccine: Shot using weak disease cells to stop same disease
  • scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
  • fellow: Man or a boy
  • rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
  • lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
  • ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
  • click: To work well with someone or something
  • quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
  • development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
  • previously: At an earlier time
  • bottom: The part of your body you sit on
  • original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
  • channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
  • sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
  • phrasal: Concerning or consisting of a phrase
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
  • build: Your physical shape; physique
  • support: To give assistance or advice to someone
  • language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
  • bring: To take or go with someone to a place
  • nowadays: At the present time; now
  • spur: To make your horse go faster
  • verb: Word that expresses an action or state
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • originally: At first; in the beginning
  • lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
  • spiky: Having a long sharp point
  • award: To give a prize for doing something well
  • cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
  • headline: To be the main performer at a show
  • paved: To build a hard even surface for traveling on
  • maverick: Person who does not like to follow the rules
  • messenger: Someone who delivers things, e.g. by motor bike
  • cowboy: Man who tends cattle or sheep (often from a horse)
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    • approach

      US /əˈprəʊtʃ/

      UK /ə'prəʊtʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To get close to reaching something or somewhere
      • To request someone to do something specific
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Means of reaching a place, often a road or path
      • Request of someone with a specific goal in mind
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    • award

      US /əˈwɔrd/

      UK /ə'wɔ:d/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give a prize for doing something well
      • Countable Noun
      • Prize given to you because you did something well
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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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    • cancer

      US /ˈkænsɚ/

      UK /'kænsə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
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    • channel

      US /ˈtʃænəl/

      UK /'tʃænl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
      • TV or radio station or its programs
      • Transitive Verb
      • To dig a long hole for carrying water
      • To send (e.g. money) to a certain place or person
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    • cowboy

      US /ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ/

      UK /ˈkaʊbɔɪ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Man who tends cattle or sheep (often from a horse)
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    • development

      US /dɪˈvɛləpmənt/

      UK /dɪ'veləpmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
      • A new event related to a previous event
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    • encourage

      US /ɛnˈkɚrɪdʒ, -ˈkʌr-/

      UK /ɪn'kʌrɪdʒ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To increase the chance of something happening
      • To make someone more determined or confident
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    • episode

      US /ˈɛpɪˌsod/

      UK /'epɪsəʊd/

      • Noun
      • One separate event in a series of events
      • Show which is part of a larger story
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    • fellow

      US /ˈfɛlo/

      UK /'feləʊ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Man or a boy
      • Student paid to study and teach after college
      • Adjective
      • Being of the same kind
      • Sharing a particular activity, situation, or characteristic.
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    • for example

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
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    • foundation

      US /faʊnˈdeʃən/

      UK /faunˈdeiʃən/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Base or important starting point
      • Underground base on which building is constructed
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    • grammar

      US /ˈɡræmɚ/

      UK /ˈgræmə(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
      • Rules explaining how words are used in a language
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • headline

      US /ˈhedlaɪn/

      UK /ˈhedlaɪn/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be the main performer at a show
      • Noun
      • Title summarizing a news story
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    • incredible

      US /ɪnˈkrɛdəbəl/

      UK /ɪnˈkredəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Very good; amazing
      • Really good; amazing; great
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    • lay

      US /le/

      UK /leɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Amateur; not being a trained priest
      • Transitive Verb
      • To place a bet on a game outcome
      • (Of a bird, etc.) to produce eggs from its body
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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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    • maverick

      US /ˈmævərɪk, ˈmævrɪk/

      UK /'mævərɪk/

      • Countable Noun
      • Person who does not like to follow the rules
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    • messenger

      US /ˈmɛsəndʒɚ/

      UK /ˈmesɪndʒə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Someone who delivers things, e.g. by motor bike
      • A program or application used for sending instant messages.
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    • nowadays

      US /ˈnaʊəˌdez/

      UK /ˈnaʊədeɪz/

      • Adverb
      • At the present time; now
      • Noun
      • The current period of time; the present.
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    • on the back of

      US /ɑn ðə bæk əv/

      UK /ɒn ðə bæk əv/

      • other
      • As a result of or following something.
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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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    • original

      US /əˈrɪdʒənəl/

      UK /ə'rɪdʒənl/

      • Adjective
      • Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
      • Being unique or thinking differently from others
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A work of art, writing, or music that is not a copy.
      • A person of fresh initiative or inventiveness.
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    • originally

      US /əˈrɪdʒənəli/

      UK /əˈrɪdʒənəli/

      • Adverb
      • At first; in the beginning
      • In a new and unique manner
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    • paved

      US

      UK

      • Transitive Verb
      • To build a hard even surface for traveling on
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    • phrasal

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Concerning or consisting of a phrase
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    • potential

      US /pəˈtɛnʃəl/

      UK /pəˈtenʃl/

      • Adjective
      • Capable of happening or becoming reality
      • Having or showing the capacity to develop into something in the future.
      • Uncountable Noun
      • someone's or something's ability to develop, achieve, or succeed
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    • previously

      US /ˈprivɪəslɪ/

      UK /'pri:vɪəslɪ/

      • Adverb
      • At an earlier time
      • In the past; formerly.
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    • quiz

      US /kwɪz/

      UK /kwɪz/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A game in which players answer questions on topics
      • Brief spoken or written test, given to students
      • Transitive Verb
      • To ask a person many questions about something
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    • remind

      US /rɪˈmaɪnd/

      UK /rɪ'maɪnd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause someone to remember what they forgot
      • To cause someone to think of something similar or related.
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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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    • scientific

      US /ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/

      UK /ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning academic study of the physical world
      • Systematic and precise, following a methodology.
      • Noun
      • Relating to or used in science.
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    • spiky

      US /ˈspaɪki/

      UK /ˈspaɪki/

      • Adjective
      • Having a long sharp point
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    • spur

      US /spɚ/

      UK /spɜ:(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make your horse go faster
      • To make someone want to do something
      • Noun
      • Rock that sticks out from the side of a mountain
      • Something that makes a person act
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    • subscribe

      US /səbˈskraɪb/

      UK /səb'skraɪb/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To regularly pay to receive a service
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    • think about

      US /θɪŋk əˈbaʊt/

      UK /θiŋk əˈbaut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To consider something carefully.
      • To remember or call to mind.
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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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    • to do with

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To be about something; concern
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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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    • vaccine

      US /vækˈsin,ˈvækˌsin/

      UK /'væksi:n/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Shot using weak disease cells to stop same disease
      • A preparation of weakened or killed microorganisms, or of antigenic proteins derived from them, used to induce protective immunity in animals.
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    • vocabulary

      US /voˈkæbjəˌlɛri/

      UK /və'kæbjələrɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Words that have to do with a particular subject
      • The words that a person knows
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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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