Vocabulary

  • cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • coming after: To follow someone in order to threaten them
  • leave it out: To stop doing or saying something irritating or unpleasant.
  • rather than: More exactly; more correctly
  • leave it there: To put something down and not move it from that location.
  • right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
  • back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
  • pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
  • native: Someone from or born in a specific country
  • position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
  • pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
  • tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
  • similar: Nearly the same; alike
  • release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
  • exception: Something different or not included
  • leave: To go away from; depart
  • altogether: All things considered
  • flow: To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
  • sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
  • fountain: Structure out of which a jet of water comes
  • vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
  • button: Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
  • curtain: Piece of cloth used to cover a window
  • cluster: To come together in a group, flock etc.
  • throat: Part of the neck that is below the chin
  • pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
  • consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
  • front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
  • rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
  • make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
  • roof: Top of the inside a tunnel, cave, mouth etc.
  • part: Division of a book
  • mount: To attach something to something else
  • signify: To mean something; be a symbol of something
  • cotton: Soft, white material used to make cloth
  • live: To be alive
  • touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
  • hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
  • come: To arrive at a place
  • people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • forget: To not remember something
  • center: Community place people go health or social reasons
  • kitten: Young cat
  • flap: Motion or sound of something waving back and forth
  • video: Recording capturing action with sound
  • airflow: Movement of air around objects
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    • airflow

      US /ˈerfloʊ/

      UK /ˈeəfləʊ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Movement of air around objects
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    • altogether

      US /ˌɔltəˈɡɛðɚ/

      UK /ˌɔ:ltəˈgeðə(r)/

      • Adverb
      • All things considered
      • Completely and entirely, fully
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    • back into

      US /bæk ˈɪntu/

      UK /bæk ˈɪntuː/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
      • To accidentally collide with something while moving backwards.
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    • button

      US /ˈbʌtn/

      UK /'bʌtn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
      • Switch activated by pressing
      • Transitive Verb
      • To fasten e.g. a shirt, coat
      • To suppress or restrain (feelings, etc.).
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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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    • coming after

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      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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    • cotton

      US /ˈkɑ:tn/

      UK /ˈkɒtn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Soft, white material used to make cloth
      • Adjective
      • (Of clothes) made of a soft white material
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    • curtain

      US /ˈkɚtn/

      UK /'kɜ:tn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Piece of cloth used to cover a window
      • A screen in a theatre that can be raised or lowered
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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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    • exception

      US /ɪkˈsɛpʃən/

      UK /ɪkˈsepʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something different or not included
      • An objection or feeling of disapproval.
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    • flap

      US /flæp/

      UK /flæp/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Motion or sound of something waving back and forth
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move something back and forth or up and down
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    • flow

      US /flo/

      UK /fləʊ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Amount of something that moves through an area
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    • for example

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      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
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    • fountain

      US /ˈfaʊntən/

      UK /'faʊntən/

      • Noun
      • Structure out of which a jet of water comes
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    • kitten

      US /ˈkɪtn/

      UK /ˈkɪtn/

      • Countable Noun
      • Young cat
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    • leave it out

      US /liv ɪt aʊt/

      UK /li:v ɪt aʊt/

      • other
      • To stop doing or saying something irritating or unpleasant.
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    • leave it there

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • To put something down and not move it from that location.
      • To stop working on something and postpone it for later.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To allow something to remain at a specific location.
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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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    • mount

      US /maʊnt/

      UK /maʊnt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To attach something to something else
      • To set a picture, jewel etc. in
      • Noun
      • An attachment used to keep something in place
      • Horse that someone is riding
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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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    • 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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    • right back

      US /raɪt bæk/

      UK /rait bæk/

      • Interjection
      • Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
      • Adverb
      • Immediately; very soon after going.
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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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    • rule

      US /ruːl/

      UK /ruːl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something that is normal and usually happens
      • Governmental control or power over a region
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To decide legally, especially in court
      • To have control or influence
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    • signify

      US /ˈsɪɡnəˌfaɪ/

      UK /ˈsɪgnɪfaɪ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To mean something; be a symbol of something
      • To show or express something through your actions
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    • throat

      US /θroʊt/

      UK /θrəʊt/

      • Noun
      • Part of the neck that is below the chin
      • The passage in the neck through which food and air pass.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To utter or express with the throat; to sing.
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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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    • 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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    • 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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