Vocabulary

  • speak of: To mention someone or something in conversation.
  • fill in: To put earth in e.g. a hole
  • going on: To continue doing something
  • fat chance: Little or no chance; used to express disbelief that something will happen.
  • box in: To trap or prevent movement by surrounding closely.
  • watch out: To be careful; to be alert to danger
  • speak: To be able to use a certain language
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
  • beard: Hair that grows on a man's face
  • slim: Being thin in an appealing way
  • word: Unit of language that has a meaning
  • play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
  • bird: Animal with feathers that uses wings to fly
  • talk: Style of speaking
  • man: Humans in general, including male and female
  • dear: Loved or valued very much
  • meat: Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
  • pair: Two of the same thing, e.g. socks
  • card: One of 54 pieces of paper used in a game of cards
  • foot: Base of something such as a mountain or vase
  • plural: Being more than one person or thing
  • ship: Large boat
  • pear: Fruit that is pointed at top, rounded at bottom
  • ham: Smoked meat from leg of a pig, often eaten cold
  • boot: Footwear covering your foot and part of your leg
  • alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
  • fill: To make something full
  • call: A order or request for action
  • bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
  • match: To equal or be as good as something else
  • straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
  • lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
  • dead: Not alive
  • crazy: Mentally ill; mad
  • form: Sports team or person's current winning record
  • chance: The way something happens without planning
  • cough: To suddenly expel air from the lungs
  • truck: Homegrown vegetables and fruit for sale
  • confusing: To make something unclear or hard to understand
  • rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
  • smell: To have a particular odor
  • fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
  • alive: Living; not dead
  • imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
  • dreadful: Extremely bad, unpleasant, or ugly
  • wise: Knowledgeable about life; having good judgment
  • ward: Person's name
  • cart: Vehicle on wheels for carry things; trolley
  • dose: An amount of medicine to be taken at any one time
  • sword: A long metal weapon with a sharp point and edge
  • threat: Warning of probable trouble
  • debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
  • tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
  • masculine: Having the characteristics associated with males
  • feminine: Concerning or relating to females
  • rhyme: One of a group of words ending in similar sounds
  • cargo: Goods carried in a ship or plane
  • goodness: (Used to express slight surprise)
  • goose: Large water bird related to a duck
  • recite: To speak aloud a passage from memory
  • shim: Thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices
  • moose: Large deer with big antlers found in colder areas
  • ox: Cow-like animal kept for providing milk or meat
  • beet: Type of vegetable with a thick, purplish root
  • bead: Small round thing made from stone, glass, liquid
  • suite: Group of several shorter pieces of music
  • cork: The wooden stopper in a wine bottle top
  • deed: Something that is done; act or action
  • font: Size or style of type
  • dough: Substance made from flour and water to bake bread
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    • alarm

      US /əˈlɑ:rm/

      UK /əˈlɑ:m/

      • Noun
      • Sound or light used for a warning or alert
      • an alarm clock
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone unpleasantly surprised
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    • alive

      US /əˈlaɪv/

      UK /ə'laɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Living; not dead
      • Active; energetic; full of life.
      A2TOEIC
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    • bead

      US /bid/

      UK /bi:d/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Small round thing made from stone, glass, liquid
      B2
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    • bear

      US /bɛr/

      UK /bɛː/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To accept (responsibilities or duties)
      • To give birth to a child; to produce fruit
      • Countable Noun
      • Large brown animal with fur that lives in forests
      • Someone who expects stock market to fall
      A2
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    • beard

      US /bɪrd/

      UK /bɪəd/

      • Noun
      • Hair that grows on a man's face
      A2
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    • beet

      US /bit/

      UK /bi:t/

      • Countable Noun
      • Type of vegetable with a thick, purplish root
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    • boot

      US /but/

      UK /bu:t/

      • Noun
      • Footwear covering your foot and part of your leg
      • Transitive Verb
      • To kick something, e.g. ball into goal
      • To start the operating system on a computer
      A2
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    • box in

      US /bɑks ɪn/

      UK /bɒks ɪn/

      • other
      • To trap or prevent movement by surrounding closely.
      B2
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    • cargo

      US /ˈkɑ:rgoʊ/

      UK /ˈkɑ:gəʊ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Goods carried in a ship or plane
      B2
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    • cart

      US /kɑrt/

      UK /kɑ:t/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Vehicle on wheels for carry things; trolley
      • A vehicle with two or four wheels, typically pulled by a horse or other animal, used for carrying goods or people.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To move things on a wheeled trolley
      • To move something with effort
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    • confusing

      US /kənˈfjuzɪŋ/

      UK /kənˈfju:zɪŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something unclear or hard to understand
      • Adjective
      • Being hard to understand
      A2
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    • cork

      US /kɔrk/

      UK /kɔ:k/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The wooden stopper in a wine bottle top
      • The soft bark of an oak tree
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    • cough

      US /kɔ:f/

      UK /kɒf/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To suddenly expel air from the lungs
      • Noun
      • Act of pushing out air from your body suddenly
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    • crazy

      US /ˈkrezi/

      UK /'kreɪzɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Mentally ill; mad
      • Not being sensible or practical
      • Noun
      • Person acting in a manner that is strange and odd
      A2
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    • debt

      US /dɛt/

      UK /det/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
      • A moral or social obligation.
      A2TOEIC
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    • deed

      US /did/

      UK /di:d/

      • Noun
      • Something that is done; act or action
      • Papers giving someone the right to some property
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    • dose

      US /doʊs/

      UK /dəʊs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An amount of medicine to be taken at any one time
      • Transitive Verb
      • To give a certain amount of something to someone
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    • dough

      US /do/

      UK /dəu/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Substance made from flour and water to bake bread
      • (slang) Money.
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    • dreadful

      US /ˈdrɛdfəl/

      UK /ˈdredfl/

      • Adjective
      • Extremely bad, unpleasant, or ugly
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    • fat chance

      US /fæt tʃæns/

      UK /fæt tʃɑ:ns/

      • Idiom
      • Little or no chance; used to express disbelief that something will happen.
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    • feminine

      US /ˈfɛmənɪn/

      UK /ˈfemənɪn/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning or relating to females
      • Having qualities or appearance traditionally associated with women.
      • Noun
      • A woman or girl.
      • Qualities or characteristics considered typical of women.
      B2
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    • fill in

      US /fɪl ɪn/

      UK /fil in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To put earth in e.g. a hole
      • To explain the context so that someone understands
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To write or type information in a blank space.
      • To temporarily do someone else's job.
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    • font

      US /fɑnt/

      UK /fɔnt/

      • Noun
      • Size or style of type
      B2
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    • going on

      US /ˈɡoɪŋ ɑn/

      UK /ˈgəʊɪŋ ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue doing something
      • To happen (usually negative)
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    • goodness

      US /ˈɡʊdnɪs/

      UK /ˈgʊdnəs/

      • Interjection
      • (Used to express slight surprise)
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Nourishment; good food value
      A2
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    • goose

      US /ɡus/

      UK /gu:s/

      • Countable Noun
      • Large water bird related to a duck
      • Someone you think is silly or foolish
      • Transitive Verb
      • To touch someone on their bottom
      B2
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    • ham

      US /hæm/

      UK /hæm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Smoked meat from leg of a pig, often eaten cold
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To act really badly (on stage)
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    • masculine

      US /ˈmæskjəlɪn/

      UK /ˈmæskjəlɪn/

      • Adjective
      • Having the characteristics associated with males
      B2
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    • match

      US /mætʃ/

      UK /mætʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To equal or be as good as something else
      • To work well or look good with something else
      • Noun
      • Something that is equal to or the same as another
      • Small stick you strike to light a fire candle etc.
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    • meat

      US /mit/

      UK /mi:t/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
      • Noun
      • Something that is important or significant
      A2
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    • moose

      US /mus/

      UK /mu:s/

      • Noun
      • Large deer with big antlers found in colder areas
      B2
      More
    • ox

      US /ɑ:ks/

      UK /ɒks/

      • Countable Noun
      • Cow-like animal kept for providing milk or meat
      B2
      More
    • pair

      US /per/

      UK /peə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Two of the same thing, e.g. socks
      • Two people viewed together for some reason; couple
      • Transitive Verb
      • To put two things or people together
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    • pear

      US /per/

      UK /peə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Fruit that is pointed at top, rounded at bottom
      B2
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    • plural

      US /ˈplʊrəl/

      UK /ˈpluərəl/

      • Adjective
      • Being more than one person or thing
      B1
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    • recite

      US /rɪˈsaɪt/

      UK /rɪˈsaɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To speak aloud a passage from memory
      • To relate facts or information from memory
      B2
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    • rhyme

      US /raɪm/

      UK /raɪm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • One of a group of words ending in similar sounds
      • Poem or song using similar-sounding words
      B2
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    • slim

      US /slɪm/

      UK /slɪm/

      • Adjective
      • Being thin in an appealing way
      • Being narrow in width
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To eat less in order to become thinner
      B1
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    • smell

      US /smɛl/

      UK /smel/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have a particular odor
      • Transitive Verb
      • To sense that something is not right
      • To notice a particular odor
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    • speak of

      US /spik ʌv/

      UK /spi:k ɔv/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To mention someone or something in conversation.
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    • straight

      US /stret/

      UK /streɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Not having curves, bends, or angles
      • Not gay; heterosexual
      • Adverb
      • in a line; immediately; honestly and directly
      • In a straight line; directly.
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    • suite

      US /swit/

      UK /swi:t/

      • Noun
      • Group of several shorter pieces of music
      • Set of rooms used for a particular purpose
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    • sword

      US /sɔrd/

      UK /sɔ:d/

      • Countable Noun
      • A long metal weapon with a sharp point and edge
      B1
      More
    • threat

      US /θrɛt/

      UK /θret/

      • Noun
      • Warning of probable trouble
      • A warning that you may be harmed
      A2TOEIC
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    • tough

      US /tʌf/

      UK /tʌf/

      • Adjective
      • (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
      • Very difficult to do or deal with
      • Noun
      • A rough and aggressive person.
      A2
      More
    • truck

      US /trʌk/

      UK /trʌk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Homegrown vegetables and fruit for sale
      • Large vehicle suitable for transporting things
      • Transitive Verb
      • To transport something on a lorry, van
      A2
      More
    • ward

      US /wɔ:rd/

      UK /wɔ:d/

      • Proper Noun
      • Person's name
      • Noun
      • Child legally protected and cared for by a court
      • Section or part of a town or city
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    • watch out

      US /wɑtʃ aʊt/

      UK /wɔtʃ aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To be careful; to be alert to danger
      A1
      More
    • wise

      US /waɪz/

      UK /waɪz/

      • Adjective
      • Knowledgeable about life; having good judgment
      A2
      More
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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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