Vocabulary

  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • have to: Must do
  • work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
  • take out: To apply for and get a license
  • pull it out: To remove something from a place or container by pulling.
  • think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
  • by itself: Alone; without help or assistance.
  • in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
  • in places: In some locations but not others
  • in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
  • to do with: To be about something; concern
  • turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
  • in the moment: At the present time; now.
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • hat: Item of clothing worn on your head
  • sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
  • word: Unit of language that has a meaning
  • friend: Person who you like and enjoy being with
  • game: Activity with rules that people play to have fun
  • put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
  • fun: Amusing and enjoyable
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
  • toilet: Room where you go to urinate or excrete; bathroom
  • language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
  • teacher: Person who teaches others, especially in a school
  • watch: To keep in check, manage, or control something
  • teach: To help someone learn or do something
  • remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
  • pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
  • cool: Steady and calm when facing difficulties
  • quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
  • department: Division of a larger part or organization
  • call: A order or request for action
  • slowly: In an unhurried or not speedy manner
  • mean: Average of a set of numbers
  • turn: To become (a particular age)
  • notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
  • pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
  • hockey: Sport played on a field with sticks and a ball
  • adjective: A word that describes a noun, e.g. happy
  • bring: To take or go with someone to a place
  • complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
  • trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
  • preposition: Word such as 'at' 'on' etc. showing position/time
  • develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
  • complicated: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
  • speed: How fast or slow something is or is done
  • incorrectly: In a way that is incorrect or wrong
  • jog: To run at a steady, slow pace
  • remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
  • tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
  • challenging: Difficult to do
  • score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
  • beauty: Something attractive that produces great pleasure
  • structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
  • master: To gain control over something
  • demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
  • idiom: Phrase with a special, metaphoric meaning
  • imagery: Use of symbolism to help imagine something
  • variation: Something almost the same as another but different
  • philosophy: Study of ideas about the basic nature of life
  • generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
  • flash: To appear suddenly and briefly
  • native: Someone from or born in a specific country
  • specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
  • random: Chosen, done without a particular plan or pattern
  • randomly: With no pattern or clear purpose; by chance
  • generator: Machine that produces electrical power
  • hee
  • prop: Moveable item used on the set of a theater/film
  • subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
  • vocab: Informal term for vocabulary; the body of words known to a person or people.
  • dangle: To hang loosely in the air; hold a thing like this
  • marker: Something that is easy to recognize or identify
  • whatnot: Miscellaneous curios
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    • beauty

      US /ˈbjuti/

      UK /'bju:tɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something attractive that produces great pleasure
      • Physically or visually attractive person
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    • by itself

      US /baɪ ɪtˈsɛlf/

      UK /bai itˈself/

      • Adverb
      • Alone; without help or assistance.
      • Without any external influence or aid.
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    • challenging

      US /ˈtʃæləndʒɪŋ/

      UK /ˈtʃælɪndʒɪŋ/

      • Adjective
      • Difficult to do
      • Difficult in an interesting or enjoyable way.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To formally invite someone to compete at something
      • To question the correctness of something
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    • complicated

      US /ˈkɑmplɪˌketɪd/

      UK /'kɒmplɪkeɪtɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make more difficult to do, understand or use
      • Adjective
      • Difficult to do, understand or use
      • Involving many different and confusing aspects.
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    • dangle

      US /ˈdæŋɡəl/

      UK /ˈdæŋgl/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To hang loosely in the air; hold a thing like this
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    • demonstrate

      US /ˈdɛmənˌstret/

      UK /'demənstreɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To display a feeling or ability openly
      • To protest about something often as a group
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    • department

      US /dɪˈpɑ:rtmənt/

      UK /dɪˈpɑ:tmənt/

      • Noun
      • Division of a larger part or organization
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    • flash

      US /flæʃ/

      UK /flæʃ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To appear suddenly and briefly
      • To shine brightly very suddenly and briefly
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Sudden and brief appearance of something
      • Light used by a camera to brighten the area
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    • generate

      US /ˈdʒɛnəˌret/

      UK /ˈdʒenəreɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To create or be produced or bring into existence
      • To create electricity, heat, energy and power
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    • generator

      US /ˈdʒɛnəˌretɚ/

      UK /ˈdʒenəreɪtə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Machine that produces electrical power
      • An element that can be used to generate the elements of a group or set.
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • hee

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      UK

      • Interjection
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    • hockey

      US /ˈhɑ:ki/

      UK /ˈhɒki/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Sport played on a field with sticks and a ball
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    • idiom

      US /ˈɪdiəm/

      UK /ˈɪdiəm/

      • Noun
      • Phrase with a special, metaphoric meaning
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    • imagery

      US /ˈɪmɪdʒri/

      UK /'ɪmɪdʒərɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Use of symbolism to help imagine something
      • Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
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    • in order to

      US /ɪn ˈɔrdɚ tu/

      UK /in ˈɔ:də tu:/

      • Preposition
      • For the purpose of; with the aim of.
      • Phrase
      • In a specific sequence or arrangement.
      • With the aim of; for the purpose of.
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    • in places

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • In some locations but not others
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    • in the middle of

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • In the central part or point of something.
      • Engaged or occupied with something.
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    • in the moment

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • At the present time; now.
      • Spontaneously; without prior planning or consideration.
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    • incorrectly

      US /ˌɪnkə'rektlɪ/

      UK /ˌɪnkə'rektlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In a way that is incorrect or wrong
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    • jog

      US /dʒɑɡ/

      UK /dʒɒɡ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To run at a steady, slow pace
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A small, light knock or push
      • A knock or push on something lightly
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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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    • marker

      US /ˈmɑ:rkə(r)/

      UK /ˈmɑ:kə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something that is easy to recognize or identify
      • Thick pen used for writing, e.g. on boards
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    • master

      US /ˈmæstɚ/

      UK /'mɑ:stə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To gain control over something
      • To learn to do something very well
      • Adjective
      • Being very skilled at doing something
      • Being the main or most important thing or part
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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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    • of course

      US /ʌv kɔː(r)s/

      UK /ɔv kɔː(r)s/

      • Adverb
      • Sure ; Certainly
      • Phrase
      • For sure; certainly
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    • philosophy

      US /fɪˈlɑsəfi/

      UK /fə'lɒsəfɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Study of ideas about the basic nature of life
      • Attitude to life that a person has
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    • prop

      US /prɑp/

      UK /prɒp/

      • Countable Noun
      • Moveable item used on the set of a theater/film
      • Transitive Verb
      • To support an object so it doesn't fall down
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    • pull it out

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To remove something from a place or container by pulling.
      • To withdraw or remove something, such as a product or investment, from a particular situation or market.
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    • random

      US /ˈrændəm/

      UK /'rændəm/

      • Adjective
      • Chosen, done without a particular plan or pattern
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    • randomly

      US /'rændəmlɪ/

      UK /'rændəmlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • With no pattern or clear purpose; by chance
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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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    • score

      US /skɔr, skor/

      UK /skɔ:(r)/

      • Noun
      • A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
      • Current number of points given in a game, contest
      • Transitive Verb
      • To mark or cut something with a sharp object
      • To get or give points in a game, contest, or test
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    • specifically

      US /spəˈsɪfɪkli/

      UK /spəˈsɪfɪkli/

      • Adverb
      • As regards a particular thing; closely related to
      • In a definite and clear manner.
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    • speed

      US /spid/

      UK /spi:d/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • How fast or slow something is or is done
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move quickly when completing an action
      • To drive a vehicle faster than laws allow
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    • structure

      US /ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ/

      UK /ˈstrʌk.tʃə/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
      • A building or other man-made object.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To plan, organize, or arrange the parts of something
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    • subscribe

      US /səbˈskraɪb/

      UK /səb'skraɪb/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To regularly pay to receive a service
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    • take out

      US /tek aʊt/

      UK /teik aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To apply for and get a license
      • To take someone on a date
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Food purchased at a restaurant to eat elsewhere.
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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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    • tissue

      US /ˈtɪʃu/

      UK /ˈtɪʃu:/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
      • Kind of thin, light paper used to pack objects
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    • to do with

      US

      UK

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

      US /'tɔɪlət/

      UK /ˈtɔɪlət/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Room where you go to urinate or excrete; bathroom
      • A fixture in a bathroom used for urination and defecation.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To wash and take care of your body
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    • trick

      US /trɪk/

      UK /trɪk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To fool someone in order to obtain a result
      • To playfully tease or fool to make someone laugh
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of trying to fool someone
      • Quick or skillful way of doing something
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    • turn around

      US /tɚn əˈraʊnd/

      UK /tə:n əˈraund/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To change your body to the opposite direction
      • To make something running badly into a success
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To change direction so as to face the opposite way.
      • To improve or cause to improve.
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    • variation

      US /ˌvɛriˈeʃən, ˈvær-/

      UK /ˌveəriˈeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something almost the same as another but different
      • Music played with a different tune from another
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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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    • whatnot

      US /ˈwɑːt.nɑːt/

      UK /ˈwɒt.nɒt/

      • Noun
      • Miscellaneous curios
      • Uncountable Noun
      • And other similar things
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    • work on

      US /wɚk ɑn/

      UK /wə:k ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To devote effort to improve or develop something
      • To try to persuade or influence someone.
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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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