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  • run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
  • go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
  • reduce to: To simplify or condense something.
  • end in: To have something as the final result.
  • think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
  • pick out: To choose or select one item from many
  • with just: Using only; with no more than.
  • park in: To drive a vehicle into a parking spot or area.
  • in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
  • check out
  • run: To depart or travel according to a schedule
  • today: This day; day that is happening now
  • dinner: Main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening
  • word: Unit of language that has a meaning
  • wake: To cause to become more energetic or attentive
  • work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
  • begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
  • hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
  • question: To ask for or try to get information
  • flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
  • sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
  • long: Person's name
  • answer: To reply to a question someone asks
  • come: To arrive at a place
  • think: To have an idea about something without certainty
  • sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
  • notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
  • exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
  • information: Collection of facts and details about something
  • verb: Word that expresses an action or state
  • improve: To make, or become, something better
  • slowly: In an unhurried or not speedy manner
  • list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
  • happen: To take place or occur
  • clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
  • pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
  • quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
  • line: Border that divides two places or regions
  • case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
  • stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
  • vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
  • consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
  • voice: Ability to sing well
  • unstressed: Having no accent or stress when spoken
  • drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
  • connected: To associate a thing with something else
  • reduced: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
  • comma: Mark showing a pause or list in a sentence
  • shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
  • reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
  • pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
  • phrase: Common expression or saying
  • link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
  • period: Set amount of time during which events take place
  • syllable: Part of a word containing a vowel
  • pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
  • release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
  • signaling: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
  • analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
  • combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
  • tend: To move or act in a certain manner
  • function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
  • comprehension: Act of understanding, e.g. a reading text
  • schwa: A neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables
  • flap: Motion or sound of something waving back and forth
  • intonation: Rises and falls in pitch of speech
  • diphthong: Union of two vowel sounds or vowel letters, e.g. the sounds , ai; ai, in pipe , paip; paip, , the letters ou in doubt, pipe , paip; paip, , ai; ai, ; doubtou
  • unvoiced: Produced without vibration of the vocal cords
  • glide: To move smoothly and quietly as if without effort
  • cluster: To come together in a group, flock etc.
  • audio: Concerning sound
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    • analyze

      US /ˈænəˌlaɪz/

      UK /'ænəlaɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To study carefully to find out the meaning of
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    • audio

      US /ˈɔ:dioʊ/

      UK /ˈɔ:diəʊ/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning sound
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Sound, especially when recorded or transmitted.
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    • check out

      US /tʃɛk aʊt/

      UK /tʃek aut/

      • Phrase
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To find out information about something
      • To take books out of a library
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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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    • combine

      US /kəmˈbaɪn/

      UK /kəmˈbaɪn/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To mix several things together to form one thing
      • To harvest by means of a combine.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A harvesting machine for cutting, threshing, and cleaning grain.
      • A mixture of different things.
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    • comma

      US /ˈkɑ:mə/

      UK /ˈkɒmə/

      • Noun
      • Mark showing a pause or list in a sentence
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    • comprehension

      US /ˌkɑmprɪˈhɛnʃən/

      UK /ˌkɒmprɪˈhenʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of understanding, e.g. a reading text
      • The scope or range of something.
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    • connected

      US /kəˈnɛktɪd/

      UK /kə'nektɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To associate a thing with something else
      • To join or attach things together
      • Adjective
      • Joined or linked together.
      • Having influential relationships.
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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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    • end in

      US /ɛnd ɪn/

      UK /end in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To have something as the final result.
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    • exercise

      US /ˈɛksɚˌsaɪz/

      UK /'eksəsaɪz/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To work out to become stronger and healthier
      • To retain your ability or practice your skills
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Physical activity to increase health and strength
      • Set of questions in a text book
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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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    • flat

      US /flæt/

      UK /flæt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Apartment; set of rooms for living in
      • The smooth or level part of something
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To share an apartment with someone
      • To fail to produce the intended effect; to be unsuccessful or uninteresting.
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    • function

      US /ˈfʌŋkʃən/

      UK /'fʌŋkʃn/

      • Noun
      • Social event, or party such as a wedding
      • Mathematical operation used in calculations
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To serve a certain purpose or role
      • To be operating, working or achieving its purpose
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    • glide

      US /ɡlaɪd/

      UK /ɡlaɪd/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move smoothly and quietly as if without effort
      • (Plane) to fly without using the engines
      • Noun
      • A smooth, continuous movement.
      • A smooth transition between two musical notes.
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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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    • in real life

      US /ɪn ˈriəl laɪf/

      UK /in riəl laif/

      • Phrase
      • In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
      • Actually; genuinely; not made up or fictional.
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    • intonation

      US /ˌɪntəˈneʃən,-to-/

      UK /ˌɪntəˈneɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Rises and falls in pitch of speech
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    • link

      US /lɪŋk/

      UK /lɪŋk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
      • Connection between two or more things or people
      • Transitive Verb
      • To join or connect together
      • To associate or connect in one's mind.
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    • park in

      US /ˈpɑrk ɪn/

      UK /ˈpɑ:k ɪn/

      • other
      • To drive a vehicle into a parking spot or area.
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    • phrase

      US /frez/

      UK /freɪz/

      • Noun
      • Common expression or saying
      • Section of musical notes in a piece of music
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To choose words to say what you mean clearly
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    • pick out

      US /pɪk aʊt/

      UK /pik aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To choose or select one item from many
      • To distinguish or recognize something or someone from a group.
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    • pitch

      US /pɪtʃ/

      UK /pɪtʃ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
      • To throw a baseball to a batter
      • Noun
      • Act of throwing a baseball for someone to hit
      • Playing fields in sports, e.g. for soccer
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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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    • reduce

      US /rɪˈdus, -ˈdjus/

      UK /rɪ'dju:s/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
      • To boil a liquid until it has decreased in amount
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    • reduce to

      US /rɪˈdus tu/

      UK /riˈdju:s tu:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To simplify or condense something.
      • To bring someone to a lower or worse state or condition.
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    • reduced

      US /rɪ'dju:st/

      UK /rɪ'dju:st/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
      • To boil a liquid until it has decreased in amount
      • Adjective
      • Simplified or made less complex.
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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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    • run in

      US /rʌn ɪn/

      UK /rʌn in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To arrest person and take them to police station
      • To drive engine slowly until ready for normal use
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    • signaling

      US /'sɪgnəlɪŋ/

      UK /'sɪgnəlɪŋ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be evidence/an indication something will happen
      • Transitive Verb
      • To send a message using your hands or other means
      • To make a noise or motion to tell someone to start
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    • stress

      US / strɛs/

      UK /stres/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
      • To put pressure on something or someone
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Emphasis on part of a word or sentence
      • Pressure on something or someone
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    • syllable

      US /ˈsɪləbəl/

      UK /'sɪləbl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Part of a word containing a vowel
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    • tend

      US /tɛnd/

      UK /tend/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move or act in a certain manner
      • Transitive Verb
      • To take care of
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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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    • unstressed

      US /ʌnˈstrɛst/

      UK /ʌnˈstrest/

      • Adjective
      • Having no accent or stress when spoken
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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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    • with just

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Using only; with no more than.
      • Barely; by a narrow margin.
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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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    US/brev/
    UK/breɪv/
    adj.Brave
    v.t.To bravely face
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