Vocabulary

  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • check out
  • at school: Present and attending school.
  • have to: Must do
  • answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
  • talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
  • person: Man, woman or child
  • understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
  • answer: To reply to a question someone asks
  • bottom: The part of your body you sit on
  • reading: Text you are understanding or reading to others
  • small: Little in size; not big
  • make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
  • hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
  • party: Social event often with food, drinks and dancing
  • son: Male child; friendly way of addressing a boy
  • number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
  • listen: To carefully consider what someone is saying
  • sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
  • teach: To help someone learn or do something
  • write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
  • check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
  • verb: Word that expresses an action or state
  • kiss: To touch something in a light or gentle way
  • exam: (Medical) test to find out what is wrong
  • detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
  • notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
  • laptop: Portable computer small enough to use on your lap
  • video: Recording capturing action with sound
  • quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
  • click: To work well with someone or something
  • math: Study or science of numbers and shapes
  • document: Official (printed) record that gives information
  • soft: Having flowing curves rather than sharp edges
  • luck: Accidental way things happen, often good things
  • carefully: In a manner that involves focus and care
  • situation: Place, position or area that something is in
  • progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
  • progressing: To move forward or toward a place or goal
  • president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
  • correctly: In an accurate or correct manner
  • perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
  • common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
  • character: Person in a story, movie or play
  • object: Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
  • meaning: To express a particular idea or thought
  • imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
  • tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
  • smarter: More intelligent or clever
  • review: To carefully look at the quality of something
  • properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
  • pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
  • passionately: With powerful excitement and interest
  • personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
  • basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
  • progressive: Believing in modern ideas about social change
  • passionate: Being easily excited to strong emotions
  • refer: To talk about or write about something
  • passion: Powerful, positive excitement and interest
  • payable: Due to be paid; must be paid
  • phrasal: Concerning or consisting of a phrase
  • decipher: To uncover the meaning of something hard to read
  • audio: Concerning sound
  • subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
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    • answer to

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
      • To correspond to or match a description or requirement.
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    • at school

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Present and attending school.
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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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    • basically

      US /ˈbesɪkəli,-kli/

      UK /ˈbeɪsɪkli/

      • Adverb
      • Used before you explain something simply, clearly
      • In essence; when you consider the most important aspects of something.
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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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    • carefully

      US /ˈkɛrfəlɪ/

      UK /'keəfəlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In a manner that involves focus and care
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    • character

      US /ˈkærəktɚ/

      UK /'kærəktə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Person in a story, movie or play
      • Writing symbols, e.g. alphabet or Chinese writing
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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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    • correctly

      US /kəˈrɛktlɪ/

      UK /kə'rektlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In an accurate or correct manner
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    • decipher

      US /dɪˈsaɪfɚ/

      UK /dɪˈsaɪfə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To uncover the meaning of something hard to read
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    • document

      US /ˈdɑkjəmənt/

      UK /'dɒkjʊmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Official (printed) record that gives information
      • Transitive Verb
      • To support an opinion with recorded evidence
      A2TOEIC
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    • exam

      US /ɪɡˈzæm/

      UK /ɪgˈzæm/

      • Noun
      • (Medical) test to find out what is wrong
      • Test of your knowledge of, or ability in something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To inspect (someone or something) in detail to determine their nature or condition; investigate thoroughly.
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    • figure out

      US /ˈfɪɡjɚ aʊt/

      UK /ˈfiɡə aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To understand the behavior of someone
      • To think through logically to find a solution
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To understand or find an answer to something.
      • To find a solution to a problem or understand something.
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    • for example

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      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • kiss

      US /kɪs/

      UK /kɪs/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To touch something in a light or gentle way
      • To put your lips against another's to show love
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    • laptop

      US /ˈlæpˌtɑp/

      UK /ˈlæptɒp/

      • Countable Noun
      • Portable computer small enough to use on your lap
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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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    • math

      US /mæθ/

      UK /mæθ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Study or science of numbers and shapes
      A2
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    • object

      US /ˈɑbdʒɪkt/

      UK /'ɒbdʒɪkt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
      • Goal or purpose of a particular plan or activity
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To disagree; to protest against an idea or plan
      • To state one's reason for disagreement
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    • passion

      US /ˈpæʃən/

      UK /'pæʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Powerful, positive excitement and interest
      • Something for which one has a great love
      A2
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    • passionate

      US /ˈpæʃənɪt/

      UK /ˈpæʃənət/

      • Adjective
      • Being easily excited to strong emotions
      • Having strong sexual desires
      A2
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    • passionately

      US /ˈpæʃənɪtlɪ/

      UK /'pæʃənətlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • With powerful excitement and interest
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    • payable

      US /ˈpeəbəl/

      UK /ˈpeɪəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Due to be paid; must be paid
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    • personality

      US /ˌpɚsəˈnælɪti/

      UK /ˌpɜ:səˈnæləti/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
      • Person who is famous; celebrity
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    • phrasal

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Concerning or consisting of a phrase
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    • president

      US /ˈprɛzɪdənt,-ˌdɛnt/

      UK /ˈprezɪdənt/

      • Noun
      • Person in charge of a country, or organization
      • The highest-ranking executive in a corporation or organization.
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    • pretend

      US /prɪˈtɛnd/

      UK /prɪ'tend/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To act as if something is true when it is not
      • Adjective
      • Not real; imaginary.
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    • progress

      US /ˈprɑɡˌrɛs, -rəs, ˈproˌɡrɛs/

      UK /'prəʊɡres/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move forward or toward a place or goal
      • To make progress; develop or improve.
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of moving forward
      • The process of improving or developing something over a period of time.
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    • progressing

      US /prəɡ'resɪŋ/

      UK /prəɡ'resɪŋ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move forward or toward a place or goal
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    • progressive

      US /prəˈɡrɛsɪv/

      UK /prəˈgresɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Believing in modern ideas about social change
      • Increasing in extent or severity; occurring in gradual stages.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • People believing in bringing about social change
      • A person advocating or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas.
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    • properly

      US /ˈprɑːpərli/

      UK /ˈprɔpəlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In an appropriate or correct manner
      • In a way that is suitable or appropriate.
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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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    • refer

      US /rɪˈfɚ/

      UK /rɪ'fɜ:(r)/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To talk about or write about something
      • To give information about something
      A2TOEIC
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    • review

      US / rɪˈvju/

      UK /rɪˈvju:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To carefully look at the quality of something
      • To formally examine something in the military
      • Noun
      • Examination of soldiers and supplies
      • Opinion, as in a paper, about movie, book, or play
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    • soft

      US /sɔft, sɑft/

      UK /sɒft/

      • Adjective
      • Having flowing curves rather than sharp edges
      • Easy to press, bend or cut; not hard or firm
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    • subscribe

      US /səbˈskraɪb/

      UK /səb'skraɪb/

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

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To discuss a particular topic.
      • To be constantly mentioning or bringing up a subject.
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    • tense

      US /tɛns/

      UK /tens/

      • Noun
      • The use of grammar to state the time things happen
      • Adjective
      • Unable to relax; feeling nervous or stressed
      • Stretched tight and stiff
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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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    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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