Vocabulary

  • think about: To consider something carefully.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • house: Place where a specific activity or business occurs
  • man: Humans in general, including male and female
  • water: Clear liquid that forms the seas, rivers and rain
  • hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
  • stop: To block or close something
  • bed: Flat bottom surface of a lake, ocean etc.
  • catch: Amount of something that has been caught
  • wife: Married woman
  • driving: To move cattle from one place to another
  • town: Small city
  • tonight: Night following this day
  • safe: Highly likely
  • paper: Academic writing or a talk on a specific topic
  • woman: Adult female human being
  • write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
  • gate: Place in a fence which can be opened or closed
  • lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
  • high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
  • order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
  • break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
  • national: Concerning a nation as a whole
  • suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
  • dream: A wish or hope for something to happen
  • piece: A counter in a board game
  • history: Established pattern or record
  • information: Collection of facts and details about something
  • bring: To take or go with someone to a place
  • president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
  • spy: Person who gets secret information about an enemy
  • terrified: Very frightened
  • throat: Part of the neck that is below the chin
  • permission: Right to do something as allowed by another
  • director: Senior person who manages part of an organization
  • political: Being active or interested in government matters
  • force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
  • investigation: Search for information about something
  • headquarters: Main offices; administrative buildings or centers
  • bravery: Quality allowing someone to do courageous things
  • incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
  • gossip: To talk about others' private lives
  • authority: The power to give orders to people
  • crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
  • establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
  • nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
  • critical: Making a negative judgment of something
  • community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
  • entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
  • constitutional: Regarding laws that govern a nation and its people
  • classify: To arrange things into groups of similar items
  • nickname: Name given by friends or family
  • integrity: Quality of being honest, fair and honorable
  • sanitize: To make clean so people do not get sick
  • sabotage: To destroy or damage, often secretly, to weaken
  • fidelity: Loyalty
  • guardian: Person who guards, protects, or preserves
  • midst: Middle area or part of something
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    • authority

      US /əˈθɔrɪti, əˈθɑr-, ɔˈθɔr-, ɔˈθɑr-/

      UK /ɔ:ˈθɒrəti/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The power to give orders to people
      • Person who is an expert on a particular topic
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    • bravery

      US /ˈbrevəri, ˈbrevri/

      UK /'breɪvərɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Quality allowing someone to do courageous things
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    • classify

      US /ˈklæsəˌfaɪ/

      UK /'klæsɪfaɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To arrange things into groups of similar items
      • To keep some information secret from the public
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    • community

      US /kəˈmjunɪti/

      UK /kə'mju:nətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Group of people who share a common idea or area
      • A feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.
      • Adjective
      • Relating to or shared by the people in a particular area.
      • Shared or participated in by all members of a group
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    • constitutional

      US /ˌkɑnstɪˈtuʃənəl, -ˈtju-/

      UK /ˌkɒnstɪˈtju:ʃənl/

      • Adjective
      • Regarding laws that govern a nation and its people
      • Regarding the basic health, character of a person
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    • crisis

      US /ˈkraɪsɪs/

      UK /'kraɪsɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
      • A turning point in a disease.
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    • critical

      US /ˈkrɪtɪkəl/

      UK /ˈkrɪtɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Making a negative judgment of something
      • Being important or serious; vital; dangerous
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    • director

      US /dɪˈrɛktɚ, daɪ-/

      UK /də'rektə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Senior person who manages part of an organization
      • Person who controls the acting in a movie or play
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    • entire

      US /ɛnˈtaɪr/

      UK /ɪn'taɪə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
      • Undivided; not shared or distributed.
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    • establish

      US /ɪˈstæblɪʃ/

      UK /ɪˈstæblɪʃ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To set or create something to last for a long time
      • To use facts, evidence to show truth or clarity
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    • fidelity

      US /fɪˈdɛlɪti,faɪ-/

      UK /fɪˈdeləti/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Loyalty
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    • gate

      US /ɡet/

      UK /ɡeɪt/

      • Noun
      • Place in a fence which can be opened or closed
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    • gossip

      US /ˈgɑ:sɪp/

      UK /ˈgɒsɪp/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To talk about others' private lives
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Someone spreading talk about other's private lives
      • The sharing of stories about other people's private lives
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    • guardian

      US /ˈɡɑrdiən/

      UK /'ɡɑ:dɪən/

      • Noun
      • Person who guards, protects, or preserves
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    • headquarters

      US /ˈhɛdˌkwɔrtəz/

      UK /ˈhedˈkwɔ:təz/

      • Noun (plural)
      • Main offices; administrative buildings or centers
      • Noun
      • The main office or center of operations for an organization or company.
      • The command center of a military organization.
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    • history

      US /ˈhɪstəri/

      UK /'hɪstrɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Established pattern or record
      • Study of past events as an academic subject
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    • incident

      US / ˈɪnsɪdənt/

      UK /ˈɪnsɪdənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Event, usually unusual or important; accident
      • A political event that causes difficulties.
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    • integrity

      US /ɪnˈtɛɡrɪti/

      UK /ɪnˈtegrəti/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Quality of being honest, fair and honorable
      • The state of being whole and undivided.
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    • investigation

      US /ɪnˌvɛstɪˈɡeʃən/

      UK /ɪnˌvestɪ'ɡeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Search for information about something
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    • lie

      US /lai/

      UK /laɪ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be in a horizontal or flat position
      • To say something that you know is not true
      • Countable Noun
      • An untrue statement, when you know it is not true
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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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    • midst

      US /mɪdst, mɪtst/

      UK /mɪdst/

      • Noun
      • Middle area or part of something
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    • national

      US /ˈnæʃənəl, ˈnæʃnəl/

      UK /'næʃnəl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning a nation as a whole
      • Countable Noun
      • A person of a particular country
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    • nickname

      US /ˈnɪkˌnem/

      UK /ˈnɪkneɪm/

      • Noun
      • Name given by friends or family
      • Transitive Verb
      • To give someone an informal name or title
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    • permission

      US /pɚˈmɪʃən/

      UK /pəˈmɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Right to do something as allowed by another
      • Formal authorization from an authority.
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    • political

      US /pəˈlɪtɪkəl/

      UK /pəˈlɪtɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Being active or interested in government matters
      • Diplomatic
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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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    • sabotage

      US /ˈsæbəˌtɑʒ/

      UK /'sæbətɑ:ʒ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To destroy or damage, often secretly, to weaken
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Destroying or damaging so as to weaken enemy, etc.
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    • safe

      US /sef/

      UK /seɪf/

      • Adjective
      • Highly likely
      • Being out of danger
      • Countable Noun
      • Metal box with a lock to keep valuable things in
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    • sanitize

      US /ˈsænɪˌtaɪz/

      UK /'sænɪtaɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make clean so people do not get sick
      • (Of statements) to make less likely to offend
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    • spy

      US /spaɪ/

      UK /spaɪ/

      • Noun
      • Person who gets secret information about an enemy
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To try to get secrets about an enemy country
      • To secretly watch someone or something
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    • suppose

      US /səˈpoʊz/

      UK /sə'pəʊz/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To imagine or guess what might happen
      • Conjunction
      • What if
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    • terrified

      US /'terɪfaɪd/

      UK /ˈterɪfaɪd/

      • Adjective
      • Very frightened
      • Transitive Verb
      • To scare or greatly frighten
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    • think about

      US /θɪŋk əˈbaʊt/

      UK /θiŋk əˈbaut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To consider something carefully.
      • To remember or call to mind.
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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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    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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