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Hagfish: The world's slimiest creatures - Noah R. Bressman and Douglas Fudge

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stupendous

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US / stju:ˈpendəs /

UK / stuˈpɛndəs, stju- /

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  • adjecitve
  • Amazingly large, impressive, good, etc.

pack

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UK / pæk /

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  • noun
  • Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
  • Group of people, animals, or objects
  • verb
  • To put things in a suitcase to go on a trip
  • To crowd a place with a large amount of things
  • To put something into a container to store it

coat

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UK / koʊt /

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  • noun
  • Clothing worn outside over your normal clothes
  • verb
  • To cover something thinly with something

attach

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US / ə'tætʃ /

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  • verb
  • To be associated or connected with

tough

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US / tʌf /

UK / tʌf /

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  • adjecitve
  • (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
  • Very difficult to do or deal with
  • Having strict standards
  • Being firm and not easily bent or broken
  • Being strong physically or mentally
  • Being difficult to persuade
  • Capable of violence

content

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  • adjecitve
  • Being happy or satisfied
  • noun
  • Information in something, e.g. book or computer

can

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US / kæn /

UK / kən,kæn /

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  • noun
  • A metal container for storing food
  • other
  • Able to; have the skill to; have the time to
  • verb
  • To have permission to
  • To be possible to do
  • To preserve food by sealing it in a metal container

superfine

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UK / ˈsuːpərfaɪn /

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  • adjecitve
  • Extremely fine in texture, etc.

structure

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US / ˈstrʌk.tʃə /

UK / ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ /

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  • noun
  • The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in
  • verb
  • To plan, organize, or arrange the parts of something

protein

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  • noun
  • Group of molecules made from amino acids

now

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  • adverb
  • At the present time or moment
  • Right away or in the next possible moment
  • Used to refer to something that just happened
  • Time between the present and a moment in the past
  • conjunction
  • Resulting from or because of something

organ

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US / 'ɔ:ɡən /

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  • noun
  • Part of a person's body with a particular function
  • Large institution or body
  • Large wind instrument similar to a piano

yet

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US / jet /

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  • adverb
  • At a later time (used after ‘not’)
  • (Used to emphasize that thing is, will be greater)
  • Eventually; at a future time
  • Until now; up to the present
  • conjunction
  • Adding to what has been said, often as a contrast

slime

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US / slaɪm /

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  • noun
  • Thick slippery substance, often rather disgusting

safety

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  • noun
  • Device on a gun to prevent accidental shooting
  • State of being free from harm or danger

dot

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  • noun
  • Small round mark
  • verb
  • To place small amounts/things in various places
  • To mark something by placing a small, round spot

currently

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  • adverb
  • Happening or being in the present time

avoid

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  • verb
  • To prevent from happening
  • To stay away from

whole

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  • adjecitve
  • Complete or full; all of
  • Being in a good condition
  • noun
  • Complete amount or sum; total

vesicle

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  • noun
  • Small bladder-like structure in the body

survive

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  • verb
  • To continue to live despite illness or trouble

shark

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  • noun
  • Person who lends money at unfair rates of interest
  • Large and dangerous fish with sharp teeth

powerful

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US / ˈpauəful /

UK / ˈpaʊəfəl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Having control or influence over
  • Having a lot of physical force, energy, strength

incredibly

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  • adverb
  • To a great degree; very; amazingly

good

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  • adjecitve
  • Proper, appropriate or right
  • (Of an amount) enough; plenty
  • Excellent; high quality
  • Acting well or properly; of moral character
  • In a positive or happy emotional state
  • noun
  • Advantage or benefit

but

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US / bət /

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  • conjunction
  • Used before you say something different, opposite

sense

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US / sens /

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  • noun
  • Certain mental feeling or emotion
  • Normal or clear state of mind
  • Meaning of a particular word, phrase or text
  • verb
  • To perceive using sight, sound, taste touch etc.
  • To recognize the presence of something

smell

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  • noun
  • Ability to notice a particular odor
  • A particular odor
  • verb
  • To have a particular odor
  • To sense that something is not right
  • To notice a particular odor
  • To use the nose to sense something

meal

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  • noun
  • Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
  • Grain that has been ground into a powder

knot

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  • noun
  • Secure form of tying a rope, string etc.
  • verb
  • To tie string, rope etc. firmly to stop it undoing

coil

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  • noun
  • Wire wound into circles to carry electricity
  • Long material wound into circular rings
  • verb
  • To curl or wind around especially in neat rings
  • To make (rope, hair, etc.) into circles; wind

cloud

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  • noun
  • A mass of smoke or mist hanging in the air
  • verb
  • To confuse the mind/judgment of a person
  • (Of the sky) to get darker and fill with clouds
  • To make (glass, etc.) difficult to see through
  • To make an activity less pleasant or enjoyable
  • (Of person's face, etc.) to show worry/anger

would

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  • other
  • Used to indicate something imagined
  • Used to ask or request something politely
  • Verb used to indicate possibility, request etc.
  • Used to indicate a preference
  • Used to indicate a reaction
  • Indicates something that occurred repeatedly
  • Used to indicate willingness or ability to do

really

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US / ˈri:əli /

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  • adverb
  • Used to stress something that is said; definitely
  • In a true or accurate manner
  • Very

bone

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  • noun
  • Hard piece of your body that holds your muscles
  • verb
  • To remove bones from meat or fish

halt

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  • verb
  • To stop, or cause something, e.g. a car, to stop

clear

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  • adjecitve
  • Empty; without anything in it or on it
  • Being certain and without doubt
  • Being without any streaks, spots, or cracks
  • Easy to understand; well-explained; obvious
  • adverb
  • Completely; entirely; through the whole of
  • Away from; free from
  • verb
  • To recover from or remove a problem
  • To get rid of the entire contents of
  • To give permission for something to happen
  • To make a place or surface empty by removing
  • To prove that someone is not guilty or to blame

sleeve

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US / sli:v /

UK / sliv /

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  • noun
  • Part of a garment covering the arm

seawater

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  • noun
  • Water from the sea; salt water

know

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US / nəʊ /

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  • verb
  • To be familiar with a person or place, thing
  • To feel sure or be convinced about something
  • To discover or be aware of something
  • To be able to distinguish
  • To have knowledge of things

could

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  • other
  • Past form of 'can' to mean have ability
  • Used to ask for something politely, or to offer

with

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  • preposition
  • As an employee of a certain company
  • Against something or someone
  • By using something as a means
  • Due to; because of
  • Including
  • Possessing as a feature
  • Related to
  • (Of the manner/attitude by which you do something)
  • Used to express that people or things are together

muscle

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US / 'mʌsl /

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  • noun
  • Physical power
  • Body tissue that moves parts of the body
  • verb
  • To use or muscles of force to get what you want

eel

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US / i:l /

UK / il /

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  • noun
  • Long thin fish that looks like a snake

fibre

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UK / ˈfaɪbɚ /

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  • noun
  • Thin natural thread that can be used to make yarn

see

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US / si: /

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  • verb
  • To go on a date with someone
  • To predict whether something is, or will be true
  • To understand what someone says
  • To use your eyes to look at something
  • To visit a place often for sightseeing or pleasure
  • To visit or meet with someone
  • To find out by waiting or looking
  • To watch (a game, movie or TV show)

meat

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UK / mit /

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  • noun
  • Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
  • Something that is important or significant

car

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  • noun
  • A vehicle with wheels and engine to carry people

art

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  • noun
  • Creative skill using the imagination e.g. painting
  • A skill or talent you have

without

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US / wɪˈðaʊt /

UK / wɪðˈaʊt, wɪθ- /

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  • preposition
  • Not with; not having

substance

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  • noun
  • Essence of; most basic or central qualities
  • Particular type of material
  • Having material form; existing
  • Quality of truth, importance, or meaningfulness

seafloor

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UK / ˈsiˌflɔr, -ˌflor /

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  • noun
  • Bottom of the sea

part

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  • adjecitve
  • To some degree; half; not fully
  • noun
  • Division of a book
  • Ratio of something, e.g. 3 of gin, 1 of tonic
  • A line in a person's hair, made with a comb
  • Character an actor plays on stage, movie, or TV
  • Some, but not all of a specific thing
  • Role in causing something to happen
  • verb
  • To make a line in a person's hair, by using a comb
  • To move two things apart creating a space
  • To leave someone, or to break off a relationship

have

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  • verb
  • To drink, smoke, eat or use something
  • To experience the effects of something
  • To organize an event, or join in an activity
  • To own, possess, or hold something
  • To cause to happen or produce a particular effect

carcass

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  • noun
  • Dead body of an animal

bite

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  • noun
  • Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
  • Wound left from being bitten
  • verb
  • (E.g. of fish) to take bait and be caught
  • To close your teeth onto something, usually to eat

before

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  • adverb
  • At a time earlier than the present; previously
  • conjunction
  • In advance of something happening
  • preposition
  • In front of someone or something

scene

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UK / sin /

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  • noun
  • Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
  • View that looks like a picture
  • Place where something particular happened
  • Part of an act in a play

gear

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  • noun
  • A speed selector connected to an engine
  • Special clothes you use for a purpose
  • Toothed wheel shifting power from engine to wheels
  • verb
  • To aim at or prepare yourself for something

explore

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  • verb
  • To examine something in detail to learn about it
  • To travel to a place to discover more about it

wetsuit

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  • noun
  • Suit made of rubber for diving and surfing

model

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US / ˈmɒdl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being an excellent example of
  • noun
  • Person who wears fashion to show it to the public
  • A small scale copy of a full original
  • verb
  • To wear and display clothes at a fashion show
  • To make a small scale copy of a full original

hundred

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US / 'hʌndrəd /

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  • number
  • 100

away

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  • adjecitve
  • Not present
  • adverb
  • Disappear completely
  • Doing something with a lot of energy
  • Not here; far from here; in a different direction
  • To a different area, location

swell

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US / swel /

UK / swɛl /

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  • noun
  • Being overcome from feeling a strong emotion
  • Act of growing in size or increasing in number
  • The size of the waves (surfing)
  • verb
  • To feel overcome due to a strong emotion
  • To increase in size or number larger than normal
  • To become larger than normal, often due to injury

out

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US / aʊt /

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  • adverb
  • No longer stylish (e.g. fashion)
  • Away from home, business, or the usual place
  • In a direction/movement away from inside or center
  • noun
  • Act when a batter cannot continue playing
  • verb
  • To tell people a secret

from

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US / frəm /

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  • preposition
  • Starting at a particular place, time or level

fish

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  • noun
  • Animal that swims and lives in water
  • verb
  • To go fishing with a net or hook

rest

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  • noun
  • Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
  • State in which there is a lack of motion
  • Part of something remaining after some was used
  • verb
  • To stop working or avoid activity to recover
  • (Of dead person) to lie in a grave
  • To lean, support or place something against
  • To not be tired because you had enough sleep

wriggle

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US / ˈrɪgl /

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  • verb
  • To move somewhere by twisting, turning your body

lot

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  • noun
  • What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • A group of people seen together
  • Item for sale at an auction
  • Small area of land used for a purpose e.g. parking

dilemma

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US / dɪ'lemə /

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  • noun
  • Position in which you must make difficult choices

back

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  • adjecitve
  • Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
  • adverb
  • Have returned to a place you were before
  • noun
  • The part of a chair that the upper body leans upon
  • Location at the rear of something
  • The reverse of side something
  • Area on the rear of your body
  • verb
  • To bet money on something
  • To go backwards in a car
  • To support and encourage someone or some cause

and

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US / ənd /

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  • conjunction
  • Used to refer to two or more things
  • Plus; in addition; on top of that
  • Used to introduce an action that follows another

where

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  • conjunction
  • At or in the place which
  • In whatever place
  • pronoun
  • Word you use to ask the location of something

wonderful

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US / ˈwʌndəfl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Producing feelings of enjoyment or delight

trick

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  • adjecitve
  • Not reliable; likely to deceive you
  • noun
  • Act of trying to fool someone
  • Quick or skillful way of doing something
  • Something done to make someone laugh
  • verb
  • To fool someone in order to obtain a result
  • To playfully tease or fool to make someone laugh

screech

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  • verb
  • To make a loud high cry of pain, anger, or fear

another

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  • adjecitve
  • One more, but not this
  • determiner
  • One more added
  • pronoun
  • One more (thing)

sentence

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  • noun
  • Official punishment given by a court of law
  • Set of words that make a whole statement
  • verb
  • (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of

release

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  • noun
  • Act of freeing someone from a duty or burden
  • Introduction of a new product, film, book, etc.
  • Relief from sadness, suffering or trouble
  • Act of freeing from a jail, cage, prison, etc.
  • verb
  • To free someone from a responsibility or burden
  • To allow a film, music etc. to be sold/distributed
  • To allow to leave a jail, cage, etc.; let out
  • To let go of something you are holding

only

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  • adverb
  • Just one; just that amount or thing; not more than
  • Not very important or serious
  • Just that type of thing, person
  • Short time ago; not before a certain time
  • conjunction
  • Except; but

detect

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  • verb
  • To discover or identify the presence of something

clean

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  • adjecitve
  • Not marked in any way; blank
  • Done according to the rules or standards; fair
  • Free from disease or sickness
  • Being free from dirt or marks; washed
  • Behaving well; not breaking any rules; legal
  • adverb
  • Completely; entirely
  • verb
  • To make free from dirt or marks; washed
  • To make neat and orderly e.g. a room
  • To remove the inner parts of an animal

skin

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US / skɪn /

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  • noun
  • Outer covering of an animal used for leather; hide
  • Outer covering of a fruit or vegetable
  • Outer layer of an animal or human
  • Outer part of an object, such as a plane
  • verb
  • To defeat someone easily and completely
  • To hurt yourself, accidentally cutting yourself
  • To remove the outer covering from an animal

yank

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US / jæŋk /

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  • verb
  • To pull or tug on something

slip

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  • noun
  • A field position in cricket
  • A quick escape or become free from something
  • Combination of clay and water, used in pottery
  • Occasion when something grows worse or drops lower
  • Minor mistake
  • Thin women's underwear to go under a dress
  • verb
  • To begin to fall as a result of losing balance
  • To escape or become free from something
  • To move from one state to another, usually worse
  • To slide out of place or fall to the ground
  • To occur or pass rapidly
  • To put something in a place quietly and secretly

mess

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US / mes /

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  • noun
  • Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
  • verb
  • To make something untidy or dirty

why

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UK / hwaɪ, waɪ /

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  • adverb
  • Question word to ask for a reason
  • exclamation
  • (Used to express surprise or approval)

time

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  • noun
  • Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • Point as shown on a clock, e.g. 3 p.m
  • Number of hours, minutes needed to do something
  • Occasion when something happens
  • Period or occasion that something occurred
  • Period in history or the past
  • Something measured in minutes, hours, days, etc.
  • How long an event takes; duration
  • verb
  • To check speed at which music is performed
  • To choose a specific moment to do something
  • To measure how long an event takes, e.g. a race
  • To schedule something to occur at a specific moment

through

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  • adjecitve
  • having finished using or doing something
  • adverb
  • From the beginning of something until the end
  • preposition
  • Over, in, across an entire thing or place
  • Allowing you to pass between, or to
  • By a particular way or process; by the use of

toothlike

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  • other
  • Resembling a tooth

line

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  • noun
  • Border that divides two places or regions
  • Long crease in the skin, often from age
  • Mark that is long, straight and very thin
  • Row of words, letters or numbers that are written
  • Telephone connection
  • People waiting one behind the other; queue
  • Long thin wire, e.g. for electrical signal
  • verb
  • To put material along the inside of something

just

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US / dʒʌst /

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  • adjecitve
  • Proper or appropriate; as is deserved
  • Doing or being what is right or fair
  • Legally correct; having enough evidence
  • adverb
  • Almost; nearly
  • Exactly at the time of
  • Exactly (the same as, like)

gland

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US / ɡlænd /

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  • noun
  • Organ that produces substances for the body to use

cycle

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US / ˈsaɪkl /

UK / ˈsaɪkəl /

A2
  • noun
  • Series of regular and repeated actions
  • Bicycle, bike
  • verb
  • To go through a series of events repeatedly
  • To ride on a bicycle

animal

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US / ˈænɪml /

UK / ˈænəməl /

A1
  • noun
  • A living creature that is not a plant or person

strong

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US / strɒŋ /

UK / strɔŋ /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
  • Having big muscles; physically powerful

much

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US / mʌtʃ /

UK / mʌtʃ /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Very; to a high level or degree
  • adverb
  • A lot; large amount; a high degree of
  • Nearly; basically
  • On many occasions; often
  • noun
  • A large amount; a great quantity

fact

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US / fækt /

UK / fækt /

A1
  • noun
  • Something that is known or proved to be true

nutrient

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US / ˈnju:triənt /

UK / ˈnutriənt /

B1
  • noun
  • A chemical living things needs to be healthy

within

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US / wɪˈðɪn /

UK / wɪðˈɪn, wɪθ- /

A1
  • adverb
  • Inside the limits of an area, time or range
  • preposition
  • From the inside of something

well

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US / wel /

UK / wɛl /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being in a fortunate, good condition or state
  • Healthy and in good condition
  • adverb
  • In an acceptable, proper, or successful manner
  • In a complete, total, or full manner
  • A great and considerable degree
  • In a successful way, in a good or satisfactory way
  • exclamation
  • Used to begin or continue a particular statement
  • Used to show you want to start saying something
  • Used to express that you are waiting for a reply
  • You say this to change the topic of a conversation
  • Used to indicate you are making a final remark
  • noun
  • Long deep hole in the ground to get water
  • verb
  • To cause your eyes to fill with tears

start

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US / stɑ:t /

UK / stɑrt /

A1
  • noun
  • First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • First opportunity to achieve something, e.g. a job
  • Sudden action or movement because you are scared
  • other
  • Beginning of something in place or time
  • verb
  • To do, be or happen for the first time; begin
  • To turn something on

fraction

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US / ˈfrækʃn /

UK / ˈfrækʃən /

B1
  • noun
  • Small part of something

those

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US / ðəʊz /

UK / ðoz /

A1
  • determiner
  • The people or things we are talking about
  • pronoun
  • The objects far from the speaker

hour

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US / 'aʊə(r) /

UK / aʊr /

A1
  • noun
  • 60 minutes
  • Particular time of the day
  • Fixed, regularly occurring time

trap

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US / træp /

UK / træp /

A2
  • noun
  • Device used for catching animals
  • Vehicle pulled by a single horse
  • Area or hazard on a golf course
  • Someone's mouth
  • Uncomfortable event that is hard to escape
  • verb
  • To use a device to catch animals or people
  • To hold, e.g. a nerve, so that it cannot move
  • To catch or prevent someone from escaping
  • To trick someone
  • To put into a situation you can't escape from

mass

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US / mæs /

UK / mæs /

B1
  • noun
  • Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
  • Large amount or number of something
  • Main or largest part of something
  • Large number of people considered as a whole
  • Amount of matter that an object has
  • verb
  • To gather people or things into a large group

emulate

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US / ˈemjuleɪt /

UK / ˈɛmjəˌlet /

B2
  • verb
  • To try to be like; copy; imitate

suffocate

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US / ˈsʌfəkeɪt /

UK / ˈsʌfəˌket /

C1
  • verb
  • To (cause to) die from lack of air to breathe
  • To stop a thing developing, e.g. by too many rules

spew

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US / spju: /

UK / spju /

C1
  • verb
  • To come out or push out with force

leverage

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US / 'li:vərɪdʒ /

UK / ˈlɛvərɪdʒ, ˈlivə- /

B2
  • noun
  • An advantage which gives you influence or power
  • verb
  • To use an advantage which gives you influence

encounter

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US / ɪn'kaʊntə(r) /

UK / ɛnˈkaʊntɚ /

B1
  • noun
  • A chance meeting; unexpected or unplanned meeting
  • verb
  • To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
  • To meet someone or something unexpectedly

baggy

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US / 'bæɡɪ /

UK / ˈbæɡi /

C2
  • adjecitve
  • (Of clothes) roomy, loose fitting

than

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US / ðən /

UK / ðən /

A1
  • conjunction
  • Used to compare two things that are not equal

strength

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US / streŋθ /

UK / strɛŋkθ, strɛŋθ, strɛnθ /

A2
  • noun
  • Condition of being strong

one

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US / wʌn /

UK / wʌn /

A1
  • pronoun
  • You; we; people in general; someone
  • The thing or person previously referred to
  • adjecitve
  • Used to refer to people generally
  • Being a strong example of (something mentioned)
  • number
  • Number 1

into

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US / 'ɪntə /

UK / ˈɪntu /

A1
  • preposition
  • Moving or going inside something
  • In the same direction as; in the direction of
  • So as to become; taking the state of

clench

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US / klentʃ /

UK / klɛntʃ /

B2
  • verb
  • To hold something tightly; to make a fist

year

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US / jə: /

UK / jɪr /

A1
  • noun
  • Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
  • Used to refer to the age of a person

slimy

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US / ˈslaɪmi /

UK / ˈslaɪmi /

B2
  • adjecitve
  • With or resembling slime; disgustingly thick

slide

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US / slaɪd /

UK / slaɪd /

A2
  • noun
  • Part of machines that slides backward and forward
  • Reduction in amount, price, quality
  • Metal or plastic device, used to hold back hair
  • Piece of glass to view object on using microscope
  • Action of moving by means of sliding
  • Sudden unexpected fall of mud or rock down a hill
  • Small piece of film with a photo on it
  • A child's play apparatus in a park for sliding
  • A backless shoe with an open toe
  • A slip on something wet or slippery
  • verb
  • To pass or move smoothly and rapidly into or out
  • To grow increasingly worse over time
  • To move smoothly and rapidly over a surface
  • (Mud or rock) to fall down a hill
  • To secretly pass something into or out of
  • To slip on something wet or slippery

live

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US / lɪv /

UK / liv /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being broadcast as events happen, not recorded
  • Carrying electric current; able to give a shock
  • Glowing because burning; hot
  • Not yet killed (for food)
  • adverb
  • (Music, drama) as it is performed
  • verb
  • To be alive
  • To experience a particular type of life
  • To make your home in a house or town

alternative

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US / ɔ:lˈtɜ:nətɪv /

UK / ɔlˈtɚnətɪv, æl- /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • A different choice
  • noun
  • Something different you can choose

also

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US / 'ɔ:lsəʊ /

UK / ˈɔlso /

A1
  • adverb
  • In addition; too; in a similar way

essential

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US / ɪ'senʃl /

UK / ɪˈsɛnʃəl /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Extremely or most important and necessary

deep

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US / di:p /

UK / dip /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Complex and important
  • Extreme or intense
  • Going far down from the surface
  • Low in pitch, as a sound
  • adverb
  • At a certain distance beneath the surface

apparently

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US / əˈpærəntli /

UK / əˈpærəntlɪ /

A2
  • adverb
  • According to what you heard; from what can be seen

truck

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US / trʌk /

UK / trʌk /

A2
  • noun
  • Homegrown vegetables and fruit for sale
  • Large vehicle suitable for transporting things
  • Simple frame with wheels for moving things; cart
  • verb
  • To transport something on a lorry, van

this

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US / ðɪs /

UK / ðɪs /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Used to indicate something already been discussed
  • Used to indicate something happening around now
  • adverb
  • An indication by a physical motion or gesture
  • A specific amount of
  • determiner
  • Person, thing, or idea near you
  • pronoun
  • Person, thing that has already been discussed

may

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US / meɪ /

UK / me /

A1
  • noun
  • 5th month of the year
  • other
  • Used to express a desire
  • Expresses permission, possibility or probability
  • Used to show that a thing could be true

free

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US / fri: /

UK / fri /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Living, happening without being controlled
  • Costing no money
  • Not working; not busy
  • verb
  • To release (e.g. bird) from a cage or prison

make

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US / meɪk /

UK / mek /

A1
  • noun
  • Product made by a particular company; brand
  • verb
  • To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
  • To get to (a place) on time
  • To gain the status of (teacher, lawyer, etc.)
  • To create something by putting things together
  • To earn a certain amount of money at a job
  • To cause or force a person to do something
  • To cause something to happen or be formed

delicate

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US / 'delɪkət /

UK / ˈdɛlɪkɪt /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Easily broken or damaged
  • Finely made, with great care

body

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US / ˈbɒd.i /

UK / ˈbɑdi /

A1
  • noun
  • An object distinct from other objects
  • A group of people involved in an activity together
  • Main part of something
  • A person's physical self

unscathed

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US / ʌnˈskeɪðd /

UK / ʌnˈskeðd /

C1
  • adjecitve
  • Not harmed/damaged by something bad that happened

the

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US / ðə /

UK / ðə /

A1
  • article
  • Used to refer to something already mentioned
  • Used to show there is only one of something
  • determiner
  • Used to describe all of a family

material

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US / məˈtɪəriəl /

UK / məˈtɪriəl /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Relevant; (of evidence) important or significant
  • Belonging to the world of physical things
  • noun
  • Cloth; fabric
  • Supplies or data needed to do a certain thing
  • Substance from which a thing is made of

little

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US / 'lɪtl /

UK / ˈlɪtl /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being short in length of time
  • Not great in size, amount, or degree; small
  • Being very young or younger than others
  • adverb
  • By an amount or degree that is not very much
  • Not often; rarely
  • noun
  • A person's name

unfazed

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US / ʌnˈfeɪzd /

UK / ʌnˈfezd /

C2
  • adjecitve
  • Not fazed or disturbed

multiple

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US / ˈmʌltɪpl /

UK / ˈmʌltəpəl /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Having or involving more than one of something
  • noun
  • Number produced by multiplying a smaller number
  • Shop with many branches

eject

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US / ɪ'dʒekt /

UK / ɪ'dʒekt /

B2
  • verb
  • To make a disc or tape come out of a machine
  • To throw someone out; force someone to leave

choke

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US / tʃəʊk /

UK / tʃoʊk /

B2
  • verb
  • To cause someone not to breathe
  • To be unable to breath due to a blockage
  • To fail to perform well, due to stress

actively

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US / 'æktɪvlɪ /

UK / 'æktɪvlɪ /

A2
  • adverb
  • Doing things to achieve a specific goal

what

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US / wɒt /

UK / hwɑt, hwʌt, wɔt, wʌt,hwət, wət /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Thing or things that; the same kind as
  • Used to emphasize something you are about to say
  • adjecitve
  • Used to refer to a particular amount, or number
  • Used to place emphasis on a particular quality
  • adverb
  • To a certain degree
  • determiner
  • Question words used for asking for information
  • exclamation
  • Used to express excitement, shock, or surprise
  • Used to ask people to repeat something they said

that

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US / ðæt /

UK / ðæt, ðət /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • The person or thing being talked about
  • Used to identify something both the speakers know
  • adverb
  • Used to reinforce adjectives and adverbs
  • To such a degree
  • conjunction
  • Used to connect a noun clause
  • Used to introduce an adverbial clause
  • Used to introduce a noun clause
  • determiner
  • Used as a noun to refer to something
  • pronoun
  • Referring an object far away
  • Used to refer to the relative pronoun ‘which’

rival

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US / 'raɪvl /

UK / 'raɪvl /

A2
  • verb
  • To be nearly as good as others in quality, skill
  • To be in opposition often as competitors
  • adjecitve
  • Matching the quality, skill, et. of others
  • Opposing; being the team you compete against
  • noun
  • Someone you are competing against/trying to beat

people

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US / 'pi:pl /

UK / ˈpipəl /

A1
  • noun
  • Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • Men, Women, Children

like

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US / laɪk /

UK / laɪk /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being equal in status or kind to something else
  • Similar; the same
  • adverb
  • For example
  • preposition
  • Used as a filler; used to ad emphasis
  • In a way similar to the way something is done
  • Such as; for example
  • verb
  • To want to
  • To find something pleasing; to prefer something

boat

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US / bəʊt /

UK / bot /

A1
  • noun
  • Small form of transport for traveling on water
  • verb
  • To travel on a lake or river

absolute

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US / ˈæbsəlu:t /

UK / ˈæbsəˌlut /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Complete; total; pure; not limited in any way
  • noun
  • Something that is complete, total, pure, certain

about

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US / ə'baʊt /

UK / əˈbaʊt /

A1
  • adverb
  • To be ready to; going to
  • Nearly; approximately; roughly
  • Near; next to; close to
  • In every direction; in the area of
  • preposition
  • Concerning or of (a topic)

thread

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US / θred /

UK / θrɛd /

B1
  • noun
  • Spiral cut at the end of a bolt
  • A long, very thin, material used to sew cloth
  • Idea/theme connecting different parts of a story
  • verb
  • To move yourself through a crowded or narrow space
  • To put wire, string, etc. through a hole or needle

master

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US / 'mɑ:stə(r) /

UK / ˈmæstɚ /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Being very skilled at doing something
  • Being the main or most important thing or part
  • noun
  • Someone who is very skilled at doing something
  • Holding a higher degree from a university
  • Male teacher
  • Owner of an animal, e.g. a dog
  • verb
  • To gain control over something
  • To learn to do something very well

own

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US / əʊn /

UK / on /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Belong to oneself
  • determiner
  • Yours, his, hers, etc.; not belonging to another
  • pronoun
  • (Something) belong to myself
  • verb
  • To have something as your property

cause

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US / kɔ:z /

UK / kɔz /

A2
  • noun
  • Belief, goal or organization that people support
  • Reason for
  • verb
  • To make something happen; create effect or result

tooth

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US / tu:θ /

UK / tuθ /

A1
  • noun
  • A sharp points on the edge of a machine or tool
  • Hard white things in the mouth, used to bite

hit

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US / hɪt /

UK / hɪt /

A1
  • noun
  • A planned killing, usually for money
  • Song, movie etc. that is successful
  • When someone strikes someone or something
  • Time when a player makes contact with the ball
  • Time when a website is accessed
  • verb
  • To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
  • To press something, such as a button or switch
  • To suddenly realize the importance of something
  • To move your hand, a bat, etc. against with force
  • To fight, attack or damage something or someone
  • To arrive at a specific place, level, or goal
  • To make contact with the ball in a game or sport

highway

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US / 'haɪweɪ /

UK / ˈhaɪˌwe /

A2
  • noun
  • Main road connecting places

catch

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US / kætʃ /

UK / kætʃ, kɛtʃ /

A1
  • noun
  • Amount of something that has been caught
  • Trick or something trying to deceive
  • verb
  • To stop something flying and hold it
  • To stop something and not let it go, e.g. animals
  • To get sick or get a disease from someone else
  • To find someone to do something, a task
  • To get stuck on or in something
  • To be trapped so you can’t escape
  • To be able to understand what someone is saying

sea

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US / /

UK / /

A1
  • noun
  • Very large group of people, similar-looking things
  • Large body of salty water with land around it

impose

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US / ɪmˈpəʊz /

UK / ɪmˈpoʊz /

A2
  • verb
  • To make someone to do or endure something

instantly

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US / ˈɪnstəntli /

UK / ˈɪnstəntli /

A2
  • adverb
  • In a manner without delay; immediately

fire

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US / 'faɪə(r) /

UK / faɪr /

A1
  • noun
  • Heat and the flame produced when burning
  • Intense energy for or about something
  • verb
  • To apply heat to something to make it hard
  • To make a person leave their job; dismiss
  • To shoot a gun or weapon
  • To launch something into the sky, e.g. a rocket
  • To start working on something e.g. a project

down

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US / daʊn /

UK / daʊn /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being sad, sick, or unhappy
  • Not operating, working, or functioning as expected
  • adverb
  • In a sitting or lying position
  • Towards or on the ground, floor, or bottom
  • Written or copied onto a piece of paper or book
  • noun
  • A period of play in American Football
  • The soft, smooth hairs that cover a bird's body
  • preposition
  • Along something's path, course, or direction
  • Going from a higher position to a lower position
  • verb
  • To eat or drink very quickly and without stopping

remarkable

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US / rɪˈmɑ:kəbl /

UK / rɪˈmɑrkəbəl /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Interesting and unexpected, worthy of notice

liter

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US / 'li:tə(r) /

UK / ˈlitɚ /

A1
  • noun
  • Metric unit for measuring liquid or gas

happen

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US / 'hæpən /

UK / ˈhæpən /

A1
  • verb
  • To take place or occur

each

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US / i:tʃ /

UK / itʃ /

A1
  • determiner
  • Every one of two or more things
  • pronoun
  • Per one person or thing

flexible

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US / ˈfleksəbl /

UK / ˈflɛksəbəl /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Bending easily
  • Able to adjust to new events, requirements easily

cell

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US / sel /

UK / sɛl /

A2
  • noun
  • Smallest unit of living things in biology
  • Group of people - often from a secret organization
  • Prisoner's room in a jail
  • Shortened form of 'cellphone'

unravel

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US / ʌnˈrævl /

UK / ʌnˈrævəl /

B2
  • verb
  • To work out the meaning of, in a slow careful way

spill

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US / spɪl /

UK / spɪl /

B1
  • noun
  • Accident when someone falls
  • Act of allowing a fluid to escape
  • verb
  • To come out of and spread beyond limits
  • To cause (blood) to flow from body, as by killing
  • To tell secrets or let information escape
  • To cause a liquid to fall out of its container
  • To come out of a holding container

second

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US / 'sekənd /

UK / ˈsɛkənd /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • 2nd; the one following first
  • noun
  • Unit of time; one sixtieth of a minute
  • Short period of time that you wait for someone
  • (Do) soon
  • verb
  • To agree to support a proposal at a meeting

present

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US / 'preznt /

UK / ˈprɛznt /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
  • noun
  • Gift
  • Verb tense indicating an action is happening now
  • Current time; now
  • verb
  • To introduce someone to others
  • To host a program on television or radio
  • To give a speech or presentation
  • To show something to someone who will examine it
  • To appear or happen
  • To give an award or prize to someone

pangea

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UK / /

A1
  • proper noun
  • A vast continental area or supercontinent comprising all the continental crust of the earth, which i

intricately

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US / 'ɪntrɪkətlɪ /

UK / ˈɪntrəkɪtlɪ /

B2
  • adverb
  • 1. Having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate

get

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US / ɡet /

UK / ɡɛt /

A1
  • verb
  • To become affected by illness or disease
  • To begin to feel or understand an emotion or idea
  • To send or bring someone or something home, etc.
  • To go somewhere to obtain something
  • To (cause to) do a particular thing
  • To obtain, receive or be given something
  • To currently have
  • To prepare for use
  • To understand something being said or read

first

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US / fɜ:st /

UK / fɚst /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • 1st; Coming before all others in time or place
  • noun
  • Something that has not happened before
  • Position of the winner of a competition

dead

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US / ded /

UK / dɛd /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Not alive
  • Being bored or not interested
  • Unable to operate because electricity etc. ran out
  • Being unable to feel, physically or emotionally
  • adverb
  • Completely; absolutely

athletic

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US / æθˈletɪk /

UK / æθˈlɛtɪk /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Fit and strong; physically capable

watch

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US / wɒtʃ /

UK / wɑtʃ /

A1
  • noun
  • Period of time someone is responsible for guarding
  • Device you wear on your wrist that shows the time
  • Official warning statement, e.g. of bad weather
  • verb
  • To keep in check, manage, or control something
  • To look at something for entertainment, e.g. TV
  • To guard a place or people; protect child, etc.
  • To look at carefully to work out what is happening
  • To protect and care for someone or something

suddenly

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US / ˈsʌdənli /

UK / ˈsʌdn:lɪ /

A1
  • adverb
  • In an unexpected or very quick manner

oxygen

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US / 'ɒksɪdʒən /

UK / ˈɑksɪdʒən /

B1
  • noun
  • A gas in the air that we need to breathe

keen

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US / ki:n /

UK / kin /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Being eager or excited for something to happen
  • Liking something; wanting to do or have; desiring
  • Having highly developed senses (e.g. smell, taste)
  • Being clever or smart
  • verb
  • To make a loud sad cry, as because someone died

expand

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US / ɪk'spænd /

UK / ɪkˈspænd /

A2
  • verb
  • To make something larger in size, number, amount

depth

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US / depθ /

UK / dɛpθ /

A2
  • noun
  • Distance below a surface

mucus

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US / ˈmju:kəs /

UK / ˈmjukəs /

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  • noun
  • Thick liquid substance made in certain parts of the human body, such as the nose

compose

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US / kəmˈpəʊz /

UK / kəmˈpoʊz /

B1
  • verb
  • To calm yourself after being angry or upset
  • To write an essay, article, poem, music etc.
  • To form something from a series of parts
  • To come together to form or make e.g. music
  • To structure a picture or image to make an effect

soft

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US / sɒft /

UK / sɔft, sɑft /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Having flowing curves rather than sharp edges
  • Easy to press, bend or cut; not hard or firm
  • Showing a sympathetic and gentle heart
  • Not rough to the touch; light in feel
  • (Of lights, music) not too bright; not too loud

contract

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US / 'kɒntrækt /

UK / 'kɑ:ntrækt /

A1
  • noun
  • Legal agreement, e.g. for doing work for money
  • Agreement to pay someone to kill a person
  • verb
  • To become ill as a result of getting a disease
  • To make an agreement for doing work for money
  • To reduce in size, length due to heat loss
  • To reduce the amount of

persist

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US / pə'sɪst /

UK / pɚˈsɪst, -ˈzɪst /

B1
  • verb
  • To continue a course of action despite opposition

tail

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US / teɪl /

UK / tel /

A2
  • noun
  • Extended part at the back of an animal's body
  • Back or last part of something e.g. shirt
  • verb
  • To be end of (a march or parade, line)
  • To follow someone secretly and watch what they do

thousand

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US / ˈθaʊznd /

UK / ˈθaʊzənd /

A1
  • number
  • Number 1,000

itself

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US / ɪtˈself /

UK / ɪtˈsɛlf /

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  • pronoun
  • Referring to it

container

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US / kənˈteɪnə(r) /

UK / kənˈtenɚ /

A2
  • noun
  • An object that can be used to hold things

appear

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US / ə'pɪə(r) /

UK / əˈpɪr /

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  • verb
  • To be seen, become visible; come into sight
  • To seem to be
  • To act in a play, movie, or be mentioned in media

after

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US / 'ɑ:ftə(r) /

UK / ˈæftɚ /

A1
  • adverb
  • Later than another time, or behind something
  • conjunction
  • Following something before
  • preposition
  • When an event happened or time has passed

accident

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US / ˈæksɪdənt /

UK / ˈæksɪdənt, -ˌdɛnt /

A1
  • noun
  • Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.

try

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US / traɪ /

UK / traɪ /

A1
  • noun
  • Act of putting the ball over the rugby goal line
  • verb
  • To make an effort, to attempt to do something
  • To examine someone or something in a court of law
  • To test to see if it is good or you like it
  • To make a person go through hardship; test
  • To examine something to see if it works

thick

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US / θɪk /

UK / θɪk /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Difficult to see through, as fog
  • Full of (people, etc.)
  • (Of a liquid) that moves or pours slowly
  • Stupid; not smart
  • (Of person's accent) hard to understand
  • Having a large distance between two surfaces

surround

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US / səˈraʊnd /

UK / səˈraʊnd /

A2
  • other
  • To be closely connected to and have an effect on
  • verb
  • To be all the way around something
  • To be closely connected to and have an effect on
  • To move closer on all sides of something

supply

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US / sə'plaɪ /

UK / səˈplaɪ /

A2
  • noun
  • Availability of products and services for use
  • Specific things needed to perform a certain task
  • verb
  • To give or sell goods to others for their use

roam

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US / rəʊm /

UK / rom /

B1
  • verb
  • To move about freely without a set destination

nylon

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US / ˈnaɪlɒn /

UK / ˈnaɪˌlɑn /

B1
  • noun
  • Strong material from man-made substances

while

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US / waɪl /

UK / hwaɪl, waɪl /

A1
  • conjunction
  • In spite of the fact that; although
  • During the time that; at the same time
  • noun
  • Short amount of time

reinforce

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US / ˌri:ɪnˈfɔ:s /

UK / ˌri:ɪnˈfɔ:rs /

B2
  • verb
  • To send more troops/resources to support an army
  • To encourage or strengthen an idea or feeling
  • To strengthen a wall or building

probably

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US / ˈprɒbəbli /

UK / ˈprɑbəbli /

A1
  • adverb
  • That is likely to happen or be true

prius

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US / 'praɪəs /

UK / 'praɪəs /

A1
  • noun
  • Something which takes precedence; something prior or antecedent; the necessary prior condition of so

million

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US / ˈmɪljən /

UK / ˈmɪljən /

A1
  • number
  • 1,000,000

four

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US / fɔ:(r) /

UK / fɔr, for /

A1
  • number
  • 4

contain

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US / kənˈteɪn /

UK / kənˈten /

A2
  • verb
  • To keep something from spreading
  • To hold something inside something else

side

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US / saɪd /

UK / saɪd /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • In addition to the central or most important thing
  • Next to, or very close to, the right or left of
  • noun
  • Position or opinion that is opposite to another
  • Right or left part of a person's body
  • Feature of someone's personality
  • Straight edge of an object
  • One of two or more groups fighting each other
  • verb
  • To decide to agree with one point, not the other

use

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US / ju:s /

UK / ju:s /

A1
  • noun
  • Ability to employ something
  • Need to enable it to work
  • Permission to do something with something
  • Act of spending money
  • Operation of a machine for its function
  • verb
  • To have; to eat, drink, consume etc.
  • To need to operate or work
  • To operate a machine, e.g. a computer
  • To treat a person badly
  • To do something with, for a task or purpose

volume

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US / ˈvɒlju:m /

UK / ˈvɑljum, -jəm /

A2
  • noun
  • Number or amount of something e.g. sales
  • Amount of space that something takes up
  • One book that is part of a set of books
  • Level of sound produced by radio or television

they

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US / ðeɪ /

UK / ðe /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Two or more people, animals, or things

original

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US / ə'rɪdʒənl /

UK / əˈrɪdʒənəl /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
  • Being unique or thinking differently from others

damage

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US / ˈdæmɪdʒ /

UK / ˈdæmɪdʒ /

A2
  • noun
  • Physical harm that is done to something
  • verb
  • To harm physically; to hurt or break something

sustainable

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US / səˈsteɪnəbl /

UK / səˈsteɪnəbl /

B2
  • adjecitve
  • Capable of continuing for a long time
  • Able to be maintained without running out of

pressure

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US / 'preʃə(r) /

UK / ˈprɛʃɚ /

A2
  • noun
  • Anxiety caused by difficult problems
  • Force, weight when pressing against a thing
  • Strong persuasion to do something
  • verb
  • To apply force to something
  • To persuade or force someone to do something

result

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US / rɪ'zʌlt /

UK / rɪˈzʌlt /

A2
  • noun
  • Something produced through tests or experiments
  • Final score of a competition, election or game
  • verb
  • To be the outcome of other causes and effects

military

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US / 'mɪlətrɪ /

UK / ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the army or navy
  • noun
  • Army or armed forces

numerous

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US / ˈnju:mərəs /

UK / ˈnumərəs, ˈnju- /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Existing in large numbers

approach

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US / ə'prəʊtʃ /

UK / əˈprəʊtʃ /

A2
  • noun
  • Means of reaching a place, often a road or path
  • Request of someone with a specific goal in mind
  • Specific way to handle a project, task, problem
  • verb
  • To get close to reaching something or somewhere
  • To request someone to do something specific

way

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US / weɪ /

UK / we /

A1
  • adverb
  • Used to emphasize the amount of something
  • noun
  • Particular aspect of something being thought about
  • One of various choices that could be made
  • Particular existing condition or state
  • (Often long) distance or length of time
  • How something is done
  • Route to go to a place
  • Small street
  • Usual behavior, emotions or habits of someone

their

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US / ðɛː /

UK / ðer /

A1
  • determiner
  • Belonging to them

heart

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US / hɑ:t /

UK / hɑrt /

A1
  • noun
  • A feeling of care for others; compassion
  • Courage, confidence, and emotional strength
  • Be cheerfully encouraging
  • Most essential, important, or central part
  • Referring to a promise or something important
  • State or feelings of affection or deep love
  • Core part of a vegetable, e.g. a lettuce
  • The part of the body that pumps blood
  • Place where emotions are believed to be felt
  • A shape that represents love

guarantee

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US / ˌɡærən'ti: /

UK / ˌɡærənˈti /

A2
  • noun
  • A promise to repair a broken product
  • Promise that something will be done as expected
  • verb
  • To promise to repair a broken product
  • To promise that something will happen or be done
  • To promise to pay if another person fails to do so

death

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US / deθ /

UK / dɛθ /

A2
  • noun
  • When someone dies; the end of life

kilogram

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US / ˈkɪləgræm /

UK / ˈkɪləɡræm /

A2
  • noun
  • 1000g

department

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US / dɪˈpɑ:tmənt /

UK / dɪˈpɑ:rtmənt /

A2
  • noun
  • Division of a larger part or organization

repel

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US / rɪ'pel /

UK / rɪˈpɛl /

B2
  • verb
  • To make or force someone or something go away

gain

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US / ɡeɪn /

UK / ɡen /

A2
  • noun
  • An increase in something, such as weight
  • verb
  • To increase in something, such as weight
  • To get something wanted, needed or valued

tie

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US / taɪ /

UK / taɪ /

A2
  • noun
  • Item, such as string or wire, used to join things
  • Strong connection between people, countries
  • When both sides in a game, vote get same score
  • One match or game that is part of a bigger contest
  • Something that lessens a person's freedom
  • Thin piece of cloth worn round neck of shirt
  • Piece of wood/metal used to stop something moving
  • verb
  • To attach things (together) with a string or rope
  • To end a game, contest or vote with the same score
  • To require someone to be in a specific place

take

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US / teɪk /

UK / tek /

A1
  • noun
  • Filming of a single scene for TV or the movies
  • verb
  • To accept something that is offered
  • To use a method of traveling, e.g. a bus or train
  • To use a camera to make (a photo)
  • To pick up something and go away with it
  • To study a subject in school
  • To attempt to pass (an exam)
  • To require a certain amount of time, money, space

lodge

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US / lɒdʒ /

UK / lɑdʒ /

B1
  • noun
  • A wooden house in the mountains
  • verb
  • To (provide a place to) stay for a short time
  • To submit (complaint, application etc.)

lunge

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US / lʌndʒ /

UK / lʌndʒ /

B2
  • verb
  • To thrust or reach forward with a sudden motion

burst

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US / bɜ:st /

UK / bɚst /

A2
  • noun
  • Brief time period when something happens and ends
  • verb
  • To move (arrive, exit, etc.) suddenly or hurriedly
  • To break apart/open in a sudden and violent way

condense

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US / kənˈdens /

UK / kənˈdɛns /

B2
  • verb
  • To remove water from to make it thicker
  • To shorten (a book, etc.) by removing part of it
  • To change from gas to liquid or liquid to solid

wipe

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US / waɪp /

UK / waɪp /

A2
  • noun
  • Act to clean or dry something with a cloth
  • verb
  • To clean or dry something with a cloth
  • To spread a liquid on something

propeller

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US / prəˈpelə(r) /

UK / prəˈpɛlɚ /

B2
  • noun
  • Device with blades that move a plane or boat

return

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US / rɪ'tɜ:n /

UK / rɪ'tɜ:rn /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Do again; repeated
  • noun
  • Faulty or unwanted product sent back to a company
  • Enter key; the main key on the computer keyboard
  • Profit made as a result of a business activity
  • Process of going back to a previous way or state
  • verb
  • To hit something back to the other player or team
  • To come back after being away from somewhere
  • To repay someone's actions, kindness etc.
  • To put, bring, take, give, or send something back
  • To occur again

its

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US / ɪts /

UK / ɪts /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Referring to or belonging to ‘it’
  • determiner
  • Of something; belonging or related to something
  • other
  • Possessive form of “it”

glide

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US / ɡlaɪd /

UK / ɡlaɪd /

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  • verb
  • To move smoothly and quietly as if without effort
  • (Plane) to fly without using the engines

all

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US / ɔ:l /

UK / ɔl /

A1
  • adverb
  • Completely; totally
  • determiner
  • Being every one of something
  • pronoun
  • 100% of something; the complete amount

pay

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US / peɪ /

UK / pe /

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  • noun
  • Money you receive from your job, work, etc.
  • verb
  • To give money for goods or work done
  • To give (attention, respect, etc.) to
  • To be punished or suffer for something you did
  • To make (a visit) to a person or place

look

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US / lʊk /

UK / lʊk /

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  • noun
  • Person's beauty or physical attractiveness
  • Particular style of dress, clothes, or appearance
  • The way someone, something appears to be
  • Act of searching for or examining something
  • verb
  • To appear to be; seem

effectively

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US / ɪˈfektɪvli /

UK / ɪˈfɛktɪvli /

B1
  • adverb
  • In a way that produces the desired result
  • Introduction to Video Content
  • Hagfish: The World's Slimiest CreaturesHagfish, also known as slime eels, are the slimiest creatures on Earth. In a car accident in 2017, thousands of kilograms of live hagfish spilled onto a highway, creating an absolute mess. The fire department had to spend 7 hours clearing the thick slime that coated the road.But why are these creatures so slimy? Hagfish have an astonishing ability to produce slime, which is their standout strength. Their slimy defense mechanism helps them survive in dangerous situations.Using their keen sense of smell and tastebud-like organs on their skin, hagfish can detect dead fish. They reveal rows of tooth-like structures and take the first bite. However, their meal is sometimes interrupted by a sudden attack from a shark.Being caught in a shark's powerful jaws might seem like a death sentence, but the hagfish has a few tricks up its sleeve. The hagfish's body is made of flexible cartilage, so the shark's teeth cannot crush its bones. Additionally, the hagfish's skin is loosely attached to its body, allowing its essential organs to slip out of the way when pressure is applied.In other words, the hagfish's body is like a noodle in a baggy wetsuit. This unique adaptation helps the hagfish escape the jaws of predators.Furthermore, the hagfish actively repels the shark by spewing an incredible amount of slime. On each side of its body, the hagfish has around a hundred slime glands. These glands contain mucus and thread cells.The mucus cells are filled with hundreds of vesicles of condensed mucus, while each thread cell holds an intricately coiled protein fiber. When the hagfish contracts the muscles surrounding its slime glands, the cells eject their contents into the seawater.This defensive mechanism creates a tremendous supply of slime, which not only repels predators but also makes it difficult for them to hold onto the hagfish.In conclusion, hagfish are the slimiest animals on Earth. Their incredible slime production and unique adaptations help them survive in the face of danger. The next time you encounter a hagfish, remember to appreciate its sliminess and its ability to outsmart predators.
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  • As the truck screeched to a halt, one of its containers slid off, hit an approaching Prius and spilled its contents.
  • Those contents happened to be thousands of kilograms of live hagfish, also known as slime eels.
  • The result of this 2017 car accident was an absolute mess: the highway was littered with wriggling fish and coated in a thick slime that took the fire department 7 hours to clear.
  • Astonishingly good looks aside, the standout strength of all hagfishes is their slime.
  • In fact, they're probably Earth's slimiest animals.
  • But why be so slimy?
  • Watch and learn.
  • This hagfish has detected a dead fish using its keen sense of smell and the tastebud-like organs dotting its skin.
  • Revealing imposing rows of toothlike structures, it takes the first bite.
  • A shark glides on to the scene and suddenly lunges.
  • Being caught in the shark's powerful jaws may seem like a guaranteed death sentence, but the hagfish has some tricks up its sleeve.
  • The shark's teeth clench down but there are no bones to crush— only flexible cartilage.
  • And because the hagfish's skin is so loosely attached to the rest of its body, the pressure from the bite causes the hagfish's essential organs to slip out of the way, avoiding damage.
  • This is where being a noodle in a baggy wetsuit really pays off.
  • Meanwhile, the hagfish also actively repels the shark by spewing a stupendous supply of slime.
  • Around a hundred slime glands line each side of the hagfish's body.
  • Within them are mucus and thread cells.
  • The mucus cells are packed with hundreds of vesicles of condensed mucus while each thread cell contains an intricately coiled protein fiber.
  • The hagfish contracts the muscles surrounding some of its slime glands, causing the cells to eject their contents into the seawater.
  • In a fraction of a second, the mucus vesicles swell and burst, and the protein fibers unravel.
  • Together, they expand to 10,000 times their original volume, instantly creating liters of slime.
  • Because the substance is composed of mucus and reinforced with numerous superfine and strong silk-like fibers, the slime is incredibly soft yet tough.
  • It lodges in the shark's delicate gills, and as the shark chokes and tries to clear the slime, it releases the hagfish.
  • Now, the hagfish is free from the jaws of death.
  • But it's in a dilemma of its own doing, trapped in a cloud of its own suffocating slime.
  • So what does it do?
  • Well, it ties itself in a knot, of course.
  • Starting at its tail and passing its body through, the hagfish effectively wipes away its own slime.
  • Apparently unfazed by the whole encounter, it returns to its meal.
  • When it gets to a tougher part of the carcass...
  • Voila! The hagfish ties itself in yet another knot to gain leverage and yank off the meat.
  • The hagfish's slime is so remarkable that people are trying to emulate it.
  • Currently, a lot of athletic and safety gear is made from non-renewable petroleum-based fibers.
  • But hagfish slime threads rival the properties of materials like nylon.
  • And fibers modeled after those in hagfish slime may present a much more sustainable alternative.
  • Meanwhile, hagfish slime is also being explored in military contexts as a non-lethal weapon that could be used to stop boats by sliming up their propellers.
  • In addition to mastering the art of slime and knot-tying, hagfish have four little hearts and can survive 36 hours without oxygen unscathed.
  • Oh, and they also clean the seafloor and cycle essential nutrients in the deep sea.
  • Proto-hagfish were navigating the ocean's depths more than 300 million years ago— before dinosaurs roamed and back when Pangea was still a thing.
  • Having persisted through multiple mass extinction events, hagfish have just about seen it all.
  • And it would appear that they're still having a wonderful slime.