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Jennifer Hudson Surprises a Baltimore Elementary School Step Team | Knock Star

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hundred

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  • number
  • 100

see

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US / si: /

UK / 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)

hudson

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US / ˈhʌds(ə)n /

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  • other
  • A New York river; flows southward into New York Bay; explored by Henry Hudson early in the th centur
  • English navigator who discovered the Hudson River; in he attempted to winter in Hudson Bay but his c

have

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US / həv /

UK / hæv /

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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

eleven

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US / ɪˈlevn /

UK / ɪˈlɛvən /

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  • number
  • 11

could

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

next

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  • adverb
  • The one that follows another in time or order
  • At a time or place directly after the present one
  • noun
  • The one that follows after
  • adjecitve
  • Immediately after the previous one
  • First occurrence after the present one

affair

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UK / əˈfɛr /

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  • noun
  • Secret sexual relationship between two people
  • Event or a set of events, often unpleasant ones

busy

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US / 'bɪzɪ /

UK / ˈbɪzi /

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  • adjecitve
  • Working hard doing something; full of activity
  • verb
  • To actively be occupied with doing something

enjoy

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  • verb
  • To take pleasure in something

jennifer

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hear

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  • verb
  • To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
  • To be told or find out information or facts
  • To consider or listen to a court case

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

hand

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  • noun
  • Cards given to a player in a card game
  • Piece of a clock that points to the time
  • Someone who performs physical tasks or work
  • Body part at the end of a person's arm
  • Help for someone performing a particular action
  • Condition of having power or influence
  • Member of the crew of a ship
  • verb
  • To give something to someone personally

know

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US / nəʊ /

UK / noʊ /

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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

down

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  • 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

must

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  • noun
  • Something that is necessary or required
  • other
  • (Used to state that something ought to be true)
  • Used to say something is required or necessary

tell

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US / tel /

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  • verb
  • To (strongly) advise a person to do something
  • To be able to guess
  • To say or communicate information to someone
  • To inform, but without speaking; indicate
  • To have a negative effect on someone
  • To order someone to do something; command
  • To recognize something based on certain signs
  • To report something to an authority
  • To explain something or teach someone something

coach

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  • noun
  • Large, comfortable bus
  • Person who teaches others how to do (sport, job)
  • verb
  • To teach others how to do something (e.g. sport)

stay

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  • noun
  • Legal order to stop or delay an action
  • Strong rope or wire that supports a ship's mast
  • Period of time spent living in or visiting a place
  • verb
  • To keep trying without giving up
  • To remain in the same place and not move away
  • To spend time visiting a place or someone's home

quiet

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US / 'kwaɪət /

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  • adjecitve
  • Hidden, or done in a private way
  • Not loud; making very little sound
  • verb
  • To cause to become calmer or less loud

baby

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  • adjecitve
  • Small in size; smaller than usual
  • noun
  • A very young child, who cannot yet speak
  • verb
  • To treat someone as if they were newly born

first

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

about

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  • 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)

practice

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  • noun
  • The office and place for legal or medical work
  • Doing something many times to become better at it
  • verb
  • To work as a doctor or lawyer
  • To live according to the teachings of a religion
  • To do something many times to improve a skill

right

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  • adjecitve
  • Correct or true
  • The south side of you looking at the rising sun
  • adverb
  • Exactly in a place or time
  • Being appropriate for a particular event
  • In a straight or direct manner
  • noun
  • Something you are legally or morally allowed to do
  • Ideal of what is just and good
  • Political view based on conservatism
  • verb
  • To fix something previously wrong or unjust
  • To make upright, as a boat that has turned over

people

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

find

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  • noun
  • Object discovered by chance
  • Things that have been discovered from searching
  • verb
  • To become aware of something that is happening
  • To discover or meet by chance
  • To decide if someone is guilty of a crime, or not
  • To learn through study, research, or effort
  • To discover something by looking for it

example

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  • noun
  • Thing, person which represents a category

like

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  • 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

shy

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  • adjecitve
  • Afraid of meeting people; lacking self-confidence
  • Being less than the full or expected amount
  • verb
  • To move away due to nervousness

family

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  • noun
  • Close group of people or organizations
  • A group of people who are related through blood
  • Group of related plants or animals

watch

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  • 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

that

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  • 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’

she

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  • pronoun
  • Female person or animal mentioned before
  • (Refers to female person mentioned before)

place

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  • noun
  • Particular location, area or region
  • verb
  • To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • To put something in a certain location or position

excite

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  • verb
  • To make something or someone become more active
  • To make someone feel happy, interested or eager

energy

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  • noun
  • Physical or mental strength

win

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  • noun
  • Success in beating the other team or competitors
  • Success in a game or contest
  • verb
  • To get something as a prize because of a success
  • To gain something you want because of your efforts
  • To succeed in a game or contest

step

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  • noun
  • Movement done as part of a particular dance
  • Distance covered by one movement of a leg; stride
  • One part or stage in a process
  • Sound made by the feet while walking; footstep
  • Flat horizontal piece that forms stairs
  • verb
  • To raise and moving the foot to put it down

yeah

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US / jeə /

UK / ˈjɛə, ˈjæə, jɛ- /

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  • exclamation
  • Another way of saying 'yes'

get

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  • 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

what

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  • 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

take

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  • 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

girlfriend

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  • noun
  • Romantic female friend of a man or boy

they

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

add

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  • verb
  • To include as well
  • To put two things or numbers together, e.g. 2+2

dollar

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  • noun
  • A basic unit of money equal to 100 cent

all

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

their

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US / ðɛː /

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  • determiner
  • Belonging to them

show

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  • noun
  • False display of love, emotion or action
  • An event for displaying or promoting goods
  • Play, opera or theater production
  • Presentation that is broadcast on TV or radio
  • verb
  • To be easily seen or displayed
  • To display your emotions or feelings
  • To let someone see something; display
  • To explain or teach how something is done
  • To lead someone somewhere; point them to something
  • To prove something to be true, correct
  • To reveal or allow something to be seen

move

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  • noun
  • Act of moving a playing piece in chess, etc.
  • An action; doing something
  • Step taken to achieve a goal
  • verb
  • To cause someone to have certain emotions
  • To cause something to change to a different place
  • To change where people live or a business operates
  • To take action to do or achieve something

who

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US / hu: /

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  • pronoun
  • Which person
  • Used to introduce information about people

thank

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  • verb
  • To tell someone you are grateful to them

look

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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

everyone

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  • pronoun
  • Every person; everybody

hold

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  • noun
  • Section of a ship or plane used for storing things
  • Influence or power held over someone
  • Place of support for hands or feet when climbing
  • verb
  • To agree to keep something for someone
  • To have the capacity to support/contain something
  • To control an area and protect it from attack
  • To not allow someone to leave a place
  • To cause an event to happen at a place or time
  • To use hands or arms to carry or keep something
  • To have a specific quality or property
  • To keep an image, belief or feeling in your mind
  • To have or own something
  • To wait before being able to talk on the phone
  • To limit the movement of someone in a sport

yes

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  • adverb
  • Way to say you agree or will do something

prize

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  • adjecitve
  • Being an excellent or valuable example of a thing
  • noun
  • Something won in a contest or given as an award
  • Something valuable that many people would like
  • verb
  • To value greatly and consider it important

here

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  • adverb
  • In this place; at this location, position or time

flu

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  • noun
  • Illness causing headache, fever etc.

speak

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  • verb
  • To be able to use a certain language
  • To use words to tell information, express thoughts

exactly

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  • adverb
  • No more and no less than; precisely

new

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  • adjecitve
  • Not old, recently born, built or made
  • Being or doing something for the first time
  • Not felt, seen or known previously
  • Having been recently bought or obtained

inside

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  • adjecitve
  • Being in something
  • Being in a building
  • adverb
  • Into a house; indoors
  • noun
  • Inner part or surface of something

wait

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  • verb
  • To delay or not do something until later
  • To spend time until an expected thing happens
  • To remain in a place until a thing happens

write

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  • verb
  • To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
  • To invent or create a computer program
  • To create a song or piece of music

lady

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  • noun
  • Another way of saying 'woman'
  • Official title of a woman with high social rank

team

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  • noun
  • Group of people working on a task together
  • Group of people playing a sport together

many

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  • determiner
  • Used to refer a large number of things

will

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  • noun
  • Desire or choice of someone
  • Document saying who gets your money when you die
  • Strong desire to do something; determination
  • Desire to do something; strong wish to do
  • other
  • Used with verbs to express the future
  • verb
  • To leave property to someone after your death
  • To use mental effort to make something happen
  • Am (is, are) likely to do
  • To influence someone to do something
  • To make something happen by strongly wanting it

try

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  • 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

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

two

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  • number
  • 2

name

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  • noun
  • What something or someone is called
  • verb
  • To state what someone is called, e.g. John

brand

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  • noun
  • A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
  • Product made or designed by a named company
  • verb
  • To burn a mark on an animal to show who owns it
  • To describe someone as a liar, coward, etc.
  • To give a famous name to a product or service

floor

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  • noun
  • Large area used for a particular purpose
  • Part of a room on which you stand
  • Particular level in a building; storey
  • verb
  • To hit or push someone to the ground
  • To surprise or confuse someone who can't respond

girl

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US / gɜ:l /

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  • noun
  • A female child; a young woman

jay

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  • noun
  • Bird with a blue and white pattern on the wing

baltimore

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  • proper noun
  • A seaport in northern Maryland, the largest city in Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay; population 636,919

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

come

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  • verb
  • To arrive at a place
  • (Of mail) to be delivered
  • To move toward someone; go with someone
  • To reach a certain point or state

early

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  • adjecitve
  • Happening or appearing before
  • adverb
  • Coming/happening before others in a time sequence
  • Happening sooner than expected

bird

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  • noun
  • Animal with feathers that uses wings to fly

help

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  • noun
  • Something given to enable a person to do something
  • Assistance given to someone in need
  • Someone who makes something easier or possible
  • verb
  • To act to enable a person to do something; assist
  • To make something better or less difficult

kid

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  • adjecitve
  • Made from young goat skin
  • noun
  • Child or young person
  • Young goat
  • verb
  • To make fun of someone in a gentle way; to tease

lot

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US / lɒt /

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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

meet

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US / mi:t /

UK / mit /

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  • noun
  • Sporting competition e.g. swimming
  • verb
  • To provide something that is necessary
  • To come together at a certain time or place

far

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US / fɑ:(r) /

UK / fɑr /

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  • adjecitve
  • A long way away
  • Being a long way away
  • adverb
  • To a large degree or extent

knock

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  • noun
  • Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
  • Action of something solid hitting something hard
  • verb
  • To criticize someone in an unreasonable way
  • To hit something to get people's attention
  • To strike something hard, causing damage

where

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US / hwɛə /

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

hey

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US / heɪ /

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  • exclamation
  • What you say when you want someone's attention

call

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  • noun
  • A order or request for action
  • The sound an animal makes, often when in danger
  • A correct prediction, e.g. a decision in a game
  • A short visit to a place or person
  • A decision by a referee or umpire in a game
  • verb
  • To make a request or order for action
  • (Animal) to make sounds to warn of danger
  • To announce the date of an election
  • To make a judgment about something
  • To give someone or something a name
  • To guess in advance the result or outcome
  • To visit a place or person for a short time
  • To phone someone
  • To speak, announce or shout in a loud voice

keep

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  • noun
  • Large, strong tower in the middle of a castle
  • Money spent on you so you can live in a place
  • verb
  • To continue doing something; not to stop
  • To stop balls going in a goal in sports
  • To not give back or return something
  • (Of food) to not spoil or not rot
  • To take possession of something to own, e.g. a pet
  • To have and continue to hold something
  • To do something that you have promised or agreed
  • To stay in a certain place or condition
  • To maintain the rules

any

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  • adjecitve
  • One, or some, no matter which
  • pronoun
  • One (thing) of many; some

but

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  • conjunction
  • Used before you say something different, opposite

child

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  • noun
  • A very young person, between about 2 and 15

principal

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  • adjecitve
  • Being the main or most important
  • noun
  • Leading person in a group of musicians or dancers
  • Head teacher of a school
  • Original amount of money borrowed

surprise

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  • adjecitve
  • That surprises you; not expected
  • noun
  • Something unexpected that slightly shocks you
  • verb
  • To do something that another person didn't expect

friend

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  • noun
  • Person who you like and enjoy being with

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

elementary

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  • adjecitve
  • Basic, simple, or essential

want

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  • noun
  • Something you desire or wish for
  • State or condition of poverty
  • verb
  • To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing

perform

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  • To carry out an action well or successfully
  • To entertain an audience by dancing, singing etc.

holland

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  • noun
  • A kind of smooth, durable linen fabric, used chiefly for window shades and furniture covering.
  • proper noun
  • another name for the Netherlands
  • A city in southwestern Michigan, noted for its Dutch heritage; population 34,076 (est. 2008).

give

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  • noun
  • Degree of flexibility in something, a material
  • verb
  • To hand over or present something to someone
  • To cause someone to have or experience something

whole

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

river

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  • Flowing water that runs from mountains to the sea

quite

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  • adverb
  • Not very; fairly
  • Very; In a complete or total manner

can

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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

not

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  • adverb
  • Word indicating the negative
  • (Used to form the negative of verbs)

star

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  • noun
  • Very famous person, usually an entertainer
  • Someone who does something very well
  • Your horoscope
  • A bright planet of hot gas in the night sky
  • A 5-6 sided asterisk-shape
  • verb
  • To perform or play a main role in a movie, play
  • To do something very well
  • To mark with a 5-6 sided asterisk-shape

somebody

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US / 'sʌmbədɪ /

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A1
  • noun
  • Important well-respected person
  • pronoun
  • Person who is not known or named

fifty

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  • number
  • 50

megan

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our

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  • determiner
  • Belonging to us

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

crazy

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  • adjecitve
  • Mentally ill; mad
  • Not being sensible or practical
  • Really like someone or something very much
  • noun
  • Person acting in a manner that is strange and odd

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

just

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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)

much

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  • 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

madam

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  • noun
  • Way to refer to an older woman you do not know

those

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

moore

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  • other
  • English actor and comedian who appeared on television and in films (born in )

window

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  • noun
  • Opening in a wall or door to let in light
  • Opening in a wall through which people do business

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

job

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  • noun
  • Something that must be done
  • Regular work at which you earn money

why

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

incredible

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A2
  • adjecitve
  • Very good; amazing
  • Really good; amazing; great
  • Very hard to believe

amazing

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  • adjecitve
  • Surprising in a pleasing way
  • verb
  • To cause wonder; to surprise completely

for

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  • preposition
  • Used to show the purpose, or need of something

check

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  • adjecitve
  • Decorated with squares made up of lines
  • noun
  • Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
  • Printed piece of paper you sign to pay for things
  • A mark on a form, equivalent to 'yes'; tick
  • Mark used to show that something is correct
  • Procedure to prevent errors or control something
  • verb
  • To confirm the details of something are correct
  • To leave your things with staff who look after it
  • To examine something to see if something is wrong
  • To examine in order to prevent errors/a problem

middle

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  • adjecitve
  • Equal distance from extremes
  • noun
  • Place that is halfway between two things

talk

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  • noun
  • Style of speaking
  • Discussion between two countries
  • Giving information in front of people; lecture
  • Saying things or ideas to someone with words
  • verb
  • To make a formal speech about something
  • To say things or ideas to someone with words

grill

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  • noun
  • Plate of food that has been grilled
  • Metal bars on which food is cooked over fire
  • Restaurant where meat, esp. steaks, are served
  • verb
  • To cook directly over fire on a flat metal bars
  • To ask many (difficult) questions for a long time

perfect

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  • adjecitve
  • So good it cannot be improved
  • verb
  • To do something so well, it cannot be done better

school

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  • adjecitve
  • Being to do with schools and education
  • noun
  • Large group of fish that swim together
  • Education of a child
  • Building where you learn in classes with a teacher
  • A particular belief or idea about something
  • verb
  • To teach or train someone to know or do something

dance

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  • noun
  • A series of steps and movements in time to music
  • A social event with dancing while music is playing
  • verb
  • To move your body rhythmically to music

sister

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  • noun
  • Female you share a parent with
  • Full-time female member of a (Christian) religion

make

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  • 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

won

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  • verb
  • To gain something you want because of your efforts
  • To succeed in a game or contest

park

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  • noun
  • Person's name
  • Public green area in a town for exercise, relaxing
  • Field upon which a sport is played, e.g. baseball
  • verb
  • To stay still without moving
  • To leave your car, bike in a certain place

welcome

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  • adjecitve
  • Being what was wanted or needed
  • noun
  • Friendly greeting to someone who has arrived
  • verb
  • To greet someone who has just arrived
  • To accept or receive something happily and gladly

famous

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  • adjecitve
  • Excellent
  • Widely known; recognized by many people

program

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  • noun
  • Small book of events in a play, concert or movie
  • A plan or schedule of events
  • Series of classes at a college or university
  • A computer application
  • TV show
  • verb
  • To make someone act or think in a certain way
  • To write computer code for a piece of software

how

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  • adjecitve
  • To what degree? in what amount?
  • adverb
  • (Used to explain the way to do something)
  • exclamation
  • For what purpose or reason?
  • (Used to ask someone or something's condition)

happy

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  • adjecitve
  • Feeling pleasure or joy; glad

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  • adjecitve
  • Skilled; good at something
  • Having the ability to do something

love

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  • noun
  • Person's name
  • A very strong feeling of affection
  • The person you care very deeply about
  • Strong, deep emotional and sexual attraction
  • verb
  • To care for and like someone very strongly, deeply
  • To like doing very much; enjoy greatly
  • To feel a strong emotional and romantic attraction

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  • 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

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  • noun
  • Humans in general, including male and female
  • An adult male human being
  • Male who acts in a masculine way; not like a woman
  • verb
  • To control or operate (a machine); be in charge of
  • To operate a machine (a boat, etc.)

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  • verb
  • To allow someone to do something
  • Introducing a suggestion to do something together
  • To rent a house, etc. to others

this

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  • 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

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  • noun
  • Date each year on which you were born

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  • adjecitve
  • Being likely or about to do something
  • Being willing to do a task
  • verb
  • To prepare something for use or action

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  • pronoun
  • Person someone is speaking or writing to
  • Person or people in general
  • Introduction to Video Content
  • The Jennifer Hudson Show surprises a Baltimore Elementary School step team and their coach, Trina Moore, in this episode of Knock Star. The show's host, Jennifer Hudson, along with Megan Rivers from WBAL TV Eleven, visits Holland Park Elementary Middle School to surprise the step team during their practice. As they enter the school, Jennifer and Megan can hear the girls stepping and eagerly make their way inside. The team is taken by surprise when Jennifer and Megan walk in, and the excitement is palpable. Jennifer introduces herself as the school's knock star and Trina Moore, the coach, confirms her identity. The girls are thrilled to meet Jennifer and express their love for her. Jennifer is equally excited to meet the girls and praises their energy and talent. She is eager to watch them perform and encourages them to showcase their skills. The article concludes with Jennifer expressing her enthusiasm for the upcoming performance and the team's readiness. Stay tuned to witness the incredible talent and energy of the step team!
  • Subtitles section
  • So early in the show, we spoke to our friend Megan Rivers at WBAL TV Eleven in Baltimore.
  • She's at Holland Park Elementary Middle School, where we're about to surprise the step team and our Noxar coach, Trina.
  • So let's check back with her right now.
  • What's up, Megan?
  • Hey, how you doing?
  • The girls, they are in step practice right now.
  • I'm trying to keep my voice down, but I found exactly where they are.
  • So we're going to keep up with the whole thing.
  • I hear them stepping.
  • I'm looking through the window.
  • OK.
  • I'm going to knock.
  • Are they practicing right now?
  • They can hear me, but let's go inside.
  • Let's go inside.
  • Let's go inside the school.
  • So yes.
  • Oh, they getting it.
  • Surprise, everyone.
  • They busy.
  • Surprise.
  • Hey.
  • Surprise.
  • You are on the Jennifer Hudson Show.
  • Welcome to the Jennifer Hudson Show.
  • You're our knock star and our first school knock star.
  • Tell me your name.
  • Are you Trina Moore?
  • Yes, I am.
  • Is that Trina?
  • You're Trina Moore.
  • Yes, I am.
  • Trina, like, why are you here?
  • Yes, I am.
  • Who is that, Trina?
  • Jennifer!
  • Trina, it's me!
  • Girl, it's Jennifer!
  • We love you!
  • This is my sister!
  • I know!
  • You came to see us!
  • This is what we do, girlfriend, to meet my girl.
  • I want to meet the girls.
  • We want to meet the girls.
  • Come down, come down, come down.
  • Hey, girls!
  • Come down!
  • Wait!
  • That's quite a team you got there, Trina.
  • Stephanie's our happy place, baby.
  • I can tell y'all energy is amazing.
  • We love you.
  • We want you to be right here.
  • We want to step for you.
  • You got to watch them perform.
  • I'm here, baby.
  • I can't wait to see y'all.
  • Oh, my God.
  • Y'all, we got a lot to do.
  • But Trina.
  • We're going to do, we're ready.
  • Oh, so y'all stay.
  • Oh, they stay ready.
  • I love your energy.
  • Watch them.
  • Yes, I want to see.
  • Let's not hold it any further.
  • Go for it, y'all.
  • They ready.
  • Don't you love this?
  • Yes.
  • Yes.
  • Oh.
  • We ready.
  • Yes!
  • Give him a hand!
  • Yes, you stay ready!
  • Trina has her.
  • We have a step called Stepping is Our Happy Place.
  • Trina, you got a whole program.
  • You are the perfect example of a show must go on.
  • She like, Jennifer, I got more.
  • I got more.
  • I see you do.
  • Ladies, let me just say that was amazing.
  • Go ahead, Trina.
  • I'm going to let you take the floor.
  • You tell me all about it.
  • Yes, ma'am?
  • They made up a step for you called Stepping is My Happy Place.
  • You know I got to see that, right?
  • Because stepping makes them happy.
  • I love that.
  • You know that.
  • And y'all make us happy being able to watch y'all do it.
  • Right, y'all?
  • We want to see more.
  • We're excited.
  • We have all these people.
  • You didn't do so much.
  • My principal.
  • Oh, the principal and all?
  • It's a family affair around there.
  • Man, Trita, you and your girl stay ready.
  • The whole school.
  • We knew who to write, Jennifer.
  • No, not the whole school.
  • She wouldn't let the whole school.
  • Uh oh, she what is this?
  • We love you, Jennifer Hudson.
  • You are the best, and our kids are crazy about you.
  • I love y'all, and I love your energy.
  • Oh my God.
  • You know, we want to learn more about Baltimore and y'all got the best moves.
  • Now I hear there's a famous Baltimore dance called the bird flu.
  • Is that right?
  • Yes, it is.
  • Yes, it is.
  • Okay.
  • Okay.
  • Look, you can win the prize of two hundred and fifty dollars if you show us how y'all do it.
  • In Baltimore, don't we want to see y'all?
  • Come on.
  • Jay said he got somebody to show it to me.
  • Uh oh.
  • Hey, oh, oh, oh, hey, hey, wait.
  • Y'all gotta say, yeah, you did that, don't be shy.
  • Now with that, you just got two hundred and fifty dollars, baby.
  • Yes, you did, that was incredible.
  • And I wanna, I wanna.
  • You just won, heard her?
  • Yes, you did.
  • Y'all just won two hundred and fifty dollars with that birthday.
  • Could you, Trina?
  • Now, I hear y'all do a lot of cookouts, and I want to add to that.
  • Quiet, y'all.
  • Quiet, quiet, quiet.
  • Now she talking.
  • Be quiet.
  • They still back there doing their bird flu, child.
  • I want to help y'all enjoy your next cookout and many, many more.
  • So today, I am giving you a brand new grill so y'all could do y'all bird flu and have a good cookout, OK?
  • Thank you, Megan, and all our friends at WBAL.
  • TV Eleven, I love your energy.
  • Keep it up and keep doing that amazing job with those kids, OK?
  • We'll be right back.