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Shannon Sharpe is 90% Nigerian: "Look like I got off the boat yesterday." | CLUB SHAY SHAY

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US / 'peərənt /

UK / ˈpɛrənt, ˈpær- /

A1
  • noun
  • Person's, animal's mother or father
  • Something creating other things of the same kind

three

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US / θri: /

UK / θri /

A1
  • number
  • Number 3

word

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US / wɜ:d /

UK / wɚd /

A1
  • noun
  • Unit of language that has a meaning
  • Promise
  • Short remark or piece of information
  • verb
  • To express something by choosing particular words

tribal

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US / ˈtraɪbl /

UK / ˈtraɪbəl /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Concerning or about a tribe

wish

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US / wɪʃ /

UK / wɪʃ /

A1
  • noun
  • Expression of a hope for something in the future
  • verb
  • To want something to happen or to become true

whitney

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US / ˈ(h)witni /

UK / ˈhwɪtni, ˈwɪt- /

A1
  • other
  • Highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (, feet high)

prisoner

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US / 'prɪznə(r) /

UK / ˈprɪzənɚ, ˈprɪznɚ /

A2
  • noun
  • Someone kept in a prison as punishment for a crime

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

alma

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US / 'wɒlɪ /

UK / 'wɔ:lɪ /

A1

university

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US / ˌju:nɪ'vɜ:sətɪ /

UK / ˌjunɪˈvɜrsəti /

A1
  • noun
  • High-level educational institution; college

scholarship

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US / 'skɒləʃɪp /

UK / ˈskɑlɚˌʃɪp /

B2
  • noun
  • Work of learning, studying, acquiring knowledge
  • Money given to a student to pay for education

how

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US / haʊ /

UK / haʊ /

A1
  • 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)

school

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US / sku:l /

UK / skul /

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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

sister

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US / ðə /

UK / ðə /

A1
  • noun
  • Female you share a parent with
  • Full-time female member of a (Christian) religion

freak

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US / friːk /

UK / friːk /

B2
  • adjecitve
  • (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
  • noun
  • verb

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

surprised

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US / səˈpraɪzd /

UK / sərˈpraɪzd /

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  • adjecitve
  • Feeling a shock when something unexpected happens
  • verb
  • To do something that another person didn't expect

other

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US / 'ʌðə(r) /

UK / ˈʌðər /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • A thing different from that mentioned
  • determiner
  • (Something) else; not the first (one)
  • pronoun
  • Being the one and only thing of that category

might

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US / maɪt /

UK / maɪt /

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  • other
  • Used to politely request an action
  • Used to express that something could happen
  • Power, strength, force or influence

mispronounce

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US / ˌmɪsprəˈnaʊns /

UK / ˌmɪsprəˈnaʊns /

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  • other
  • Pronounce a word incorrectly

than

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US / ðən /

UK / ðən /

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

love

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US / lʌv /

UK / lʌv /

A1
  • 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

segregate

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US / 'seɡrɪɡeɪt /

UK / ˈsɛɡrɪˌɡet /

B2
  • verb
  • To separate people by skin color, sex or religion
  • To separate one part of a thing from another part

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

outside

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US / ˌaʊtˈsaɪd /

UK / aʊtˈsaɪd, ˈaʊtˌsaɪd /

A2
  • adverb
  • Beyond the limits or edges of some place, thing
  • noun
  • Area around or near something, such as a building
  • preposition
  • Beyond the limits or edges of some place, thing

kind

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US / kaɪnd /

UK / kaɪnd /

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  • adjecitve
  • In a caring and helpful manner
  • friendly and considerate
  • noun
  • One type of thing

play

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US / pleɪ /

UK / pleɪ /

A1
  • noun
  • Loose, free movement between two objects
  • Single action in a sports game
  • Performance in which people act in a theater
  • verb
  • To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
  • To perform music on an instrument
  • To use a device, e.g. a video game
  • To do something for enjoyment and fun
  • To do or perform a game or sport

state

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US / steɪt /

UK / stet /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Concerning region within a country
  • noun
  • Region within a country, with its own government
  • Situation or condition something is in
  • verb
  • To say; declare as fact

you

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US / jʊ /

UK / ju /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Person someone is speaking or writing to
  • Person or people in general

little

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US / 'lɪtl /

UK / ˈlɪtl /

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  • 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

year

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US / jə: /

UK / jɪr /

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

continent

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US / ˈkɒntɪnənt /

UK / ˈkɑntənənt /

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  • noun
  • Very large piece of land, e.g. Africa or Asia

teach

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US / ti:tʃ /

UK / titʃ /

A1
  • verb
  • To help someone learn or do something

program

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US / 'prəʊɡræm /

UK / ˈproˌɡræm, -ɡrəm /

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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

wow

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US / waʊ /

UK / waʊ /

A1
  • exclamation
  • Sound people make when they make are impressed
  • verb
  • (Informal) to greatly impress someone

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

asshole

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US / ˈæshəʊl /

UK / ˈæshoʊl /

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  • noun
  • Insulting term for stupid or irritating people
  • Anus, the hole your backside where feces comes out

commercial

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US / kəˈmə:ʃəl /

UK / kəˈmɚʃəl /

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  • adjecitve
  • noun
  • Radio or television advertisement

man

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US / mæn /

UK / mæn /

A1
  • 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.)

let

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US / let /

UK / lɛt /

A1
  • verb
  • To allow someone to do something
  • Introducing a suggestion to do something together
  • To rent a house, etc. to others

funeral

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US / ˈfju:nərəl /

UK / ˈfjunərəl /

B1
  • noun
  • Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body

body

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US / ˈbɒd.i /

UK / ˈbɑdi /

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  • 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

able

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US / 'eɪbl /

UK / ˈebəl /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Skilled; good at something
  • Having the ability to do something

vicariously

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US / vɪ'keərɪəslɪ /

UK / vɪ'keərɪrslɪ /

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  • adverb
  • (Formal) Indirectly; as, by, or through a substitute

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

five

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US / faɪv /

UK / faɪv /

A1
  • number
  • 5

accent

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US / 'æksent /

UK / ˈækˌsɛnt /

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  • noun
  • Feature of a design, e.g. a stripe on a shirt
  • Correct spoken emphasis on a part of a word
  • A way of speaking that shows your dialect or class
  • verb
  • To give emphasis to (a point you are making)

december

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US / dɪˈsembə(r) /

UK / dɪˈsɛmbɚ /

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  • noun
  • The 12th month of the year

homework

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US / ˈhəumwə:k /

UK / ˈhomˌwɚk /

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  • noun
  • Work that a student is given to do at home

dana

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US / senˈseɪʃənl /

UK / sɛnˈseʃənəl /

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bit

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US / bɪt /

UK / bɪt /

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  • noun
  • Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • Small piece of something
  • verb
  • (E.g. of fish) to take bait and be caught

sable

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US / ˈseɪbl /

UK / ˈsebəl /

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  • noun
  • Scarf (or trimming) made of sable

very

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US / 'verɪ /

UK / ˈvɛri /

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning a large degree or amount
  • adverb
  • A lot; much; many
  • Used to stress or emphasize a noun

pre

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US / ˈpriː /

UK / ˈpriː /

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  • prefix
  • A prefix meaning 'before'
  • In preparation or in advance

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

snap

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US / snæp /

UK / snæp /

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  • noun
  • An informal word for a photograph
  • verb
  • To close your mouth quickly like biting something
  • To break something dry and thin, e.g. a branch
  • To lose control of your emotions; get angry

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

toad

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US / təʊd /

UK / tod /

B2
  • noun
  • Small amphibian animal very similar to a frog
  • A person you don't like or have respect for

both

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US / bəuθ /

UK / boθ /

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  • determiner
  • Used to refer to two things at the same time
  • pronoun
  • Used to refer to two things at the same time

everything

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US / 'evrɪθɪŋ /

UK / ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ /

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  • pronoun
  • All of the things mentioned

hospital

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US / ˈhɒspɪtl /

UK / ˈhɑ:spɪtl /

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  • noun
  • Building for sick people, with doctors and nurses

change

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US / tʃeɪndʒ /

UK / tʃendʒ /

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  • noun
  • Exchange of one set of clothes for another
  • Money in the form of coins instead of paper
  • Money returned after giving too much
  • Act of making or becoming something else
  • verb
  • To exchange one set of clothes for another
  • To exchange one kind of money for another
  • To replace something with another thing
  • To make or become something else
  • To go from one train, bus, etc. and go to another

believe

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US / bɪ'li:v /

UK / bɪˈliv /

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  • verb
  • To think or accept that something is true
  • To have a particular opinion about something

british

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US / ˈbrɪtɪʃ /

UK / ˈbrɪtɪʃ /

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the culture and people of British

prep

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US / prep /

UK / prɛp /

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  • adjecitve
  • Preparation for an action or event
  • noun
  • Shortened form of 'preparation school'

they

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US / ðeɪ /

UK / ðe /

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

empty

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US / 'emptɪ /

UK / ˈɛmpti /

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  • adjecitve
  • Containing nothing; with no contents
  • Without emotions, feelings, meaning or force
  • noun
  • Item, e.g. a bottle, whose contents have been used
  • verb
  • To remove the contents from something

malcolm

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US / ˈmælkəm /

UK / ˈmælkəm /

A1
  • proper noun
  • The name of four kings of Scotland.

yesterday

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US / ˈjestədeɪ /

UK / ˈjestərdeɪ /

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  • adverb
  • Day before today
  • noun
  • Day before today

dignitary

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US / ˈdɪgnɪtəri /

UK / ˈdɪgnɪteri /

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  • adjecitve
  • One in an official position, deserving respect

faculty

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US / 'fækltɪ /

UK / ˈfækəlti /

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  • noun
  • Ability to do something with the power of the mind
  • The teachers in a school or college

attention

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US / əˈtenʃn /

UK / əˈtɛnʃən /

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  • noun
  • Taking notice of someone or something
  • (Soldiers) Standing with straight backs

show

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US / ʃəʊ /

UK / ʃo /

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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

pretty

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US / 'prɪtɪ /

UK / ˈprɪti /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
  • adverb
  • Very; to a great degree

who

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US / hu: /

UK / hu /

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

reasonably

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US / ˈri:znəbli /

UK / ˈrizn:əblɪ /

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  • adverb
  • To a reasonable degree; not too much
  • In a fair and just manner

catholic

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US / ˈkæθlɪk /

UK / ˈkæθəlɪk, ˈkæθlɪk /

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  • adjecitve
  • One of many Christian belief systems
  • noun
  • Person believing in the Catholic church

work

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US / wɜ:k /

UK / wɚk /

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  • adjecitve
  • Activity completed in order to make money
  • noun
  • The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
  • Everything created by an author, artist, musician
  • Activity you do in order to make money
  • Place of employment
  • Final product or result of a some labor or effort
  • verb
  • To bring into a specific state of success
  • To be functioning properly, e.g. a car
  • To do your job in your company or workplace
  • To make an effort to do something
  • To operate a machine or device

thank

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US / θæŋk /

UK / θæŋk /

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  • verb
  • To tell someone you are grateful to them

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

psychiatry

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US / saɪˈkaɪətri /

UK / sɪˈkaɪətri, saɪ- /

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  • noun
  • Study and treatment of mental illness

nebraska

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US / niˈbræskə /

UK / nəˈbræskə /

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  • other
  • A midwestern state on the Great Plains

vietnamese

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US / ˌvjetnə'mi:z /

UK / ˌvjetnə'mi:z /

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the culture and people of Vietnam
  • noun
  • Person from Vietnam

discover

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US / dɪˈskʌvə(r) /

UK / dɪˈskʌvɚ /

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  • verb
  • To find something new that was not known before

their

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US / ðɛː /

UK / ðer /

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  • determiner
  • Belonging to them

country

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US / ˈkʌntri /

UK / ˈkʌntri /

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  • noun
  • An area of land that is controlled by a government
  • Open land that is away from towns and cities

heart

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US / hɑ:t /

UK / hɑrt /

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  • 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

yes

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US / jes /

UK / jɛs /

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

african

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US / ˈæfrɪkən /

UK / ˈæfrɪkən /

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the culture and people of Africa
  • noun
  • Person from Africa

patois

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US / ˈpætwɑː /

UK / ˈpætwɑː /

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  • noun
  • Regional dialect of a language (e.g. French)

narcissism

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US / ˈnɑ:sɪsɪzəm /

UK / ˈnɑrsɪˌsɪzəm /

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  • noun
  • Being in love with yourself, your own appearance

back

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US / bæk /

UK / bæk /

A1
  • 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

marry

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US / 'mærɪ /

UK / ˈmæri /

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  • verb
  • To become the husband or wife of someone
  • To perform a marriage ceremony

owe

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US / əʊ /

UK / o /

A2
  • verb
  • To need to do something in return for a favor etc.
  • To credit someone or thing for making it possible
  • To have a commitment to pay someone for something

where

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US / hwɛə /

UK / hwɛr, wɛr /

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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 /

UK / he /

A1
  • exclamation
  • What you say when you want someone's attention

nine

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US / naɪn /

UK / naɪn /

A1
  • number
  • 9

pidgin

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US / ˈpɪdʒɪn /

UK / ˈpɪdʒən /

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  • noun
  • Language derived from others, used for trading

guy

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US / ɡaɪ /

UK / ɡaɪ /

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  • noun
  • Man; boy; any person

grimy

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US / ˈgraɪmi /

UK / ˈɡraɪmi /

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  • adjecitve
  • Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot

psychology

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US / saɪ'kɒlədʒɪ /

UK / saɪˈkɑlədʒi /

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  • noun
  • The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
  • Way in which a person or group thinks and behaves

over

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US / 'əʊvə(r) /

UK / ˈovɚ /

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  • adverb
  • Finished; no longer happening
  • Towards the ground/away from a standing position
  • noun
  • A set of six consecutive balls bowled in cricket
  • other
  • Finished
  • preposition
  • Showing the relation when a thing is above another
  • On or covering something
  • Above or across something
  • More than you need
  • From one side to the other
  • In the direction of; toward

decide

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US / dɪ'saɪd /

UK / dɪˈsaɪd /

A2
  • verb
  • To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
  • To make a legal judgment in court
  • to affect the result of something

leave

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US / li:v /

UK / liv /

A1
  • noun
  • Permission to do something
  • Vacation time; time off work
  • verb
  • To go away from; depart
  • To gift property to someone after you die
  • To allow something to continue happening
  • To let something remain unused or available
  • To let something or someone remain somewhere

strict

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US / strɪkt /

UK / strɪkt /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Tending to enforce rules; severe
  • (Of orders) that must be obeyed

front

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US / frʌnt /

UK / frʌnt /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Opposite of back; the forward part of an object
  • noun
  • Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
  • Area where fighting in a war is happening
  • Place where air of different temperatures meets
  • verb
  • To have the forward part facing something
  • To lead a group of people, usually a band

come

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US / kʌm /

UK / kʌm /

A1
  • 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

gabrielle

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UK / /

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two

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US / tu: /

UK / tu /

A1
  • number
  • 2

niger

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US / ˈnaɪdʒə /

UK / ˈnaɪdʒər /

A1
  • noun
  • A landlocked republic in West Africa; gained independence from France in; most of the country is dom

name

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US / neɪm /

UK / nem /

A1
  • noun
  • What something or someone is called
  • verb
  • To state what someone is called, e.g. John

poor

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US / pʊə(r) /

UK / pʊr /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Inferior; below the normal standard
  • Deserving of pity or sympathy
  • Without money; not rich

ancestry

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US / ˈænsestri /

UK / ˈænˌsɛstri /

B2
  • noun
  • Family or race from which a person is descended

far

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US / fɑ:(r) /

UK / fɑr /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • A long way away
  • Being a long way away
  • adverb
  • To a large degree or extent

college

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US / 'kɒlɪdʒ /

UK / 'kɑːlɪdʒ /

A2
  • noun
  • School or educational institution for adults

nineteen

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US / ˌnaɪnˈti:n /

UK / naɪnˈtin /

A1
  • number
  • 19

until

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US / ənˈtɪl /

UK / ʌnˈtɪl /

A1
  • conjunction
  • Up to; to a time when something happens
  • preposition
  • Before (a specific time)

gyn

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US / dʒɪn /

UK / dʒɪn /

A1
  • noun

girl

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US / gɜ:l /

UK / gɜ:rl /

A1
  • noun
  • A female child; a young woman

couple

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US / 'kʌpl /

UK / ˈkʌpəl /

A2
  • noun
  • Two people in a romantic relationship
  • Two of something; two people; a pair
  • verb
  • To join something to something else
  • (Two animals) to engage in sexual relations
  • To put two people or things together

comedy

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US / 'kɒmədɪ /

UK / ˈkɑmɪdi /

A2
  • noun
  • Amusing play, film, usually with a happy ending

out

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US / aʊt /

UK / aʊt /

A1
  • 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

culture

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US / 'kʌltʃə(r) /

UK / ˈkʌltʃɚ /

A2
  • noun
  • Beliefs and customs of a particular group

only

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US / ˈəunli /

UK / ˈonli /

A1
  • 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

any

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US / 'enɪ /

UK / ˈɛni /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • One, or some, no matter which
  • pronoun
  • One (thing) of many; some

native

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US / ˈneɪtɪv /

UK / ˈnetɪv /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Caused by natural ability; innate
  • noun
  • Someone from or born in a specific country
  • Original inhabitant, e.g. before others
  • Person speaking a language from birth

most

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US / məʊst /

UK / most /

A1
  • adverb
  • Very; extremely
  • Greatest possible degree
  • pronoun
  • Nearly all of something

dad

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US / dæd /

UK / dæd /

A1
  • noun
  • Another word for father

real

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US / rɪəl /

UK / ˈriəl, ril /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Actually existing or happening, not imagined
  • Being important or special

lot

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US / lɒt /

UK / lɑt /

A1
  • 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

doctor

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US / ˈdɒktə(r) /

UK / ˈdɑːktɚ /

A1
  • noun
  • Person paid to help people become or stay healthy
  • Person awarded the highest university degree
  • verb
  • To treat someone's illness
  • To change something in order to trick someone

train

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US / treɪn /

UK / tren /

A1
  • noun
  • Line of people, animals moving the same direction
  • Vehicle that carries people and runs on rails
  • Long rear section of a (e.g. wedding) dress
  • Series of events happening one after another
  • verb
  • To teach a pet a behavior or a trick
  • To educate someone in something, e.g. medicine
  • To cause a plant to grow a certain way by cutting
  • To point a certain way or toward something
  • To practice to get better at a thing, e.g. sports

and

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US / ənd /

UK / ənd, ən,ænd /

A1
  • conjunction
  • Used to refer to two or more things
  • Plus; in addition; on top of that
  • Used to introduce an action that follows another

ten

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US / ten /

UK / tɛn /

A1
  • number
  • 10

call

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US / kɔ:l /

UK / kɔl /

A1
  • 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

huh

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US / hʌ /

UK / hʌ /

A1
  • exclamation
  • Sound people make when they are confused

cancer

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US / 'kænsə(r) /

UK / ˈkænsɚ /

B1
  • noun
  • Any growth caused by abnormal cell division

from

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US / frəm /

UK / frʌm, frɑm,frəm /

A1
  • preposition
  • Starting at a particular place, time or level

major

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US / 'meɪdʒə(r) /

UK / ˈmedʒɚ /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Main league; esp. referring to American baseball
  • Important, serious, or large in scope, size
  • noun
  • High-ranking officer in the army
  • Main subject you study at university
  • verb
  • To study a particular subject at university

racist

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US / 'reɪsɪst /

UK / 'reɪsɪst /

B2
  • adjecitve
  • Believing that people of other races are inferior
  • noun
  • Person who judges others negatively based on race

forty

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US / 'fɔ:tɪ /

UK / ˈfɔrti /

A1
  • number
  • 40

something

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US / ˈsʌmθɪŋ /

UK / ˈsʌmθɪŋ /

A1
  • adverb
  • In some degree or measure
  • noun
  • a person or thing of some value or consequence
  • pronoun
  • Thing that is not yet known or named
  • Approximately

keep

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US / ki:p /

UK / kip /

A1
  • 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

another

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US / əˈnʌðə(r) /

UK / əˈnʌðɚ /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • One more, but not this
  • determiner
  • One more added
  • pronoun
  • One more (thing)

kid

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US / kɪd /

UK / kɪd /

A2
  • 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

think

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US / θɪŋk /

UK / θɪŋk /

A1
  • verb
  • To have an idea about something without certainty
  • To have an idea, opinion or belief about something

museum

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US / mjuˈzi:əm /

UK / mjuˈziəm /

A2
  • noun
  • Building to display art/science/history objects

south

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US / saʊθ /

UK / saʊθ /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Direction to your right when facing the rising sun
  • Coming from the opposite direction from north
  • noun
  • The direction to your right of the rising sun

lazy

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US / ˈleɪzi /

UK / ˈlezi /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Not liking to work or make an effort; idle

would

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US / wʊd /

UK / wʊd /

A1
  • 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

wide

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UK / waɪd /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Having a great distance from one side to the other
  • adverb
  • Fully; completely

scarborough

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US / ˈskɑrˌbɜroʊ /

UK / /

A1
  • proper noun
  • A town in southern Maine, just south of Portland; population 19,054 (est. 2008).
  • A fishing port and resort on the coast of North Yorkshire, northern England; population 39,600 (est.

daniel

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US / 'dænjəl /

UK / 'dænjəl /

A1
  • noun
  • (Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection w
  • other
  • A wise and upright judge
  • An Old Testament book that tells of the apocalyptic visions and the experiences of Daniel in the cou

king

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US / kɪŋ /

UK / kɪŋ /

A1
  • noun
  • Person considered the best or top at something
  • Playing card with the image of a king on it
  • Key piece in the game of chess
  • Royal male ruler of a country
  • Person's name

benedict

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US / ˈbenidikt /

UK / ˈbɛnɪˌdɪkt /

A1
  • other
  • Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about

but

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US / bət /

UK / bʌt,bət /

A1
  • conjunction
  • Used before you say something different, opposite

life

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US / laɪf /

UK / laɪf /

A1
  • noun
  • All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
  • Period of time things live, from birth to death

nigger

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US / ˈnɪgə(r) /

UK / ˈnɪɡɚ /

A1
  • noun
  • Very offensive word for Black person

whoop

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US / wu:p /

UK / hup, hwup, wup /

B2
  • exclamation
  • Loud cry expressing excitement or happiness
  • verb
  • To shout loudly in a happy or excited manner

english

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US / ˈɪŋglɪʃ /

UK / ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the culture and people of England
  • noun
  • Language of the UK, USA, Nigeria and elsewhere
  • Person's name

boom

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US / bu:m /

UK / bum /

B1
  • noun
  • Very fast increase in growth or popularity
  • A very loud and deep sound
  • verb
  • To experience a rapid increase in growth
  • To make a very loud and deep sound

fault

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US / fɔ:lt /

UK / fɔlt /

A2
  • noun
  • A failure or negative aspect of
  • Crack in the earth where earthquakes can happen
  • Responsibility for a bad result or problem
  • verb
  • To blame someone, something for a negative result

not

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US / nɒt /

UK / nɑt /

A1
  • adverb
  • Word indicating the negative
  • (Used to form the negative of verbs)

lion

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US / ˈlaɪən /

UK / ˈlaɪən /

B1
  • noun
  • Large wild cats from Africa and south Asia

friend

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US / frend /

UK / frɛnd /

A1
  • noun
  • Person who you like and enjoy being with

vow

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US / vaʊ /

UK / vaʊ /

B2
  • noun
  • Very serious promise
  • verb
  • To make a serious, often a religious, promise

shout

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US / ʃaʊt /

UK / ʃaʊt /

A2
  • noun
  • Speaking loudly so you get attention
  • verb
  • To speak very loudly to get attention

especially

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US / ɪˈspeʃəli /

UK / ɛˈspɛʃəli, ɪˈspɛʃ- /

A1
  • adverb
  • More than usual; extremely

now

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US / naʊ /

UK / naʊ /

A1
  • 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

really

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US / ˈri:əli /

UK / ˈriəˌli, ˈrili /

A1
  • adverb
  • Used to stress something that is said; definitely
  • In a true or accurate manner
  • Very

deliver

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US / dɪ'lɪvə(r) /

UK / dɪˈlɪvɚ /

A2
  • verb
  • To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
  • To save someone from a problem or crisis
  • To keep a promise; do what you say you would
  • To present something to a group, as a speech
  • To take something to a person or place

comedian

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US / kəˈmi:diən /

UK / kəˈmidiən /

A2
  • noun
  • An entertainer whose job is to make people laugh

survive

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US / sə'vaɪv /

UK / sɚˈvaɪv /

A2
  • verb
  • To continue to live despite illness or trouble

business

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US / ˈbɪznəs /

UK / ˈbɪznɪs /

A1
  • noun
  • A company formed for making profit
  • Matter that has to be dealt with; task; situation
  • Activity of working to make a profit

fist

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US / fɪst /

UK / fɪst /

B2
  • noun
  • Tightly closed hand, as when you punch someone

against

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US / əˈgenst /

UK / əˈɡenst /

A1
  • preposition
  • In physical contact with, as for support; next to
  • In opposition to; disagreeing with

mother

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US / ˈmʌðə(r) /

UK / ˈmʌðɚ /

A1
  • noun
  • Female who has a child or children; female parent
  • verb
  • To take care of someone as if they were your child

want

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US / wɔnt /

UK / wɑnt, wɔnt /

A1
  • noun
  • Something you desire or wish for
  • State or condition of poverty
  • verb
  • To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing

can

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US / kæn /

UK / kən,kæn /

A1
  • 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

seven

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US / ˈsevn /

UK / ˈsɛvən /

A1
  • number
  • Number 7

cut

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US / kʌt /

UK / kʌt /

A1
  • noun
  • Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
  • Small opening made using a sharp object, knife
  • A wound on someone's skin caused by a sharp object
  • verb
  • To reduce the size or amount of something
  • To use knife or scissors to divide, open surfaces

good

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US / ɡʊd /

UK / ɡʊd /

A1
  • 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

our

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US / 'aʊə(r) /

UK / aʊr /

A1
  • determiner
  • Belonging to us

nun

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US / nʌn /

UK / nʌn /

B2
  • noun
  • Female member of a religious group

give

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US / ɡɪv /

UK / ɡɪv /

A1
  • 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

brother

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US / ˈbrʌðə(r) /

UK / ˈbrʌðɚ /

A1
  • noun
  • A boy or man who shares a parent with you

crazy

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US / 'kreɪzɪ /

UK / ˈkrezi /

A2
  • 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

stool

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US / stu:l /

UK / stul /

B1
  • noun
  • Single seat without support for the arms or back
  • Med. feces; excrement

become

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US / bɪ'kʌm /

UK / bɪˈkʌm /

A1
  • verb
  • To begin to be; grow to be; develop into
  • To be suitable for a particular job or role

immigrant

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US / ˈɪmɪgrənt /

UK / ˈɪmɪɡrənt /

B1
  • noun
  • Person moving to another country to live there

war

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US / wɔ:(r) /

UK / wɔr /

A2
  • noun
  • Situation where armies fight each other

since

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US / sɪns /

UK / sɪns /

A1
  • adverb
  • At a point before the present time
  • conjunction
  • For this reason; because
  • preposition
  • From the time in the past that

korean

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US / kəˈriən /

UK / kəˈriən /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the culture and people of Korea
  • noun
  • Person from Korea

never

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US / 'nevə(r) /

UK / ˈnɛvɚ /

A1
  • adverb
  • Not ever; not at any time

light

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US / laɪt /

UK / laɪt /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being bright making it easy to see; not dark
  • Being pale and lacking darkness of color
  • Not heavy; weighing only a little
  • adverb
  • Carrying few bags when traveling
  • noun
  • A source of energy that makes a room or area bright
  • Way in which something or someone is understood
  • verb
  • To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
  • To provide a way to see ahead

for

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US / fə(r) /

UK / fɔr,fə /

A1
  • preposition
  • Used to show the purpose, or need of something

french

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US / frentʃ /

UK / frentʃ /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the culture and people of France
  • noun
  • Person's name

cool

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US / ku:l /

UK / kul /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Steady and calm when facing difficulties
  • Almost cold; not warm or hot
  • Smart or stylish in a way (young) people admire
  • Unfriendly in an indirect way; distant
  • verb
  • To make something decrease in temperature
  • (Of an emotion, etc.) to become less strongly felt

smart

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US / smɑ:t /

UK / smɑ:rt /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Fashionable; well-dressed; well-groomed
  • Looking clean, neat and stylish
  • (Of phones, weapons) with clever features
  • Associated with rich, popular and stylish people
  • Clever; with intelligence
  • adverb
  • Energetic or quick in motion or movement
  • In a clever way; with intelligence
  • noun
  • Feeling of being hurt and upset
  • Sharp, burning pain
  • verb
  • To feel hurt or upset
  • To hurt with an unexpected sharp or burning pain

through

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US / θru: /

UK / θru /

A2
  • 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

black

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US / blæk /

UK / blæk /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Color of the sky on a dark night
  • noun
  • A person with dark skin, often of African origin
  • Person's name
  • verb
  • To fill in something to make it a very dark color

system

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US / 'sɪstəm /

UK / ˈsɪstəm /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Working in an organized, logical way
  • noun
  • Set of organized, planned ideas that work together

shea

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US / ʃi: /

UK / ʃeɪ /

A1
  • noun
  • A small tropical African tree which bears oily nuts from which shea butter is obtained.

tribe

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US / traɪb /

UK / traɪb /

B1
  • noun
  • Racial group united by language, religion, customs

scout

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US / skaʊt /

UK / skaʊt /

B2
  • verb
  • To watch or search for something or someone

die

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US / daɪ /

UK / daɪ /

A1
  • noun
  • Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
  • verb
  • To cease to function or work
  • (Of a thing) to stop being used or done
  • (Of a person) to stop living

career

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US / kə'rɪə(r) /

UK / kəˈrɪr /

A2
  • noun
  • Particular occupation in professional life
  • verb
  • To move forward very fast and without control

strong

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US / strɒŋ /

UK / strɔŋ /

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

racism

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US / ˈreɪsɪzəm /

UK / ˈreˌsɪzəm /

B2
  • noun
  • Belief that people of other races are bad/inferior

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

home

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US / həʊm /

UK / hom /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • A sports team's own field or place of play
  • adverb
  • Into the correct or intended position
  • noun
  • House, apartment or building to be rented or sold
  • Institution for sick or elderly people
  • Place where a person or a family lives
  • Country where a person lives or was born
  • Region that is native to peoples, plant or animals
  • verb
  • To move towards a particular target location

period

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US / ˈpɪəriəd /

UK / ˈpɪriəd /

A1
  • noun
  • Set amount of time during which events take place
  • A way to emphasize what you will say
  • A full stop (.), marking the end of a sentence
  • A menstrual cycle
  • A set time for a class to be held

herself

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US / hɜ:ˈself /

UK / hɚˈsɛlf /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Female person that did the original action

jean

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US / dʒi:n /

UK / dʒin /

A1
  • noun
  • Close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear

junior

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US / ˈdʒu:niə(r) /

UK / ˈdʒunjɚ /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Someone lower in rank
  • Being lower in position or rank
  • Concerning young people
  • noun
  • Student in third year

hell

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US / hel /

UK / hɛl /

A2
  • noun
  • Any place of pain and suffering

success

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US / sək'ses /

UK / səkˈsɛs /

A2
  • noun
  • Achievement of a desired purpose or goal
  • A successful person; one who achieved their aims

eight

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US / eɪt /

UK / et /

A1
  • number
  • 8

crime

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US / kraɪm /

UK / kraɪm /

A2
  • noun
  • Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
  • Act that is against the law; murder, theft etc.

middle

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US / 'mɪdl /

UK / ˈmidl /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Equal distance from extremes
  • noun
  • Place that is halfway between two things

talk

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US / tɔ:k /

UK / tɔk /

A1
  • 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

chinese

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US / /

UK / /

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the culture and people of China

orient

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US / 'ɔ:rɪənt /

UK / ˈɔriənt, -ˌɛnt, ˈor- /

B1
  • noun
  • Area comprising Asia
  • verb
  • To give information about something to newcomers

ask

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US / ɑ:sk /

UK / æsk /

A1
  • verb
  • To say to someone that you want something

though

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US / ðəu /

UK / ðo /

A1
  • adverb
  • Although, despite the fact that

cold

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US / kəʊld /

UK / kold /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Having a very low temperature
  • Being unfriendly or lacking emotion
  • noun
  • Illness of sneezing, coughing, and a sore throat

traditional

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US / trəˈdɪʃənl /

UK / trəˈdɪʃənəl /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Involved in a custom or event common to a people

sound

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US / saʊnd /

UK / saʊnd /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Sensible, dependable and reliable
  • Unbroken or undisturbed, as of sleep
  • Firm or solid in structure
  • Sane; not mentally ill
  • Clearly reasoned; involving sense, good judgment
  • noun
  • Unique quality that characterizes a style of music
  • Waves traveling in air or water that can be heard
  • verb
  • To seem or appear to be, from what was said
  • To say in a clear deliberate manner
  • To make a noise, e.g. to ring a bell

martin

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US / ˈmɑ:tn /

UK / ˈmɑrtn: /

A1
  • other
  • Any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around

lago

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US / ˈlɑgoʊ /

UK / /

A1
  • adjective
  • Out of control, wild. Chiefly in "leggo beast" (also lagobis) (derogatory): an animal that has got l
  • noun
  • A type of calypso usually performed at carnivals, having a strong percussive element and compelling
  • verb
  • To relinquish one's grip on someone or something; to let go. Chiefly informal. In imperative.
  • In other parts of the verb, especially the infinitive.
  • To let out without restraint; especially to say (something) in an unrestrained, forthright, or abusi

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

kill

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US / kɪl /

UK / kɪl /

A1
  • noun
  • Animal killed by a person or other animal
  • verb
  • To cause someone to experience a lot of pain
  • To end the life of a person or other living thing
  • To be very funny
  • To prevent something from continuing or operating
  • To do something unimportant to pass time quickly

time

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US / taɪm /

UK / taɪm /

A1
  • 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

grow

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US / ɡrəʊ /

UK / ɡro /

A1
  • verb
  • To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
  • To improve; to develop better skills over time
  • To develop and become bigger or taller over time

generation

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US / ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃn /

UK / ˌdʒɛnəˈreʃən /

A2
  • noun
  • Act or process of producing or causing something
  • People born and living at about the same time

question

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US / 'kwestʃən /

UK / ˈkwɛstʃən /

A1
  • noun
  • Issue or problems you are dealing with
  • What you ask about; issue
  • verb
  • To ask for or try to get information
  • To have or express concerns or uncertainty

myself

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US / maɪˈself /

UK / maɪˈsɛlf /

A1
  • pronoun
  • The same person who did the action mentioned
  • My regular, usual, or healthy self

why

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US / waɪ /

UK / hwaɪ, waɪ /

A1
  • adverb
  • Question word to ask for a reason
  • exclamation
  • (Used to express surprise or approval)

superhero

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US / ˈsu:pəhɪərəʊ /

UK / ˈsu:pərhɪroʊ /

C2
  • noun
  • Fictional character who fights evil

express

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US / ɪk'spres /

UK / ɪkˈsprɛs /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Sent by a fast mail service
  • Traveling at high speed
  • noun
  • Fast train or bus
  • verb
  • To send something by fast mail
  • To state or show what you think or how you feel

religious

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US / rɪˈlɪdʒəs /

UK / rɪˈlɪdʒəs /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Following the rules and beliefs of a faith

just

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US / dʒʌst /

UK / dʒʌst /

A1
  • 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)

his

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US / hɪz /

UK / hɪz /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Something belonging to a male person

extra

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US / 'ekstrə /

UK / 'ekstrə /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • More than necessary; additional
  • noun
  • Items more than you need; additional items
  • Person who has a small part in a movie
  • Special version of a newspaper

end

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US / end /

UK / ɛnd /

A1
  • noun
  • The point where a process or activity stops
  • A point that marks the limit of something; finish
  • Goal or desired result
  • The tip, edge or limit of something
  • verb
  • To be the last part of something

fantastic

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US / fænˈtæstɪk /

UK / fænˈtæstɪk /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Strange or unusual in design or appearance
  • Very large, fast or great
  • Hard to believe; amazing

jamaican

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US / dʒə'meɪkən /

UK / dʒə'meɪkən /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the culture and people of Jamaica
  • noun
  • Person from Jamaica

bear

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US / bɛː /

UK / bɛr /

A2
  • noun
  • Large brown animal with fur that lives in forests
  • Someone who expects stock market to fall
  • verb
  • To accept (responsibilities or duties)
  • To give birth to a child; to produce fruit
  • To accept or suffer the weight of difficulties
  • To keep moving left or right while going forward
  • To show (sign of something)
  • To support the weight of something, e.g. a bridge

six

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US / sɪks /

UK / sɪks /

A1
  • number
  • 6

southern

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US / ˈsʌðən /

UK / ˈsʌðərn /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Concerning a region in the south
  • Being in or toward the south

psych

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US / saɪk /

UK / saɪk /

C2
  • verb
  • (Of an upcoming event) to cause excitement in

bullshit

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US / ˈbʊlʃɪt /

UK / ˈbʊlˌʃɪt /

C2
  • exclamation
  • Telling lies, nonsense (very rude)

young

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US / jʌŋ /

UK / jʌŋ /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • At an early stage of existence; not mature
  • Being recently created or started
  • noun
  • Babies in a group or family of animals

ethiopian

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US / ˌi:θɪ'əʊpɪən /

UK / ˌiθiˈopiən /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the culture and people of Ethiopia
  • noun
  • Person from Ethiopia

afro

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US / ˈæfrəu /

UK / ˈæfro /

B2
  • noun
  • Rounded curly hairdo

see

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US / si: /

UK / si /

A1
  • 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)

remember

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US / rɪ'membə(r) /

UK / rɪˈmɛmbɚ /

A1
  • verb
  • To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • To hold a thought in your mind to not forget it
  • To bring a previous image or idea to your mind

michelle

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US / maɪs /

UK / maɪs /

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eleven

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US / ɪˈlevn /

UK / ɪˈlɛvən /

A1
  • number
  • 11

damn

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US / dæm /

UK / dæm /

B2
  • exclamation
  • A mild swear word used to express annoyance
  • verb
  • To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
  • To threaten with everlasting punishment

month

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US / mʌnθ /

UK / mʌnθ /

A1
  • noun
  • One of 12 28-31 day periods in the year

away

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US / ə'weɪ /

UK / əˈwe /

A1
  • 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

without

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US / wɪˈðaʊt /

UK / wɪðˈaʊt, wɪθ- /

A1
  • preposition
  • Not with; not having

fuck

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US / fʌk /

UK / fʌk /

A1
  • noun
  • Vulgar term used as an intensifier
  • verb
  • (Vulgar) To have sex with someone

know

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US / nəʊ /

UK / noʊ /

A1
  • 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

polish

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US / 'pɒlɪʃ /

UK / ˈpɑlɪʃ /

B1
  • noun
  • A cream used to make shoes etc. shiny
  • Quality or style showing great skill or refinement
  • A shine on a surface
  • other
  • To make something smooth and shiny by rubbing it
  • verb
  • To make something smooth and shiny by rubbing it
  • To improve by practicing or working on it

shit

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US / ʃɪt /

UK / ʃɪt /

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  • noun
  • A coarse term for defecation

educator

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US / ˈedʒukeɪtə(r) /

UK / ˈɛdʒəˌketɚ /

A2
  • noun
  • Someone who teaches

could

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US / kəd /

UK / kʊd /

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

before

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US / bɪˈfɔ:(r) /

UK / bɪˈfɔr,-ˈfor /

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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

public

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US / 'pʌblɪk /

UK / ˈpʌblɪk /

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  • adjecitve
  • Owned by the government
  • Concerning society in general
  • Being available or accessible to people in general
  • Known or able to be known by all people

problem

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US / ˈprɒbləm /

UK / ˈprɑbləm /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Causing trouble
  • noun
  • Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
  • Question to show understanding of a math concept

entertainment

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US / ˌentəˈteɪnmənt /

UK / ˌɛntɚˈtenmənt /

A2
  • noun
  • Act or process of providing service for someone
  • Singing, dancing, telling jokes to amuse people

mater

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US / 'meɪtə /

UK / 'meɪtə /

C1
  • noun
  • Use of the Latin word for mother

teenager

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US / ˈti:neɪdʒə(r) /

UK / ˈtinˌedʒɚ /

A2
  • noun
  • Person between the ages of 13 and 19

with

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US / wɪð /

UK / wɪð, wɪθ /

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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

tech

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US / tek /

UK / tɛk /

A2
  • noun
  • Shortened form of 'technology' or 'technician'

cnn

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US / ˌsiː en ˈen /

UK / ˌsiː en ˈen /

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  • abbreviation
  • Cable News Network.

weak

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US / wi:k /

UK / wik /

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  • adjecitve
  • Not having a strong character
  • Less valuable compared to money of other countries
  • Ineffective; unconvincing; not strong
  • Having little power or ability
  • Not having the necessary or proper amount
  • Having little power; not strong; easy to break
  • (Of a drink) having lots of water and little taste

last

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US / lɑ:st /

UK / læst /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Most recent; the latest
  • The one before
  • adverb
  • Final; with nothing following; after all others
  • Most recent; the latest
  • determiner
  • The one at the end
  • verb
  • To remain or continue for a certain period of time

have

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US / həv /

UK / hæv /

A1
  • 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

ninety

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US / 'naɪntɪ /

UK / ˈnaɪnti /

A1
  • number
  • 90

mouth

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US / maʊθ /

UK / maʊθ /

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  • noun
  • Hole in the face used for eating and talking
  • Opening of a container such as a bottle
  • Area where a river enters a large body of water
  • verb
  • To say words without speaking

world

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US / wɜ:ld /

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  • noun
  • All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • Political division due to some kind of similarity

trust

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US / trʌst /

UK / trʌst /

A2
  • noun
  • Wealth or property held by one person for another
  • The belief that someone is honest
  • Care or responsibility of a person
  • verb
  • To expect confidently
  • To have confidence or faith
  • To be confident someone is honest and reliable
  • To believe someone to be honest and reliable

break

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US / breɪk /

UK / brek /

A1
  • noun
  • Time you stop an activity before continuing
  • End of a relationship
  • An escape from a place such as a jail
  • (Lucky) advantage or benefit from something
  • Find a solution or answer to a problem or crime
  • Change in the weather
  • verb
  • To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
  • To form a crack in something
  • To burst or become damaged
  • To end a relationship
  • To escape from a place such as a jail
  • To train a wild animal e.g. a horse
  • To separate into pieces by force, or by dropping
  • To act against a law, rule, or promise
  • To become known suddenly, as in the news
  • To not do what you promised e.g. not keep promises
  • To solve a crime, or answer a problem
  • To stop functioning properly
  • To suddenly start, open or commence
  • To change in pitch suddenly, as in a voice
  • To fall on the shore, as in waves
  • To begin or change suddenly; the dawn or weather
  • To defeat by causing the person to lose their will

hear

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US / hɪə(r) /

UK / hɪr /

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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

honest

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US / ˈɒnɪst /

UK / ˈɑnɪst /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy

sixty

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US / 'sɪkstɪ /

UK / ˈsɪksti /

A1
  • number
  • 60

percent

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US / pə'sent /

UK / pɚˈsɛnt /

A2
  • adverb
  • One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %

father

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US / ˈfɑ:ðə(r) /

UK / ˈfɑðɚ /

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  • noun
  • A male parent
  • Man who is the first to do or invent something
  • verb
  • To create a child by making a woman pregnant

senior

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US / 'si:nɪə(r) /

UK / ˈsinjɚ /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Being older than another person
  • Concerning the needs or activities of older people
  • (Student) in the final year of school
  • noun
  • Person who has usually reached a specific old age
  • Person who is older than someone else
  • Person with higher status or authority than
  • Student who is in the final year of school

part

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US / pɑ:t /

UK / pɑ:rt /

A1
  • 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

raise

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US / reɪz /

UK / rez /

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  • noun
  • Increase in a bet above another when playing cards
  • Pay increase
  • verb
  • To increase a bet above another when playing cards
  • To gather donations for a cause or charity
  • To bring up and educate a child to maturity
  • To bring a dead person to life
  • To increase a quantity, size, intensity or price
  • To lift (e.g. your hand) to a higher position
  • To mention a topic /issue for discussion; bring up
  • To increase (salary, etc.)
  • To grow or care for plants or animals

chicago

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US / ʃɪ'kɑ:gəʊ, -'kɔ:- /

UK / ʃɪ'kɑ:ɡoʊˌ -'kɔ:- /

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  • proper noun
  • A city in northeastern Illinois, on Lake Michigan; population 2,853,114 (est. 2008). Chicago develop

nigeria

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US / naɪˈdʒɪərɪə /

UK / naɪˈdʒɪriə /

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  • noun
  • A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea

wear

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US / weə(r) /

UK / wer /

A1
  • noun
  • Clothing designed for a purpose e.g. skiing
  • Damage from continual use over a long period
  • verb
  • To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
  • To display an expression or emotion on the face
  • To become weaker or damaged from continued use

least

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US / li:st /

UK / list /

A1
  • adverb
  • In the smallest or lowest way
  • noun
  • Something that is of the lowest or smallest degree

mom

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US / mɒm /

UK / mɑ:m /

A1
  • noun
  • A slang term for mother

block

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US / blɒk /

UK / blɑk /

A2
  • noun
  • Solid piece of material used for building
  • A piece of wood, chocolate etc.
  • Hard piece of wood, stone etc. with straight edges
  • Building made up of offices or apartments
  • Area of a city divided by four streets
  • verb
  • To stop from going forward or making progress

again

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US / ə'ɡen /

UK / əˈɡɛn /

A1
  • adverb
  • One more time, once more

great

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US / ɡreɪt /

UK / ɡret /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Very large in size
  • Very important
  • Very good; fantastic; wonderful
  • adverb
  • Very good; better than before
  • noun
  • Successful and well-admired person

happen

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US / 'hæpən /

UK / ˈhæpən /

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  • verb
  • To take place or occur

whisper

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US / 'wɪspə(r) /

UK / ˈhwɪspɚ,ˈwɪs- /

A2
  • noun
  • Act of talking without using your voice
  • verb
  • To talk with breath but no voice

anymore

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US / 'enɪmɔ: /

UK / ˌɛniˈmɔr, -ˈmor /

A2
  • adverb
  • No longer; no more

family

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US / 'fæməlɪ /

UK / ˈfæmli /

A1
  • noun
  • Close group of people or organizations
  • A group of people who are related through blood
  • Group of related plants or animals

makeup

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US / 'meɪkʌp /

UK / ˈmekˌʌp /

B2
  • noun
  • Substance put on the face to make you look pretty

language

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US / ˈlæŋgwɪdʒ /

UK / ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ /

A1
  • noun
  • Words or signs used to communicate messages

she

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US / ʃɪ /

UK / ʃi /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Female person or animal mentioned before
  • (Refers to female person mentioned before)

michael

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US / ˈmaɪk(ə)l /

UK / ˈmaɪkəl /

A1

bunch

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US / bʌntʃ /

UK / bʌntʃ /

B1
  • noun
  • A group of things of the same kind
  • verb
  • To group people or things closely together
  • (Cloth) to gather/be gathered together in folds

number

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US / ˈnʌmbə(r) /

UK / ˈnʌmbɚ /

A1
  • noun
  • Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
  • Particular song or dance performed during a show
  • Total quantity or amount of things
  • verb
  • To put numbers on things
  • To assign a sequence within a group, series, set
  • To claim to be part of a larger group, series, set

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’

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

sit

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US / sɪt /

UK / sɪt /

A1
  • verb
  • To take an exam
  • To be in a resting position on a chair
  • To provide seating for people
  • To remain in a still position while being painted

respect

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US / rɪ'spekt /

UK / rɪˈspɛkt /

A2
  • noun
  • Behavior that follows the established rules
  • Admiration for someone
  • Regard or admiration for someone or something
  • verb
  • To follow the established rules
  • To think very highly of another person

city

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US / 'sɪtɪ /

UK / ˈsɪti /

A1
  • noun
  • Area with many buildings, roads and people

baby

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US / ˈbeɪbi /

UK / ˈbeɪbi /

A2
  • 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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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

lane

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US / leɪn /

UK / len /

A2
  • noun
  • Marked strip of the road or swimming pool
  • Narrow way or road, often with steep sides
  • Person's name

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)

suppose

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US / sə'pəʊz /

UK / səˈpoʊz /

A2
  • conjunction
  • What if
  • verb
  • To imagine or guess what might happen

cousin

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US / 'kʌzn /

UK / 'kʌzn /

A2
  • noun
  • Child of your uncle or aunt
  • Something similar to or related to something else

then

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US / ðen /

UK / ðɛn /

A1
  • adverb
  • A time that is not now
  • Following another thing in time or arrangement
  • Following on reasonably from what was just stated
  • At that time, not now

week

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US / wi:k /

UK / wik /

A1
  • noun
  • Period of seven days from Sunday to Saturday

yeah

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US / jeə /

UK / ˈjɛə, ˈjæə, jɛ- /

A1
  • exclamation
  • Another way of saying 'yes'

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

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

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

ball

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US / bɔ:l /

UK / bɔl /

A1
  • noun
  • Large dance where people dress formally
  • Small round object often used in a game or sport

mean

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US / mi:n /

UK / min /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being good at
  • Nasty; unkind
  • Not liking to spend money; cheap; stingy
  • noun
  • Average of a set of numbers
  • verb
  • To express a particular idea or thought
  • To intend to do something in particular
  • To have a particular meaning or value

buffett

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US / ˈbʌfɪt /

UK / /

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house

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US / haʊs /

UK / haʊs /

A1
  • noun
  • Place where a specific activity or business occurs
  • Building in which a family, person lives
  • verb
  • To give someone a place to live
  • To contain or store something

tell

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US / tel /

UK / tɛl /

A1
  • 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

leukaemia

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US / luːˈkiːmiə /

UK / luːˈkiːmiə /

B2
  • noun
  • Blood cancer in which white blood cells increase

even

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US / 'i:vn /

UK / ˈivən /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being equal in influence, power, possibility etc.
  • Being divided equally or fairly
  • (Of teams/contest) with similar chances of success
  • Smooth, level, or regular
  • Can be divided by 2; ending in 2, 4, 6, 8, or 0
  • At a regular, equally steady manner
  • Remaining steady and unchanging
  • adverb
  • (When this is surprising) as well; too
  • (Used to compare two things/stress the difference)
  • verb
  • To make something level; to flatten
  • To make something equal

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

right

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US / raɪt /

UK / raɪt /

A1
  • 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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US / 'pi:pl /

UK / ˈpipəl /

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

hard

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US / hɑ:d /

UK / hɑː(r)d /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • (Of facts) not able to be misunderstood; clear
  • (Of alcohol) strong
  • Involving or requiring lots of work, effort, care
  • Being full of pain, trouble, and problems
  • Strong
  • (Of edge) clear; sharp
  • Difficult to bend, break or cut; solid
  • adverb
  • With lots of force, power, or impact

garb

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US / gɑ:b /

UK / gɑ:rb /

C1
  • noun
  • Distinct clothing style showing group affiliation

honor

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US / 'ɒnə(r) /

UK / ˈɑnɚ /

B2
  • noun
  • Award you get for doing well; prize, title, etc.
  • Chance to do something special; privilege
  • Respect given to someone who is admired
  • Good standing a person has in a community
  • verb
  • To fulfill an agreement
  • To give an award to someone
  • To respect someone or something

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

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

care

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US / keə(r) /

UK / kɛr /

A1
  • noun
  • Treatment you receive for your health or safety
  • Something that a person worries about
  • verb
  • To feel interest, concern, or worry
  • To look after someone or something

luther

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US / ˈluːθə(r) /

UK / ˈluːθər /

A1

case

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US / keɪs /

UK / kes /

A1
  • noun
  • Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
  • Set of facts about a crime
  • Set of facts about an event
  • Example or instance of something
  • verb
  • To find out about a place, as in planning to steal

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

here

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US / hɪə(r) /

UK / hɪr /

A1
  • adverb
  • In this place; at this location, position or time

uptown

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US / ˌʌpˈtaʊn /

UK / ˈʌpˌtaʊn /

A1
  • adverb
  • In the upper part of a town; in a residential area

listen

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US / ˈlɪsn /

UK / ˈlɪsən /

A1
  • verb
  • To carefully consider what someone is saying

warren

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US / 'wɒrən /

UK / ˈwɔrən, ˈwɑr- /

C1
  • noun
  • Large network of connecting rabbit burrows

normal

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US / 'nɔ:ml /

UK / ˈnɔrməl /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Standard or regular way of doing something
  • Having standard mental or physical ability, health

defunct

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US / dɪˈfʌŋkt /

UK / dɪˈfʌŋkt /

C1
  • adjecitve
  • Being broken, out of use, or obsolete

drug

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US / drʌɡ /

UK / drʌɡ /

A2
  • noun
  • Illegal substance taken for effect on the mind
  • Chemical used as a medicine
  • verb
  • To give drugs to someone to make them sleep

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

milwaukee

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US / milˈwɔ:kiˌ(:) /

UK / mɪlˈwɔki /

A1
  • proper noun
  • An industrial port and city in southeastern Wisconsin, on the western shore of Lake Michigan; popula

beat

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US / bi:t /

UK / bit /

A2
  • noun
  • Regular movement or rhythm (e.g. heart or music)
  • verb
  • To move in regular motions in order to push blood
  • To strike or hit repeatedly and with great force
  • To mix ingredients together with a fork or machine
  • To play a drum
  • To win against another person or team; defeat

already

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US / ɔ:lˈredi /

UK / ɔlˈrɛdi /

A1
  • adverb
  • Having happened or been done before this time

always

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US / 'ɔ:lweɪz /

UK / ˈɔlwez,-wɪz,-wiz /

A1
  • adverb
  • For a very long time
  • At all times; in every situation
  • For ever

ever

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US / 'evə(r) /

UK / ˈɛvɚ /

A1
  • adverb
  • At any time; at all times in the future

once

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US / wʌns /

UK / wʌns /

A1
  • adverb
  • One time; one instance
  • At a time in the past
  • conjunction
  • When; as soon as

village

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US / 'vɪlɪdʒ /

UK / ˈvɪlɪdʒ /

A2
  • noun
  • Small town in the country

healthy

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US / ˈhelθi /

UK / ˈhɛlθi /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • In good condition physically, or financially; well

small

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US / smɔ:l /

UK / smɔl /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Little in size; not big
  • (Of letters) not written in capital letters
  • Being insignificant or minor
  • (Of a business) with few people or things; local
  • (Of voice) being soft and quiet
  • (Of a child) being young

day

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US / deɪ /

UK / de /

A1
  • noun
  • A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
  • The period of time when it is light outside
  • Person's name

someone

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US / ˈsʌmwʌn /

UK / ˈsʌmˌwʌn, -wən /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Person who is not known or named

renew

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US / rɪ'nju: /

UK / rɪˈnu, -ˈnju /

B1
  • verb
  • To make something stronger, fresher, or like new
  • To replace something old or worn by something new
  • To make something valid again for future period
  • To begin again after stopping, as with more energy

omaha

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US / ˈəuməhɑ: /

UK / ˈoməˌhɔ, -ˌhɑ /

A1
  • other
  • A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska
  • Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Omaha
  • Thoroughbred that won the triple crown in

integrate

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US / ˈɪntɪgreɪt /

UK / ˈɪntɪˌɡret /

A2
  • verb
  • To combine together; make into one thing

texas

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US / ˈtɛksəs /

UK / ˈtɛksəs /

A1
  • other
  • The second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico

visit

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US / ˈvɪzɪt /

UK / ˈvɪzɪt /

A1
  • noun
  • Trip to a place for a time, usually for a reason
  • verb
  • To go to a place for a time, usually for a reason

eat

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US / i:t /

UK / it /

A1
  • verb
  • To put food in your mouth

area

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US / 'eərɪə /

UK / ˈɛriə /

A1
  • noun
  • Amount of measured space
  • A specific section or space; part of a region
  • A subject or field of study

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

obviously

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US / ˈɒbviəsli /

UK / ˈɑːbviəsli /

A2
  • adverb
  • In a way that is obvious/easy to see or understand

receiver

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US / rɪˈsi:və(r) /

UK / rɪˈsivɚ /

B1
  • noun
  • Earpiece of a telephone

nurse

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US / nɜ:s /

UK / nɜ:rs /

A2
  • noun
  • Person trained to care for sick or injured people
  • verb
  • To care for and look after someone who is sick
  • To keep holding a bad feeling about someone
  • To drink/allow (baby) to drink milk from breast

straight

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US / streɪt /

UK / stret /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Not having curves, bends, or angles
  • Not gay; heterosexual
  • honest and direct
  • adverb
  • in a line; immediately; honestly and directly

nigerian

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US / naɪ'dʒɪərɪən /

UK / naɪ'dʒɪrɪrn /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the culture and people of Nigeria
  • noun
  • Person from Nigeria

gene

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US / dʒi:n /

UK / dʒin /

B1
  • noun
  • Part of cell controlling development of a thing

club

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US / klʌb /

UK / klʌb /

A1
  • noun
  • Group of people who share an interest, as in sport
  • Place where people go to listen to music and dance
  • Long stick used for hitting things, as in golf
  • verb
  • To be grouped with others
  • To hit hard with a thick and heavy stick, weapon

will

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US / wɪl /

UK / wɪl /

A1
  • 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

relate

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US / rɪ'leɪt /

UK / rɪˈlet /

A2
  • verb
  • To demonstrate a logical relationship between
  • To understand or sympathize with, e.g. a problem
  • To tell a story, or tell about a particular event

fail

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US / feɪl /

UK / fel /

A1
  • noun
  • A mark on a test showing you did not pass
  • verb
  • To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
  • To not do or provide something that is needed
  • To stop working or functioning; to break down
  • To not achieve a goal, or to go wrong

reason

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US / 'ri:zn /

UK / ˈrizən /

A1
  • noun
  • Ability to think about facts and form a judgment
  • Explanation for why something occurred or was done
  • verb
  • To think and make conclusions in a logical manner

sort

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US / sɔ:t /

UK / sɔrt /

A1
  • noun
  • Group or class of similar things or people
  • verb
  • To organize things by putting them into groups
  • To deal with things in an organized way

sure

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US / ʃʊə(r) /

UK / ʃʊr /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Having no doubts about something
  • Have confidence in your own words or actions
  • Firmly established or held; being firm or stable
  • Being correct or true
  • adverb
  • What you say to agree willingly

memphis

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US / ˈmemfis /

UK / ˈmɛmfɪs /

A1
  • proper noun
  • An ancient city in Egypt, whose ruins are situated on the Nile River about 10 miles (15 km) south of
  • A river port on the Mississippi River in southwestern Tennessee; population 669,651 (est. 2008). Fou

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

should

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US / ʃʊd /

UK / ʃʊd /

A1
  • other
  • Used to indicate what is proper or reasonable

certain

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US / ˈsə:tn /

UK / ˈsɚtn /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Definite, fixed
  • Referring to an unspecified amount or quantity
  • Being sure about something; without doubt

shock

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US / ʃɒk /

UK / ʃɑ:k /

A2
  • noun
  • The passage of an electricity through the body
  • Sudden bad feeling caused by something unexpected
  • verb
  • To affect someone with an electrical current
  • To cause great surprise, horror, or anger

pointe

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US / pwæ̃t /

UK / pwæ̃t /

A1
  • noun
  • In ballet, dancing that is performed on the tips of the toes.

sudden

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US / ˈsʌdn /

UK / ˈsʌdn /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly

union

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US / 'ju:nɪən /

UK / ˈjunjən /

A2
  • noun
  • Act of joining two or more things into one
  • Marriage
  • Organization of workers to look after their needs

lao

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US / laʊ /

UK / laʊ /

A1
  • other
  • A member of a Buddhist people inhabiting the area of the Mekong River in Laos and Thailand and speak
  • Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand
  • The Tai language of a Buddhist people living in the area of the mekong River in Thailand and Laos

white

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US / waɪt /

UK / hwaɪt, waɪt /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Belonging to a race of people with light skin
  • Of the color of fresh snow and milk
  • noun
  • Person's name
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  • Subtitles section
  • Do your accent.
  • Because, you know, I did my ancestry.
  • I heard you're ninety percent Nigerian.
  • You fucking look, you look more Nigerian than me.
  • You look like a dignitary.
  • Michael Blackson told me, I got off the boat yesterday.
  • Man, you should be driving Uber.
  • It's like, where do you want to go?
  • OK, my name is Shannon.
  • So how, obviously.
  • Ninety percent Nigerian.
  • Fuck.
  • Your parents, mom and dad, how strict were they with your upbringing?
  • Okay.
  • My parents aren't here anymore, but bless up to my mother and my father.
  • I'm Godfrey Junior, by the way, Godfrey Senior.
  • They were strict because, you know, immigrants always have rules.
  • They say, you know, you're coming into the house.
  • Were your parents first generation?
  • I'm first generation Nigerian.
  • And they came straight from Lagos, Nigeria, and small villages, you know.
  • And my father,
  • who got his sort of a teaching scholarship to a school in Nebraska, Omaha.
  • It's called Dana College.
  • I think it's defunct now.
  • And that's where I was born.
  • OK.
  • I was born in Nebraska.
  • Wow.
  • Right?
  • That's why me and Gabrielle Union relate well, because she's from Nebraska.
  • Malcolm X is from Nebraska.
  • Warren Buffett, hey, I'm just scouting.
  • And so my father was in school there in Nebraska.
  • That's when I was born.
  • My sister was born in Nigeria.
  • My sister, Juliana, was born in Nigeria for two years, born in Nigeria.
  • We're Igbos, Igbo tribe.
  • I don't know what tribe.
  • You don't know what tribe you are?
  • I don't know what tribe, yeah.
  • OK, you might be Igbo, dog.
  • Oh, shit.
  • I can see it in your fists.
  • So, my sister was born there, then I was born in Nebraska, and my brother was born in Chicago, grew up in Chicago, and they were strict.
  • They were, you know, like, my father was an educator for forty five years on the west side of Chicago, Malcolm X College, and he created programs for prisoners.
  • My father was in the system, the teaching system.
  • My mother was a nurse.
  • One of the best nurses in Chicago.
  • She trained some of my friends as nurses.
  • He was a OB GYN nurse, delivering babies.
  • So they were strict, with my sister especially.
  • You know, you can't wear makeup until this age.
  • Come home at nine when my mother used to say, you see the light there?
  • You see that light?
  • When it goes, you better be in the house.
  • I will beat you to hell.
  • Yeah.
  • It was just, that's what it was.
  • I grew up in an area of Chicago, what's called Uptown.
  • Chicago is the most segregated city in the country till this day.
  • Wow.
  • Martin Luther King got hit with a brick in Chicago.
  • Yeah, right.
  • And this narrows, right?
  • Yes.
  • And he got hit with a brick.
  • It's the most segregated city in Chicago that and Milwaukee.
  • Milwaukee is not that far from Chicago.
  • Yeah, yeah, yeah.
  • Right.
  • The most segregated.
  • And
  • And it was discovered by a Black man, Chicago.
  • A French Black man named Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable.
  • Du Sable Museum, Du Sable Drive.
  • Yes.
  • And it's the most segregated.
  • And my father, as a teacher, would be like, you make sure your homework is done.
  • You come in the house at a certain time, you know, all that.
  • So they were strict, reasonably strict, I would say.
  • You know, my sister a little bit harder because she was a girl, but they were reasonably strict.
  • My parents were really, I mean, we got our asses whooped, like, for real, like, you know.
  • That kind of asshole.
  • So what did they want you guys to become?
  • This is what Nigerian parents do.
  • They already tell you what you're going to be.
  • My father, he's like, so this is what you will do.
  • You will go to grade school, then you go to high school, then you go to college, then you will be a doctor.
  • My father was like, all right, cool.
  • So they live vicariously through you.
  • So you will be a doctor.
  • That's what I said.
  • So I have pre med psychology.
  • That's what I did.
  • You know, I played football my senior year in high school.
  • I went to Lane Tech High School.
  • Shout out to Lane Tech High School.
  • First, I was in a Catholic school, because my father did not like public schools.
  • As a teacher, he's like, you have to go to Catholic school.
  • You have to go to Catholic school.
  • And I went to the St.
  • Benedict, racist ass, religious bullshit ass.
  • fucking white racist nuns and shit, fuck them.
  • And I got, and I wanted to get into this other school, Lane Tech, which was a smart school, college prep school.
  • It was number one with Michelle Obama's school, Whitney Young.
  • Got into there, and then I played football for my senior year.
  • And then I got like a scholarship to Memphis State University.
  • I got a couple scholarships as a wide receiver.
  • And then my father said, no, you have to go.
  • I don't trust.
  • He didn't trust it.
  • The scholarship, he said, they probably end up not being able to do your homework.
  • So I couldn't do any of that shit.
  • So he was very strict on that.
  • Like, but they were reasonably strict, man, where I'm glad they were the way they were just immigrant shit.
  • As I look at myself now, I'm like, I'm glad that they were the way they were, you know?
  • My sister was great.
  • My brother, Daniel, he's still in Chicago.
  • He's a trainer.
  • But we were all well raised.
  • And I'm surprised I'm even in this business, because my family was pretty normal.
  • My family was pretty normal, like normal problems, you know what I'm saying?
  • And I'm in this business, because you would think, like, a lot of times people come to entertainment because of family dysfunction, you know, narcissism, which I have, narcissism, drug shit, all kinds.
  • I grew up pretty fucking normal, and I'm in this fucking business.
  • Wow.
  • Because I love comedy so much, and I love expressing myself, but I'm not into the grimy shit, really.
  • You know what I mean?
  • Godfrey, I'm sitting here listening to you.
  • How were you able to, like,
  • You can like in and out, you can have the accent Nigerian, but you speak very American.
  • I was born here.
  • I don't give a damn.
  • But let me ask you a question, because I know a lot of people that came from other countries.
  • When they're in their own home, they speak the native language.
  • When they go outside, they talk about it.
  • What's up?
  • Yeah, it's just, it's cold.
  • Did your parents have you speak Nigerian at home?
  • No, I'm going to be honest.
  • My parents, man, they admitted.
  • My mother said, yeah, we were lazy.
  • We were supposed to teach you Igbo.
  • We were speaking to you, you know, but we got lazy.
  • They got a little lazy.
  • I wish they would have spoken, because my sister knows the language.
  • when they're speaking, because my parents would use broken English, pidgin English, and my sister knew when they were speaking straight Igbo because she was born there.
  • Pidgin English, I don't know, I know pidgin toad.
  • Pidgin toad, I know about pidgin toad.
  • I know about stool pidgin, I know about pidgin toad.
  • I mean, so Pidgin is like, you know, like they say, what are you doing making mouth?
  • It's like when you hear Afro beats, they use a lot of Pidgin in that.
  • I say, what are you doing?
  • It's like Patois with the Jamaicans kind of.
  • It's English, but it's like, it's cut up and it's like a way that they
  • I was just in Nigeria in December, which was great, which was fantastic.
  • And, you know, a lot of Nigerian Americans get a lot of hard time from Nigerians that were born there.
  • They say, you're not really Americanized.
  • I go, my parents can't, that's not their fault.
  • Because, you know, there was a thing called the Biafra Wars in the nineteen sixties.
  • There was Biafra War.
  • It was a tribal war.
  • Ibo's were getting killed.
  • My parents, my father changed our name.
  • My last name is Danchima.
  • but our name was Chima.
  • But my father changed it so we could survive and get the fuck out of Nigeria.
  • It was the Afro war.
  • That's why I was born here.
  • What's really fucked up is that Nigerians will say, not all of them, but someone will say, you're not really Nigerian.
  • I say, yes, I am.
  • If my parents are Nigerian, I come out Nigerian.
  • Right.
  • Period.
  • Right.
  • When you see an Asian man, no matter where they are, you're going to look at that Asian guy over there.
  • You connect them to their continent.
  • Yeah, they don't say just because he was born in the States.
  • And I know some Southern Asians.
  • I'm Chinese.
  • I'm from Texas.
  • But you'll still say, oh, the Asian guy is from Texas.
  • Right.
  • they already connect them.
  • But for some reason, when it comes to the African life or the career, it's like all of a sudden, you're not, I'm not African, but you believe the white South African, right?
  • You believe the white guy that's African, but I, who have the genes, I just, because I was born here or British African, they'll give a British Nigerian more respect than an American Nigerian.
  • There's a lot
  • of Nigerian Americans, Ethiopian Americans, Congolese Americans.
  • They're here.
  • We are still African.
  • I don't care that I don't know the language.
  • Oh, so?
  • I'm still African.
  • Now, if you were to ask me, are you Nigerian?
  • I'd be like, hell no, I ain't Nigerian.
  • I'm American.
  • Nigerian would be like, how can you say that?
  • Well, how can you embarrass us all while you are Niger?
  • How can you owe your mother and father?
  • See?
  • So fuck that.
  • They want it both ways, huh?
  • They want it both ways.
  • So I'm glad I went back to Nigeria.
  • I hadn't been there since I was a teenager.
  • And my parents are gone now, you know, which is crazy.
  • My mother passed away first.
  • Mother passed leukemia.
  • So the cancer thing.
  • My parents married forty something years.
  • That shit was crazy.
  • And to see your mother, your first superheroes were your parents.
  • Your mother, your father, they gave you everything.
  • You know, if it weren't for them leaving Nigeria, surviving a Biafra war, I wouldn't even be sitting here in Club Shea Shea if it weren't for them and that hard work, busting their ass.
  • And I always thank God for that.
  • Like, they would, I wouldn't be here.
  • I wouldn't be doing comedy, none of that shit.
  • And my father died after that, you know?
  • And to see my mother, that was crazy.
  • To see my mother, like, tell me that she has, she's like, has cancer, that shit was,
  • I don't ever want to live that shit again, but that was crazy.
  • Your mother who's strong and boom, boom, boom.
  • And then she's in and out of hospitals.
  • And then she had six months to live, but she lived the eight extra, you know?
  • And my parents renewed their vows at the time.
  • And then my father has a very strong voice.
  • Godfrey, come here.
  • That's my dad.
  • Because I always say he sounded like the Lion King.
  • Godfrey, come here, my father.
  • And my father always had a strong voice, strong voice, strong voice.
  • But then when my mother was passing, was going to pass away, my father, when he knew it was about that time, that was the weakest.
  • I heard my father's voice.
  • He was like, it was just weak.
  • And I said, damn.
  • And then she died while I was doing the Seven Up commercials.
  • that's what happens.
  • He died right in the middle of it.
  • And I got it.
  • I kept it to myself.
  • Because I don't like that attention.
  • Right?
  • I don't know if you've had people pass on you.
  • Yeah.
  • Yeah.
  • So I was like, shit, my because my cousin called crime ball and my brother, my poor brother, Daniel, he had to see he saw both my parents go.
  • in front of him.
  • And so my father lived another like ten, eleven years.
  • But every time I would visit my father in Chicago, you could see it's just empty without my mother gone.
  • Part of him died when she left.
  • And they say my father was always healthy.
  • My father would never caught colds.
  • He was always eating healthy.
  • And he just went.
  • I think it was a broken heart.
  • And what freaked me out
  • was when my father passed, you know, you got to go see them and see him at the funeral home.
  • I had a show at my sister's alma mater, Loyola University.
  • I had to do a show at her university, a college show.
  • And then I had to see my father's body a couple months, a couple blocks away, right after I had to get off and go, good night, and then go and see my father's body.
  • Just my dad just there in his traditional garb, that shit.
  • Yeah, so, but I thank God, if it weren't for them, you know, I wouldn't even, and they saw some of my success, which was great.
  • It was great, because my father was a CNN guy, and I got to get on CNN, because that's all he watched.
  • He thought I was the greatest thing in the world, because that was when Michael Richards, remember Michael Richards from Seinfeld, Snap, used the N word?
  • I was around Michael Richards about a week before that.
  • I used to do shows with that crazy motherfucker.
  • And then they called me, CNN, Anderson Cooper's show was like, God, they want you to come to CNN.
  • and talk about the Michael Richards shit.
  • And I got on there and talked about the Michael Richards shit.
  • My father saw it and went crazy.
  • Cause that's all he watches.
  • He says, I called all the Nigerians and should call you on CNN, you know, shit like that.
  • So all my successes, even though I was a pre med psych major and I wanted to get into psychiatry, but once I decided to be a comedian, you know, your friends are like, well, at least get your degree and then you can, you know, just in case you fail.
  • you can boom.
  • But yeah, I ended up doing okay.
  • You were born in Nebraska.
  • Yeah.
  • Did you have a bunch of black friends?
  • Because I did.
  • I was born in Nebraska.
  • I was a baby.
  • I grew up in Chicago.
  • So you had a bunch of black friends.
  • Bunch of black friends.
  • I had all my friends.
  • And you know, my friends were, I had friends, African American, of course, Nigerians,
  • Indians, Koreans, Cambodians, Vietnamese, Laos, Chinese, Polish.
  • It was very immigrant oriented in that area uptown, uptown area.
  • That's the most integrated area in Chicago.
  • So my friends were immigrant kids and African Americans, of course, and white Americans.
  • And yeah, so I had a
  • The only time I got culture shock was when I went to all white schools.
  • That's when it was not.
  • Well, I don't know if it's culture shock, but it was just like racism and all that being called N word and shit.
  • I was called N word in class, English class, my honors English class.
  • In high school?
  • They called me N word.
  • It was like three, you know, it's always three against one.
  • So they were like, they called me and it was like, they whispered it like that.
  • I was like, me?
  • I was like, me?
  • I'm looking at me?
  • And they're like, yeah, look at you, nigger.
  • I was like, what the fuck?
  • And my teacher was black.
  • Mrs. Scarborough.
  • When I look back, I go, she probably was having problems with the faculty herself.
  • She didn't say shit.
  • I was just like, oh, fuck.
  • You're a fucking nigger.
  • And they said it just like that.
  • You're a fucking nigger.
  • And so I thought they were mispronouncing Nigerian.
  • I didn't know.
  • I said, there's only one G. The G is saw.