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  • rap at: To knock sharply and quickly on a surface.
  • white collar: Relating to the work done in an office or other professional environment.
  • blue collar: Relating to manual work or workers, especially in industry.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • next to: Being located along side another
  • figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
  • out there: In or to a place that is far away
  • feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
  • with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
  • school: Large group of fish that swim together
  • young: At an early stage of existence; not mature
  • language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
  • sitting: To take an exam
  • people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • teach: To help someone learn or do something
  • dinner: Main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening
  • wait: To delay or not do something until later
  • computer: Machine for storing data, accessing the internet
  • choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
  • group: Two or more musicians who play music together
  • country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
  • ready: Being likely or about to do something
  • working: To bring into a specific state of success
  • room: All of the people inside a particular room
  • high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
  • college: School or educational institution for adults
  • degree: Amount or extent of something
  • rap: To hit sharply or repeatedly with something
  • advance: Forward movement by an army
  • foreign: Being of a different place or country
  • prepare: To make something ready for use
  • set: Prepared for something; ready
  • math: Study or science of numbers and shapes
  • national: Concerning a nation as a whole
  • interested: Having had your attention taken; curious
  • area: Amount of measured space
  • science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
  • add: To include as well
  • point: An item to be discussed
  • graphic: Concerning things that are drawn
  • require: To demand that someone does something
  • design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
  • stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
  • engage: To start to fight with an enemy
  • attend: To take care of someone in need
  • designer: Someone who creates plans to make something
  • tracking: To use marks to follow a wild animal
  • effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
  • produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
  • opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
  • bunch: A group of things of the same kind
  • career: Particular occupation in professional life
  • education: Academic field studying the practice of teaching
  • requirement: A demand that someone does something
  • programming: To make someone act or think in a certain way
  • economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
  • equip: To provide with necessary materials or skills
  • fascinated: Having your attention fixated as though by a spell
  • consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
  • suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
  • relevant: Having an effect on an issue; related or current
  • concept: Abstract idea of something or how it works
  • community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
  • simply: In an easy or clear manner
  • basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
  • integral: Being an essential part of something; necessary
  • vocational: Concerning the training in special job skills
  • perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
  • pervasive: Occurring or existing throughout all the parts
  • apprentice: Person learning a trade by working for an expert
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    • advance

      US /ædˈvæns/

      UK /əd'vɑ:ns/

      • Noun
      • Forward movement by an army
      • An attempt to seduce someone
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • (Of an army) to move forward
      • To change or improve
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    • apprentice

      US /əˈprɛntɪs/

      UK /əˈprentɪs/

      • Countable Noun
      • Person learning a trade by working for an expert
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    • attend

      US /əˈtɛnd/

      UK /əˈtend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To take care of someone in need
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To listen or watch carefully; to concentrate
      • To be present at an event
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    • basically

      US /ˈbesɪkəli,-kli/

      UK /ˈbeɪsɪkli/

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

      US /blu ˈkɑlɚ/

      UK /blu: ˈkɔlə/

      • Adjective
      • Relating to manual work or workers, especially in industry.
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    • bunch

      US /bʌntʃ/

      UK /bʌntʃ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A group of things of the same kind
      • A group of people.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To group people or things closely together
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    • career

      US /kəˈrɪr/

      UK /kə'rɪə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Particular occupation in professional life
      • The course of a person's life, especially in a particular pursuit or profession.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move forward very fast and without control
      • To advance or make progress rapidly
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    • challenge

      US /ˈtʃæləndʒ/

      UK /'tʃælɪndʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
      • Act of formally inviting someone to compete
      • Transitive Verb
      • To formally invite someone to compete at something
      • To question the correctness of something
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    • college

      US /'kɑːlɪdʒ/

      UK /'kɒlɪdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • School or educational institution for adults
      • A constituent body of a university.
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    • community

      US /kəˈmjunɪti/

      UK /kə'mju:nətɪ/

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

      US /ˈkɑnˌsɛpt/

      UK /'kɒnsept/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Abstract idea of something or how it works
      • A plan or intention; a conception.
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    • consume

      US /kənˈsum/

      UK /kən'sju:m/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To eat, drink, buy or use up something
      • To take all your energy; focus the attention
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    • degree

      US /dɪˈɡri/

      UK /dɪˈgri:/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amount or extent of something
      • Unit for measuring temperature or angles
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    • designer

      US /dɪˈzaɪnə/

      UK /dɪˈzaɪnə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Someone who creates plans to make something
      • Adjective
      • Describing something that has been designed
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    • education

      US /ˌɛdʒəˈkeʃən/

      UK /ˌedʒuˈkeɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Academic field studying the practice of teaching
      • Process of giving or receiving teaching
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    • effort

      US /ˈɛfət/

      UK /ˈefət/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Amount of work used trying to do something
      • A conscious exertion of power; a try.
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    • engage

      US /ɪn'gedʒ/

      UK /ɪn'ɡeɪdʒ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To start to fight with an enemy
      • To hire someone for a task or job
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    • equip

      US /ɪˈkwɪp/

      UK /ɪ'kwɪp/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To provide with necessary materials or skills
      A2TOEIC
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    • fascinated

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Having your attention fixated as though by a spell
      • Transitive Verb
      • To attract or interest greatly
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    • feel like

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have a desire or inclination for something.
      • To have a particular quality or sensation; resemble.
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    • figure out

      US /ˈfɪɡjɚ aʊt/

      UK /ˈfiɡə aut/

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

      US /ˈfɔ:rən/

      UK /ˈfɒrən/

      • Adjective
      • Being of a different place or country
      • Strange; different from ones found at home
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    • graphic

      US /ˈɡræfɪk/

      UK /ˈgræfɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning things that are drawn
      • In clear detail, often when unpleasant in some way
      • Noun
      • Picture or drawing used to show something clearly
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    • integral

      US /ˈɪntɪɡrəl, ɪnˈtɛɡrəl/

      UK /ˈɪntɪgrəl/

      • Adjective
      • Being an essential part of something; necessary
      • Being an essential part of something.
      • Noun
      • A function whose derivative is a given function.
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    • look at

      US /lʊk æt/

      UK /luk æt/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To use your eyes to focus on something
      • To focus your eyes on something carefully
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    • math

      US /mæθ/

      UK /mæθ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Study or science of numbers and shapes
      A2
      More
    • national

      US /ˈnæʃənəl, ˈnæʃnəl/

      UK /'næʃnəl/

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

      US /nɛkst tu/

      UK /nekst tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Being located along side another
      • In comparison with
      • Adverb
      • Almost; nearly
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    • opportunity

      US /ˌɑpɚˈtunɪti, -ˈtju-/

      UK /ˌɒpə'tju:nətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
      • A favorable time or occasion for doing something.
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    • out there

      US /aʊt ðɛr/

      UK /aut ðɛə/

      • Adverb
      • In or to a place that is far away
      • Existing in the universe
      • Adjective
      • Unconventional; strange; avant-garde
      • Existing or available.
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    • perception

      US /pɚˈsɛpʃən/

      UK /pəˈsepʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Way in which one sees or understands something
      • The ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses.
      B1
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    • pervasive

      US /pɚˈvesɪv/

      UK /pə'veɪsɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Occurring or existing throughout all the parts
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    • rap

      US /ræp/

      UK /ræp/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To hit sharply or repeatedly with something
      • Noun
      • Music with a strong beat and spoken lyrics
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    • rap at

      US /ræp æt/

      UK /ræp ət/

      • other
      • To knock sharply and quickly on a surface.
      B2
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    • relevant

      US /ˈrɛləvənt/

      UK /ˈreləvənt/

      • Adjective
      • Having an effect on an issue; related or current
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    • require

      US /rɪˈkwaɪr/

      UK /rɪ'kwaɪə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To demand that someone does something
      • To need to do something, to make it necessary
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    • requirement

      US /rɪˈkwaɪrmənt/

      UK /rɪ'kwaɪəmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A demand that someone does something
      • Something that is a necessity
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    • science

      US /ˈsaɪəns/

      UK /'saɪəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Study of the physical world, based on facts
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    • stuff

      US /stʌf/

      UK /stʌf/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Generic description for things, materials, objects
      • Transitive Verb
      • To push material inside something, with force
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    • suspect

      US /səˈspɛkt/

      UK /sə'spekt/

      • Noun
      • Person thought to have committed a crime
      • Transitive Verb
      • To consider someone is the one guilty of a crime
      • To doubt or lack trust
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    • tracking

      US /ˈtrækɪŋ/

      UK /'trækɪŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To use marks to follow a wild animal
      • To move along a certain course
      • Uncountable Noun
      • The collection and analysis of data related to the movement or behavior of users or objects.
      • The process of recording separate audio channels in music production.
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    • vocational

      US /voʊˈkeɪʃənl/

      UK /vəʊˈkeɪʃənl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning the training in special job skills
      B2
      More
    • white collar

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Relating to the work done in an office or other professional environment.
      • Noun
      • A job that is done in an office or other professional environment.
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    • with it

      US /wɪð ɪt/

      UK /wið it/

      • Adjective
      • Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
      • Understanding and knowledgeable about current trends or information.
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    She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.

    Vocabulary
    • brave

      adj. Having courage

    • comfort zone

      phr. A familiar situation where one feels safe

    Explanation
    a brave step is a noun phrase, where brave is an adjective modifying the noun step, meaning "a courageous step". forward is an adverb modifying step, meaning "ahead". The whole phrase serves as the object, answering the "what" of took (verb) — she took a brave step forward.

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    brave

    US/brev/
    UK/breɪv/
    adj.Brave
    v.t.To bravely face
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