Vocabulary

  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • strip away: To gradually reduce the power, rights, or possessions of someone.
  • in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
  • in part: To some extent; partially.
  • in motion: Moving; not stationary.
  • breaks down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
  • below the surface: Hidden emotions or issues not immediately visible.
  • moving parts: Components of a machine or device that move to perform a function.
  • warm: To become more friendly or to like something
  • cold: Illness of sneezing, coughing, and a sore throat
  • light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
  • snow: Person's name
  • river: Flowing water that runs from mountains to the sea
  • cross: Angry and upset
  • ice: Frozen gas or liquid, esp. water
  • sister: Female you share a parent with
  • world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • sea: Very large group of people, similar-looking things
  • sun: Light and heat coming from a large star in the sky
  • computer: Machine for storing data, accessing the internet
  • drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
  • water: Clear liquid that forms the seas, rivers and rain
  • wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
  • engine: Machine that changes energy into mechanical motion
  • field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
  • deep: Complex and important
  • heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
  • storm: To act violently or angrily
  • mix: To combine two or more things to make one
  • dangerous: Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky
  • star: To perform or play a main role in a movie, play
  • move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
  • include: To make someone, something part of a group
  • air: Mixture of gases around the earth that we breathe
  • space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
  • line: Border that divides two places or regions
  • set: Prepared for something; ready
  • fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
  • earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
  • planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
  • energy: Physical or mental strength
  • climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
  • ocean: Large body of salt water; a large sea
  • planetary: Concerning the orbital characteristics of a planet
  • avoid: To prevent from happening
  • power: Legal or official right to perform certain actions
  • atmosphere: Air around us
  • upper: Drug that improves mood or increases energy
  • defense: Argument in support of something
  • coast: Land near the sea or ocean
  • northern: In or toward the north
  • thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
  • blow: To move something using air
  • solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
  • tropical: Hot and humid; near to the equator
  • surface: To give (road) a top layer
  • absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
  • stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
  • winding: Following a twisting or spiral course
  • polar: Concerning the areas near the North or South poles
  • reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
  • oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
  • protective: Serving to defend against harm or danger
  • fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
  • industrial: Concerning making things in factories
  • remarkable: Interesting and unexpected, worthy of notice
  • generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
  • mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
  • shield: A family's coat of arms or insignia
  • magnetic: Having the properties of a magnet; able to attract
  • simulation: A copying method to study the real world
  • countless: Being too many to be numbered or imagined
  • strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
  • grim: Being very serious or determined
  • globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
  • motion: Suggestion at a meeting
  • core: To take out the central section of a fruit
  • swirl: To make a twisting shape, mark, or pattern
  • equator: Geographical line at zero degrees latitude
  • noxious: (Of substance) poisonous/harmful to living things
  • terrain: Characteristics (e.g. rough) of a piece of land
  • brew: A beer; a drink of beer
  • hydrogen: Lightest of all chemical elements
  • cosmic: Concerning space and the universe
  • molecule: Two or more atoms chemically combined
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    • absorb

      US /əbˈsɔrb, -ˈzɔrb/

      UK /əb'sɔ:b/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To take up all attention / energy of something
      • To take in a liquid; soak up
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    • atmosphere

      US /ˈætməˌsfɪr/

      UK /'ætməsfɪə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Air around us
      • Feeling or mood of a place
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    • avoid

      US /əˈvɔɪd/

      UK /ə'vɔɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To prevent from happening
      • To stay away from
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    • below the surface

      US /bəˈloʊ ðə ˈsɝfɪs/

      UK /bɪˈləu ðə ˈsɜ:fɪs/

      • other
      • Hidden emotions or issues not immediately visible.
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    • blow

      US /blo/

      UK /bləʊ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move something using air
      • To make air come quickly out of your mouth
      • Noun
      • Something that causes you difficulty or sadness
      • Act of making air come out of your mouth
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    • breaks down

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
      • (Machine) to stop working or become weaker
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    • brew

      US /bru/

      UK /bru:/

      • Countable Noun
      • A beer; a drink of beer
      • A mixture or concoction
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make an alcoholic drink e.g. beer
      • To make tea by soaking the leaves in boiling water
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    • climate

      US /ˈklaɪmɪt/

      UK /ˈklaɪmət/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Typical weather conditions in a particular place
      • The general attitudes, feelings, or opinions that people have at a particular time.
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    • coast

      US /kost/

      UK /kəʊst/

      • Noun
      • Land near the sea or ocean
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To progress in something without trying hard
      • (Of a vehicle) to move forward without power
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    • core

      US /kɔr, kor/

      UK /kɔ:(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To take out the central section of a fruit
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Important central part of something
      • The hard central part of certain fruits, containing the seeds.
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    • cosmic

      US /ˈkɑzmɪk/

      UK /'kɒzmɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning space and the universe
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    • countless

      US /ˈkaʊntlɪs/

      UK /ˈkaʊntləs/

      • Adjective
      • Being too many to be numbered or imagined
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    • cross

      US /krɔs, krɑs/

      UK /krɒs/

      • Adjective
      • Angry and upset
      • From one side of something to the other
      • Transitive Verb
      • To put one thing over another e.g. arms
      • To breed one type of animal or plant with another
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    • defense

      US /dɪˈfɛns/

      UK /dɪ'fens/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Argument in support of something
      • The process of protecting something from attack
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    • energy

      US /ˈɛnədʒi/

      UK /'enədʒɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Physical or mental strength
      • Enthusiasm and determination.
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    • engine

      US /ˈɛndʒɪn/

      UK /'endʒɪn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Machine that changes energy into mechanical motion
      • The part of a train that pulls railway cars
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    • equator

      US /ɪˈkwetɚ/

      UK /ɪ'kweɪtə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Geographical line at zero degrees latitude
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    • fate

      US /fet/

      UK /feɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • What will happen to you in the future, often bad
      • Power that determines what happens; destiny
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    • generate

      US /ˈdʒɛnəˌret/

      UK /ˈdʒenəreɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To create or be produced or bring into existence
      • To create electricity, heat, energy and power
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    • globe

      US /gloʊb/

      UK /gləʊb/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
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    • grim

      US /ɡrɪm/

      UK /ɡrɪm/

      • Adjective
      • Being very serious or determined
      • Causing someone to worry or feel sad or hopeless
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    • heat

      US /hit/

      UK /hi:t/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of anger, excitement, or arguing
      • Particular temperature at which to cook something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make hot or hotter
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    • hydrogen

      US /ˈhaɪdrədʒən/

      UK /ˈhaɪdrədʒən/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Lightest of all chemical elements
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    • in fact

      US /ɪn fækt/

      UK /in fækt/

      • Adverb
      • Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
      • Used to introduce a more detailed or surprising piece of information.
      • Phrase
      • Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that is surprising or contrary to what might be expected.
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    • in motion

      US /ɪn ˈmoʃən/

      UK /in ˈməuʃən/

      • Phrase
      • Moving; not stationary.
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    • in part

      US /ɪn pɑrt/

      UK /in pɑ:t/

      • Adverb
      • To some extent; partially.
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    • industrial

      US /ɪnˈdʌstriəl/

      UK /ɪnˈdʌstriəl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning making things in factories
      • Noun
      • A worker in industry.
      • A company involved in industrial production.
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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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    • magnetic

      US /mæɡˈnɛtɪk/

      UK /mægˈnetɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Having the properties of a magnet; able to attract
      • Having great power to attract attention, interest
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    • mass

      US /mæs/

      UK /mæs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
      • Large amount or number of something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To gather people or things into a large group
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    • mix

      US /mɪks/

      UK /mɪks/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To combine two or more things to make one
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A combination of more than two things
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    • molecule

      US /ˈmɑlɪˌkjul/

      UK /ˈmɒlɪkju:l/

      • Noun
      • Two or more atoms chemically combined
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    • motion

      US /ˈmoʃən/

      UK /'məʊʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Suggestion at a meeting
      • A movement; the process of moving
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To communicate by moving your head or hand
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    • moving parts

      US

      UK

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Components of a machine or device that move to perform a function.
      • The various elements or factors that contribute to a complex process or system.
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    • northern

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • In or toward the north
      • Coming from the north.
      • Noun
      • A person who comes from the north.
      • The Aurora Borealis.
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    • noxious

      US /ˈnɑkʃəs/

      UK /ˈnɒkʃəs/

      • Adjective
      • (Of substance) poisonous/harmful to living things
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    • ocean

      US /ˈoʃən/

      UK /'əʊʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Large body of salt water; a large sea
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    • oxygen

      US /ˈɑksɪdʒən/

      UK /'ɒksɪdʒən/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • A gas in the air that we need to breathe
      • Oxygen administered as a medical treatment.
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    • planet

      US /ˈplænɪt/

      UK /'plænɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • One of the bodies that orbit the sun
      • A different world or sphere of existence.
      • Proper Noun
      • The earth.
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    • planetary

      US /ˈplænɪˌtɛri/

      UK /ˈplænətri/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning the orbital characteristics of a planet
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    • polar

      US /ˈpolɚ/

      UK /ˈpəʊlə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning the areas near the North or South poles
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    • protective

      US /prəˈtɛktɪv/

      UK /prəˈtektɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Serving to defend against harm or danger
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    • reflect

      US /rɪˈflɛkt/

      UK /rɪ'flekt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To indicate or be a sign of something
      • To bounce back light, heat, sound from a surface
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    • remarkable

      US /rɪˈmɑrkəbəl/

      UK /rɪˈmɑ:kəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Interesting and unexpected, worthy of notice
      • Worthy of attention; striking.
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    • shield

      US /ʃild/

      UK /ʃi:ld/

      • Noun
      • A family's coat of arms or insignia
      • Device used to protect from a harmful force
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cover (e.g. your face) so as to hide from
      • To cover from a dangerous or harmful force
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    • simulation

      US /ˌsɪmjəˈleʃən/

      UK /ˌsɪmjuˈleɪʃn/

      • Noun
      • A copying method to study the real world
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    • solar

      US /ˈsolɚ/

      UK /'səʊlə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning the sun, or its heat
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    • stretch

      US /strɛtʃ/

      UK /stretʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
      • To make something bigger by pulling on it
      • Noun
      • Making arm, leg muscles longer to ease them
      • A consecutive row of things
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    • strip

      US /strɪp/

      UK /strɪp/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
      • To remove something, e.g. paint from a wall
      • Countable Noun
      • Long narrow piece, such as ribbon or land
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    • strip away

      US /strɪp əˈwe/

      UK /strip əˈwei/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To gradually reduce the power, rights, or possessions of someone.
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    • surface

      US /ˈsɚfəs/

      UK /'sɜ:fɪs/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give (road) a top layer
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To appear after being hidden, unseen, or unknown
      • To come to the top of something; emerge
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    • swirl

      US /swɜrl/

      UK /swɜ:l/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make a twisting shape, mark, or pattern
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    • terrain

      US /təˈren/

      UK /təˈreɪn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Characteristics (e.g. rough) of a piece of land
      • An area of activity or knowledge.
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    • thick

      US /θɪk/

      UK /θɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Difficult to see through, as fog
      • Full of (people, etc.)
      • Adverb
      • In close association or friendship.
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    • tropical

      US /ˈtrɑpɪkəl/

      UK /ˈtrɒpɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Hot and humid; near to the equator
      • Very hot and humid
      • Noun
      • The tropical region of the earth
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    • upper

      US /ˈʌpɚ/

      UK /ˈʌpə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Drug that improves mood or increases energy
      • Something happy or encouraging
      • Adjective
      • Located above others of the same kind
      • Being the northern part of a region
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    • winding

      US /ˈwaɪndɪŋ/

      UK /ˈwaɪndɪŋ/

      • Adjective
      • Following a twisting or spiral course
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • (Of path, road) to have a lot of turns in it
      • To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
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    She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.

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    • 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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