Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • think about: To consider something carefully.
  • be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
  • going on: To continue doing something
  • for myself: Done for one's own benefit or use.
  • know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
  • to do with: To be about something; concern
  • go on: To continue doing something
  • in the can: Completed; successfully finished.
  • at school: Present and attending school.
  • on the inside: Having a position of authority or influence within an organization or system.
  • making music: The act of creating or performing music.
  • feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
  • positive impact: A beneficial or advantageous effect.
  • the bottom line: The most important thing; the essential point.
  • hanging out: To spend time with your friends
  • get stuck in: To become enthusiastically involved in something.
  • past it: No longer capable or effective due to age or declining condition.
  • look up to: To respect or admire someone
  • no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • off of: From a position on something; down from.
  • in the hospital: Located inside a hospital receiving medical care.
  • regardless of
  • hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
  • band: Group of people who work together e.g. play music
  • march: To force someone to walk somewhere
  • life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
  • school: Large group of fish that swim together
  • family: Close group of people or organizations
  • feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
  • younger: More young than
  • happy: Feeling pleasure or joy; glad
  • people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • love: Person's name
  • playing: To act the part of a character in movies, on stage
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • music: Sounds that are sung or played to give pleasure
  • thinking: To have an idea, opinion or belief about something
  • want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
  • drum: To make a rhythmic sound with your fingers
  • high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
  • move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
  • pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
  • comic: Person who stands on a stage and tells jokes
  • badly: Not in a good way; not as wanted or liked
  • engineer: Someone whose job is designing machines, buildings
  • biology: The study of living things
  • hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
  • dream: A wish or hope for something to happen
  • cool: Steady and calm when facing difficulties
  • surround: To be all the way around something
  • positive: Showing agreement or support for something
  • documentary: Supported by written evidence
  • clip: A metal holder used for keeping things together
  • brave: (Old-fashioned) A native American warrior
  • director: Senior person who manages part of an organization
  • disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
  • waste: To kill or severely harm someone
  • provide: To make available; to supply for use
  • involve: To have or be included as a part of something
  • energy: Physical or mental strength
  • weigh: To balance things against each other
  • couple: To join something to something else
  • prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
  • philosophy: Study of ideas about the basic nature of life
  • aspect: Way something looks or seems to be
  • mentality: Attitude toward, or a belief about something
  • ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
  • inventor: Person who creates new machines, systems etc.
  • genetics: Studies of how things develop between generations
  • fortunate: Having good luck
  • accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
  • abnormal: Not normal, not typical, not usual, not regular
  • outlook: General feeling or attitude about something
  • roller: Long round piece of wood for flattening dough
  • devastate: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
  • derive: To come from another thing
  • pit: To use your strength, skill or wit to beat another
  • strive: To work hard/make effort to achieve something
  • embodiment: The perfect example of a concept; personification
  • paradox: Surprising statement containing two opposing ideas
  • entity: Something that exists by itself and is real
  • snare: To trap using a device or clever trick
  • halftime: Rest time between two periods of a game
  • percussion: Musical instruments, such as cymbals or triangle
  • harness: To capture the power of something
  • homecoming: Act of returning home
  • favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
  • scouting: To watch or search for something or someone
  • biochemistry: Science of chemical processes in living things
  • apparatus: Tools or instruments used for a specific activity
  • catapult: Weapon that projects rocks from an elastic strap
  • coaster: Mat placed under a glass to protect furniture
  • freshman: Student in the first year of high school, college
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    • abnormal

      US /æbˈnɔ:rml/

      UK /æbˈnɔ:ml/

      • Adjective
      • Not normal, not typical, not usual, not regular
      • Relating to behavior that deviates from the norm.
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    • accomplish

      US /əˈkɑmplɪʃ/

      UK /ə'kʌmplɪʃ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To succeed in doing; complete successfully
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    • apparatus

      US /ˌæpəˈretəs, -ˈrætəs/

      UK /ˌæpə'reɪtəs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Tools or instruments used for a specific activity
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    • aspect

      US /ˈæspɛkt/

      UK /'æspekt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Way something looks or seems to be
      • An element, feature, or quality of something
      A2TOEIC
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    • at school

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Present and attending school.
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    • be with

      US /bi wɪð/

      UK /bi: wið/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
      • To support someone's opinion or cause.
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    • biochemistry

      US /ˌbaɪoˈkɛmɪstri/

      UK /ˌbaɪəʊ'kemɪstrɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Science of chemical processes in living things
      B2
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    • biology

      US /baɪˈɑlədʒi/

      UK /baɪˈɒlədʒi/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • The study of living things
      A2
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    • brave

      US /brev/

      UK /breɪv/

      • Countable Noun
      • (Old-fashioned) A native American warrior
      • Adjective
      • Not letting fear or danger stop you acting
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    • catapult

      US /ˈkætəˌpʌlt,-ˌpʊlt/

      UK /'kætəpʌlt/

      • Noun
      • Weapon that projects rocks from an elastic strap
      B2
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    • clip

      US /klɪp/

      UK /klɪp/

      • Countable Noun
      • A metal holder used for keeping things together
      • Brief part of a television show or movie
      • Transitive Verb
      • To attach things together using a metal pin
      • To cut a small section or piece out from something
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    • coaster

      US /ˈkoʊstə(r)/

      UK /ˈkəʊstə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Mat placed under a glass to protect furniture
      • A sled or small vehicle without motor for coasting downhill.
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    • comic

      US /ˈkɑ:mɪk/

      UK /ˈkɒmɪk/

      • Countable Noun
      • Person who stands on a stage and tells jokes
      • Amusing story told in a series of pictures
      • Adjective
      • Funny; that makes you laugh
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    • couple

      US /ˈkʌpəl/

      UK /'kʌpl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To join something to something else
      • (Two animals) to engage in sexual relations
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Two people in a romantic relationship
      • Two of something; two people; a pair
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    • derive

      US /dɪˈraɪv/

      UK /dɪˈraɪv/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To come from another thing
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    • devastate

      US /ˈdɛvəˌstet/

      UK /'devəsteɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
      • To cause (someone) to feel extreme emotional pain.
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    • director

      US /dɪˈrɛktɚ, daɪ-/

      UK /də'rektə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Senior person who manages part of an organization
      • Person who controls the acting in a movie or play
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    • disease

      US /dɪˈziz/

      UK /dɪˈzi:z/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
      • A disorder of structure or function in a plant, especially one caused by a pathogen.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To affect with disease; to corrupt or sicken.
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    • documentary

      US /ˌdɑ:kjuˈmentri/

      UK /ˌdɒkjuˈmentri/

      • Adjective
      • Supported by written evidence
      • Noun
      • Film TV program giving facts about a person, event
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    • drum

      US /drʌm/

      UK /drʌm/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make a rhythmic sound with your fingers
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Musical instrument played with sticks or by hand
      • Large round, circular container (e.g. for oil)
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    • embodiment

      US /ɛmˈbɑdimənt/

      UK /ɪmˈbɒdimənt/

      • Noun
      • The perfect example of a concept; personification
      • Someone or something that is a perfect representative or example of a quality, idea, etc.
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    • energy

      US /ˈɛnədʒi/

      UK /'enədʒɪ/

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

      US /ˌɛndʒəˈnɪr/

      UK /ˌendʒɪ'nɪə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Someone whose job is designing machines, buildings
      • Someone whose job is to repair or maintain engines
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    • entity

      US /ˈɛntɪti/

      UK /'entətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something that exists by itself and is real
      • A thing with distinct and independent existence.
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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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    • for myself

      US /fɚ maɪˈsɛlf/

      UK /fə maɪˈself/

      • other
      • Done for one's own benefit or use.
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    • freshman

      US /ˈfrɛʃmən/

      UK /ˈfreʃmən/

      • Noun
      • Student in the first year of high school, college
      B2
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    • genetics

      US /dʒəˈnɛtɪks/

      UK /dʒəˈnetɪks/

      • Noun (plural)
      • Studies of how things develop between generations
      • Uncountable Noun
      • The study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics.
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    • get stuck in

      US /ɡɛt stʌk ɪn/

      UK /ɡet stʌk in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To become enthusiastically involved in something.
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    • go on

      US /ɡo ɑn/

      UK /ɡəu ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue doing something
      • To happen (usually negative)
      • Interjection
      • Used to encourage someone
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    • going on

      US /ˈɡoɪŋ ɑn/

      UK /ˈgəʊɪŋ ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue doing something
      • To happen (usually negative)
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    • halftime

      US /ˌhɑ:f'taɪm/

      UK /ˌhɑ:f'taɪm/

      • Noun
      • Rest time between two periods of a game
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    • hang on

      US /hæŋ ɑn/

      UK /hæŋ ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To wait for the person you phoned to answer
      • To persevere or persist, especially in a difficult situation.
      A2
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    • hanging out

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To spend time with your friends
      • To spend times with friends or relax doing nothing
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    • harness

      US /ˈhɑrnɪs/

      UK /'hɑ:nɪs/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To capture the power of something
      • To put a harness on (an animal).
      • Noun
      • Equipment used by horses to pull things
      • A means of controlling and utilizing something, especially natural energy.
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • ignore

      US /ɪɡˈnɔr, -ˈnor/

      UK /ɪɡ'nɔ:(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
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    • in the can

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Completed; successfully finished.
      • Recorded or filmed; ready for editing.
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    • in the hospital

      US /ɪn ðə ˈhɑspɪtəl/

      UK /in ðə ˈhɒspɪtəl/

      • Preposition
      • Located inside a hospital receiving medical care.
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    • inventor

      US /ɪnˈventə(r)/

      UK /ɪnˈventə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Person who creates new machines, systems etc.
      A2TOEIC
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    • involve

      US /ɪnˈvɑlv/

      UK /ɪn'vɒlv/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To have or be included as a part of something
      • To cause (a person or group) to take part in an event or activity.
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    • know about

      US /noʊ əˈbaʊt/

      UK /nəʊ əˈbaut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
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    • look up to

      US /lʊk ʌp tu/

      UK /luk ʌp tu:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To respect or admire someone
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    • making music

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • The act of creating or performing music.
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    • mentality

      US /mɛnˈtælɪti/

      UK /menˈtæləti/

      • Noun
      • Attitude toward, or a belief about something
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    • no matter

      US

      UK

      • Conjunction
      • Regardless of; it does not matter.
      • Adverb
      • Regardless of; it is not important
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    • off of

      US /ɔf ʌv/

      UK /ɔf ɔv/

      • Preposition
      • From a position on something; down from.
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    • on the inside

      US /ɑn ði ɪnˈsaɪd/

      UK /ɔn ðə inˈsaid/

      • Phrase
      • Having a position of authority or influence within an organization or system.
      • In prison; incarcerated.
      • Adjective
      • Possessing secret or confidential information.
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    • outlook

      US /ˈaʊtˌlʊk/

      UK /ˈaʊtlʊk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • General feeling or attitude about something
      • Place from which there is a clear view of an area
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    • paradox

      US /ˈpærəˌdɑks/

      UK /'pærədɒks/

      • Noun
      • Surprising statement containing two opposing ideas
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    • past it

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • No longer capable or effective due to age or declining condition.
      • Beyond the point of being useful or functional.
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    • percussion

      US /pərˈkʌʃn/

      UK /pəˈkʌʃn/

      • Noun
      • Musical instruments, such as cymbals or triangle
      C1
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    • philosophy

      US /fɪˈlɑsəfi/

      UK /fə'lɒsəfɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Study of ideas about the basic nature of life
      • Attitude to life that a person has
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    • pit

      US /pɪt/

      UK /pɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To use your strength, skill or wit to beat another
      • To make holes or marks on a surface
      • Noun
      • Hole in the ground
      • Garage area for racing cars on a circuit
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    • positive

      US /ˈpɑzɪtɪv/

      UK /ˈpɒzətɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Showing agreement or support for something
      • Being sure about something; knowing the truth
      • Noun
      • A photograph in which light areas are light and dark areas are dark
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    • positive impact

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • A beneficial or advantageous effect.
      • Adjective
      • Having a beneficial or advantageous effect.
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    • prevent

      US /prɪˈvɛnt/

      UK /prɪ'vent/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To stop something from happening or existing
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    • regardless of

      US /rɪˈɡɑrdlɪs ʌv/

      UK /riˈɡɑ:dlis ɔv/

      • Phrase
      • Preposition
      • Without being affected or influenced by something; despite.
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    • roller

      US /ˈroʊlə(r)/

      UK /ˈrəʊlə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Long round piece of wood for flattening dough
      • Plastic or metal tube for shaping hair
      A2
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    • scouting

      US /ˈskaʊtɪŋ/

      UK /ˈskaʊtɪŋ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To watch or search for something or someone
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Watching someone in order to gain information
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    • snare

      US /sner/

      UK /sneə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To trap using a device or clever trick
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    • strive

      US /straɪv/

      UK /straɪv/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To work hard/make effort to achieve something
      B2TOEIC
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    • surround

      US /səˈraʊnd/

      UK /səˈraʊnd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To be all the way around something
      • To be closely connected to and have an effect on
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be closely connected to and have an effect on
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    • the bottom line

      US /ði ˈbɑtəm laɪn/

      UK /ðə ˈbɔtəm lain/

      • Noun
      • The most important thing; the essential point.
      • The net income or profit of a company.
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    • think about

      US /θɪŋk əˈbaʊt/

      UK /θiŋk əˈbaut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To consider something carefully.
      • To remember or call to mind.
      A1
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    • to do with

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To be about something; concern
      A1
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    • used to

      US /juzd tu/

      UK /ˈju:st tə/

      • Adjective
      • Did regularly before, but don't do now
      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Have done before, but do not do now
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    • waste

      US /west/

      UK /weɪst/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To kill or severely harm someone
      • To use valuable things ineffectively
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Materials left over after a process has finished
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    • weigh

      US /weɪ/

      UK /weɪ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To balance things against each other
      • To consider something carefully to form an opinion
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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

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