Vocabulary

  • at least: As a minimum
  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • swim in: To move through water by using your arms and legs.
  • at first glance: Upon initial observation or assessment.
  • on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
  • out there: In or to a place that is far away
  • eat: To put food in your mouth
  • good: Proper, appropriate or right
  • swim: To move through water by moving parts of the body
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • show: To be easily seen or displayed
  • choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
  • cold: Illness of sneezing, coughing, and a sore throat
  • long: Person's name
  • buy: To believe something; accept
  • body: The physical structure of a person or animal.
  • hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
  • water: Clear liquid that forms the seas, rivers and rain
  • hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
  • make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
  • high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
  • shipping: To transport goods by boat, truck or plane
  • happen: To take place or occur
  • nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
  • main: Most important; most often used
  • health: (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
  • grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
  • area: Amount of measured space
  • clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
  • labeling: To attach material to identify something
  • freeze: To harden to a solid below zero degrees
  • glance: Quick or temporary look at
  • quantity: A large amount of something
  • label: A (luxury) brand owned by a company
  • fed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
  • damage: Physical harm that is done to something
  • introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
  • scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
  • produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
  • doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
  • knowledge: Information, understanding, or skill
  • develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
  • quality: Feature associated with someone or something
  • human: A person; a man, woman or child
  • genetically: Caused or controlled, or by genes
  • cautious: Careful about avoiding danger, problems
  • resist: To not be affected by e.g. a force or an effect
  • resistant: Not affected by something
  • enable: To make it possible to do something
  • genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
  • organic: Developing naturally and without a set structure
  • solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
  • evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
  • potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
  • process: To organize and use data in a computer
  • modify: To make minor change to something
  • protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
  • foresee: To guess that a future thing will happen; predict
  • modification: A small change to a machine, system, or plan
  • gene: Part of cell controlling development of a thing
  • organism: Living thing, often one that is small
  • collateral: Property you offer as security against a loan
  • flounder: To make clumsy or uncontrolled movements
  • downstream: In the direction of a stream's current
  • genome: Complete set of genetic material in an organism
  • nutritional: (Of foods) having positive effects on your health
  • federal: Consisting of several united states
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    • at first glance

      US /æt fɚst ɡlæns/

      UK /æt fə:st ɡlɑ:ns/

      • Phrase
      • Upon initial observation or assessment.
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    • at least

      US /æt list/

      UK /æt li:st/

      • Adverb
      • As a minimum
      • Not less than
      • Phrase
      • No less than; at the minimum
      • Used to indicate that something is positive in a bad situation.
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    • body

      US /ˈbɑdi/

      UK /ˈbɒdi/

      • Noun
      • The physical structure of a person or animal.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The main or central part of something.
      • The weight and texture of a drink (like wine or coffee) in the mouth.
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    • cautious

      US /ˈkɔʃəs/

      UK /ˈkɔ:ʃəs/

      • Adjective
      • Careful about avoiding danger, problems
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    • collateral

      US /kəˈlætərəl/

      UK /kəˈlætərəl/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Property you offer as security against a loan
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    • damage

      US /ˈdæmɪdʒ/

      UK /ˈdæmɪdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Physical harm that is done to something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To harm physically; to hurt or break something
      • To harm the reputation of someone.
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    • downstream

      US /ˈdaʊnˌstrim/

      UK /ˌdaʊn'stri:m/

      • Adverb
      • In the direction of a stream's current
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    • enable

      US /ɛˈnebəl/

      UK /ɪˈneɪbl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make it possible to do something
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    • fed

      US /fɛd/

      UK /fed/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
      • To push something through an opening
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    • federal

      US /ˈfɛdərəl, ˈfɛdrəl/

      UK /'fedərəl/

      • Adjective
      • Consisting of several united states
      • Relating to a system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units.
      • Proper Noun
      • The central banking system of the United States.
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    • flounder

      US /ˈflaʊndɚ/

      UK /ˈflaʊndə(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make clumsy or uncontrolled movements
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    • for example

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
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    • foresee

      US /fɔrˈsi, for-/

      UK /fɔ:'si:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To guess that a future thing will happen; predict
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    • freeze

      US /friz/

      UK /fri:z/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To harden to a solid below zero degrees
      • Transitive Verb
      • To store an item of food in a cold place
      • To make someone to not want to communicate
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    • gene

      US /dʒin/

      UK /dʒi:n/

      • Noun
      • Part of cell controlling development of a thing
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    • genetic

      US /dʒəˈnɛtɪk/

      UK /dʒəˈnetɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
      • Relating to genes or heredity.
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    • genetically

      US /dʒə'netɪklɪ/

      UK /dʒə'netɪklɪ/

      • Adverb
      • Caused or controlled, or by genes
      • By means of genes or genetic engineering.
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    • genome

      US /ˈdʒi:noʊm/

      UK /ˈdʒi:nəʊm/

      • Noun
      • Complete set of genetic material in an organism
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    • glance

      US /glæns/

      UK /glɑ:ns/

      • Noun
      • Quick or temporary look at
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To look somewhere quickly and then look away
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    • label

      US /ˈlebəl/

      UK /'leɪbl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A (luxury) brand owned by a company
      • A word or term used to describe a person, thing
      • Transitive Verb
      • To use a term to describe, often negatively
      • To attach material to identify something
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    • labeling

      US /'leɪblɪŋ/

      UK /'leɪblɪŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To attach material to identify something
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The act of assigning something to a category.
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    • modification

      US /mɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)/

      UK /ˌmɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A small change to a machine, system, or plan
      • The act of adjusting or adapting something.
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    • modify

      US /ˈmɑ:dɪfaɪ/

      UK /ˈmɒdɪfaɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make minor change to something
      B1
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    • nutritional

      US /njuˈtrɪʃənl:/

      UK /njʊ'trɪʃənl/

      • Adjective
      • (Of foods) having positive effects on your health
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    • on the other hand

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
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    • organic

      US /ɔrˈɡænɪk/

      UK /ɔ:ˈgænɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Developing naturally and without a set structure
      • Concerning food made with few or no chemicals
      B1
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    • organism

      US /ˈɔrɡəˌnɪzəm/

      UK /'ɔ:ɡənɪzəm/

      • Noun
      • Living thing, often one that is small
      • System with many parts that function as a whole
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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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    • potential

      US /pəˈtɛnʃəl/

      UK /pəˈtenʃl/

      • Adjective
      • Capable of happening or becoming reality
      • Having or showing the capacity to develop into something in the future.
      • Uncountable Noun
      • someone's or something's ability to develop, achieve, or succeed
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    • process

      US /ˈprɑsˌɛs, ˈproˌsɛs/

      UK /prə'ses/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To organize and use data in a computer
      • To deal with official forms in the way required
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Dealing with official forms in the way required
      • Set of changes that occur slowly and naturally
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    • protein

      US /ˈprəʊˌtiːn/

      UK /ˈprəʊti:n/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Group of molecules made from amino acids
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    • quality

      US /ˈkwɑlɪti/

      UK /'kwɒlətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Feature associated with someone or something
      • High level of worth or excellence
      • Adjective
      • Of a high standard
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    • quantity

      US /ˈkwɑntɪti/

      UK /ˈkwɒntəti/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A large amount of something
      • Amount or number of something
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    • resist

      US /rɪˈzɪst/

      UK /rɪ'zɪst/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To not be affected by e.g. a force or an effect
      • To fight or prevent something from happening
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    • resistant

      US /rɪˈzɪstənt/

      UK /rɪˈzɪstənt/

      • Adjective
      • Not affected by something
      • Being opposed to or wanting to prevent something
      • Noun
      • A person who resists authority or control.
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    • scientific

      US /ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/

      UK /ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning academic study of the physical world
      • Systematic and precise, following a methodology.
      • Noun
      • Relating to or used in science.
      A2
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    • shipping

      US /ˈʃɪpɪŋ/

      UK /ˈʃɪpɪŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To transport goods by boat, truck or plane
      • To want two fictional characters to be in a romantic relationship.
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Business of transporting goods or orders to places
      • The transport of goods, especially by sea or air.
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    • solid

      US /ˈsɑlɪd/

      UK /'sɒlɪd/

      • Adjective
      • Being able to be trusted; reliable
      • Substance that is hard or of fixed shape
      • Noun
      • Something firm or hard; not gas or liquid
      A2
      More
    • swim in

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To move through water by using your arms and legs.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have a lot of something.
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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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