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  • in motion: Moving; not stationary.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • into time: Over a period, involving a gradual process or change.
  • at sea
  • look into: To investigate or try to discover the reasons for
  • at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
  • same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
  • at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
  • inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
  • clean out: To empty a place of things, e.g. a room
  • have to: Must do
  • unseen: Not having been seen or able to be seen
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • film: Thin layer that covers something
  • world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • fly: Common flying insect, sometimes blue in color
  • small: Little in size; not big
  • near: Being close in time; happening soon
  • life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
  • upside: Above, over
  • rain: Drops of water that fall out of clouds in the sky
  • air: Mixture of gases around the earth that we breathe
  • nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
  • view: Opinion, belief, or idea about something
  • pound: The # key on a keyboard
  • move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
  • journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
  • single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
  • passenger: Person who is traveling in a vehicle
  • thin: Flowing with ease; with a high percentage of water
  • repair: How well cared for a thing is; physical condition
  • high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
  • traffic: The cars or vehicles on the road
  • silk: Fine cloth material used for making clothes
  • spider: Small creature with 8 legs that spins cobwebs
  • surround: To be all the way around something
  • skin: To defeat someone easily and completely
  • create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
  • speed: How fast or slow something is or is done
  • planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
  • technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
  • tiny: Very, very small
  • robotic: Concerning mechanical robots
  • visualize: To create a picture in your mind of something
  • virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
  • tracking: To use marks to follow a wild animal
  • butterfly: Insect with large and colorful wings
  • lightning: Flashes of light in the sky caused by a storm
  • datum: Item of factual information
  • invisible: Being unable to be seen
  • vast: Being very large in size or amount
  • vision: Ability to see; eyesight
  • movement: Part of a piece of classical music
  • expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
  • entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
  • unaware: Not knowing that something is happening
  • transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
  • survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
  • inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
  • imagery: Use of symbolism to help imagine something
  • sweep: Man who cleans chimneys
  • crawling: To move very slowly or cautiously
  • emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
  • bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
  • perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
  • broaden: To make something wider
  • vine: Long thin plant that climbs over something
  • imitate: To act, speak like someone or something else
  • dwell: To live in a certain place
  • restless: Worried and uneasy; ceaselessly in motion
  • detect: To discover or identify the presence of something
  • motion: Suggestion at a meeting
  • creep: To move quietly so as not to be seen
  • threshold: Degree or level at which something begins
  • thread: Spiral cut at the end of a bolt
  • sustain: To lengthen or continue to do something
  • perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
  • lapse: (Of license, etc.) to stop being valid; expire
  • dragonfly: Large insect with four wings and a long body
  • nano: Concerning 1/1000,000th
  • microscope: Scientific device making small things look bigger
  • eggshell: Exterior covering of a bird's egg
  • unveil: To remove something's outer covering
  • patrol: Person or group who checks an area is safe
  • magnify: To increase the importance or seriousness of
  • flea: Small blood-sucking insect that makes you itch
  • pollen: Fine, usually yellow powder produced by plants
  • clog: To make or become blocked or filled with something
  • crown: To put a crown on to make someone a king/queen
  • intersection: Place where two things cross
  • swirling: To make a twisting shape, mark, or pattern
  • circulate: To go round continuously
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    • at night

      US /æt naɪt/

      UK /æt nait/

      • Phrase
      • During the night; in the nighttime.
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    • at sea

      US /æt si/

      UK /æt si:/

      • Phrase
      • Adjective
      • Confused; not knowing what to do.
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    • at the same time

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
      • Nevertheless; however; used to introduce a contrasting or qualifying statement.
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    • bacteria

      US /bækˈtɪriə/

      UK /bæk'tɪərɪə/

      • Noun (plural)
      • The very small creatures that can cause disease
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    • broaden

      US /ˈbrɔdn:/

      UK /ˈbrɔ:dn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something wider
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    • butterfly

      US /ˈbʌtɚˌflaɪ/

      UK /'bʌtəflaɪ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Insect with large and colorful wings
      • A swimming stroke performed face down with both arms moving symmetrically and a dolphin kick.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cut (something, especially meat or fish) open and spread it out so that it resembles a butterfly.
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    • circulate

      US /ˈsɚkjəˌlet/

      UK /'sɜ:kjəleɪt/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To go round continuously
      • To move from one person to another, as at a party
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move around or through something, or to cause something to move around or through.
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    • clean out

      US /klin aʊt/

      UK /kli:n aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To empty a place of things, e.g. a room
      • To get rid of dirt or trash
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    • clog

      US /klɑ:g/

      UK /klɒg/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make or become blocked or filled with something
      • Noun
      • Heavy shoe with a thick or wooden bottom
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    • crawling

      US /'krɔ:lɪŋ/

      UK /'krɔ:lɪŋ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move very slowly or cautiously
      • To move along with the body close to the ground
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    • creep

      US /krip/

      UK /kri:p/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move quietly so as not to be seen
      • Countable Noun
      • Scary or disliked person
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    • crown

      US /kraʊn/

      UK /kraʊn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To put a crown on to make someone a king/queen
      • To officially give someone the winners title
      • Noun
      • A gold ring put on a King or Queen’s head
      • An artificial cap on a tooth
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    • datum

      US /ˈdetəm, ˈdætəm, ˈdɑtəm/

      UK /ˈdeɪtəm/

      • Noun
      • Item of factual information
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    • detect

      US /dɪˈtɛkt/

      UK /dɪˈtekt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To discover or identify the presence of something
      A2TOEIC
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    • dragonfly

      US /ˈdræɡənˌflaɪ/

      UK /ˈdrægənflaɪ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Large insect with four wings and a long body
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    • dwell

      US /dwɛl/

      UK /dwel/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To live in a certain place
      • To think or talk a lot about something, especially something unpleasant.
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    • eggshell

      US /ˈɛɡˌʃɛl/

      UK /ˈegʃel/

      • Noun
      • Exterior covering of a bird's egg
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    • emerge

      US /ɪˈmɚdʒ/

      UK /ɪ'mɜ:dʒ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To rise or appear out of some background
      • To become known or apparent.
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    • entire

      US /ɛnˈtaɪr/

      UK /ɪn'taɪə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
      • Undivided; not shared or distributed.
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    • expand

      US /ɪkˈspænd/

      UK /ɪk'spænd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make something larger in size, number, amount
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    • film

      US /fɪlm/

      UK /fɪlm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Thin layer that covers something
      • Movie
      • Transitive Verb
      • To record moving action with a camera
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    • flea

      US /fli/

      UK /fli:/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small blood-sucking insect that makes you itch
      B2
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • imagery

      US /ˈɪmɪdʒri/

      UK /'ɪmɪdʒərɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Use of symbolism to help imagine something
      • Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
      A2
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    • imitate

      US /ˈɪmɪˌtet/

      UK /ˈɪmɪteɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To act, speak like someone or something else
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    • in motion

      US /ɪn ˈmoʃən/

      UK /in ˈməuʃən/

      • Phrase
      • Moving; not stationary.
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    • inside of

      US /ɪnˈsaɪd ʌv/

      UK /inˈsaid ɔv/

      • Preposition
      • Within; in the inner part of.
      • Within a certain period of time.
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    • inspire

      US /ɪnˈspaɪr/

      UK /ɪn'spaɪə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give someone an idea to do or make something
      • To make someone feel a certain emotion
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To breathe in
      • To draw (air, etc.) into the lungs.
      B1TOEIC
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    • intersection

      US /ˌɪntɚˈsɛkʃən/

      UK /ˌɪntə'sekʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place where two things cross
      • A point or line common to two or more lines or surfaces that cross or meet.
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    • into time

      US /ˈɪntu taɪm/

      UK /ˈɪntəʊ taɪm/

      • other
      • Over a period, involving a gradual process or change.
      B2
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    • invisible

      US /ɪnˈvɪzəbəl/

      UK /ɪnˈvɪzəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Being unable to be seen
      • Of money earned from services, instead of products
      B1TOEIC
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    • journey

      US /ˈdʒɚni/

      UK /'dʒɜ:nɪ/

      • Noun
      • Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To travel through a place
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    • lapse

      US /læps/

      UK /læps/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • (Of license, etc.) to stop being valid; expire
      • Noun
      • Mistake or error; halt, e.g. in concentration
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    • lightning

      US /ˈlaɪtnɪŋ/

      UK /ˈlaɪtnɪŋ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Flashes of light in the sky caused by a storm
      • A sudden electrostatic discharge that occurs during an electrical storm.
      • Adjective
      • Moving very fast or occurring suddenly
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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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    • look into

      US /lʊk ˈɪntu/

      UK /luk ˈɪntuː/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To investigate or try to discover the reasons for
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    • magnify

      US /ˈmæɡnəˌfaɪ/

      UK /'mæɡnɪfaɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To increase the importance or seriousness of
      • To make something larger, louder, or greater
      B2
      More
    • microscope

      US /ˈmaɪkrəskoʊp/

      UK /ˈmaɪkrəskəʊp/

      • Noun
      • Scientific device making small things look bigger
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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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    • movement

      US /ˈmuvmənt/

      UK /ˈmu:vmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Part of a piece of classical music
      • Group with a shared interest or goal
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    • nano

      US /'nænoʊ/

      UK /'nænəʊ/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning 1/1000,000th
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    • passenger

      US /ˈpæsəndʒɚ/

      UK /'pæsɪndʒə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Person who is traveling in a vehicle
      A2TOEIC
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    • patrol

      US /pəˈtrol/

      UK /pə'trəʊl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person or group who checks an area is safe
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To survey an area to maintain safety and order
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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.
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    • perspective

      US /pɚˈspɛktɪv/

      UK /pə'spektɪv/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
      • Ability to understand what is important in life
      B1TOEIC
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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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    • pollen

      US /ˈpɑ:lən/

      UK /ˈpɒlən/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Fine, usually yellow powder produced by plants
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    • repair

      US /rɪˈper/

      UK /rɪˈpeə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • How well cared for a thing is; physical condition
      • Action to fix or restore something that is broken
      • Transitive Verb
      • To fix or restore something that is broken
      • To remedy or set right.
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    • restless

      US /ˈrɛstlɪs/

      UK /ˈrestləs/

      • Adjective
      • Worried and uneasy; ceaselessly in motion
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    • robotic

      US /roʊˈbɑ:tɪk/

      UK /rəʊˈbɒtɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning mechanical robots
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    • same time

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
      • At the identical time as before; recurring at a fixed hour.
      • Noun
      • An equal duration or period.
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    • silk

      US /sɪlk/

      UK /sɪlk/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Fine cloth material used for making clothes
      A2
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    • skin

      US /skɪn/

      UK /skɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To defeat someone easily and completely
      • To hurt yourself, accidentally cutting yourself
      • Noun
      • Outer covering of an animal used for leather; hide
      • Outer covering of a fruit or vegetable
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    • speed

      US /spid/

      UK /spi:d/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • How fast or slow something is or is done
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move quickly when completing an action
      • To drive a vehicle faster than laws allow
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    • spider

      US /ˈspaɪdɚ/

      UK /ˈspaɪdə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Small creature with 8 legs that spins cobwebs
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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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    • survive

      US /sɚˈvaɪv/

      UK /sə'vaɪv/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To continue to live despite illness or trouble
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    • sustain

      US /səˈsten/

      UK /sə'steɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To lengthen or continue to do something
      • To support or maintain someone or something
      B2TOEIC
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    • sweep

      US /swip/

      UK /swi:p/

      • Countable Noun
      • Man who cleans chimneys
      • Long, smooth movement made with your arm or a tool
      • Transitive Verb
      • To clean something from a surface with a brush
      • To search a very wide area for something
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    • swirling

      US /swɜ:lɪŋ/

      UK /swɜ:lɪŋ/

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

      US /tɛkˈnɑlədʒi/

      UK /tek'nɒlədʒɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
      • Machinery and equipment developed from scientific knowledge.
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    • thread

      US /θrɛd/

      UK /θred/

      • Noun
      • Spiral cut at the end of a bolt
      • A long, very thin, material used to sew cloth
      • Transitive Verb
      • To move yourself through a crowded or narrow space
      • To put wire, string, etc. through a hole or needle
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    • threshold

      US /ˈθrɛʃˌold, -ˌhold/

      UK /'θreʃhəʊld/

      • Noun
      • Degree or level at which something begins
      • A strip of wood, metal, or stone forming the bottom of a doorway and crossed in entering a house or room.
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    • tiny

      US /ˈtaɪni/

      UK /'taɪnɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Very, very small
      A2
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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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    • traffic

      US /ˈtræfɪk/

      UK /'træfɪk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The cars or vehicles on the road
      • Amount of activity over a communication system
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • Deal or trade in something illegal.
      • To direct and control traffic.
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    • transform

      US /trænsˈfɔrm/

      UK /træns'fɔ:m/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To change the shape completely in a good way
      • To convert from one form or substance into another.
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    • unaware

      US /ˌʌnəˈwɛr/

      UK /ˌʌnəˈweə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Not knowing that something is happening
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    • unseen

      US /ʌnˈsin/

      UK /ˌʌnˈsi:n/

      • Participle
      • Not having been seen or able to be seen
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    • unveil

      US /ʌnˈvel/

      UK /ˌʌnˈveɪl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To remove something's outer covering
      B1TOEIC
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    • upside

      US /ˈʌpˌsaɪd/

      UK /ˈʌpsaɪd/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Above, over
      • Countable Noun
      • A positive aspect; advantage
      A2
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    • vast

      US /væst/

      UK /vɑ:st/

      • Adjective
      • Being very large in size or amount
      A2TOEIC
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    • vine

      US /vaɪn/

      UK /vaɪn/

      • Noun
      • Long thin plant that climbs over something
      B2
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    • virus

      US /ˈvaɪrəs/

      UK /'vaɪrəs/

      • Noun
      • File secretly put on computers to cause harm
      • Living organism that causes disease or sickness
      B1
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    • vision

      US /ˈvɪʒən/

      UK /'vɪʒn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Ability to see; eyesight
      • Something you see in your imagination or dreams
      A2
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    • visualize

      US /ˈvɪʒuəˌlaɪz/

      UK /ˈvɪʒuəlaɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To create a picture in your mind of something
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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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