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  • not necessary: Not required; not needed.
  • by now: At the present time or already; before the present.
  • as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
  • come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
  • in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
  • have to: Must do
  • board: Surface for posting or showing information
  • important: Having power or authority
  • show: To be easily seen or displayed
  • big: Popular
  • need: To be unable to manage without something; require
  • beautiful: Having dome something well
  • desk: Piece of furniture like a table often with drawers
  • late: At a time after the expected time
  • clean: Completely; entirely
  • phone: To talk to someone using a telephone
  • people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
  • problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
  • hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • idea: Belief, thought, suggestion, opinion or plan
  • heavy: Greater in amount, degree, or severity than usual
  • simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
  • software: Computer applications and systems
  • comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
  • goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
  • view: Opinion, belief, or idea about something
  • front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
  • stand: To be a candidate in an election
  • case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
  • high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
  • frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
  • solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
  • weight: How heavy something is
  • experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
  • weigh: To balance things against each other
  • reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
  • separated: To divide two things by being in between them
  • shine: To point a light in a certain direction
  • hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
  • tech: Shortened form of 'technology' or 'technician'
  • minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
  • impossible: (Child, etc.) very annoying
  • charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
  • product: Item that can be bought
  • device: Object, machine, or equipment for a specific use
  • obsessed: Showing a strong desire to do or get something
  • bare: Lacking contents; empty
  • define: To explain the meaning of words
  • scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
  • weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
  • focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
  • simplify: To make something easier to do, use or understand
  • overwhelm: To defeat something or someone completely
  • essence: Most important part or quality of something
  • transition: Change from one state, movement, place to another
  • prototype: A first or preliminary version of a device or vehicle from which other forms are developed
  • freaked: Suddenly feel extremely surprised, upset, angry, or confused.
  • golden: Dark yellow color often seen in sunsets
  • program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
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    • as soon as

      US /æz sun æz/

      UK /æz su:n æz/

      • Phrase
      • In a short time after (something happens)
      • Without any delay; immediately
      • Conjunction
      • At the moment that, or immediately after.
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    • bare

      US /bɛr/

      UK /beə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Lacking contents; empty
      • Not having a covering; naked
      • Transitive Verb
      • To remove your clothes, hat etc.
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    • by now

      US /baɪ naʊ/

      UK /bai nau/

      • Phrase
      • At the present time or already; before the present.
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    • charge

      US /tʃɑrdʒ/

      UK /tʃɑ:dʒ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To run quickly toward someone to attack them
      • To ask for money as a price for a service or goods
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An attack by running quickly toward someone
      • A price for a service or goods
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    • come together

      US /kʌm təˈɡɛðɚ/

      UK /kʌm təˈɡeðə/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To assemble or unite; to start working together.
      • To form a close relationship or bond.
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    • comfortable

      US /ˈkʌmfətəbəl, ˈkʌmftəbəl/

      UK /ˈkʌmftəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
      • Being relaxed, warm or happy
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    • define

      US /dɪˈfaɪn/

      UK /dɪ'faɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To explain the meaning of words
      • To set or mark the limits of something
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    • device

      US /dɪˈvaɪs/

      UK /dɪˈvaɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Object, machine, or equipment for a specific use
      • Method of doing something; a way
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    • essence

      US /ˈɛsəns/

      UK /'esns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Most important part or quality of something
      • Substance that has a very strong, unique smell
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    • focus

      US /ˈfokəs/

      UK /'fəʊkəs/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
      • To keep your attention, concentration on one thing
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Main purpose or center of interest or activity
      • The clarity of an image produced by a lens.
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    • frame

      US /frem/

      UK /freɪm/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
      • To put say or write something in a careful way
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Structure that holds a picture or photo
      • A person's body shape determined by their skeleton
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    • freaked

      US /friːkt/

      UK /friːkt/

      • Adjective
      • Suddenly feel extremely surprised, upset, angry, or confused.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To cause someone to feel great excitement, thrill, or shock.
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    • goal

      US /ɡol/

      UK /ɡəʊl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
      • (Sports) net into which you put a ball to score
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    • golden

      US /ˈgoʊldən/

      UK /ˈgəʊldən/

      • Adjective
      • Dark yellow color often seen in sunsets
      • Made of gold
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • impossible

      US /ɪmˈpɑsəbəl/

      UK /ɪmˈpɒsəbl/

      • Adjective
      • (Child, etc.) very annoying
      • Not possible or very unlikely to happen or exist
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    • in the end

      US /ɪn ði ɛnd/

      UK /in ðə end/

      • Phrase
      • Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
      • Ultimately; as the final result or consequence.
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    • minimum

      US /ˈmɪnəməm/

      UK /ˈmɪnɪməm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
      • The lowest recorded or expected temperature.
      • Adjective
      • Smallest or lowest; the least possible.
      • Using or requiring the least possible resources.
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    • not necessary

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Not required; not needed.
      • Phrase
      • Optional; not compulsory.
      • Avoidable; not inevitable.
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    • obsessed

      US /əb'sest/

      UK /əb'sest/

      • Adjective
      • Showing a strong desire to do or get something
      • Very enthusiastic or preoccupied with someone or something.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To talk or think about someone, something too much
      • To preoccupy or fill the mind of (someone) continually, intrusively, and to a troubling extent.
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    • overwhelm

      US /ˌoʊvərˈwelm/

      UK /ˌəʊvəˈwelm/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To defeat something or someone completely
      • To affect someone emotionally in a strong way
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    • phone

      US /foʊn/

      UK /fəʊn/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To talk to someone using a telephone
      • Noun
      • Machine used to talk to someone who is far away
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    • prototype

      US /ˈproʊ.t̬ə.taɪp/

      UK /ˈprəʊ.tə.taɪp/

      • Countable Noun
      • A first or preliminary version of a device or vehicle from which other forms are developed
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    • reduce

      US /rɪˈdus, -ˈdjus/

      UK /rɪ'dju:s/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
      • To boil a liquid until it has decreased in amount
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    • scale

      US /skel/

      UK /skeɪl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Size, level, or amount when compared
      • Small hard plates that cover the body of fish
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To change the size of but keep the proportions
      • To climb something large (e.g. a mountain)
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    • separated

      US /'sepəreɪtɪd/

      UK /ˈsepəreɪtɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To divide two things by being in between them
      • To live away from your husband or wife
      • Adjective
      • (Husband, wife) living apart but still married
      • Not connected; existing apart.
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    • shine

      US /ʃaɪn/

      UK /ʃaɪn/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To point a light in a certain direction
      • To make or produce a bright light
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something clean by using a polish
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    • simplify

      US /ˈsɪmpləˌfaɪ/

      UK /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something easier to do, use or understand
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    • solve

      US /sɑ:lv/

      UK /sɒlv/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
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    • tech

      US /tɛk/

      UK /tek/

      • Noun
      • Shortened form of 'technology' or 'technician'
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    • transition

      US /trænˈzɪʃən, -ˈsɪʃ-/

      UK /trænˈzɪʃn/

      • Noun
      • Change from one state, movement, place to another
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To change state, movement, place, or subject
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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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    • weight

      US /wet/

      UK /weɪt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • How heavy something is
      • Metal object to measure how heavy something is
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    • weird

      US /wɪrd/

      UK /wɪəd/

      • Adjective
      • Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
      • Eerily strange or disturbing.
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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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