Vocabulary

  • just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
  • up until now: Until the present time; so far.
  • have to: Must do
  • plug in
  • in retrospect: Thinking back on what happened
  • instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
  • in addition to: Besides; as well as
  • on the phone: Talking on the telephone.
  • down with: Suffering from an illness.
  • stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
  • access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
  • physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
  • basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
  • experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
  • sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
  • kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
  • separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
  • automatically: In a way not requiring control by a person
  • huge: Very very large
  • purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
  • rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
  • population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
  • release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
  • launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
  • couple: To join something to something else
  • contain: To keep something from spreading
  • application: Software program, e.g. for smart phone
  • break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
  • record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
  • plug: Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
  • target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
  • digital: Using electronic signals or computers
  • company: Good feeling from being with someone else
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • important: Having power or authority
  • single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
  • sync: Short for 'synchronization'
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
  • invade: To enter something causing a harmful result
  • build: Your physical shape; physique
  • support: To give assistance or advice to someone
  • connect: To associate a thing with something else
  • bring: To take or go with someone to a place
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • turn: To become (a particular age)
  • bloated: To cause to swell up or inflate with gas or liquid
  • retrospect: A survey or review of a past course of events or period of time.
  • turnaround: Unloading/loading/servicing plane for return trip
  • flack: Slick press agent who spins a story to advantage
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    • access

      US /ˈæksɛs/

      UK /'ækses/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
      • The opportunity or right to use something or to see someone.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To be able to use or have permission to use
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    • application

      US /ˌæplɪˈkeʃən/

      UK /ˌæplɪˈkeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Software program, e.g. for smart phone
      • Process of spreading a substance over a surface
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    • automatically

      US /ˌɔtəˈmætɪkl:ɪ/

      UK /ˌɔ:tə'mætɪklɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In a way not requiring control by a person
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    • basically

      US /ˈbesɪkəli,-kli/

      UK /ˈbeɪsɪkli/

      • Adverb
      • Used before you explain something simply, clearly
      • In essence; when you consider the most important aspects of something.
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    • bloated

      US /ˈbloʊtɪd/

      UK /ˈbləʊtɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause to swell up or inflate with gas or liquid
      • Adjective
      • Swelled up or inflated with gas or liquid
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    • connect

      US /kəˈnɛkt/

      UK /kə'nekt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To associate a thing with something else
      • To join or attach things together
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    • contain

      US /kənˈten/

      UK /kənˈteɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To keep something from spreading
      • To hold something inside something else
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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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    • down with

      US /daʊn wɪð/

      UK /daun wið/

      • Adjective
      • Suffering from an illness.
      • Agreeable to; in favor of.
      • Interjection
      • An expression of opposition to something.
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    • experiment

      US /ɪkˈspɛrəmənt/

      UK /ɪk'sperɪmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
      • A course of action tentatively adopted without being sure of the eventual outcome.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To create and perform tests to research something
      • To try something new that you haven't tried before
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    • extremely

      US /ɪk'strimlɪ/

      UK /ɪkˈstri:mli/

      • Adverb
      • In a way that is much more than usual or expected
      • Remarkably; unusually.
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    • flack

      US /flæk/

      UK /flæk/

      • Noun
      • Slick press agent who spins a story to advantage
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • huge

      US /hjudʒ/

      UK /hju:dʒ/

      • Adjective
      • Very very large
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    • in addition to

      US /ɪn əˈdɪʃən tu/

      UK /in əˈdiʃən tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Besides; as well as
      • Phrase
      • Besides; as well as.
      • Furthermore; moreover.
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    • in retrospect

      US /ɪn ˈrɛtrəˌspɛkt/

      UK /in ˈretrəspekt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Thinking back on what happened
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    • instead of

      US /ɪnˈstɛd ʌv/

      UK /inˈsted ɔv/

      • Preposition
      • When one thing is replaced by another
      • Adverb
      • As a substitute or alternative.
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    • invade

      US /ɪnˈved/

      UK /ɪnˈveɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To enter something causing a harmful result
      • To enter (a country or region) so as to subjugate or occupy it.
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    • just kind of

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
      • Used to indicate something is approximately or generally similar to something else.
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    • kinda

      US /'kaɪndə/

      UK /'kaɪndə/

      • Noun
      • Short way of saying 'kind of'
      • Adverb
      • Somewhat; to some extent; rather.
      • Sort of; in a way.
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    • launch

      US /lɔntʃ, lɑntʃ/

      UK /lɔ:ntʃ/

      • Noun
      • Starting a new project; introducing new product
      • Act of firing rockets into the air
      • Transitive Verb
      • To start a new project; start selling a product
      • To put a rocket into the air
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    • on the phone

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Talking on the telephone.
      • Adjective
      • Using a phone, especially a mobile phone.
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    • physical

      US /ˈfɪzɪkəl/

      UK /ˈfɪzɪkl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Health check at the doctors' or hospital
      • Adjective
      • Concerning the body of a person
      • Concerning things that can be seen or touched
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    • plug

      US /plʌɡ/

      UK /plʌg/

      • Noun
      • Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
      • Thing on a wire to connect to electricity supply
      • Transitive Verb
      • To use an object to block a hole
      • To promote or advertise a product
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    • plug in

      US /plʌɡ ɪn/

      UK /plʌɡ in/

      • Phrase
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    • population

      US /ˌpɑpjəˈleʃən/

      UK /ˌpɒpjuˈleɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
      • A group of individuals of one species living in a particular area.
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    • purchase

      US

      UK

      • Transitive Verb
      • To buy something; to get by paying money for it
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something that you bought
      • Strong hold on something; grip
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    • release

      US /rɪ'li:s/

      UK /rɪ'li:s/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To free someone from a responsibility or burden
      • To allow a film, music etc. to be sold/distributed
      • Noun
      • Act of freeing someone from a duty or burden
      • Introduction of a new product, film, book, etc.
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    • retrospect

      US /ˈrɛtrəˌspɛkt/

      UK /ˈretrəspekt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • A survey or review of a past course of events or period of time.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To look back on or think about (past events or a period of time).
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    • rip

      US /rɪp/

      UK /rɪp/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
      • To become torn, opened, or split apart forcefully
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A long tear in something, e.g. a piece of cloth
      • (Slang) A puff of marijuana.
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    • separate

      US /'sepəreɪt/

      UK /'sepəreɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Being different from or unrelated to another
      • Not connected; different.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To divide two things by being in between them
      • To move things away from each other
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    • stuff

      US /stʌf/

      UK /stʌf/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Generic description for things, materials, objects
      • Transitive Verb
      • To push material inside something, with force
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    • sync

      US /sɪŋk/

      UK /sɪŋk/

      • Noun
      • Short for 'synchronization'
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    • target

      US /ˈtɑrɡɪt/

      UK /'tɑ:ɡɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
      • Group you are trying to sell to or influence
      • Transitive Verb
      • To try to influence; direct a message toward
      • (Army) to aim an attack at something
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    • turnaround

      US /ˈtɚnəˌraʊnd/

      UK /ˈtɜ:nəraʊnd/

      • Noun
      • Unloading/loading/servicing plane for return trip
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    • up until now

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Until the present time; so far.
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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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