Vocabulary

  • think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • speak out: To express your opinion frankly and publicly, especially about something that you disagree with.
  • under construction
  • in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
  • family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
  • hold water: To be logical, consistent, or sound; to stand up to scrutiny.
  • in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
  • pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
  • tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
  • exclusive: Being available only to people with a lot of money
  • traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
  • extent: Point, level or limit to which something reaches
  • spare: To make (money or time) available for
  • distress: State of great sadness, anxiety or pain
  • estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
  • abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
  • suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
  • absurd: So foolish as to be difficult to believe
  • emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
  • region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
  • section: A part of a whole
  • grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
  • religious: Following the rules and beliefs of a faith
  • film: Thin layer that covers something
  • disgusting: Having a very bad taste
  • mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
  • haunt: To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
  • torture: Hurting someone to force them to give information
  • construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
  • era: Period characterized by particular events, people
  • fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
  • correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
  • investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
  • satellite: Device sent into space that aids communication
  • guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
  • detention: Act of keeping someone in jail or similar
  • analysis: Careful study to better understand something
  • offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
  • obtain: To be given or to earn something through efforts
  • memorize: To study something so that you remember it
  • gang: Group that you disapprove of, e.g. criminals
  • brutality: Extremely mean or violent act or treatment
  • refuge: Somewhere you can find safety or hide
  • corridor: Passageway between rooms in a buildings
  • government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
  • detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
  • bucket: Open container with a handle used to carry liquids
  • horrific: Terrifying and shocking
  • testimony: Public statement of personal religious experiences
  • anonymity: When no one knows your identity
  • torment: Great mental or physical pain
  • hold: To agree to keep something for someone
  • remove: To get rid of something completely
  • firsthand: Received directly from a source
  • weak: Not having a strong character
  • full: Containing all the parts; complete
  • add: To include as well
  • barbaric: Uncivilized; cruel and wild
  • usual: Being the way things occur most of the time
  • tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
  • detain: To keep someone somewhere, e.g. in jail
  • move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
  • man: Humans in general, including male and female
  • call: A order or request for action
  • vocational: Concerning the training in special job skills
  • speak: To be able to use a certain language
  • muslim: Of or relating to Islam
  • eyewitness: Someone who sees and event with their own eyes
  • handcuff: Police object used to restrain hands of criminals
  • complicity: Involvement with someone in a crime, etc.
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    • absurd

      US /əbˈsɚd, -ˈzɚd/

      UK /əb'sɜ:d/

      • Adjective
      • So foolish as to be difficult to believe
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    • abuse

      US /əˈbjuz/

      UK /ə'bju:s/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
      • To use in an inappropriate or excessive way
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Improper/dishonest/excessive use of something
      • Insulting someone, e.g. by swearing at them
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    • analysis

      US /əˈnælɪsɪs/

      UK /əˈnæləsɪs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Careful study to better understand something
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    • anonymity

      US /ˌænəˈnɪmɪti/

      UK /ˌænəˈnɪməti/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • When no one knows your identity
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    • barbaric

      US /bɑrˈbærɪk/

      UK /bɑ:'bærɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Uncivilized; cruel and wild
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    • brutality

      US /bruˈtælɪti/

      UK /bru:'tælətɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Extremely mean or violent act or treatment
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    • bucket

      US /ˈbʌkɪt/

      UK /'bʌkɪt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Open container with a handle used to carry liquids
      • A scoop-like container attached to machinery, used for digging or lifting materials.
      • Uncountable Noun
      • The amount held by a bucket.
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    • complicity

      US /kəmˈplɪsɪti/

      UK /kəmˈplɪsəti/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Involvement with someone in a crime, etc.
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    • construction

      US /kənˈstrʌkʃən/

      UK /kən'strʌkʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of building something; thing that is built
      • Something that is made using different parts
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    • correspondent

      US /ˌkɔrɪˈspɑndənt, ˌkɑr-/

      UK /ˌkɒrəˈspɒndənt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
      B1
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    • corridor

      US /ˈkɔrɪdɚ, -ˌdɔr, ˈkɑr-/

      UK /ˈkɒrɪdɔ:(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Passageway between rooms in a buildings
      • A strip of land that connects two places.
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    • detain

      US /dɪˈten/

      UK /dɪ'teɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To keep someone somewhere, e.g. in jail
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    • detention

      US /dɪˈtɛnʃən/

      UK /dɪ'tenʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of keeping someone in jail or similar
      B2
      More
    • disgusting

      US /dɪsˈɡʌstɪŋ/

      UK /dɪsˈgʌstɪŋ/

      • Adjective
      • Having a very bad taste
      • Extremely unpleasant or unacceptable.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause a strong negative reaction or feeling
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    • distress

      US /dɪˈstrɛs/

      UK /dɪ'stres/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of great sadness, anxiety or pain
      • Condition of danger or emergency
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause someone anxiety or sadness
      • To be in financial trouble
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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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    • era

      US /'ɪrə/

      UK /'ɪərə/

      • Noun
      • Period characterized by particular events, people
      • A major division of geological time, usually divided into periods.
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    • estimate

      US /ˈɛstəˌmet/

      UK /'estɪmət/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
      • A judgment or opinion.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To guess or calculate the cost, size or value of
      • To form an approximate idea or judgment of.
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    • exclusive

      US /ɪkˈsklusɪv/

      UK /ɪk'sklu:sɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Being available only to people with a lot of money
      • Available to only a particular person, group
      B1TOEIC
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    • extent

      US /ɪkˈstɛnt/

      UK /ɪkˈstent/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Point, level or limit to which something reaches
      • Range or space included in something
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    • eyewitness

      US /ˈaɪˈwɪtnɪs/

      UK /ˈaɪwɪtnəs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Someone who sees and event with their own eyes
      • Testimony given by someone who has witnessed an event.
      • Adjective
      • Being or relating to someone who saw an event happen.
      • Based on or consisting of direct observation.
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    • family members

      US

      UK

      • Noun (plural)
      • People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
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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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    • firsthand

      US /'fɜ:st'hænd/

      UK /'fɜ:st'hænd/

      • Adjective
      • Received directly from a source
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    • gang

      US /ɡæŋ/

      UK /ɡæŋ/

      • Noun
      • Group that you disapprove of, e.g. criminals
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To gather together to do something (often illegal)
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    • grant

      US /ɡrænt/

      UK /ɡrɑ:nt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
      • To give or let someone do what they want
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Money given for education or research
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    • guard

      US /ɡɑrd/

      UK /ɡɑ:d/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To keep watch over something to protect it
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Someone who watches a place or prevents escapes
      • A player in basketball whose primary role is to handle the ball and initiate the offense.
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    • handcuff

      US /ˈhændˌkʌf/

      UK /ˈhændkʌf/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Police object used to restrain hands of criminals
      C2
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    • haunt

      US /hɔnt, hɑnt/

      UK /hɔ:nt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
      • (Of ghosts, etc.) to stay in a place after death
      • Noun
      • Place that a person repeatedly goes to or visits
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    • hold water

      US /hold ˈwɔtɚ/

      UK /həuld ˈwɔ:tə/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be logical, consistent, or sound; to stand up to scrutiny.
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    • horrific

      US /hɔˈrɪfɪk, hɑ-/

      UK /həˈrɪfɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Terrifying and shocking
      B2
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    • in public

      US /ɪn ˈpʌblɪk/

      UK /in ˈpʌblik/

      • Phrase
      • In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
      • Adjective
      • Relating to the government or the people as a whole.
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    • in the world

      US /ɪn ði wɜrld/

      UK /in ðə wɜː(r)ld/

      • Phrase
      • Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
      • Used to indicate the extent or degree of something, often in a superlative sense.
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    • investigate

      US /ɪnˈvɛstɪˌɡet/

      UK /ɪn'vestɪɡeɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To try to find out facts; to carry out research
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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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    • mass

      US /mæs/

      UK /mæs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
      • Large amount or number of something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To gather people or things into a large group
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    • memorize

      US /ˈmɛməˌraɪz/

      UK /ˈmeməraɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To study something so that you remember it
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    • muslim

      US /ˈmʌzləm, ˈmʊz-, ˈmʌs-, ˈmʊs-/

      UK /ˈmʊzlɪm/

      • Adjective
      • Of or relating to Islam
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    • obtain

      US /əbˈtein/

      UK /əbˈteɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To be given or to earn something through efforts
      • To get something through your efforts
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    • pattern

      US /ˈpætən/

      UK /'pætn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Model to follow in making or doing something
      • Colors or shapes which are repeated on objects
      • Transitive Verb
      • To copy the way something else is made
      • To decorate with a pattern.
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    • refuge

      US /ˈrɛfjudʒ/

      UK /'refju:dʒ/

      • Noun
      • Somewhere you can find safety or hide
      B2
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    • region

      US /ˈridʒən/

      UK /'ri:dʒən/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
      • A part of the body
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    • religious

      US /rɪˈlɪdʒəs/

      UK /rɪˈlɪdʒəs/

      • Adjective
      • Following the rules and beliefs of a faith
      • Relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity.
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    • satellite

      US /ˈsætlˌaɪt/

      UK /'sætəlaɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Device sent into space that aids communication
      • Natural object in space that moves around another
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    • section

      US / ˈsɛkʃən/

      UK /'sekʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A part of a whole
      • Specific group of people from a larger group
      • Transitive Verb
      • To divide something into smaller parts
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    • spare

      US /spɛr/

      UK /speə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make (money or time) available for
      • To save from being hurt or punished
      • Adjective
      • Being extra or in reserve
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    • speak out

      US /spik aʊt/

      UK /spi:k aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To express your opinion frankly and publicly, especially about something that you disagree with.
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    • suffer

      US / ˈsʌfɚ/

      UK /'sʌfə(r)/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To experience pain, illness, or injury
      • To allow or permit something, especially something unpleasant.
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    • tackle

      US /ˈtækəl/

      UK /'tækl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To start working on a difficult problem
      • To grab and throw a person to the ground
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Equipment used in fishing
      • Arrangement of ropes and wheels used for lifting
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    • testimony

      US /ˈtɛstəˌmoni/

      UK /'testɪmənɪ/

      • Noun
      • Public statement of personal religious experiences
      • Statement of evidence in court
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    • think of

      US /θɪŋk ʌv/

      UK /θiŋk ɔv/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To look on as (being something specific); consider
      • To consider or remember something.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To imagine or call something to mind
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    • torment

      US /ˈtɔ:rment/

      UK /ˈtɔ:ment/

      • Noun
      • Great mental or physical pain
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause great physical or mental pain to
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    • torture

      US /ˈtɔrtʃɚ/

      UK /'tɔ:tʃə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Hurting someone to force them to give information
      • Painful suffering or distress
      • Transitive Verb
      • To painfully hurt someone to get information
      • To cause someone to suffer greatly; torment
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    • traumatic

      US /traʊˈmætɪk/

      UK /trɔ:ˈmætɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
      • Causing an injury
      B2
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    • under construction

      US /ˈʌndɚ kənˈstrʌkʃən/

      UK /ˈʌndə kənˈstrʌkʃən/

      • Phrase
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    • vocational

      US /voʊˈkeɪʃənl/

      UK /vəʊˈkeɪʃənl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning the training in special job skills
      B2
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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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