Vocabulary

  • instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
  • in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
  • have to: Must do
  • get into it: To become interested in something and enjoy it.
  • work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • watch out: To be careful; to be alert to danger
  • perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
  • entrepreneur: Businessperson who develops new businesses
  • grab: To take and hold something quickly
  • basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
  • improve: To make, or become, something better
  • motivation: Reason behind why someone did something
  • represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
  • victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
  • competition: Fighting against others to win something
  • innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
  • attention: Taking notice of someone or something
  • expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
  • prestige: High respect and status, as from being successful
  • competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
  • rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
  • leave: To go away from; depart
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • client: Person paying for professional services
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
  • slap: To hit with the open hand or with a flat object
  • overly: To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
  • efficiency: Working well; producing something without waste
  • worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
  • kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
  • worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
  • uncertain: Feeling doubt about a person, place, or thing
  • question: To ask for or try to get information
  • smooth: Moving without stops and starts
  • loyal: Always showing support for; faithful
  • business: A company formed for making profit
  • include: To make someone, something part of a group
  • diversify: To make or become more varied
  • fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
  • understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
  • wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
  • ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
  • think: To have an idea about something without certainty
  • share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
  • guy: Man; boy; any person
  • problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
  • base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
  • sail: To travel across water in a boat or a ship
  • marketplace: Place where a public market is held
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    • ass

      US /æs/

      UK /æs/

      • Noun
      • (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
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    • attention

      US /əˈtɛnʃən/

      UK /əˈtenʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Taking notice of someone or something
      • Noun
      • (Soldiers) Standing with straight backs
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    • base

      US /bes/

      UK /beɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place military personnel live, train, and operate
      • Bottom part of an object that touches a surface
      • Transitive Verb
      • To use as the starting point or origin for
      • To have as the main location for (company, etc.)
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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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    • client

      US /ˈklaɪənt/

      UK /'klaɪənt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Person paying for professional services
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    • competition

      US /ˌkɑmpɪˈtɪʃən/

      UK /ˌkɒmpəˈtɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Fighting against others to win something
      • A situation in which people or organizations compete with each other for something that not everyone can have.
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    • competitive

      US /kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv/

      UK /kəmˈpetətɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Being strongly driven to win or be better than
      • As good as or better than others.
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    • diversify

      US /daɪˈvɜ:rsɪfaɪ/

      UK /daɪˈvɜ:sɪfaɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make or become more varied
      • To change something and make it more varied
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    • efficiency

      US /ɪˈfɪʃənsi/

      UK /ɪˈfɪʃnsi/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Working well; producing something without waste
      • The ratio of useful output to total input in any system.
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    • entrepreneur

      US /ˌɑntrəprəˈnɚ, -ˈnʊr/

      UK /ˌɒntrəprə'nɜ:(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Businessperson who develops new businesses
      • A person who identifies a need and starts a business to fill it.
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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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    • fine

      US /faɪn/

      UK /faɪn/

      • Adjective
      • Good, acceptable or satisfactory
      • Of high quality; made with great skill
      • Countable Noun
      • Money you have to pay because you broke a rule
      • (at the end of a piece of music) the end
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    • get into it

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      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To become interested in something and enjoy it.
      • To start a career or profession.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To become interested in something.
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    • grab

      US /ɡræb/

      UK /ɡræb/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To take and hold something quickly
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • in fact

      US /ɪn fækt/

      UK /in fækt/

      • Adverb
      • Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
      • Used to introduce a more detailed or surprising piece of information.
      • Phrase
      • Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that is surprising or contrary to what might be expected.
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    • innovation

      US /ˌɪnəˈveʃən/

      UK /ˌɪnəˈveɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Process of creating new ideas or inventions
      • A new thing or method that is introduced.
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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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    • kick

      US /kɪk/

      UK /kɪk/

      • Noun
      • Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
      • Transitive Verb
      • To hit or move something with the foot
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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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    • loyal

      US /ˈlɔɪəl/

      UK /ˈlɔɪəl/

      • Adjective
      • Always showing support for; faithful
      • Demonstrating allegiance to one's country.
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    • marketplace

      US /ˈmɑ:rkɪtpleɪs/

      UK /ˈmɑ:kɪtpleɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place where a public market is held
      • An online platform where multiple sellers can list products or services for sale.
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    • motivation

      US /ˌmotəˈveʃən/

      UK /ˌməʊtɪ'veɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Reason behind why someone did something
      • Enthusiasm for doing something.
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    • overly

      US /ˈoʊvərli/

      UK /ˈəʊvəli/

      • Adverb
      • To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
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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
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    • prestige

      US /prɛˈstiʒ, -ˈstidʒ/

      UK /preˈsti:ʒ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • High respect and status, as from being successful
      • The power to impress or influence, often due to a high reputation.
      • Adjective
      • having or showing success, rank, wealth, etc.
      • Having or showing high status.
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    • rely

      US /rɪˈlaɪ/

      UK /rɪ'laɪ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • Depend on with full trust or confidence
      • To trust or have confidence in someone.
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    • represent

      US /ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt/

      UK /ˌreprɪ'zent/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
      • To show or describe something in a particular way
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    • sail

      US /sel/

      UK /seɪl/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To travel across water in a boat or a ship
      • To move along quickly and smoothly
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Trip or journey on a ship
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    • share

      US /ʃɛr/

      UK /ʃeə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Part-ownership in a property, business or company
      • Part of a company you own, shown by a certificate
      • Transitive Verb
      • To divide something between two or more people
      • To allow others to use your things equally
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    • slap

      US /slæp/

      UK /slæp/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To hit with the open hand or with a flat object
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    • smooth

      US /smuð/

      UK /smu:ð/

      • Adjective
      • Moving without stops and starts
      • Pleasant and flat to touch, not rough
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something rough feel flat, e.g. by ironing
      • To spread a substance over a surface
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    • uncertain

      US /ʌnˈsɜ:rtn/

      UK /ʌnˈsɜ:tn/

      • Adjective
      • Feeling doubt about a person, place, or thing
      • Not able to be relied on; not known or definite.
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    • victim

      US /ˈvɪktɪm/

      UK /ˈvɪktɪm/

      • Noun
      • Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
      • Person feeling helpless in times of bad luck
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    • watch out

      US /wɑtʃ aʊt/

      UK /wɔtʃ aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To be careful; to be alert to danger
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    • work on

      US /wɚk ɑn/

      UK /wə:k ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To devote effort to improve or develop something
      • To try to persuade or influence someone.
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    • worldwide

      US /ˈwɚldˈwaɪd/

      UK /ˈwɜ:ldwaɪd/

      • Adjective
      • Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
      • Adverb
      • Extending or reaching throughout the whole world.
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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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