Vocabulary

  • in charge: To be responsible for
  • in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
  • in jail: Imprisoned; confined in a jail or prison.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • send off: To force someone to leave a game
  • at work: Located at one's place of employment
  • without question: Undoubtedly; certainly; definitely.
  • present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
  • expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
  • conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
  • fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
  • increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
  • surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
  • brutal: Extremely violent or mean
  • draw: To attract attention to someone or something
  • famine: Long-lasting period of little food in an area
  • society: A group who meet to share values or interests
  • behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
  • direction: When someone tells people what to do
  • cast: People who appear in a play or movie
  • charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
  • introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
  • protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
  • film: Thin layer that covers something
  • tragic: (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
  • flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
  • fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
  • leave: To go away from; depart
  • prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
  • politician: Someone whose job is in politics
  • dictatorship: Form of government with an absolute rules
  • arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
  • important: Having power or authority
  • foul: Terrible in smell, taste, appearance or morals
  • spend: To use money to pay for something
  • president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
  • column: Regular series of articles in a newspaper/magazine
  • invade: To enter something causing a harmful result
  • label: A (luxury) brand owned by a company
  • gather: To bring objects together into one place
  • remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
  • public: Owned by the government
  • execute: To kill someone, usually as an official punishment
  • sack: To put something in a large bag
  • onset: When something, e.g. an illness, starts; beginning
  • vow: Very serious promise
  • head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
  • protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • tradition: An event, custom or way common to a people or race
  • cleanse: To remove impurities or pollutants from something
  • patriotic: Having a great love for your country
  • repression: Psych act of restricting or holding back emotions
  • jail: Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
  • undercover: Operating in disguise; incognito
  • scum: Layer of unpleasant stuff forming on top of liquid
  • immoral: Without good moral principles
  • indoctrination: Teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically
  • mobilization: (Of army) act of getting ready for action
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    • at work

      US /æt wɚk/

      UK /æt wə:k/

      • Phrase
      • Located at one's place of employment
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    • brutal

      US /ˈbrutl/

      UK /'bru:tl/

      • Adjective
      • Extremely violent or mean
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    • cast

      US /kæst/

      UK /kɑ:st/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • People who appear in a play or movie
      • Small amount of a particular color
      • Transitive Verb
      • To give specific roles to actors in a movie, play
      • To describe someone's personality or character
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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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    • cleanse

      US /klɛnz/

      UK /klenz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To remove impurities or pollutants from something
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    • column

      US /ˈkɑ:ləm/

      UK /ˈkɒləm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Regular series of articles in a newspaper/magazine
      • Strong vertical stone pillar that holds up a roof
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    • conversation

      US /ˌkɑnvɚˈseʃən/

      UK /ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Talking with other people; discussion or chat
      • General communication or interaction.
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    • dictatorship

      US /dɪkˈtetɚˌʃɪp, ˈdɪkˌte-/

      UK /ˌdɪkˈteɪtəʃɪp/

      • Noun
      • Form of government with an absolute rules
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    • direction

      US /dɪˈrɛkʃən, daɪ-/

      UK /də'rekʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • When someone tells people what to do
      • Describes the way you are going, e.g. North
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    • execute

      US /ˈɛksɪˌkjut/

      UK /ˈeksɪkju:t/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To kill someone, usually as an official punishment
      • To perform a plan or action
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    • expression

      US /ɪkˈsprɛʃən/

      UK /ɪk'spreʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
      • Group of words that have a specific meaning
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    • famine

      US /ˈfæmɪn/

      UK /ˈfæmɪn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Long-lasting period of little food in an area
      • A drastic food shortage in a large area or country.
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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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    • flee

      US /fli/

      UK /fli:/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
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    • foul

      US /faʊl/

      UK /faʊl/

      • Adjective
      • Terrible in smell, taste, appearance or morals
      • Dirty or filthy.
      • Noun
      • An unfair or illegal act, especially in sports.
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    • gather

      US /ˈɡæðɚ/

      UK /ˈgæðə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To bring objects together into one place
      • To collect foods such as wild berries or crops
      • Noun
      • Fold in cloth, as in a full skirt
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    • immoral

      US /ɪˈmɔ:rəl/

      UK /ɪˈmɒrəl/

      • Adjective
      • Without good moral principles
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    • in charge

      US /ɪn tʃɑrdʒ/

      UK /in tʃɑ:dʒ/

      • Adverb
      • To be responsible for
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    • in jail

      US /ɪn dʒel/

      UK /in dʒeil/

      • Phrase
      • Imprisoned; confined in a jail or prison.
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    • in prison

      US /ɪn ˈprɪzən/

      UK /in ˈprizən/

      • Phrase
      • Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
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    • indoctrination

      US /ɪnˌdɑktrɪˈneʃən/

      UK /ɪnˌdɒktrɪ'neɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically
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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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    • jail

      US /dʒel/

      UK /dʒeɪl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
      • Transitive Verb
      • To hold people who are being punished for a crime
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    • label

      US /ˈlebəl/

      UK /'leɪbl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A (luxury) brand owned by a company
      • A word or term used to describe a person, thing
      • Transitive Verb
      • To use a term to describe, often negatively
      • To attach material to identify something
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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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    • mobilization

      US /ˌmoʊbɪlaɪ'zeɪʃn/

      UK /ˌməʊbɪlaɪ'zeɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • (Of army) act of getting ready for action
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    • onset

      US /ˈɑnˌsɛt, ˈɔn-/

      UK /ˈɒnset/

      • Noun
      • When something, e.g. an illness, starts; beginning
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    • patriotic

      US /ˌpeɪtriˈɑ:tɪk/

      UK /ˌpeɪtriˈɒtɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Having a great love for your country
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    • politician

      US /ˌpɑlɪˈtɪʃən/

      UK /ˌpɒləˈtɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Someone whose job is in politics
      • A person who acts in a manipulative and devious way, typically to gain advancement in their career.
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    • president

      US /ˈprɛzɪdənt,-ˌdɛnt/

      UK /ˈprezɪdənt/

      • Noun
      • Person in charge of a country, or organization
      • The highest-ranking executive in a corporation or organization.
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    • prison

      US /ˈprɪzən/

      UK /'prɪzn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
      • A state of confinement or captivity.
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    • protest

      US /ˈproʊtɛst/

      UK /'prəʊtest/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To argue against something in a forceful way
      • To express a strong objection or dislike
      • Noun
      • Forceful argument against something
      • Objection to something
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    • remind

      US /rɪˈmaɪnd/

      UK /rɪ'maɪnd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause someone to remember what they forgot
      • To cause someone to think of something similar or related.
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    • repression

      US /rɪˈprɛʃən/

      UK /rɪˈpreʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Psych act of restricting or holding back emotions
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    • sack

      US /sæk/

      UK /sæk/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To put something in a large bag
      • To dismiss a person from their job; fire
      • Countable Noun
      • Large strong bag made of fibers, plastic, etc.
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    • scum

      US /skʌm/

      UK /skʌm/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Layer of unpleasant stuff forming on top of liquid
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person of very poor character, who is despised
      • A person considered unpopular or low-life
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    • send off

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To force someone to leave a game
      • To go to a station, etc. to watch someone leave
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    • society

      US /səˈsaɪɪti/

      UK /sə'saɪətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A group who meet to share values or interests
      • Group of people living together
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    • spend

      US /spɛnd/

      UK /spend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To use money to pay for something
      • To use time in order to do something
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    • surveillance

      US /sɚˈveləns/

      UK /sɜ:'veɪləns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
      B2TOEIC
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    • tradition

      US /trəˈdɪʃən/

      UK /trəˈdɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An event, custom or way common to a people or race
      • Way of thinking or behaving used for a long time
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    • tragic

      US /ˈtrædʒɪk/

      UK /ˈtrædʒɪk/

      • Adjective
      • (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
      • Causing great sadness, e.g. due to untimely death
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    • undercover

      US /ˌʌndərˈkʌvə(r)/

      UK /ˌʌndəˈkʌvə(r)/

      • Adverb
      • Operating in disguise; incognito
      • Adjective
      • Involving secret work within an organization, especially for the police or government.
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    • vow

      US /vaʊ/

      UK /vaʊ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Very serious promise
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make a serious, often a religious, promise
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    • without question

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Undoubtedly; certainly; definitely.
      • In a manner indicating full acceptance or obedience.
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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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